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Disasters and accidents Storm Daniel The death toll from the floods caused by Storm Daniel in northeastern Libya increases to 5,200 people, with thousands more reported missing. Government of National Stability minister Hisham Chkiouat confirms that entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed in...

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, after yesterday's ceasefire, with five more people being killed, bringing the death toll to ten. The...

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...

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. (PBS News) Arts and culture 80th Venice...

Armed conflicts and attacks Mali War Four suicide bombers attack a Malian military base in Bamba, Gao Region, killing an unknown number of people. (Africanews) Russian invasion of Ukraine 2023 Russian elections Russia says its air defense systems has shot down two Ukrainian drones...

Armed conflicts and attacks Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Mali War In Gourma-Rharous Cercle, jihadists fire rockets at a Comanav vessel on the Niger River. (France24) Islamist militants attack a military camp in northeast Mali. The military confirms the death toll of the combined...

Armed conflicts and attacks Aftermath of the Second Congo War Kivu conflict Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks The East African Community announce the extension of a mandate of a regional military force deployed to quell violence in the east of the country. (Al Jazeera) Russian...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Nigerien crisis France–Niger relations France and Niger's ruling military junta begin talks on the possible withdrawal of French troops from the West African country. (Al Jazeera) Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso Seventeen Burkinabé soldiers, thirty-six...

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Northeastern Syria clashes An SDF counterattack recaptures all areas lost to tribal fighters and the SNA with the exception of one town. (SOHR) Displacement of civilians is reported in Northeastern Syria amid the intense multi-sided clashes that...

Armed conflicts and attacks Syrian civil war Northeastern Syria clashes The Syrian Democratic Forces recapture 2 towns after having lost them in an earlier offensive by factions of Deir ez-Zor Military Council and Arab tribes. (SOHR) Eighteen fighters of the Turkish-backed Syrian National...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv Clashes take place in Tel Aviv, Israel between Eritrean asylum seekers – supporters and opponents of the government of Isaias Afwerki – and police, resulting in 114 injuries, including 30 police officers. (BBC) Arts and culture...

Armed conflicts and attacks Israeli–Palestinian conflict A Palestinian man is killed and 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...

Disasters and accidents 2023 Johannesburg building fire At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a block of flats in Johannesburg, South Africa. (CNBC) Fifteen people, including an owner and workers of a clothing factory, die in a fire in Quezon City, Philippines; three more survive. (AP)...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Gabonese coup d'état Officers of the Gabonese military depose president Ali Bongo and annul the results of the general election in which he was declared the winner. They also dissolve the government and close all borders. (Reuters) Russian invasion of Ukraine...

Armed conflicts and attacks Ethiopian civil conflict War in Amhara The United Nations reports at least 183 people have been killed during recent clashes between Fano militiamen and security forces in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents 2023 Atlantic hurricane...

Armed conflicts and attacks Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis The International Atomic Energy Agency warns that Ukraine's offensive in the Zaporizhzhia region has increased the risk of damage to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power...

Disasters and accidents 2023 Tver plane crash Russia confirms that Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin has died in a plane crash on an Embraer Legacy 600. (The Moscow Times) 2023 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico as the tenth tropical storm or...

Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Nigerien crisis The ruling Nigerien military junta orders its armed forces to go on maximum alert citing an increased threat of attack. (Al Jazeera) Russian invasion of Ukraine Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022–2023 western Russia...

Arts and culture Director of the British Museum Hartwig Fischer resigns, claiming responsibility for insufficient investigation of the recent series of thefts and disappearances of hundreds of items from its collection, including gold jewelry, semi-precious gems and antiquities. (AFP via RTÉ)...

Business and economy 15th BRICS summit South African President Cyril Ramaphosa invites Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates to join the bloc, with membership taking effect next year. (Bloomberg) Disasters and accidents Twelve people are killed and...