Current events: 2026-09-22

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • Yemeni civil war
    • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
      • 2026 Yemen offensives
        • The Houthi-affiliated Saba News Agency reports that Saudi airstrikes on the Houthi-held city of Mokha, Yemen, have killed six civilians. (AFP via AA)

Disasters and accidents

• 2026 Pacific hurricane season
  • The National Hurricane Center reports that Hurricane Polo has strengthened into a category 5 Pacific hurricane. (The Independent) (AP)
• 2026 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Dujuan kills at least four people and injures 22 others in Japan, while six remain missing after landslides. More than 45,000 households in Chiba Prefecture lose power, and over 460 homes are damaged. (AFP via Taipei Times) (Al Jazeera)
• Moldova's parliament approves a 60-day state of emergency in the energy and water sectors as low levels in the Dniester and Prut rivers threaten water supplies and global conflicts raise energy costs. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2026 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The Atlantic hurricane season breaks a 112-year record without a hurricane, due to a strong El Niño event in the Pacific. (AccuWeather)
• Tunisia's meteorological service reports that summer 2026 is the country's hottest since records began in 1950, with average temperatures {{convert|2.9|C-change|F-change}} above the previous record and repeated heat waves contributing to water shortages and power cuts. (AFP)

International relations

• Afghanistan–Turkmenistan relations
  • Delegations from Afghanistan and Turkmenistan agree to establish a joint commission on road transport and to facilitate transit between the two countries. (Trend News Agency)
• Greenland crisis
  • Denmark, Greenland, and the United States sign an agreement expanding U.S. military access to Greenland, permitting new defence areas and a missile defence system while reaffirming Greenland's self-determination and amending the 1951 defence agreement. (DW) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
  • Sri Lanka's High Court convicts 15 men involved in the Easter bombings in 2019. (Al Jazeera)
• 2026 Turgutlu school shooting
  • Eleven people are wounded in a mass shooting at a high school in Turgutlu, Turkey. The perpetrator is arrested. (Al Jazeera)
• Three men are killed in a shooting in Gugulethu, Cape Flats, South Africa. Police are investigating it as a triple homicide. (Cape Town ETC)

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