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August 26

International relations

The U.S. Pacific Command announces that the United States will conduct trilateral military exercises with South Korea's armed forces and Japan's self-defense forces despite U.S. President Donald Trump scaling back on the recent Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises.
Source: Korea Times external link

Health and environment

Nineteen cases of Japanese encephalitis are confirmed in Madhesh Province, Nepal, including six patients who died.
Source: Nepal News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack "completely destroys" a Wildberries depot in Tambov Oblast, Russia.
Source: Reuters external link
A man and a 14-year-old child are killed in Lipetsk Oblast, and a woman is killed in Belgorod Oblast, in Ukrainian drone strikes. The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces have shot down 426 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Disasters and accidents

Major casualties are reported and many are reported missing in Tibet Autonomous Region after a mudslide strikes between Tibet and Nepal, severely affecting Gyirong County. At least 14 deaths, 19 injuries and 463 missing are also reported in Nepal.
Source: NDTV external link
At least 15 infants are killed and another is injured after a fire at a state-run hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan.
Source: The Globe and Mail external link

August 25

Law and crime

Hungary foreign and deputy prime minister Anita Orbán files a criminal complaint against the government of former prime minister Viktor Orbán (no relation) over its purchase of 300 billion Ft (US$965 million) in ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
Source: Reuters external link
Brazil's national data protection authority fines TikTok R$153.7 million (US$29.9 million) for inadequate child-safety measures and orders its developer, ByteDance, to delete improperly collected data and strengthen protections for users under 16.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Business and economy

Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion worth of U.S. annual imports in response to the 50% tariffs by U.S. president Donald Trump and his administration.
Source: Reuters external link
Latvia's cabinet ministry announces that the country will ban imported goods from Belarus and Russia starting September 1.
Source: LIGA external link
South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company reaches a deal to end a month of walkouts by workers.
Source: AFP external link

Sports

In basketball, the Women's National Basketball Association's Chicago Sky bans Enes Kanter Freedom from attending home games following his altercation with Natasha Cloud.
Source: ESPN external link

Arts and culture

The Australian Recording Industry Association bans wholly AI-generated music from appearing on its charts starting in September 2026. The ruling aims to distinguish fully AI-generated music and AI-assisted music, where the track is human-created but uses AI as a supporting tool.
Source: DW external link

Disasters and accidents

The toll from the earthquake in Flores, Indonesia, ten days ago, increases to 103 people dead and 1,666 injured.
Source: Detik News external link
The death toll for the earthquakes in Venezuela this June exceeds past 6,500, with a total of 6,509 deaths reported.
Source: The Straits Times external link
At least 40 people are injured and over 300 homes are damaged in a tornado in Pomas, Occitania, France.
Source: DW external link
El Salvador declares a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought, while Panama declares an El Niño emergency as severe dry conditions damage crops and reduce traffic through the Panama Canal.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

International relations

Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe arrives in Moscow, Russia, on an unscheduled military flight. It is unknown who Ratcliffe met with and neither Russia or the United States have confirmed any details of what was discussed during the visit.
Source: BBC News external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi say that Iran and Oman have discussed a proposal to establish a temporary joint shipping route for ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: CNBC external link
United States president Donald Trump and the United States Navy say that all mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that an oil tanker has been struck by a unknown projectile off the coast of Oman near the strait. No casualties are reported.
Source: Gulf News external link
reports that U.S. president Trump launched Operation Epic Fury in February despite warnings from U.S. vice president JD Vance and then-intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announce they have officially dissolved and completed a merger with the Syrian army following the end of the civil war in 2024.
Source: AP external link
The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet say that they have struck five Hamas weapons storage systems and a launch site in Gaza, including in mosques.
Source: Ynetnews external link
Around 27 people, including four children, are reported to be killed by Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) militants in the South Kordofan areas of Kadugli and Abu Hitan.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
Sudan’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Welfare reports that 224 cases of child sexual violence have been documented since the conflict.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Politics and elections

The Grand Council of Aargau votes 78–54 to ban Islamic hijabs for girls aged under 16 in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The motion was sponsored by the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland.
Source: Swiss Info external link

August 24

Politics and elections

The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan declares the preliminary results from yesterday's election, stating that Ädilet secured 71% of the vote.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces that the country will soon formally apply for membership of the European Union.
Source: TASS external link
The United States formally removes Syria from its designated state sponsors of terrorism list.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link

Health and environment

The Arkansas Department of Health reports seven new cases of cyclosporiasis in the state, including the first cases in Ashley and Cleburne counties, amidst a decline in the outbreak across the United States.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The U.S. military Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere launches a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on alleged drug traffickers, killing two people. The strike is the first reported in two months.
Source: CNN external link
During a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep inside Russian territory.
Source: BBC News external link
A Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv kills three people and leaves eight others wounded.
Source: TRT World external link
Drone strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces hits several Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary targets in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, hours after a cargo aircraft landed in the area.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Two peacekeepers from Ethiopia of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Three more peacekeepers, two policemen and two civilians are also wounded.
Source: in French external link

Business and economy

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign involving new sanctions against Iran in a effort to isolate the regime.
Source: Politico external link
The Iranian rial reaches 2.02 million rials ahead of the U.S. dollar, a record-low, ahead of U.S. sanctions.
Source: Time external link

Law and crime

Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun is found guilty of committing war crimes spanning nearly 14 years of civil war under Bashar al-Assad's former regime and is sentenced to life in prison.
Source: DW external link
Former British snooker player Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school children.
Source: Sky News external link
South African police arrests four people in connection of the murder of former professional boxer Zolani Tete.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

August 23

Disasters and accidents

The Hawk Fire near Reno, Nevada, U.S., grows to more than 20 square miles (53 sq. km.) and spreads across the Peavine Peak of Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, prompting evacuations.
Source: Reuters external link
A M5.9 earthquake strikes southern Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, injuring 45 people.
Source: FNN external link
At least 30 people are killed and six more are wounded when a landfill collapses in Conakry, Guinea.
Source: BBC News external link
The Indian Coast Guard and Navy's Eastern Naval Command reports that two crew members from the Panama-flagged have been rescued after it sank off the coast of Bay of Bengal in eastern India.
Source: New Indian Express external link

Law and crime

Eight people, including four children, are killed in a domestic shooting and house fire in Billings, Montana, United States. The gunman kills himself at the scene.
Source: AP external link
The Israel Defense Forces's Duvdevan Unit says that they arrested four Palestinians over the weekend, including two allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

Sports

In open-wheel racing, American auto racing driver Kyle Kirkwood wins the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix event at the National Mall in Washington D.C., United States.
Source: The Indianapolis Star external link
In basketball, former National Basketball Association player Enes Kanter Freedom is ejected from a WNBA game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena after being confronted by Natasha Cloud for his controversy in declaring for the 2027 WNBA draft.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran claims to have blacklisted 45 tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that breached its rules for crossing the waterway, with the Persian Gulf Strait Authority threatening fines, detainments, and confiscations against the named vessels.
Source: Reuters external link
The Iran parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission approves a draft allowing Iran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
Two Israeli airstrikes kill two people, including a four-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip in violation of the October 2025 ceasefire.
Source: Reuters external link
At least ten people are killed and several others injured in clashes between federal forces and residents protesting a controversial demolition and forced eviction in Yaaqshid neighbourhood of Mogadishu.
Source: Shabelle Media external link
The Turkish Armed Forces carries out an airstrike in Garmaal, Puntland, killing at least four people, in response to the previous hijacking of a Cameroon-flagged vessel by Somali pirates, which was transporting military equipment to the Camp TURKSOM in Mogadishu. The authorities of Puntland identified the victims as civilian fishermen.
Source: Somali Guardian external link
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group agree on a roadmap for further peace negotiations under the Doha Framework Agreement after talks in Switzerland.
Source: The Hindu external link
Sudan's defence ministry says that the country's armed forces (SAF) have shot down a "hostile" drone from Ethiopia entering its airspace, which was seen flying over the Blue Nile region.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link
The SAF-allied Joint Forces says that they have destroyed a Rapid Support Forces convoy in the northern desert bordering Libya, along with capturing several vehicles and drone equipment.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
At least 47 people are killed and over 50 others are kidnapped by armed gangs in Kenscoff, Ouest department, Haiti, in one of the largest mass kidnappings in the conflict.
Source: AP external link
The Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front releases 22 Malian soldiers, some held for more than three years, in exchange for at least eight of its fighters and several civilian detainees.
Source: Macau Business external link
Iván Manjarrez, a La Línea ringleader accused of controlling illegal logging in the Chihuahua Mountains, is killed during a security operation in Bocoyna Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Source: El Heraldo de Chihuahua external link

Politics and elections

Kazakhstanis vote to elect 145 members to the 1st convocation of the unicameral Kurultai following the passage of the new constitution on 15 March. Contesting parties must get at least five percent of the vote in order for lists to gain proportional representation.
Source: DW external link