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Ibrahim Mohamed Solih

Ibrahim Mohamed Solih (pictured) is elected President of the Maldives.
An attack at a military parade in Ahvaz, Iran, leaves at least 30 people dead, including the attackers.
A Tanzanian ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 227 people.
A landslide, triggered by several days of heavy rainfall, kills at least 53 people in Naga, Philippines.
Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge runs the Berlin Marathon in world record time.

September 27, 2018 (Thursday)

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Disasters and accidents

The death toll of the floods that affected Nigeria this month rise to 200. (BBC)

Law and crime

Adultery law in India
- The Supreme Court of India strikes down a law criminalizing adultery as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands. (BBC)
Capital punishment in China
- China executes Zhao Zewei, the man responsible for killing nine children and injuring eleven others in a knife attack at a middle school in the Shaanxi province. (Reuters)

September 26, 2018 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Battle of Tripoli (2018)
- A ceasefire has ended heavy fighting in Tripoli that has killed over 100 people in a month from different militias. (Fox News)
Northern Mali conflict
- At least 15 Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (Fulani) attack their village in northern Mali, according to local authorities. (Reuters)
Ahvaz military parade attack
- ISIL claims more attacks will follow Saturday's attack. (Rudaw)
Gunmen storm a prison in Cameroon, releasing up to 80 prisoners. (IOL)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Pacific hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Rosa forms off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Although Rosa is expected to strengthen, forecasters say that it will remain offshore. (ABC News) (CBS News)

Law and crime

Turkey–United States relations, 2016–present purges in Turkey
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that a Turkish court will decide the fate of American pastor Andrew Brunson. (Reuters)
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
- A third woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Her lawyer submitted her sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. (The Wall Street Journal)
Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
- Investigative website Bellingcat releases information identifying one of the suspects involved in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal as Anatoliy Chepiga, a decorated Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate. (The Guardian)
American boxer Victor Ortiz is arrested for allegedly raping a woman in March, and is expected to be charged with three felonies. (EOnline)

Science and technology

Exploration of Mars
- NASA's Opportunity rover is spotted on satellite imagery three months after it went silent during a Martian dust storm. (CBS News)

September 25, 2018 (Tuesday)

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Business and economy

Inspire Brands announces its purchase of fast food chain Sonic Drive-In for US$2.3 billion. (USA Today)
Dunkin' Donuts announces it will drop the "Donuts" part of its name and be simply known as "Dunkin' " beginning in January 2019. (USA Today)

Health and environment

Pussy Riot activist Pyotr Verzilov states on Twitter that he is recovering after spending two weeks at Charité in the intensive care unit from a suspected poisoning. (CBS News)

International relations

Russia–Ukraine relations
- Russia acknowledges that it was notified of Ukraine's decision not to renew the Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty. (TASS)
China–United States relations
- The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong says that China denied a request for a port call to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp. China says that it handles approvals "case by case, in accordance with the principle of sovereignty". (Reuters)
Brexit, Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom
- The Labour Party plans to reject UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers Agreement and is open to a new Brexit referendum. (Reuters) (AP News)

Law and crime

A court in Vietnam sentences 42-year old activist Doan Khanh Vinh Quang to 27 months in prison for writing anti-government Facebook posts criticizing the Communist Party of Vietnam. (Fox News)
Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested on charges of rebellion. Trillanes says that Duterte is "silencing his political critics, those who tell the truth." (Al Jazeera)
Bill Cosby sexual assault cases
- American actor/comedian Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in a Pennsylvania prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

Politics of Sweden
- Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven loses a vote of confidence in parliament. (BBC)

September 24, 2018 (Monday)

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Syria missile strikes (September 2018)
- Russian officials state that the country will send S-300 air-defense missile system to Syria within two weeks following the downing of Russian aircraft in Syria. Russia also stated it will commence jamming radar and satellite signals of planes that attack Syrian territory from the Mediterranean. (The Washington Post) (The National)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- A Taliban prisoner kills eight policemen after seizing their weapons. The condition of the Taliban gunman is unknown. (Voice of America)

Business and economy

The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline expects construction to start in 2019. (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Naga, Cebu landslide
- The death toll of the landslide in Cebu, Philippines rises to 53. (Journal Online)

2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Aftermath of Hurricane Florence
- Firefighters remove dead fish from Interstate 40 in Pender County, North Carolina as water from Hurricane Florence recedes. (AJC) (WPTV)

Law and crime

Dellen Millard is convicted of murdering his father Wayne Millard, who owned an aviation company. The death had initially been ruled a suicide. Dellen Millard has already been convicted of two other murders in Canadian court. (BBC) (The Globe and Mail)
Crime in California
- Police in California arrest Ramon Escobar, 47, on charges of killing and assaulting homeless people, and are investigating whether he may have attacked a fisherman napping beneath a pier, in the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California. Authorities believe Escobar may be a serial killer, who is now a person of interest in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle in Houston, Texas.(CBS News)

International relations

2018 North Korea–United States summit, North Korea–United States relations
- US President Donald Trump expects a second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un "quite soon". (CNN)
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
- The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China and Iran agree to the creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle, a financial facility in the European Union, to facilitate payments and continue trade with Iran after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal. (Associated Press)

Politics and elections

Maldivian presidential election, 2018
- Outgoing president Abdulla Yameen concedes defeat to opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. (Deutsche Welle)
Politics of Hong Kong, Localism in Hong Kong
- The government of Hong Kong bans the pro-independence localist party Hong Kong National Party. (BBC) (The Wall Street Journal)

Science and technology

Timeline of Instagram
- Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are expected to step down from the company. (UPI)

September 23, 2018 (Sunday)

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Rebels kill 23 civilians and four soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attack was near an Ebola epidemic in the town of Beni in eastern Congo. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Transport in China, Transport in Hong Kong
- The 26-kilometer-long (16 mi) Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section opens for commercial operation. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

MV Nyerere sinking
- The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 224. Several are still missing. (BBC)

Law and crime

Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
- A second woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. However, others she identified as witnesses have denied any such act occurred. (HuffPost)
Defense Distributed founder and 3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson, who was arrested in Taiwan for allegedly having sex with a minor, is released from Harris County Jail. (CBS News)

Sports

In golf, Tiger Woods wins the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship for his first tour win since 2013. Justin Rose wins the season-long FedEx Cup points race and its associated US$10 million bonus. (ESPN)

September 22, 2018 (Saturday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

2018 Ahvaz military parade attack
- Four unknown gunmen, wearing military uniforms, open fire during a military parade to commemorate the Iran–Iraq War in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, killing 25 people and wounding up to 60. Both the Islamic State and Ahvaz National Resistance claim responsibility. (Reuters)
War in Afghanistan
- Eight children playing near a police station in the northern Faryab province are killed by a landmine explosion. Six other children are also wounded. (BBC)
Somali Civil War
- A U.S. airstrike kills 18 Al Shabaab militants north of Kismayo, Somalia. The militants were engaged in an attack on U.S. and local forces. (CBC News)
Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided militant hideouts, setting off a shootout that leaves seven soldiers and nine militants dead. (The Washington Post)

Arts and culture

Pope Francis's visit to the Baltic States
- Pope Francis arrives in Vilnius, Lithuania, on his visit to the Baltic States. (Catholic News Agency)
Portuguese discoveries, History of Portugal
- Archaeologists discover a centuries-old shipwreck near the Portugal coast of Cascais. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

MV Nyerere sinking
- The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 207. Several people are still missing. (BBC)
The death toll of a cholera outbreak in Yobe and Borno, Nigeria, rises to 97. (Rappler)

International relations

China–Holy See relations
- The Vatican signs a provisional agreement with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the communist country. (The Washington Post)

Science and technology

Hayabusa2
- The Japanese space agency JAXA announces that a pair of 18-centimetre (7.1 in) tall robots successfully landed on asteroid Ryugu. (Space.com)

September 21, 2018 (Friday)

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