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'''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
'''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
*[[Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)|Israel–Hezbollah conflict]]
*[[Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)|Israel–Hezbollah conflict]]
**[[2024 Lebanon pager explosions]]
**[[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. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/we-are-isolated-tired-scared-pager-attack-leaves-lebanon-in-shock (''The Guardian'')]
***The death toll from the [[pager]] [[explosion]]s across [[Lebanon]] last week increases to 42 people, with more than 3,500 others injured. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/we-are-isolated-tired-scared-pager-attack-leaves-lebanon-in-shock (''The Guardian'')]
**[[Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil]]
**[[Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil]]
***The death toll from the [[Israel]]i airstrikes two days ago in [[Dahieh]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon, increases to at least 45 militants and civilians. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/21/death-toll-from-israeli-strike-on-beirut-suburb-rises-to-31 (Al Jazeera)]
***The death toll from the [[Israeli Air Force|Israeli]] [[airstrike]]s two days ago in [[Dahieh]], [[Beirut]], Lebanon, increases to at least 45 militants and [[civilian]]s. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/21/death-toll-from-israeli-strike-on-beirut-suburb-rises-to-31 (Al Jazeera)]
**[[Hezbollah]] launches a barrage of [[rockets]] at an [[Israel Defense Forces]] base in [[Haifa]], Israel, in retaliation for the assassination of [[Ibrahim Aqil (Hezbollah)|Ibrahim Aqil]]. An Israeli civilian is slightly injured by an [[Iron Dome]] interception. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hezbollah-targets-base-near-haifa-after-israeli-strike-in-beirut-killed-37-including-top-commander-1.7047069 (CTV News)] [https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbollah-rocket-attack-mideast-tensions-0584727974096d98d1b5b132dfd1d218 (AP)]
**[[Hezbollah]] launches a barrage of [[rocket]]s 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 (Hezbollah)|Ibrahim Aqil]] with three Israeli civilians injured in [[Krayot]] and [[Lower Galilee]] and one lightly injured by an [[Iron Dome]] interception. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hezbollah-targets-base-near-haifa-after-israeli-strike-in-beirut-killed-37-including-top-commander-1.7047069 (CTV News)] [https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbollah-rocket-attack-mideast-tensions-0584727974096d98d1b5b132dfd1d218 (AP)]
**Two Hezbollah militants and a civilian killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/22/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-bombards-gaza-southern-lebanon (Al Jazeera)]
*[[Israel–Hamas war]]
**[[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip]]
***At least seven people are killed in an [[Israel]]i airstrike on the Kafr Qasim school on the [[Al-Shati refugee camp]] in the [[Gaza Strip]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/seven-killed-as-israel-strikes-gaza-school-sheltering-displaced-again (Al Jazeera)]
*[[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
**[[Zaporizhzhia strikes (2022–present)|Zaporizhzhia strikes]]
***At least 16 people are injured in [[Russia]]n airstrikes in [[Zaporizhzhia]], [[Ukraine]]. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nine-civilians-injured-russian-air-attack-zaporizhzhia-ukrainian-officials-say-2024-09-23/ (Reuters)]
*[[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
*[[Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]
**A [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police|police officer]] is killed and four others are injured in an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] attack on a multinational [[diplomat]]ic [[convoy]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]. [https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-roadside-blast-diplomats-c875d8d4e00ca98d8cf4a19b5b3aa7ae (AP)]
**A [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police|police officer]] is killed and four others are injured in an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] attack on a multinational [[diplomat]]ic [[convoy]] in [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]]. [https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-roadside-blast-diplomats-c875d8d4e00ca98d8cf4a19b5b3aa7ae (AP)]
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'''Disasters and accidents'''
'''Disasters and accidents'''
*Three people are killed, three others are injured, and a person is missing when a two-story building collapses in [[Naples]], [[Italy]]. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/building-collapse-in-naples-kills-2-young-siblings-and-their-grandmother-buries-the-mother-1.7047612 (CTV News)]
*Six people are killed and eight others are missing in [[flood]]s and [[landslide]]s caused by record rainfall in the [[Noto Peninsula]] of [[Japan]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/23/at-least-six-killed-in-japan-after-floods-hit-quake-stricken-noto-peninsula (Al Jazeera)]
*Three people are killed, three others are injured, and a person is missing when a two-story [[building collapse]]s in [[Naples]], [[Italy]]. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/building-collapse-in-naples-kills-2-young-siblings-and-their-grandmother-buries-the-mother-1.7047612 (CTV News)]


'''Law and crime'''
'''Law and crime'''
*[[Censorship in Israel]]
*[[Censorship in Israel]]
**[[Israeli forces]] carry out a siege and order the closure of the offices of [[Al Jazeera Arabic]] in [[Ramallah]] in the [[West Bank]]. [https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-al-jazeera-gaza-war-hamas-4abdb2969e39e7ad99dfbf9caa7bb32c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share (AP)]
**[[Israel]]i forces carry out a [[Police raid|raid]] and order the closure of the offices of [[Al Jazeera Arabic]] in [[Ramallah]] in the [[West Bank]]. [https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-al-jazeera-gaza-war-hamas-4abdb2969e39e7ad99dfbf9caa7bb32c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share (AP)]
*[[Iran–Israel relations]]
**The [[Iran]]ian [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp]] arrests twelve people in six different [[Provinces of Iran|provinces]] accused of being [[espionage|foreign operatives]] for Israel and "planning acts against Iran's security". [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-arrests-12-people-collaborating-with-israel-snn-reports-2024-09-22/ (Reuters)]


'''Politics and elections'''
'''Politics and elections'''
*[[2024 Sri Lankan presidential election]]
*[[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 [[Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)|opposition leader]] and [[Samagi Jana Balawegaya|United People's Power]] candidate [[Sajith Premadasa]] took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent [[President of Sri Lanka|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 of Sri Lanka|election commission]]. [https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-presidential-election-dissanayake-wickremesinghe-results-50a8990acae90fabaddd8d01c0ef5bcd (AP)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o (BBC News)]
**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 [[Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)|opposition leader]] and [[Samagi Jana Balawegaya|United People's Power]] candidate [[Sajith Premadasa]] took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent [[President of Sri Lanka|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 of Sri Lanka|election commission]]. [https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-presidential-election-dissanayake-wickremesinghe-results-50a8990acae90fabaddd8d01c0ef5bcd (AP)] [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o (BBC News)]
*The [[United Nations]] adopts the "''Pact for the Future''", aiming for [[multilateralism|multilateral]] cooperative work towards peace and security, [[global governance]], [[climate change]], [[sustainable development]], [[human rights]], and more. [https://www.reuters.com/world/un-adopts-pact-that-aims-save-global-cooperation-2024-09-22/ (Reuters)]

'''Science and technology'''
*Researchers from the [[University of Cape Town]] and the [[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]] announce they have [[genome project|reconstructed]] the oldest [[human genome]] ever found, belonging to a man and a woman who lived about 10,000 years ago in the [[Mesolithic|Mesolithic period]]. The prior oldest decoded genome was from about 2,000 years ago. [https://www.dw.com/en/oldest-human-dna-from-south-africa-decoded/a-70296208 (DW)]
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