DIED
Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of one of Afghanistan’s most powerful militant networks, after an illness, the Afghan Taliban said Sept. 4.
NAMED
David Katz, 24, as the suspect in the shooting that killed two and wounded 10 at a Jacksonville, Fla., video-game tournament on Aug. 26. The gunman also killed himself.
ANNOUNCED
The decision not to run for a third term, by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, in a surprise speech on Sept. 4.
CEDED
Some 1 million sq. ft. in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon rail station to mainland Chinese authorities, during a secretive ceremony, so that China can conduct immigration checks.
REACHED
The highest fatality rate ever for migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe—even though fewer are crossing than at the crisis’ peak in 2015, per U.N. data.
RESCINDED
An…