Venko Filipče Venko Filipče, the health minister of North Macedonia, resigns, claiming moral responsibility for the fire that occurred at a field hospital in Tetovo.
Government A new government is formed in Lebanon, with Najib Mikati becoming Prime Minister of Lebanon for the third time.
COVID-19 pandemic in France Former French health minister Agnès Buzyn is charged by the "Cour de Justice de la République" with "endangering the lives of others" over her handling of the pandemic.
Trump–Ukraine scandal Former Rudy Giuliani associate Igor Fruman pleads guilty to one count of soliciting a contribution by a foreign national.
Brexit and the Irish border The European Union rejects a request from the United Kingdom to renegotiate the deal governing the trading position of Northern Ireland. The EU adds that renegotiating the deal, which agreed to leave some EU rules in place in Northern Ireland and to accept checks on goods arriving from elsewhere in the UK following Brexit, would result in "instability, uncertainty and unpredictability in Northern Ireland".
France France raises its bird flu alert level to "moderate" after a severe strain of the virus was reported this week at a private household in the Ardennes department, near the border with Belgium.
COVID-19 pandemic Togo closes all places of worship and bans all cultural, sporting and political events, including weddings and funerals, following an increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases in recent weeks.
The Standing Committee on Vaccination recommends that pregnant or breastfeeding women in Germany should be vaccinated two doses against COVID-19 using mRNA-based vaccines from the second trimester of pregnancy.
Denmark becomes the first country in the European Union to lift all of its COVID-19-related restrictions, with the lifting of the requirement to show a digital pass in order to enter nightclubs, as the country no longer considers COVID-19 to be a "socially critical" disease and the vaccination rate has surpassed 80%.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Health issues a conditional approval of the Hayat-Vax COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in the country.
Visitors to the upcoming Expo 2020 event in Dubai will not be required to show proof of vaccination or be tested for COVID-19.
Singapore reports 568 new locally transmitted cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, which is the highest single-day total of new cases since August 2020.
Wildfire A 44-year-old firefighter dies during efforts to contain a wildfire in Málaga, Spain, which has triggered the evacuation of 939 people from Estepona and Benahavis. Residents of Jubrique and Genalguacil are ordered to stay indoors and close their windows due to the risk posed by an overhead fire cloud that could rain down hot matter in the area.
Whirlwind Two people are killed and nine others are injured after a powerful whirlwind hits Pantelleria, Sicily, Italy.
2021 Guerrero earthquake A landslide occurs at Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, on the hill known as Cerro del Chiquihuite, killing one person and leaving three more missing. It is said that the landslide was triggered by the earthquake in Guerrero three days earlier, which weakened soil conditions on the hill.
Russia Russia's Gazprom says that it has completed the construction of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany. Gazprom says that gas flows to Europe through the pipeline cannot begin until they have received approval from German regulators.
U.S. District Judge United States District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rules that Apple Inc. cannot stop mobile app developers from directing users to third-party payment options, issuing a permanent injunction against the company.
2021 Guinean coup d'état In response to Guinea's expulsion from the Economic Community of West African States, the military junta freezes all government assets in the Central Bank of the Republic of Guinea in order to "preserve the country's interest".
LGBT rights in Africa A forum for the promotion of LGBT rights is hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, in order to address minority rights. At the forum, a Rwandan man describes being assaulted by family members when he came out as gay. The forum also documented and urged the governments of Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi and Kenya to decriminalize homosexuality and protect the minority.
Iran–PJAK conflict Iranian IRGC Ground Forces strike "terrorist positions" in northern Iraq with suicide and combat drones as well as precision-guided artillery.
Afghanistan conflict The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says that the Taliban response to the peaceful marches has been increasingly violent, with authorities using live ammunition, batons and whips, which has resulted in the deaths of four civilians. A spokesperson for the rights office says that the response from the Taliban has been "unfortunately severe".
Footage released by "The New York Times" shows that a U.S. drone strike conducted on August 29 targeted an aid worker named Zemari Ahmadi instead of ISIS-K militants. The report also confirms that 10 Afghans were killed in the drone strike, including seven children.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces that 21 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan.
American flights carrying evacuees from Afghanistan are temporarily suspended following four cases of measles in Afghan refugees arriving in the United States.