Portal:Current events/2018 September 26
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September 26, 2018 (Wednesday)
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
- Ahvaz military parade attack
- 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)