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- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Khartoum
- Indonesia evacuates 43 of its citizens to its embassy in Khartoum after an Indonesian citizen is shot by a Sudanese bullet. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, Retno Marsudi, states “We will continue to work on the evacuation preparations while also waiting for the right time to evacuate people by also considering the safety of the Indonesian citizens. Safety is of our utmost priority”. (Jakarta Globe) (Tempo)(Antara News)
- The Belgian head of the EU humanitarian mission (ECHO) to Sudan, Wim Fransen, is shot in Khartoum. The Foreign Minister of Belgium also announces they have identified 36 Belgians in Sudan but evacuation is 'not an option'. (Brussels Times) (Telegraph UK)
- Thailand, Spain, Greece, France, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, the Czech Republic and Somalia announce plans to evacuate all of their citizens or nationals from Sudan. (Bangkok Post) (Reuters) (UK News Yahoo)(KT Greece) (Reuters) (Norway Post) (US News) (English Radio Czechia) (VOA News)
- South Korea sends additional troops to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti to possibly evacuate South Koreans from Sudan. (Reuters), The Netherlands also announces evacuations of its civilians in Sudan deploying two aircraft to Jordan. (NHK) Arts and culture
- Battle of Khartoum
- Anglican Realignment
- Leaders of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans, an organization representing the majority of Anglicans, reject the leadership of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as the head of global Anglicanism over his stance on same-sex marriage. (ChurchTimes) Business and economy
- Twitter drops the "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels used for media organizations. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- A court in Macao sentences businessman and notorious gangster Chan Weng Lin to 14 years in prison for illegal gambling and gang-related crimes. (Xinhua)
- A court in Paris, France, sentences Lebanese Canadian lecturer and professor Hassan Diab to life in prison over the bombing of a Parisian synagogue in 1980. Diab was tried in absentia and he remains in Canada under the request of arrest and extradition from French authorities. (The Guardian)
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