Wikipedia Current Events Real Joined Dec 7, 2022 Messages 993 Reaction score 0 BC ฿2 Dividends 0 May 7, 2023 #1 Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Sudan conflict Eritrea–Sudan relations Deportation of Eritreans from Sudan during the 2023 Sudan conflict Eritrea is accused of forced deportation and repatriating of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese–Eritrean border. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents 2023 Africa floods The death toll from the May 6 floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 287 people. (Al Jazeera) At least 12 people are killed and 31 others are injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Hatay Province, Turkey. (AP) International relations Chile–Venezuela relations, Venezuelan migrant crisis, Chile–Peru relations The government of Chile announces that 115 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight, after being stranded at the border with Peru, raising tensions between Lima and Chile. (Reuters) The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member, after being suspended 12 years ago due to the Syrian civil war. (Al Arabiya) Law and crime 2023 Brownsville crash Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a driver crashes into a group of pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, United States, in what is believed to be an intentional act. (KVEO-TV) A court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences a former police officer to death for the murder of prominent academic Hisham al-Hashimi in July 2020, although the sentence can be appealed. (AFP via France 24) Politics and elections 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election Chileans head to the polls to elect the 50 members of the Constitutional Council. (Morning Express) 2023 Turkish presidential election Ekrem İmamoğlu is attacked during a rally in Erzurum, with the rally being interrupted due to stones thrown from the crowd. (Gazete DuvaR) Continue reading...
Armed conflicts and attacks 2023 Sudan conflict Eritrea–Sudan relations Deportation of Eritreans from Sudan during the 2023 Sudan conflict Eritrea is accused of forced deportation and repatriating of 3,500 Eritreans from Sudan to Teseney and other towns near the Sudanese–Eritrean border. (The Guardian) Disasters and accidents 2023 Africa floods The death toll from the May 6 floods in the villages of Bushushu and Nyamukubi in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, increases to 287 people. (Al Jazeera) At least 12 people are killed and 31 others are injured in a multi-vehicle crash in Hatay Province, Turkey. (AP) International relations Chile–Venezuela relations, Venezuelan migrant crisis, Chile–Peru relations The government of Chile announces that 115 Venezuelan migrants were repatriated to Venezuela on a humanitarian flight, after being stranded at the border with Peru, raising tensions between Lima and Chile. (Reuters) The Arab League re-admits Syria as a member, after being suspended 12 years ago due to the Syrian civil war. (Al Arabiya) Law and crime 2023 Brownsville crash Seven people are killed and six others are injured when a driver crashes into a group of pedestrians in Brownsville, Texas, United States, in what is believed to be an intentional act. (KVEO-TV) A court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences a former police officer to death for the murder of prominent academic Hisham al-Hashimi in July 2020, although the sentence can be appealed. (AFP via France 24) Politics and elections 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council election Chileans head to the polls to elect the 50 members of the Constitutional Council. (Morning Express) 2023 Turkish presidential election Ekrem İmamoğlu is attacked during a rally in Erzurum, with the rally being interrupted due to stones thrown from the crowd. (Gazete DuvaR) Continue reading...