Portal:Current events/2024 September 27

September 27, 2024 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
  - The Russian Ministry of Defense claims soldiers captured the village of Marynivka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
- Kryvyi Rih strikes
  - At least one person is killed and five others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a police department in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Nuclear risk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that Belarus will use Russian nuclear weapons if the country is attacked by NATO. (Anadolu Agency)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
  - Russian loitering munitions hit the city of Izmail in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, killing three people and wounding fourteen. (Reuters)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- September 2024 Lebanon strikes
  - Israel carries out several airstrikes using bunker buster bombs on Beirut, Lebanon, killing six people, injuring about a hundred and destroying six buildings. These also targeted Hezbollah's central headquarters to assassinate its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. (L'Orient le Jour) (Al Jazeera) (Ynet News)
  - A second wave of airstrikes hits three buildings in Beirut. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel launches an airstrike against a Syrian military post in the countryside near Damascus, killing five soldiers and injuring another. (Al Arabiya)
Israel–Hamas war
- An aid worker of a United States-based charity is shot and killed in her car by Palestinian gunmen near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip. Gazan government officials claim that the gunmen had mistakenly identified the vehicle. (Al Arabiya)
Haitian crisis
- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports that at least 3,661 people, including 100 children, have been killed in the first six months of the year by ongoing gang violence in Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
Sudanese civil war
- At least 18 people are killed when the Rapid Support Forces attack a market in Al-Fashir, Sudan. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Helene
  - At least 17 people are killed and more than 900,000 people are reported to be without power due to high winds and flooding caused by Hurricane Helene in Georgia, United States. A rare flash flood emergency is also issued for the Atlanta metropolitan area. (CNN)
  - The Walters Dam in Tennessee was reported to have suffered a catastrophic failure due to ongoing heavy rainfall, with Cocke County Mayor Rob Mathis ordering the immediate evacuation of parts of the nearby city of Newport. (WVLT-TV). The reports were later confirmed to have been false. (Knoxville News Sentinel)
  - The Emergency Management department of Rutherford County, North Carolina, issues a warning for the "imminent" failure of the Lake Lure Dam due to significant rainfall, and orders immediate evacuations. (USA Today)
2024 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane John
  - Tropical Storm John brings over 950 mm (37 inches) of rainfall to southern Guerrero, Mexico, twice eclipsing the amount of rainfall dropped by Hurricane Otis on the same area in 2023. (Reuters)
Fifteen people are killed when an illegal gold mine collapses in Solok Regency, West Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
Thirteen people are killed and 23 are injured after an explosion at a fuel station near Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russia. (AP)

International relations

Iran–United States relations, Iran–Israel relations
- The Iranian Foreign Ministry accuses Israel of using United States-produced and gifted 5,000 lbs bunker buster munitions to strike Hezbollah targets in residential areas in and around Beirut, Lebanon. (Reuters)
Iraq–United States relations, Operation Inherent Resolve
- Iraq and the United States agree to end the U.S.-led coalition mission in Iraq by September 2025, with all remaining American troops withdrawing by the end of 2026. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Iran–United States relations
- The United States Justice Department charges three members of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for hacking Republican candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign and "trying to disrupt the 2024 presidential election". (Reuters)
Hamburg Police seize two tons of cocaine worth €100 million ($112 million) and arrest twelve suspects in Hamburg, Germany, including several foreigners. (DW)

Politics and elections

2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
- Shigeru Ishiba defeats Sanae Takaichi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party and prime minister designate. (Kyodo News)

Sports

2024 Chicago White Sox's 121st loss, Worst Major League Baseball season win–loss records
- The 2024 Chicago White Sox earn their 121st loss against the Detroit Tigers, breaking the Major League Baseball record for the most amount of losses in a post-1900 season. (AP)