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- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Darfur offensive
- First Battle of Geneina
- Rapid Support Forces re-capture Geneina, the capital of West Darfur after a week of fighting and over 200 people killed. (Middle East Eye) (Dabanga Sudan)
- First Battle of Geneina
- 2023 Sudanese refugee crisis
- The number of Sudanese refugees due to the ongoing civil conflict passes 100,000 after only a few days. (Reuters)
- Darfur offensive
- Somali Civil War
- Somali forces kill 67 al-Shabaab militants and seize many weapons in a continuation of offensives against the group. (Voice of America)
- A Uganda People's Defence Force soldier assassinates retired colonel and cabinet member Charles Engola at his home in Kampala, while acting as his bodyguard. The soldier then commits suicide via gunshot. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- The Writers Guild of America goes on strike for the first time since 2007–08. (Los Angeles Times)
- Indian airline Go First files for bankruptcy with the National Company Law Tribunal, and blames "faulty" Pratt & Whitney-manufactured engines for the grounding of about half its fleet, costing it 108 billion rupees ($1.32 billion) in lost revenues. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Five people are missing in Darchula District, Nepal, after an avalanche struck them. (Xinhua)
- Houses collapsed and some people were reported trapped after a magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Baoshan, Yunnan, China. (Sohu) Law and crime
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan dies in an Israeli prison from a three-month hunger strike. (Al Jazeera)
- Indonesian Ulema Council shooting
- A man armed with an airgun opens fire at Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, Java, injuring two employees. The attacker later dies at a local health center. (Detik)
- LGBT rights in Uganda, Anti-Homosexuality Bill, 2023
- The parliament of Uganda passes one of the most strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws after president Yoweri Museveni asked for some reforms. The bill maintains the death penalty as a punishment for "aggravated homosexuality". (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Greek legislative election
- The Greek Supreme Civil and Criminal Court bans the far-right National Party, led by Ilias Kasidiaris, from participating in the upcoming general election, after the court accused the party of being a "continuation of the Golden Dawn". (France 24)
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