At least three people are killed and 49 others are injured in a train collision in Zagazig, Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. (CNN)
2024 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 74 people, with 89 others still missing and nearly 240,000 people displaced. (AP)
At least 20 people are killed in clashes between illegal miners near the Porgera Gold Mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea. (AP)
At least 41 people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (CNN)
Mining in Papua New Guinea At least 20 people are killed in clashes between illegal miners near the Porgera Gold Mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea. (AP)
São Paulo mayoral candidate Pablo Marçal is hospitalized after being assaulted by fellow candidate Datena with a metal chair during a televised debate on TV Cultura. (AP)
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 74 people, with 89 others still missing and nearly 240,000 people displaced. (AP)
2024 Kursk offensive The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs invites the United Nations and the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
The Ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs invites the United Nations and the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
2024 Pacific typhoon season The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. (Al Jazeera)
2026 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, Scotland, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. (BBC News)
Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to rape her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. (BBC News)
Glasgow, Scotland, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games. (BBC News)
Mazan rapes Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to rape her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. (BBC News)
Meta Platforms bans Russian state media from Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, including RT and Rossiya Segodnya, citing alleged deceptive tactics used by the networks to carry out "influence operations" while evading detection. (CBC News)
Russian artillery targets the town of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring five others. (Reuters)
Six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Naucalpan, Mexico. (AP)
The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. (Al Jazeera)
Alleged Ghost developer and administrator Jay Je Yoon Jung is arrested in Sydney, Australia, on five charges related to the encrypted communication network's development and operation. (The Register)
Instagram introduces teen accounts for users under the age of 18 that will be private by default, limit "sensitive content" and allow parents to view contacts. (DW)
Several home solar energy systems explode in Beirut, Lebanon. (ABC News)
Walkie-talkies and other electronic devices continue to explode across Lebanon, including at a funeral in Baalbek for three Hezbollah members and a boy who were killed in yesterday's explosions. At least 20 people are killed and more than 450 others are injured. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
2024 Major League Baseball season, 40–40 club In baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. (Reuters)
A previously unknown piece composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ganz kleine Nachtmusik, is discovered at a library in Leipzig, Germany. The seven miniature movements for a string trio were probably composed in the 1760s, when Mozart was in his early teens. (The Guardian)
In baseball, Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani becomes the first Major League Baseball player to hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in a single season. (Reuters)
The death toll from yesterday's walkie-talkie explosions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants increases to 25, with more than 600 others injured. A total of 37 people have been killed and more than 3,000 others injured in explosions over the last two days. (The Independent)
Three children are killed and a fourth child from the same family is injured, when a land mine in a plastic bag explodes near a park in Manbij, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (SOHR)
2024 Tabas coal mine explosion At least 51 miners are killed, several are trapped and twenty-one are injured after a coal mine explodes in Tabas, Iran, caused by a methane gas leak. (Al Jazeera)
At least 51 miners are killed, several are trapped and twenty-one are injured after a coal mine explodes in Tabas, Iran, caused by a methane gas leak. (Al Jazeera)
Twenty-one people are injured when a Russian guided bomb hits an apartment building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
Two gunmen and a civilian are killed, and a paramedic is wounded, during a Mexican Army operation in the Tres Ríos sector of Culiacán. (Noreste)
2024 Lebanon pager explosions The death toll from the pager explosions across Lebanon last week increases to 42 people, with more than 3,500 others injured. (The Guardian)
The death toll from the ongoing shootouts between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel in Sinaloa, Mexico, increases to 70 people with 51 others missing. (Al Jazeera)
The death toll from the pager explosions across Lebanon last week increases to 42 people, with more than 3,500 others injured. (The Guardian)
Three people are killed, three others are injured, and a person is missing when a two-story building collapses in Naples, Italy. (CTV News)
2024 Kursk offensive The Russian Foreign Ministry reports that at least 56 Russian civilians were killed and 266 others were injured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk Oblast, Russia, which the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denies as Russian propaganda. (Reuters)
At least 30 decomposing bodies are found in a boat off the coast of Dakar, Senegal. (Reuters)
The Russian Foreign Ministry reports that at least 56 Russian civilians were killed and 266 others were injured by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk Oblast, Russia, which the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denies as Russian propaganda. (Reuters)
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon advises all posted civilian employees to evacuate southern Lebanon. (The Jerusalem Post)
The death toll from the ongoing shootouts between rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel increases to at least 77 people, with the finding of two corpses on a highway today. (Infobae)
The United Kingdom deploys 700 troops to Cyprus ahead of a planned evacuation of thousands of British nationals from Lebanon. The UK has advised all of its citizens to leave Lebanon immediately if they can. (Reuters)
At least 25 people are killed and dozens are injured in clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslim tribes in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since September 20. (AP)
Four people are killed and two others are critically injured in a shooting spree in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. The perpetrator later commits suicide. (ANSA)
Sectarian violence in Pakistan, Shia–Sunni relations At least 25 people are killed and dozens are injured in clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslim tribes in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since September 20. (AP)
2024 Lebanon pager explosions Norwegian police issue an international search request for a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah that exploded last week. (Times of Israel)
Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a shootout with soldiers in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a shootout with soldiers in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, is acquitted in Japan following a retrial. (BBC News)
Norwegian police issue an international search request for a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah that exploded last week. (Times of Israel)
The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Russian forces have taken the city of Ukrainsk in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (The Moscow Times)
Up to 275 mm (10.8 in) of rain falls across Mumbai, India, causing at least four deaths. (Al Arabiya)
2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records The 2024 Chicago White Sox earn their 121st loss against the Detroit Tigers, breaking the Major League Baseball record for the most amount of losses in a post-1900 season. (AP)
Fifteen people are killed when an illegal gold mine collapses in Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Russian loitering munitions hit the city of Izmail in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, killing three people and wounding fourteen. (Reuters)
The 2024 Chicago White Sox earn their 121st loss against the Detroit Tigers, breaking the Major League Baseball record for the most amount of losses in a post-1900 season. (AP)
The Russian Ministry of Defense claims soldiers captured the village of Marynivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
The Walters Dam in Tennessee was reported to have suffered a catastrophic failure due to ongoing heavy rainfall, with Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis ordering the immediate evacuation of parts of the nearby city of Newport. (WVLT-TV). The reports were later confirmed to have been false. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
Thirteen people are killed and 23 are injured after an explosion at a fuel station near Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. (AP)
2024 Lusikisiki shootings Seventeen people are killed in two mass shootings at homes in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Reuters)
At least six people are killed and ten others are injured when a car bomb explodes outside a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters) (VOA Somali)
Insurgency in Balochistan Seven workers from Punjab Province are killed and another injured during a mass shooting at a rented house in Panjgur District, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. (AP)
Seven workers from Punjab Province are killed and another injured during a mass shooting at a rented house in Panjgur District, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. (AP)
Seventeen people are killed in two mass shootings at homes in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape, South Africa. (Reuters)
The Israel Defense Forces begin a blockade of Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport in order to prevent the shipment of Iranian weapons to Lebanon. The blockade will not affect the operation of civilian flights at the airport. (The Jerusalem Post)
Seven people are killed and 85 others are injured after a head-on collision between a bus and a private vehicle in Majayjay, Laguna, Philippines. (Manila Bulletin)
United States senator Mark Kelly confirms that it was U.S. produced and provided 2,000-pound bunker buster BLU-109 bombs that were used by Israel to assassinate Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut. (Reuters)
Coal phase-out The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom shuts down in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, ending the 142-year history of coal-fired electricity in the UK. (The Guardian)
The last coal-fired power station in the United Kingdom shuts down in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire, England, ending the 142-year history of coal-fired electricity in the UK. (The Guardian)
Twelve people are killed, 29 others are rescued, and ten others are missing after a boat capsizes off the coast of Djerba, Tunisia. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Jaffa shooting Two Palestinian gunmen open fire on pedestrians in Jaffa, Israel, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 17 others. The gunmen are subsequently shot and killed by armed civilians and police. (Reuters) (Times of Israel)
Battle of Vuhledar Russian forces capture the town of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, after Ukrainian forces retreat from the town. (The Daily Telegraph)
Dalibor Riccardi and Francesca Civerchia are sworn in as the new Captains Regents of San Marino. (San Marino RTV)
Israeli forces invade southern Lebanon and begin a ground operation against Hezbollah. (Al Jazeera) (Jerusalem Post)
Russian forces capture the town of Vuhledar in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, after Ukrainian forces retreat from the town. (The Daily Telegraph)
Rwanda reports eight deaths from Marburg virus. (AP News) (US News)
