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September 19, 2015 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- Islamist rebels execute 56 Syrian Army personnel following the capture of the Abu al-Duhur airbase in the Idlib Governorate according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. (Telegraph), (The News Hub)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- At least 55 are killed when Turkish warplanes hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in northern Iraq, according to Turkey's security sources. (Reuters)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- A Saudi-led military coalition bombards government buildings and residential neighborhoods in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, killing about 30 people, including civilians. Rescuers continue searching for other possible victims buried under the rubble. (AP via Orange County Register), (Xinhuanet)

Arts and culture

Pope Francis departs from Rome to begin his Apostolic Visit to Cuba. Francis will then visit the US. In the US, he will address a joint session of Congress (the first by an incumbent Pope), meet with President Obama, canonize Junípero Serra, tour a prison and the World Trade Center site, hold Masses in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia, and preside over the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. (Vatican), (USCCB), (The New York Times)
Univision's Sábado Gigante, the world's longest running variety show in television history, ends after 53 years on air. (USA Today)

Disasters and accidents

Heavy rain triggers flash floods killing 10 people in Tehran and southern Iran, with eight others missing. (AP via CP24)
European migrant crisis
- Italy rescues thousands of refugees in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. (Al-Jazeera)
- A five-year-old Syrian girl dies and several other refugees are missing after their boat sinks in the Aegean Sea near the Greek island of Lesbos. The Greek Coast Guard says it rescued 11 people from the boat carrying 26 people. (AFP via Asian Age), (Reuters)

Health

2015 Dengue fever outbreaks
- Authorities in the Dominican Republic issue an alert as the number of deaths (57 this year) and cases of dengue fever continue to rise. (AP via ABC News)
- The Delhi government defers elective surgery to free up 1000 hospital beds to treat a dengue fever outbreak. (Times of India)

International relations

Japanese Self-Defense Forces
- Japan's upper chamber of Parliament approves controversial legislation, which the lower chamber passed in July, that expands the role of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces overseas. (CNN), (Mainichi Daily News)
European migrant crisis, Croatia–Hungary relations
- Hungarian security forces confiscate a Croatian train carrying 1000 migrants and disarm 40 Croatian police officers accompanying the migrants. Hungarian authorities repatriate the officers. (Sky News)
- Croatian prime minister Zoran Milanović says Croatia will 'force' Hungary to accept migrants by sending them to the Hungarian border. Hungary responded angrily calling Milanović "pathetic" and accused Croatia of human smuggling. (BBC)
- Croatia allows some asylum seekers to move on past its borders into Hungary and Slovenia. (Washington Post)
Egypt's new Cabinet is sworn in before President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal, and a month before parliamentary elections. The 33-member body has 16 new ministers, including two women. Sherif Ismail, petroleum minister in the last cabinet, is the new prime minister. (Egyptian Streets), (Reuters)

Law and crime

1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation launches an investigation of money laundering associated with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad sovereign wealth fund. (Wall Street Journal)

Sports

2015 Rugby World Cup
- In what media called "the greatest shock in rugby history", Japan defeat two-time World Cup champion South Africa 34–32 in Brighton. (ESPN (UK))
- In another result viewed as a surprise, Georgia defeat Tonga 17–10 in Gloucester. In the match, Georgia's 18-year-old Vasil Lobzhanidze becomes the youngest player ever to appear in a Rugby World Cup match. (PA via ESPN (UK))

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 ;Armed conflicts and attacks
 *[[Syrian Civil War]]
-**[[Army of Conquest|Islamist rebels]] execute 56 [[Syrian Army]] personnel following the [[Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase|capture]] of the Abu al-Duhur airbase in the [[Idlib Governorate]] according to the [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]]. [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11876573/Militants-execute-56-Syrian-regime-soldiers-at-captured-airbase.html (''Telegraph'')], [https://www.the-newshub.com/international/al-qaeda-captures-key-base-in-syria-and-carries-out-mass-executions-of-prisoners (The News Hub)]
+**[[Army of Conquest|Islamist rebels]] execute 56 [[Syrian Army]] personnel following the [[Siege of Abu al-Duhur Airbase|capture]] of the Abu al-Duhur airbase in the [[Idlib Governorate]] according to the [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights]]. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11876573/Militants-execute-56-Syrian-regime-soldiers-at-captured-airbase.html (''Telegraph'')], [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305210419/https://www.the-newshub.com/international/al-qaeda-captures-key-base-in-syria-and-carries-out-mass-executions-of-prisoners (The News Hub)]
+*[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]]
-*[[Turkey–PKK conflict]]
-**At least 55 are killed when [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Military aircraft|warplanes]] hit [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)]] camps in northern [[Iraq]], according Turkey's security sources. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/us-turkey-kurds-idUSKCN0RJ0EX20150919 (Reuters)]
+**At least 55 are killed when [[Turkey|Turkish]] [[Military aircraft|warplanes]] hit [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)]] camps in northern [[Iraq]], according to Turkey's security sources. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/us-turkey-kurds-idUSKCN0RJ0EX20150919 (Reuters)]
 *[[Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen]]
 **A [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]-led military coalition bombards government buildings and residential neighborhoods in the [[Yemen|Yemeni]] capital, [[Sana'a]], killing about 30 people, including civilians. Rescuers continue searching for other possible victims buried under the rubble. [http://www.ocregister.com/articles/yemen-683685-sanaa-airstrikes.html (AP via ''Orange County Register'')], [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/19/c_134640220.htm (Xinhuanet)]
 ;Arts and culture
-*[[Pope Francis]] departs from Rome to begin his Apostolic Visit to Cuba, where he will visit [[Havana]], [[Holguin]], and [[Santiago de Cuba]], and meet with [[Raul Castro]]. The visit is his first there, and the third to the country by a reigning Pope. [[Pope Francis' visit to the United States|Francis will then visit the US]], also his first visit there as Pope. In the US, he will address a [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of Congress]] (the first by an incumbent Pope), meet with [[President Obama]], canonize [[Junipero Serra]], tour a prison and the [[World Trade Center site]], hold Masses in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia, and preside over the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. [http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/it/2015/9/19/cubausaonu.html (Vatican)], [http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/holy-see/francis/papal-visit-2015/index.cfm (USCCB)], [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/world/europe/pope-francis.html (''The New York Times'')]
+*[[Pope Francis]] departs from Rome to begin his Apostolic Visit to Cuba. [[Pope Francis' visit to the United States|Francis will then visit the US]]. In the US, he will address a [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of Congress]] (the first by an incumbent Pope), meet with [[President Obama]], canonize [[Junípero Serra]], tour a prison and the [[World Trade Center site]], hold Masses in New York, Washington, and Philadelphia, and preside over the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. [http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/events/event.dir.html/content/vaticanevents/it/2015/9/19/cubausaonu.html (Vatican)], [http://www.usccb.org/about/leadership/holy-see/francis/papal-visit-2015/index.cfm (USCCB)], [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/19/world/europe/pope-francis.html (''The New York Times'')]
-*[[Sábado Gigante]], the world's longest running [[variety show]] in television history, ends after 53 years on air. [http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/09/19/sabado-gigante-ends-53-year-run/72408410/ (''USA Today'')]
+*[[Univision|Univision's]] [[Sábado Gigante]], the world's longest running [[variety show]] in television history, ends after 53 years on air. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/09/19/sabado-gigante-ends-53-year-run/72408410/ (''USA Today'')]
 ;Disasters and accidents
-*Heavy rain triggers [[flash flood]]s killing 10 people in [[Tehran]] and southern [[Iran]] with eight others missing. [http://www.cp24.com/world/ten-killed-by-flash-floods-in-iran-8-others-missing-1.2571298 (AP via CP24)]
+*Heavy rain triggers [[flash flood]]s killing 10 people in [[Tehran]] and southern [[Iran]], with eight others missing. [http://www.cp24.com/world/ten-killed-by-flash-floods-in-iran-8-others-missing-1.2571298 (AP via CP24)]
+*[[European migrant crisis]]
-*Ten [[BNSF Railway|Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad]] [[ethanol]] [[Tank car|tanker cars]] derail and two catch fire in southeast [[South Dakota]] between the towns of [[Scotland, South Dakota|Scotland]] and [[Lesterville, South Dakota|Lesterville]]. No injuries are reported and no nearby structures are threatened by the fire. [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ethanol-tanker-cars-derail-catch-fire-south-dakota-33882060 (AP via ABC News)]
+**[[Italy]] rescues thousands of refugees in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the coast of [[Libya]]. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/italy-rescues-thousands-refugees-libyan-coast-150919183041430.html (Al-Jazeera)]
+**A five-year-old [[Syria|Syrian]] girl dies and several other [[Refugee|refugees]] are missing after their boat sinks in the [[Aegean Sea]] near the [[Greece|Greek]] [[List of islands of Greece|island]] of [[Lesbos]]. The [[Hellenic Coast Guard|Greek Coast Guard]] says it rescued 11 people from the boat carrying 26 people. [http://www.asianage.com/international/syrian-girl-5-dies-boat-sinks-668 (AFP via Asian Age)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/europe-migrants-greece-idUSL5N11P07D20150919 (Reuters)]
 ;Health
 *[[Dengue fever outbreaks#2015|2015 Dengue fever outbreaks]]
-**Authorities in the [[Dominican Republic]] issue an alert as the number of deaths (57 this year) and cases of [[dengue fever]] continue to rise. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dominican-republic-issues-alert-amid-rise-dengue-cases-33884778 (AP via ABC News)]
+**Authorities in the [[Dominican Republic]] issue an alert as the number of deaths (57 this year) and cases of [[dengue fever]] continue to rise. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195407/http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/dominican-republic-issues-alert-amid-rise-dengue-cases-33884778 (AP via ABC News)]
 **The [[Delhi]] government defers [[elective surgery]] to free up 1000 hospital beds to treat a dengue fever outbreak. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Dengue-outbreak-Government-orders-hospitals-to-defer-all-planned-surgeries/articleshow/49029123.cms (''Times of India'')]
 ;International relations
 *[[Japan Self-Defense Forces|Japanese Self-Defense Forces]]
-**[[Japan|Japan's]] upper chamber of [[National Diet|Parliament]] approves controversial legislation, which the [[National Diet#composition|lower chamber]] passed in July, that expands the role of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces overseas. [http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/18/asia/japan-military-constitution/ (CNN)], [http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150919p2g00m0dm001000c.html (Mainichi Daily News)]
+**[[Japan]]'s upper chamber of [[National Diet|Parliament]] approves controversial legislation, which the [[National Diet#composition|lower chamber]] passed in July, that expands the role of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces overseas. [http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/18/asia/japan-military-constitution/ (CNN)], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150922101042/http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150919p2g00m0dm001000c.html (Mainichi Daily News)]
 *[[European migrant crisis]], [[Croatia–Hungary relations]]
 **[[Hungary|Hungarian]] security forces confiscate a [[Croatia|Croatian]] train carrying 1000 migrants and disarm 40 [[Law enforcement in Croatia|Croatian police officers]] accompanying the migrants. Hungarian authorities [[repatriate]] the officers. [http://news.sky.com/story/1555206/hungary-confiscates-croatian-migrant-train (Sky News)]
-**[[Croatia|Croatian]] prime minister [[Zoran Milanović]] says Croatia will 'force' [[Hungary]] to accept migrants by sending them to the Hungarian border. Hungary responded angrily calling Milanović "pathetic" and accused Croatia of [[Human smuggling|human smuggling]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34302285 (BBC)]
+**[[Croatia]]n prime minister [[Zoran Milanović]] says Croatia will 'force' [[Hungary]] to accept migrants by sending them to the Hungarian border. Hungary responded angrily calling Milanović "pathetic" and accused Croatia of [[Human smuggling|human smuggling]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34302285 (BBC)]
-**[[Croatia]] allows some [[Refugee|asylum seekers]] to move on past its borders into [[Hungary]] and [[Slovenia]]. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/17000-asylum-seekers-stranded-in-croatia-with-nowhere-to-go/2015/09/19/ad6aae52-5c94-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html (''Washington Post'')]
+**[[Croatia]] allows some [[Refugee|asylum seekers]] to move on past its borders into [[Hungary]] and [[Slovenia]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/17000-asylum-seekers-stranded-in-croatia-with-nowhere-to-go/2015/09/19/ad6aae52-5c94-11e5-8475-781cc9851652_story.html (''Washington Post'')]
+*[[Egypt]]'s new [[Cabinet of Egypt|Cabinet]] is sworn in before [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]], a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal, and a month before [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015|parliamentary elections]]. The 33-member body has 16 new ministers, including two women. [[Sherif Ismail]], petroleum minister in the last cabinet, is the new [[Prime Minister of Egypt|prime minister]]. [http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/09/19/egypts-new-government-announced-with-16-new-ministers/ (Egyptian Streets)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/us-egypt-government-idUSKCN0RJ06P20150919 (Reuters)]
-*[[European migrant crisis]]
-**[[Italy]] rescues thousands of refugees in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the coast of [[Libya]]. [http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/italy-rescues-thousands-refugees-libyan-coast-150919183041430.html (Al-Jazeera)]
-**A five-year-old [[Syria|Syrian]] girl dies and several other [[Refugee|refugees]] are missing after their boat sank in the [[Aegean Sea]] near the [[Greece|Greek]] [[List of islands of Greece|island]] of [[Lesbos]]. The [[Hellenic Coast Guard|Greek Coast Guard]] said it rescued 11 people from the boat carrying 26 people. [http://www.asianage.com/international/syrian-girl-5-dies-boat-sinks-668 (AFP via Asian Age)] [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/europe-migrants-greece-idUSL5N11P07D20150919 (Reuters)]
-*[[Egypt|Egypt’s]] new [[Cabinet of Egypt|Cabinet]] was sworn in before [[President of Egypt|President]] [[Abdel Fattah al-Sisi]], a week after the previous administration resigned following a corruption scandal, and a month before [[Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015|parliamentary elections]]. The 33-member body has 16 new ministers, including two women. [[Sherif Ismail]], petroleum minister in the last cabinet, is the new [[Prime Minister of Egypt|prime minister]]. [http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/09/19/egypts-new-government-announced-with-16-new-ministers/ (Egyptian Streets)]  [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/19/us-egypt-government-idUSKCN0RJ06P20150919 (Reuters)]
 ;Law and crime
 *[[1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal]]
-**The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] launches an investigation of [[money laundering]] associated with the [[1Malaysia Development Berhad]] [[sovereign wealth fund]]. [http://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-probes-malaysia-development-fund-1442694963?mod=djemalertAsianews (''Wall Street Journal'')]
+**The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] launches an investigation of [[money laundering]] associated with the [[1Malaysia Development Berhad]] [[sovereign wealth fund]]. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-probes-malaysia-development-fund-1442694963?mod=djemalertAsianews (''Wall Street Journal'')]
 ;Sports
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 **In what media called "the greatest shock in rugby history", [[Japan national rugby union team|Japan]] defeat two-time World Cup champion [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] 34–32 in [[Falmer Stadium|Brighton]]. [http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/275293.html (ESPN (UK))]
 **In another result viewed as a surprise, [[Georgia national rugby union team|Georgia]] defeat [[Tonga national rugby union team|Tonga]] 17–10 in [[Kingsholm Stadium|Gloucester]]. In the match, Georgia's 18-year-old [[Vasil Lobzhanidze]] becomes the youngest player ever to appear in a Rugby World Cup match. [http://en.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/275225.html (PA via ESPN (UK))]
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