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- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Five Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades members are killed, three more injured and eight arrested during a raid by Israeli soldiers and subsequent gunbattle at a refugee camp near Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. (BBC News)
- Somali Civil War
- At least 34 people are killed and 40 others injured during clashes between Somali soldiers and anti-government fighters in Laascaanood, Sool, Somaliland. (Reuters)
Arts and culture
- Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church announces that the church will switch to the Revised Julian calendar on 1 September 2023 following the decision by the Synod of Bishops. (UGCC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes
- At least 2,316 people are killed in Turkey and more than 1,340 others are killed in Syria as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes Gaziantep Province. (Al Jazeera) (BBC)
- A second earthquake of magnitude 7.5 occurs in Kahramanmaraş nine hours after the first quake. (Bloomberg)
- 2023 Coulson Aviation crash
- A Boeing 737-300, used as a firefighting tanker, crashes in Western Australia's south-west. Both pilots survive. (7 News)
Law and crime
- Hong Kong national security law
- The largest trial for the national security law against 47 pro-democracy activists begins in Hong Kong two years after their arrest. (DW)
Science and technology
- Censorship of Wikipedia
- Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif orders the ban on Wikipedia to be lifted, after it was banned three days ago for alleged anti-Muslim and blasphemous content. (ProPakistani)
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