Portal:Current events/2018 September 26

• Battle of Tripoli (2018)
  • A ceasefire has ended heavy fighting in Tripoli that has killed over 100 people in a month from different militias. (Fox News)
• Northern Mali conflict
  • At least 15 Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (Fulani) attack their village in northern Mali, according to local authorities. (Reuters)
• Ahvaz military parade attack
  • ISIL claims more attacks will follow Saturday's attack. (Rudaw)
• Gunmen storm a prison in Cameroon, releasing up to 80 prisoners. (IOL)

• 2018 Pacific hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Rosa forms off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Although Rosa is expected to strengthen, forecasters say that it will remain offshore. (ABC News) (CBS News)

• Turkey–United States relations, 2016–present purges in Turkey
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that a Turkish court will decide the fate of American pastor Andrew Brunson. (Reuters)
• Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
  • A third woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Her lawyer submitted her sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
  • Investigative website Bellingcat releases information identifying one of the suspects involved in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal as Anatoliy Chepiga, a decorated Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate. (The Guardian)
• American boxer Victor Ortiz is arrested for allegedly raping a woman in March, and is expected to be charged with three felonies. (EOnline)

• Exploration of Mars
  • NASA's Opportunity rover is spotted on satellite imagery three months after it went silent during a Martian dust storm. (CBS News)