current Events/2023 May 27

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
    • Russian authorities say that shelling has killed a person in Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast and Kursk, Kursk Oblast, respectively. Russia accuses Ukraine of the attacks, although Ukraine denies any involvement. (AFP via The Moscow Times)
• Afghanistan–Iran relations
  • 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash
    • Two Iranian border guards and a Taliban member are killed during a sbootout along the Afghanistan–Iran border. (Reuters)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • About 40 people, mainly VDP members, are killed during two attacks by gunmen in the Boucle du Mouhoun Region. (Africa News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Astore avalanche
  • Eleven people are killed and 25 more injured when a nomadic tribe is hit by an avalanche in the Astore District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2023 Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreak
  • The Afghanistan health department reports two deaths from Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever. (Tolo News)

Law and crime

• Police in the Netherlands announce the arrest of 1,500 Extinction Rebellion protesters, including actress Carice van Houten, after protesters blocked a section of the A12 motorway near The Hague. (BBC News)
• The Texas House of Representatives votes 121–23 to impeach Attorney General Ken Paxton on 20 counts. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Mauritanian parliamentary election
  • Mauritanians head to the polls to vote in the second round of the parliamentary election. (New Arab)