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Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Kouré shooting
  - The Islamic State's West Africa Province claims responsibility for last month's attack in Kouré, Niger, which resulted in the death of six French aid workers and two Nigerian citizens. (Reuters)
Iraqi insurgency
- 2020 Iraq attacks
  - A bomb hits a convoy, killing four members of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Kirkuk. (National Iraqi News Agency)
War in Afghanistan
- September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
  - The Taliban kills 32 members of the security forces and two civilians, and injures another 17 security forces, in four attacks across Afghanistan. At least 84 Taliban militants also died in the attacks. (TOLOnews)

Business and economy

Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand
  - The economy enters recession for the first time since 1987 after the country's GDP declined by 12.2% between April and June, amid a nationwide lockdown and travel bans due to COVID-19. (BBC)
- 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

Health and environment

International relations

Law and crime

Women in Afghanistan
- President Ashraf Ghani signs an amendment allowing mother's names to appear on their child's birth certificate, after discussion on the law was delayed by the National Assembly last week. The move is seen as a "significant milestone" for women's rights, following Afghan tradition stating that using a woman's name in public brings shame on their family. (ABC Australia)
A court in Hong Kong convicts an 81-year-old man for stabbing pro-democracy activist Leung Kwok-hung, also known as "Long Hair". Magistrate Cheang Kei-hong adjourned sentencing to October 13 and praised the perpetrator for "loving society", while also commenting that Leung was not hurt seriously. (The Standard)
2020 United States racial unrest
- U.S. Attorney General William Barr tells prosecutors to aggressively charge people arrested at recent demonstrations across the country, even suggesting including a sedition charge, which is usually reserved for those who have plotted a threat that posed imminent danger to the government. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

2020 Bolivian general election
- Interim president Jeanine Áñez withdraws from the presidential race, saying the opposition needs to consolidate to beat frontrunner Luis Arce, who is representing deposed President Evo Morales' party Movement for Socialism. (Reuters)

Sports

Armand Duplantis sets the outdoor pole vault world record at 6.15 metres at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, eclipsing the previous record held for 26 years by Sergey Bubka. (ABC)