Current events: 2023-09-07

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
  • Mali War
    • In Gourma-Rharous Cercle, jihadists fire rockets at a Comanav vessel on the Niger River. (France24)
    • Islamist militants attack a military camp in northeast Mali. The military confirms the death toll of the combined incidents to be 63 in total, including 15 troops and 49 civilians. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Ukrainian forces enter the deserted villages of Stroivka and Topoli at the Russia–Ukraine border in Kharkiv Oblast. The villages were abandoned by Russia after the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive but Ukraine was unable to enter due to heavy mining. (The Kyiv Independent)
• Several people are killed after armed militants attack vehicles in Muea, a village in the Southwest Region of Cameroon. (Reuters)

Business and Economy

• China bans use of iPhones for government officials resulting in Apple Inc. stock lowering by $200 billion in market value in just two days. (CNN)(Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

• September 2023 European floods
  • The death toll from the floods in Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece rises to 15 after five more people are found dead, with more people reported missing. (Al Jazeera)
  • The main highway in Greece between Athens and Thessaloniki is closed, with no train traffic between the cities. (NOS)

International relations

• United Kingdom–European Union relations
  • The United Kingdom announces that it will rejoin Horizon Europe, a European Union scientific research initiative. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
  • Criminal proceedings in the January 6 United States Capitol attack
    • Former Trump administration economy adviser Peter Navarro is found guilty of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a congressional subpoena issued by the January 6 committee related to the US capitol attack. (NBC News)
• A man is arrested in Kigali, Rwanda, after fourteen people are found dead at his house. The suspected serial killer lured his victims from bars to his house. (Al Jazeera)

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