September 20, 2015 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- At least 14 people are killed as rebels shell a neighborhood in western Aleppo. (AP via ABC News)
- Yemeni Civil War
- Boko Haram insurgency
Arts and culture
- 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
- The Emmy Awards are held in Los Angeles with Game of Thrones winning the Emmy for best drama series. (ABC News Australia)
- After having arrived in Havana, Cuba, the day before, Pope Francis, in the third trip by an incumbent Pope to Cuba, presides over a Papal Mass in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, and pleads for Colombia and the FARC rebels to make a final peace, also noting the better relations between the U.S., which he will visit next, and Cuba. He holds a meeting with Cuban President Raúl Castro, and meets for a talk and exchange of gifts with former Cuban President Fidel Castro. (ABC), (USA Today), (WSJ), (The New York Times)
Business and economy
- Volkswagen emissions violations
- Volkswagen halts sales of its 4-cylinder diesel vehicles in the United States following a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency citation that their cars violated U.S. emissions standards. (Auto Guide), (USA Today)
Disasters and accidents
- European migrant crisis
- Some 26 migrants are feared missing after a dinghy carrying them sinks off the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos. The Greek Coast Guard rescued 20 people who were spotted in the water by Frontex, EU's border agency. (RTE), (AP via WSB-TV2)[permanent dead link]
- At least 13 migrants died when a ferry and their inflatable dinghy collided off the northwestern Turkish port of Çanakkale. Twenty people were rescued while another 13 are still missing. (BBC), (i24 News)
International relations
- European migrant crisis
- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says that the United States will accept 85,000 refugees from the world in 2016, up from this year's 70,000 refugees, and will increase to 100,000 refugees in 2017. (Washington Post)
- Austrian officials report 11,000 migrants crossed into the country from Hungary on Saturday, and another 7,000 are expected today. Seven trains are scheduled to transport 3,500 of these travelers to Germany. (CBS News)
Law and crime
- Apple's iOS App Store suffers its first major cyberattack. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Greek legislative election, September 2015
- Voters in Greece go to the polls for the third time this year with Syriza (Coalition of the Radical Left) again winning a plurality in the Hellenic Parliament. (The Guardian), (The Globe and Mail via Worldwide Herald)[permanent dead link]
- Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, whose resignation last month as prime minister mandated this snap election, says a coalition government will again be formed with the right-wing populist Independent Greeks (ANEL) party. (Sputnik Media), (The Telegraph)
- Constitution of Nepal
- A new constitution comes into effect in Nepal establishing it as a modern secular state. (Reuters via Daily Mail)