Portal:Current events/August 2025

August 2025 is the eighth month of the current common year. The month, which began on a Friday, will end on a Sunday after 31 days. It is the current month.

Portal:Current events

August 1, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
  - U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action against Russian forces in response to statements made by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation regarding Trump's previously-stated deadline for ending the war in Ukraine. (Reuters) (BBC News)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - M23 rebels clash with Wazalendo militia Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland in Bwito Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)
Gaza war
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
  - Following German defence minister Boris Pistorius's decision on Monday, the Luftwaffe begins air dropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. (German Federal Foreign Office)

Business and economy

Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- U.S. tariffs on more than 90 countries enter force following a 90-day pause to allow the countries to prepare, including a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods. (BBC News)

International relations

France–Palestine relations
- France temporarily suspends its programme for receiving Palestinian refugees fleeing the Gaza Strip following the deportation of a Palestinian student accused of making antisemitic social media posts. (Le Monde)

Law and crime

Mass shootings in the United States
- At least four people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, United States. A 45-year-old suspect fled the scene and remains at large. (AP) (NBC Montana)
- One teenager is killed and five other people are wounded, including two seriously, in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. (ABC News)
2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former interior minister Lee Sang-min on charges of conspiring with former president Yoon Suk Yeol in his failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024, becoming the second Yoon cabinet minister to be arrested after Kim Yong-hyun. (Yonhap News Agency)
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to twelve years of house arrest and fined US$840,000 for witness tampering and bribery. (France 24)
Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto pardons former trade minister Thomas Lembong and Secretary-General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Hasto Kristiyanto, two prominent opposition figures sentenced under controversial corruption charges. (Jakarta Globe)
South African police arrest nearly 1,000 undocumented miners at a gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga. (DW)

August 2, 2025 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
  - Israeli forces kill at least 57 people in the Gaza Strip, including 35 aid seekers. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
  - Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel. (The New York Times) (Jerusalem Post)
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
  - Seven people die from malnutrition in the past 24 hours due to the Israeli blockade, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (BBC News)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Ukrainian forces launch drone attacks on Penza Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Rostov Oblast in Russia, killing at least three people, according to Russian officials. (AP)
  - The Ukrainian military targets the Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, with drones and causes a fire at the facility. (Reuters)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - M23 rebels briefly capture Kamakombe, Kabare Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo from Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo. (Radio Okapi)
  - M23 and Wazalendo militias clash in the Muzinzi subgroup, Walungu Territory. (Radio Okapi)

Disasters and accidents

Five children are killed and 12 others are critically injured in a mortar shell explosion in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Kuwait News Agency)
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupts for a second consecutive day, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 18 km (11 mi) into the sky. Today's eruption is one of Indonesia's largest since 2010 when Mount Merapi erupted. No casualties are reported. (AP)

Law and crime

Seven people are killed and 11 others are injured in a prison riot at the Social Reintegration Center in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Three inmates identified as key instigators of the violence are transferred to another facility. (BNO News) (AP)
A Tatmadaw court sentences twelve people, including five Chinese nationals, to life in prison for their involvement in trafficking Burmese women to forced marriages in China. (AP)

Politics and elections

Four-term National Assembly lawmaker Jung Chung-rae is elected as the leader of the Democratic Party in South Korea during the national party convention at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, defeating his rival Park Chan-dae with 61.74% of the votes. (Yonhap News Agency)

Sports

2025 Copa América Femenina
- In association football, the Brazil women's team wins a record-extending ninth Copa América title after defeating Colombia 5–4 on penalties following a 4–4 draw after extra time in the final held at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado in Quito, Ecuador. Brazilian forward Marta is named the most valuable player of the tournament. (BBC Sport)

August 3, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
  - Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger. (AP) (Reuters)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - A massive fire is reported at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility. Smoke from the fire prompts Russian authorities to close Sochi International Airport. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Sixty-eight people are killed, 74 others are reported missing and 12 others are injured when a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsizes off Abyan Governorate, Yemen. (AP)
Krasheninnikov, a volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupts for the first time since the 15th century and the first in historical records. The eruption takes place four days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the same region on July 30, which may have contributed to the eruption. (CNN)
Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. (DW)

Law and crime

Two people are killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a primary school in Caizichi, Leiyang, Hunan, China. (Sina News)

August 4, 2025 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings, Gaza Strip famine
  - At least 74 Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, including ten seeking aid, and another five Palestinians die of starvation. (Reuters) (Channel 4 News)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the Israeli government has decided to completely militarily occupy the Gaza Strip and fully eliminate Hamas, and tells Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir to resign. (Euronews)
Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
  - Puntland and U.S. forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Sanaag, Puntland, detaining three Islamic State militants. (Tracking Terrorism)

Business and economy

Over 10,000 hotel owners in Europe, represented by the HOTREC union, file a joint lawsuit against Netherlands-based travel agency Booking.com seeking compensation for losses from 2004 to 2024, alleging that the booking agency prevented the hotels from offering lower prices on their own sites. (DW) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Eight people are killed and two others are injured in a vehicle collision on the BR-491 highway in Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (G1 Globo)
Three people are killed and 18 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Autostrada A1 in Montevarchi, Province of Arezzo, Italy. (Arezzo Notizie)

International relations

2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict, Cambodia–Thailand relations
- Delegates from Cambodia and Thailand meet in Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair seat, to negotiate a long-term ceasefire at their border following clashes that killed dozens of people and displaced over 270,000 others. (AP)
India–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- The Indian and Philippine navies conduct their first joint exercise in the Philippine-designated exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. The Indian Navy deployed guided missile destroyers, tankers, and corvettes, while the Philippines sent two frigates. (AP) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2022 Brazilian coup plot
- Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes issues a house arrest order for former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup, and bans him from receiving visits and using a cell phone either directly or through third parties. (Reuters)
Lithuanian prime minister Gintautas Paluckas resigns after allegations of misconduct relating to business interests. (LRT)

August 5, 2025 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - A series of Russian strikes targeting Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Sumy Oblasts kills at least five people and injures 13 others. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Uttarakhand flash flood
- At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali village, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. (NDTV) (Hindustan Times)
Four people are killed when a civil protection surveillance Safir-43 aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport near Jijel, Algeria. (The Indian Express) (ASN)
Four people are killed when a medical transport Beechcraft Super King Air small plane crashes near Chinle Municipal Airport in Chinle, Arizona, United States. (KOAT-TV)

Health and environment

Japan records its highest-ever temperature of 41.8 °C (107.2 °F) in Gunma Prefecture, prompting the government to issue heat advisories and measures to protect rice crops amid rising cases of heat illness and concerns over agricultural damage. (Reuters)

International relations

Australia–Japan relations, Australian general purpose frigate program
- Australian defence minister Richard Marles announces that the country will purchase eleven Mogami-class frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its Navy as the New FFM. (DW)

Law and crime

A court in Chișinău sentences the governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for violations related to the financing of the banned opposition Șor Party. (Reuters) (Caliber)

Politics and elections

Former finance minister Rimantas Šadžius is appointed acting Prime Minister of Lithuania following the collapse of the Paluckas government. (Politico)
Nestor Ntahontuye is appointed the new prime minister of Burundi, succeeding Gervais Ndirakobuca. (Burundi Times)

August 6, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sudanese civil war
- 2025 alleged shootdown of UAE mercenary plane
  - The Sudanese Armed Forces claims that it shot down an Emirati plane carrying mercenaries near Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, allegedly killing at least 40 people. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- One person is killed, thirteen people are injured and one person is missing after a wildfire breaks out in Aude department, France, also burning at least 16,000 hectares of land. (BBC News) (DW)
- Over 1,500 people are evacuated from a resort in Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain, after a wildfire breaks out in Campo de Gibraltar. (Le Monde) (Europa Sur)
2025 Ghanaian Air Force Z-9 helicopter crash
- A Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter crashes near Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, killing eight people, including defence minister Edward Omane Boamah, environment and science minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, and regional minister Samuel Sarpong. (BBC News)
Gaza Strip famine
- A truck carrying humanitarian aid overturns on civilians near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens of others. (Anadolu Agency) (The Guardian)
Twelve people are killed and 13 others are injured after a dump truck plunges into a ravine in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, near the provincial boundary with Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. (ABS-CBN News) (Manila Bulletin)
Five people are killed and 24 others are injured when a suspension bridge deck tilts at a scenic spot in Zhaosu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. (China Daily)

Health and environment

A month-long legionnaires' disease outbreak that started on July 8 in London, Ontario, Canada, ends after 70 cases and three deaths. (CFPL-DT)

International relations

India–United States relations, Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- U.S. president Donald Trump issues an executive order raising the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States to 50%, with an additional 25% that will take effect 21 days after August 7 due to its purchases of Russian oil. (BBC News)

Law and crime

2025 Fort Stewart shooting
- Five people are injured in a mass shooting at the Fort Stewart army post near Savannah, Georgia, United States. (AP)
Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee appears for questioning by a special prosecutor in central Seoul. The investigation concerns allegations of stock manipulation, bribery, and interference in People Power Party nominations. (AP)

Politics and elections

2025 Polish presidential election
- Former Institute of National Remembrance chairman Karol Nawrocki is sworn in as the new president of Poland, succeeding Andrzej Duda. (CNN)
Impeachment of Sara Duterte
- The Philippine Senate votes 19–4–1 to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, following a Supreme Court ruling that declared the complaint unconstitutional. (Bloomberg)

Science and technology

Strait of Messina Bridge
- The Italian government authorizes a construction project for a bridge over the Strait of Messina to connect Sicily with mainland Italy. The project will be the longest suspension bridge in the world by the time of its completion in 2032 or 2033. (AP) (Politico EU)

August 7, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - M23 rebels attack Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo positions in Kamakombe and Kasheke, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

Business and economy

The Egyptian government signs a $35bn deal to import 130 billion cubic metres of gas from Israel's Leviathan gas field which will remain in effect until 2040, despite the Israeli invasion of Gaza, where over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 200 have died due to Israeli-imposed starvation. The deal comes during widespread public backlash in Egypt against President Sisi over alleged complicity in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. (Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed and several others are injured when a train and a Kenya Pipeline-owned bus collide on a level crossing in Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya. (Daily Nation)
At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an air ambulance crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, Kenya. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. (MSN)
Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, United States. (AP)

International relations

United States–Venezuela relations
- U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi announces a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, saying his capture and extradition to the United States is vital for national security. (BBC News)

Law and crime

Mass shootings in the United States
- Two people are killed and three others are injured, including two state troopers, in a mass shooting when a man kills his neighbor and opens fire on law enforcement before being killed in Thompson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. (BBC News) (WHP-TV)

Politics and elections

British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness Rushanara Ali resigns amid controversy over increasing the rent at a property she owns in east London by £700 in order to force the tenants to move. (BBC News)
The cabinet of Lebanon approves a U.S. proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, along with ending Israel's occupation in the country, despite Hezbollah's rejection of this demand. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 with "PhD-level intelligence" to the general public. (The Guardian)

August 8, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- The Israeli Security Cabinet approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to capture Gaza City with the stated objective of defeating Hamas, while supposedly ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid to civilians outside the areas of combat. (Bloomberg)
- Germany announces it will halt weapon shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice" in light of Israel's plan to fully militarily occupy Gaza. (AP)
- The Israel Defense Forces begins massing troops and tanks on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected major ground offensive. (The Times of India)
Kivu conflict
- M23 campaign
  - Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa said the group would investigate the claim. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Insurgency in Balochistan
- At least 33 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in an overnight operation near the Afghanistan border in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan. (CTV News)
War on drugs
- U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding the U.S. military and other sectors of the federal government to take action against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organisations, such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in Kisumu, Kenya, overturns and plunges into a ditch, killing at least 21 people. (MSN)
A bus and a truck collide head-on near Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others. (Reuters)
At least 15 people are killed and 33 others are missing following a flash flood in Yuzhong County, Gansu, China. (China Daily)
At least 30 people are injured when a passenger train derails on the Kerman–Zarand railway path near Siriz, Kerman province, Iran. (The Express Tribune) (Caliber)
A fire breaks out at the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain, due to a short circuit. The roof of a chapel collapses, but the fire is extinguished with no further damage. (The Guardian) (El País)

International relations

Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
- Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement
  - The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, committing to a peace deal facilitated by the Trump administration that would end nearly four decades of conflict between the two countries. (CNN)
  - Armenia agrees to grant the U.S. exclusive development rights in the Zangezur corridor for 99 years. The U.S. would sublease to a consortium to develop rail, oil, gas, and fiber optic lines along the 27-mile (43km) corridor. (Politico)

Law and crime

2025 Anaconda shooting
- The suspected perpetrator of the bar shooting that killed four people last week in Anaconda, Montana, United States, is arrested. (KRTV-TV)
2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition brought by former interior minister Lee Sang-min regarding the arrest warrant against him over his alleged involvement in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law attempt on December 3, 2024. (The Korea Times)
A police officer and the perpetrator are killed, and another officer suffers non-life-threatening injuries, in a shooting at the CDC building near Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (CNN) (WAGA-TV)
The Uganda High Court denies bail to opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who faces treason charges, ruling that the 180-day period for mandatory release began when his case was transferred to a civilian court in February, leaving him 12 days short of eligibility. (Reuters)
Portugal's Constitutional Court blocks a parliamentary bill that would require most legally resident immigrants to wait two years before applying for family reunification, ruling that it violates constitutional protections for family unity. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoes 63 provisions of a congressional bill revising environmental licensing rules, removing measures that would have expanded fast-tracking of projects in sensitive areas such as the Amazon rainforest. (AP)

August 9, 2025 (Saturday)

Disasters and accidents

At least six Lebanese soldiers are killed in an explosion while removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility near the Israeli border. (Al Arabiya)

International relations

Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the twin bells of Urakami Cathedral, that were destroyed, are restored in Nagasaki. The anniversary is attended by about 2,600 people, including foreign dignitaries and survivors of the bombings. (AP) (CBC) (Sky News)
Foreign relations of Singapore
- Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto. (Al Jazeera) (The Jakarta Post) (The Star)

Law and crime

Haitian crisis
- The Haitian government announces a three-month state of emergency in the central and western regions of Haiti aiming to curb hunger and gang violence in the regions. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
- Metropolitan Police carry out the largest mass detainments in London's history, detaining at least 466 people for peacefully protesting the UK's ban on the pro-Palestine activist network Palestine Action. Protesters gathered in Parliament Square to denounce the Israeli invasion of Gaza and the criminalisation of support for Palestine Action, with many holding signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" before being forcibly removed by police. (Al Jazeera)
Two people are killed and five others are injured in a drive-by mass shooting in a busy area in Nassau, The Bahamas. (The Nassau Guardian)
Former Chadian prime minister and leader of the Les Transformateurs party Succès Masra is sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined F.CFA 1 billion (US$1,775,200) after being convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic messages that incited violence, a verdict his legal team plans to appeal. (Reuters)

August 10, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Killing of journalists in the Gaza war, Assassination of Anas Al-Sharif
  - Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Balıkesir earthquake
- A M_w6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 buildings and two mosque minarets to collapse in Balıkesir Province and Manisa. (CNN Türkiye) (TRT Haber)
Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States. (WJZ-TV)
Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (G1 Globo)
More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station. (MSN)

International relations

Russia–United States relations, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2025 Russia–United States Summit
  - U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. (The Atlantic) (BBC News)

Law and crime

Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
- More than 500 people are detained by the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, under the Terrorism Act 2000 for attending a protest in support of the now proscribed organisation Palestine Action. (Sky News)
Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador. (AP)

August 11, 2025 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Dobropillia offensive
  - Russian forces launch a full-scale ground assault in the direction of Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, with heavy clashes reported along multiple points on the front line. (UNN)
Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
  - At least 40 people are killed and 19 others are injured in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on a famine-stricken displacement camp in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News)
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- A China Coast Guard vessel is damaged after colliding with a Chinese Navy ship while trying to expel a Philippine Coast Guard vessel from Scarborough Shoal. (Philippine News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde. (The Weather Channel) (CNN) (DTudo1Pouco)
2025 Clairton Coke Works explosion
- Two people are killed and another ten people are injured in an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP) (WPXI-TV)

Health and environment

A botulism outbreak in southern Italy kills three people and hospitalizes at least 17 others following the consumption of contaminated meat and vegetables in Diamante, Calabria, and Cagliari, Sardinia, a week prior. (The Independent) (Berliner Morgenpost)

International relations

Australia–Palestine relations, International recognition of Palestine
- Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September. (The Guardian)
Israel–Norway relations, Disinvestment from Israel
- The Norwegian Pension Fund divests from 11 Israeli companies and terminates its contracts with asset managers in Israel, following reports last week that it invested in an Israeli jet engine company that sold parts to the IDF. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
- Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June. (Barron's)
Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States. (KVUE-TV)
U.S. president Donald Trump places the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under federal government-control and orders 800 National Guard troops to enter Washington, D.C., allegedly to fight rising crime rates. (Reuters)
The United States Department of State formally designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in response to the killings of civilians in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

August 12, 2025 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- The Pakistani Armed Forces launches an operation in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, to find insurgent hideouts. Over 100,000 civilians have been internally displaced. (AP)

Business and economy

China–United States trade war
- China and the United States extend their trade truce another 90 days to ease world tension after the international tariffs that went into effect after being signed on April 2. (AP) (The New York Times) (CNN)
Chinese property sector crisis
- The Evergrande Group announces it will be delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on August 22 after trading remained suspended for over 18 months following a court-ordered liquidation in January 2024, with the company owing more than US$300 billion and unable to present a viable debt restructuring plan. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- A wildfire destroys centuries old chestnut trees and tourist buildings at the Las Médulas gold-mining site in Castilla y León, Spain. (El País)
Nine people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Quatro Barras, Paraná state, Brazil. (BBC News)
A van crashes into a metal fence after losing control on the Central Luzon Link Expressway near Tarlac City, Philippines, killing five and injuring nine others. (GMA)
Four people, including a child, are killed after flash flooding displaces over 100 people and floods homes and businesses in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. US Interstate 24 is shut down and dozens of rescues are made to people stranded by flood waters along the I24/HWY153 corridor and around Hamilton Place Mall. (WTVC-TV)

Law and crime

Israeli settler violence
- Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian-American man to death in the West Bank. (NPR)
A Guatemalan court sentences six former police officers and child protection officials to prison terms of six to 25 years for homicide, mistreatment of minors, abuse of authority, and breach of duty in connection with a 2017 fire at an orphanage in San José Pinula that killed 41 girls and injured 15 others. (Reuters)
Indian police arrest dozens of animal rights activists protesting at the India Gate in New Delhi against the Supreme Court's decision to remove over 5,000 stray dogs from the streets as New Delhi sees nearly 2,000 dog bites per day. (DW)
The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean first lady and Yoon Suk Yeol's spouse Kim Keon Hee on three charges related to stock manipulation, allegations of accepting luxury gifts, and illegal political funding during the 2022 by-election. It is the first time in the country's history that a former presidential couple has been taken into custody. (The Guardian)
In an effort to save the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya, an activist files a lawsuit against the Ritz-Carlton, which plans to open a 20-suite safari camp there. (Reuters)

Sports

Red Bull GmbH finalizes the complete acquisition of the Newcastle Falcons rugby union club as its newest venture into another sport, following involvement in football, ice hockey, Formula One, and esports. (AP)

August 13, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
  - Israeli forces launch a massive aerial bombardment on Gaza City, killing 123 people across the Gaza Strip, amid reports that the Israeli Army is about to enter the city. (BBC News) (RTÉ News)
Colombian conflict
- Three soldiers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by FARC dissidents on members of the Colombian Navy and Armed Forces who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River in south-west Colombia. (BBC News)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two children and a woman are killed by a mortar in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, amidst fighting between the Pakistani military and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters. (AP)

Business and economy

Fashion retailer Claire's collapses into administration in the United Kingdom and Ireland, putting more than 2,150 jobs at risk, amid declining sales and strong competition from online shopping services. (BBC News)
Canadian clothing company Gildan finalizes the details for its acquisition of American company Hanesbrands for US$2.2 billion. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Podul makes landfall in southern Taiwan, killing one person, injuring 112 people, leaving one missing, causing hundreds of flight cancellations, thousands of evacuations, school closures and blackouts. (Al Jazeera) (Focus Taiwan) (United Daily News)
Twenty-six people are killed and several others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa, Sicily, Italy. (Ansa) (AP)
Thirteen people are killed and 50 others become ill, including 21 cases of blindness or impaired vision and some critically, from methanol poisoning in Kuwait. (Reuters)
One person is killed and five others are injured when a hot air balloon carrying 34 people crashes near De Hoeve, Friesland, Netherlands. (NOS)

Health and environment

Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war
- 2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic
  - Sudanese health authorities launch a ten-day cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum targeting over 150,000 people to curb an outbreak that has caused more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths nationwide since July 2024. (AP)

International relations

Australia–Vanuatu relations
- Australia and Vanuatu agree to implement a A$500 million (US$327 million) deal over the next decade to provide funding for economic development, security cooperation, labour mobility, and climate resilience. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Euthanasia in Uruguay
- The Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives votes 64–35 to decriminalize euthanasia. The bill moves to the Senate for approval. (Reuters)
Internal conflict in Peru
- Peruvian president Dina Boluarte signs into law a congressional bill granting amnesty to all military, police, and other self-defense personnel accused of human rights violations committed between 1980 and 2000. (The Guardian)
The Malaysian Federal Court rules that an addendum order allegedly allowing former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his 1MDB-related prison sentence under house arrest exists, but refers the matter to the High Court to determine its validity. (Reuters)

August 14, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Myanmar civil war
- At least 21 people are killed and seven others are injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, with homes and religious buildings also damaged. (AP)
Somali Civil War
- At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions. (Garowe Online)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Kishtwar district flash flood
- At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following a massive cloudburst in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (India TV) (Hindustan Times)
Three people are killed, including a child, and 109 others are injured, including three critically, by celebratory gunfire during Independence Day in Pakistan. Police arrest 86 suspects for their involvement and seize 68 illegal weapons. (The Express Tribune) (Dawn)

Health and environment

2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic
- According to the Sudanese government, at least 40 people have died of cholera in the Darfur region over the last week in the country's worst outbreak in years. (MSN)

International relations

North Korea–South Korea relations
- Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, states in a KCNA article that the rumour that North Korea had removed the loudspeakers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone is false. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)

Law and crime

Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. (AP)
Pampanga State University officials suspend graduation ceremonies following a reported bomb threat in Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra is arrested after a judge investigating him for corruption orders five months of preventive detention. (Infobae)

August 15, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
- Puntland counter-terrorism operations
  - Puntland Defense Forces take full control of the strategic Wangable Well in the northern Qandala district, Bari region, Puntland from ISIS, which had served as a base for the group’s senior leaders, militants, and their families. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Pakistan floods
- Five people are killed when a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in bad weather while carrying relief goods to rain-affected areas of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Times of India)
- At least 189 people are killed, dozens are injured, dozens are reported missing, and structures are damaged and destroyed in flooding across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Dawn) (Euronews)
2025 Atlantic hurricane season
- The first hurricane of the 2025 season, Hurricane Erin, forms near the Leeward Islands. (CBS News)
Eighteen people are killed and nine others are injured when a bus plunges into a valley in Algiers, Algeria. (Bahrain News Agency)
Eleven people are killed and 130 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a gunpowder plant in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. (CTV News) (The Kyiv Independent)
A bus collides with a stationary truck in Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, killing ten people and injuring 35 others. (Hindustan Times)
One person is killed and 27 others are injured, including two airlifted, when a train collides with a slurry tanker on a level crossing and derails between Tinglev and Sønderborg in the Region of Southern Denmark. (BBC News)

Health and environment

The leaders of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico announce the establishment of a tri-national nature reserve to preserve the Maya Forest. It will be the second-largest nature reserve in Latin America behind the Amazon rainforest. (AP)

International relations

Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2025 Russia–United States Summit
  - Russian president Vladimir Putin travels to Alaska to meet with United States president Donald Trump to discuss pathways to bring an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited to the summit. (CNN)
Guinea-Bissau–Portugal relations
- Guinea-Bissau expels representatives of Portuguese news agency Lusa and public broadcaster RTP from the country. Portugal summons the Guinea-Bissauan ambassador over the move. (TRT World)

Law and crime

Crime in Sweden
- One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting outside a mosque in Örebro, Närke, Sweden. The suspect fled the scene and is at large. (Euronews)

Politics and elections

Gwangbokjeol, 2025 South Korean presidential election
- South Korean president Lee Jae Myung holds a "de facto" inauguration ceremony, known as the "People's Mandate Ceremony", coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, where he receives letters of appointment from 80 selected individuals. Lee took office on June 4 after winning the 21st presidential election without an official inauguration ceremony. (Anadolu Ajansı)

August 16, 2025 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kivu conflict
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
  - At least 30 people are killed by suspected Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Bapere, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Business and economy

2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
- Canadian jobs minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 5 strength while affecting several Caribbean islands. (NBC News)
2025 Pakistan floods
- The death toll from yesterday's floods in Pakistan increases to at least 321. (Al Jazeera)
2025 Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 crash
- Seven people are killed when an Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes while being ferried near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (ASN) (Aviation24)
At least one person is killed and four others are injured, including two seriously, when a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter makes a hard landing during a rescue operation on Jengish Chokusu in Kyrgyzstan. (ASN)
At least ten people are killed while two others are reported missing following a flash flood that hits a campsite in Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is injured in a mass shooting near a bar in Forio, Campania, Italy. (Leggo)

August 17, 2025 (Sunday)

Arts and culture

Officials announce that the Gathering of Nations event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, will host its final pow-wow in 2026. (AP)

Business and economy

2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
- Air Canada suspends its plan to resume flights after cabin crew continued a strike despite a Canada Industrial Relations Board order and government-imposed arbitration, leaving operations halted and affecting more than 700 flights and about 130,000 daily passengers. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Sulawesi earthquake
- One person is killed and 29 people are injured when a M_w 5.8 undersea earthquake strikes near Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP) (Jawa Pos)
More than 40 people are reported missing and ten others are rescued when a boat carrying 50 people to a popular market capsizes on the Sokoto River near Goronyo, Sokoto State, Nigeria. (Reuters) (AP)
At least seven people are killed and five others are injured when a cloudburst causes flash flooding and landslides in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Hindustan Times) (Daily Excelsior)

Law and crime

2025 Crown Heights nightclub shooting
- Three people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City, United States. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
Ecuadorian conflict
- At least seven people are killed in a mass shooting at a billiard hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. (France 24)

Politics and elections

Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
  - Israeli hostage deal protests
    - A general strike and mass protests calling for a hostage deal and ceasefire to end the Gaza war occur across Israel, involving approximately 2.5 million protesters across the country and 300,000 at the protest held in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv. At least 32 protesters are arrested. (Haaretz) (CBS News)
2025 Bolivian general election
- Bolivians vote to elect a president, vice president, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Chamber of Senators. Preliminary results indicate a run-off between Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former president Jorge Quiroga, ending the Movimiento al Socialismo's 20-year political dominance. (Reuters) (AP)

Sports

Horse racing in Great Britain
- The British Horseracing Authority announces a one-day strike on September 10 to protest a proposed increase in betting taxes from 15% to 21%. This is the first time the sport has ever voluntarily refused to race in modern history. (AP) (BBC Sport)

August 18, 2025 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia is suspended after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó confirms the suspension. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes, Zaporizhzhia strikes
  - Russian missile strikes kill at least seven people in Kharkiv and three in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- Spain deploys 500 army troops to help fight raging wildfires in the country as the death toll rises to four following the death of a firefighter in Castile and León. (BBC News)
The death toll from a fire and explosion at a gunpowder plant last week in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, rises to 24 with at least another 157 people injured. The government declares a day of mourning. (CBS News)

International relations

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - August 2025 European-White House crisis meeting
    - Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss pathways to peace negotiations for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

Crime in Norway, Monarchy of Norway
- Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is charged with 32 offences including rape and domestic violence. If found guilty, he may be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. (France 24)
Mass shootings in the United States
- Two people are killed, including the gunman, and three others are injured in a mass shooting in Mount Carbon, West Virginia, United States. (AP)
Australian Federal Court judge Michael Lee fines national airline Qantas AU$90 million (US$59 million) for unlawfully outsourcing 1,820 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the AU$120 million (US$78 million) compensation the airline has already agreed to pay its former employees. (AP)

Politics and elections

By-elections to the 45th Canadian Parliament
- 2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election
  - Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre is elected in a by-election in Battle River—Crowfoot, and returns to the House of Commons and his role as opposition leader after previously losing re-election during the 2025 Canadian federal election in Carleton. The seat was vacated by Conservative MP Damien Kurek to specifically give Poilievre an opportunity to return to Parliament. (The Globe and Mail)

August 19, 2025 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
  - Israeli forces kill Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a member of the Hamas military wing who was responsible for abducting the Bibas family in Nir Oz during the October 7 attacks. (The New York Times) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Hamas positively receives an Egyptian–Qatari-mediated 60-day ceasefire proposal, which is rejected by Israeli defense minister Israel Katz with national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir warning of a "tragedy" if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives in. (The New York Times)
- At least 25 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, including in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis. (The Times of Israel)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Russian forces launch 270 drones and ten missiles at critical infrastructure in Poltava and Chernihiv Oblasts, Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
Nigerian bandit conflict
- At least 27 people are killed and several others are injured in a mass shooting by bandits at a mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Reuters)
Mexican drug war
- Six severed heads are discovered on a road that links the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala in Mexico. The La Barredora cartel is suspected to be behind the attack. (BBC News)
Sudanese civil war, Gaza war
- The United Nations reports that a record 383 aid workers were killed in the 2024 calendar year, up by 31% from 2023, including 181 who were killed in Gaza and 60 in Sudan. There have already been 265 aid workers killed so far this year. (DW)

Business and economy

2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
- Air Canada announces it will gradually restart operations tonight after it reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the airline's over 10,000 flight attendants. (NPR)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Afghan deportation from Iran
- 2025 Herat road crash
  - At least 79 people are killed, including 19 children, and three others are injured when an overcrowded passenger bus carrying migrants deported from Iran veers off a road and collides with a motorcycle and a truck before catching fire in Guzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. (BBC News) (The Washington Post)
Four people are killed and nearly a dozen others are injured in a fire at a warehouse in Los Guayos Municipality, Carabobo, Venezuela. (Cedar News)

Law and crime

The Colombian Supreme Court of Justice overturns a lower court order placing former president Álvaro Uribe under house arrest while he appeals convictions for bribery and abuse of process, ruling that the measure will not apply until the appeal is resolved. (Reuters)
The Peruvian Constitutional Court orders the suspension of all investigations into President Dina Boluarte, including probes into protest-related deaths, alleged illicit enrichment, and temporary absence from office, until her term ends in July 2026. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Constitutional crisis in Somalia
- Former Somali presidents Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed denounce the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for its management of public land in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, accusing it of violating constitutional safeguards and forcibly displacing impoverished families. (Hiiraan Online)
Eemeli Peltonen, a 30-year-old Finnish member of parliament, dies by suicide inside the Parliament House in Helsinki. (Yle)

August 20, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis (2023-present)
- Syrian civil war
  - US intervention in the Syrian civil war
    - American special forces carry out a raid in Northern Syria and kills an ISIS leader with the reported assistance of Syrian government forces. The slain ISIS leader was purportedly in succession to succeed as the caliph of ISIS's Syrian branch. (Fox News)
- Gaza war
  - Israeli invasion of Gaza
    - Israeli defense minister Israel Katz approves a planned ground invasion to seize control of Gaza City. (The Jerusalem Post)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - A Russian MLRS rocket strike on a market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills three people and injures four others, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin. (Reuters)
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
  - Shortly after midnight, a Russian military drone explodes when crashing in Osiny, Puławy County, Poland. (Euronews) (TVN24 in Polish)
Mexican drug war
- The Guatemalan Immigration Institute grants temporary humanitarian status to 161 Mexican nationals, including 92 adults and 69 children from Chiapas, allowing them to remain legally in Guatemala after fleeing cartel-related violence in the border municipality of Frontera Comalapa. (Anadolu Agency)

Disasters and accidents

At least two people are killed and two others are injured in a rockfall on the Égratz Viaduct in Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. (Le Dauphiné libéré in French)
One person is killed and 19 others are injured, including three seriously, after a migrant shipwreck is found drifting off the southern coast of Mallorca, Spain. (Euronews)

International relations

China–India relations
- India and China agree to resume direct flights suspended since 2020, reopen designated border trade points and boost investment in their economies following talks in New Delhi between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Indian officials, including Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. (Reuters)
International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan–United Kingdom relations
- The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on eight individuals and entities accused of helping Russia evade Western sanctions through financial and cryptocurrency networks, including Kyrgyz firms linked to the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5. Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov has appealed to the UK regarding the sanctions. (Reuters)
United States and the International Criminal Court
- The United States Department of State imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court judges Nicolas Guillou and Kimberly Prost and deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem and Mame Mandiaye Niang over their involvement in cases concerning Israel and the United States. (Reuters)

Law and crime

2025 New Zealand espionage case
- A New Zealand court-martial sentences a soldier to two years in military prison and orders his discharge after he pleads guilty to attempted espionage, possession of banned material, and unauthorized access to a military computer system, marking the country's first conviction for spying. (AP)
A man is detained on suspicion of murder after four bodies were found in the Seine river in Choisy-le-Roi, Île-de-France, France. (BBC News)
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada announces the arrest of 13 people, including three alleged gunmen, in connection with the May shooting that killed her personal secretary and an adviser. (Al Jazeera)
At least 19 people are hospitalized following a clash between Club Universidad de Chile and Club Atlético Independiente fans during a round of 16 match of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana (BBC) (Marca)

Politics and elections

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visits Lhasa, Tibet, for the second time during his general secretaryship to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region. (AP) (Reuters)

August 21, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Gaza war
  - Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    - At least 70 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes, including eight people in a house in Sabra suburb in Gaza City. (Reuters)
    - An Israeli military database indicates that 83% of deaths in Gaza have been civilians. The Israeli military initially confirmed the database to the media but later disputed it without clarifying their retraction in response to questions from The Guardian. (The Guardian)
- Palestinian political violence
  - A Palestinian gunman shoots an Israeli settler who was engaging in shepherding activities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (The Jerusalem Post)
Colombian conflict
- 2025 August FARC attacks
  - At least six people are killed and more than 60 others are injured in a terrorist car bombing targeting the Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base on a busy street in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. (BBC News) (BNO News)
  - At least 12 Colombian police officers are killed and three others are injured when FARC dissidents shoot down a helicopter during an anti-narcotics operation in Amalfi, Antioquia Department, Colombia. (Euronews) (BNO News)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - The Russian Armed Forces conduct a combined attack overnight, launching at least 570 drones and 40 hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles across Ukraine, with two cruise missiles striking an American electronics factory in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, injuring over a dozen people. (NPR) (DW)
War on drugs, United States–Venezuela relations
- U.S. president Donald Trump deploys three guided-missile destroyers off the coast of Venezuela after the U.S. government authorized military operations against Latin American drug cartels, prompting an escalation of tensions between the United States and Venezuela. (CBS News)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Pakistan floods
- At least 21 people are killed in flooding caused by heavy monsoons in Pakistan, including eleven in Gilgit-Baltistan and ten in Karachi, as the death toll for the flooding season increases to over 400. (Al Jazeera)
At least 47 people and 300 cattle are killed, 70 others are injured and over 56,000 are displaced during flooding in Niger. (Africanews)
At least 15 people are killed and ten others are injured in a landslide in Manéah, Kindia Region, Guinea. (Barron's)
Six people are killed in an accident in a confined space at a dairy farm in Weld County, Colorado, United States. (ABC News)
At least five people are killed and 34 others are injured, including one critically, in an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. (Geo News) (Dawn)

Law and crime

Shakahola Forest incident
- Five bodies and ten body parts are recovered and 27 suspected mass graves are discovered at the site of the Good News International Ministries religious cult mass-murder suicide at the Shakahola Forest in Kenya, where over 400 bodies were recovered two years ago. (CTV News)
Nord Stream pipelines sabotage
- Italian police arrest a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the months that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (CNN) (DW)

Politics and elections

Polish president Karol Nawrocki vetoes a bill to combine an extension of household energy price freezes with relaxed regulations on building onshore wind farms, arguing that linking the two measures in one law was unacceptable. (Reuters)

August 22, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
  - Gaza Strip famine
    - The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification officially declares a famine in Gaza Governorate in the Gaza Strip, while conditions in the North Gaza Governorate are estimated to be as severe or worse. The Office for Human Rights states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government, while the Israeli government disputes the report and its methodology. (The New York Times) (OHCHR)
- Red Sea crisis
  - A Houthi ballistic missile breaks up and a Houthi drone is intercepted over southern Israel. (The Times of Israel)
Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
  - The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports paramilitary attacks in Darfur, Sudan, left 89 civilians dead in 10 days. (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A naval drone operated by Ukrainian military intelligence explodes in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia after being seized by Russian military divers, killing five of them. (MSN)
- Three militants who were involved in the Bucha massacre in 2022 are killed and two others are injured in an explosion at a house in Kalynove, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (MSN)
Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency
- Five police officers are killed in a mass shooting by unknown gunmen while patrolling on a highway in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP)
Syrian civil war
- Three people are killed, including both attackers, in an Islamic State suicide bombing and shooting at a checkpoint in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Shafaq News)

Disasters and accidents

A part of the under-construction Jianzha Yellow River Bridge collapses into the Yellow River on the border of Jainca County, Qinghai, China, killing twelve people and leaving four others missing. (CBS News)
Five people are killed and 49 others are injured, including several airlifted, when a tour bus loses control and overturns on Interstate 90 West in Pembroke, New York, United States. (WIVB-TV) (BNO News)
At least four people are killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in San Miguel Zacaola, Santo Tomás Hueyotlipan, Mexico. (Municipios Puebla)

Law and crime

Corruption in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka police arrest and detain former president Ranil Wickremesinghe for allegedly misusing public funds while in office. (Reuters)
Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
- Improperly deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from jail in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, to reunite with family while awaiting trial on people smuggling charges. (AP)
At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former president Jalal Talabani. (AP)
Five people are injured, including three in life-threatening condition, in an arson attack at an Indian restaurant in Ilford, Greater London, England. No arrests have been made. (Sky News)
United States district judge Christine Arguello of Colorado sentences former Gambian paramilitary member Michael Sang Correa to 67.5 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of torture and conspiracy to commit torture related to abuses committed in 2006 as part of ex-president Yahya Jammeh's death squad. The case marks the first successful U.S. federal conviction for torture under its extraterritorial jurisdiction. (TRIAL International)

Politics and elections

Schoof cabinet
- Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns from the current cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Farmer–Citizen Movement over implementing additional sanctions against Israel. (DutchNews.nl)

August 23, 2025 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Boko Haram insurgency
- More than 35 ISWAP fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the Cameroon–Nigeria border in Kumshe, Borno State, Nigeria. (France 24) (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

Seven students are killed and 28 others are injured in drownings on a school trip to the Abu Talat beach in Ajami, Alexandria, Egypt. (BBC News) (People)

Law and crime

Dharmasthala mass burial case
- Indian police arrest a man who recently alleged that he had been coerced into burying hundreds of bodies of women who were raped before being murdered from 1995 to 2014 at the Dharmasthala Temple in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, India. (BBC News)
Pork barrel scam
- The Sandiganbayan appellate court of the Philippines sentences Janet Lim-Napoles to 55 years in prison over the diversion of ₱7.55 million (US$133,600) in the Priority Development Assistance Fund involving Davao del Sur vice governor Marc Douglas Cagas IV. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Politics and elections

2025 Syrian parliamentary election
- The Syrian electoral commission announces that the upcoming parliamentary election will exclude the Al-Hasakah, Raqqa, and Suwayda governorates due to security concerns, with seats for those regions left vacant until conditions allow voting. (Reuters)
2025 Taiwanese referendum
- Taiwan's referendum on reopening the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung fails to meet the legal threshold for it to be binding, despite a majority voting in favor, leaving the facility closed as the government continues its shift toward renewable energy and liquefied natural gas. (Reuters)

Sports

2025–26 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup
- The International Ski and Snowboard Federation suspends Norwegian Olympic ski jumpers Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik for three months and fines them CHF 2,000 (US$2,500) each after they admitted to equipment tampering during the men's large hill event at the 2025 World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway. (Reuters)

August 24, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
  - 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    - Israeli forces kill four Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site near the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
  - Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
    - Hamas reports that at least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its plans to seize the city. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- Red Sea crisis
  - Israeli attacks on Yemen
    - Ten people are killed and 102 others are injured, including 21 critically, in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen. (The Guardian) (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russia and Ukraine swap 146 prisoners from each side after mediation by the United Arab Emirates. (CNA)
Terrorism in Belgium
- One person is critically injured in a stabbing attack at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium. A suspect is arrested, with a political motive still under investigation. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed when an air ambulance Cessna 206 crashes into the ground and explodes in Belén de Inambú, Vaupés Department, Colombia. (Blu Radio)

Law and crime

Terrorism in Norway
- Killing of Tamima Nibras Juhar
  - An 18-year-old Norwegian man with German background is arrested for killing a 34-year-old female welfare worker at an institution in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Police are treating it as terrorism with a racist and right-wing extremist motive as the perpetrator has expressed Islamophobic views. (The Local)
Five people are killed, including one perpetrator, in two cases of filicide in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (CTV News)

Politics and elections

Gaza war protests
- Gaza war protests in Australia
  - An estimated 300,000 people across Australia, including at least 100,000 in Melbourne, march to protest the Israeli escalation of the Gaza war and its plans to militarily seize the entirety of Gaza, while also calling for the Australian government to sanction Israel. (AP)

Sports

2025 US Open
- In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denmark's Clara Tauson in the first round of the 2025 US Open – Women's singles tournament. (Reuters)

August 25, 2025 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
  - 2025 Nasser Hospital strikes
    - Four Israeli airstrikes against Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Palestine, kill 22 people, including five journalists working for Reuters and AP, according to Palestinian authorities. (ABC News Australia) (NPR) (The Guardian) (BBC News)
  - Hassan Douhan, a journalist for newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, is fatally shot by Israeli forces in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, Palestine. (Anadolu Agency)

Business and economy

Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- Multiple postal organizations such as Australia Post and Japan Post announce a temporary suspension of shipments to the United States in response to President Donald Trump's executive order suspending the de minimis exemption. (Reuters) (ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Pacific typhoon season
- The Vietnamese government closes all schools and airports in the North Central Coast and orders 600,000 people to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall in the Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình provinces, killing four people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC News) (AP in Spanish)
2025 Isle of Wight helicopter crash
- Three people are killed and another is seriously injured when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashes into the ground during a flying lesson near Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England. (BBC News)

Health and environment

2025 Botswana medical crisis
- Botswana president Duma Boko declares a public health emergency after the national medical supply chain collapses, ordering the military to manage emergency distribution while the government allocates P250 million (US$18.6 million) in funding to address nationwide shortages of medical supplies. (Reuters)

International relations

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi chief adviser Muhammad Yunus declares that the country cannot allocate additional domestic resources to support its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees and urges the international community to create a sustainable plan for their repatriation to Myanmar. (Reuters)

Law and crime

List of executive orders in the second Trump presidency
- U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order instructing the Department of Justice to federally prosecute flag desecration, contradicting constitutional protections by the First Amendment as affirmed with Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, the former the order acknowledges. (MSNBC) (The New York Times)
Mexican drug war
- Former Mexican drug lord and Sinaloa Cartel top leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges in the United States. (AP)

Science and technology

Archaeology of the Americas
- A new lineage of Pre-Ceramic period humans found in 1992 at the Checua archaeological site in Nemocón, Colombia, has their remains fully genome sequenced. (Reuters)

August 26, 2025 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Colombian conflict
- August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
  - Colombian defense minister Pedro Sánchez reports that at least 34 soldiers have been kidnapped by armed civilians in Guaviare after clashes with dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that killed eleven fighters, including a commander, on Sunday. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
  - Israeli forces carry out a daytime raid on Ramallah in the West Bank, wounding at least 58 Palestinians with gunfire and tear gas. (AP)

Arts and culture

France repatriates three colonial-era skulls from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris to Madagascar under a 2023 law enabling the restitution of human remains, marking the first such handover between the two countries. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

India–Pakistan relations
- Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority evacuates more than 100,000 people from Punjab after India releases water from dams into the Sutlej river, raising flood risks amid heavy monsoon rains. (AP)
At least 14 people are killed and six others are seriously injured when a four-story building collapses in Virar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (India TV)

International relations

Australia–Iran relations, Terrorism in Australia, Antisemitism in Australia
- Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces the closure of the Australian embassy in Tehran, the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors from Australia, and designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization after an Australian Security Intelligence Organisation investigation links the IRGC to least two antisemitic attacks, including the 2024 Melbourne synagogue attack and an arson attack on a North Bondi kosher restaurant. (Sydney Morning Herald) (Reuters)
International sanctions against Iran, Nuclear program of Iran
- Representatives of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom fail to reach an agreement with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, on avoiding the possible reimposition of UN sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal's snapback mechanism, following concerns about Iran's compliance. (AP)

Law and crime

Corruption in Sri Lanka
- Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe is granted bail after being arrested on allegations of misusing public funds, becoming the first former president of the country to face arrest. (AP)
Haitian conflict
- Haitian police regain control of the Téléco telecommunications hub in Port-au-Prince after it was seized by the Viv Ansanm gang, an operation that briefly disrupted air traffic and internet services. (AP)
Mass shootings in the United States
- One person is killed and six others are wounded in a mass shooting near Interstate 35 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. (MPR) (WCCO-TV)
Porepunkah police shootings
- Two police officers are shot and killed and a third is wounded in a suspected sovereign citizen terrorist attack in Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia, sending the town into lockdown. The perpetrator remains at large. (ABC News Australia)

Politics and elections

2026 Colombian presidential election
- Miguel Uribe Londoño, the father of assassinated Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election, seeking the Democratic Centre's nomination. (AP)
Martial law in Ukraine
- Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko announces that men aged 18 to 22 may now freely cross the border under martial law, reversing earlier restrictions that barred men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. (Reuters)
The Lithuanian Seimas elects Inga Ruginienė as the country's new prime minister. (Euronews)
The Marshall Islands' parliament building in Majuro, including its library and archives, burns down in a fire. (The Guardian)

August 27, 2025 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
  - At least 24 people are killed and 55 injured after Sudan's Rapid Support Forces shell residential areas of Al-Fashir, North Darfur. The city remains under siege as the last military stronghold in the region. (AP)
Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes
- At least three people are killed and seven others are injured in alleged Pakistani airstrikes on Nangarhar Province and Khost Province, Afghanistan. (MSN)

Arts and culture

OTO Park Koszalin was renamed as BIG Koszalin, where Skolim plays his concert in Koszalin, Poland. (KoszalinInfo)

Disasters and accidents

At least 70 migrants are killed after a boat carrying about 150 people, mostly Gambian and Senegalese nationals, sinks off the coast of Mauritania, while over 30 others remain missing and 16 are rescued. (Reuters)
At least 65 people are killed in flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (MSN)

Health and environment

Extreme temperatures in Japan
- The Japan Meteorological Agency reports that Tokyo recorded ten consecutive days of temperatures at or above 35 °C (95 °F), the longest streak since observations began in 1875. (AFP via The Star)

International relations

Denmark–United States relations, Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
- Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen summons the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Copenhagen after individuals linked to U.S. president Donald Trump conducted covert influence activities in Greenland. (ABC News Australia)
Myanmar–Thailand relations
- Thailand announces that around 80,000 long-term Myanmar refugees living in border camps will be granted legal employment rights. (Reuters)

Law and crime

Mass shootings in the United States
- Annunciation Catholic Church shooting
  - Two people are killed and 18 more injured, including at least four critically, in a mass shooting at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States in an alleged anti-Christian hate crime. The suspect died by suicide at the scene. (BNO News) (KNSI-AM)
Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
- A Colombian court sentences a 15-year-old to seven years in juvenile detention for attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in June. (France 24)
A Bolivian court grants opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho's transfer to house arrest after more than two years in pre-trial detention, allowing him to resume his duties as Governor of Santa Cruz while still facing trial on charges related to the 2019 political unrest and a 2022 strike. (AP)
A Moroccan court rejects a request to provisionally release human rights activist Ibtissame Lachgar, who faces blasphemy charges for online content while experiencing serious illness. (AP)
A South African equality court finds Limpopo representative and leader of the second-largest opposition party Julius Malema guilty of hate speech over remarks made at a 2022 rally, where he encouraged violence in the context of revolution. (AP)

Politics and elections

Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
- Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders lifestyle checks on government officials, beginning with the Department of Public Works and Highways, as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in flood control projects that have received ₱545 billion (US$9.5 billion) in funding since 2022. (South China Morning Post)

Science and technology

Ford recalls over 355,000 pickup trucks across the United States due to a dashboard display failure that prevents the display of warning lights and vehicle speed. (AP)

August 28, 2025 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- Red Sea crisis
  - 28 August 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
    - Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the Houthis launched a drone towards Israel which was intercepted by the Israeli military. (The Times of Israel) (AP)
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  - The Lebanese army reports that two soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an Israeli drone crashed and exploded in An-Naqoura, southern Lebanon, while they were inspecting it. (Reuters)
  - The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to withdraw its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on December 31, 2026. (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv strikes
  - The Russian Armed Forces launch nearly 600 drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, striking multiple residential areas, killing 25 people, including four children, and wounding 63 others, including 11 children. (BBC News) (MSN)
- Ukrainian spy ship Simferopol is sunk by a drone strike in the Danube river, killing two people and leaving several others missing or injured. (The Kyiv Independent)
Colombian conflict
- August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
  - Colombia's Ombudsman's Office confirms that 33 soldiers detained for three days in a village in Guaviare after clashes with dissident FARC fighters have been released following negotiations involving officials and the United Nations. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

A Polish Air Force F-16 training jet crashes during rehearsals for the 2025 Radom Air Show in Radom, Poland, killing the pilot. (Reuters) (Echo Dnia)

Health and environment

A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least eight people and infects over 200 others across eleven communities. (Reuters)

International relations

Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Kyiv strikes
  - The United Kingdom summons Russia's ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, after the British Council's office in Kyiv was heavily damaged and one employee was injured in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv. (BBC News)
Philippines–Taiwan relations
- Taiwanese foreign minister Lin Chia-lung visits the Philippines as part of a business mission. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs later states that it did not recognize any Taiwan official as a member of the business delegation, reiterating its adherence to One China. (Inquirer)

Law and crime

2025 Indonesian protests
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
  - A Mobile Brigade Corps armored tactical vehicle intentionally runs over and kills an online motorcycle taxi driver at an anti-government demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia. The seven occupants of the vehicle have been detained. (BBC News)
Brazilian federal police and the taxation authority conduct nationwide raids targeting organized crime schemes in the energy sector, investigating money laundering and fraud involving more than R$10 billion (US$1.9 billion) in imports, R$52 billion (US$9.7 billion) in domestic sales, and R$46 billion (US$8.6 billion) in related financial transactions. (Reuters)
Croatian police detain a 54-year-old military officer and his Serbian partner on suspicion of spying for Serbia, with prosecutors opening an investigation into the case. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismisses prime minister Nadir Larbaoui and appoints industry minister Sifi Ghrieb as acting prime minister. (Reuters)

August 29, 2025 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
  - Israel recovers the bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who was killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN)

Disasters and accidents

A severe weather system in Greater Poland causes heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds, triggering the evacuation of an office building in Poznań due to flooding. A tornado later forms in the vicinty of Gniezno. No injuries are reported. (TVP Info)

International relations

Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, Israel–Turkey relations
- Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli government aircraft and maintains a ban on trade and maritime traffic with Israel in response to the Gaza war. (AP)
Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, Palestine–United States relations, Visa policy of the United States
- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio blocks Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials from attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September by revoking their previously-valid travel visas. (Sky News) (PBS)

Law and crime

2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- South Korean special prosecutors indict former prime minister Han Duck-soo without detention on charges of abetting the imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, preparation of false public documents and perjury for falsely testifying that he had not been aware of the martial law declaration. (Kyodo News)
Austria and Russian intelligence
- Austrian prosecutors indict former intelligence officer Egisto Ott on charges of espionage, abuse of office, and providing sensitive information to fugitive Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek and Russian intelligence services. (AP)
The English Court of Appeal rules that the government may continue housing asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, Essex, overturning a previous order to relocate them. (The New York Times)
Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee is indicted on bribery and other charges related to a wider investigation into her and her husband, former president Yoon Suk Yeol. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

2025 Indonesian protests
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
  - At least three people are killed and four others are injured after protesters set fire to the Regional House of Representatives building in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AFP via RNZ)
2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections
- The Philippine Commission on Elections denies the right-wing Duterte Youth's motion to reconsider the cancellation of their party-list registration and disqualifies them from holding their three seats at the House of Representatives. However, Duterte Youth may still appeal to the Supreme Court. (ABS-CBN News)
2025 Samoan general election
- Samoans are called in a snap election to elect the members of the Legislative Assembly. (Reuters)
2025 Thai political crisis
- The Thai Constitutional Court removes prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she had with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)

August 30, 2025 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Red Sea crisis
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
  - 28 August 2025 Israeli attacks on Yemen
    - The Houthis confirm the death of prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and an unspecified number of ministers from an Israeli airstrike two days earlier. (AP)

Arts and culture

Archaeologists discover 40 ancient tombs dating back to at least 2,300 years ago at the Mosul Dam reservoir in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following lowered water levels from a drought. (Arab News) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

Fourteen people are killed and three others are critically injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a prison bus outside of Mariental, Namibia. (BBC News)
Three people are killed and 103 others are injured when a train derails between Alexandria and Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (The National News) (BBC News)

International relations

Colombia–Israel relations, Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, List of sanctions involving Israel
- The Colombian commerce ministry officializes a complete export ban of coal to Israel to prevent further atrocities in the Gaza Strip. (Colombia Presidency)

Law and crime

2025 Indonesian protests
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
  - Unrest in Indonesia, following a government truck killing a 21-year-old, continues as a mob loots the houses of parliament members Ahmad Sahroni, Eko Patrio and Uya Kuya. (Jawa Pos) (Reuters)
  - Four people are killed amid spreading protests in Indonesia, including three government workers who jumped from a building on fire and one who was attacked by a crowd. (The New York Times)
Assassination of Andriy Parubiy
- Former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy is assassinated by an unknown gunman in Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. A manhunt is underway for the suspect. (BBC News)
A man drives a car into a crowd outside a bar in Évreux, France, after a dispute, killing one person and injuring five others, including two critically. (The Guardian)
Nicaraguan opposition groups report that attorney Carlos Cárdenas, arrested on August 15 during police operations against government critics, has died in state custody, marking the fifth such death of a detainee since 2019. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Sudanese civil war
- Hemedti, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is sworn in as head of a parallel government in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, where the RSF has established a presidential council and prime minister while continuing its conflict with the Sudanese army. (Reuters)

August 31, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza City offensive
  - At least 88 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli military as Israel continues its heavy bombardment of Gaza. (Financial Times)
  - Israeli defence minister Israel Katz announces that the Israeli military killed Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida in an airstrike on Gaza City yesterday. (BBC News)
Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
  - At least seven people are killed and 71 others are injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (AFP via Barron's)
Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute
- The Guyanese military report that Venezuelan gunfire targeted a patrol boat escorting election materials on the Cuyuní River in the disputed Essequibo region. (AFP via TRT World)
Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis raid United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain at least eleven UN personnel. (The Times of Israel)

Arts and culture

The original 1920s manuscripts of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the Czech Republic's most well-known works, are rediscovered by the Czech Museum of Literature [cs]. (NOS) (Radio Prague International)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Afghanistan earthquake
- At least 250 people are killed and 500 others are injured when a M_w 6.0 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. (TRT World)

International relations

Armenia–Pakistan relations
- Armenia and Pakistan agree to establish diplomatic relations on the sidelines of the 2025 Tianjin SCO summit. (Dawn)
Norway–United Kingdom relations
- Norway agrees to purchase at least five new British-made anti-submarine Type 26 frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy in a 10 billion pounds (US$13.5 billion) deal. The ships will be built by a consortium of companies led by BAE Systems. (AP)

Law and crime

August 2025 Indonesian protests
- As unrest continues overnight, crowds of angry mobs loot the houses of Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani and parliament member Nafa Urbach. (Jakarta Globe)
- In a press conference followed by leaders of political parties, President Prabowo agrees to revoke the allowance for parliament members and put moratoriums to their foreign trips. (CNA)
- A university student succumbs to his wounds one day after participating in a protest in Yogyakarta, one day prior, after he was allegedly assaulted by police after being separated from other protesters. (Kompas)
Deportation in the second Trump administration
- United States judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the District of Columbia issues an injunction halting the deportation of Guatemalan unaccompanied minors, after advocacy groups filed an emergency appeal against the Trump administration's plan to repatriate them. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Gaza war
- Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip
  - The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led maritime convoy, departs from four cities in the Mediterranean and heads towards Gaza to attempt to break the Israeli blockade, carrying humanitarian aid and activist Greta Thunberg and actors Mark Ruffalo and Gustaf Skarsgård, among others. (Al Jazeera) (CBS News)
Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
- Philippine public works secretary Manuel Bonoan resigns over the flood control controversy, while President Bongbong Marcos appoints transportation secretary Vince Dizon as Bonoan's replacement. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

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