Portal:Current events/2022 September 17
September 17, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- September 2022 Damascus airstrikes
- Five Syrian soldiers are killed in missile strikes launched by the Israeli Air Force near Damascus. (Haaretz)
Business and economy
- Poland opens the Vistula Spit canal connecting the Vistula Lagoon and Gdańsk Bay after three years of construction. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pacific typhoon season
- The Japan Meteorological Agency urges residents to evacuate southern parts of the island of Kyushu as super Typhoon Nanmadol approaches. An official for the agency warned that Nanmadol could bring "unprecedented" storms and rain to the area. (Reuters)
- Fourteen people are killed and 7 others are injured along with 10 others being reported missing after a landslide in Achham, Nepal. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- A series of protests break out in Iran after the death of a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, who was arrested and beaten by the morality police in Tehran. (The Guardian)