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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 149115" 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">The death toll from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager" target="_blank">pager</a> explosions across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon" target="_blank">Lebanon</a> last week increases to 42 people, with more than 3,500 others injured. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/we-are-isolated-tired-scared-pager-attack-leaves-lebanon-in-shock" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
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<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">The death toll from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> airstrikes two days ago in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahieh" target="_blank">Dahieh</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut" target="_blank">Beirut</a>, Lebanon, increases to at least 45 militants and civilians. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/21/death-toll-from-israeli-strike-on-beirut-suburb-rises-to-31" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> launches a barrage of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockets" target="_blank">rockets</a> at an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" target="_blank">Israel Defense Forces</a> base in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa" target="_blank">Haifa</a>, Israel, in retaliation for the assassination of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Aqil_%28Hezbollah%29" target="_blank">Ibrahim Aqil</a>. An Israeli civilian is slightly injured by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome" target="_blank">Iron Dome</a> interception. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hezbollah-targets-base-near-haifa-after-israeli-strike-in-beirut-killed-37-including-top-commander-1.7047069" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbollah-rocket-attack-mideast-tensions-0584727974096d98d1b5b132dfd1d218" target="_blank">(AP)</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">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_Police" target="_blank">police officer</a> is killed and four others are injured in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device" target="_blank">IED</a> attack on a multinational <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomat" target="_blank">diplomatic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy" target="_blank">convoy</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" target="_blank">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-roadside-blast-diplomats-c875d8d4e00ca98d8cf4a19b5b3aa7ae" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_drug_war" target="_blank">Mexican drug war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from the ongoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout" target="_blank">shootouts</a> between rival factions of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel" target="_blank">Sinaloa Cartel</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa" target="_blank">Sinaloa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" target="_blank">Mexico</a>, increases to 70 people with 51 others missing. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/dozens-killed-in-mexico-as-rivals-fight-for-control-of-sinaloa-cartel" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed, three others are injured, and a person is missing when a two-story building collapses in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples" target="_blank">Naples</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy" target="_blank">Italy</a>. <a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/building-collapse-in-naples-kills-2-young-siblings-and-their-grandmother-buries-the-mother-1.7047612" target="_blank">(CTV News)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Israel" target="_blank">Censorship in Israel</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_forces" target="_blank">Israeli forces</a> carry out a siege and order the closure of the offices of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Arabic" target="_blank">Al Jazeera Arabic</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramallah" target="_blank">Ramallah</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank" target="_blank">West Bank</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-al-jazeera-gaza-war-hamas-4abdb2969e39e7ad99dfbf9caa7bb32c?utm_source=copy&amp;utm_medium=share" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" target="_blank">2024 Sri Lankan presidential election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">For the first time in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">Sri Lanka</a>'s history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the first round, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Power" target="_blank">National People's Power</a> candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake" target="_blank">Anura Kumara Dissanayake</a> led with 42.31% of the vote counted, while <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_%28Sri_Lanka%29" target="_blank">opposition leader</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya" target="_blank">United People's Power</a> candidate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa" target="_blank">Sajith Premadasa</a> took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" target="_blank">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> came in third place with 17% of the vote.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Following the counting of second and third preferences, Dissanayake is declared president-elect by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka" target="_blank">election commission</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-presidential-election-dissanayake-wickremesinghe-results-50a8990acae90fabaddd8d01c0ef5bcd" target="_blank">(AP)</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_22" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 149115, 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] [*]The death toll from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager']pager[/URL] explosions across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon']Lebanon[/URL] last week increases to 42 people, with more than 3,500 others injured. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/20/we-are-isolated-tired-scared-pager-attack-leaves-lebanon-in-shock']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Ibrahim_Aqil']Assassination of Ibrahim Aqil[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] airstrikes two days ago in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahieh']Dahieh[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beirut']Beirut[/URL], Lebanon, increases to at least 45 militants and civilians. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/9/21/death-toll-from-israeli-strike-on-beirut-suburb-rises-to-31'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] launches a barrage of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockets']rockets[/URL] at an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces']Israel Defense Forces[/URL] base in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifa']Haifa[/URL], Israel, in retaliation for the assassination of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Aqil_%28Hezbollah%29']Ibrahim Aqil[/URL]. An Israeli civilian is slightly injured by an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Dome']Iron Dome[/URL] interception. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/hezbollah-targets-base-near-haifa-after-israeli-strike-in-beirut-killed-37-including-top-commander-1.7047069'](CTV News)[/URL] [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-hezbollah-rocket-attack-mideast-tensions-0584727974096d98d1b5b132dfd1d218'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa_Police']police officer[/URL] is killed and four others are injured in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_explosive_device']IED[/URL] attack on a multinational [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplomat']diplomatic[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoy']convoy[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa']Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-roadside-blast-diplomats-c875d8d4e00ca98d8cf4a19b5b3aa7ae'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_drug_war']Mexican drug war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from the ongoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shootout']shootouts[/URL] between rival factions of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel']Sinaloa Cartel[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa']Sinaloa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico']Mexico[/URL], increases to 70 people with 51 others missing. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/dozens-killed-in-mexico-as-rivals-fight-for-control-of-sinaloa-cartel'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]Three people are killed, three others are injured, and a person is missing when a two-story building collapses in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naples']Naples[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy']Italy[/URL]. [URL='https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/building-collapse-in-naples-kills-2-young-siblings-and-their-grandmother-buries-the-mother-1.7047612'](CTV News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Israel']Censorship in Israel[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_forces']Israeli forces[/URL] carry out a siege and order the closure of the offices of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_Arabic']Al Jazeera Arabic[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramallah']Ramallah[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank']West Bank[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-al-jazeera-gaza-war-hamas-4abdb2969e39e7ad99dfbf9caa7bb32c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election']2024 Sri Lankan presidential election[/URL] [LIST] [*]For the first time in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka']Sri Lanka[/URL]'s history, election officials begin a second round of vote counting. [*]In the first round, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_People%27s_Power']National People's Power[/URL] candidate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anura_Kumara_Dissanayake']Anura Kumara Dissanayake[/URL] led with 42.31% of the vote counted, while [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_%28Sri_Lanka%29']opposition leader[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya']United People's Power[/URL] candidate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sajith_Premadasa']Sajith Premadasa[/URL] took second place with 32.76%. Incumbent [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe']Ranil Wickremesinghe[/URL] came in third place with 17% of the vote. [*]Following the counting of second and third preferences, Dissanayake is declared president-elect by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_Commission_of_Sri_Lanka']election commission[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/sri-lanka-presidential-election-dissanayake-wickremesinghe-results-50a8990acae90fabaddd8d01c0ef5bcd'](AP)[/URL] [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyznjz3d78o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_September_22"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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