Portal:Current events/2023 August 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 North Waziristan landmine attack
    • Eleven people are killed when a vehicle carrying workers hits a land mine in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Jihadist insurgency in Niger
    • At least 12 soldiers are killed by suspected jihadists in an ambush in Anzourou, Tillabéri, Niger. (AFP via The Times of India)
• Mali War
  • Gunmen kill at least 23 people and wound 12 others in a mass shooting at a village in Yarou, Bandiagara, Mopti Region, Mali. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economy of Libya, Libyan crisis
  • The Central Bank of Libya announces its reunification, having been politically divided since 2014 due to the Second Libyan Civil War. (AP)
• 2023 Syrian protests
  • Protests begin in Al-Suwayda over the high inflation rate and deteriorating economic situation in the country amid a severe economic crisis. (BBC News) (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Hilary
    • Hurricane Hilary weakens to Category 1, with warnings and evacuation orders issued as the hurricane is expected to make landfall in Baja California, Mexico, and California, United States. (ABC News)
    • Hilary makes landfall as a tropical storm in San Quintín, Baja California. Flooding is reported in the Mexican city of Tijuana and California area of Palm Springs. (KCBS-TV) (NewsNation) (La Jornada) (KABC-TV)
• A magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ojai, California, US, causing minor damage. (LA Times)
• Greek authorities evacuate five villages near the northeastern border with Turkey, where a wildfire that has already destroyed several homes approached. (AP)

Law and crime

• Human rights in India
  • Indian police stop a meeting of activists, academics and politicians discussing global issues ahead of a summit of the G20 that will be hosted in New Delhi. (AP)
• Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo says police confirmed that a wildfire on the island of Tenerife, Spain, was started deliberately. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
  • 2023 Ecuadorian general election
    • A special election is held to elect the president and the National Assembly to complete the current four-year terms. Presidential candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa will face off in a second round vote on 15 October. (CNN)
• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • Bernardo Arévalo defeats former first lady Sandra Torres by 59% to 36% in the presidential election run-off vote. (CNN)

Sports

• 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • Spain defeats England 1–0 in the final match of the 2023 Women's World Cup, winning their first FIFA Women's World Cup championship. (The Guardian)