May 27, 2023 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 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)
- 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
- 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)
- 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash
- 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)