Portal:Current events/2022 September 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
      • Russian forces shell a psychiatric hospital in Strelechya, Kharkiv Oblast, killing four medics and injuring two patients. (The Guardian)
• 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes
  • The death toll from the fighting between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, which began four days ago, increases to 94. Fifty-nine of the people were killed in Kyrgyzstan, and the 35 others were killed in Tajikistan. Another 139 people are injured. (BBC News)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Ukraine withdraws its 250 troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Ukrainian Air Force aviation unit also withdraws its eight helicopters from the mission, which made up a third of the UN's fleet. (BBC News)
• Mexican drug war
  • Five gunmen storm a rehab center in the early morning in Cortazar, Guanajuato, Mexico, and open fire, killing three people and injuring two others. (MegaNoticias)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Taitung earthquakes
  • A second earthquake in less than 24 hours strikes southeast Taiwan, killing one person and wounding 146 other people. The 6.9 magnitude earthquake is felt in Taipei and tsunami warnings are issued. (Reuters)
• 2022 Guizhou bus crash
  • Twenty-seven people are killed and 20 others are injured when a bus carrying people to a COVID-19 quarantine facility crashes on a highway in Sandu County, Guizhou Province, China. (Reuters)
• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico causing the entire island to lose power. The U.S. National Hurricane Center warns of "life-threatening flash flooding" on the island amid "historic" rainfall. (AP) (The Independent)

Politics and elections

• LGBT rights in Turkey
  • Thousands of people march in Istanbul, Turkey, to demand legislation against LGBT organizations and their activities. (AP)

Sports

• EuroBasket 2022
  • EuroBasket 2022 Final
    • Spain defeats France 88–76 in the final to win their fourth EuroBasket title. (Manila Bulletin)
• 2022 WNBA Finals
  • The Las Vegas Aces win their first WNBA Championship in a series against the Connecticut Sun. (ESPN)