Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian missile strikes on Poltava, Ukraine, kill at least 55 people and injure more than 328 others. (Reuters) (AP)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/death-toll-russian-strike-ukraines-poltava-up-55-2024-09-05/
• https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-missile-strike-poltava-region-a53f1a4500ef52e4bf8217ee0e8bca84

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Islamic State claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing outside a Taliban building in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed six people. (Al Arabiya)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/03/isis-claims-responsibility-for-deadly-kabul-blast

International relations

Switzerland reopens its embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, after closing it during the Gulf War in 1991. (BNO News)

• https://bnonews.com/index.php/2024/09/switzerland-reopens-embassy-in-baghdad-after-33-years/

Law and crime

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is subpoenaed by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs after refusing to testify on the government's actions regarding the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the concurrent deaths of thirteen service members. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congressional-committee-subpoenas-blinken-over-afghanistan-2024-09-03/

Law and crime

The United States Department of Justice charges Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and five other militants with conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism, conspiracy to murder Americans, and five other counts each. (DW)

• https://www.dw.com/en/us-charges-hamas-leader-with-terrorism-over-october-7-attack/a-70125827

Law and crime

Isabel Perelló is elected as President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary in Spain, becoming the first woman to hold the position. (El Periódico) (El País) (El Diario)

• https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20240903/cgpj-retoma-debate-magistrada-progresista-isabel-perello-candidata-consenso-107692663
• https://elpais.com/espana/2024-09-03/el-pleno-del-cgpj-arranca-con-acuerdo-para-votar-a-isabel-perello-como-presidenta.html
• https://www.eldiario.es/politica/vocales-eligen-jueza-progresista-isabel-perello-nueva-presidenta-judicial_1_11624862.html

Law and crime

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is "seriously injured" after being shot in the leg in a shootout with the Uganda People's Defence Force near Kampala. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/uganda-bobi-wine-police-wounded-opposition-kampala-b2f01cb190363ac5f0b2fd7ec1e94a09?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share