Armed conflicts and attacks

Papuan separatists release Philip Mehrtens, a New Zealander pilot, after holding him hostage for over 19 months. (BBC)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3wp8ndnv9qo

Disasters and accidents

At least 51 miners are killed, several are trapped and twenty-one are injured after a coal mine explodes in Tabas, Iran, caused by a methane gas leak. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/22/at-least-30-killed-in-iran-coal-mine-blast-state-media

Law and crime

Four people are killed and seventeen others are injured following a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. (ABC News) (AP)

• https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/birmingham-shooting-results-multiple-casualties-police/story?id=113905892
• https://apnews.com/article/birmingham-alabama-fatal-shooting-5293c5068e6fec5779d19dd100fc37f5

Politics and elections

Newly appointed Prime Minister of France Michel Barnier announces a centre-right coalition government, and adds ten conservative Republican members to his cabinet. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/france-gets-new-government-after-weeks-uncertainty-2024-09-21/

Sports

In professional baseball, the Chicago White Sox earn their 119th loss of the 2024 MLB season, tying the American League loss record set by the 2003 Detroit Tigers while now being one loss away from tying the post-1900 MLB loss record of the expansion 1962 New York Mets. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/white-sox-padres-score-3e12c7554f0fee663cd165a58642d766