September 8, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Seven people are killed and 12 others are injured by airstrikes in Idlib Governorate, Syria. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Eleven people are killed and 12 others are missing after a boat sinks off the coast of Tunisia. (BBC)
- Nine people are killed and two others are injured by a lightning strike in Sirajganj, Bangladesh. (Xinhua)
- Fourteen people are killed when a boat capsizes in Pará, Brazil. (Reuters)
International relations
- International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Poland–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
- Poland and the Baltic states announce a ban on Russian tourists entering their countries beginning on September 19. (EER)
- Poland–Russia relations, Estonia–Russia relations, Latvia–Russia relations, Lithuania–Russia relations
Law and crime
- Former White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor to the President of the United States Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to state charges in New York for allegedly defrauding donors to build a wall on the U.S. southern border. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Death of Elizabeth II, Operation London Bridge
- Buckingham Palace announces that Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. She is succeeded as monarch by her son King Charles III. (BBC News)
- The parliament of Solomon Islands votes to delay the next general election amid objections by opposition parties, who accuse Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare of a "power grab". (Reuters)