Portal:Current events/2023 September 23

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Somali Civil War
  • 2023 Beledweyne bombing
    • At least 20 people are killed in a suicide car bombing at a checkpoint in Beledweyne, Hiran, Somalia. (Xinhua)
• Israeli–Lebanese conflict
  • UNIFIL intervenes to prevent a confrontation between the Lebanese Army and the Israeli Army near the Shebaa Farms. (The Jerusalem Post)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Ophelia makes landfall near Emerald Isle, North Carolina, United States. (CNN)
• At least 35 people are killed and 12 are seriously injured by an explosion at an illegal fuel depot in Sèmè-Kpodji, Ouémé Department, Benin. (Al Jazeera)