Portal:Current events/2022 September 1
September 1, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinian men are killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank. One of the men died by Palestinian gunfire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. (Haaretz)
- Cross-Strait relations
- Taiwanese forces shoot down an unidentified civilian drone which entered its airspace near the Shi Islet in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense says the drone ignored several warning shots before being shot down. (Reuters)
- Syrian civil war
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Israeli Air Force jets fire four missiles at Aleppo International Airport in Syria, hitting the runway and several warehouses allegedly containing Iranian rockets, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The Syrian government reports no casualties. (ABC News)
- Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war
- Tigray War
- The Tigray People's Liberation Front claims that Eritrea and Ethiopia launched a joint offensive in the Tigray Region. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis
- The International Monetary Fund provisionally approves a 2.9-billion U.S. dollar bailout to Sri Lanka. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- A third person dies from a yet undetermined virus in Tucumán Province, Argentina. Authorities have ruled out COVID-19, influenza, and hantavirus, but continue to investigate the cluster. The European Centre for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have been notified. (The Telegraph) (Ámbito)
Law and crime
- The High Court of Malaysia finds Rosmah Mansor, wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, guilty of corruption. (Straits Times) (CNN)