August 20, 2023 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 2023 North Waziristan landmine attack
- Eleven people are killed when a vehicle carrying workers hits a land mine in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
- 2023 North Waziristan landmine attack
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Mali War
- Gunmen kill at least 23 people and wound 12 others in a mass shooting at a village in Yarou, Bandiagara, Mopti Region, Mali. (AP)
Business and economy
- Economy of Libya, Libyan crisis
- The Central Bank of Libya announces its reunification, having been politically divided since 2014 due to the Second Libyan Civil War. (AP)
- 2023 Syrian protests
- Protests begin in Al-Suwayda over the high inflation rate and deteriorating economic situation in the country amid a severe economic crisis. (BBC News) (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Hilary
- Hurricane Hilary weakens to Category 1, with warnings and evacuation orders issued as the hurricane is expected to make landfall in Baja California, Mexico, and California, United States. (ABC News)
- Hilary makes landfall as a tropical storm in San Quintín, Baja California. Flooding is reported in the Mexican city of Tijuana and California area of Palm Springs. (KCBS-TV) (NewsNation) (La Jornada) (KABC-TV)
- Hurricane Hilary
- A magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes Ojai, California, US, causing minor damage. (LA Times)
- Greek authorities evacuate five villages near the northeastern border with Turkey, where a wildfire that has already destroyed several homes approached. (AP)
Law and crime
- Human rights in India
- Indian police stop a meeting of activists, academics and politicians discussing global issues ahead of a summit of the G20 that will be hosted in New Delhi. (AP)
- Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo says police confirmed that a wildfire on the island of Tenerife, Spain, was started deliberately. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2023 Ecuadorian political crisis
- 2023 Ecuadorian general election
- A special election is held to elect the president and the National Assembly to complete the current four-year terms. Presidential candidates Luisa González and Daniel Noboa will face off in a second round vote on 15 October. (CNN)
- 2023 Ecuadorian general election
- 2023 Guatemalan general election
- Bernardo Arévalo defeats former first lady Sandra Torres by 59% to 36% in the presidential election run-off vote. (CNN)
Sports
- 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
- Spain defeats England 1–0 in the final match of the 2023 Women's World Cup, winning their first FIFA Women's World Cup championship. (The Guardian)