20 September 2014 Current Affairs

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan clashes
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • EU ambassador Aidan O’Hara assaulted in Khartoum
    • Japanese citizen becomes the second foreign death in Khartoum
  • Sudan closes its airspace, Kenya suspends flights to and from Sudan
  • China, Malaysia, and the United States urge citizens in Sudan to hide or evacuate
  • Abdel Fattah al-Burhan declares Rapid Support Forces a rebel group and orders dissolution
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Slovakia transfers 13 MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine

Health and environment

• Recycling in Australia
  • Illicit soft plastic storage found in Sydney after REDcycle collapse
• Dengue fever outbreak in Argentina
  • Santa Fe province surpasses 10,000 cases and reports third death

International relations

• Slovakia–Ukraine relations
  • Slovakia bans import of food from Ukraine

Law and crime

• Myanmar
  • Junta leader pardons 3,015 prisoners for Buddhist New Year

Sports

• • 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup
    • Argentina to host FIFA U-20 World Cup

• 2023 World Snooker Championship
  • Activists storm The Crucible, matches disrupted