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Sep
19
War / Conflict / Security

The Israeli Air Force strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, destroying multiple rocket launch systems and weapons depots.

The Israeli Air Force strikes more than 100 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, destroying multiple rocket launch systems and weapons depots. Lebanese security forces say the raids are the most intense since the conflict began. Israeli fighter jets are also reported over Beirut. One Hezbollah militant is killed. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 19, 2024
Sep
20
War / Conflict / Security

Syrian civil war 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,

Syrian civil war 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) Kata'ib Hezbollah announce that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, a senior commander in the group, was killed in Damascus, Syria, and blame Israel for the attack. (Barron's)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
Politics / Government

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for Ukraine in military and energy support follo

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for Ukraine in military and energy support following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's drafting of a new victory plan against Russia. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
War / Conflict / Security

Russian invasion of Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis Russian management at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant accuses the Armed Forces of Ukrai

Russian invasion of Ukraine Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis Russian management at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant accuses the Armed Forces of Ukraine of creating threats to the plant's safety by launching a drone to attack a nearby electrical substation. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
Politics / Government

Ukraine–European Union relations President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for Ukraine in

Ukraine–European Union relations President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for Ukraine in military and energy support following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's drafting of a new victory plan against Russia. (Reuters)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
Pop Culture / Entertainment

Afghanistan–Iran relations Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's nationa

Afghanistan–Iran relations Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public performance of music is banned by the Taliban. (Al Arabiya)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
War / Conflict / Security

Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Israel launches airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah operatives.

Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Israel launches airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil, and injuring 66 others. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
Pop Culture / Entertainment

Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing du

Iran summons the acting head of Afghanistan's embassy after saying that a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing during a performance of the anthem, days after a similar incident occurred in Pakistan. The Afghan delegate apologizes, claiming that this was because the public performance of music is banned by the Taliban. (Al Arabiya)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
20
War / Conflict / Security

Israel–Hezbollah conflict Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Israel launches airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah opera

Israel–Hezbollah conflict Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Israel launches airstrikes on the Haret Hreik neighborhood of Beirut, Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leader Ibrahim Aqil, and injuring 66 others. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 20, 2024
Sep
21
Politics / Government

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president between 39 candidates.

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president between 39 candidates. The main frontrunners are Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the socialist National People's Power and current Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa of the progressive United People's Power Party. (BBC)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 21, 2024
Sep
21
War / Conflict / Security

Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Hezbollah confirms that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of the Redwan special forces during the G

Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Hezbollah confirms that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of the Redwan special forces during the Gaza war until early 2024, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon. (TRT World) The death toll from yesterday's airstrikes in Beirut increases to 38 people, including sixteen Hezbollah militants and twenty-two civilians, with 17 others still missing. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 21, 2024
Sep
21
War / Conflict / Security

Israel–Hezbollah conflict Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Hezbollah confirms that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of the Redwan s

Israel–Hezbollah conflict Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil Hezbollah confirms that Ahmed Wahbi, a top commander who oversaw the military operations of the Redwan special forces during the Gaza war until early 2024, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes yesterday in Beirut, Lebanon. (TRT World) The death toll from yesterday's airstrikes in Beirut increases to 38 people, including sixteen Hezbollah militants and twenty-two civilians, with 17 others still missing. (Al Jazeera)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 21, 2024
Sep
22
Politics / Government

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting.

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting. In the first round, National People's Power candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led with 42.31% of the vote counted, while opposition leader and United People's Power candidate Sajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe came in third place with 17% of the vote. Following the counting of second and third preferences, Dissanayake is declared president-elect by the election commission. (AP) (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 22, 2024
Sep
22
Politics / Government

For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting.

For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting. In the first round, National People's Power candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake led with 42.31% of the vote counted, while opposition leader and United People's Power candidate Sajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe came in third place with 17% of the vote. Following the counting of second and third preferences, Dissanayake is declared president-elect by the election commission. (AP) (BBC News)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 22, 2024
Sep
22
War / Conflict / Security

Hezbollah launches a barrage of rockets and Fadi 1 and Wadi 2 missiles at the Israeli Air Force Ramat David Airbase in Haifa, Israel, in retaliation for the ass

Hezbollah launches a barrage of rockets and Fadi 1 and Wadi 2 missiles at the Israeli Air Force Ramat David Airbase in Haifa, Israel, in retaliation for the assassination of Ibrahim Aqil with three Israeli civilians injured in Krayot and Lower Galilee and one lightly injured by an Iron Dome interception. (CTV News) (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 22, 2024
Sep
22
Technology / Science

Researchers from the University of Cape Town and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology announce they have reconstructed the oldest human genome

Researchers from the University of Cape Town and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology announce they have reconstructed the oldest human genome ever found, belonging to a man and a woman who lived about 10,000 years ago in the Mesolithic period. The prior oldest decoded genome was from about 2,000 years ago. (DW)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 22, 2024
Sep
23
Politics / Government

2024 AFL season 2024 Brownlow Medal In Australian football, Patrick Cripps wins his second Brownlow Medal with 45 votes, the most votes since the current voting

2024 AFL season 2024 Brownlow Medal In Australian football, Patrick Cripps wins his second Brownlow Medal with 45 votes, the most votes since the current voting system was introduced, and also becomes the seventeenth player to win the award more than once. (ABC News Australia)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 23, 2024
Sep
23
Politics / Government

2024 Brownlow Medal In Australian football, Patrick Cripps wins his second Brownlow Medal with 45 votes, the most votes since the current voting system was intr

2024 Brownlow Medal In Australian football, Patrick Cripps wins his second Brownlow Medal with 45 votes, the most votes since the current voting system was introduced, and also becomes the seventeenth player to win the award more than once. (ABC News Australia)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 23, 2024
Sep
23
War / Conflict / Security

September 2024 Lebanon strikes Over 492 people are killed and 1,645 others are injured when the Israeli Air Force conducts over 1,400 airstrikes in Lebanon targ

September 2024 Lebanon strikes Over 492 people are killed and 1,645 others are injured when the Israeli Air Force conducts over 1,400 airstrikes in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah, the deadliest day of conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War. (New York Times) (Al Jazeera) (AP) Hezbollah launches dozens of rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the airstrikes. (CBS News) The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon advises all posted civilian employees to evacuate southern Lebanon. (The Jerusalem Post) The Israeli military advises Lebanese civilians in southern Lebanon to evacuate north. (AP)

Source: Wikipedia Current Events | Sep 23, 2024
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