September 20, 2022 (Tuesday)

Tigray People's Liberation Front authorities say that Eritrea has launched a full-scale intervention into the Tigray Region of Ethiopia.

A civilian is killed and another is critically injured during clashes between Al-Qassam Brigades' supporters and Palestinian authorities outside a police station in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, following the arrest of two militants.

Russian State Duma deputies approve the introduction of the concepts of mobilization, martial law, wartime and armed conflict, as well as punishment for desertion, into the Criminal Code.

An 84-year-old woman is murdered in Holon, Israel in a suspected terror attack. The Qalqilya-born suspect is found dead, presumably by suicide, inside an abandoned building in Tel Aviv.

The National Bank of Georgia formally applies to join the European Union's Single Euro Payments Area.

Nine people have died of diarrhea, malaria and gastroenteritis during the last 24 hours in Sindh Province, Pakistan, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll from flooding to more than 1,600 people.

Four people are killed and 114 others are injured as Typhoon Nanmadol makes landfall on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

Eight people are injured after an explosion tore through a building in Austin, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Nine people are killed and 31 others are injured after a concrete slab collapsed on top of the auditorium bleachers during a political event in Itapecerica da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces that the city will end its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private businesses on November 1.

Uganda reports an outbreak of Ebola after a rare case of the Sudan ebolavirus strain was confirmed in a 24-year-old man who later died, becoming the first known fatality from the strain since 2011.

It is announced that the referendums on the entry of the Luhansk People's Republic, the Donetsk People's Republic, and the occupied parts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts into Russia as federal subjects will be held from September 23 to 27.

Protests continue for the fourth consecutive day across Iran in response to the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police. Two people are killed during protests in Kermanshah.

UEFA announces that Russia will continue to be suspended meaning their team is barred from the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying draw. ()