Portal:Current events/2023 September 13
September 13, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Nigerien coup d'état
- The U.S. military announces that they have resumed drone operations and other counterterrorism missions in Niger. (AP)
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Battle of Geneina
- Thirteen new mass graves are found in Geneina by the United Nations, with an unspecified number of bodies. (Al Arabiya)
- Battle of Nyala
- At least 40 people are killed in an airstrike on the El Malja market and several other neighborhoods in Nyala by the Sudanese Armed Forces. (France 24)
- Battle of Geneina
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Four Indian troops and two rebels are killed in gunbattles in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Al Jazeera)
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
- Crimea attacks
- Russia says that at least 24 people were injured in Ukrainian missile strikes in Sevastopol and two boats were damaged in the attack. Ukraine claims to have destroyed the Russian landing ship Minsk, submarine B-237 and a KC-701-class patrol boat of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. (AP) (Reuters) (MSN)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Five people are killed and 25 more injured during an explosion at a rally in the Gaza Strip marking the anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in 2005. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki called on the European Union to extend an embargo on the import of Ukrainian corn, wheat, sunflower and rapeseed. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Hanoi building fire
- At least 56 people are killed and 37 others are injured in a fire at a nine-story apartment building in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Al Jazeera)
- Three people are killed and several others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy. A similar explosion at the factory in 2020 killed three workers. (La Repubblica)
International relations
- 2023 North Korea–Russia summit
- The North Korea–Russia summit is held at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, lasting for four hours. Russian President Vladimir Putin accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to a reciprocal summit in North Korea. (AP) (CNA)
Law and crime
- 2023 Brazilian Congress attack
- The Brazilian Supreme Court holds the first trials of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who took part in the January 8 attacks on government buildings at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. (La Prensa Latina) (AP)
- Death of Sara Sharif
- Escaped U.S. fugitive Danilo Cavalcante is captured in Pennsylvania by a team of tactical officers after a two week manhunt. (AP)