Portal:Current events/2023 October 2
October 2, 2023 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Kurdish–Turkish conflict
- Turkey launches airstrikes against about 20 PKK targets in northern Iraq, killing a number of militants. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Thirty-eight people are injured after a fire engulfs a police facility in Ismailia, Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. (Al Jazeera)
Science and technology
- Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman are awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. (BBC)
Sports
- AFC Champions League
- Al-Ittihad go back to Saudi Arabia after they refuse to play match with Sepahan because of busts of Qasem Soleimani placed in the field. (Arabnews)