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- In Australian rules football, Collingwood defeat the Brisbane Lions to win the AFL Grand Final.
- A suicide bombing kills more than 50 people in Mastung, Pakistan.
- Waheeda Rehman (pictured) receives the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for her work in Hindi cinema.
- A fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Iraq, kills more than 110 people.
October 2, 2023 (Monday)
October 1, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Tuareg rebels take control of the town of Bamba, Gao Region, Mali, claiming to kill over 80 soldiers. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Fonda Milagros nightclub fire
- At least 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a fire at a nightclub in Murcia, Spain. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2023 Speedway Grand Prix
- Bartosz Zmarzlik defends his world championship title. (Eurosport)
September 30, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of using a sniper to kill one of its soldiers in the city of Kalbajar. Armenia denies involvement in the incident. (The Star)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Maldivian presidential election
- Maldivians vote in a run-off election between candidates Mohamed Muizzu and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. (Reuters)
- 2023 Slovak parliamentary election
- Slovaks go to the polls to elect the 150 members of the National Council. (Reuters)
- 2024 United States federal budget
- The U.S. House of Representatives passes a 45-day stopgap measure bill backed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an effort to avoid a government shutdown. (ABC News)
- Aftermath of the 2023 Guatemalan general election
- The office of the Attorney General of Guatemala seizes the tally sheets of votes from the general election and the runoff. The judges of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal opposed the seizure but were attacked by police and prosecutors. Electoral tribunal officials were also intimidated. (AP) (Prensa Libre)
Sports
- 2023 AFL season
- Collingwood defeats the Brisbane Lions by four points to win the 2023 AFL Grand Final. (The Guardian)
September 29, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- 2023 Mastung bombing
- At least 50 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Mastung, Balochistan, Pakistan. (BBC News)
- 2023 Mastung bombing
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Hangu mosque bombing
- Five people are killed and ten others are injured by two suicide bombers at a mosque in Hangu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- Hangu mosque bombing
- Mogadishu tea shop bombing
- At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured when an al-Shabaab suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt in a tea shop in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Toys "R" Us announces plans to open 24 new flagship stores across the United States, along with new shops in airports and on cruise ships, after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy six years ago. (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- September 2023 New York floods
- New York City declares a state of emergency due to widespread flooding caused by heavy rain. (CNN)
- Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion
- M53 motorway coach crash
- Two people are killed and 17 injured after a school bus crashes into a central reservation and overturns in The Wirral, England. (BBC News)
- Nine people are killed, four others are trapped, and 21 are rescued after a mine collapses in Chegutu, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe. (New Zimbabwe)
- Five people are killed and five more are hospitalized as a semi truck carrying a toxic substance turns over near Teutopolis, Illinois, United States, causing evacuations. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Murder of Tupac Shakur
- Duane "Keefe D" Davis is arrested by police for the 1996 murder of American rapper Tupac Shakur. (CNN)
- A second suspect, a man in his sixties, is arrested in connection with the felling of the Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland, United Kingdom. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- Aftermath of 2023 Guatemalan general election
- Rafael Curruchiche, a prosecutor in the Guatemalan attorney general's office, accuses the Organization of American States and the European Union of interference in the election and says that around a thousand people denounced irregularities in electoral process. (Prensa Libre)(Prensa Libre)
- Incumbent senator Dianne Feinstein, the longest serving female U.S. Senator, dies at the age of 90. (NBC News) (AP) (PBS)
- The Supreme Court of Belarus bans the activities of the Belarusian Left Party after a complaint filed by the Ministry of Justice. Only four political parties remain permitted to operate. (Nasha Niva)
September 28, 2023 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, signs a decree to dissolve all state institutions of Artsakh in 2024. (CNN)
- 2023 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
- The ruling military government of Burkina Faso arrests four officers suspected of attempting to stage a coup. Two additional officers are on the run. (CNN)
- 2023 Manipur violence
- Jihadist insurgency in Niger
- Jihadist insurgents kill at least ten Nigerien soldiers in Kandadji, Tillabéri Region, Niger. Seven soldiers are later killed and five others are injured in a vehicle accident while travelling to reinforce the army unit under attack. (Reuters)
- Mexican drug war
- Six teenagers who were kidnapped by a group of armed men a few days ago are found dead near Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico. (El País)
Business and economy
- Swedish furniture maker Ikea opens its first store in Colombia, continuing its plan to establish nine stores in Chile, Colombia, and Peru within the next 10 years. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Tashkent Airport explosion
- One person is killed and 162 others are injured in an explosion at a warehouse near the airport in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2023 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh
- Nearly 1,000 people have died of dengue fever in Bangladesh in recent weeks, in the country's most severe outbreak of the disease so far. (BBC News)
- A bluetongue disease outbreak in the Netherlands has spread to 319 sheep and cattle farming companies. (NOS)
Law and crime
- 2023 Rotterdam shootings
- Three people are killed during two shootings and an arson attack at a teaching hospital and a nearby private home in Rotterdam, Netherlands. (Reuters)
- Crime in Sweden
- A woman is killed in her house in Uppsala, Sweden, during a bombing attack intended to target the neighbor next door, while two men were killed and another was injured during two shootings the day before in Stockholm and Jordbro, as deadly violence linked to a feud between criminal gangs escalates. (Euronews)
- Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson summons the heads of the armed forces and police in response to the gang violence. (Reuters)
- The historic Sycamore Gap Tree in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, also known as the "Robin Hood"-tree, is illegally cut down. A 16-year-old boy is arrested. (BBC News)
Science and technology
- Gravitational interaction of antimatter
- The ALPHA experiment shows that antimatter falls down in gravity, just like normal matter. (BBC News)
September 27, 2023 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
- Exodus of Armenians
- The number of refugees fleeing from Artsakh to Armenia increases to 50,243, more than a third of the region's population. (France 24)
- Former State Minister of Artsakh Ruben Vardanyan is arrested by Azerbaijan after attempting to cross the border into Armenia. (BBC News)
- Azerbaijan reports that 192 of its troops were killed and more than 500 others were injured during last week's offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. (ABC News)
- Exodus of Armenians
- Mexican drug war
- Authorities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León find at least twelve bodies dumped on roads near Monterrey, likely related to a drug cartel operating in Tamaulipas. (CBS News)
Arts and culture
- 2023 Hollywood labor disputes
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- The Writers Guild of America strike ends after nearly 22 weeks, following a agreement reached between union negotiators and Hollywood's studios and streaming services. (CNN)
- 2023 Writers Guild of America strike
- Waheeda Rehman is awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for her work in Hindi cinema. (Hindustan Times)
Business and economy
- Documents posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicate that South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia have recalled over 3.4 million vehicles in the United States over concerns of fire risks, and urge owners to park these vehicles outdoors. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- List of earthquakes in 2023
- A magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes the Phlegraean Fields supervolcano near Naples, Italy, the strongest earthquake to strike Campi Flegrei in 40 years. Experts say that an eruption of the supervolcano is not imminent, but called for an inspection of buildings in the immediate area. (Reuters)
International relations
- North Korea–United States relations
- North Korea deports U.S. soldier Travis King, who crossed the DMZ into North Korea in July, back into U.S. custody. (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- Five people, all members of the same Arab family, are shot dead in Basmat Tab'un, Israel. (Reuters)
- Germany bans the neo-Nazi movement Artgemeinschaft for reportedly targeting children and young people with racial propaganda. (BBC News)
September 26, 2023 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war
- Eastern Syria insurgency
- Deir ez-Zor clashes
- Twenty-one gunmen, four SDF members, and a civilian are killed following the resumption of clashes in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (SOHR)
- Deir ez-Zor clashes
- Eastern Syria insurgency
Disasters and accidents
- Qaraqosh wedding fire
- More than 100 people are killed and more than 150 others are injured in a fire at a wedding in Qaraqosh, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. (Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- 2020–2021 Thai protests
- Thai pro-democracy activist Arnon Nampa, who led protests in 2020 and 2021, is sentenced to four years in prison on a charge of royal insult. (Time)
- Criticism of Amazon
- The Federal Trade Commission and 17 U.S. states file a lawsuit against Amazon over accusations of monopoly. (NP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 United Auto Workers strike
- President of the United States Joe Biden visits striking UAW workers near Detroit, Michigan, becoming the first sitting American president to join a union picket line. (USA Today)
- 2023 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt
- Civilians protest in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in support of junta leader Ibrahim Traoré amid rumors of a coup plot. (Atlas News)
- Daniel Andrews announces his resignation as Premier of Victoria, Australia, after nine years in office. (The Guardian)
- Anthony Rota resigns as speaker of the House of Commons of Canada amid controversy over his decision to invite Yaroslav Hunka, a Ukrainian–Canadian veteran of the Waffen-SS, to attend a speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and to introduce Hunka as a "hero" to the House of Commons. (CBC News)
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