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- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Protests begin in Kadugli, South Kordofan, Sudan, against the clashes which are ongoing within the city, also denouncing the war and the violations against women. (Dabanga Sudan)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Russia says it destroyed three drones near Moscow. One damaged the 21st floor of the IQ-quarter mixed-use complex, which hosts offices for the Ministry of Economic Development. The Vnukovo International Airport was also temporarily closed. (The Guardian) (Meduza)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Bombing of Kherson
- One civilian is killed and five are injured in a Russian attack on a medical facility in Kherson. (The Kyiv Independent via Yahoo! News)
- Bombing of Kherson
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian man is shot and killed by Israeli security forces after opening fire on Israelis in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Religious violence in India
- Hindus kill a deputy imam and wound another when storming a mosque in Gurgaon, Haryana, North India, as a spillover of intercommunal violence that occurred in neighboring Nuh district yesterday. (Al Jazeera)
- Two people are killed and five others are injured when an assailant robs passengers and throws a Molotov cocktail on a bus in Dakar, Senegal. (AFP via UrduPoint)
Business and economy
- Major credit rating agency Fitch downgrades the United States' bond credit rating from AAA to AA+, citing an "erosion of governance" manifested in debt ceiling impasses. (Financial Times)
Disasters and accidents
- Typhoon Doksuri (2023)
- Eleven people are killed and 13 more missing during floods in Beizhen, Liaoning, China. About 31 thousand people have been displaced. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
- Twenty workers are killed and three more injured during the collapse of a giant crane at a highway construction site in Thane, Maharashtra, India. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2023 Asia heat wave
- The Iranian government institutes a two-day nationwide shutdown due to extreme heat, closing all schools, banks, and government offices. (Sky News)
International relations
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- France and Italy begin the evacuation of French, Italian and other European nationals from Niger. (Al Jazeera)
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Senate of the Philippines adopts a resolution condemning China's incursions in the West Philippine Sea and urging the Department of Foreign Affairs to file a resolution regarding China's harassment of Philippine vessels before the United Nations General Assembly. (GMA News)
Law and crime
- Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election
- Former U.S. President Donald Trump is indicted by DOJ Counsel Jack Smith on four criminal accounts for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election including a rally that led to a riot at the United States Capitol. (Politico) (Fortune)
- Two members of the Michigan Republican Party are also charged by prosecutors for attempting to tamper with voting machines in Michigan during their election. (AP)
- Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack, United States Justice Department investigation into attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election
- Fugitive Filipino Congressman and alleged mastermind of the Pamplona massacre Arnolfo Teves Jr. and twelve others are designated as terrorists by the Anti-Terrorism Council. (GMA News)
- Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi is pardoned on five of her convictions, reducing her sentence from 33 to 27 years in prison. (AFP via France 24)
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