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October 2, 2023 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in the Sahel
- Jihadist insurgency in Niger
  - 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)
Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- 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)

Disasters and accidents

Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility in Ismailia, Egypt. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

Haitian crisis
- 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)
Ukraine–European Union relations
- 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)
Three Filipino fishermen are killed and eleven others survive after their vessel collides with an unidentified foreign merchant ship near the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Indigenous peoples in Brazil
- The government of Brazil begins expelling non-indigenous residents off of the Apyterewa and Trincheira/Bacajá indigenous territories in Pará state. (AP)

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)
2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
- 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)

Sports

2023–24 AFC Champions League
- Al-Ittihad refuses to play a match with Sepahan due to the placement of busts of Qasem Soleimani at the side of the football pitch. (Arab News)

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 '''Armed conflicts and attacks'''
+*[[Insurgency in the Sahel]]
+**[[Jihadist insurgency in Niger]]
+***At least 29 [[Niger Armed Forces|soldiers]] are killed during an [[ambush]] by [[Islamic extremism|Islamic extremists]] in the [[Tahoua Region]], [[Niger]], involving [[Suicide attack|suicide]] [[car bomb]]s and [[Improvised explosive device|bombings]]. Several attackers are killed in a [[counter-offensive]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-66991696 (BBC News)]
 *[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict]]
 **[[Turkey]] launches [[airstrike]]s against around 20 [[Kurdistan Workers' Party|PKK]] targets in northern [[Iraq]], in response to the [[2023 Ankara bombing|PKK's bombing]] of [[Ankara]], killing an unknown number of militants. [https://apnews.com/article/turkey-ankara-explosion-dfdbae1c7cd90f7e0a48b029c866b561 (AP)]
 '''Disasters and accidents'''
-*Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility in [[Ismailia]], [[Ismailia Governorate]], [[Egypt]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/2/huge-fire-engulfs-police-complex-in-egypts-ismailia (Al Jazeera)]
+*Thirty-eight people are injured in a fire at a police facility in [[Ismailia]], [[Egypt]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/2/huge-fire-engulfs-police-complex-in-egypts-ismailia (Al Jazeera)]
 '''International relations'''
 *[[Haitian crisis (2018–present)|Haitian crisis]]
-**The [[United Nations Security Council]] approves a resolution establishing a [[Kenya]]-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in [[Haiti]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/world/americas/un-kenya-mission-haiti.html (''The New York Times'')]
+**The [[United Nations Security Council]] approves [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2699|a resolution]] establishing a [[Kenya]]n-led security force with a mandate of one year to combat gang violence in [[Haiti]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/world/americas/un-kenya-mission-haiti.html (''The New York Times'')]
+*[[Ukraine–European Union relations]]
+**For the first time in the [[history of the European Union]], representatives of [[Member state of the European Union|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. [https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/02/historic-meeting-of-eu-foreign-ministers-in-kyiv (Euronews)]
+*Three [[Filipinos|Filipino]] fishermen are killed and eleven others survive after their [[Fishing vessel|vessel]] collides with an unidentified foreign [[merchant ship]] near the [[Scarborough Shoal]] in the [[South China Sea]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/03/asia/philippines-south-china-sea-scarborough-shoal-fishermen-dead-intl-hnk/index.html (CNN)]
 '''Politics and elections'''
 *[[Indigenous peoples in Brazil]]
-**The [[Second presidency of Lula da Silva|government]] of [[Brazil]] begins expelling non-[[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous]] residents off of the [[Apyterewa Indigenous Territory|Apyterewa]] and [[Trincheira/Bacajá Indigenous Territory|Trincheira Bacajá]] [[Indigenous territory (Brazil)|indigenous territories]] in [[Pará]] state. [https://apnews.com/article/brazil-indigenous-territories-expulsion-lands-amazon-removal-8f4ee1bd8c1b87a90303182c6547500a (AP)]
+**The [[Second presidency of Lula da Silva|government]] of [[Brazil]] begins expelling non-[[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous]] residents off of the [[Apyterewa Indigenous Territory|Apyterewa]] and [[Trincheira/Bacajá Indigenous Territory|Trincheira/Bacajá]] [[Indigenous territory (Brazil)|indigenous territories]] in [[Pará]] state. [https://apnews.com/article/brazil-indigenous-territories-expulsion-lands-amazon-removal-8f4ee1bd8c1b87a90303182c6547500a (AP)]
 '''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)|Orion constellation]]. Around 40 of the objects, known as [[Jupiter Mass Binary Objects]], have been detected so far. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66974738 (BBC News)]
-*[[Katalin Karikó]] and [[Drew Weissman]] are awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for developing technology that resulted in [[mRNA vaccine]]s for [[COVID-19]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66983060 (BBC News)]
+*[[2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]]
+**[[Katalin Karikó]] and [[Drew Weissman]] are awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for developing technology that resulted in [[mRNA vaccine]]s for [[COVID-19]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-66983060 (BBC News)]
 '''Sports'''
 *[[2023–24 AFC Champions League]]
-**[[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] refuses to play a match with [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] due to the placement of busts of [[Qasem Soleimani]] at the side of the football pitch. [https://www.arabnews.com/node/2384266/saudi-football (Arabnews)]
+**[[Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah)|Al-Ittihad]] refuses to play a match with [[Sepahan S.C.|Sepahan]] due to the placement of busts of [[Qasem Soleimani]] at the side of the football pitch. [https://www.arabnews.com/node/2384266/saudi-football (Arab News)]
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