September 2, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2023 Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv
- Clashes occur in Tel Aviv, Israel, between Eritrean asylum seekers, including supporters opponents of the government of Isaias Afwerki, and police, resulting in 84 demonstrators and 30 officers injured, with 68 arrested. (BBC News)
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- The Russian Defense Ministry says that it has destroyed 281 Ukrainian drones in the past week, including 29 over western Russia. (South China Morning Post)
- Crimea attacks
- The Russian Defense Ministry says that it has thwarted attacks on the Crimean Bridge by destroying a Ukrainian boat. (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- Belarus says a Polish military Mi-24 military helicopter breached its airspace, flying 1.2 km into its territory. (Reuters)
- More than 2,000 troops from the CSTO security alliance begin military exercises in Belarus. (AP)
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- An airstrike in the Kalakla al-Qubba neighbourhood of southwest Khartoum, Sudan killed 21 civilians and severely injured six. (Sudan War Monitor)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Greece wildfires
- Greek firefighters rescue a group of 25 migrants trapped in a forest in the Evros region as flames from a wildfire approached. (AP)
- The Greek Coast Guard rescue more than 150 people, including several children, who were heading in small boats from Turkey to the nearby eastern Aegean Sea islands. (AP)
- Two people were killed and one other injured when two cars collided head-on in Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles. (CBS News)
- A Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee crashed in San Pedro, Mexico after the left-hand wing failed after an emergency hopper release of (pink dyed) water or powder during a gender reveal party. The pilot was killed.(Aviation Safety Network)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Ukraine
- A Ukrainian court places billionaire Ihor Kolomoyskyi under arrest over fraud and money laundering charges as part of corruption-related activities. (Al Jazeera)
- Two people are killed and six others are wounded in a shooting at a wedding reception in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Ottawa Citizen)
- Cypriot police arrest 13 people after a mob smashes storefronts and set numerous trash bins on fire during an anti-immigration march in Limassol. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Gabonese coup d'état
- Gabon's military government reopens the country's borders, three days after they were closed. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)
Science and technology
- India launches Aditya-L1, its first solar observation mission, to observe the solar corona, photosphere and chromosphere, and to study solar winds and solar flares and their effect on Earth and near-space weather. (BBC News) (NOS)