Association football In association football, an independent Premier League commission finds Manchester City F.C. guilty of 114 of 115 alleged financial-rule breaches spanning the 2009–10 to 2022–23 seasons.
2026 Asian Games In swimming, China's Zhang Zhanshuo becomes the first athlete to win seven gold medals at a single Asian Games, securing his seventh title in the men's 400-metre freestyle with a Games-record time of 3:41.28.
Belgian Masked activists assaults prominent Belgian academic Damien Ernst with cream pies during a lecture at the University of Liège, prompting condemnation from university officials and politicians.
Mary Jane Veloso drug smuggling case Mary Jane Veloso is released from a prison in Mandaluyong, Philippines, after president Bongbong Marcos's absolute pardon of her was approved yesterday.
Lucca Two people are killed and 13 more injured in a fire at a residential building in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.
Gas leak Six people are missing and two others are found injured after a suspected gas leak causes an explosion and collapses a two-storey building in Plaka, Athens, Greece.
Military A military aircraft carrying 13 people, including three officers, crashes near Kenge, Kwango, Democratic Republic of the Congo, while on route to Kinshasa, killing all passengers.
States Cities and states across the United States hold commemorations honoring former American country singer Dolly Parton a month after her death.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war Pakistan's claims that its military has killed 13 Afghan security forces during shootouts at the the border. The Government of Afghanistan has denied the claim.
Somali Civil War Puntland Maritime Police Force successfully frees the oil tanker "Sibu 1" following a multi-day counter-piracy operation near Garacad, Mudug, Puntland, after it was seized by Somali pirates in August.
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2026 Major League Baseball season In baseball, the Major League Baseball's Chicago White Sox clinches the upcoming playoffs for the first time since 2021, following three-straight 100-loss seasons.
2026 Asian Games In swimming, Japan's Shin Ohashi wins gold in the men's 200-metre breaststroke at the 2026 Asian Games in 2:04.83, breaking China's Qin Haiyang's 2023 world record of 2:05.48 by 0.65 seconds.
2026 Moroccan general election Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party, led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, wins the most seats in yesterday's parliamentary election, taking 97 of 395 seats, followed by the ruling National Rally of Independents with 66 and the Istiqlal Party with 65, according to preliminary official results.
Priest A priest is killed and four other people are injured in a mass stabbing by a Ukrainian national at a Benedictine abbey in Jarosław, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland.
Belarusian president Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko says that he has pardoned 15 political prisoners.
Mary Jane Veloso drug smuggling case Philippine president Bongbong Marcos grants an absolute pardon to Mary Jane Veloso, a former overseas worker in Indonesia who was arrested for drug trafficking and sentenced to death in 2010, but was later granted a reprieve and extradited back to the Philippines.
Donald Trump's conflict with the news media American news outlets CNN, MS NOW, and "Politico" regain access to the White House after U.S. federal judge Timothy J. Kelly temporarily blocked the ban by President Donald Trump, ruling that the outlets are likely to show that their press passes were revoked without adequate due process.
Croatia–Germany relations A Croatian court approves Ukrainian national Volodymyr Zhuravlov's extradition to Germany over his alleged involvement in sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in 2022.
Chromebook procurement scandal A court in Jakarta, Indonesia, reduces former education minister and Gojek co-founder Nadiem Makarim's prison sentence from 10 to nine years for corruption involving Chromebook procurement, while lowering restitution from Rp809 billion (US$45 million) to Rp548 billion ($30 million).
Hungary Hungary's food chain safety office confirms the European Union's first detection of the invasive spotted lanternfly in Bács-Kiskun County.
Kazakh military Twelve Kazakh military personnel are killed, three are rescued and two are missing after being swept into the Caspian Sea during a naval training exercise in the Mangystau Region.
Sleeper bus At least nine people are killed and many others are injured after a sleeper bus catches fire on the Yamuna Expressway in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war The Emirati General Civil Aviation Authority announces the suspension of all flights between Iran and the United Arab Emirates amidst new U.S. sanctions until further notice.
The European Commission reports that the average diesel price across the European Union reaches a record €2.23 (US$2.54) per litre, up from €2.16 ($2.46) the previous week. Nineteen member states record new highs.
Beatification The beatification ceremony for the late American Catholic prelate and Rochester Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen is held at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war Pakistan's military launches ten air strikes on Afghan military sites, claiming they were used to store and launch drones. At least four people are killed in the strikes.
Ethiopian civil conflict Fano fighters launch several attacks in the Amhara Region. Shootouts with the Ethiopian National Defense Force are ongoing, causing several casualties, while a colonel is captured.
Middle Eastern crisis The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet say that they have killed Hamas's chief financial officer in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip.
France announces that it will deploy its soldiers and air defense systems to Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, to support the Saudi military against the Houthis.
2026 Asian Games North Korean weightlifter Ri Song Gum wins gold in the women's 49kg category at the 2026 Asian Games while setting three world records: 94kg in the snatch, 121kg in the clean and jerk, and 215kg overall.
2026 OpenAI infiltration of Medicare Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says that an OpenAI-deployed agent accessed public and restricted files on a Medicare database during testing in June. OpenAI notified the government in September, while investigations continue into the breach.
United Kingdom The United Kingdom establishes a National Centre for Information Defence to detect and counter foreign disinformation, including AI-generated content. Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the centre will address disinformation attacks to states such as Russia.
Second impeachment of Sara Duterte The Philippine Senate, sitting as an impeachment court, rules that only senator-judges able to participate count toward the conviction threshold in vice president Sara Duterte's trial, reducing the required votes from 16 to 14.
2026 Moroccan general election Moroccans vote to elect all 395 members of the House of Representatives.
2026 Israeli legislative election The Central Elections Committee votes to disqualify Ra'am and all parties on the Joint List from running, alleging they promoted terrorism against Israel. Balad leader Sami Abu Shehadeh and MK Ofer Cassif are also specifically barred from running.
War crimes in the Myanmar civil war Human Rights Watch reports that women held as political prisoners in Myanmar face torture, sexual violence, and inadequate medical care. The group says more than 6,600 women and 640 children are among over 30,000 political prisoners detained since 2021.
Mexican drug war Congresswoman Margarita López Pérez reports that, since 2021, Searching Mothers have found around 1,600 milk teeth, among other skeletal remains, in a mass grave in Zacapu, Michoacán. The state prosecutor's office denies having reports on the case.
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse cases A court in New York, United States, sentences former film producer Harvey Weinstein to 15 years in prison for committing a criminal sexual act against former production assistant Miriam Haley.
North Korean involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukraine transferred two North Korean prisoners of war to South Korea after capturing them in Kursk Oblast, Russia, in January 2025.
Cross-strait relations Taiwan's coast guard increases patrol capacity around the disputed Pratas Island in the South China Sea by stationing a new 100-tonne patrol boat and regularly deploying larger vessels, citing increased China Coast Guard activity near the Taiwan-controlled outpost.
Azerbaijan–France relations Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev pardons a French national who served a 10-year prison sentence for espionage, and orders his release as one of 20 pardoned prisoners.
Eighty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski and Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov meet at the United Nations General Assembly, making it the first meeting between Poland and Belarus in a decade.
The United States and African Union hold the first joint Quad-Quintet talks at the United Nations General Assembly sidelines in a effort to end the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
2026–2027 El Niño event The Atacama Desert in Chile reports blossoms of flowers amidst the ongoing El Nino event in the Pacific.
2026 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Fay re-emerges as a tropical depression with a sustained wind of 35 mph amidst a unusually quiet Atlantic hurricane season caused by El Niño.
Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war Iranian airlines suspend services to Azerbaijan, Baghdad, Georgia, Muscat, and Qatar, after new U.S. sanctions target Iran's aviation sector.
Communal conflicts in Nigeria Fifteen people, including a village head, are killed in an armed ethnic clash in Bagudo, Kebbi State, Nigeria. Six suspects are arrested following the attack.
Colombian conflict Threats and attacks by the Conquering Self-Defense Forces of the Sierra Nevada (ACSN) bring Santa Marta, Magdalena Department, Colombia, to a standstill, closing businesses and public transport. The group orders the shutdown after security forces kill 13 ACSN members.
Russo-Ukrainian war Poland deploys fighter jets into its airspace after a Russian helicopter intruded near Braniewo, Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship.
Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine kill at least eight civilians, including six agricultural workers in Kharkiv Oblast and two people in Kyiv, while strikes also hit Odesa. Ukraine says it intercepts or suppresses 119 of 161 drones.
Ethiopian civil conflict The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) seizes several airports in Tigray, while clashes are ongoing in the nearby regions of Afar and Amhara. The TPLF says that it has started a "defensive war" against the federal government of Ethiopia.
2026 Iran war Acting United States Navy secretary Hung Cao reports that eight sailors on the Abraham Lincoln 6 have attempted suicide during its long deployment including during the Iran war.
Iran reopens schools and universities after months of closures caused by the war. About 16.5 million schoolchildren begin the new academic year, with reopening ceremonies held across the country.
An Indian wiper is killed during an attack on the bulk carrier MV "Cape Dao" near the Strait of Hormuz, with Oman's navy confirming that 27 crew members have been evacuated.
The United States Central Command says that the U.S. military has redirected 115 commercial vessels since the reinstatement of its blockade on July 14.