Current events: 2023-09-29

Wikipedia Current Events · Sep 29, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2023 Mastung bombing
  - At least 50 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. (BBC News)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Hangu mosque bombing
  - Five people are killed and ten others are injured by two suicide bombers at a mosque in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
Mogadishu tea shop bombing
- At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured when an Al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonates his bomb in a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Toys "R" Us says that it plans to open 24 new flagship stores across the United States beginning next year along with new shops in airports and on cruise ships after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six years ago. (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion
- The death toll from an explosion at a fuel warehouse in Berkadzor, Artsakh, on Monday increases to 170 people. (Reuters)
New York City declares a state of emergency due to widespread flooding caused by heavy rain. (CNN)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Dianne Feinstein, the longest serving female U.S. Senator, dies at the age of 90. California Governor Gavin Newsom is expected to appoint her replacement. (NBC News) (AP)