October 3, 2023 (Tuesday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

A shooting spree at the Siam Paragon shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand results in three dead and two injured. The 14-year-old suspect has been arrested.

(Thaiger), (ThaiPBS)

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International relations

Iranian Supreme Leaders warns Kingdom of Saudi Arabian government not to normalise relations with Israel.

(Reuters)

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Law and crime

Former army officer Pierre-Claver Karangwa is arrested in the Netherlands for his role in the genocide in Mugina [pl] where in April 1994 thousands of people were killed.

(NOS)

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Science and technology

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.

(BBC)

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October 2, 2023 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

Turkey launches airstrikes against around 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, in response to the PKK's bombing of Ankara, killing an unknown number of militants.

(AP)

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At least 29 soldiers are killed during an ambush by Islamic extremists in the Tahoua Region, Niger, involving suicide car bombs and bombings. Several attackers are killed in a counter-offensive.

(BBC News)

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For the first time in the history of the European Union, representatives of all EU states, most of them foreign ministers, meet informally outside the EU. They meet with the Ukrainian government in Kyiv and assure it of their further support.

(Euronews)

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Disasters and accidents

Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility in Ismailia, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt.

(Al Jazeera)

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International relations

The United Nations Security Council approves a resolution establishing a Kenyan-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in Haiti.

(The New York Times)

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Politics and elections

The government of Brazil begins expelling non-indigenous residents off of the Apyterewa and Trincheira Bacajá indigenous territories in Pará state.

(AP)

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Science and technology

The European Space Agency reports that the James Webb Space Telescope has detected "Jupiter-sized objects", unconnected to any stars, which appear to be moving in pairs in the Orion constellation. Around 40 of the objects, known as Jupiter Mass Binary Objects, have been detected so far.

(BBC News)

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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing technology that resulted in mRNA vaccines for COVID-19.

(BBC News)

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