Portal:Current events/2022 August 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi political crisis
  • 2022 Baghdad clashes
    • The death toll from the clashes in Baghdad between Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters and security forces increases to 23, with all of those killed being supporters of Sadr. 380 others are injured. (BBC News)
• Iran captures an American unmanned ship before releasing it. (The Washington Post)
• Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  • Allied Democratic Forces militants kill at least 40 people in a series of raids on several villages in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 76 others are kidnapped by the group. (Reuters)
• Cross-Strait relations
  • The Taiwanese military fire warning shots at a Chinese drone flying over islands in the Kinmen region. (Taiwan News)
• Moro conflict
  • A police chief is killed by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, the Philippines. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixteen people are killed and eight others are injured in a traffic collision between a truck and a minibus in Khuzestan province, Iran. (Xinhua News Agency)
• A South African Police Service plane crashes at Rand Airport in Johannesburg, killing all five passengers and critically injuring the pilot. (Independent Online) (SABC News)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
    • China announces new lockdowns in several cities following a series of COVID-19 outbreaks across the country. (CBS News)

International relations

• Solomon Islands–United States relations
  • The United States Embassy in Canberra says that the government of Solomon Islands will place a moratorium on US Navy ships entering its ports amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Papua conflict
  • Six Indonesian soldiers are arrested for killing four indigenous Papuan people and mutilating their bodies in Timika eight days ago. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• Portugal's health minister Marta Temido resigns after emergency services closures. (Reuters)