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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 148963" 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" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ibrahim_Aqil" target="_blank">Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haret_Hreik" target="_blank">Haret Hreik</a> neighborhood of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" target="_blank">Beirut</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a>, targeting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Aqil_%28Hezbollah%29" target="_blank">Ibrahim Aqil</a>, and wounding 66. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/israel-hits-beirut-lebanon-air-strike-hezbollah-fires-rockets" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War" target="_blank">Mali War</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bamako_attacks" target="_blank">2024 Bamako attacks</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The toll from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama%27at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal-Muslimin" target="_blank">JNIM</a>'s attacks three days ago against a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_camp" target="_blank">military camp</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamako" target="_blank">Bamako</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali" target="_blank">Mali</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modibo_Keita_International_Airport" target="_blank">Modibo Keita International Airport</a> is confirmed to be of at least 77 people killed and about 200 more injured. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/more-than-70-killed-in-mali-attack-what-happened-why-it-matters" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<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/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant_crisis" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Management of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a>-held <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant" target="_blank">Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant</a> accuses the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Armed Forces of Ukraine</a> of creating threats to the plant's safety by launching a drone to attack a nearby electrical substation. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-held-zaporizhzhia-plant-says-ukraine-staged-nearby-drone-attack-2024-09-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Militants kill nine <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Pakistani soldiers</a> in separate attacks in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Waziristan_District" target="_blank">North</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_South_Waziristan_District" target="_blank">South Waziristan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/militants-pakistan-kill-9-troops-separate-attacks-northwest-113871719" target="_blank">(ABC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">Syrian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three children are killed and another is injured, all from the same family, when a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine" target="_blank">landmine</a> placed by unknown individuals in a plastic bag explodes near a park in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbij" target="_blank">Manbij</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo_governorate" target="_blank">Aleppo governorate</a>. <a href="https://www.syriahr.com/en/344471/" target="_blank">(SOHR)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah" target="_blank">Kata'ib Hezbollah</a> announce that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, a senior commander in the group, was killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus" target="_blank">Damascus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a>, and blame <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> for the attack. <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/iraq-militant-killed-in-syria-strike-blamed-on-israel-811f7bb4" target="_blank">(Barrons)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Iran_relations" target="_blank">Afghanistan–Iran relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" target="_blank">Iran</a> summons the acting head of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>'s embassy after claiming a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing, days after a similar incident in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. The Afghan delegate apologizes, but claims this was because music in public is banned by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban" target="_blank">Taliban</a> and that they had banned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghan national anthem</a> itself. <a href="https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/20/iran-summons-afghan-envoy-for-disrespecting-anthem-" target="_blank">(Al Arabiya)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations" target="_blank">Ukraine–European Union relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission" target="_blank">President of the European Commission</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen" target="_blank">Ursula von der Leyen</a> announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> in military and energy support following <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukrainian President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy" target="_blank">Volodomyr Zelenskyy</a>'s drafting of a new victory plan against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-provide-ukraine-with-loan-worth-up-35-bln-euros-von-der-leyen-2024-09-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Taiwan" target="_blank">Capital punishment in Taiwan</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_%28Taiwan%29" target="_blank">Constitutional Court in Taiwan</a> upholds the legality of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty" target="_blank">death penalty</a> in the country, but limits its use to the &quot;most serious crimes&quot;. <a href="https://time.com/7022915/taiwan-constitutional-court-death-penalty-ruling-compromise/" target="_blank">(Time)</a></li>
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</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election" target="_blank">Third-party and independent candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">United States Supreme Court</a> rules in favor of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29" target="_blank">Democratic Party</a> bid to withhold the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">Green Party</a> from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" target="_blank">Nevada</a> ballot for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 presidential election</a>, caused by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Nevada" target="_blank">Nevada Secretary of State</a> pointing the Green Party to an incorrect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affidavit" target="_blank">affidavit form</a> for ballot qualification. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-declines-restore-green-party-nevada-ballot-2024-09-20/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_20" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 148963, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict']Israel–Hezbollah conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ibrahim_Aqil']Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] launches [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haret_Hreik']Haret Hreik[/URL] neighborhood of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut']Beirut[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL], targeting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] operatives. The airstrikes hit at least one building, killing at least 14 people, including senior Hezbollah leader [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Aqil_%28Hezbollah%29']Ibrahim Aqil[/URL], and wounding 66. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/israel-hits-beirut-lebanon-air-strike-hezbollah-fires-rockets'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali_War']Mali War[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Bamako_attacks']2024 Bamako attacks[/URL] [LIST] [*]The toll from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jama%27at_Nasr_al-Islam_wal-Muslimin']JNIM[/URL]'s attacks three days ago against a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_camp']military camp[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamako']Bamako[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali']Mali[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modibo_Keita_International_Airport']Modibo Keita International Airport[/URL] is confirmed to be of at least 77 people killed and about 200 more injured. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/20/more-than-70-killed-in-mali-attack-what-happened-why-it-matters'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant_crisis']Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*]Management of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL]-held [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaporizhzhia_Nuclear_Power_Plant']Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant[/URL] accuses the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_Ukraine']Armed Forces of Ukraine[/URL] of creating threats to the plant's safety by launching a drone to attack a nearby electrical substation. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-held-zaporizhzhia-plant-says-ukraine-staged-nearby-drone-attack-2024-09-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL] [LIST] [*]Militants kill nine [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Armed_Forces']Pakistani soldiers[/URL] in separate attacks in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Waziristan_District']North[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_South_Waziristan_District']South Waziristan[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/militants-pakistan-kill-9-troops-separate-attacks-northwest-113871719'](ABC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war']Syrian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three children are killed and another is injured, all from the same family, when a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_mine']landmine[/URL] placed by unknown individuals in a plastic bag explodes near a park in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manbij']Manbij[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo_governorate']Aleppo governorate[/URL]. [URL='https://www.syriahr.com/en/344471/'](SOHR)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata%27ib_Hezbollah']Kata'ib Hezbollah[/URL] announce that Abu Haidar al-Khafaji, a senior commander in the group, was killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus']Damascus[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL], and blame [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] for the attack. [URL='https://www.barrons.com/news/iraq-militant-killed-in-syria-strike-blamed-on-israel-811f7bb4'](Barrons)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Iran_relations']Afghanistan–Iran relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran']Iran[/URL] summons the acting head of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL]'s embassy after claiming a visiting Afghan official disrespected the country's national anthem by not standing, days after a similar incident in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. The Afghan delegate apologizes, but claims this was because music in public is banned by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban']Taliban[/URL] and that they had banned the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_anthem_of_the_Islamic_Republic_of_Afghanistan']Afghan national anthem[/URL] itself. [URL='https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/20/iran-summons-afghan-envoy-for-disrespecting-anthem-'](Al Arabiya)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European_Union_relations']Ukraine–European Union relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_European_Commission']President of the European Commission[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_von_der_Leyen']Ursula von der Leyen[/URL] announces a loan of up to €35 billion (US$39 billion) for [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] in military and energy support following [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Ukraine']Ukrainian President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy']Volodomyr Zelenskyy[/URL]'s drafting of a new victory plan against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-provide-ukraine-with-loan-worth-up-35-bln-euros-von-der-leyen-2024-09-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Taiwan']Capital punishment in Taiwan[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Court_%28Taiwan%29']Constitutional Court in Taiwan[/URL] upholds the legality of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty']death penalty[/URL] in the country, but limits its use to the "most serious crimes". [URL='https://time.com/7022915/taiwan-constitutional-court-death-penalty-ruling-compromise/']([I]Time[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_and_independent_candidates_for_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election']Third-party and independent candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States']United States Supreme Court[/URL] rules in favor of a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29']Democratic Party[/URL] bid to withhold the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_of_the_United_States']Green Party[/URL] from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada']Nevada[/URL] ballot for the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election']2024 presidential election[/URL], caused by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_of_Nevada']Nevada Secretary of State[/URL] pointing the Green Party to an incorrect [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affidavit']affidavit form[/URL] for ballot qualification. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-declines-restore-green-party-nevada-ballot-2024-09-20/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_20"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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