Portal:Current events/2023 September 24

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022–present North Kosovo crisis
  • Banjska attack
    • One Kosovo Police officer is killed and another is injured during an ambush on their patrol in North Kosovo, near the border with Serbia, after around 30 gunmen storm a village. Three of the attackers are later killed in a shootout. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Nigerien crisis
  • French President Emmanuel Macron announces that France will end its military presence in Niger and will remove its ambassador from the country following a deterioration in relations. (AP)
• Aftermath of the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
  • The government of Artsakh says that most of its population will leave following Azerbaijan's takeover of the territory with Armenia confirming that 1,050 refugees from Artsakh have arrived in the country. (Reuters)
• Assassination and terrorism in Iran, War against the Islamic State
  • Authorities in Iran disarm 30 explosive devices that were set to detonate simultaneously in Tehran and arrest 28 people linked to the Islamic State. (Al Arabiya)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two Palestinians are killed when Israeli soldiers storm a refugee camp in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
  • 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
    • The Writers Guild of America and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers reach a tentative agreement to end the strike that began on May 2. (CNN)

Business and economy

• Economy of Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia announces that its gross domestic product has surpassed $1 trillion. (Al Arabiya)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixteen people are killed by a fire at a coal mine in Panzhou, Guizhou, China. (AFP via CNA)
• Six people are killed when a train collides with a car in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. (NBC News)
• One person is killed and ten others are injured after a tourist van fell into a gorge in Balik Pulau, Penang, Malaysia. (CNA)

International relations

• President of France Emmanuel Macron announces a $150 million commitment to the International Fund for Agricultural Development during the Global Citizen Festival in New York City's Central Park. (The Local)
• Canadian Speaker of the House Anthony Rota apologizes for inviting Yaroslav Hunka to Parliament during a visit by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy after it was revealed that he had fought for the Galicia Division under Nazi command. (BBC)

Law and crime

• The Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. is attacked with a Molotov cocktail. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• New Frontiers program
  • NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth. (NYTimes)

Sports

• 2023 Berlin Marathon
  • Tigist Assefa breaks the women's marathon world record. (The Guardian)
• 2023 Formula One World Championship
  • In auto racing, Red Bull wins their sixth World Constructors' Championship after Max Verstappen wins the Japanese Grand Prix. (Reuters)