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Top 10 stories, 17 September 2026
The ten strongest current-affairs stories of 17 September 2026, each explained from the beginning.
- Space
JWST’s mysterious little red dots may be black holes growing at incredible speedsJWST’s “Little Red Dots” are distant, compact, reddish objects that Webb detected in the early Universe. Their nature has been uncertain. They appear to be unusually energetic sources, yet they existed when the Universe…
Based on reporting by ScienceDaily
- International Relations
UN says US strikes on Iran school that killed over 150 may amount to war crimesThe article gives no confirmed death toll, location, date, or description of the school strike. It reports only that UN investigators identified reasonable grounds to believe the United States committed war crimes again…
Based on reporting by South China Morning Post
- Defence & Security
Iran school bombing: grounds to believe US was behind atrocity, UN findsThe UN fact-finding mission examined two military strikes reported in Iran during February. It said there were reasonable grounds to believe the United States was behind attacks on a school and a sports facility. The mi…
Based on reporting by Guardian ME
- Politics & Governance
Amnesty International names 87 Iranian officials for crimes against humanity in 2022 crackdownAmnesty International says 87 Iranian security and interior ministry officials may bear responsibility for crimes against humanity committed during the 2022 crackdown. The accusation matters because crimes against human…
Based on reporting by Jurist Legal News
- Defence & Security
‘We left everything behind’: 125,000 people displaced as war reignites in YemenAbout 125,000 people were displaced when fierce fighting accompanied a rapid Houthi advance in Yemen. The offensive moved along the Red Sea coastal plains and into rugged hills toward Taiz. Civilians fled because their…
Based on reporting by Guardian ME
- Environment & Climate
More than 12 trillion tons of the Earth’s polar ice has melted, as scientists warn about sea-level riseA glacier is a long-lasting mass of ice that flows slowly over land. An ice sheet is the largest type of glacier system, spreading across vast areas and feeding many individual glaciers. Both store freshwater as snow is…
Based on reporting by Fast Company
- Science & Technology
Mobile trap transports 92 antiprotons by road and stores them for over a month in world firstAn antiproton is the antimatter counterpart of a proton. It has the same mass as a proton but the opposite electric charge and other reversed properties. A particle trap is a device that confines charged particles in em…
Based on reporting by Phys.org
- Environment & Climate
Over 12 trillion tons of Earth’s polar ice has melted, as scientists warn about sea-level riseAbout 12.5 trillion tons of ice have melted from Greenland and Antarctica since 1979. That equals roughly 11.3 trillion metric tons. The amount is difficult to imagine, so scientists compare it with a familiar land area…
Based on reporting by Fast Company
- International Relations
India warns new US tariffs over Russian oil could impact tiesThe dispute links energy purchases to trade and diplomacy. India buys Russian oil, while the United States is considering economic punishment for countries that continue supporting Russia’s energy revenues. India warned…
Based on reporting by Al Jazeera
- Politics & Governance
ConCourt strikes down govt’s tender and procurement lawThe ruling concerned the government’s new Public Procurement Act. The Constitutional Court declared the Act invalid in its entirety. It did not declare every procurement decision, tender, or contract by the state invali…
Based on reporting by news24.com