Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi insurgency
  • 2020 Iraq attacks
    • A missile hits a house in Baghdad, close to the airport. The attack leaves at least five people dead, including three children; two children are injured. (National Iraqi News Agency)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    • Twenty-eight more Nagorno-Karabakh servicemen are killed during the fight, bringing the death toll among the fighters to 44. Two more Azerbaijani civilians are also killed. (BBC)
• Mexican drug war
  • A mass shooting in Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico, leaves at least 11 people dead and one injured. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in India
    • India surpasses six million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second country after the United States to reach that milestone. Meanwhile, 82.5% or more than five million people have recovered.(AP)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
    • The Dutch government introduces new nationwide restrictions aimed at tackling the swift spread sweeping across the country, including disallowing fans in professional sports matches and ordering bars and restaurants to close at 10 p.m. local time for the next three weeks. Prime Minister Mark Rutte also advises people to wear face masks when shopping in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and The Hague, the three cities with the highest rates of infections. (CTV News)

International relations

• Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic
  • The Dominican Republic's Foreign Ministry fires 781 people in various embassies. (Dominican Today)
• Foreign relations of Indonesia, Foreign relations of Vanuatu
  • Indonesia accuses Vanuatu of having an "excessive and unhealthy obsession" about West Papua. The remark comes after Vanuatuan Prime Minister Bob Loughman warned the international community about "human rights violations and abuses" in the region. (RNZ)

Law and crime

• 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis, Trial of Catalonia independence leaders
  • The Spanish Supreme Court ratifies the sentence to a year and a half of disqualification to President of the Government of Catalonia Quim Torra, for which he must abandon the presidency accused of disobeying the Central Electoral Bureau. Vice president Pere Aragonès is expected to succeed him ad interim effective September 29. (El Mundo) (Reuters) (BBC)
  • Demonstrations are formed in all of Catalonia, as well as protests in Barcelona. (El Confidencial) (La Vanguardia)
• Corruption in Pakistan
  • Leader of the Opposition Shehbaz Sharif is arrested amid a corruption scandal. (Al Jazeera)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    • Armenia and Azerbaijan's respective armed forces clash along the border of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, formerly known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Several cities in Artsakh, including its capital city of Stepanakert, are under attack. At least 23 people are killed during the battle, of whom 16 are Nagorno-Karabakh servicemen, five Azerbaijani civilians and two Armenian civilians. (BBC)
    • Armenia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh declare martial law and a full mobilization of its Artsakh Defence Army amid an Azerbaijani invasion. Azerbaijani Armed Forces say they have captured six Armenian villages. (The Guardian)
    • In a live televised address to the nation, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declares a general mobilization and orders citizens to "get ready to defend our sacred homeland", following the clashes with Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. (The National)
    • Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declares martial law, and imposes curfews from 9 pm to 6 am in major cities, including the capital Baku, in response to the clashes between Azeri and Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Reuters) (ANI)
    • Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defence says advancing Azerbaijani troops have "liberated" the strategic Murovdag mountain peak, which was the scene of a previous battle in 1993, that ended in Armenian victory. (Trend)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths announces that the Houthis and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government have agreed to a prisoner swap of 1,081 detainees. The release will include 400 government prisoners and 681 Houthi fighters. (Reuters)

Business and economy

• China–United States trade war, Internet censorship in the United States
  • The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia temporarily blocks U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order banning TikTok from smartphone app stores hours before it was to go into effect, after lawyers representing the app's company ByteDance argued its ban would constitute a form of censorship. (NPR)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
    • Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announces a plan to lift a nighttime curfew between 9:00 pm to 5:00 am (AEST) local time in Melbourne and ease many restrictions across Victoria, including returning pupils to school and relaxing restrictions on outdoor gatherings effective tomorrow. However, the state introduces a fine of almost $5,000 for those violating any gathering rules. (The Guardian)
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
    • The number of daily new cases in the Netherlands hits a record 2,995 cases in the past 24 hours, according to data from health ministry. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2020 Belarusian protests
  • Police carry out mass arrests as thousands of people gather for new protests; more than 50 protesters are arrested. (BBC)
• 2020 Swiss referendums
  • Swiss voters reject the proposal, from the right-wing Swiss People's Party, to end an accord with the European Union that allows free movement of people. (BBC)

Politics and elections

• Tax returns of Donald Trump
  • The New York Times reports that it has obtained more than two decades of tax-return data for Donald Trump and his business enterprises, including The Trump Organization. The documents show that Trump paid no federal income tax in 11 of the last 15 years, and paid just $750 in income taxes in 2016, and $750 in 2017. (BBC)

Sports

• 2020 NBA playoffs
  • The Miami Heat will face the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals following their 125-113 victory against the Boston Celtics in game 6. (Washington Post)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war
  • History of the Syrian Civil War (2020–present)
    • A car bombing kills at least seven people and injures another ten in Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah Governorate. (Arab News)
• Islamic terrorism in Europe, terrorism in France
  • The suspect in the stabbing attack yesterday outside the former headquarters of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris is identified as Ali H., an 18-year-old Pakistan-born man. He confessed to his actions and said he acted in vengeance for the magazine's Muhammad caricature republications earlier this year. (LCI) (BBC)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Eleven people are killed and 13 others injured after Boko Haram militants attack a security convoy taking people displaced by an insurgency back to their homes in Borno State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
• Security forces kill at least nine insurgents in Lebanon during operations against Islamic State-linked militants that killed four security forces earlier this month and three civilians in August. Three security forces are also injured in this incident. (Arab News)
• Militants open fire on an army checkpoint in Araman, Lebanon, killing two members of the security forces. A militant is also killed in the attack. It is the third of a spate of attacks by Islamic State-linked militants in the country since August. (Reuters)
• Militants kill at least 15 people in Ethiopia's western Benishangul-Gumuz Region. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
    • COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland
        • Scotland reports 714 new cases, the biggest single-day jump on record since the pandemic began. It amounts to 11.5% of newly-tested individuals, the highest proportion of positivity rate tests. (STV)
      • COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Ireland
        • Northern Ireland reports 319 new cases in the past 24 hours, making a new record for the second consecutive day. The previous record was reported yesterday with 273 cases. (The Belfast Telegraph)

Law and crime

• 2020 United States racial unrest, George Floyd protests in Portland
  • Governor of Oregon Kate Brown declares a weekend state of emergency for Portland, saying white supremacist groups are travelling from out of state to attend an event the Proud Boys allege to be organized to "end domestic terrorism." Thousands of supporters are expected as police prepare for clashes in a city that has become the center of sometimes deadly political violence in the run-up to the November 3 election. (CBC)