Portal:Current events/2023 July 31

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Bombing of Kryvyi Rih
      • At least six civilians are killed and 75 others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on an apartment complex and a university building in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Washington Post)
    • Bombing of Kherson
      • Russian forces strike residential areas in Kherson, killing at least four civilians and injuring 17 others. (CNN International)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 2023 Khar bombing
    • The Islamic State-KP claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing at a Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) rally in Khar, Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, which killed 54 people and injured around 200 others. (Al Jazeera)
• Colombian conflict
  • Twelve FARC dissidents and a soldier are killed during a shootout in a mountainous region in Cauca Department. (Reuters)
  • Seven Clan del Golfo members are killed and four arrested after soldiers stormed one of their camps in Chocó Department. (El Comercio)
• 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes
  • Clashes between rival groups in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp in Sidon District, Lebanon, continue for the second day, with six more people being killed, bringing the death toll to eleven. (BBC News)
• Religious violence in India
  • 2023 Haryana riots
    • Four people are killed and 20 more wounded during clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Nuh district, Haryana, India, after Muslims attack a Hindu procession passing through. (AP)

Arts and culture

• UNESCO recommends the inclusion of Venice, Italy, a World Heritage Site, on its List of World Heritage in Danger due to overtourism and flooding. (CNN)

International relations

• 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
  • France–Niger relations
    • Niger's military junta accuses France of wanting to intervene by force to reinstate ousted president Mohamed Bazoum, a day after ECOWAS gave an ultimatum for Bazoum's reinstatement. The French foreign ministry denies the accusation. (AFP via WION) (Reuters)
  • The governments of Burkina Faso and Mali issue a joint statement saying that any military intervention in Niger to overthrow the new military junta will be considered a "declaration of war" against both countries. (AFP via Barron's)
• Russia–United Kingdom relations
  • Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia
    • The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on the judges and officials involved in the prosecution of activist Vladimir Kara-Murza, who lost the appeal of his 25-year sentence for treason. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023 Senegalese protests
  • The Ministry of Justice charges detained opposition leader and Ziguinchor mayor Ousmane Sonko with fomenting insurrection, undermining state security, and criminal association with a terrorist body. (AFP via France 24)
  • Two people are killed in Ziguinchor during protests in response to Sonko's arrest and indictment. (AFP via The Straits Times)
• Myanmar civil war, Myanmar protests
  • Acting President Myint Swe announces the National Defence and Security Council's extension of the country's state of emergency by six months, likely delaying the general election that was previously pledged to be held by August, saying that the country's situation has "not returned to normalcy yet". (AFP via The Manila Times)
• October 2021 Tokyo attack
  • The Tokyo District Court sentences Kyota Hattori to 23 years in prison for attempted murder and arson on a train in Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, in October 2021. (AP)
• Four people are shot dead on a Jaipur Superfast Express train near Palghar, Maharashtra, India, by a Railway Protection Force constable on escorting duty. (TNN via Times of India)