Armed conflicts and attacks

United States president Donald Trump claims that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel in international waters, killing three people, making it the second such strike carried out against a suspected drug boat in September. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-us-struck-another-alleged-venezuelan-drug-vessel-killing-three-2025-09-15/

Armed conflicts and attacks

Nigerian troops kill at least eleven ISWAP fighters in two operations in the Adamawa and Borno states. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/nigerian-military-kills-11-iswap-militants-borno-adamawa-2025-09-16/

Business and economy

The U.S. Department of Transportation orders Mexican flag carrier Aeroméxico and U.S. major carrier Delta Air Lines to end their joint venture by January 1, 2026, citing anti-competitive effects on Mexico–U.S. routes. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/trump-administration-orders-delta-aeromexico-end-joint-venture-by-january-1-2025-09-16/

Business and economy

Australian bank ANZ agrees to pay AU$240 million (US$160 million) in penalties, the largest ever imposed by the Securities and Investments Commission, for misconduct including irregularities in a government bond deal and failures affecting its customers. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/australias-anz-pay-160-million-over-bond-deal-customer-violations-2025-09-14/

Disasters and accidents

At least 50 people are killed after a boat carrying Sudanese refugees catches fire off the coast of Libya, with 24 survivors receiving medical assistance. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/iom-says-least-50-dead-after-vessel-carrying-sudanese-refugees-caught-fire-off-2025-09-16/

International relations

The United States adds Colombia to its list of countries failing to meet international counter-narcotics obligations for the first time since 1997, citing increased cocaine production. (AFP via France 24)

• https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250916-us-decertifies-colombia-in-drug-war-for-first-time-in-nearly-30-years

Law and crime

Philippine president Bongbong Marcos appoints former Supreme Court associate justice Andres Reyes Jr. as the chairperson of the newly established Independent Commission for Infrastructure to investigate corruption in flood control projects. (Rappler)

• https://www.rappler.com/philippines/former-sc-justice-andres-reyes-jr-chair-independent-commission-infrastructure/

Law and crime

Poland detains a Belarusian woman and a Ukrainian man after a drone flew over the Presidential Palace in Warsaw and was neutralized by the State Protection Service. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/poland-drone-president-warsaw-ukrainian-belarusian-operators-463525feb87b5bb1e6123d9ed434a5ac

Politics and elections

Tanzania's electoral commission disqualifies ACT-Wazalendo candidate Luhaga Mpina from the upcoming presidential election for a second time, reversing its earlier approval on September 13. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tanzania-opposition-presidential-candidate-barred-second-time-2025-09-15/

Sports

Swedish–American pole vaulter Armand Duplantis breaks his own world record of 6.29 meters set in 2025 by jumping 6.30 meters, winning him the gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. (International Olympic Committee)

• https://www.olympics.com/en/news/mondo-duplantis-world-record-gold-world-athletics-championships-2025-pole-vault