Portal:Current events/2023 August 28

August 28, 2023 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian Invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
  - Russia says that it shot down two aerial drones over the north and west of Crimea. (Al Jazeera)
- 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)
- 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)
Mali War
- Malian Air Force jets bomb the town of Anefif, attempting to strike Coordination of Azawad Movements troops, but miss. (AFP via Barron's)
Mexican drug war
- The Mexican government says that it has deployed 1,200 more troops to the Mexican state of Michoacán after drug cartel violence has been reported over the weekend. (ABC News)
Myanmar civil war
- 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)
South Thailand insurgency
- Two defence volunteers and a policeman are killed, and five other officers are wounded, during an ambush in Yarang district, Pattani province, Thailand. (Bangkok Post)
2023 Sudan conflict
- 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)

Business and economy

2020–2023 Chinese property sector crisis
- 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)

International relations

Iran says it has reached an agreement with Iraq to disarm and relocate Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq and shut down bases run by the groups in the semi-autonomous region. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Capital punishment in Iraq
- 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)
Polish railway cyberattack
- Poland arrests sixteen people on suspicion of spying for Russia in relation to a cyberattack on Polish railways. (The Washington Post)
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
- 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
- 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
- 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)