Portal:Current events/2023 September 26

September 26, 2023 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war
- Eastern Syria insurgency
  - Deir ez-Zor clashes
    - Twenty-one gunmen, four SDF members, and a civilian are killed following the resumption of clashes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (SOHR)

Disasters and accidents

Qaraqosh wedding fire
- More than 100 people are killed and more than 150 others are injured in a fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

2020–2021 Thai protests
- Thai pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa, who led protests in 2020 and 2021, is sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of royal insult. (Time)
Criticism of Amazon
- The Federal Trade Commission and 17 U.S. states file a lawsuit against Amazon over accusations of monopoly. (NPR)
Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden
- Congressman James R. Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, revealed that a subpoena for Hunter Biden's bank records showed that he received two wire transfers from Chinese nationals in summer 2019 that listed Joe Biden's Delaware home as the beneficiary address. (The Denver Gazette)

Politics and elections

2023 United Auto Workers strike
- President of the United States Joe Biden visits striking UAW workers near Detroit, Michigan, becoming the first sitting American president to join a union picket line. (USA Today)
Civilians protest in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in support of junta leader Ibrahim Traoré amid rumors of a coup plot. (Atlas News)
Daniel Andrews announces his resignation as Premier of Victoria, Australia, after nine years in office. (The Guardian)
Anthony Rota announces his resignation as speaker of the House of Commons of Canada amid controversy over his decision to invite Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian–Canadian veteran of the Waffen-SS, to attend a speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and to introduce Hunka as a "hero" to the House of Commons. (CBC News)