User:Khronicle I
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| Pronouns | They/them |
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| Languages | English |
| Race | im not a fan of exercise |
| Hair | yes |
| Eyes | probably |
| Handedness | blue |
| Blood type | friendly |
| Sexuality | reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
| IQ | i am an intelligent |
| Personality type | the letter 3 wrapped in a pancake |
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| Pets | got a cat |
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| Religion | just kinda sitting here |
| Politics | Very |
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| Joined | March 2020 |
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todo list
- add proper lists to the lists of Ukrainian oblast governors
- add proper lists to the lists of Afghan province governors (Balkh done)
Pages I've created
it ain't much, but it's honest work
- Russ Kun
the Russ Kun page was originally a redirect to another politician called Russell Kun, ends up Russ is a separate person - 2023 Sudanese Armed Forces-Rapid Support Forces confrontation
- Seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly
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- 18 September 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- The IRNA reports that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has hit the Togo-flagged oil tanker Trend as it attempted to pass the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP via FMT) (Al Jazeera)
- 18 September 2026 – Sudanese civil war
- 2026 Blue Nile campaign
- The Sudanese Armed Forces says that they have killed several Rapid Support Forces militants in Sudan's Blue Nile state. The country's defence ministry also confirms the attacks. (Radio Tamazuj)
- 18 September 2026 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2026 Kohat attack
- A suicide car bombing outside a mosque located inside a police station in Kohat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, kills at least 31 people, including 16 policemen, and injures at least 100 more. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group claims responsibility. (AFP)
- 18 September 2026 – Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Iran war fuel crisis
- The Bank of Japan raises its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25%, the highest level since 1995, citing inflation pressures from rising energy costs and a weak yen, and signals further increases. (AFP via France 24)
- 18 September 2026 –
- Russia places the local assets of Auchan and Nestlé under temporary administration, transferring their control to Russian firm L.E.V. Management, headed by interior minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev. The government cites the companies' origins in countries it designates as "unfriendly" amid broader seizures of foreign-owned businesses. (CNN)
- 18 September 2026 – 2024–2026 Cuba blackouts
- Millions of people are left without electricity in Cuba as a result of a collapse of the country's energy power grid. (AP)
- 18 September 2026 –
- Zealand Pharma's drug Zeydovio receives approval by the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use to treat short bowel syndrome. (Reuters)
- 18 September 2026 – Denmark–United States relations
- Greenland crisis
- Denmark and the United States reach a deal allowing the U.S. to expand its military presence in Greenland and granting permanent basing, overflight, and access rights, while barring non-NATO countries from establishing bases and restricting sensitive investments on the island. (Reuters)
- 18 September 2026 – International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war, United States sanctions against Iran
- U.S. president Donald Trump signs the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which authorises and expands statutory sanctions, tariffs, and prohibitions on Russia and extends existing sanctions on Iran until 2031. (Middle East Eye) (Kyiv Indepedent)
- 18 September 2026 –
- Polish prime minister Donald Tusk announces that Poland has joined the Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition to develop a joint anti-ballistic missile defence system with some other European countries. (Firstpost)
- 18 September 2026 – 1MDB scandal
- King Sultan Ibrahim of Malaysia grants former prime minister Najib Razak a conditional pardon, allowing him to serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest until August 23, 2028, following his corruption conviction linked to 1MDB. (Reuters)
- 18 September 2026 – 2026 Ceuta migrant crisis
- Spanish police begin moving more than 3,000 migrants from beaches in Ceuta to temporary accommodation at the port. The operation prompts crowding and clashes, with officers firing warning shots and several people sustaining injuries. (News.Az)
- 18 September 2026 – 2026 South Cotabato school shooting
- Three students, including the perpetrator, are killed and eight others are injured in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Banga, South Cotabato, Philippines. (AA)
- 18 September 2026 – Afghanistan–Pakistan relations
- Pakistan's medical regulator orders Afghan students enrolled in medical and dental programs to leave their colleges and return to Afghanistan. Dozens challenge the directive in court, while a Lahore judge temporarily suspends expulsions in Punjab. (AFP via France 24)
- 18 September 2026 –
- Protests erupt in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, after 37 miners died yesterday in custody of the Security and Civil Defence Corps following raids on suspected illegal mines. Niger state governor Mohammed Umar Bago imposes a curfew. (Reuters)
- Russia designates filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev a foreign agent, subjecting him to financial restrictions, reporting requirements, and mandatory labels on published material. Zvyagintsev, who lives abroad, has criticized the Russo-Ukrainian war and president Vladimir Putin. (Reuters)
- 18 September 2026 – Protests against the 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Iranian pro-government rallies
- A pro-government rally is held in Tehran, Iran, in what is called the biggest show of defiance since the war started on February 28. (PBS) (The Times of Israel)
- 18 September 2026 – 2026 Russian legislative election
- Russians begin voting to elect 450 seats of the State Duma over a period of three days following Ukrainian attacks upon oil infrastructure. The elections are also held under strict control during the Russo-Ukrainian war, combined with an ongoing crackdown on anti-war opposition and the anti-war party Yabloko being disqualified from running. (AFP via RNZ) (AP)
- 18 September 2026 –
- The Senate of Bolivia ratifies an agreement to take a US$1.9 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund amid a deep economic crisis in the country, with trade unions threatening renewed protests in response. (AP)
- 17 September 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Israeli government response to the October 7 attacks
- Lt. Col. "Aleph", the chief police officer in the Southern Command's Gaza Division, is dismissed following his role in the failures leading to the Hamas-led October 7 attacks on Israel. (The Times of Israel)
- The Israel Defense Forces confirm that they have killed a Al-Qassam Brigades Nukhba Forces commander who took part in the October 7 attacks in a airstrike and a Hamas navy officer in another airstrike in Gaza City. (Israel National News) (JFeed)
- 2026 Iran war
- US war crimes in Iran strikes
- The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission finds "reasonable grounds" that the United States military may have committed war crimes with attacks on the Minab school and Lamerd sports hall in southern Iran. (Reuters)
- Yemeni civil war
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- Al-Akhbar reports that Saudi Arabia has sent a proposal for Oman to mediate a two-week ceasefire with the Houthis. (AzerNews)
- A Yemeni resident is reported to be killed by debris from a drone in Taif, Mecca Province. (Arab News)
- 17 September 2026 – Aftermath of the South Sudanese Civil War
- Twenty-six people are killed and 82 more injured during clashes between two rival communities in Abyei, at the border between Sudan and South Sudan. (Al Jazeera)
- 17 September 2026 –
- Fifteen civilians are killed during an armed attack by unknown individuals in Madegoua, Far North Region, Cameroon. (Reuters)
- 17 September 2026 – France–Mexico relations
- The 16th-century Codex Azcatitlan goes on display in Mexico City after France loaned two folios nearly two centuries after the manuscript left the country. Mexico continues seeking the codex's permanent return from France. (AFP) (BBC News)
- 17 September 2026 – Environmental policy of the second Trump administration
- The United States Fish and Wildlife Service narrows its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act by excluding unintentional wildlife deaths from its definition of prohibited take, including foreseeable deaths linked to activities such as commercial fishing and logging. (AFP via France 24)
- 17 September 2026 –
- Biologists publish a study in the journal Current Biology describing a new species of wild cat belonging to the genus Leopardus, commonly called the "tilcayo", in the Yungas cloud forests of Bolivia. This discovery marks the first new cat species in over 100 years. (Cell) (Reuters)
- The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approves the Trastuzumab deruxtecan drug for women in England with metastatic or incurable HER2-breast cancer that cannot be removed surgically, making it the first licensed targeted treatment for patients, two years after it was rejected due to its cost effectiveness. (Sky News) (The Independent)
- 17 September 2026 – Eighty-First session of the United Nations General Assembly, Palestine and the United Nations
- The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) votes 152–3, with four abstentions, to allow Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and other senior Palestinian officials to address UN meetings, including the general debate of the eighty-first session of the UNGA, by video for one year after United States visa restrictions prevented their travel to New York City, where the UN headquarters are. (Reuters)
- 17 September 2026 – Israel–Serbia relations
- Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić inaugurates a factory for Israeli-made drones that will be produced by the country's Krušik company, with Vučić stating that it will employ 100 people and produce advanced equipment for the Serbian military. (AP)
- 17 September 2026 – Human rights in Pakistan
- Pakistan's Supreme Court suspends 17-year prison sentences imposed on human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari and her husband over anti-state social media posts, and grants them bail pending an Islamabad High Court ruling. (Reuters)
- 17 September 2026 –
- Malawian police rescue a 47-year-old British woman after her abduction in Blantyre. Four suspected kidnappers are killed in a shootout with officers, while a senior police officer is injured and hospitalized in stable condition. (AP via ABC News)
- Thirty-seven suspected illegal gold miners die in custody of Nigeria's civil defence agency in Minna, Niger State. Survivors say overcrowding and poor ventilation caused breathing difficulties, while an intelligence report links the deaths to those conditions. The government orders an investigation. (AFP)
- 17 September 2026 – 2026 Swedish general election
- Ulf Kristersson announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Sweden after his right-wing bloc wins 173 seats in the Riksdag, compared to 176 won by the opposition, led by Magdalena Andersson. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
- 17 September 2026 – Censorship and media control during the Venezuelan presidential crisis
- Venezuela restores access to 17 news websites that were previously blocked, including EFE, El Nacional, NTN24, and Semana, as the interim government and opposition resume political transition talks that include freedom of expression. (AFP via Gulf News)
- 17 September 2026 – Visa policy of Australia
- Australia tightens visa rules for international students and working holidaymakers, restricts visa switching, and increases enforcement against overstayers as it seeks to reduce net overseas migration to 225,000 by 2027–28 and ease pressure on housing. (AFP via France 24)
- 16 September 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- Twenty-one people are killed, 45 are injured, and about 100 others are missing after a residential building in Gaza City collapses after it was previously hit by an Israeli airstrike. Twelve children are among the fatalities. (AFP via France 24) (Al Jazeera)
- 16 September 2026 – 2026 Americana Music Honors & Awards
- The Americana Music Honors & Awards are held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, with the Heartbreakers performing for the first time since lead vocalist Tom Petty's death in 2017. (The Independent)
- 16 September 2026 – 2026–2027 El Niño event
- Guatemala announces food aid for about 1.2 million families affected by severe El Niño-related drought, which damages crops and livestock across the Dry Corridor. The programme distributes maize, beans, and rice with World Food Programme support. (AFP via Arab News)
- 16 September 2026 –
- At least 82 people are killed when a gold mine explodes in West Kordofan, Sudan, an area under control of the Rapid Support Forces. (Al Jazeera) (Sky News)
- 16 September 2026 – 2026 United Kingdom heatwaves
- The United Kingdom records its second-best butterfly season in 16 years amidst record heat waves in the country. (The Independent)
- 16 September 2026 –
- Fiji declares HIV a national crisis after reporting 2,016 new diagnoses in 2025, sixteen times the 2019 total. The government estimates that one in 60 adults lives with HIV and expands testing, prevention, and treatment services. (AFP via New Straits Times)
- In a study published by the Nature Medicine journal, scientists report that the PANXEON blood test helps detect pancreatic cancer at early stages and treat the disease before it spreads. (Scientific American) (Discover)
- 16 September 2026 – Canada–European Union relations
- European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen invites Canada to become the first associate member of the European Union amidst the ongoing trade war between Canada and the United States. (CNBC)
- 16 September 2026 – International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United States and the Russo-Ukrainian war
- The United States House of Representatives passes a bipartisan sanctions bill that imposes sanctions on Russia's energy revenues, financial institutions, officials, and shadow fleet, while authorizing tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil and gas. The bill will head to president Donald Trump's desk for his signature for it to become law. (Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
- 16 September 2026 –
- The first summit between South Korea and the five countries of Central Asia is held in Seoul. (Euronews) (AFP via Korea Times) (Al Jazeera)
- 16 September 2026 – North Korea–South Korea relations
- Inter-Korean Liaison Office bombing
- A district court in Seoul, South Korea, orders North Korea to pay KRW 44.6 billion (US$32.5 million) in damages for destroying the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong in 2020, in South Korea's first damages lawsuit against North Korea. (AFP via CNA) (Reuters)
- 16 September 2026 – Human rights in Macau
- Macau begins its first closed-door national security trial against former legislator Au Kam San, who faces charges including subversion of state power and alleged ties with foreign groups and media outlets. He faces up to 25 years in prison. (AFP via RTL Today)
- 16 September 2026 – War crimes in the Kosovo War
- The Kosovo Specialist Chambers sentences former prime minister Hashim Thaçi to 25 years in prison after convicting him on charges of murder, torture, cruel treatment and arbitrary detention committed during the Kosovo War. (AP)
- 16 September 2026 – 2026 Bangsamoro Parliament election
- The Philippine Commission on Elections proclaims all 78 elected members of the Bangsamoro Parliament, with four parties given all seats for party representation. The Bangsamoro Federalist Party, earning most of the seats, fails to secure a majority, leading to a hung parliament. Meanwhile, six sectoral seats are given to the United Bangsamoro Justice Party. (Al Jazeera) (Manila Bulletin)
- 16 September 2026 – Discoveries of exoplanets
- Astronomers confirm the existence of Elias 2-24 b, the youngest known exoplanet, which is less than one million years old and located approximately 450 light-years from Earth. The discovery was observed through the W.M. Keck Observatory in Mauna Kea, Hawaii, U.S., using a coronagraph. (Space.com)
- 16 September 2026 –
- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovers a recently formed crater on the moon larger than the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. (Phys.org)
- In association football, Clearlake Capital buys out Todd Boehly and Mark Walter's stakes to gain full control of Premier League club Chelsea. The deal is valued at around £950 million (€1.1 billion) for the 25% share. Chelsea is now worth about £5 billion (€5.8 billion). (BBC Sport) (The Guardian) (ESPN)
- The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) announces that its finals will move from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, for three years beginning in 2027. The WTA also relocates its global headquarters from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Charlotte. (BBC)
- 15 September 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
- 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- Oman's maritime security centre reports that two sailors are reported to be missing after the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near the Musandam Peninsula. (BBC News)
- Kuwait in the 2026 Iran war
- The Kuwaiti energy ministry reports that Kuwait's electrical grid has held despite attacks from Iran against it. (Arab Times Kuwait)
- Yemeni civil war
- 2026 Yemen offensives
- The United Nations reports that more than 100,000 people have fled their homes in western and southern Yemen due the ongoing Houthi offensive against Yemeni government forces, and that 2,400 refugees have arrived in Djibouti in the last four days alone. (Kurdistan 24)
- 15 September 2026 – Russo-Ukrainian war
- Violations of non-combatant airspace during the Russo-Ukrainian war
- A drone crosses from Belarusian airspace into Lithuania before being shot down by a NATO fighter jet over the village of Pratkūnai, Kaišiadorys District Municipality, near Kruonis Pumped Storage Plant, two days after an unidentified object flew over Lithuanian airspace from Belarus to Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. (BBC News) (LRT)
- 15 September 2026 – 2026–2027 El Niño event
- The Panama Canal Authority reduces daily ship transits through the canal from 36 to 32 as below-average rainfall and a strengthening El Niño lower water levels in reservoirs supplying the waterway. (DW)
- 15 September 2026 –
- Kenya announces bans on exports of unprocessed gold and establishes at least three refineries, seeking to maximize its economic value by increasing domestic processing. (Nairametrics)
- 15 September 2026 – 2026 Chatsworth Eurocopter AS350 crash
- Three people die when a telecopter operated by KNBC in Los Angeles, California, United States, crashes while covering a traffic collision in Chatsworth. (AP) (BBC News)
- 15 September 2026 –
- Six people die while 17 others are injured after an Elf truck, with an Isabela–Benguet route and carrying 27 passengers, plunges into a ravine in Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- 15 September 2026 – 2026 Ebola epidemic
- The United Nations reports that daily Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declined from about 120 to 80, while 10 of 62 affected health zones record no new infections for more than 22 days. (The Independent)
- 15 September 2026 – Aging of Japan
- Japan's health ministry reports 107,677 people aged 100 or older, exceeding 100,000 for the first time since records began in 1963. (AFP via The Manila Times) (CNN)
- 15 September 2026 – Denmark–Russia relations
- A Russian Navy warship fires two flares at a Danish military helicopter in the Baltic Sea. (The Guardian)
- 15 September 2026 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement, Controversies related to Sheikh Hasina, Capital punishment in Bangladesh
- A court in Bangladesh sentences seven Awami League leaders who were former officials in former prime minister Sheikh Hasina's government to death in absentia over their role in deadly crackdowns on the anti-government protests in 2024. (DW)
- 15 September 2026 – Death of Noah Donohoe
- The Northern Irish jury in the inquest returns a narrative verdict, criticising the Department for Infrastructure for failure to prevent public access to the tunnel Donohoe was found in and the police for failures in their investigation. (RTÉ)
- 15 September 2026 – Femicide in Latin America, Gender inequality in El Salvador
- A court in El Salvador sentences a man to life imprisonment for aggravated femicide and stalking, the first such sentence for femicide in the country's history. (DW)
- 15 September 2026 – Phillips family disappearances
- A New Zealand inquiry finds that police and Oranga Tamariki failed to act on warnings that Tom Phillips might abduct his three children and possessed firearms, contributing to missed opportunities to prevent or end their nearly four-year disappearance. (AFP via France 24)
- 15 September 2026 –
- The Brazilian public prosecutor's office files a civil action against Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer and one of Brazil's biggest companies, as well as the national mining agency and the Minas Gerais state government. The lawsuit is based on a containment overflow of two sumps at the Mina de Viga site in Congonhas in January, which caused the site to be shut down. (Mining Reports) (The Rio Times)
- China implements new travel regulations allowing exit bans on citizens who violate technology import or export controls or commit national-security-related offences abroad. Returned citizens can face bans lasting six months to three years. (AFP via Dawn)
- Former Golden Dawn spokesperson Ilias Kasidiaris is released from prison in Domokos, Phthiotis, Greece, after serving part of a 13-year sentence for leading a criminal organization and announces plans to return to politics, although he remains barred from office until 2033. (AFP) (The National Herald)
- ProRail services across northern and central parts of the Netherlands are disrupted by a sabotage operation after pipes are attached to tracks, resulting in the failure of railway signals. (Reuters) (BBC News) (Politico Europe)
- Romanian farmers clash with gendarmes in Bucharest during protests against live export restrictions due to ovine rinderpest and other policies. The confrontations leave 24 people injured, including eight gendarmes, while police detain 26 protesters. (AFP via France 24) (Bloomberg)
- 15 September 2026 – Reactions to the 2026 Iran war
- United States representative Thomas Massie files articles for impeachment against defense secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly violating the War Powers Resolution by declaring war against Iran without congressional approval. (Hindustan Times) (Military.com)
- 15 September 2026 – 2026 Asian Games
- The Italian cruise ship Costa Serena docks in Nagoya, Japan, to house about 4,000 Asian Games athletes and officials as delegations report accommodation problems, including undersized beds, leaking sinks, and room shortages. (AFP via France 24)
- 15 September 2026 –
- In association football, UEFA announces that the Champions League finals in 2028 and 2029 will be held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, and Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain, respectively. (Al Jazeera)
- The World Athletics Championships in 2029 and 2031 are awarded to Nairobi, Kenya, and Munich, Germany, respectively. 2029 will mark the first time the event is held on the continent of Africa. (The Star Kenya) (AP)