Portal:Current events/2015 September 24

Current events of September 24, 2015 (2015-09-24) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Yemeni Crisis (2011–present)
  • At least 29 people are killed in a bombing of a mosque in the Yemeni capital Sanaa during prayers for Eid al-Adha. (CNN)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • The government of Armenia claims that Azerbaijani forces shelled Tavush Province resulting in three deaths. (AFP via France 24)
• Arab–Israeli conflict
  • Israel's security cabinet issues a three-year temporary order that sets a four-year minimum sentence for adult stone- and firebomb-throwers. In addition, new rules of engagement allow police to open fire when the life of a third party is under threat. (NBC News), (Haaretz), (Newsweek)
• 2015 Burkinabe coup d'état
  • The coup is reversed. Interim President Michel Kafando and interim Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida are reinstalled, and government soldiers are returned to their stations. Coup leader Gen. Gilbert Diendéré apologizes for the coup and the week-long unrest that killed at least 10 people. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suggests that elections, originally scheduled for Oct. 11, be held Nov. 22, and that candidate eligibility rules be more inclusive. (AP via Washington Post), (Reuters), (Big News Network)

Arts and culture

• Pope Francis' visit to the United States
  • Pope Francis becomes the first Pope ever to address a Joint Session of the United States Congress. Afterwards, he greets onlookers at the National Mall. He addresses many issues: abortion and the sanctity of life, the importance of the family and of marriage, climate change, immigration and the refugee crises caused by global unrest, proper business conduct, and worldwide abolition of capital punishment. (AP via MSN), (CNN), (Washington Post), (Time), (Vatican)

Disasters and accidents

• 2015 Hajj stampede
  • At least 719 people are dead and 863 people injured in a stampede near Mecca during the Hajj pilgramage in Saudi Arabia. (BBC), (The New York Times), (Washington Post)
• At least four people are killed and 12 critically injured after a charter bus, a Ride the Ducks tour vehicle, and two smaller vehicles crash on the Aurora Bridge in the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington. (King 5)

International relations

• European migrant crisis
  • Ten thousand migrants enter Hungary, mostly from Croatia, despite efforts by the Hungarian government and military to stop them. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
  • Croatia and Serbia restrict cross-border traffic. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia)
• Novorossiya officials in Donetsk order U.N. agencies and several other international NGOs to leave the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. (AP via ABC News)