Portal:Current events/2023 August 27
August 27, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni civil war
- Ten Yemeni soldiers from a southern separatist faction are killed and twelve others are injured in an attack by Houthi militants at the border between Al Bayda and Lahij. (AFP via VOA)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico as the tenth tropical storm or subtropical storm of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (The New York Times)
- 2023 Tver Oblast plane crash
- Russia's Investigative Committee confirms the identities of the bodies recovered at crash site corresponds to the names on the flight list. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
- At least 13 people are killed in Vahdat and Rudaki, Tajikistan, due to heavy rains that triggered landslides and falling rocks. (AFP via PTV News)
- Three US Marines are killed and 20 others are injured when their MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor crashes on Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- The North Korean government announces the lifting of certain pandemic-era travel restrictions, allowing citizens abroad to return to the country provided that they quarantine for one week. (AFP via WION)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
International relations
- Israel–Libya relations
- Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh suspends Foreign Minister Najla El Mangoush for administrative investigation following reports of an unauthorized meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. (AFP via France 24)
Law and crime
- Police arrest two male Polish citizens suspected of hacking into the national railway communication system, disrupting rail traffic in Poland and issuing false signals. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Sports
- 2022–23 PGA Tour
- 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs
- In golf, Norway's Viktor Hovland wins the U.S. PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship and secures the FedEx Cup championship trophy, finishing five strokes ahead of the United States' Xander Schauffele. (AFP via France 24)
- 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs
- 2023 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships
- In artistic gymnastics, Simone Biles sets a new record for the most all-around titles by a gymnast of either gender, surpassing the previous record set by Al Jochim in 1933, after winning her eighth title at the individual all-around event of this year's USA Gymnastics National Championships. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)