## [2023-08-31](/feed/2023/08/31/index.md)

##### Brazilian Federal Police
### [The Brazilian Federal Police questions former president Jair Bolsonaro in an investigation in which he is accused of smuggling $3 million in diamond jewelry from Saudi Arabia. ](/feed/2023/08/31/the-brazilian-federal-police-questions-former-president-jair-bolsonaro-in-an-investigation-in-which-he-is-accused-of-smu.md)
##### Aftermath of the January 6 United States Capitol attack
### [Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs is sentenced to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the planning of the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol. ](/feed/2023/08/31/proud-boys-leader-joe-biggs-is-sentenced-to-17-years-in-federal-prison-after-being-convicted-of-seditious-conspiracy-in.md)
##### Sierra Leone–United States relations
### [The United States announces visa restrictions for Sierra Leoneans implicated in undermining recent elections. ](/feed/2023/08/31/the-united-states-announces-visa-restrictions-for-sierra-leoneans-implicated-in-undermining-recent-elections.md)
##### North Korea–South Korea relations
### [The Korean Central News Agency reports that North Korean forces has conducted drills simulating a nuclear missile strike on South Korea, in protest of ROKAF-USAF military drills said to simulate plans for a preemptive nuclear attack. ](/feed/2023/08/31/the-korean-central-news-agency-reports-that-north-korean-forces-has-conducted-drills-simulating-a-nuclear-missile-strike.md)
##### 2023 Gabonese coup d'état
### [The African Union announces the suspension of Gabon's membership after the country's military instigates a coup d'état. ](/feed/2023/08/31/the-african-union-announces-the-suspension-of-gabon-s-membership-after-the-country-s-military-instigates-a-coup-d-etat.md)
##### Passenger train
### [Five people are killed and two others are injured when a passenger train collides with track workers doing maintenance work in Brandizzo, Piedmont, Italy. ](/feed/2023/08/31/five-people-are-killed-and-two-others-are-injured-when-a-passenger-train-collides-with-track-workers-doing-maintenance-w.md)
##### La Guaira
### [Five people are killed and seven others injured when a truck collides with several vehicles in La Guaira, Venezuela. ](/feed/2023/08/31/five-people-are-killed-and-seven-others-injured-when-a-truck-collides-with-several-vehicles-in-la-guaira-venezuela.md)
##### Quezon City
### [Fifteen people are killed in a fire at a clothing factory in Quezon City, Philippines. ](/feed/2023/08/31/fifteen-people-are-killed-in-a-fire-at-a-clothing-factory-in-quezon-city-philippines.md)
##### 2023 Johannesburg building fire
### [At least 73 people are killed by a fire in a government building that had been taken over by gangs who rented it out to squatters in Johannesburg, South Africa. ](/feed/2023/08/31/at-least-73-people-are-killed-by-a-fire-in-a-government-building-that-had-been-taken-over-by-gangs-who-rented-it-out-to.md)
##### Israeli–Palestinian conflict
### [An Israeli soldier is killed and two others injured during a vehicle-ramming attack at a checkpoint in Beit Sira, in the occupied West Bank. The perpetrator is shot dead. ](/feed/2023/08/31/an-israeli-soldier-is-killed-and-two-others-injured-during-a-vehicle-ramming-attack-at-a-checkpoint-in-beit-sira-in-the.md)
##### Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
### [Nine soldiers are killed and five more injured during a suicide bombing against a convoy in Bannu District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. ](/feed/2023/08/31/nine-soldiers-are-killed-and-five-more-injured-during-a-suicide-bombing-against-a-convoy-in-bannu-district-khyber-pakht.md)
##### Ecuadorian security crisis
### [Fifty-seven police and prison officers are taken hostage in six different prisons in Quito as explosive attacks occur in Ecuador's capital targeting the country's prison authority. ](/feed/2023/08/31/fifty-seven-police-and-prison-officers-are-taken-hostage-in-six-different-prisons-in-quito-as-explosive-attacks-occur-in.md)
## [Previous Day ...](/feed/2023/08/30/index.md)