Current events: 2023-06-28

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Airstrikes are reported in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, while heavy fighting takes place in Omdurman despite a ceasefire declared by both sides for the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Wagner Group rebellion
    • Russian police arrest army general and Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces Sergey Surovikin amid reports that Surovikin supported the Wagner Group's mutiny last week. (The Moscow Times)
• Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
  • Four Armenian soldiers are killed by Azerbaijani forces in the separatist region of Artsakh. (AFP via France 24)
• Two people are killed after an exchange of fire near the United States consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Arab News)

Health and environment

• 2023 Canadian wildfires
  • Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches the U.S. states of West Virginia, Tennessee, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, with the smoke also reaching the capital, Washington, D.C. (WUSA-TV) (KCRG-TV) (ABC News) (WHTM-TV)
  • Smoke from the wildfires in Canada reaches Spain. (Hoy)

International relations

• Canada–Iran relations
  • Iran brings charges against Canada at the International Court of Justice for allegedly violating Iran's state immunity by designating it a sponsor of terrorism. (AFP via Barron's)
• Mexico–Peru relations
  • Chile assumes a temporary presidency of the Pacific Alliance from Mexico amid a diplomatic conflict which saw Mexico refusing to hand over the presidency to Peru due to the removal of president Pedro Castillo in December 2022. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Killing of Nael M.
  • Riots occur in several French towns following the killing of a teenager by a police officer in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France. At least 31 people are arrested, 25 police officers are injured, and 40 vehicles are destroyed in arson attacks. (Al Jazeera)
• The Swedish Police Authority authorizes a protest involving the burning of a Quran outside the Stockholm Mosque on the first day of Eid al-Adha, aligning with a court of appeal ruling that deemed security concerns insufficient grounds for denying the request. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• The Criminal Court of Thailand acquits a student activist and four others of obstructing Queen Suthida's motorcade during the 2020 pro-democracy protests in Bangkok. The group faced a potential sentence of up to 16 years in prison or execution under Thailand's lèse-majesté laws. (AFP via The Manila Times)

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