Portal:Current events/2020 September 17
September 17, 2020 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- The Taliban kills 20 security forces and injures another 15 in Nangarhar. About 29 Taliban militants are killed and another 25 wounded. (TOLOnews)
- A Taliban car bombing kills six Afghan security forces in Herat. Fifty-three militants are also killed in the attack. (TOLOnews)
- Taliban insurgents kill three members of the security forces and injure five in Qadis, Badghis. Also killed are 2 civilians and 2 Taliban. Three Taliban are injured. (TOLOnews)
- Taliban militants kill at least three security force members and injure two others in Gizab, Uruzgan. (TOLOnews)
- September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
- Iraqi insurgency
- 2020 Iraq attacks
- A bomb hits a convoy, killing four members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Kirkuk. (National Iraqi News Agency)
- 2020 Iraq attacks
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
- Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- An additional 150 million children live in multidimensional poverty since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this year. The analysis by UNICEF and Save the Children is based on shortcomings in education, health, housing, nutrition, sanitation, and water. (PTI via The Week)
Disasters and accidents
- 2020 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Teddy strengthens into a Category 3 hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean and heads to Bermuda, which is recovering from Hurricane Paulette. (Washington Post) (The Weather Channel)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
- After seven out of the eight previous days reported the highest count of new cases since the end of the national lockdown in May, Portugal again reports a record increase of 770 new cases and ten deaths. This brings the cumulative total to 66,396 confirmed cases and 1,888 deaths. Today, the 199th day since the first infections were detected in the country, marks the official start of the 2020/2021 public school year, which began with in-person classes nationwide. (DGS)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
International relations
- International response to the 2020 Belarusian protests, Belarus–European Union relations
- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki proposes a €1 billion (US$1.2 billion) stabilization fund by the European Central Bank to revitalize the Belarusian economy amid the protests. (AFP via France 24)