Current events: 2026-09-10

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • 2026 Yemen campaign
      • Houthis captures the port city of Mokha, as government forces retreat from the districts of Hays and Al Khawkhah. A mass exodus of the area from civilians towards Aden is further reported. (AFP via France 24)
  • Gaza war
    • Aftermath of the Second Intifada
      • The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet confirms that they have killed Hamas senior leader Farah Hamed, a senior member who was accused of carrying out the 2003 attack that resulted in the killing of {{ill|Shalom Har-Melech|he|רצח שלום הר מלך}}, the late husband of Limor Son Har-Melech, in a airstrike in the Gaza Strip. (Israel National News) (The Times of Israel)
    • Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip kill a family of four. (Reuters)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • Russia launches drone strikes at Ukraine, killing at least seven people. (Al Jazeera)

Business and econony

• Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
  • 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
    • Crude oil prices in the United States, including from Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate, reach US$100, the highest since May, amidst renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran. (CNBC)
  • The International Monetary Fund reports that the global growth of the global economy is on track to reach 3% in 2026 despite the war in Iran, but also cautioned that risks still remain high. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 20 people are killed and five others are reported missing after a fire breaks out on a cargo ship in Qingdao, Shandong, China. (CNN)

Health and environment

• 2026 Bangladesh measles outbreak
  • Seven more children died from suspected measles in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 1,009. (The Business Standard)
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain announces that Bangladesh will resume nationwide vaccinations beginning on September 25 amidst the ongoing measles outbreak. (South Asian Herald)

International relations

• Algeria–United Arab Emirates relations
  • Algeria cuts diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates, without specifying a reason. (Reuters)
• Latin America–United States relations, War on drugs
  • Peruvian president Keiko Fujimori announces that the country will join the Shield of the Americas coalition against drug cartels following a visit from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturns a 2019 presidential pardon granted to Buddhist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara and orders him to serve the remainder of his six-year prison sentence for criminally intimidating human rights activist Sandya Eknelygoda. (AFP via France 24)
• Switzerland publishes a 200-page dossier on the Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, who conducted medical experiments at Auschwitz concentration camp. (The Washington Post)

Science and technology

• The first robotic surgical system in Kyrgyzstan is introduced at the Kyrgyz State Medical Academy. (Azertag) (AKIPress) (Caspian Post)

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