Portal:Current events/2016 September 29
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September 29, 2016 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation
- The Indian Army claims it conducted surgical strikes on militant camps in Pakistan across the Line of Control, allegedly-killing several suspected militants. However, Pakistan rejects this claim and terms it cross-border firing that killed two of its soldiers. (India Today), (Reuters), (Dawn)
- Syrian Civil War
- A video from besieged eastern Aleppo's al-Shaar neighborhood emerges showing the moment a young girl, identified as Ghazal Qasim, trapped beneath rubble of a five floor building blown to smithereens by a deadly Assad government's bunker buster bomb attack on September 27, is rescued by the Syrian Civil Defense, better known as the white helmets. (International Business Times)
- The UN's children's charity UNICEF has called the effect of the war in Aleppo on children as the worst seen since the conflict began, and says at least 96 children have been killed and 223 have been injured in Eastern Aleppo September 23. (International Business Times)
Business and economy
- The Obama administration through the United States Department of Justice sends a subpoena to natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy regarding the accounting methods for its oil and gas properties. (Reuters)
- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that Samsung washing machines may explode if washing heavy load items at high speeds. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2016 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Megi causes landslides in China and leaves at least 32 people missing. (BT)
- 2016 Hoboken train crash
- A commuter train accident at the Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey leaves one woman dead and 114 others injured. Major structural damage occurs to the station with portions of the roof collapsed. (FOX News), (NorthJersey.com), (AP via The New Zealand Herald)
- 2016 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Matthew
- The U.S. National Hurricane Center issues a Tropical Storm Watch for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao islands in the Caribbean Sea, and for the northwest South American coast. (UPI), (NHC)
Politics and elections
- Former Prime Minister of Iran and one of the founders of OPEC Jamshid Amouzegar, who was involved in the 1975 OPEC siege, dies at the age of 93. (BBC Persian)
Sports
- Association football
- Barnsley F.C. fires assistant manager Tommy Wright as further allegations of corruption in English football are reported. (BBC Sport)
- Undercover press reporters make allegations of corruption against Southampton F.C. assistant manager Eric Black. (BBC Sport)