Current events: 2023-07-30

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • International reactions to the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
    • West African regional bloc ECOWAS announces a no-fly zone over Niger. (Channels TV)
    • ECOWAS threatens to "take all measures necessary", including the use of force, to reinstate the government of Niger if ousted president Mohamed Bazoum is not released and reinstated within a week. (AFP via France 24)
    • The military junta regime warns against any foreign intervention in the country, saying "we want to once more remind ECOWAS or any other adventurer, of our firm determination to defend our homeland". (Reuters)
    • Chadian president Mahamat Déby visits Niamey in order to meet with Nigerien government officials to address the crisis. (AFP via The Peninsula)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • Russia says that it destroyed three Ukrainian drones over Moscow, which injured one person, prompting officials to close Vnukovo International Airport to traffic. (AFP via The Guardian)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 Khar bombing
    • At least 75 people are killed and nearly 200 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Euronews)
• Five people are killed and seven more wounded during clashes in Ain al-Hilweh, a Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon. (AP via ABC News)
• Sinai insurgency
  • At least four officers are killed and at least 21 others are injured in a shooting at a police facility in Arish, Egypt. (AP via Al Arabiya)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Five people are wounded, two critically at a shopping center in Lansing, Michigan. (CNN)
  • One woman is killed and eight others are critically injured in downtown Chicago, Illinois. (CNN)

Arts and culture

• Spanish government researchers identify 357 missing foreign fighters from the Spanish Civil War, specifically from the International Brigades, with a majority hailing from Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are killed and 76 more injured during a severe storm in areas of central Russia. (BBC News)
• Three people are killed and 37 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck in El Dabaa, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)
• Six people are killed in a plane crash in Alberta, Canada. (Metro News)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian officials announce that a peace summit, aimed at addressing the invasion, will take place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, in early August with representatives from 30 countries expected to attend. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Central African constitutional referendum
  • Citizens of the Central African Republic vote in a referendum that could remove the presidential term limit. (Reuters)
• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • Thousands of pro-Tchiani demonstrators protest outside the French embassy in Niger, setting fire to the door as well as defacing a plaque bearing the words Embassy of France in Niger and replacing it with Nigerien and Russian flags, with others shouting pro-Russian phrases. (AFP via Al Arabiya)

Sports

• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • Moroccan defender Nouhaila Benzina becomes the first football player to compete in a senior-level international tournament while wearing a hijab, following the overturning of a FIFA ban on head coverings in 2014. (AP)

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