Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kurdish–Turkish conflict
  • Three Sinjar Resistance Units militants are killed by a Turkish drone strike in Sinjar District, Iraq. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Four security troops and two private guards are killed after several gunmen tried to storm an oil and gas plant in Hangu, Pakistan. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Mawar officially strengthens into a category 4 super typhoon as it approaches the US territory of Guam. (CNN)
• Nine people are injured in a fire caused by an explosion in Eshtehard, Alborz province, Iran. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• 2023 Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak
  • Namibia declares an outbreak after a person dies of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever in Windhoek. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2023 Cardiff riot
  • Rioting occurs in Ely, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, after two teenage boys were killed when their e-bike collided with a bus as they were being pursued by police. (BBC News)