A suicide bomber attacks a government building in
Mogadishu,
Somalia, and causes the collapse of an adjacent school. Three deaths and 14 injuries are reported.
(BBC)
Around 400 prisoners, mostly supporters of the late
Libyan dictator
Muammar Gaddafi, escape from a detention facility in
Ain Zara, near
Tripoli, amid fighting between rival militia groups.
(BBC)
Heavy floods that started again across
Vietnam have killed at least 14 people, while four others are declared missing. Also, 375 houses were damaged and 661 cattle killed.
(Firstpost)
Ireland protests in response to the
Venezuelan government seizing a
Smurfit Kappa production plant, with
Dublin liaising through its Mexican embassy to secure its return and the release of imprisoned managers.
(Financial Times)
Two
Reuters journalists jailed in
Myanmar are sentenced to seven years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act, prompting international condemnation. The pair was investigating reports of mass graves at the village of
Inn Din when they were arrested in
Yangon for attempting to obtain classified documents, which they contend were used as bait to
entrap them.
(The Guardian)
Typhoon Jebi kills at least 11 people in
Japan, while more than 300 are injured. It is considered the strongest typhoon in the country in 25 years.
(BBC)
A bridge collapses in
Kolkata, resulting in three deaths and 25 injuries.
(Oneindia)
Tia Coleman, an
Indianapolis woman who lost her husband and eight other relatives in the sinking of a duck boat in
Branson, Missouri, files a lawsuit against the tour boat operators and manufacturer.
(Indy Star)
A
Suicide attack at a wrestling club in a
HazaraShi’ite neighborhood of the
Afghan capital
Kabul and a second explosion apparently targeting emergency services and journalists kills at least 20 people and wounds 70 others.
(Reuters)
After an emergency summit, eleven nations of Latin America (including
Colombia,
Brazil,
Ecuador, and
Peru) announce that they will all admit Venezuelan migrants without the required travel documents.
(BBC)
British authorities charge two men for their alleged involvement in a
Novichok poisoning earlier in 2018, claiming the men are agents of the
GRU.
(NPR)
Caitlan Coleman, an American woman kidnapped and held hostage for five years in
Afghanistan, accused her husband Joshua Boyle physically and emotionally abusing her while the family was being held by
Taliban-linked militants.
(The Guardian)
The Director General of
Roscosmos,
Dmitry Rogozin, says the 2mm hole detected on the
International Space Station (ISS) last week was caused, possibly deliberately, by someone using a drill, and that an investigation is under way to find out who is responsible.
(The Guardian)
Approximately two million
Ford F150 trucks are recalled due to a manufacturing error which can cause the
seat belt pretensioner to ignite the vehicle.
(NPR)
The second trial of
U.S. citizen Nicholas Slatten, the former
Blackwater (now
Academi) employee who was found guilty in 2013 of first-degree murder in connection to the
killing in 2007 of fourteen unarmed civilians on
Baghdad's Nisour Square and sentenced to life in prison, ends in a mistrial.
(NPR)
Brazilian presidential candidate
Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the abdomen and seriously injured at a campaign rally. He is expected to be in
intensive care for at least seven days. Police arrest a 40-year-old man they say appears mentally disturbed.
(AP)
The presidents of
Russia and
Iran disagree with the
Turkish president's proposal for a ceasefire in
Idlib after meeting in
Tehran, because it would not include the Islamist militants those nations aim to defeat.
(Reuters)
Energy specialists and executives say a power outage from the earthquake could have been lessened if
Hokkaido Electric did not rely so exclusively on the Tomato-Atsuma coal plant. The company has restored electricity to just over half of its affected customers.
(Reuters)
Passengers who were planning on visiting
Bermuda are forced to change plans and go to
Maine and
Canada thanks to a threat of safety posed by
Hurricane Florence.
(CBS)
Protesters storm the
Iranian consulate in
Basra, in protest of corruption and misrule by Iraq's political elite, damaging the consulate's offices and shouting anti-Iranian slogans while others briefly take workers hostage at a nearby oilfield.
(Reuters)(Ynet News)
Taliban insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the western province of
Afghanistan of
Herat killing 9 and injuring 6 the
militants suffered 10 losses as well.
(VOA)
A
pneumonia outbreak in
Brescia and
Mantova,
Italy, infects at least 150 people. The deaths of two other people are suspected connected to the disease. The cause is a suspected bacterium in the water.
(Corriere della Sera)
15 people died and 13 were injured when a truck carrying potatoes crashed into five vehicles in
Mbeya,
Tanzania.
(The East African)
At least 15 people are killed and 25 others wounded when a passenger bus collides with a truck in
Kandahar,
Afghanistan.
(TOLONews)
A
South Korean man is diagnosed with the potentially deadly
MERS virus and is being treated at a hospital in
Seoul, the first such case in three years.
(Reuters)
Les Moonves resigns as CEO of
CBS Corporation amid reports of sexual misconduct allegations and an ongoing investigation into his behavior. CBS donates $20 million to groups supporting the
Me Too movement and states that this money may be deducted from Moonves' severance package depending on the investigation's results.
(CNN)
Moldovan PresidentIgor Dodon is involved in a highway accident when his official
motorcade is struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. Several passengers, including the president and members of his family, suffer moderate injuries and are hospitalized. Reports indicate that the Moldovan head of state is in good health.
(BBC)
The
Netherlands halts funding of the
Syrian opposition and police forces, saying the chances of them winning the war are "extremely limited". Dutch support for the
White Helmets will also end in December 2018.
(Dutch News)
The death toll from the
earthquake in
Hokkaido,
Japan rises to 44. There are now no reports of individuals missing and the search operations have been called off.
(Xinhua)
Nieuwsuur reports the
Dutch government has provided funding over the past two years to
Syrian rebel group
Jabhat al-Shamiya, despite Dutch prosecutors describing the group as a "salafist and jihadistic" terror group and preparing to bring a man to trial next week accused of being a member.
(Dutch News)
The center-left parties that form the current government obtain 40.6% of the vote, the center-right alliance winning 40.3%. The far-right
Sweden Democrats gain 17.6%. A long process to form a coalition government now seems likely.
(CNN)
A
bus carrying pilgrims from a
Hindu temple in the hills of
Telangana in
India plunges off a road, killing at least 57 people and injuring 25 others.
(NDTV)
Braview Academy Highschool in Whitefield, Dundee (Scotland) burns down after a major fire occurred as dozens of fire fighters finally put it out fortunately no one was injured
South Korean health authorities announce that they are searching for around 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with the recently confirmed
MERS patient, including those who arrived in
Incheon Airport from
Dubai on the same flight last Friday.
(The Straits Times)
The
SpanishHealth MinisterCarmen Montón resigns after the irregularities in her master's degree and the plagiarism of part of her final project were made public on 10 September. She is the second minister to resign since
Pedro Sánchez formed the government on 7 June.
(Reuters)
Science and technology
RiskIQ, a
cybersecurity firm, reports that it has discovered the software that was used to gather credit card information from the
British Airways website. The firm further states that the "
supply chain attack" was very similar to an earlier attempt to skim data from the
Ticketmaster website.
(BBC)
14 people died and 24 others were injured when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while the van was traveling on a winding road in northern
Philippines.
(The Boston Globe)
At least 20 people are killed in central
Mali when a truck plunges into a river after a suspected brake failure.
(Reuters)
A man plows his car into a crowd of people at a busy square in
Hengyang,
Hunan,
China, before exiting his vehicle and stabbing bystanders. Eleven people are killed and 44 others are injured. The attacker was detained and identified by police as a convicted drug dealer and thief, who said that "he wanted to take revenge on society".
(South China Morning Post)
Five people are killed in a string of shootings in
Bakersfield,
California, before the gunman fatally shoots himself.
(Reuters)
The
European Central Bank maintains its policy to halve
monetary stimulus after September and end it in December 2018. However, the ECB perceives "uncertainties related to rising protectionism" as the main concern for the global economy.
(The Daily Journal)
Bandits open fire at a
village hall, where residents gather at night to watch films, in
Zamfara State,
Nigeria. Eleven people are killed and many more are injured.
(BBC)
Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) approaches the Philippines as one of the strongest in its history, with sustained winds of 205 kilometres per hour (127 mph) and gusts of up to 285 km/h (177 mph).
(The Guardian)
The death toll from a
cholera outbreak in
Zimbabwe rises to 25. In response, the government launches a crowdfunding campaign, which has been criticized due to it being started amid allegations of misused state funds.
(BBC)
17 people are confirmed dead after
Hurricane Florence-related incidents. Florence is expected to dump an additional 10 to 15 inches of rain in parts of
the Carolinas.
(BBC)
Researchers with
Stanford University report the discovery of the oldest known evidence of
beer. Dating to approximately 11,000 BCE, the primitive brewery was located near modern
Haifa,
Israel.
(BBC)
The
Sunspot Solar Observatory in
New Mexico is set to reopen on Monday after being closed due to "an on-going law enforcement investigation of criminal activity that occurred at Sacramento Peak" in which "a suspect in the investigation potentially posed a threat to the safety of local staff and residents".
(CNET)
A man and a woman are taken ill after a medical incident in
Salisbury,
United Kingdom. Police seal off a restaurant as a precautionary measure. According to The Guardian, tensions are high due to recent
Novichokpoisonings. According to the
BBC, "there's no suggestion that this is connected". According to Sky News, at least one of the individuals who fell ill is a Russian.
(The Guardian)(BBC)(Sky News)
Two people die and 700 others seek medical attention, including three people in critical condition at the
Defqon.1 Festival in
Sydney,
Australia, for drug-related issues.
Premier of New South WalesGladys Berejiklian says that the event is dangerous and will never take place again, effectively banning the music festival.
(BBC)
Law and crime
Forty-one inmates escape from
Hpa-an Township's main prison in
Kayin State,
Myanmar, after hijacking a garbage truck and driving it through the prison gates. Eleven of the escapees are apprehended by
police, but 30 remain at large.
(The Myanmar Times)
The
Taliban launches multiple attacks on security checkpoints in
Afghanistan, killing at least 27 members of the security forces. Twenty-two Taliban members are also killed and 16 others are injured.
(news.com.au)
The
United States announces a 10%
tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to start on September 24, increasing to 25% by the end of the year, and threatens tariffs on an additional $267 billion worth of imports if
China retaliates.
(Reuters)
The
Jamaican Cabinet announces a total ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution and use of single-use plastic bags, effective January 1, 2019.
(Jamaica Observer)
Over 100 people are killed in floods after
Nigeria's two major rivers burst their banks.
(BBC)
At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in a road crash involving a bus travelling from
Zambia to
South Africa.
(Daily Nation)
Seven people are killed and many others are in critical condition after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in
Hanoi,
Vietnam.
(VnExpress International)
Former
Philippine Army general and politician
Jovito Palparan is convicted for the kidnapping and disappearance of students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. He and two other associates are sentenced to
life imprisonment.
(Rappler)
News emerges that the
RussianIlyushin Il-20 aircraft with fourteen people on board, missing since Monday over the
Mediterranean Sea, was shot down. Russia accuses
Israel of not giving enough warning before launching its attacks, causing
Syria to shoot the plane down.
(BBC)(ABC News)
China adds
US$60 billion of US products to its import
tariff list in retaliation to the
United States' recent tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese imported goods.
(Reuters)
The death toll rises to 35. Also, about 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs were killed in flooding from
Hurricane Florence as rising
North Carolina rivers swamped dozens of farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market.
(CBS News)(Washington Examiner)
Nine people, including seven children, die from
cholera in
Yemen, amid an outbreak of the disease in the country.
(Sputnik News)
A total of 37 people, mostly foreign workers, are confirmed dead due to the drinking of tainted alcohol in
Malaysia.
(Yahoo News)
21 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer carrying flammable materials in
Isfahan,
Iran(Xinhua)
The death toll from the recent spike in ethnic violence in
Ethiopia rises to 58. Thousands are still protesting against the killings in the capital
Addis Ababa.
(Yahoo News)
The death toll rises to 37 after two mental health patients died when the police van in which they were being transported got caught in floodwaters.
(BBC)
After serving fifteen years behind bars for her role in the kidnapping, Wanda Barzee, is released on probation from Utah State Prison. She will be on probation for five years.
(Us Weekly)
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 24-year-old man charged in the killing of
University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, is expected to be arraigned in a
Poweshiek County court.
(KCRG-TV)
Former
Prime Minister of Malaysia,
Najib Razak, is arrested in connection with the allegation that
RM2.6 billion (US$681 million when first reported three years ago) went into his personal bank accounts. New charges are, once approved, due to be filed tomorrow.
(The Wall Street Journal)
A gunman upset from his divorce shoots and wounds his ex-wife, then fatally shoots his parents in a
retirement home in
Chester County, Pennsylvania. The suspect later is found dead in his van after a brief
shootout with police.
(USA Today)
Astronomers discover an exoplanet located in the
40 Eridani star system mentioned in the Star Trek series where the planet
Vulcan is located.
(Forbes)(Syfy)
Heavy rainfall from Bronagh results in severe
flash floods across northern
England.
Sheffield is the worst affected city, with dozens of vehicles becoming stranded in rising floodwaters during the evening rush hour.
(BBC)
High winds from Bronagh arrive later in the day, gusting up to 97 kilometres per hour (60 mph) in parts of
Wales.
(BBC)
Four children from a day-care centre are killed in a collision involving a train and an electric cargo bike in
Oss,
Netherlands. Another child and a woman are injured.
(BBC)
A
gas leak at the state archive in the city of
Arezzo,
Italy, kills two employees and injures one other.
(Ansa)
More than 30 passengers receive treatment after pilots forget to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure on
Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from
Mumbai to
Jaipur.
(BBC)
Three people are killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a
Rite Aid distribution center in
Aberdeen, Maryland, USA. The suspected shooter then shoots and kills herself.
(CNN)
The death toll from recent clashes in
Tripoli rises to 96. The clashes, which began on August 26, 2018, have also left 444 wounded and 16 missing.
(The Washington Post)
Eight children playing near a police station in the northern
Faryab province are killed by a
landmine explosion. Six other children are also wounded.
(BBC)
Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided militant hideouts, setting off a shootout that leaves seven soldiers and nine militants dead.
(The Washington Post)
The
Vatican signs a provisional agreement with
China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the
communist country.
(The Washington Post)
A second woman accuses
US Supreme Court nominee
Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. However, others she identified as witnesses have denied any such act occurred.
(HuffPost)
Police in California arrest Ramon Escobar, 47, on charges of killing and assaulting homeless people, and are investigating whether he may have attacked a fisherman napping beneath a pier, in the cities of
Los Angeles and
Santa Monica, California. Authorities believe Escobar may be a serial killer, who is now a
person of interest in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle in
Houston, Texas.
(CBS News)
Dellen Millard is convicted of murdering his father Wayne Millard, who owned an aviation company. The death had initially been ruled a suicide. Dellen Millard has already been convicted of two other murders in Canadian court.
(BBC)(The Globe and Mail)
American actor/comedian
Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in a Pennsylvania prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.
(The New York Times)
At least 15
Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (
Fulani) attack their village in northern
Mali, according to local authorities.
(Reuters)
The
Supreme Court of
India strikes down a law criminalizing
adultery as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands.
(BBC)
China executes Zhao Zewei by firing squad, the man responsible for killing nine children and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in the
Shaanxi province.
(Reuters)
Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate following the testimony of Ford. Kavanaugh denies the sexual assault claim and calls it part of a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" designed to keep him off the Supreme Court.
(AOL)
President
Donald Trump says he believes Kavanaugh after seeing him testify on the sexual assault allegation, citing his remarks as "powerful, honest, and riveting."
(KDVR)
Indonesia is hit by a tsunami after being hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, resulting in at least 50 deaths and entire families being reported missing.
(BBC)(CBS News)
A
USMCF-35 jet crashes in coastal
South Carolina making this the first crash of the U.S. military's newest and most expensively developed aircraft.
(CBS News)
More than 408 people are confirmed dead and at least 540 injured after a
tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake which hit
Palu and
Donggala,
Indonesia, on Friday.
(BBC)
At least 42 people in
Iran die after drinking tainted homemade
alcohol. A further 460 are hospitalized, including 16 that had gone blind and 170 that had undergone dialysis.
(BBC)
91.5% of votes are in favor of the change. The
voter turnout is only 36.9%, below the 50% threshold set by the government. Prime Minister
Zoran Zaev still vows to propose the change in a
parliament vote.
(Reuters)(CNN)