Portal:Current events/2022 September 30
September 30, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian attack on civilian convoy in Zaporizhzhia
- Russian forces launch 16 missiles at areas near the city of Zaporizhzhia, including a gathering point for civilians preparing to cross into Russian-occupied territory, where at least 25 people are killed and 50 others are injured. (NBC News)
- Russian attack on civilian convoy in Zaporizhzhia
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine–NATO relations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy requests fast-track NATO membership following the Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine. (BBC News)
- 2022 Russian mobilization
- Uzbekistan says that it will not deport Russians fleeing conscription. (Reuters)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- September 2022 Kabul school bombing
- Twenty-six people are killed and 56 others are injured by two suicide bomber at a school in Dashte Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (CNN)
- September 2022 Kabul school bombing
- Papua conflict
- Four people are killed when armed rebels open fire on civilians in West Papua, Indonesia. (Reuters)
- September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
- Junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is removed from office in a coup d'état after gunfire in the Burkinabé capital of Ouagadougou. Coup leader Ibrahim Traore imposes a curfew, suspends all political civil society activities as well as the Constitution, and closes all land and air borders. (AP) (France24)
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Nineteen people are killed and 32 more injured as 5 al-Qaeda separatist gunmen and 23 suicide bombers attack a police station and open fire in Zahedan, Iran. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge, Economy of the Netherlands
- Inflation in the Netherlands increases to 17% amid a substantial increase in energy and fuel prices. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Ian makes its fourth landfall in South Carolina, after devastating portions of Florida and Cuba. (National Hurricane Center)
- Two people are killed and 25 others are injured by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and three others are missing after flooding in Tachira, Venezuela. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Russian annexation of Southern and Eastern Ukraine
- Russian president Vladimir Putin signs accession treaties to annex the occupied Ukrainian territories to Russia. However, the accession treaties must be ratified by both houses of the Russian parliament before becoming effective under Russian law. (Reuters) (Reuters 2)
- Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirms that the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense was hacked and that leaked data included information about the president's health issues and other national security issues. (Proceso)
Sports
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- In baseball, the Seattle Mariners make the playoffs for the first time since the 2001 season following a game-winning home run from Cal Raleigh, ending their 21-year playoff drought. (ESPN)