September 13, 2023 (Wednesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Four Indian troops and two rebels are killed in gunbattles in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

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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)

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Thirteen new mass graves are found in Geneina by the United Nations, with an unspecified number of bodies.

(Al Arabiya)

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Rosatom chief Alexei Likhachev says Ukraine launched a drone strike on Enerhodar near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant with all six drones being destroyed.

(Reuters)

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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)

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The U.S. military announces that they have resumed drone operations and other counterterrorism missions in Niger.

(AP)

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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)

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Business and economy

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)

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Disasters and accidents

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)

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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)

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International relations

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)

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Law and crime

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)

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Urfan Sharif, Benaish Batool and Faisal Malik fly from Sialkot, Pakistan, to Gatwick, UK, where police arrest them on suspicion of murder.

(BBC News)

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Escaped U.S. fugitive Danilo Cavalcante is captured in Pennsylvania by a team of tactical officers after a two week manhunt.

(AP)

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September 13, 2023 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Law and crime