Portal:Current events/2023 August 29
August 29, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Ethiopian civil conflict
- War in Amhara
- The United Nations reports that at least 183 people have been killed during recent clashes between Fano militiamen and security forces in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters)
- War in Amhara
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- At least four Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft in Pskov are damaged in a drone attack on Pskov. Russian authorities say they have shot down eight drones over the Bryansk, Oryol, Ryazan, Kaluga and Moscow oblasts. (The Guardian)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Syrian civil war
- The government of Kyrgyzstan says 95 wives and children of Islamic State fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in Syria. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Idalia
- Widespread flooding and power outages are reported as Idalia makes landfall in Cuba. (Reuters)
- Hurricane Idalia
Health and environment
- In a study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Australian doctors report the removal of an eight-centimeter Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm from the brain of a 64-year-old woman. This is the first documented case of such a parasite in any mammalian brain. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea
- Prime Minister James Marape announces that his country will open its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem. (RNZ)
Law and crime
- 2023 Imran Khan arrest attempts
- The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan reverses a lower court's three-year imprisonment verdict against former prime minister Imran Khan for graft, while also granting Khan bail. (AFP via CNA)
- Cyprus police arrest 21 people after violent clashes between refugees and residents of Chloraka village in the west of the island which has a large population of asylum seekers. (Al Jazeera)
- Indonesian police arrest 88 Chinese nationals in Batam, Riau Islands, after receiving a tip from Chinese police, for allegedly operating a cyber extortion scheme involving romance scams targeting victims in China. (AFP via France 24)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez suspends his campaign for President of the United States, becoming the first Republican candidate to do so. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries