Portal:Current events/2024 September 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • September 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • Hezbollah launches a ballistic missile targeting the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, which is intercepted, while Israel conducts an additional 260 airstrikes across Lebanon, killing at least 72 people. (ABC News) (Al Jazeera)
  • The United States, the European Union, and several other countries call for an immediate 21-day ceasefire along the Blue Line on the Israel–Lebanon border, which has been rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Reuters)
• Sectarian violence in Pakistan, Shia–Sunni relations
  • At least 25 people are killed and dozens are injured in clashes between Shia and Sunni Muslim tribes in Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, since September 20. (AP)

Business and economy

• Pakistani economic crisis
  • The International Monetary Fund approves a $7 billion loan for Pakistan to help its economy, with $1 billion being disbursed immediately and the rest in instalments over 37 months. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Argentina wildfires
  • Intense and widespread wildfires in Córdoba Province, Argentina, destroy 40,000 hectares (400 km²) of forests and farmland, including several farm structures, and also kill large numbers of cattle. (Reuters)
• A blimp promoting Brazil soccer team São Paulo FC crashes into houses in the Brazilian municipality of Osasco, injuring the pilot. (Fox News)

International relations

• Brazil–Ukraine relations, China–Ukraine relations
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Brazil and China of using their proposed peace plan for ending the Russo-Ukrainian War to increase their geopolitical power "at Ukraine's expense" by urging developing nations to agree to the peace plan. (Reuters)
• Georgia–United States relations
  • The United States withdraws Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's invitation to attend a summit of national leaders hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden during the ongoing United Nations General Assembly session, and refuses any further delegator meetings with Georgia, due to the "anti-democratic actions, disinformation, and negative rhetoric towards the U.S. and the West" resulting from Georgia's recently-passed foreign agents law. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Crime in France, Immigration to France
  • The center-right Macron-appointed Barnier government expresses a willingness to work with the far-right National Rally's proposals to strengthen French immigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Paris last week. The suspect, who was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland, is a Moroccan convicted rapist who was released from prison this month and was meant to be deported. (Reuters)
• Criminal investigations into the Eric Adams administration
  • New York Mayor Eric Adams is indicted on federal charges following a corruption investigation, becoming the first mayor of New York City, United States, to face criminal charges while in office. (The New York Times)
• Four people are killed and two others are critically injured in a shooting spree in Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. The perpetrator later commits suicide. (ANSA)
• A man hijacks a Los Angeles Metro Bus in South Los Angeles, California, United States, later killing one of the two passengers. The bus is driven at gunpoint for more than 7 miles (11 km) before the man surrenders to police. (AP)
• Six people are injured when a bomb explodes in a courthouse in Santa Maria, California, United States. A suspect is later arrested. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson demands that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismiss Ukrainian ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova after Zelenskyy visited an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania with several Democratic politicians, which Johnson claims represented foreign electoral intervention. (Reuters)
• Cross-strait relations
  • The Japanese Navy sends a warship into the Taiwan Strait for the first time to reportedly "convey a message" to China, according to Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun. (DW)
• German Green Party leaders Omid Nouripour and Ricarda Lang state that they will step down following significant defeats in recent elections including the 2024 Brandenburg state election. (The Guardian)
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau survives a no-confidence vote by a vote of 211–119. (BBC News)