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- Aftermath of the Second Congo War
- Kivu conflict
- Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- The East African Community announce the extension of a mandate of a regional military force deployed to quell violence in the east of the country. (Al Jazeera)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Kivu conflict
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
- At least 17 people are killed and 33 others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a marketplace in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- September 2023 Kostiantynivka missile strike
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $175 million aid package for Ukraine that includes depleted uranium ammunition for the first time, intended for use with Abrams tanks. (CBS News)
- Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine with a MI-8 helicopter, receives a $500,000 reward. (Al Jazeera)
- British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps confirms reports by Russian officials that a Challenger 2 tank was destroyed in Ukraine, marking the first loss of the model. (The Kyiv Independent)
- The Romanian Ministry of National Defence confirms that debris from a Russian drone has been found on Romanian territory in Tulcea County. (AP)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- War against the Islamic State
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
- Sri Lanka's government announces it will appoint a parliamentary committee to investigate allegations made in a British television report that Sri Lankan intelligence had complicity in the bombings. (AP)
- 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings
- Twelve Pakistani Taliban gunmen and four soldiers are killed during a shootout at a security outpost in Kalasha Valleys, Pakistan. (VOA)
- Tajikistan announces that it killed three Jamaat Ansarullah Islamist militants on 29–30 August after they crossed the border from Afghanistan to carry out terrorist attacks in Tajikistan. (AFP via Barron's)
Business and economy
- The National Bank of Poland announces sharp interest cuts, lowering the reference rate from 6.75% to 6%, simultaneously causing the złoty to lose value against the American dollar and the euro. (The Seattle Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Rio Grande do Sul floods
- An extratropical cyclone in southern Brazil causes floods in several cities, killing at least 27 people and leaving more than 1,600 homeless. (AP)
- Torrential rain causing floods in Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece kills at least ten people. (BBC News)
International relations
- Russia–Turkey relations
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin and President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hold talks in Sochi, Russia, to discuss the revival of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, enabling the passage of grain across the Black Sea. (CNN)
- The African Climate Summit ends with a call for world leaders to implement a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, transport and reforms of global financial systems which its says disproportionately disadvantages African nations. (AP)
Law and crime
- Human rights in France
- A schoolgirl in Lyon, France, is reportedly sent home for wearing a traditional Japanese kimono as the nation implements a controversial law banning the display of religious symbols in public schools. (Al Jazeera)
- Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
- A US federal court judge rules that Donald Trump is liable in the second E. Jean Carroll defamation case. (CNN)
- Abortion in Mexico
- The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decriminalizes abortion nationwide in Mexico. (AP)
Science and technology
- In Fujian, China, a dinosaur fossil is discovered, given the name Fujianvenator with two legs and two other legs that looks like wings; giving insight of the evolution of birds. (NOS)
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