Armed conflicts and attacks

Over 22,000 Lebanese residents have crossed into Syria in order to escape ongoing Israeli bombardment and a potential escalation of the conflict. (Barron's)

• https://www.barrons.com/news/more-than-22-000-people-cross-to-syria-amid-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon-syria-security-sources-eefb1e98

Armed conflicts and attacks

Two people, including Mohammad Hussein Srour, a senior commander in Hezbollah, are killed and 15 others are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/26/israel-attacks-lebanon-live-72-killed-in-latest-wave-of-israeli-attacks

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 92 people are killed and 153 others are injured in airstrikes across Lebanon, bringing the total death toll from the airstrikes to more than 700 people. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/9/26/israel-attacks-lebanon-live-72-killed-in-latest-wave-of-israeli-attacks?update=3205303

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel rejects proposals from the United States, Australia, and the European Union to initiate a temporary 21-day ceasefire with Hezbollah. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanese-prime-minister-believes-ceasefire-between-israel-hezbollah-possible-2024-09-26/
• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/lebanons-hezbollah-says-it-launched-rocket-targeting-mossad-base-near-tel-aviv-2024-09-25/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Prior to a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. President Joe Biden announces a military aid package of more than $8 billion for Ukraine and directs The Pentagon to allocate all remaining security funds to Ukraine by the end of his presidential term in January 2025. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-announces-8-billion-military-aid-ukraine-2024-09-26/

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States grants Israel a $8.7 billion military aid package, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stating that the U.S. will not change its commitment to providing military aid to Israel. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/risk-all-out-war-between-hezbollah-israel-pentagon-chief-2024-09-26/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Eight Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in a shootout with soldiers in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-security-forces-militants-killed-3831bb21ebc34e3db68f73737957c027

Disasters and accidents

At least 46 people, including 37 children, who were taking part in Jivitputrika festivities in Bihar, India, drown in rivers and bodies of water swollen by ongoing flooding across India. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/india/dozens-children-drown-during-hindu-festival-india-2024-09-26/

Disasters and accidents

Up to 275 mm (10.8 in) of rain falls across Mumbai, India, causing at least four deaths. (Al Arabiya)

• https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2024/09/26/heavy-rains-paralyze-mumbai-at-least-four-dead-

Disasters and accidents

A United States defence official claims that a Chinese nuclear attack submarine, the first of the new Zhou-class, likely sank during construction earlier this year. (ABC News)

• https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-chinese-nuclear-attack-submarine-sank-construction-us-114217903

Law and crime

Norwegian police issue an international search request for a Norwegian-Indian man linked to the sale of pagers to Hezbollah that exploded last week. (Times of Israel)

• https://www.timesofisrael.com/norway-issues-global-search-request-for-man-linked-to-exploding-hezbollah-pager

Law and crime

Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row inmate, is acquitted in Japan following a retrial. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9x6zrkrro