Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan
September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
A bomb kills two people and injures 12 others in Kalafgan District, Takhar Province. (TOLOnews)
A member of the Afghan National Directorate of Security is shot dead and his driver injured in Kabul. (TOLOnews)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Two men are injured during a rocket attack in Ashdod, Israel. In response, the Israel Defense Forces strike Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip. (BBC News)
Arts and culture
The United Kingdom returns three antique bronze sculptures to India more than 40 years after they were stolen from a Hindu temple in Tamil Nadu. They were found in London after one was offered for sale in 2019. A total of four bronzes from the Vijayanagara period, which lasted from the 14th to the 17th century, were stolen in 1978 from a temple dedicated to the god Vishnu in Nagapattinam. (Reuters)
Pope Francis appoints Bishop Mario Grech, the former Bishop of Gozo, Malta, as secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops. Bishop Grech replaces Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, just prior to his 80th birthday. (Vatican Press Office)
Nintendo officially ends support for the 3ds family
List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
In Popayán, Colombia, members of the Misak indigenous community topple and decapitate a monument dedicated to Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar. (BBC News)