Portal:Current events/2015 September 18

Current events of September 18, 2015 (2015-09-18) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel deploys an extra 800 Israeli police officers as Palestinians call for a "day of rage" in Jerusalem during the Jewish High Holy Days. (Jerusalem Post)

Business and economy

• European communications company Altice announces plans to buy American cable television company Cablevision for $17.7 billion. (NPR via KVCR)

Disasters and accidents

• 2015 Illapel earthquake
  • Small tsunami waves reach the Japanese coast. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a wave of 80 centimeters (31 inches) was recorded in the port of Kuji and later surges could be as high as 1 meter (40 inches). (AP)

Health

• A national alert is issued in the United Kingdom about a strain of gonorrhea that is highly drug resistant after 15 cases are reported in northern England. (AAP via SBS)

International relations

• The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe moves to enact legislation allowing the Japan Self-Defense Forces to serve overseas. Yesterday fist-fights erupted in the parliament over this legislation. (Reuters)