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August 22

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 12 people and leaving four others missing.
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At least 52 people are injured, including ejections and entrapments, when a tour bus overturns on Interstate 90 West in Pembroke, Genesee County New York, United States.
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Armed conflicts and attacks

The UN-backed IPC officially declares a famine in the Gaza Governorate, while conditions in the North Gaza Governorate are estimated to be as severe or worse. The OHCHR states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government. The Israeli government disputes the report and methodology.
Source: IPC external link

August 21

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.
Source: Reuters external link

Disasters and accidents

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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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At least 47 people and 300 cattle are killed, 70 others are injured and over 56,000 are displaced during flooding in Niger.
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At least 15 people are killed and ten others are injured in a landslide in Manéah near Conakry, Guinea.
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Six people are killed in an accident in a confined space at a dairy farm in Weld County, Colorado, United States.
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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.
Source: Dawn external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 70 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes, including eight people in a house in Sabra suburb in Gaza City.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: The Guardian external link
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A Palestinian gunman shoots an Israeli settler who was engaging in shepherding activities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
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.
Source: BNO News external link
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At least twelve 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.
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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.
Source: DW external link
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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.
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Law and crime

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.
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August 20

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.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
Source: Fox News external link
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
Shortly after midnight, a Russian military drone explodes when crashing in Osiny, Puławy County, Poland.
Source: in Polish external link
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.
Source: Anadolu Agency external link

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.
Source: Le Dauphiné libéré external link
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.
Source: Euronews external link

International 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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: AP external link
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.
Source: BBC News external link
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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

August 19

Disasters and accidents

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.
Source: The Washington Post external link
Four people are killed and nearly a dozen others are injured in a fire at a warehouse in Los Guayos Municipality, Carabobo, Venezuela.
Source: Cedar News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
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 Netanyahu gives in.
Source: The New York Times external link
Israeli strikes kill at least 25 in Gaza, including in Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Source: Kyiv Post external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: BBC News external link
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.
Source: DW external link

Politics and elections

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.
Source: Hiiraan Online external link
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Business and economy

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.
Source: NPR external link

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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link