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Armed conflicts and attacks
The United Nations Human Rights Office reports that M23 rebels, the Congolese armed forces, and other groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have committed serious abuses, including killings, torture, sexual violence, and child recruitment, some of which may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The Trump administration deploys ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to take part in military action against drug cartels in Venezuela and Latin America. (The Guardian)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Venezuelan Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over the USS Jason Dunham in international waters for a second time in 24 hours as tensions mount between the United States and Venezuela. (CBS News)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro accuses the U.S. of seeking a regime change in Venezuela under the guise of combating cartels. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Caribbean Airlines halts all flights between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela for the entire month of September due to the military situation in the region. (Guyana Times)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A roadside bomb kills seven Cameroonian soldiers in the Southwest Region. An English-speaking separatist group claims responsibility for the bombing. (ABC News)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 63 people are killed, including seven soldiers, and others are reported missing in attacks by Boko Haram jihadists in Darul Jamal, Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Eight security officials are killed, four others are seriously injured, and five Chinese workers are kidnapped, with four rescued afterwards, in an attack on a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps convoy in Edo State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Lashkar-e-Jihadi warns police that multiple terrorist attacks involving 34 explosive-laden vehicles and 14 terrorists are being planned for the Ganesh Chaturthi finale on Saturday in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, causing security to be tightened. (The Times of India)
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Disasters and accidents
Eleven people are reported missing, including children and an infant, and three others are rescued when a hippopotamus capsizes a boat on the Sassandra River near Buyo in Ivory Coast. (CBS News)
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Disasters and accidents
A man is killed in a shark attack off Long Reef beach in New South Wales, Australia. The species of shark is currently unknown but it is believed to be a large shark due to the injuries recorded. (The Guardian)
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Health and environment
World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declares that mpox is no longer a public health emergency of international concern, citing a consistent decline in cases in Africa. (Reuters)
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International relations
Finland joins the New York Declaration calling for the end of the Gaza war and advancing a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. (Reuters)
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Law and crime
The European Commission fines Google €2.95 billion (US$3.47 billion) for allegedly abusing its position as the leading search engine to commit anti-trust violations in the advertising technology space. (DW)
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Politics and elections
Angela Rayner resigns as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leaves her other government posts amid a scandal over a tax underpayment on a property she owns in Hove, East Sussex. (Sky News)
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Politics and elections
Prime Minister Keir Starmer conducts a cabinet reshuffle and appoints foreign secretary David Lammy as the new deputy PM and Secretary of State for Justice Shabana Mahmood as the new home secretary. (BBC News)
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Politics and elections
Official results show that the FAST party led by Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt wins the election by a landslide, securing 30 out of the 50 Legislative Assembly seats. (Al Jazeera) (The New Zealand Herald)