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Pragyan rover and Vikram lander

Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 lands near the lunar south pole, carrying

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the Pragyan rover (pictured).
 A business jet crashes in Tver Oblast, Russia, killing Wagner Group leader Yevgeny
Prigozhin and nine others.
 Thailand's parliament elects Srettha Thavisin as prime minister following general
elections in May.
 Hun Manet is sworn in as Prime Minister of Cambodia, succeeding his father Hun Sen's
38-year term.
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 Canadian wildfires
 Nigerien crisis
 Russian invasion of Ukraine (timeline)
 Sudan conflict
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August 29, 2023 (Tuesday)

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International relations

 Foreign relations of Papua New Guinea

o The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape announces that his
country will open their Israel embassy in disputed Jerusalem. (RNZ)
Law and crime

 2023 Imran Khan arrest attempts

o The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan reverses a lower court's three-year
imprisonment verdict against former prime minister Imran Khan for graft,
while granting him bail. (AFP via CNA)
August 28, 2023 (Monday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 2023 Sudan conflict

o Head of the Rapid Support Forces Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo publishes a
10-point plan that proposes a non-symmetrical federal system and a new
apolitical Sudanese Army. (Al Jazeera)
 Myanmar civil war
o Military forces clash with the insurgent Ta'ang National Liberation Army in
northern Shan State, Myanmar, following reinforcements to the area in recent
days. (The Irrawaddy)
 Russian Invasion of Ukraine
o 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
 Russia says that it shot down two aerial drones over the north and
west of Crimea. (Al Jazeera)
o 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
 Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
 The International Atomic Energy Agency warns
that Ukraine's offensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast has
increased the risk of damage to the Zaporizhzhia
Nuclear Power Plant. (Al Jazeera)
 Ukraine claims they retook the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia
Oblast from the Russian forces. Russia says they have repelled
attacks in the area. (Reuters)
o Russia–United States relations
 Russia's Federal Security Service charges Robert Shonov, a
former U.S. consulate employee, with passing information on
 Russia's mobilization campaign to U.S. embassy
staffers in Moscow. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy

 2020–2023 Chinese property sector crisis

o Trading of Evergrande resumes on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange after a
17-month suspension with the company confirming its compliance with
financial information disclosure and listing regulations. (AFP via The
Philippine Star)
Disasters and accidents

 Three people are killed and two others are injured in a building
collapse in Ismailia, Egypt. (Al-Ahram)
Law and crime

 Capital punishment in Iraq

o Iraq announces the execution by hanging of three members of the Islamic
State for the 2016 Karrada bombing which killed hundreds of people. (AFP
via Barron's)
 A Chilean court upholds the prison sentences ranging from eight to 25 years for seven
former soldiers involved in the 1973 murder of singer Víctor Jara, which occurred after
the coup d'état that ushered in Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. (AFP via CNA)
Politics and elections

 2023 Guatemalan general election

o The Registry of Citizens of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal suspends the
legal personality of Movimiento Semilla, the party of President-elect Bernardo
Arévalo. (Prensa Libre)
 2024 Taiwanese presidential election
o Foxconn founder Terry Gou announces that he will run as an independent in
next year's presidential election on a platform of restoration of positive Cross-
Strait relations and closer business ties. (Al Jazeera)
Sports

 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup

o Cape Verde and South Sudan, who both make their World Cup debut, score
their first-ever wins at the tournament. After first-round losses
to Georgia and Puerto Rico, the African teams
defeat Venezuela and China. (AP)
August 27, 2023 (Sunday)

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Armed conflicts and attacks

 Yemeni civil war

o 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
o 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
o Russia's Investigative Committee confirms the identities of the bodies
recovered at crash site corresponds to the names on the flight list. (The
Moscow Times)
 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
o 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)
International relations

 Israel–Libya relations
o 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)
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