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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 148713" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_pager_explosions" target="_blank">2024 Lebanon pager explosions</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least eleven people are killed and around 4,000 others are injured, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> members and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Iran" target="_blank">Iranian ambassador</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>, when their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager" target="_blank">pagers</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explode" target="_blank">explode</a> across Lebanon and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a>. Hezbollah accuses <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> of being behind the explosions. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lebanese-authorities-raise-death-toll-in-pager-blasts-to-11-say-4000-injured/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/dozens-of-hezbollah-members-wounded-after-pagers-explode-in-lebanon" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-exploding-pagers-8893a09816410959b6fe94aec124461b" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blida%2C_Lebanon" target="_blank">Blida</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon" target="_blank">southern</a> Lebanon. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-38-killed-as-israel-risks-becoming-pariah?update=3184187" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ukraine_campaign" target="_blank">Southern Ukraine campaign</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery" target="_blank">artillery</a> targets the town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komyshuvakha%2C_Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" target="_blank">Komyshuvakha</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia Oblast</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>, killing two people and injuring five others. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-dead-russian-shelling-ukraines-southeastern-zaporizhzhia-region-governor-2024-09-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A poll by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Center_for_Policy_and_Survey_Research" target="_blank">Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research</a> finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazans" target="_blank">Gazan</a> public does not support <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas" target="_blank">Hamas</a>' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel" target="_blank">October 7 attack on Israel</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-poll-finds-big-drop-support-oct-7-attack-2024-09-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_conflict" target="_blank">Ituri conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODECO" target="_blank">CODECO</a> militants kill ten <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian" target="_blank">civilians</a> in an overnight attack on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hema_people" target="_blank">Hema</a> village in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_Province" target="_blank">Ituri Province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" target="_blank">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a>. Some of the victims were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation" target="_blank">beheaded</a>, according to local authorities. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/militia-kills-10-civilians-eastern-congo-2024-09-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_floods" target="_blank">2024 European floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Central_European_floods" target="_blank">2024 Central European floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are found dead after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood" target="_blank">floods</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" target="_blank">Austria</a>, while another is killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" target="_blank">Poland</a>, bringing the death toll from the ongoing floods in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe" target="_blank">Central</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe" target="_blank">Eastern Europe</a> to 21. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/storm-boris-death-toll-rises-flooding-new-areas-on-alert" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/16/storm-boris-death-toll-rises-as-floods-continue-to-ravage-central-europe" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera 2)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Pacific_typhoon_season" target="_blank">2024 Pacific typhoon season</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Yagi" target="_blank">Typhoon Yagi</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar" target="_blank">Myanmar</a> increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/at-least-two-hundred-thirty-six-killed-in-myanmar-flooding-from-typhoon-yagi" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Portugal_wildfires" target="_blank">2024 Portugal wildfires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal" target="_blank">Portuguese</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter" target="_blank">firefighters</a> die while fighting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" target="_blank">wildfires</a> in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/death-toll-climbs-four-portugal-battles-wildfires-2024-09-17/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 25 children are killed when a bus carrying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims" target="_blank">Muslims</a> celebrating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlid" target="_blank">birth of prophet Muhammad</a> crashes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaduna_State" target="_blank">Kaduna State</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/17/nigeria-bus-crash-kills-at-least-25-children-on-religious-trip" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Six people are killed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide" target="_blank">landslide</a> caused by heavy rains in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naucalpan" target="_blank">Naucalpan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mexico-state-landslide-deaths-climate-rainy-season-f6b8b874e48f5fbf03ec0e586e76fae4" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan" target="_blank">Foreign relations of Afghanistan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Afghanistan" target="_blank">Taliban government</a> reopens the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghan</a> embassy in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat" target="_blank">Muscat</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman" target="_blank">Oman</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghanistan-reopens-embassy-oman-taliban-113753485" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement" target="_blank">Bangladesh quota reform movement</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekattorer_Ghatak_Dalal_Nirmul_Committee" target="_blank">Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee</a> President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahriar_Kabir" target="_blank">Shahriar Kabir</a> is arrested in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka" target="_blank">Dhaka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" target="_blank">Bangladesh</a>, on charges of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity" target="_blank">crimes against humanity</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killing" target="_blank">mass killing</a>, and murder for his involvement with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina" target="_blank">Sheikh Hasina</a>'s government during the quota reform movement. <a href="https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/358683/shahriar-kabir-arrested-in-dhaka" target="_blank">(Dhaka Tribune)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_%28country%29" target="_blank">LGBT rights in Georgia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia" target="_blank">Parliament of Georgia</a> approves a law on &quot;family values and the protection of minors&quot; that would restrict <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ%2B" target="_blank">LGBTQ+</a> rights in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29" target="_blank">the country</a>. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/georgias-parliament-approves-anti-lgtbq-bill/a-70239544" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazan_rapes" target="_blank">Mazan rapes</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape" target="_blank">rape</a> her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kdd3n7yqo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Science and technology<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms" target="_blank">Meta Platforms</a> bans <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_media" target="_blank">state media</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatsapp" target="_blank">Whatsapp</a>, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29" target="_blank">RT</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiya_Segodnya" target="_blank">Rossiya Segodnya</a>, citing alleged deceptive tactics used by the networks to carry out &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_disinformation" target="_blank">influence operations</a>&quot; while evading detection. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-russia-oulets-1.7325186" target="_blank">(CBC News)</a></li>
</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Commonwealth_Games" target="_blank">2026 Commonwealth Games</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow" target="_blank">Glasgow</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland" target="_blank">Scotland</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>, is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" target="_blank">Commonwealth Games</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8ddeeklxko" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_17" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 148713, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israel–Hezbollah conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_pager_explosions']2024 Lebanon pager explosions[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least eleven people are killed and around 4,000 others are injured, including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] members and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Iran']Iranian ambassador[/URL] to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL], when their [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager']pagers[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explode']explode[/URL] across Lebanon and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL]. Hezbollah accuses [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] of being behind the explosions. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lebanese-authorities-raise-death-toll-in-pager-blasts-to-11-say-4000-injured/']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/dozens-of-hezbollah-members-wounded-after-pagers-explode-in-lebanon'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-hezbollah-israel-exploding-pagers-8893a09816410959b6fe94aec124461b'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/world/middleeast/israel-hezbollah-pagers-explosives.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*]Three Hezbollah militants are killed and two others are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blida%2C_Lebanon']Blida[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon']southern[/URL] Lebanon. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/17/israels-war-on-gaza-live-38-killed-as-israel-risks-becoming-pariah?update=3184187'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ukraine_campaign']Southern Ukraine campaign[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery']artillery[/URL] targets the town of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komyshuvakha%2C_Zaporizhzhia_Oblast']Komyshuvakha[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Oblast']Zaporizhzhia Oblast[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL], killing two people and injuring five others. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-dead-russian-shelling-ukraines-southeastern-zaporizhzhia-region-governor-2024-09-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*]A poll by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_Center_for_Policy_and_Survey_Research']Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research[/URL] finds that, for the first time during the war, a majority of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazans']Gazan[/URL] public does not support [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas']Hamas[/URL]' [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hamas-led_attack_on_Israel']October 7 attack on Israel[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-poll-finds-big-drop-support-oct-7-attack-2024-09-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_conflict']Ituri conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODECO']CODECO[/URL] militants kill ten [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian']civilians[/URL] in an overnight attack on a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hema_people']Hema[/URL] village in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ituri_Province']Ituri Province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo']Democratic Republic of the Congo[/URL]. Some of the victims were [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapitation']beheaded[/URL], according to local authorities. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/militia-kills-10-civilians-eastern-congo-2024-09-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_European_floods']2024 European floods[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Central_European_floods']2024 Central European floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]Four people are found dead after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood']floods[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria']Austria[/URL], while another is killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland']Poland[/URL], bringing the death toll from the ongoing floods in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe']Central[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe']Eastern Europe[/URL] to 21. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/storm-boris-death-toll-rises-flooding-new-areas-on-alert'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/16/storm-boris-death-toll-rises-as-floods-continue-to-ravage-central-europe'](Al Jazeera 2)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Pacific_typhoon_season']2024 Pacific typhoon season[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Yagi']Typhoon Yagi[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar']Myanmar[/URL] increases to 236 people, with more than 77 people still missing. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/17/at-least-two-hundred-thirty-six-killed-in-myanmar-flooding-from-typhoon-yagi'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Portugal_wildfires']2024 Portugal wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal']Portuguese[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefighter']firefighters[/URL] die while fighting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire']wildfires[/URL] in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/death-toll-climbs-four-portugal-battles-wildfires-2024-09-17/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]At least 25 children are killed when a bus carrying [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslims']Muslims[/URL] celebrating the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mawlid']birth of prophet Muhammad[/URL] crashes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaduna_State']Kaduna State[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria']Nigeria[/URL]. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/17/nigeria-bus-crash-kills-at-least-25-children-on-religious-trip'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [*]Six people are killed in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landslide']landslide[/URL] caused by heavy rains in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naucalpan']Naucalpan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/mexico-state-landslide-deaths-climate-rainy-season-f6b8b874e48f5fbf03ec0e586e76fae4'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Afghanistan']Foreign relations of Afghanistan[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Afghanistan']Taliban government[/URL] reopens the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghan[/URL] embassy in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscat']Muscat[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman']Oman[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/afghanistan-reopens-embassy-oman-taliban-113753485'](ABC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_quota_reform_movement']Bangladesh quota reform movement[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekattorer_Ghatak_Dalal_Nirmul_Committee']Ekattorer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee[/URL] President [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahriar_Kabir']Shahriar Kabir[/URL] is arrested in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhaka']Dhaka[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh']Bangladesh[/URL], on charges of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity']crimes against humanity[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killing']mass killing[/URL], and murder for his involvement with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Hasina']Sheikh Hasina[/URL]'s government during the quota reform movement. [URL='https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/358683/shahriar-kabir-arrested-in-dhaka']([I]Dhaka Tribune[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Georgia_%28country%29']LGBT rights in Georgia[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Georgia']Parliament of Georgia[/URL] approves a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would restrict [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ%2B']LGBTQ+[/URL] rights in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29']the country[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/georgias-parliament-approves-anti-lgtbq-bill/a-70239544'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazan_rapes']Mazan rapes[/URL] [LIST] [*]Dominique Pélicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and recruiting dozens of men to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape']rape[/URL] her for more than ten years, admits to all of the charges against him in his first testimony since the trial opened on September 2. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kdd3n7yqo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Science and technology[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta_Platforms']Meta Platforms[/URL] bans [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_media']state media[/URL] from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook']Facebook[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram']Instagram[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whatsapp']Whatsapp[/URL], including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29']RT[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiya_Segodnya']Rossiya Segodnya[/URL], citing alleged deceptive tactics used by the networks to carry out "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_disinformation']influence operations[/URL]" while evading detection. [URL='https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/meta-russia-oulets-1.7325186'](CBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Commonwealth_Games']2026 Commonwealth Games[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow']Glasgow[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland']Scotland[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL], is formally selected as the host city of the 2026 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games']Commonwealth Games[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8ddeeklxko'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_17"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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