Portal:Current events/2016 September 30

September 30, 2016 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Aleppo offensive (September 2016)
- Ten thousand pro-government troops, mostly Iranian-led Shiite militants, amass near Aleppo in preparation of a final assault on rebel-held parts of the city. (CNN)
Military intervention against ISIL
- France conducts airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. (BBC)

Business and economy

The Obama administration through the United States Department of Justice lowers the fine against Germany's Deutsche Bank to a settlement of US$5.4 billion after being handed a demand for up to $14 billion earlier this month over the sale of toxic mortgage bonds. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2016 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Matthew becomes a category-5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds up to 160 mph, the strongest hurricane to form over the Caribbean Sea since Hurricane Felix in 2007. It is expected to impact parts of Haiti, Jamaica and eastern Cuba. (ABC News), (AP)

International relations

Philippines and the United Nations
- President Rodrigo Duterte likens himself to Adolf Hitler saying he would "be happy" to kill 3 million drug users and dealers in the country. United Nations adviser Adama Dieng cautions Duterte that his use of language could lead to "crimes against humanity". (GMA News Online)

Law and crime

China arrests a man, Yang Qingpei, for killing his parents and then killing 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province. (BBC)
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary finds Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore guilty of six charges of violation of canon of judicial ethics and suspends him for the remainder of his term which is slated to end in 2019. The judge told other judges to ignore the Supreme Court of the United States ruling on gay marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges). (Alabama Media Group)

Science and technology

Sports

2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the first ever FIFA women’s football tournament in the Middle East, kicks off in Jordan. (FIFA)