September 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

CODECO militants kill ten civilians in an overnight attack on a Hema village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Some of the victims were beheaded, according to local authorities.

(Reuters)

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Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured in Israeli airstrikes on Blida in southern Lebanon.

(Al Jazeera)

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Russian artillery targets the town of Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, killing two people and injuring five others.

(Reuters)

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Nine people are killed and over 2,750 others are injured, including civilians, Hezbollah members, and the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, when their booby trapped pagers explode in Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah accuses Israel of perpetrating the attacks.

(AP), (The Times of Israel), (Al Jazeera), (The New York Times)

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Doctors Without Borders halts its operations in Russia after its government removed the organization from its roster of approved foreign charities.

(Al Jazeera)

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A poll by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the residents of Gaza does not support Hamas' invasion of Israel.

(Reuters)

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JNIM gunmen open fire on a military camp in Bamako, Mali, killing a number of soldiers. The perpetrators tried to infiltrate the camp, and also opened fire on the Modibo Keita International Airport. At least 15 suspects are arrested.

(AP)

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Disasters and accidents

Four people are found dead after floods in Austria, while another is killed in Poland, bringing the death toll from the ongoing floods in Central and Eastern Europe to 21.

(Al Jazeera), (Al Jazeera 2)

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The death toll from Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing.

(Al Jazeera)

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Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people.

(Reuters)

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Six people are killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains in Naucalpan, Mexico.

(AP)

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At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes.

(Al Arabiya)

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International relations

The Taliban government reopens the Afghan embassy in Muscat, Oman.

(ABC News)

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Law and crime

The Parliament of Georgia approves a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the country.

(DW)

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Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee President Shahriar Kabir is arrested in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on charges of crimes against humanity, mass killing, and murder for his involvement with Sheikh Hasina's government during the quota reform movement.

(Dhaka Tribune)

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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)

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Science and technology

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)

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Sports

Glasgow, Scotland, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

(BBC News)

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September 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime

Science and technology

Sports