Global affairs, diplomacy and international events.
Five masked, knife-wielding men raided the Kuala Lumpur apartment of a wealthy Chinese businessman on September 7, tying up his family, chef and bodyguard in a roughly 10-minute ordeal and escaping with 300,000 yuan in cash plus watches and jewelry worth about 3.2 million yuan. Police have confirmed the case and are investigating.
An El Niño event has been confirmed and is expected to strengthen into a super El Niño within months, peaking toward year-end, the UN warns — with major implications for global rainfall and temperature patterns.
A major accident during an Indian Army exercise left two special forces soldiers missing after five commandos jumped from a helicopter into a river. A large-scale search and rescue operation is underway.
A viral video shows a black SUV crashing into a sheep flock on the popular Qinghai-Gansu loop route, killing 17 animals. Lawyers warn the official accident report is key to insurance claims, and leaving the scene could constitute a hit-and-run.
On September 2, 1945, Japan formally signed the Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bringing World War II to an end. Today marks the 81st anniversary of that historic moment.
The Trump administration announced a deal with Venezuela under which the Pentagon acquires a 35% passive stake in oil developer NABEP for token compensation, covering reserves of about 65 billion barrels — a move critics call a revival of neocolonialism.
The death toll from flash floods and mudslides that struck Nepal’s northern border region on 26 August has risen to at least 788, with rescue efforts continuing amid difficult terrain.