Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- A fire at Indonesia's Tangerang prison kills 41 inmates and injures 80 others.
- In Guinea, President Alpha Condé (pictured) is captured by armed forces during a coup d'état.
- Hurricane Ida leaves at least 70 people dead and causes flooding in the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, leading to widespread power outages.
- Amid evacuations from Afghanistan, a suicide bombing kills at least 182 people at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of the Fall of Kabul (2021)
- Former president Ashraf Ghani apologizes to the Afghan people and reiterates that he fled the country to avoid a "bloody street fighting" for control of Kabul and vehemently denies stealing from the country's treasury on his escape. (Al Jazeera)
- Roya Rahmani, the first female Afghan ambassador to the United States says to contrary to the West's perception, she was "not surprised" at the speedy takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban as she says that years of mismanagement by the governments of Karzai and Ghani led to the debacle. She also decries Ghani's decision to flee as "extremely disappointing and embarrassing". (Reuters)
- War crimes in the Tigray War
- Local officials in the Amhara Region report that rebellious forces from the Tigray Region killed 120 civilians over the course of two days in a village. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Tangerang prison fire
- A fire at a prison in Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia, kills 41 inmates and injures at least 80 others. (AFP via RTL)
- At least 17 people are killed at a hospital during heavy floods in Tula, Mexico. (BBC)
- Two people are killed and at least 13 are injured by a gas explosion in an apartment in Noginsk, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Ruptly) (RT)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand moves to Alert Level 2 outside Auckland with mandatory scanning in bar, restaurants, churchs, and close-contact businesses, social distancing increase to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in public places and masks must be worn in indoor public places. (TVNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
Law and crime
- Hong Kong national security law
- Police in Hong Kong arrest four members of Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, the pro-democracy organization in charge of the Tiananmen Square protests anniversaries vigils as police say that the group refused to submit information on national security grounds. Chief Executive Carrie Lam condemns the group and welcomes the arrests. (CNN)
- A court in Milan, Italy, orders a medical examination of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi as his trial on alleged bribery keeps being delayed due to hospital visits since it started in 2017. The 84-year-old pleads not guilty as his lawyers welcome the decision of the court. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- Duwa Lashi La, leader of the anti-junta National Unity Government, calls for a national revolt and uprising against the military government led by Min Aung Hlaing and for a "defensive war" in "every corner of the country; every village, town and city". (Deutsche Welle)
- Aftermath of the 2021 Guinean coup d'état
- As the military consolidates power in the country, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya vows to free all "political prisoners" without mentioning any specific people or referring to deposed president Alpha Condé. Condé opposition groups welcome the news but say that no prisoners have been released. (Deutsche Welle)
- 2021 Afghan protests
- Kidnapping in Nigeria
- Gunmen kidnap 18 villagers in Kaduna State, Nigeria, including seven children, according to a community leader. (Reuters)
Businesses and economy
- El Salvador becomes the first country in the world to adopt the cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal tender as well as the national currency as the Bitcoin Law comes into effect. However, a small but growing number of people opposed to the new law protested against it in the capital, San Salvador. (Al Jazeera English) (The Wall Street Journal)
Disasters and accidents
- 2021 Guerrero earthquake
- A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck just outside the tourist city of Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico, killing at least one person and leaving more than 1.6 million without electricity. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
- The Indonesian Drug and Food Control Authority issues emergency use authorizations for the single-dose Janssen vaccine and the CanSino Convidecia vaccine. (detikHealth)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, COVID-19 vaccination in Japan
- The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare signs a agreement with the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to purchase 150 million doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that will be manufactured and distributed domestically by Takeda beginning next year. (The Japan Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
- Mongolia reports a record 3,963 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 240,042. (Montsame)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- Singapore reports 328 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total in more than a year. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia, COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
- The Spanish Public Health Commission approves the administration of a third "booster" dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for severely immunosuppressed people. (Euro Weekly News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey reports its first two cases of the Mu variant, which was originally detected in Colombia. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, COVID-19 vaccination in Spain
- COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
- The number of deaths due to COVID-19 in Africa surpasses 200,000. (Radio France Internationale)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia
- The French overseas department of New Caledonia enters a two-week lockdown after three community transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported yesterday. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela, COVID-19 vaccination in Venezuela
- Venezuela receives their first shipment of 693,600 doses of the Sinovac Coronavac vaccine supplied through the COVAX initiative. (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- Human Rights Watch accuses security forces in Egypt of killing 755 people, mainly members of the Muslim Brotherhood, during extrajudicial executions, between 2015 and 2020. Security forces claimed that the deaths only occurred during "shoot-outs". (BBC)
- Abortion in Mexico
- In a unanimous vote, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules that criminalizing abortion is unconstitutional, setting a precedent for the legalization of abortion. (The New York Times)
- The Supreme Court of Cape Verde approves the extradition of Alex Saab to the United States for alleged money laundering on behalf of the Venezuelan government. Saab was arrested in Cape Verde in June 2020, when his plane stopped there for refuelling while flying to Iran. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro
- On Independence Day, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and his main opponent, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hold rallies in different cities to mark the anniversary. (MercoPress)
- During the rallies, Bolsonaro alleges that next year's presidential election would be a "farce" and criticizes the Supreme Federal Court for investigating him and his allies. (Reuters) (CNN Brazil)
- Gettr CEO and former Donald Trump 2020 campaign adviser Jason Miller is detained following a CPAC event in Brazil. (The Washington Post) (The Independent)
- Politics of Afghanistan
- The Taliban names Mohammad Hassan Akhund as the leader of Afghanistan and Abdul Ghani Baradar as the deputy leader of the country. Akhund was an associate of the late Mullah Omar. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Panjshir conflict
- The Taliban repeats its claim of having captured all of Panjshir Province, releasing footage of Taliban militants in front of the gubernatorial palace in Bazarak, the capital of the province. The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan continues to deny the Taliban's claims. (Reuters)
- Anti-Taliban forces in Panjshir claim to have been bombed by Pakistan Air Force drones, accusing Pakistan of directly supporting the Taliban offensive. (The Hindustan Times)
- Panjshir conflict
- Tigray War
- War crimes in the Tigray War
- In a single day, 11 more dead bodies of Tigrayans wash up along the Setit River, most likely coming from Humera. According to refugees from Humera, Amhara militants have rounded up thousands of Tigrayans and forced them into makeshift mass detention camps while those of other ethnicities were safe, particularly those of the Amhara ethnicity. Inside these detention camps, people were crammed together on the floor without rooms or partitions to create privacy. These people were also not given food and sometimes did not even have access to a toilet. (CNN)
- War crimes in the Tigray War
- 2021 Guinean coup d'état
- The military junta led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya announces an indefinite nightly curfew in the country, and says that Guinea's governors will be replaced by regional commanders of the military. The junta also refuses to issue a timeline for the release of deposed President Alpha Condé, saying that the former leader still has "access to medical care and his doctors". (AP)
- Doumbouya announces the formation of a new government soon and says that there will be no "witch-hunting" of ministers or former ministers of the Condé government. (BBC)
- Police in Algeria arrest 27 members of the separatist group MAK, which has been blamed for two recent attacks in northern towns. The group is known for seeking independence for the Berber-speaking region of Kabylie. Algeria cited Morocco's support for the group as a reason for suspending diplomatic relations last week. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announces that the historic Monument to Christopher Columbus in Paseo de la Reforma will be permanently replaced by a statue of a woman from the indigenous Olmec civilization. Sheinbaum says that the move is not an attempt to "erase history" but to instead deliver "social justice". The Columbus statue is reportedly being moved to a small park in the Polanco neighborhood. (BBC) (USA Today)
Business and economy
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
- The government of Colombia, through the Superintendency of Corporations, ceases its control of the petrochemical firm Monómeros S.A. that had been under the management of the Venezuelan transitional government. This intervention takes place one week after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called for the opposition to return control of the enterprise to Venezuela. (Semana)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 vaccination in India
- India administers 10,576,296 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in the past 24 hours, setting a new record for the third time in the past 11 days. (Hindustan Times)
- An industry executive says that India will increase its medical oxygen capacity to 15,000 tonnes in preparation for a third wave of COVID-19. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Philippines reports a record 22,415 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,103,331. (GMA News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Vietnamese authorities launch a plan to conduct COVID-19 testing of up to 1.5 million people in higher-risk areas of Hanoi in order to contain an outbreak of COVID-19 infections as the capital extends its COVID-19-related restrictions for two more weeks. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, COVID-19 vaccination in Denmark
- The Danish governmment cancels its plans for a national vaccine production tender after they agreed to support Bavarian Nordic's vaccine development with financial aid of DKK 800 million (US$128 million). (Medwatch)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo
- Kosovo receives a shipment of 503,100 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine donated from the United States through the COVAX initiative. (Gazeta Express)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey
- Turkey begins to require a negative PCR test result from the previous 48 hours for those who have not been fully vaccinated or who have not recovered from COVID-19 in order to enter theatres, cinemas, or other crowded events as well as to travel by plane, train or bus. (Daily Sabah)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, COVID-19 vaccination in Denmark
- COVID-19 pandemic in South America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
- COVID-19 vaccination in Peru
- Peruvian President Pedro Castillo announces that the Peruvian government has reached a agreement with Russia to create a plant that would produce a Sputnik V vaccine in the country. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Peru
- COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
- The Public Health Institute of Chile approves the usage of the Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine for children over the age of six. (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Peru
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul signs the HERO Act, a legislation that would provide protection to state workers in their workplaces. (New York Daily News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
Law and crime
- 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
- A court in Minsk, Belarus, finds opposition activist Maria Kalesnikava guilty of "trying to seize power and extremism" and sentences her to 11 years in prison. Kalesnikava had destroyed her passport to avoid being expelled from the country. Opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya promises to release Kalesnikava "much earlier than these 11 years" and condemns the verdict. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan
- Operation Allies Refuge
- White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain says that around 100 Americans remain in Afghanistan following the August 31 withdrawal deadline. He also says that the Biden administration will still try to rescue them. (Politico)
- Operation Allies Refuge
- Panjshir conflict
- Taliban spokesperson Bilal Karimi says that Taliban forces have entered Bazarak, the capital of Panjshir Province, after gaining more territory in the surrounding areas. (Reuters)
- Mohammad Fahim Dashty, a chief and spokesperson of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, is killed by the Taliban during a fight. (The Week)
- 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan
- 2021 Guinean coup d'état
- Heavy gunfire is heard in Conakry, Guinea, as soldiers seal off and block the main bridge connecting to the Kaloum neighborhood, which houses the Presidential Palace. President Alpha Condé is arrested and taken away by special forces soldiers but appears to be unharmed. Three soldiers are reportedly killed. (BBC) (Reuters) (Europa Press)(The Economist)
- The military seizes state television and announces on air that the government has been dissolved and that all land borders are closed. (ABC News)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Three soldiers are killed and 15 more are wounded as a suicide bomber blows himself up at a checkpoint in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera)
- ISIL insurgency in Iraq
- Twelve police officers are killed and three others are wounded as ISIL militants open fire and bomb a security checkpoint in Kirkuk. (Al Jazeera)
- Mapuche conflict
- Violence intensifies during a four-day clash in the Mapuche Araucanía Region in Chile, between Chilean forces and the Mapuche people. A presidential delegate has called on the Congress to speed the arrest and prosecution of what he called "terrorists". (MercoPress)
- A knifeman stabs and seriously wounds two women in Berlin, Germany. Authorities are investigating if the attacker was motivated by Islamic extremism. He targeted the first victim claiming that "he didn't like that a woman was working". (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
- The death toll from Hurricane Ida in the Northeastern United States increases to 50. (CNBC)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
- The number of population who have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Cambodia surpasses 70%. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka surpasses 10,000 deaths from COVID-19. (Adaderana)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam
- The Vietnamese health ministry announces that Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bình Dương, Dong Nai and Long An provinces must vaccinate all of their adult residents with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by September 15. (CNA)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- Germany surpasses four million cases of COVID-19. (Daily Sabah)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
- Russia surpasses seven million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fourth country to do so after the United States, India, and Brazil. (Kyiv Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
- COVID-19 pandemic in Peru, COVID-19 vaccination in Peru
- Peru begins vaccinations for people aged 30 in Lima, Callao, and the Ica Region. (Andina)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Law and crime
- 2021 Montenegrin episcopal ordination protests
- Police fire tear gas and remove barricades in Cetinje, Montenegro, as anti-Serb Montenegrin nationalist protesters attempted to impede the enthronement of Joanikije II to the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church. (Deutsche Welle)
Politics and elections
- 2021 São Toméan presidential election
- Carlos Vila Nova, from the Independent Democratic Action, wins the second round of the presidential election. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Afghanistan athletes Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli carry the Afghan flag during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympics after being unable to attend the opening ceremony due to the withdrawal of American troops from the country. (The Washington Post)
- The closing ceremony for the Summer Paralympics is held. China leads the Olympic medal count with 207 medals, including 96 gold medals. (CNN)
- Afghanistan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on association football, COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- The qualification match between Brazil and Argentina at the Arena Corinthians in São Paulo is suspended after officials from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency entered the pitch and attempted to deport four Argentine players whom they allege to have violated pandemic-related self-isolation guidelines. (The New York Times)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Panjshir conflict
- The leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan Ahmad Massoud announces that resistance against the Taliban will continue despite reports indicating that the Panjshir Valley fell to Taliban control yesterday. Yesterday, Massoud's ally Amrullah Saleh denied leaving the country and also vowed to continue to resist the Taliban. (Deutsche Welle)
- LGBT rights in Afghanistan; Violence against LGBT people
- Afghan LGBT rights activist Hamid Zaher reports that a young Afghan man seeking support on social media to leave the country was tricked by Taliban members who raped and beat him. Zaher says that this violence was already common under the governments of Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani and that the Taliban will use the same tactics to persecute homosexuals. Zaher also expressed concern that many other gay men in the country could be similarly deceived by the Taliban. (Business Insider)
- Panjshir conflict
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- ADF militants, armed with knives and guns, storm a village in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 30 civilians. (Al Jazeera)
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- Two ballistic missiles that targeted the cities of Najran and Jizan are intercepted by Saudi Arabia. A third missile is intercepted over the city of Dammam, with shrapnel from the third missile injuring two children and damaging 14 homes. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Economy of Lebanon
- Syria welcomes Lebanon's request to import energy through Syrian territory. The energy would be generated in Jordan using Egyptian gas before being transmitted to Lebanon through Syria's power grid. Lebanon has been dealing with shortages of energy due to its ongoing economic crisis. However, the deal is complicated by sanctions against Syrian officials. (Reuters)
- Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul reopens to domestic flights and aid after it was closed due to NATO evacuations from the country. (NBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
- Maharashtra reports a single-day record of 1,191,921 vaccines administered. State officials also announce that 80% of adults in Mumbai have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (Hindustan Times) (CNN-News18)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Maharashtra
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bahrain
- The Bahraini government approves booster doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the first country to approve booster doses of this vaccine. (Gulf News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in India
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
- The Therapeutic Goods Administration grants provisional approval for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 17. (9 News)
- Australia reports a record 1,756 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 1,533 new cases in New South Wales and a record 32 new cases in the Australian Capital Territory. (The Guardian)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- New Zealand reports its first death from the Lineage B.1.617.2 Delta variant and its first COVID-19-related death since February in a woman in her 90s with underlying health conditions who died in the North Shore Hospital in Takapuna. (New Zealand Herald)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia, COVID-19 vaccination in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul announces that 80% of adults in the state has received a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. (WCBS-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington (state)
- Washington's vaccine mandate will move forward following an agreement between the Washington Federation of State Employees union agency and Governor Jay Inslee. However, the agreement will need to be ratified and employees will still be required to be vaccinated by October 18. (Seattle Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New York (state)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, COVID-19 vaccination in Brazil
- COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
- Slovakia reverses its ban on unvaccinated people attending public events and will instead allow a negative test or proof of recovery from COVID-19 during a visit by Pope Francis on September 12 to 15 due to low vaccination numbers. (Barron's)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Iran–United States relations
- Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi announces that the country is ready to resume nuclear talks and to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Raisi also called on the U.S. to lift its sanctions against Iran. (Middle East Eye) (VOA)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2021 Auckland Countdown stabbing
- New Zealand vows to toughen its anti-terror laws after seven people were stabbed and wounded yesterday by an ISIL sympathizer in Auckland. (BBC)
- 2021 Montenegrin episcopal ordination protests
- Thousands of protesters take to the streets of Cetinje, Montenegro, after President Milo Đukanović urged protesters to disrupt the enthronement of Joanikije II to the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral. Đukanović alleged that the Serbian Orthodox Church was undermining the nation's independence. (BBC)
Sports
- 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Italian athlete Ambra Sabatini sets a new world record for women's 100 metres T63 of 14.11 seconds. (ANSA)
- Italy at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Panjshir conflict
- The Taliban says that it now controls the Panjshir Valley, and thus all of Afghanistan. Resistance leader Amrullah Saleh denies leaving the country and says that the resistance, also led by Ahmad Massoud, continues. (Reuters)
- Panjshir conflict
- 2021 Auckland Countdown stabbing
- Six people are injured, three critically, in a mass stabbing at a supermarket in LynnMall, Auckland, New Zealand. The attacker, a man who had been under surveillance since 2016 for following ISIL online, is shot dead by police. (BBC) (RNZ)
- Aftermath of the Second Libyan Civil War
- Rival armed groups clash in Tripoli, in what is described as the worst confrontation since the ceasefire reached in 2020 between the Government of National Accord and the Libyan National Army forces. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
- The Philippine Food and Drug Administration approves the emergency use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 12 and 17 years old. (Rappler)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, COVID-19 vaccination in Singapore
- The Singaporean health ministry will administer booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 60, people who are immunocompromised and residents of nursing home facilities beginning later this month. (CNBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un demands that officials wage a tougher epidemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he rejects a donation of three million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the U.N. COVAX initiative. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam
- Vietnam surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 14,922 new cases in the past 24 hours. (The Star)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, COVID-19 vaccination in the Philippines
- COVID-19 pandemic in Oceania
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
- New South Wales reports a record 1,431 new cases and 12 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New South Wales
- COVID-19 pandemic in French Polynesia
- French Polynesia extends their COVID-19 lockdown to September 20 following the deaths of more than 200 people over the past two weeks. The lockdown extension will apply to the Society Islands and the Tuamotus archipelago as the number of cases increase in those regions. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
- Cuba begins a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination campaign for children aged two to 18 years old as a condition to reopen schools for in-person learning using Abdala and Soberana vaccines. (France 24)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
- The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommends that healthy children between the ages of 12 and 15 should not be given a COVID-19 vaccine due to children being at low risk for COVID-19 and the vaccine only offering a marginal benefit. (BBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- Bangladesh has reported a total of 10,981 dengue fever cases and 48 related deaths since the beginning of the year. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Foreign relations of the European Union
- The European Union says that it will not currently recognize a Taliban government in Afghanistan and that the government will be "subjected to conditions". However, the EU also states that it will still engage the group in diplomatic talks. (Reuters)
- Foreign relations of Chile
- China and Chile jointly announce the opening of a Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine production plant in the Santiago Metropolitan Area. Health minister Enrique Paris says that "it is a happy day for Chile and Latin American countries" because Chile would now be able to export vaccines. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal charges brought in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Jake Angeli, also known as Jacob Chansley and "the QAnon shaman", pleads guilty to obstruction of the electoral college vote count during the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. His sentencing is scheduled for November 17. (CBS News)
- Criminal charges brought in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
- Defrocked Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick pleads not guilty to three counts of indecent assault and battery on a 16-year-old boy at a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974. The statute of limitations paused when he left the state shortly after the alleged incident. McCarrick is the first American cardinal to be charged with a sex crime. (DW)
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Caledonia
- The Congress of New Caledonia votes to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory for all adults, including anyone visiting New Caledonia, and set December 31 as a deadline to vaccinate them. (Radio France Internationale)
- European Commission–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine dispute
- The European Union and AstraZeneca reach a settlement to end a legal battle over slow delivery of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, with an agreement that requires AstraZeneca to deliver the remaining 200 million doses of its vaccine to the EU countries at the end of March 2022. (Euronews)
- The president of Vanuatu, Obed Moses Tallis, pardons former prime ministers Charlot Salwai, Joe Natuman and Serge Vohor, all of whom were convicted of political and financial crimes, including bribery and corruption. (RNZ)
Politics and elections
- 2021 Liberal Democratic Party leadership election
- Yoshihide Suga, the Prime Minister of Japan, announces that he will not seek re-election after one year in office. Suga had replaced former Prime Minster Shinzo Abe who resigned for health reasons in September 2020. (CNN)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan
- Operation Pitting
- Former Royal Military Police soldier Ben Slater is briefly arrested for questioning by the Taliban while trying to evacuate 400 Afghans and 50 staff members. (The Independent)
- Operation Pitting
- Aftermath of the Fall of Kabul, Capital punishment in Afghanistan, LGBT rights in Afghanistan
- Afghan LGBT rights activist Nemat Sadat and an unnamed gay man in Kabul both report that the Taliban beheaded the man's boyfriend on the same day that they entered the city. Sadat said that while women are only executed if they commit adultery, homosexuals face an "automatic death sentence based on their mere existence". (ABC News Australia)
- Panjshir conflict
- The Taliban enters the Panjshir Valley and clashes with National Resistance Front of Afghanistan forces led by Ahmad Massoud. The Taliban reports gaining some territory as both sides also claim heavy casualties. (Reuters)
- 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli soldiers open fire on Palestinians protesting against Israel's 14-year blockade of the Gaza Strip, killing one person and injuring 15 others. (Al Jazeera)
- Kashmir conflict
- Indian authorities deploy security forces in the Kashmir Valley in order to restrict public movement and impose a near-total internet blackout following the death of senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. (France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- Hurricane Ida
- At least 41 people are killed by flash flooding and tornados in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey as the remnants of Ida pass over the Northeastern United States. (BBC)
- Twelve people are dead and 4,500 are sick in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following a toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola. (BBC)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
- Mongolia reports a record 3,805 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 221,351. (AKI Press)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
- COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, COVID-19 vaccination in Taiwan
- Taiwan receives its first shipment of 932,000 doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (The Asahi Shimbun)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Arab Emirates, Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Abu Dhabi will lift its quarantine requirements for all vaccinated foreign travellers on September 5 as long as they show a negative PCR test result as the UAE reported no COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours for the first time since November 14, 2020. (Barron's)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Mongolia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
- King Philippe and Queen Mathilde cancel or reschedule their attendance at all public events and engagements, in addition to placing all members of the Royal Family into quarantine, after a Royal Family member tested positive for COVID-19. (The Globe and Mail)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria
- The Bulgarian government announces nationwide restrictions that would require restaurants, bars, and casinos to close at 10 p.m., restrict the capacity of gyms, theatres, and cinemas to between 30% to 50%, and ban all mass gatherings from September 7 until October 30 amid the spread of COVID-19 and the low percentage of vaccinated people. (See News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Norway, COVID-19 vaccination in Norway
- Prime Minister Erna Solberg announces that children aged 12 to 15 years old in Norway will be offered the single-dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, only the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine that is currently recommended for this age group. (Norwegian Institute of Public Health)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
- COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
- Kenya receives a shipment of 358,200 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Canada as part of the COVAX initiative. (Anadolu Agency)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- 2021 Belarus–European Union border crisis
- Poland declares a state of emergency on its border with Belarus amid an increase in illegal migration. The Polish Border Guard says that there were around 3,500 attempts to illegally cross the border in August, 2,500 of which were not successful. (Reuters)
- Afghanistan–United Kingdom relations
- British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announces that there is no "foreseeable recognition" of the Taliban government in Afghanistan although he asserts that the United Kingdom will nevertheless directly engage the group in necessary talks. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the Dar es Salaam shooting
- Authorities in Tanzania have confirmed that the gunman who killed three policemen and a security guard in Dar es Salaam on August 25, was motivated by Islamic extremism. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil
- President Jair Bolsonaro signs a law allowing vaccine and medication patents to be broken in situations of public health emergency in Brazil, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reuters)
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Ongoing events
Business
Disasters
- Climate crisis
- COVID-19 pandemic
- 2020–21 European windstorm season
- 2020–2021 H5N8 outbreak
- 2021 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2021 Pacific typhoon season
- Madagascar food crisis
- Water crisis in Iran
- Yemeni famine
Politics
- Afghan peace process
- Arab protests
- Belarusian protests
- Belarus−European Union border crisis
- Brazilian protests
- Colombian tax reform protests
- Eswatini protests
- Haitian protests
- Indian farmers' protests
- Iranian protests
- Jersey dispute
- Libyan peace process
- Myanmar protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Nigerian protests
- Persian Gulf crisis
- Peruvian crisis
- Sudanese protests
- Tigrayan peace process
- Thai protests
- Tunisian political crisis
- United States racial unrest (Stop Asian Hate)
- Venezuelan presidential crisis
Recent
Upcoming
- September
- 8: Morocco, House of Representatives
- 12: Macau, Legislative Assembly
- 13: Norway, Storting
- 16: Bahamas, House of Assembly
- 19: Hong Kong, Election Committee
- 19: Russia, State Duma
- 20: Canada, House of Commons
Recently concluded
- Belarus: Viktar Babaryka, Maria Kalesnikava
- China: Sun Dawu, Michael Spavor
- India: Shashi Tharoor
- Indonesia: Juliari Batubara, Edhy Prabowo
- Russia: Lyubov Sobol
- South Africa: Jacob Zuma
- Switzerland: Alieu Kosiah
- United Kingdom: Apsana Begum
- United States: Stephen Calk, Ed Buck
Ongoing
- Argentina: Rodolfo Martín Villa
- Armenia: Serzh Sargsyan
- Belarus: Sergei Tikhanovsky
- Colombia: Álvaro Uribe
- France: Nicolas Sarkozy
- India: Disha Ravi
- Indonesia: Nurdin Abdullah
- Israel: Benjamin Netanyahu
- Kyrgyzstan: Almazbek Atambayev
- Malta: Yorgen Fenech
- Spain: Bárcenas affair
- Sudan: Omar al-Bashir
- United States: R. Kelly, Elizabeth Holmes
- International: Ali Kushayb, The Gambia v. Myanmar
Upcoming
- Canada: Raj Grewal
- Kosovo: Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli
- Lesotho: Maesiah Thabane
- Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina
- United States: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Meng Wanzhou, Ghislaine Maxwell, Allen Weisselberg
- Vatican City: Giovanni Angelo Becciu
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
- Association football
- Women's association football
- American football
- Baseball
- Cricket
- Golf
- Motorsport
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Tennis
- Other sports seasons
September
- 6: Jean-Paul Belmondo
- 6: Michael K. Williams
- 5: Sarah Harding
- 5: Živko Radišić
- 4: Tunch Ilkin
- 4: Willard Scott
- 3: Hassan Firouzabadi
- 2: Keith McCants
- 2: David Patten
- 2: Mikis Theodorakis
- 2: Sidharth Shukla
- 1: Daffney Unger
- 1: Syed Ali Shah Geelani
August
- 31: Geronimo
- 29: Ed Asner
- 29: Ron Bushy
- 29: Lee "Scratch" Perry
- 29: Jacques Rogge
- 28: Jiang Chunyun
- 28: Teresa Żylis-Gara
- 27: Edmond H. Fischer
- 27: Akis Tsochatzopoulos
- 25: Mohsin Ahmad al-Aini
- 25: Gunilla Bergström
- 25: Robin Miller
- 24: Hissène Habré
- 24: Charlie Watts
- 23: Elizabeth Blackadder
- 23: Tom Flynn
- 23: Jean-Luc Nancy
- 23: Rosita Quintana
- 23: Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi
- 22: Andrzej Schinzel
- 21: Nickolas Davatzes
- 21: Don Everly
- 21: Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein
- 21: Anthony Scotto
- 20: Tom T. Hall
- 19: Bill Freehan
- 19: Chuck Close
- 19: Peter Harding
- 19: Sonny Chiba
- 19: Michael Cullen
- 18: Joseph L. Galloway
- 18: Jill Murphy
- 16: Sean Lock
- 16: Lucille Times
- 15: Paul Mitchell
- 15: Joe Walton
- 15: Abdelhamid Brahimi
- 15: Gerd Müller
- 14: Carlos Correia
- 14: Fez Whatley
- 13: Nanci Griffith
- 13: James Hormel
- 13: Leon Kopelman
- 13: Carolyn S. Shoemaker
- 12: Gino Strada
- 12: Dominic DeNucci
- 12: Una Stubbs
- 10: Neal Conan
- 10: Tony Esposito
- 10: Maki Kaji
- 10: Eduardo Martínez Somalo
- 9: Lester Bird
- 9: Cameron Burrell
- 9: Alex Cord
- 9: Pat Hitchcock
- 9: Bob Jenkins
- 9: Chucky Thompson
- 9: Walter Yetnikoff
Africa
- Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali, Niger, and Tunisia
- Angola
- Cameroon
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia and Sudan
- Ghana
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- War in Darfur
- South Kordofan conflict
- Sudanese nomadic conflicts (incl. South Sudan)
- Tunisia
- Western Sahara
Americas
- Colombia
- Mexico
- Peru
- Paraguay
Asia-Pacific
- Afghanistan
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Ukraine
- Ireland and the UK
- Turkey
Global
Middle East
- Egypt
- Iran and the Persian Gulf
- Iraq
- Iraq and Syria (map)
- Israel and Gaza
- Israel and Syria
- Syria
- Yemen and Saudi Arabia
2021 events and developments by topic
Arts
Architecture – Animation – Anime – Comics – Film (Horror, Science fiction) – Home video – Literature – Music (Classical, Country, Rock, Hip hop, Latin, Metal, Rock, UK, US) – Radio – Television (UK, US, Italy, Scotland) – Video games
Politics and government
Elections – International leaders – Sovereign states – Sovereign state leaders – Territorial governors
Science and technology
Archaeology – Biotechnology – Computing – Palaeontology – Quantum computing and communication – Senescence research – Sustainable energy research – Space/Astronomy – Spaceflight
Environment and environmental sciences
Birding/Ornithology – Climate change
Transportation
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments – Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works – Introductions – Works entering the public domain
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