Portal:Current events/2020 September 30

September 30, 2020 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  - The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan reject proposals of peace talks citing each other's attempts at obstructing negotiations. (AP)
  - Sali Berisha, former President of Albania, calls for the international community to engage the conflict with greater seriosity. (Trend AZ)
  - United States presidential candidate Joe Biden demands that Turkey "stay out of the conflict". (New Europe)
  - The Moscow International Film Festival cancels the screening of Gate to Heaven; the film is about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. (Meduza)
War in Afghanistan
- September 2020 Afghanistan attacks
  - Taliban insurgents kill a police officer and wound another two in Farang District, Baghlan Province. (TOLOnews)
  - At least three police officers are killed and another three injured when the Taliban attacks Kohistan District, Badakhshan Province. Four Taliban militants are also killed and five others injured in the attack. (TOLOnews)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
  - Romania reports 2,158 new cases in the past 24 hours, a daily record since the beginning of the pandemic. (Romanian Journal)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Slovakia
  - Slovakia reports 567 new cases in the past 24 hours, the largest single-day tally since the pandemoc started in the country.

Law and crime

An Indian court acquits 32 people, including former Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani and former leader of the ruling BJP Uma Bharti, of their role in the demolition of the former Babri Masjid. (BBC)
A French court rejects the extradition appeal of Rwandan businessman Félicien Kabuga, believed to be the fianancer of the Rwandan genocide, clearing for him to be sent to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for trial. (DW)

Politics and elections

Science and technology