Portal:Current events/2023 August 29

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • War in Amhara
    • The United Nations reports that at least 183 people have been killed during recent clashes between Fano militiamen and security forces in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • At least four Ilyushin Il-76 military transport aircraft in Pskov are damaged in a drone attack on Pskov. Russian authorities say they have shot down eight drones over the Bryansk, Oryol, Ryazan, Kaluga and Moscow oblasts. (The Guardian)
• Syrian civil war
  • The government of Kyrgyzstan says 95 wives and children of Islamic State fighters have been repatriated from internment camps in Syria. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Idalia
    • Widespread flooding and power outages are reported as Idalia makes landfall in Cuba. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• In a study published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, Australian doctors report the removal of an eight-centimeter Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm from the brain of a 64-year-old woman. This is the first documented case of such a parasite in any mammalian brain. (AFP via Bangkok Post)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea
  • Prime Minister James Marape announces that his country will open its Israeli embassy in Jerusalem. (RNZ)

Law and crime

• 2023 Imran Khan arrest attempts
  • The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan reverses a lower court's three-year imprisonment verdict against former prime minister Imran Khan for graft, while also granting Khan bail. (AFP via CNA)
• Cyprus police arrest 21 people after violent clashes between refugees and residents of Chloraka village in the west of the island which has a large population of asylum seekers. (Al Jazeera)
• Indonesian police arrest 88 Chinese nationals in Batam, Riau Islands, after receiving a tip from Chinese police, for allegedly operating a cyber extortion scheme involving romance scams targeting victims in China. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States presidential election
  • 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
    • Mayor of Miami Francis Suarez suspends his campaign for President of the United States, becoming the first Republican candidate to do so. (The Guardian)