Featured

Here’s What Happened Around The World In September 2022

From the death of Queen Elizabeth II to protests calling for justice for Mahsa Amini and Iranian women, it’s been an eventful September.

Kassy Cho

02 Oct 2022 — 1 min read

From the death of Queen Elizabeth II to protests calling for justice for Mahsa Amini and Iranian women, it’s been an eventful September. Take a look back at some of the biggest stories from around the world you may have missed this month.

1. Mahsa Amini, a woman in Iran, died after being arrested by “morality police” over her hijab and people want justice.

2. Russia illegally annexed a fifth of Ukraine after holding sham referendums in four regions.

3. Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled for 70 years, died at age 96.

4. Italy elected its most far-right government since WWII, with a far-right politician set to become its first woman prime minister.

5. People in Cuba overwhelmingly voted to legalize same-sex marriage in a historic referendum.

6. South Korea held a “space out” competition where people competed to be the most zoned out.

7. A Lebanese woman held up a bank with a toy gun in order to withdraw her own money during an economic crisis.

8. A Thai activist was jailed for two years for dressing up like the Thai queen in a satire fashion show.

9. Officials in the Congo opened a new bridge but it collapsed right after they cut the ribbon.

doctors without borders msf share staff details israel gaza

Doctors Without Borders Has Been Forced By Israel To Share Its Staff’s Personal Details To Keep Working In Gaza

“Israel has knowingly given MSF and our Palestinian colleagues an impossible choice: Either we provide this information or abandon the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who need vital medical care,”

israel woman iran protests killed fake news noya zion

Israeli Media Used A Photo Of This Israeli Woman And Falsely Claimed She Was Killed In Protests In Iran

Noya Zion said the incident was “stressful” to her, adding “it is journalistic negligence not to check something before publishing it.”

israel last hostage recovered gaza ceasefire phase 2 reconstruction

Israel Has Recovered The Last Hostage But Said The Next Phase Of The Ceasefire Is Not Reconstruction

“The next phase will be disarming Hamas and demilitarizing the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu said.

Israel Has Bulldozed UNRWA’s Headquarters In Occupied East Jerusalem

UNRWA said the destruction further undermines its capacity to deliver lifesaving aid to civilians in Gaza and the occupied territories, where millions face food insecurity, disease and widespread displacement.