Portal:Current events/2022 August 30

August 30, 2022 (Tuesday)

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)