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The Nigerian State Security department arrests Joe Ajaero, the leader of the Nigeria Labour Congress, at

Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, days after Ajaero criticised the Nigerian government for increasing gas prices.

Ukraine begins the implementation of "dragon drones" that spray molten thermite on forest cover to reveal and

help destroy Russian units and military equipment.

The exiled National Council of Resistance of Iran claim that its offices in Stockholm, Sweden, were

firebombed overnight with Molotov cocktails. The Swedish Police Authority announces that they have opened an investigation into the arson.

Thailand at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, Wheelchair fencing at the Summer Paralympics

In tennis, Jannik Sinner defeats Taylor Fritz in the final of the US Open Men's singles tournament to win his

first US Open title ever and his second Grand Slam title overall. Sinner is also the first Italian man to ever win the US Open.

Three Israeli civilians are killed in a shooting at the Allenby Bridge on the Israel–Jordan border.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee release a report criticizing U.S.

President Joe Biden for his handling of the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan.

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González flees Venezuela to seek political asylum in Spain.

The Spanish government says that González left Venezuela on a Spanish Air Force plane at his own request.

Fourteen people are killed and another person is injured when a bus crashes on a highway between Aden and

Over 11,000 people are evacuated in San Bernardino County, California, United States, as the Line Fire

American historical drama television series Shōgun wins a record 14 Emmys at the 2024 Creative Arts Emmy

Awards, the most won for any single season.

Forty-eight people and 50 cattle are killed in an explosion caused by a collision between a fuel tanker and a

Kingdom of Jesus Christ pastor Apollo Quiboloy, who is charged with sex trafficking, is arrested amid a

standoff between the police and members of the church at the church's headquarters in Davao City, Philippines.

Nine people, including El Salvador's National Civil Police chief Mauricio Arriaza Chicas and a fraud suspect,

are killed during a helicopter crash while en route to San Salvador. The crash is considered to be intentional. All flags on government buildings will be flown half-mast for three days.

Incumbent President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune is re-elected for his second term with 95% of the vote.

Russia formally claims control of Novohrodivka, Donetsk Oblast, twelve kilometers (seven miles) from the

strategically important Ukrainian logistical hub city Pokrovsk.

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.

Four people are killed and at least 78 people are injured by Typhoon Yagi in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh

province, Vietnam, as it makes landfall in Hanoi.

Venezuelan security forces surround the Argentine embassy in Caracas after several opposition members take

refuge inside the embassy. Electricity is reportedly cut to the embassy, with Vente Venezuela describing the situation as a siege.

Five people are injured in a mass shooting near Interstate 75 in Laurel County, Kentucky, United States.

The Boeing Crew Flight Test capsule returns to Earth uncrewed, landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New

Mexico, United States, after being docked for three months at the International Space Station.

Five inmates escape from a high-security prison near Lisbon, Portugal.

Nationwide protests against Emmanuel Macron's appointment of Michel Barnier as the new prime minister break

out in 130 cities and towns across France, with left-wing coalition New Popular Front claiming that Macron stole the election.