Portal:Current events/2024 September 8
Appearance
September 8, 2024
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- The Israeli military claims Hezbollah militants were killed in airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Sudanese civil war
- The World Health Organization reports that the death toll from the ongoing civil war in Sudan has increased to more than 20,000 people. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Wildfires in the United States during 2024
- Over 5,000 people are evacuated in San Bernardino County, California, United States, as the Line Fire quadruples in size. (The New York Times)
- Forty-eight people and 50 cattle are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a fuel tanker and a truck in Agaie, Niger State, Nigeria. (AP)
- Fourteen people are killed and one other person is wounded when a bus crashes on a highway between Aden and Taiz in Yemen. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2024 Allenby Bridge shooting
- Three Israeli border guards are killed in a mass shooting at the Allenby Bridge, on the Israel–Jordan border. (Reuters)
- Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound standoff
- Kingdom of Jesus Christ pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is charged for sex trafficking, is arrested amidst a standoff between the police and church members at the religious organization's headquarters in Davao City, Philippines. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Venezuelan political crisis
- Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees Venezuela to seek political asylum in Spain. The Spanish government says González departed Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane at his own request. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics
- Thai wheelchair fencer Saysunee Jana becomes the first female wheelchair fencer, and the second overall, to win gold medals in all three fencing disciplines, épée, foil, and sabre. (Bangkok Post)
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics