Portal:Current events/2024 September 3

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • September 2024 Poltava strike
      • Russian missile strikes on Poltava, Ukraine, kill at least 55 people and injure more than 328 others. (Reuters) (AP)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
    • The Islamic State claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing outside a Taliban building in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed six people. (Al Arabiya)
• Boko Haram insurgency
  • Tarmuwa massacre
    • At least 102 people are killed during a mass shooting at a market and against homes in Tarmuwa, Yobe State, Nigeria, by over 50 Boko Haram militants. (AP)
• A clash between the isolated indigenous Mashco-Piro community and Peruvian loggers attempting to clear a forest path near their territory results in the deaths of two loggers, with two more missing. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• English Channel migrant crossings
  • During a people smuggling operation, at least 12 migrants drown when their boat breaks apart and capsizes in the English Channel. (Sky News)

Health and environment

• 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
  • The World Health Organization announces that its polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip has surpassed its intended target of 156,500 projected vaccinations within two days. (BBC News)

International relations

• Iraq–Switzerland relations
  • Switzerland reopens its embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, after closing it during the Gulf War in 1991. (BNO News)

Law and crime

• 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
  • United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is subpoenaed by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs after refusing to testify on the government's actions regarding the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the concurrent deaths of thirteen service members. (Reuters)
• Gaza war
  • The United States Department of Justice charges Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and five other militants with conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism, conspiracy to murder Americans, and five other counts each. (DW)
• Lebanese liquidity crisis
  • Former head of the Central bank of Lebanon Riad Salameh is arrested for financial crimes such as accruing more than $110m via financial crimes involving Optimum Invest, a Lebanese firm that offers income brokerage services. Al Jazeera
• Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
  • Isabel Perelló is elected as President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary in Spain, becoming the first woman to hold the position. (El Periódico) (El País) (El Diario)
• Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is "seriously injured" after being shot in the leg in a shootout with the Uganda People's Defence Force near Kampala. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Five Ukrainian ministers resign from their positions, including Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, resulting in vacancy of over one-third of the cabinet. (Reuters)