Portal:Current events/September 2023
September 2023 was the ninth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Friday, ended on a Saturday after 30 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from September 2023.
September 1, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Siege of El Obeid
- Sudanese Armed Forces capture El Obeid, pushing the Rapid Support Forces out of the city, although skirmishes continue on the outskirts of the city. (Dabanga Sudan)
- Siege of El Obeid
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian man is killed and several others are injured, a building is destroyed and ambulances are obstructed and shot at, during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Aqabah, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Armenia says that shelling by Azerbaijani forces in the town of Sotk killed four of its soldiers and injured another by striking its positions across the border using drones. (Reuters)
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Syrian civil war
- Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
- Arab tribesmen briefly take control of two villages in Aleppo Governorate in order to support fellow tribesmen fighting the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria, as the battle enters its third day with at least 45 people killed. (Al Jazeera)
- Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
- Nigerian bandit conflict
- Gunmen kill nine people including seven in a mosque in Ikara Local Government Area in Nigeria's Kaduna State as worshippers gathered for prayer. Two other injured people were taken to hospital for treatment. (Reuters) (Premium Times)
- Western Sahara conflict
- Five Polisario Front militants, including a leader, are killed during an airstrike by Morocco near Tindouf. The Sahrawi presidency declares three days of mourning. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Business and economy
- 2022–2023 food crises
- The Philippines imposes price ceilings on rice in order to counter increasing costs and alleged market manipulation, setting the maximum prices for regular-milled and well-milled rice, at ₱41 (US$0.72) and ₱45 ($0.80) per kilogram, respectively. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- Hong Kong raises its typhoon warning signal to level 10, the highest level, as Super Typhoon Saola approaches. Over 880,000 people in the Chinese provinces of Fujian and Guangdong have been evacuated. (AFP via France 24)
- Eighteen people are killed and 13 are injured after two minibuses carrying mostly Iranian Shia pilgrims collide between Dujail and Samarra in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. (AFP via Barron's)
- Six people are killed when a train collides with a minibus at a railroad crossing in San Pedro de la Paz, Bío-Bío Region, Chile. (Xinhua)
- Five people are killed when an outdoor lift cable snaps and falls into a ravine at a resort in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. (DPA via The Star)
- Two people are killed and at least 12 others are injured in an explosion at a metal factory in Cabreúva, São Paulo, Brazil. Two helicopters and several fire department tanker units are dispatched to the scene of the explosion, which generated a strong fire. (Xinhua)
International relations
- Algeria–Morocco relations
- Foreign relations of the Holy See, Foreign relations of Mongolia
- Pope Francis arrives in Mongolia, marking the first papal visit to the country, which has a small Catholic population. (NCR)
- Russia and weapons of mass destruction
- Roscosmos head Yury Borisov announces that the RS-28 Sarmat ICBM has been deployed for combat duty. (The Moscow Times)
Law and crime
- Eighteen people are killed during a shootout between robbers and police in Limpopo, South Africa. The suspects are suspected to have been planning a cash truck heist, also called a cash-in-transit heist. (Al Jazeera)
- Twenty-five people are arrested after a riot at a kok-boru event in Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. (The New York Times)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Singaporean presidential election
- Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam is elected as the 9th president of Singapore with over 70% of the valid votes. (Reuters)
September 2, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv
- Clashes occur in Tel Aviv, Israel, between Eritrean asylum seekers, including supporters opponents of the government of Isaias Afwerki, and police, resulting in 114 injuries, including 30 police officers. (BBC News)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- The Russian Defense Ministry says that it has destroyed 281 Ukrainian drones in the past week, including 29 over western Russia. (South China Morning Post)
- Crimea attacks
- The Russian Defense Ministry says that it has thwarted attacks on the Crimean Bridge by destroying a Ukrainian boat. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Belarus says a Polish military Mi-24 military helicopter breached its airspace, flying 1.2 km into its territory. (Reuters)
- More than 2,000 troops from the CSTO security alliance begin military exercises in Belarus. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Greece wildfires
- Greek firefighters rescue a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in the Evros region as flames from a wildfire approached. (AP)
- The Greek Coast Guard rescue more than 150 people, including several children, who were heading in small boats from Turkey to the nearby eastern Aegean Sea islands. (AP)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Ukraine
- A Ukrainian court places billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyi under arrest over fraud and money laundering charges as part of corruption-related activities. (Al Jazeera)
- Two people are killed and six others are wounded in a shooting at a wedding reception in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Ottawa Citizen)
- Cypriot police arrest 13 people after a mob smashes storefronts and set numerous trash bins on fire during an anti-immigration march in Limassol. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Gabonese coup d'état
- Gabon's military government reopens the country's borders, three days after they were closed. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
Science and technology
- India launches Aditya-L1, its first solar observation mission, to observe the solar corona, photosphere and chromosphere, and to study solar winds and solar flares and their effect on Earth and near-space weather. (BBC News) (NOS)
September 3, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
- Eighteen fighters of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army are killed after attempting to break through the front lines in Northeastern Syria. (SOHR)
- The Syrian Democratic Forces kill and injure eight tribal gunmen who were attempting to cross to Syrian government-held territory. (SOHR)
- The Syrian Democratic Forces recapture two towns after having lost them in an earlier offensive by tribal fighters. (SOHR)
- Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- Five civilians are killed in airstrikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces in Khartoum, a continuation of bombings that killed twenty civilians yesterday. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Khartoum
- Russian invasion of Ukraine, Corruption in Ukraine
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov amid graft allegations within the Ministry of Defence. The head of the State Property Fund, Rustem Umerov replaces Reznikov. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Myanmar civil war
- Five government and security officials are killed and eleven police officers are injured in a bomb attack on a government compound in Myawaddy, Kayin State, Myanmar. (AFP via VOA)
Disasters and accidents
- Burning Man 2023, September 2023 southwestern U.S. floods
- Heavy flooding at the Burning Man festival in Nevada, United States, kills one person and leaves tens of thousands of people stranded in the Black Rock Desert. Organizers close the festival to vehicles after the death was reported. (AP)
International relations
- Nuclear program of Iran
- Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran has started talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. (Tehran Times)
Law and crime
- Regulation of electronic cigarettes, Smoking in France
- Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne says that France will ban disposable electronic cigarettes as part of an effort to combat smoking. (The Guardian)
- Crime in Panama
- Panamanian professional footballer Gilberto Hernández is shot dead and seven others are wounded by gunmen in Colón, Panama. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election
- Guatemala's Supreme Electoral Tribunal temporarily reinstates President-elect Bernardo Arévalo's Semilla party, which had been suspended pending an investigation into alleged registration irregularities. (AFP via France 24)
September 4, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- Nine people are killed and five others are injured in clashes between FARC dissidents and the National Liberation Army (ELN) in Arauca, Colombia. It occurs as the ELN concludes a fourth round of peace talks with the government. (AFP via The Daily Star)
- Internal conflict in Peru
- Four Peruvian soldiers and two Shining Path militants are killed in a clash in Huanta Province, Peru, in the early morning hours. (Al Jazeera)
- Syrian civil war
- Eastern Syria insurgency
- Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
- An SDF counterattack recaptures all areas lost to tribal fighters and the SNA except for one town. (SOHR)
- Displacement of civilians is reported in Northeastern Syria amid intense multi-sided clashes. (SOHR)
- Deir ez-Zor clashes (2023)
- Eastern Syria insurgency
Business and economy
- American consumer packaged goods holding company Conagra Brands recalls over 245,000 pounds of Banquet frozen chicken over concerns of plastic contamination. (Fox Business)
- The 13-kilometre-long (8-mile) Lagos Rail Mass Transit Blue Line rapid transit system begins service in Lagos, Nigeria, after being delayed since 1983. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are killed and three more are missing during floods across Spain. The heaviest rains occurred in the coastal provinces of Cádiz, Tarragona and Castellón. (The Local Europe)
Law and crime
- Relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
- The Supreme Court of Japan orders Okinawa to allow the United States Armed Forces to expand its runways and military infrastructure on the island despite protests from locals opposing the American military's presence. (AP)
Politics and elections
- The parliament of Vanuatu elects Sato Kilman as the new prime minister, replacing Ishmael Kalsakau. Vanuatu entered a political crisis after opposition parties lodged a no-confidence petition criticizing then Kalsakau for signing a security pact with Australia. (Reuters)
September 5, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Nigerien crisis
- France–Niger relations
- France and Niger's military government begin talks on the possible withdrawal of French troops from the West African country. (Al Jazeera)
- France–Niger relations
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- 2023 Yatenga Province clashes
- Seventeen Burkinabé soldiers, thirty-six VDP militiamen, and several dozen Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants are killed during fighting in Yatenga, Burkina Faso. (ABC News)
- 2023 Yatenga Province clashes
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Russia's defense ministry says it has shot down three Ukrainian aerial drones over Istra, Moscow, and over the Kaluga and Tver regions near Moscow. (Al Jazeera)
- Governor of Bryansk Oblast Alexander Bogomaz says border guards and security services prevented an attempt by an Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group to cross into Russia. (Al Arabiya)
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Cuban foreign ministry says criminal proceedings have been initiated against a recruiting group primarily seeking to enlist Cuban citizens residing in Russia to fight for the country in Ukraine as mercenary activities are prohibited in Cuba, and reiterated that it was not part of the war. (The Guardian) (New York Times)
- Russia's defense ministry says it destroyed four Ukrainian military boats carrying troops in the Black Sea travelling in the direction of Cape Tarkhankut on the Crimean coast. (Al Jazeera)
- Russia's defense ministry says it repelled a Ukrainian aerial drone attack over the Black Sea. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
Business and economy
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
- Birmingham City Council, the largest local authority in Europe, declares itself bankrupt. The council says all spending, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services, will stop immediately. (Sky News)
- Viking Link, the world's longest submarine power cable, a joint venture between the United Kingdom's National Grid and Denmark's Energinet, is completed. The HVDC interconnector will supply around 1.4 million homes in the UK with electricity. (Electrek)
- The Egyptian General Authority for Supply Commodities buys 480,000 metric tonnes of Russian wheat, relying on the imports to fulfill its domestic needs. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Lee forms east of the Lesser Antilles, moving in west-northwest direction towards the Caribbean. (NHC) (AP)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2021 January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right Proud Boys group, is sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy, which is the longest sentence to date handed down to a January 6 defendant. (CNN)
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Kyoto Animation arson attack
- Rubiales affair
- Spanish football player Jennifer Hermoso files a legal complaint against Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales over a forcible kiss after the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final. (CNN)
September 6, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kivu conflict
- 2021–2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- The East African Community announces the extension of a mandate of a regional military force deployed to deal with the low-intensity conflict in the east of the country. Troops were first sent into the region after the resurgence of the M23 rebel group.(Al Jazeera)
- 2021–2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twelve Pakistani Taliban gunmen and four soldiers are killed in a shootout at a security outpost in the Kalasha Valleys in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (VOA)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
- At least 15 people are killed and 30 others are injured in a missile strike on a marketplace in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast Kyiv blamed the attack on Russia, who denied involvement in the attack. An investigation by the New York Times found evidence which suggested a Ukrainian 9M38 missile fired by a mobile Buk antiaircraft vehicle was responsible for the strike. (New York Times)
- September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $175 million aid package for Ukraine that includes depleted uranium ammunition for the first time, intended for use with Abrams tanks. (CBS News)
- British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms reports by Russian officials that a Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in Ukraine, marking the first loss of the model on the battlefield. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine with a MI-8 helicopter, receives a $500,000 reward for defecting. (Al Jazeera)
- The Romanian Ministry of National Defence confirms that debris from a Russian drone has been found on Romanian territory in Tulcea County. Romania denied claims that drones launched by Russia exploded on Romanian territory. (AP)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War against the Islamic State
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
- Sri Lanka's government announces that it will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a Channel 4 report that Sri Lankan intelligence was complicit in the bombings. (AP)
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
- Tajikistan announces that it killed three Jamaat Ansarullah Islamist militants on 29–30 August after the militants crossed the border from Afghanistan to carry out terrorist attacks in Tajikistan. (AFP via Barron's)
Business and economy
- The National Bank of Poland announces significant interest cuts, lowering the reference rate from 6.75% to 6%, simultaneously causing the złoty to lose value against the dollar and the euro. (The Seattle Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Rio Grande do Sul floods
- An extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil causes flooding in several cities, killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 1,600 people homeless. (AP)
- 2023 Southeast Europe floods
- At least 10 people have been killed by floods caused by torrential rain in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece. (BBC News)
International relations
- Climate change in Africa
- The African Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, ends with a call for world leaders to implement a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, transport and reforms of global financial systems which leaders say disproportionately disadvantages African nations. (AP)
- Russia–Turkey relations
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hold talks in Sochi, Russia, to discuss the revival of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, enabling the passage of grain across the Black Sea. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Abortion in Mexico
- The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decriminalizes abortion nationwide in Mexico, ruling that laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights. (AP)
- Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
- A U.S. federal court judge rules that Donald Trump is liable for damages in the second defamation case against journalist E. Jean Carroll. (CNN)
- Human rights in France
- A schoolgirl in Lyon, France, is reportedly sent home for wearing a traditional Japanese kimono as the nation implements a controversial law banning the display of religious symbols in public schools. (Al Jazeera)
- Prison escape of Daniel Khalife
- British former soldier Daniel Khalife, awaiting trial for terror and explosives offenses, escapes from HM Prison Wandsworth in southwest London, United Kingdom, triggering a nationwide manhunt. (BBC)
Science and technology
- 2023 in archosaur paleontology
- Exploration of the Moon
- JAXA launches the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander from Tanegashima Space Center. The Japanese mission will aim to become the fifth country to perform a soft landing on the Moon. (Reuters)
September 7, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Anglophone Crisis
- Three civilians are killed when armed separatists attack vehicles in Muea, Southwest Region, Cameroon. Armed militants stopped cars, shot at passengers and set vehicles on fire during the attack. (Reuters) (Africanews)
- Ethnic violence in South Sudan
- Two farmers are killed and one is injured after an attack by unknown armed men in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan. The victims were returning home when the attack occurred. (Radio Tamazuj)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Mali War
- September 2023 Mali attacks
- Islamist insurgents attack a military camp and a riverboat in northeast Mali. Sixty-four people are killed during the attacks, including 49 civilians and fifteen troops. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- September 2023 Mali attacks
- Mali War
- Mexican drug war
- Six civilians are shot dead on a fronton court near the downtown of Guadalupe, Zacatecas. Hours later other armed attacks leave two more people dead. (El Sol de Zacatecas) (El Sol de Zacatecas)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Ukrainian forces enter the deserted villages of Stroivka and Topoli at the Russia–Ukraine border in Kharkiv Oblast. The villages were abandoned by Russia after the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive but Ukraine was previously unable to enter the villages due to the presence of mines in the area. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
Business and economy
- China bans the use of iPhones for government officials resulting in the market value of Apple Inc. stock declining by $200 billion in the past two days. (CNN) (Bloomberg)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Southeast Europe floods
- The death toll from the floods in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece increases to 15 after five more people are found dead in Greece. (Al Jazeera)
- The main highway between Athens and Thessaloniki is closed due to flooding. Passenger train service between the two cities is also suspended. (NOS)
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Lee strengthens into a category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph, traveling west-northwest towards the Leeward Islands and Puerto Rico. (NPR)
International relations
- United Kingdom–European Union relations
- The United Kingdom announces that it will rejoin Horizon Europe, a European Union scientific research initiative. The UK had been excluded for the past three years due to disagreement over the Northern Ireland Protocol. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- Former Trump administration economic adviser Peter Navarro is found guilty of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena issued by the January 6 committee investigating the US capitol attack. (NBC News)
- Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
- A man is arrested in Kigali, Rwanda, after fourteen people are found dead at his house. The suspected serial killer lured his victims to his house from nearby bars. (Al Jazeera)
- Japanese pop agency Johnny & Associates publicly admits and apologizes for sexual abuses on several hundred minors committed by its late founder Johnny Kitagawa. (CNN)
September 8, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- September 2023 Mali attacks
- Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin carry out a suicide attack at a Malian military base in Gao Region. An airport employee contacted by AFP reported an attack carried out using two car bombs, accompanied by a shooting. (Africanews)
- September 2023 Mali attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Russia's security services detain a man for allegedly plotting to blow up a railway in Crimea and collecting information on the deployment of Russian defense ministry facilities and units. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Russian elections
- Russia says that its air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian drones that were attempting to attack a polling station in Skadovsk, Kherson Oblast, while voting was occuring. (Al Jazeera)
- Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
- Four people are killed and 72 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (CNN International) (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign, Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russia says that it has repelled numerous attacks along the front line in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia and inflicted hundreds of losses on Ukrainian forces. (Reuters)
- Ukraine accuses Elon Musk of allowing Russian forces to attack Ukrainian cities after it was revealed that Starlink satellite communications interfered with a drone operation by disabling a communications network near the coast of the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula as Ukrainian drones were approaching Russian warships, resulting in a loss of connectivity. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
Business and economy
- Petroleum industry in Russia
- Russia's Lukoil begins shipping crude oil from Murmansk to Madre de Deus, Brazil. (Reuters)
- It is reported that Spain has become more reliant on Russian natural gas, with Russia's market share of total imports increasing to 28 percent in July and surpassing Algeria as Spain's second largest gas supplier. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake
- At least 2,012 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Chichaoua Province, Morocco. Authorities declare three days of national mourning in the wake of the earthquake. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 Pacific typhoon season
- 2023 Hong Kong rainstorm and floods
- Flooding occurs in Guangdong and Fujian provinces in southern China after Typhoon Haikui makes landfall over the region. Rainfall records are reported in Hong Kong and Shenzhen. (Reuters)
- 2023 Hong Kong rainstorm and floods
- Aftermath of the 2023 Hawaii wildfires
- Officials say that they plan to reopen the western part of Maui, Hawaii, United States, north of Kaanapali, on October 8. (The Maui News)
International relations
- Armenia–Russia relations
- The Russian government summons the ambassador of Armenia to protest recent actions and statements undertaken by the Armenian government, amid a continuing deterioration of relations between the two nations. (Reuters)
- Australia–Philippines relations
- Australia and the Philippines upgrade their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Ukraine
- Tens of thousands of Ukrainians sign a petition asking President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to veto asset declaration legislation that critics believe could prevent officials from being held accountable by delaying a requirement to publicly declare their assets. (Reuters)
- Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau freezes more than $80 million in assets belonging to oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky for 48 hours as part of an embezzlement investigation. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and five others are injured when a car crashes into pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The driver is arrested at the scene. (ABC News Australia)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Russian elections
- Russians head to the polls to elect the bodies of local government in the country. (Reuters)
- Democratic backsliding in the United States
- Thirteen presidential centers from Herbert Hoover to Barack Obama warn of the fragile state of American democracy amidst deep national political polarization. (AP)
Sports
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- Germany advances to the FIBA Basketball World Cup final for the first time after defeating the United States 113–111 in the semi-final. (Reuters)
September 9, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
- The International Atomic Energy Agency warns of a nuclear threat at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant after explosions were heard near the plant amidst the Ukrainian counteroffensive. (PBS News)
- Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
Arts and culture
- 80th Venice International Film Festival
- The film Poor Things, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, wins the 2023 Golden Lion award at the Venice International Film Festival. (Euronews)
Law and crime
- White Terror (Taiwan)
- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen restores the reputations of victims of the White Terror repression, which was carried out by the Kuomintang government from the 1940s to the 1980s. The ceremony, held in Taipei, marked the first nationwide event that addresses crimes committed during the White Terror. (Taipei Times)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Artsakhian presidential election
- The National Assembly of the breakaway state Republic of Artsakh elects Samvel Shahramanyan as its new president. (RFE/RL)
- 2023 Maldivian presidential election
- Maldivians vote for a president. No candidate receives a 50% majority, so incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will face opposition candidate and Malé mayor Mohamed Muizzu in the second round on September 30. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2023 WTA Tour
- 2023 US Open
- In tennis, American Coco Gauff wins the women's singles title at the 2023 US Open, her first major singles title, after defeating Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the final. (CBS Sports)
- 2023 US Open
September 10, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes
- A ceasefire is signed between Fatah and Islamist groups after three days of clashes in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon, which killed five people and injured 52 others. (AP)
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Crimea attacks
- Two foreign aid workers are killed and two others are injured by Russian shelling near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk Oblast. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 28 people are killed during a boat accident in Mokwa, Niger State, Nigeria. The boat carrying more than 100 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized along the Niger River. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Malagasy presidential election
- Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina resigns in order to run for re-election, in accordance with the country's constitution. Rajoelina sent his resignation letter to the High Constitutional Court following confirmation of his candidature. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Censorship by Facebook
- Meta deletes Al Jazeera Arabic presenter Tamer Almisshal's Facebook profile a day after a programme aired an investigation into Meta’s censorship of Palestinian content. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- Germany wins its first FIBA Basketball World Cup, beating Serbia 83–77 in the final. Dennis Schröder is named the tournament's Most Valuable Player. (AP)
- Canada earns its first medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup and its first medal at a global men's basketball tournament since 1936, after defeating the United States 127–118 after overtime in the bronze medal game. (AP)
- Rubiales affair
- Royal Spanish Football Federation president Luis Rubiales announces his resignation after having acted inappropriately during the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final. (AFP via France 24)
September 11, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes
- Clashes between rival factions in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon, continue for the fifth day, despite a ceasefire, with five more people being killed, bringing the death toll to ten. (Reuters)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine says that it has recaptured from Russia four Black Sea oil platforms known as the Boyko Towers in Crimea. (Politico) (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Storm Daniel
- At least 2,500 people have been killed and 7,000 others are reported missing across northeastern Libya during floods triggered by Storm Daniel. (Albawaba)
International relations
- Dominican Republic–Haiti relations, Haitian crisis
- The Dominican Republic suspends the issuance of visas for Haitians and announces plans to close its border with Haiti by Thursday. (AP)
Law and crime
- Six people are killed in a mass shooting against a vehicle in Artemida, East Attica, Greece. The six men, believed to be Turkish, were gunned down in an isolated cul-de-sac. (Kathimerini)
September 12, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Tuareg fighters from the Platform coalition of rebels capture the town of Bourem from Malian forces, bringing an end to the 2015 peace treaty between the rebels and the Malian government. (Africanews)
Disasters and accidents
- Storm Daniel
- The death toll from the floods caused by Storm Daniel in northeastern Libya increases to 6,000 people, with thousands more reported missing. Government of National Stability minister Hisham Chkiouat confirms that entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed in Derna. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News) (CNN)
- At Salzburg Zoo in Austria, a zookeeper is killed and another is injured by a rhinoceros in its enclosure. The zoo remains closed. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)
Health and environment
- The New South Wales government in Australia bans logging in a 8,400-hectare forest area, identified as home to 106 "koala hubs", as part of a conservation effort to establish a 315,000-hectare Great Koala National Park. (AFP via RFI)
International relations
- North Korea–Russia relations
- 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin. (NBC News)
- 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
Law and crime
- 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
- The Malaysian Court of Appeal upholds the acquittal of former prime minister Najib Razak and former 1MDB chief Arul Kanda Kandasamy on charges of audit tampering related to the sovereign wealth fund's corruption investigation. (AFP via The Jakarta Post)
- Impeachment inquiry against Joe Biden
- Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, announces an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. This inquiry led by Representative James Comer will be conducted by the House's Judiciary Committee, Oversight Committee and Ways and Means Committee. (Associated Press)
- A Regional Trial Court in Pasig, Philippines, acquits Rappler Holdings Corporation and its CEO, Nobel Peace Prize awardee Maria Ressa, in the fifth and final tax evasion case against the corporation. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election
- The office of the Attorney General carries out raids in the offices of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and opens electoral boxes containing the electoral ballots. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal condemns the raids. (Prensa Libre)
September 13, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- The U.S. military announces that they have resumed drone operations and other counterterrorism missions in Niger. (AP)
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Geneina
- Thirteen new mass graves are found in Geneina by the United Nations, with an unspecified number of bodies. (Al Arabiya)
- Battle of Nyala
- At least 40 people are killed in an airstrike on the El Malja market and several other neighborhoods in Nyala by the Sudanese Armed Forces. (France 24)
- Battle of Geneina
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Four Indian troops and two rebels are killed in gunbattles in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Crimea attacks
- Russia says that at least 24 people were injured in Ukrainian missile strikes in Sevastopol and two boats were damaged in the attack. Ukraine claims to have destroyed the Russian landing ship Minsk, submarine B-237 and a KC-701-class patrol boat of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. (AP) (Reuters) (MSN)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Five people are killed and 25 more injured during an explosion at a rally in the Gaza Strip marking the anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki called on the European Union to extend an embargo on the import of Ukrainian corn, wheat, sunflower and rapeseed. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Hanoi building fire
- At least 56 people are killed and 37 others are injured in a fire at a nine-story apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people are killed and several others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. A similar explosion at the factory in 2020 killed three workers. (La Repubblica)
International relations
- 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
- The North Korea–Russia summit is held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, lasting for four hours. Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a reciprocal summit in North Korea. (AP) (CNA)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
- The Brazilian Supreme Court holds the first trials of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who took part in the January 8 attacks on government buildings at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. (La Prensa Latina) (AP)
- Death of Sara Sharif
- Escaped U.S. fugitive Danilo Cavalcante is captured in Pennsylvania by a team of tactical officers after a two week manhunt. (AP)
September 14, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Crimea attacks
- Russia's defence ministry says that it destroyed a Ukrainian boat in the Black Sea. (Al Jazeera)
- Crimea attacks
Business and economy
- Economy of Argentina
- The National Institute of Statistics and Census announces that consumer prices in Argentina increased 12.4% in August, the highest increase since February 1991, while the annual inflation rate increased to 124.4%. (AP)
- Economy of the European Union
- The European Central Bank raises interest rates for the 10th time to mitigate high inflation amid concerns that higher borrowing costs could push the economy into a recession. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine's foreign ministry says that any European Union plans to extend import restrictions on Ukrainian food would be "illegal" and would harm common economic interests. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Two people are killed and 25 more are injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on a highway in Rome, Italy. (Il Messaggero)
- An explosion at the Union Pacific Railroad Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, United States, the world’s largest railyard, causes evacuations in the area due to toxic smoke. (AP)
International relations
- Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Afghanistan–China relations
- China names Zhao Seng as ambassador to Afghanistan, the first country to deliver an ambassador to Afghanistan since the 2021 Taliban offensive. However, China continues to not recognise the Taliban government. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
- The Brazilian Supreme Court announces the first conviction of a participant in the January 8 riots at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. The member, identified as Aécio Lúcio Costa Pereira, is given a 17-year prison sentence. (Financial Times)
- International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine
- The International Criminal Court opens a field office in Kyiv, Ukraine, as part of its war crimes investigations, becoming the largest ICC office outside of its headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands. (Al Jazeera)
- Mexican drug war
- Emma Coronel, the wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is released from U.S. federal custody after completing a three-year sentence for her involvement in drug trafficking. (AP)
- Weiss special counsel investigation
- Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, is indicted on gun charges as part of an investigation by attorney David C. Weiss. (NBC News)
- Argentina's Federal Police shuts down a publisher that sold books supporting Nazi ideology, seizing hundreds of texts and arresting one person as part of what authorities characterized as a historic seizure of propaganda. (AP)
September 15, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine claims that it has recaptured the village of Andriivka, near Bakhmut, in Donetsk Oblast. Russia denied the claim and said its forces remained in control of village. (Al Jazeera)(AP)
Business and economy
- 2023 United Auto Workers strike
- The United Auto Workers announce that they have gone on strike following failed negotiations. (AP)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
International relations
- Foreign relations of Burkina Faso, Foreign relations of France
- The military government of Burkina Faso orders the French embassy's defense attaché to leave the country due to subversive behavior. (Al Arabiya)
- France–Niger relations
- President of France Emmanuel Macron says that French ambassador to Niger Sylvain Itté and other diplomats are being held hostage at the French embassy in Niamey, Niger. (CNN)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko proposes a three-way alliance between Belarus, Russia, and North Korea during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia. (AP)
Health and environment
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that the Wisconsin-based Green Bay Dressed Beef has recalled over 58,000 ground beef products in several states over concerns of E. coli contamination. (FSN)
Law and crime
- Afghan conflict
- United States invasion of Afghanistan
- The U.S. government warns a Virginia judge that allowing a United States Marine to keep an Afghan war orphan risks violating international law and could be viewed as endorsing international child abduction. (AP)
- United States invasion of Afghanistan
- Human rights in Kuwait
- Kuwait University agrees to impose gender segregation in classrooms in line with a recent agreement between Kuwaiti MP Mohammed Haif al-Mutairi, who chairs the Committee for the Promotion of Values, and the Kuwaiti Minister of Education. (The New Arab)
- Cash-for-visa scandal
- The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismisses its legal chief and cancels all contracts to outsource visa applications after seven people are charged in a visas-for-cash scandal. (Reuters)
- The Wagner Group is designated as a terrorist organization by the United Kingdom. (ABC News)
September 16, 2023 (Saturday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Lee weakens into a post-tropical cyclone before making landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada. (NBC News)
- 2023 National Aerobatic Team Aermacchi MB-339 crash
- A military plane crashes near Turin, Piedmont, Italy, killing a 5-year-old child and injuring four people, including the pilot. (NOS)
- 2023 Manaus Aerotaxi Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crash
- Fourteen people are killed in a plane crash in Barcelos, Amazonas, Brazil. (BBC News)
- A major fire at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta causes extensive damage, including the collapse of roof and outer wall. An unknown number of pre-colonial artifacts are damaged or destroyed. (The Diplomat)
International relations
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Alliance of Sahel States
- The military governments of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso sign a mutual defence pact named the Alliance of Sahel States in case of internal rebellion or external military aggression. (Reuters)
- Alliance of Sahel States
Law and crime
- Mahsa Amini protests
- Human rights organizations say that Iranian police have arrested the father of Mahsa Amini on the first anniversary of her death. (Reuters)
- Mexican drug war
- Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is extradited to the United States from Mexico on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. (Reuters)
- Storm Daniel
- Libya's top prosecutor announces a probe into the dam collapses which led to the floods that killed more than 11,000 people. (AP)
- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is acquitted by the Texas Senate in his impeachment trial. (Texas Tribune)
September 17, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Ukraine says that it has recaptured the village of Klishchiivka, near Bakhmut, in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
Business and economy
- 2023 United Auto Workers strike
- United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain rejects an offer of a 21% wage increase from Chrysler parent company Stellantis as the strike enters its third day. (CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
- A United States Marine Corps pilot ejects from his F-35 fighter jet above North Charleston, South Carolina. The pilot lands safely, while the aircraft is missing, with search efforts focused on two nearby lakes. (AP)
International relations
- North Korea–Russia relations
- The 2023 North Korea–Russia summit concludes, with Kim Jong Un departing from Artyom, located north of the port of Vladivostok. (CNN)
Sports
- 2023–24 NHL season
- In ice hockey, Mike Babcock resigns as the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets before coaching a game for the team, amidst an NHL Players Association investigation into his alleged requests for personal photos of players. (AP)
- Team Jumbo–Visma wins all three Grand Tours of the 2023 UCI World Tour, after Sepp Kuss wins the 2023 Vuelta a España. (AD)
September 18, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Sudan
- The Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower in Khartoum suffers heavy fire damage during clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces. (NOS)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty-four people are killed and 21 more injured after a bus plunges in to a ravine in the Andes mountains, Peru. (BBC News)
- Nine Egyptian military personnel are killed or injured when a transport truck carrying ammunition overturns in Sharqia Governorate, Egypt. (Al Ahram)
- One person is killed and another is injured by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake near Marradi, Tuscany, Italy. (Il Resto del Carlino)
International relations
- 2023 Canada–India diplomatic crisis
- Canada expels a top Indian diplomat after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are credible allegations linking the government of India to the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh Khalistani activist and naturalised Canadian citizen shot to death outside a Sikh temple in Surrey, British Columbia, in June. (AP) (CNN)
- Foreign relations of Russia
- Russia announces that it will withdraw from the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, citing a lack of cooperation between the members of the council. (Bloomberg)
- Iran–United States relations
- A prisoner swap takes place between Iran and the United States, resulting in the release of five prisoners from each country. Under the terms of the swap, Iran will also gain access to six billion dollars frozen in South Korean bank accounts. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Hunter Biden, son of President of the United States Joe Biden, sues the Internal Revenue Service, alleging unlawful disclosure of his taxes by whistle-blowers who work for the agency. (Reuters)
- Three people are taken to hospital after a mass stabbing at the Australian National University in Canberra. The attacker has been detained. (ABC News Australia)
- Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros in a privilege speech accuses the Socorro Bayanihan Services, a civic organization based in the island town of Socorro in Surigao del Norte, as being a cult which commits sexual violence and forces marriage on its members including minors. (Al Jazeera)
September 19, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- September 2023 Jenin incursion
- Four Palestinians are killed and 30 others are injured in an Israeli Army raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Two other Palestinians were also killed both in Jericho and Khan Yunis that afternoon. (Al Jazeera)
- September 2023 Jenin incursion
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Four Azerbaijani police officers and two civilians are killed by separate mine explosions in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Azerbaijan blaming Armenian sabotage groups for the deaths. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
- Azerbaijan launches an offensive on Nagorno-Karabakh, demanding the withdrawal of ethnic Armenian forces. Azerbaijani forces strike Stepanakert, its de facto capital. (Al Jazeera) (CBC News)
- Azerbaijan claims that its forces broke through the contact line and captured over 60 military posts in Nagorno-Karabakh. Artsakh forces deny the claims. (Reuters)
- Artsakh says 25 people, including a child, were killed due to the fighting, and 138 others were injured. Azerbaijan says one civilian was killed by shelling in Shusha. (AP)
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Nine people are killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine, including six civilians in Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast. (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War in Sudan
- CNN, citing a source in the Ukrainian military, reports that Ukrainian special forces were likely behind recent drone strikes and a ground operation against Wagner Group mercenaries in Sudan. (CNN)
Arts and culture
- The Institut Européen d'Archéologie Sous-Marine announces the discovery of the site of a temple to the god Amun and a Greek sanctuary devoted to Aphrodite in Thonis-Heracleion in the Abu Qir Bay in Egypt. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed and eight others are injured by two tornadoes in Yancheng and Suqian in Jiangsu, China. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed when a military plane crashes in Lamu County, Kenya, near the border with Somalia. (AFP via Africanews)
- Two people are killed and nine others are seriously injured when a bus plunges into a ravine near Cetinje, Montenegro. (Sky News)
Health and environment
- 2022–2023 mpox outbreak
- Laos reports its first case of mpox. The national health ministry recommends that provincial health departments set up laboratory facilities for screening tests. (Xinhua)
International relations
- Seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly
- Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN holds its first-ever joint military exercise in Indonesia. The five-day drills focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. (Kyodo News)
Law and crime
- 2023 Polish parliamentary election
- Cash-for-visa scandal
- Documents allegedly from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicate that the Polish embassy in Minsk, Belarus, issued 784,173 visas to individuals from 65 countries with the aid of a Moscow-based company. Individuals who were denied entry at the Belarus-European Union border during the Belarus–European Union border crisis may also have been granted visas. (Gazeta.pl via MSN News)
- Cash-for-visa scandal
- Derna dam collapses
- Protesters burn down the house of mayor of Derna Abdulmenam Al-Ghaithi in response to the catastrophic floods. Internet and telephone access are subsequently shut down and foreign journalists are ordered to leave the city. (BBC News)
- Extrajudicial killings and forced disappearances in the Philippines
- Two environmental activists, who disappeared on September 2, are released in the Philippines and publicly accuse the military of their abduction. The authorities have denied these allegations. (AFP via Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
- 2023 Hawaii wildfires
- The Lahaina Banyan Tree in Hawaii, United States, shows signs of new growth a month after being damaged by wildfires. (The Washington Post)
September 20, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- A car bomb explodes near a police station in Timba, Cauca Department, Colombia, killing two people and wounding two others. (La Prensa Latina)
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- The Artsakh Defence Army in Nagorno-Karabakh surrenders, accepting a Russian-proposed ceasefire with Azerbaijan and agreeing to vacate combat positions, disarm, and relinquish all ammunition and military equipment. (BBC News) (Reuters) (APA.az)
- Peace talks between Azerbaijan and the separatists are expected to begin tomorrow in Yevlakh. Russia's peacekeeping contingent will assist in coordinating the ceasefire. (DW)
- Thousands of Artsakh residents gather at the Stepanakert Airport, where some Russian peacekeepers are stationed, seeking evacuation. (CTV News)
- Several Russian peacekeepers are killed after Azeri forces open fire on their UAZ Patriot near Chankatagh, Martakert Province. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev apologizes for the deaths and orders an investigation into the incident. (The Moscow Times) (Anadolu Agency)
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
Disasters and accidents
- Three members of the South African Navy are killed and five others are rescued when large waves hit a submarine near Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa. (News24)
International relations
- Armenia–United States relations
- United States and Armenian forces complete a joint military exercise in Armenia, which was not affected by the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. (Al Jazeera)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland–Ukraine relations
- Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announces that Poland will stop supplying Ukraine with weapons, amid tensions between the two countries over the former's import ban on Ukrainian agricultural products. (CNN)
- Vasyl Zvarych, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, is summoned by the Polish Foreign Ministry to convey its strong protest over the statement of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy's statement that some European countries' actions indirectly help Russia, drew condemnation from Poland. (Ukrainian News)
- Sixty-seven United Nations member states sign the High Seas Treaty. (AFP via France 24)
Science and technology
- The oldest known wooden structure, a 476,000-year-old log structure, is discovered at the Kalambo Falls in Zambia according to a study from the Nature journal. (Live Science)
September 21, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Delegates from Azerbaijan and Artsakh meet in the Azeri city of Yevlakh. No formal agreement is adopted after two hours of talks. (Daily Sabah)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
Business and economy
- Rupert Murdoch announces his retirement as the chairman of Fox Corporation and News Corp. (NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Four people are killed and five others are injured in an explosion at a gas pipeline in Vrancea County, Romania. (Reuters)
- Two people are killed and more than 40 others are injured when a bus rolls over in Wawayanda, New York, United States. (NBC News)
International relations
- Canada–India relations
- Death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
- Amid a diplomatic crisis, India suspends the issuance of travel visas to Canadian citizens due to alleged security threats at its High Commission and consulates in Canada. (BBC News)
- Death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Science and technology
- NASA confirms that the James Webb Space Telescope has identified carbon dioxide on the Jovian moon Europa. The carbon dioxide, detected in a specific region on the moon's icy surface is believed to have originated from within its subsurface ocean. (NASA)
September 22, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Crimea attacks
- 2023 missile strike on the Sevastopol Naval Base
- The headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea, is hit in a Ukrainian missile attack, killing at least one person and causing a fire in the building. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 missile strike on the Sevastopol Naval Base
- Crimea attacks
- Mali War
Business and economy
- 2023 United Auto Workers strike
- In the United States, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain announces that the union will expand their strikes to 38 locations. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Six people are killed, more than 100 others are injured, and three are missing after a fire and subsequent explosions at a golf ball factory in Pingtung County, Taiwan. (ABC News Australia)
- One person is killed and four others are injured after an incident at an oil refinery in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan province, Iran. (Reuters via The New Arab)
- The Taal Volcano in Batangas, Philippines, releases elevated levels of sulfur dioxide and vog, resulting in school closures, including in Metro Manila. Residents in affected areas are asked to avoid outdoor activities. (Reuters)
International relations
- China–Syria relations
- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Hangzhou, China, and signs a strategic partnership on infrastructure as part of China's Belt and Road Initiative. (Xinhua) (AP)
Law and crime
- Turkey–Islamic State conflict, terrorism in Turkey
- Turkish police announce that they have detained 10 people with links to the Islamic State in Izmir after intelligence revealed hidden explosives manufacturing supplies. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadina are indicted on federal corruption charges for allegedly accepting bribes to provide sensitive information to the government of Egypt. (NPR)
September 23, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- 2023 Beledweyne bombing
- At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (Xinhua)
- 2023 Beledweyne bombing
- Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- UNIFIL intervenes to prevent a confrontation between the Lebanese Army and the Israeli Army near the Shebaa Farms. (The Jerusalem Post)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, United States. (CNN)
- At least 35 people are killed and 12 are seriously injured by an explosion at an illegal fuel depot in Sèmè-Kpodji, Ouémé Department, Benin. (Al Jazeera)
September 24, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022–present North Kosovo crisis
- Banjska attack
- One Kosovo Police officer is killed and another is injured during an ambush on their patrol in North Kosovo, near the border with Serbia, after around 30 gunmen storm a village. Three of the attackers are later killed in a shootout. (Al Jazeera)
- Banjska attack
- 2023 Nigerien crisis
- French President Emmanuel Macron announces that France will end its military presence in Niger and will remove its ambassador from the country following a deterioration in relations. (AP)
- Aftermath of the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- The government of Artsakh says that most of its population will leave following Azerbaijan's takeover of the territory with Armenia confirming that 1,050 refugees from Artsakh have arrived in the country. (Reuters)
- Assassination and terrorism in Iran, War against the Islamic State
- Authorities in Iran disarm 30 explosive devices that were set to detonate simultaneously in Tehran and arrest 28 people linked to the Islamic State. (Al Arabiya)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two Palestinians are killed when Israeli soldiers storm a refugee camp in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- The Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach a tentative agreement to end the strike that began on May 2. (CNN)
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
Business and economy
- Economy of Saudi Arabia
- Saudi Arabia announces that its gross domestic product has surpassed $1 trillion. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- Sixteen people are killed by a fire at a coal mine in Panzhou, Guizhou, China. (AFP via CNA)
- Six people are killed when a train collides with a car in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. (NBC News)
- One person is killed and ten others are injured after a tourist van fell into a gorge in Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia. (CNA)
International relations
- President of France Emmanuel Macron announces a $150 million commitment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development during the Global Citizen Festival in New York City's Central Park. (The Local)
- Canadian Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologizes for inviting Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament during a visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after it was revealed that he had fought for the Galicia Division under Nazi command. (BBC)
Law and crime
- The Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. is attacked with a Molotov cocktail. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- New Frontiers program
- NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth. (NYTimes)
Sports
- 2023 Berlin Marathon
- Tigist Assefa breaks the women's marathon world record. (The Guardian)
- 2023 Formula One World Championship
- In auto racing, Red Bull wins their sixth World Constructors' Championship after Max Verstappen wins the Japanese Grand Prix. (Reuters)
September 25, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022–present North Kosovo crisis
- Banjska attack
- Kosovo Police enter the village of Banjska, North Kosovo, with armored vehicles, a day after the village was attacked by gunmen. (Reuters)
- Banjska attack
- Aftermath of the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Ukraine receives its first shipment of M1 Abrams tanks from the United States. (RFE/RL)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Yemeni civil war
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
- An ambush by Houthi insurgents kills two Bahraini soldiers, including an officer, and injures several others. (AP)
- Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
Disasters and accidents
- Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion
- Sixty-eight people are killed and 290 others are injured by an explosion at a fuel warehouse near Stepanakert, Artsakh. (Al Jazeera)
- Six people are killed and 13 others are missing following heavy rains and a landslide in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (AFP via GMA News)
- Flooding in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco, Mexico, kills seven people and leaves nine others missing. (AP)
- Five people are killed when two private planes collide in La Galancita, Durango, Mexico. (AP)
International relations
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Philippine Coast Guard removes a series of buoys installed by China in the contested Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea under orders of President Bongbong Marcos. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the Derna dam collapses
- The mayor of Derna, Libya, Abdelmounem al-Ghaithi, and several other officials are detained over mismanagement and negligence accusations following the Derna dam collapse which killed over 5,000 people. (Reuters)
- Burkina Faso suspends Jeune Afrique from reporting in the country after the release of a report claiming tension and discontent within the Burkinabe Armed Forces. (Reuters)
September 26, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Eastern Syria insurgency
- Deir ez-Zor clashes
- Twenty-one gunmen, four SDF members, and a civilian are killed following the resumption of clashes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (SOHR)
- Deir ez-Zor clashes
- Eastern Syria insurgency
Disasters and accidents
- Qaraqosh wedding fire
- More than 100 people are killed and more than 150 others are injured in a fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. (Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- 2020–2021 Thai protests
- Thai pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa, who led protests in 2020 and 2021, is sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of royal insult. (Time)
- Criticism of Amazon
- The Federal Trade Commission and 17 U.S. states file a lawsuit against Amazon over accusations of monopoly. (NP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 United Auto Workers strike
- President of the United States Joe Biden visits striking UAW workers near Detroit, Michigan, becoming the first sitting American president to join a union picket line. (USA Today)
- 2023 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
- Civilians protest in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in support of junta leader Ibrahim Traoré amid rumors of a coup plot. (Atlas News)
- Daniel Andrews announces his resignation as Premier of Victoria, Australia, after nine years in office. (The Guardian)
- Anthony Rota resigns as speaker of the House of Commons of Canada amid controversy over his decision to invite Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian–Canadian veteran of the Waffen-SS, to attend a speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and to introduce Hunka as a "hero" to the House of Commons. (CBC News)
September 27, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Exodus of Armenians
- The number of refugees fleeing from Artsakh to Armenia increases to 50,243, more than a third of the region's population. (France 24)
- Former State Minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan is arrested by Azerbaijan after attempting to cross the border into Armenia. (BBC News)
- Azerbaijan reports that 192 of its troops were killed and more than 500 others were injured during last week's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. (ABC News)
- Exodus of Armenians
- Mexican drug war
- Authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León find at least twelve bodies dumped on roads near Monterrey, likely related to a drug cartel operating in Tamaulipas. (CBS News)
Arts and culture
- 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- The Writers Guild of America strike ends after nearly 22 weeks, following a agreement reached between union negotiators and Hollywood's studios and streaming services. (CNN)
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- Waheeda Rehman is awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for her work in Hindi cinema. (Hindustan Times)
Business and economy
- Documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate that South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have recalled over 3.4 million vehicles in the United States over concerns of fire risks, and urge owners to park these vehicles outdoors. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- List of earthquakes in 2023
- A magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano near Naples, Italy, the strongest earthquake to strike Campi Flegrei in 40 years. Experts say that an eruption of the supervolcano is not imminent, but called for an inspection of buildings in the immediate area. (Reuters)
International relations
- North Korea–United States relations
- North Korea deports U.S. soldier Travis King, who crossed the DMZ into North Korea in July, back into U.S. custody. (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- Five people, all members of the same Arab family, are shot dead in Basmat Tab'un, Israel. (Reuters)
- Germany bans the neo-Nazi movement Artgemeinschaft for reportedly targeting children and young people with racial propaganda. (BBC News)
September 28, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, signs a decree to dissolve all state institutions of Artsakh in 2024. (CNN)
- 2023 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
- The ruling military government of Burkina Faso arrests four officers suspected of attempting to stage a coup. Two additional officers are on the run. (CNN)
- 2023 Manipur violence
- Jihadist insurgency in Niger
- Jihadist insurgents kill at least ten Nigerien soldiers in Kandadji, Tillabéri Region, Niger. Seven soldiers are later killed and five others are injured in a vehicle accident while travelling to reinforce the army unit under attack. (Reuters)
- Mexican drug war
- Six teenagers who were kidnapped by a group of armed men a few days ago are found dead near Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico. (El País)
Disasters and accidents
- Tashkent explosion
- One person is killed and 162 others are injured in an explosion at a warehouse near the airport in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
- Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh in recent weeks, in the country's most severe outbreak of the disease so far. (BBC News)
- A bluetongue disease outbreak in the Netherlands has spread to 319 sheep and cattle farming companies. (NOS)
Law and crime
- 2023 Rotterdam shootings
- Three people are killed during two shootings and an arson attack at a teaching hospital and a nearby private home in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Reuters)
- Crime in Sweden
- A woman is killed in her house in Uppsala, Sweden, during a bombing attack intended to target the neighbor next door, while two men were killed and another was injured during two shootings the day before in Stockholm and Jordbro, as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalates. (Euronews)
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson summons the heads of the armed forces and police in response to the gang violence. (Reuters)
- The historic Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, also known as the "Robin Hood"-tree, is illegally cut down. A 16-year-old boy is arrested. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- Gravitational interaction of antimatter
- The ALPHA experiment shows that antimatter falls down in gravity, just like normal matter. (BBC News)
September 29, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Hangu mosque bombing
- Five people are killed and ten others are injured by two suicide bombers at a mosque in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Four soldiers and three Pakistani Taliban militants are killed during a shootout in Zhob, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Aaj English Tv)
- Hangu mosque bombing
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2023 Mastung bombing
- At least 50 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. (BBC News)
- 2023 Mastung bombing
- Somali Civil War
- Mogadishu tea shop bombing
- At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt in a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters)
- Mogadishu tea shop bombing
Business and economy
- Toys "R" Us announces plans to open 24 new flagship stores across the United States, along with new shops in airports and on cruise ships, after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six years ago. (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- September 2023 New York floods
- New York City declares a state of emergency due to widespread flooding caused by heavy rain. (CNN)
- Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion
- M53 motorway coach crash
- Two people are killed and 17 injured after a school bus crashes into a central reservation and overturns in The Wirral, England. (BBC News)
- Nine people are killed, four others are trapped, and 21 are rescued after a mine collapses in Chegutu, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. (New Zimbabwe)
- Five people are killed and five more are hospitalized as a semi truck carrying a toxic substance turns over near Teutopolis, Illinois, United States, causing evacuations. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Murder of Tupac Shakur
- Duane "Keefe D" Davis is arrested by police for the 1996 murder of American rapper Tupac Shakur. (CNN)
- A second suspect, a man in his sixties, is arrested in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland, United Kingdom. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of 2023 Guatemalan general election
- Rafael Curruchiche, a prosecutor in the Guatemalan attorney general's office, accuses the Organization of American States and the European Union of interference in the election and says that around a thousand people denounced irregularities in electoral process. (Prensa Libre)(Prensa Libre)
- The Supreme Court of Belarus bans the activities of the Belarusian Left Party after a complaint filed by the Ministry of Justice. Only four political parties remain permitted to operate. (Nasha Niva)
September 30, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Papua conflict
- Five Free Papua Movement militants are killed during a shootout with Indonesian soldiers and police officers in the Papua province. (AP)
- Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of using a sniper to kill one of its soldiers in the city of Kalbajar. Armenia denies involvement in the incident. (The Star)
- Mexican drug war
- Two Morena party pollsters are killed and a third is kidnapped in Juárez, Chiapas, Mexico. A note was left on the bodies from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, threatening the government. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Maldivian presidential election
- Maldivians vote in a run-off election between candidates Mohamed Muizzu and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. (Reuters)
- 2023 Slovak parliamentary election
- Slovaks elect the 150 members of the National Council. (Reuters)
- 2024 United States federal budget
- The U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate pass a 45-day stopgap measure bill backed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. President Joe Biden signs the bill, averting a government shutdown. (CNN)
- Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election
- The office of the Attorney General of Guatemala seizes the tally sheets of votes from the general election and the runoff. The judges of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal opposed the seizure but were attacked by police and prosecutors. Electoral tribunal officials were also intimidated. (AP) (Prensa Libre)
Sports
- 2023 AFL season
- Collingwood defeats the Brisbane Lions by four points to win the 2023 AFL Grand Final. (The Guardian)
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