Eight people are killed when an Islamic State suicide bomber detonates his explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul. Two of the victims were Russian staff members.
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September 5, 2022 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Thirty-five civilians are killed and 37 others injured as a convoy of vehicles carrying supplies strike a roadside bomb along the road from Bourzanga to Djibo, Soum Province, Burkina Faso.
Five Pakistani soldiers and four Pakistani Taliban militants are killed during a gunfight in North Waziristan.
Business and economy
Russia's Gazprom announces that gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline to Europe will not resume until sanctions against Russia are lifted.
Disasters and accidents
A vehicle and train collision in Kunfehértó, Hungary, kills seven people and injures the train's driver.
One person is killed and nine others are missing after a floatplane crashes in the Puget Sound near Seattle, Washington, United States.
Ten people are killed and nine more injured during an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Luding County, Sichuan, China, killing at least 66 people and injuring at least 250 others.
Law and crime
One of the suspects in yesterday's mass stabbing that killed ten people in Saskatchewan is found dead. The other suspect remains at large.
Ivan Safronov, a former Russian journalist, is sentenced to 22 years in prison on treason charges after being found guilty of disclosing "state secrets", which he alleged were open source. Safronov had been under detention since July 2020.
Politics and elections
The Supreme Court of Kenya rules that William Ruto is the winner of the presidential election after facing court challenges over the results.
Liz Truss is elected Leader of the Conservative Party and will succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 6 September.
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