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- In Malang Regency, Indonesia, at least 125 people are killed in a human crush at an association football match.
- In Burkina Faso, a coup d'état led by Ibrahim Traore deposes interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (pictured).
- Russia annexes the partially occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson after widely condemned referendums.
- Hurricane Ian impacts Cuba and the United States, leaving at least 80 people dead and millions of others without power.
- After the general election in Nauru, Russ Kun is sworn in as President.
October 3, 2022
(Monday)
October 2, 2022
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukrainian troops recapture Khreshchenivka as they continue to advance southwards in the Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast, with Russia's 49th Combined Arms Army reportedly withdrawing some troops from the frontline to Beryslav. (Forbes)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A taxi driver is injured after being shot by Palestinian militants near Elon Moreh in the West Bank. A demonstration by local Israeli settlers in protest of the incident is attacked with gunfire, injuring a soldier. A Palestinian group called the Lion's Den claims responsibility for the incident. (Times of Israel) (Times of Israel 2)
- September 2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan clashes
- A video emerges showing Armenian soldiers taken captive during clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan last month being shot and killed while unarmed by their Azeri captors. (South China Morning Post)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-six people are killed and ten others are injured when a tractor pulling a wagon with around 40 people on board overturns into a pond in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. (AP)
Health and environment
- Haitian authorities announce an unexpected resurgence of cholera in the country and report that at least seven people have died from the disease. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Mahsa Amini protests
- A stand-off ensues between students, protesters, and Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces in and around the Sharif University of Tehran, as gunfire is reported amid an apparent siege of the building. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- The Constitutional Court of Russia says that the annexation is constitutional, citing the need to correct the "arbitrary decisions of the Soviet government" and to prevent the claimed widespread repression of the Russians in Ukraine. It was later also clarified that the borders of the annexed subjects are intended to be those at the time of annexation. (RBC Russia)
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- 2022 Brazilian general election
- Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, and National Congress. (The Washington Post)
- Incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff election on October 30. Lula obtained 48.3% of the vote, Bolsonaro 43.3%. (The Washington Post)
- 2022 Bulgarian parliamentary election
- Bulgarians head to the polls for the fourth time in 18 months to elect members of the National Assembly. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 Bosnian general election
Sports
- 2022 Singapore Grand Prix
- Sergio Pérez wins the F1 Singapore GP as his teammate Max Verstappen missed the chance to win the championship. (The Guardian)
- 2022 London Marathon
- Yalemzerf Yehualaw of Ethiopia becomes the youngest woman to win the London Marathon while Amos Kipruto of Kenya wins the men's race. (The Guardian)
- In horse racing, Alpinista wins the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. (The Guardian)
- Manchester City F.C. wins the 188th Manchester derby by beating Manchester United F.C. 6–3 at home in a league match. (BBC Sport)
- KF Tirana beats Partizani Tirana 0–2 in a top of the table derby clash at the Arena Kombëtare in Tirana, Albania. (Top Channel TV)
October 1, 2022
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Second Battle of Lyman
- Ukrainian troops recapture Lyman after weeks of fighting for the city and one day after the annexation of the Donetsk People's Republic to Russia. (The Guardian)
- The Ministry of Defence of Russia says that it has withdrawn troops from the town of Lyman due to "a threat of encirclement". (BBC News)
- After the defeat in Lyman, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, calls on the Russian government to introduce martial law and use low-yield nuclear weapons in Ukraine. (Moskovskij Komsomolets), (CNN) (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Second Battle of Lyman
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A civilian convoy of seven cars attacked by Russian forces is discovered in Kupiansk Raion in Kharkiv Oblast with 24 people being killed, including a pregnant woman and 13 children, according to local governor Oleh Synyehubov. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An 18-year-old man is killed by Israeli soldiers in East Jerusalem, making him the 100th Palestinian killed in the West Bank this year. It is the deadliest toll of Palestinians killed there by Israeli's raids since 2015. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- The death toll from Hurricane Ian increases to 84. (NBC News)
- Three people are killed and two others are injured after a helicopter crashes in Frontera, Tabasco, Mexico. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Canada formally ends all COVID-19 border measures, including vaccination requirements, pre-arrival testing, and quarantine, allowing all travellers to enter the country unrestricted without needing to submit public health information through the ArriveCAN government mobile app. (Global News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
International relations
- United States–Venezuela relations
- Venezuela releases seven Americans from its custody, including five Citgo executives, in exchange for two nephews of Venezuelan First Lady Cilia Flores who had previously been convicted of drug smuggling in the United States. (Politico)
Law and crime
- 2022 Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster
- At least 125 people are killed in a human crush following the dispersal of riotors by tear gas. The riot occurred between supporters of Indonesian football teams Arema F.C. and Persebaya Surabaya at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. (Al Jazeera)
- Kurdish separatism in Iran, Iran–Iraq relations
- Protests break out in Baghdad against Iranian involvement in the country following a series of missile and artillery strikes by the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that killed dozens of civilians in Iraqi Kurdistan. (Iran International)
Politics and elections
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Protests enter a fifteenth day as large crowds and strikes are held at Iran's universities. (Iran International)
- Iranians around the world hold rallies in more than 160 cities in solidarity with protesters. (Euronews)
- 2022 Latvian parliamentary election
- Latvians head to the polls to elect members of the Saeima. (The Business Standard)
September 30, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian attack on civilian convoy in Zaporizhzhia
- Russian forces launch 16 missiles at areas near the city of Zaporizhzhia, including a gathering point for civilians preparing to cross into Russian-occupied territory, where at least 25 people are killed and 50 others are injured. (NBC News)
- Russian attack on civilian convoy in Zaporizhzhia
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine–NATO relations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requests fast-track NATO membership following the Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine. (BBC News)
- 2022 Russian mobilization
- Uzbekistan says that it will not deport Russians fleeing conscription. (Reuters)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- September 2022 Kabul school bombing
- Twenty-six people are killed and 56 others are injured by a suicide bomber at a school in Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (CNN)
- September 2022 Kabul school bombing
- Papua conflict
- Four people are killed when armed rebels open fire on civilians in West Papua, Indonesia. (Reuters)
- September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
- Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is removed from office in a coup d'état after gunfire in the Burkinabé capital of Ouagadougou. Coup leader Ibrahim Traore imposes a curfew, suspends all political civil society activities as well as the Constitution, and closes all land and air borders. (AP) (France24)
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Nineteen people are killed and 32 more injured as separatists attack a police station in Zahedan, Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge, Economy of the Netherlands
- Inflation in the Netherlands increases to 17% amid a substantial increase in energy and fuel prices. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Ian makes its fourth landfall in South Carolina, after devastating portions of Florida and Cuba. (National Hurricane Center)
- Two people are killed and 25 others are injured by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and three others are missing after flooding in Tachira, Venezuela. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- Russian president Vladimir Putin signs accession treaties to annex the occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia. The new subjects are the Donetsk People's Republic, the Lugansk People's Republic, Kherson Oblast and Zaporozhye Oblast. However, the accession treaties must be ratified by both houses of the Russian Duma before becoming effective under Russian law. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
- Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirms that the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense was hacked and that leaked data included information about the president's health issues and other national security issues. (Proceso)
Sports
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- In baseball, the Seattle Mariners make the playoffs for the first time since the 2001 season following a game-winning home run from Cal Raleigh, ending their 21-year playoff drought. (ESPN)
September 29, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces strike a residential neighborhood in Dnipro with a cruise missile, killing a family of four, including two children, and injuring 18 other civilians, according to local authorities. (Ukrinform) (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Three people are killed and 12 others are injured by a Russian cluster munition attack on a bus stop in Mykolaiv, according to mayor Oleksandr Sienkievych. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
- Finland announces that it will deny entry to Russian tourists beginning on Thursday night, thereby cutting off the last direct link between Russia and the European Union. (Reuters)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kurdish–Iranian conflict
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches ballistic missiles at Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, killing nine civilians and injuring 32 others. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says that it will summon the Iranian ambassador in response to the attacks. (RFE/RL)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Ian
- A section of the Sanibel Causeway in Florida, United States, collapses following damage from Ian, blocking access to the islands of Sanibel and Captiva. (Tampa Bay Times) (WTVJ-TV)
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that the state has launched efforts to rescue people stranded from their homes by flooding from Ian. Additionally, President Joe Biden declares Ian a major disaster. (Politico)
- The death toll from the hurricane increases to at least 17. (CNN)
- Hurricane Ian
- 2022 Nord Stream gas leaks
- Swedish authorities report a fourth gas leak from the Nord Stream pipelines. (Sky News)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Nord Stream gas leaks "an unprecedented act of international terrorism". (RBK)
- One person is dead after a fire breaks out at an election agency in Asunción, Paraguay. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
- Indonesia grants approval for the first Chinese mRNA vaccine against COVID-19, the Walvax COVID-19 vaccine. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
- Taiwan announces that it will end the mandatory quarantine of visitors on October 13 and will also restore temporarily suspended visa-free travel for countries that had a relevant agreement with the island. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Foreign relations of Nicaragua
- Bettina Muscheidt, the European Union ambassador to Nicaragua, is declared persona non grata, presumably due to her criticism of undemocratic policies of President Daniel Ortega. (Euractiv)
- Montenegro–Russia relations
Law and crime
- Abortion in India
- The Supreme Court of India strikes down a portion of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act that forbade unmarried women from having an abortion, thus legalising the procedure for all women until the 24th week of pregnancy. The ruling also notes that forcing a woman to carry the child could constitute marital rape, which is not, however, recognised as an offence in India. (Al Jazeera)
- Aung San Suu Kyi, the ousted leader of Myanmar, is sentenced to a further three years' imprisonment for "violating the state's secrets act". She is already serving 20 years on other charges. (AP)
- The Catholic Church reveals that it disciplined Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, an East Timorese minister and former bishop who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996, over allegations of sexual abuse of teenage boys committed in the early 1990s. (Reuters)
- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda begins the trial of Félicien Kabuga, one of the richest Rwandan businessmen in the 1990s who is implicated in the Rwandan genocide. Kabuga pleads not guilty and does not appear on the first day of the proceedings. (BBC News)
- The European Commission sues Malta in the European Court of Justice, seeking to end the country's "golden passport" scheme, which is the only such scheme still active in the EU. This scheme allows large investors to be granted Maltese citizenship, and by extension, citizenship of the European Union. (Bloomberg)
Politics and elections
- Annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov says that the Kremlin is scheduled to sign agreements on the annexation of the occupied territories of Ukraine by Russia on September 30. (Forbes)
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that he will convene an urgent meeting of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on September 30. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree recognizing the "independence" of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts, which were proclaimed yesterday. (The Guardian) (RIA Novosti)
- 2022 Nauruan parliamentary election
- Russ Kun is inaugurated as President of Nauru following the general election on 24 September. (Radio New Zealand)
September 28, 2022
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
- North Ossetia–Alania which contains the only border crossing between Russia and Georgia-controlled territory, bans all Russian cars that do not have the licence plate of the republic, with the exception of tourists travelling to the region. This comes as those fleeing the draft overwhelm the border. (Reuters)
- A mobile draft centre is built at the Torfyanovka checkpoint, the busiest checkpoint on the Finland–Russia border, in order to prevent people who are fit to serve from fleeing the country. However, as of midday, the centre is not yet open. (The Insider)
- Russian emigration following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kurdish separatism in Iran
- Thirteen people are killed and 58 others are injured as Iran launches missiles and drones upon the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan's offices in Koye, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Iran accused the group of being involved in the ongoing protests in the country. (Al Jazeera)
- An Iranian drone is claimed as shot down by US forces in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (CENTCOM)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Four Palestinians are killed and 44 others are injured when Israeli soldiers storm a refugee camp in Jenin, West Bank. The brother of the 2022 Tel Aviv shooting's perpetrator is among those killed. (YNetNews) (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- One person is killed and two others are injured when a gunman opens fire against Chinese-Pakistani nationals at a dental clinic in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. All of the victims were in their 70s and had worked for the clinic for more than 40 years. (BBC News)
- Anglophone crisis
- Authorities in Cameroon ban "undeclared meetings and manifestations" in Bamenda, the capital of the Northwest Region, after separatists announced a manifestation to commemorate the declaration of independence of Ambazonia, a breakaway state consisting of the English-speaking regions of Cameroon. (Xinhua)
Business and economy
- Economy of the United Kingdom
- The Bank of England buys 65 billion pounds of bonds in a bid to stabilise the UK economy. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Ian
- Two people are confirmed dead in Cuba because of the hurricane, and the island temporarily loses electricity from the damage caused. (CNN)
- Hurricane Ian makes landfall near Englewood, Florida, United States, as a high-end Category 4 hurricane. (CNBC) (WXII-TV)
- Over 200,000 customers are left without power throughout Florida, U.S, due to Hurricane Ian. (Sun Sentinel)
- Hurricane Ian
- A restaurant fire kills 17 people and injures three others in Changchun, Jilin, China. (AP)
- Three people are killed and 15 others are reported missing after a bridge collapses in Careiro, Amazonas, Brazil. (Reuters)
- Two people are killed and 10 others are injured after a three-way car crash in Uvalde, Uvalde County, Texas, United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2022 Oakland school shooting
- Six people are shot and injured near several high schools and alternative schools in Oakland, California, United States. (KGO-TV)
- Former Guinean military leader Moussa Dadis Camara and ten others go on trial for their alleged involvement in a massacre of anti-government demonstrators in 2009. (Al Jazeera)
- Jonathan Dowdall and his father Patrick plead guilty to facilitating the Killing of David Byrne in 2016. (The Journal)
Politics and elections
- 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
- The Russian-installed heads of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts' occupation administrations, as well as Leonid Pasechnik, leader of the breakaway Luhansk People's Republic, officially request that they be annexed to Russia, following a referendum, widely seen as fraudulent, conducted in those regions of Ukraine. Donetsk People's Republic's leader Denis Pushilin has not yet submitted such a request but has gone with Pasechnik to Moscow for talks about the annexation, and is expected to send a request shortly. (The Guardian) (The Washington Post)
- Russ Kun becomes the President of Nauru, succeeding Lionel Aingimea. (RNZ)
September 27, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian mobilization
- Kazakhstan says that around 98,000 Russian civilians have entered the country by land and air since Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a military mobilization. (HuffPost)
- Latvia announces a state of emergency over the influx of Russian citizens fleeing mobilization. Special measures are taken in the border regions of the country and at all ports of entry. (ERR)
- 2022 Russian mobilization
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Nord Stream gas leaks
- Three separate spills are detected in the Baltic Sea following explosions in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in what appear to be acts of sabotage. (Euronews)
- Terrorism in Norway
- Norway raises its "emergency preparedness" in response to sightings of "unidentified drones" near its offshore oil and gas facilities in the North Sea, and is coordinating with its armed forces, police, and oil and gas industry operators, according to energy minister Terje Aasland. (S&P Global)
Business and economy
- Baltic Pipe
- Leaders from Poland, Norway and Denmark hold a ceremony to open the Baltic Pipe natural gas pipeline that will transport natural gas from the Norwegian shelf via Denmark to Poland. (Euronews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane. Residents of the Tampa Bay area of Florida, United States, are ordered to evacuate. (Washington Post) (Reuters)
- Two people are killed in a fire at a PKN Orlen plant in Płock, Poland. (Euronews)
Health and environment
- The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo formally declares an end to the country's latest outbreak of Ebola. (Reuters)
International relations
- Afghanistan–Russia relations
- Russia and the Taliban sign a provisional deal for Russia to supply Afghanistan with gasoline, diesel, gas and wheat. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
- According to the results released by Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine, the Donetsk People's Republic, the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts overwhelmingly vote in favor of annexation, with 99.23%, 98.42%, 93.11% and 87.05% of support, respectively. Turnout exceeded 75% in each region and exceeded 97% in Donetsk Oblast. However, the voting has been widely dismissed as a sham referendum. (RIA Novosti) (AP)
- Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, expects the annexation to be formalised by October 4. (Reuters)
- The state funeral of assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is held at the Budokan in Tokyo. (NPR)
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