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August 30

Science and technology

NASA launches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, United States, to survey the universe, study dark matter and dark energy, and search for exoplanets and supernovae.
Source: Space.com external link

Disasters and accidents

A passenger ferry, sailing from Cyprus to Turkey, capsized in the eastern Mediterranean sea. The ship was carrying around 270 people, of which more than 100 are unaccounted for.
Source: Reuters external link
The body of the last missing individual aboard a boat capsized on Thursday on Mapanuepe Lake in San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines, is recovered, concluding search operations with the final death toll at nine.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link

Politics and elections

Source: NK News external link

Law and crime

One person is killed and five others are injured in a mass shooting at a rave in Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland. The perpetrator is on the run.
Source: CNN external link

August 29

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rises to 669, with more than 2,400 people reported missing.
Source: NBC News external link

Politics and elections

Icelanders reject a referendum to decide whether to restart membership negotiations with the EU.
Source: RÚV external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israel strikes the Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip in Palestine, killing three people, in violation of the October 2025 ceasefire. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) state that they targeted a Hamas commander who "was hiding within the compound" of the hospital.
Source: The New Arab external link
The IDF confirms that they have killed Nukhba Force commander Hani Abd al-Hai Fakhri Mazloum and Hamas sniper Hassan Zidan Hassan Deiri in separate strikes in the northern Gaza Strip.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Cameroon-flagged Turkish cargo ship MV , which was hijacked on August 17, is freed by Somali and Turkish forces off the coast of Somalia. Puntland Ministry of security rejecting claim and accused ransom have been paid.
Source: Hiiraan Online external link
Tuareg rebels free 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for army officer-turned-defector Inkinane Ag Attaher.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Nigerien television confirms that dissenting elements of the Niger Armed Forces attempted a coup in the nation's capital, Niamey. Attacks are reported on Diori Hamani International Airport and the Presidential Palace.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

In field hockey, Argentina beat the Netherlands in the final after a 1–1 draw and a penalty shoot-out to secure their third Women's World Cup title.
Source: Reuters external link
In volleyball, the Canadian women’s national team qualifies for the upcoming Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, U.S., their first qualification since 1996 following a victory against the Dominican Republic in the Women's NORCECA Volleyball Continental Championship.
Source: CBC external link
In boxing, Filip Hrgović defeats Moses Itauma by ninth-round stoppage to win the vacant IBF heavyweight title. Hrgović becomes the first Croatian heavyweight boxing world champion.
Source: The Philippine Star external link

August 28

Business and economy

The Japanese finance ministry says it spent a record ¥15.4 trillion (US$96 billion) between July 30 and August 26 to support the yen, marking the country's largest monthly currency intervention on record.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Politics and elections

King Harald V of Norway dies at the age of 89 after a 35-year reign and is succeeded by his son Haakon VIII.
Source: CNN external link
Greenland establishes a truth and reconciliation commission after experts conclude that a decades-long Danish contraceptive program violated Inuit women's rights but disagree on whether it constituted genocide.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Serbia justice minister Nenad Vujić says that convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić will be buried with state and military honors following his death at the United Nations Detention Unit at the Hague.
Source: Serbian Times external link

International relations

The United States and Venezuela agree to expand U.S. access to Venezuelan oil reserves under a deal involving US$100 billion in private investment, while Venezuela retains ownership of its petroleum resources.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-seven people are killed and seven people are injured after a vehicle carrying churchgoers collided head-on with a truck in Chivhu, Zimbabwe.
Source: MSN external link

Health and environment

Nigeria records 65,000 cases of cholera, across 35 states, alongside 10,000 cases of diphtheria. Additionally, NCDC director Jide Idris reports a decline in cholera cases but also warn that transmission of cases remain ongoing.
Source: Daily Trust external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says that they have seized the Bakori and Surkum army bases in the southeastern Blue Nile region alongside Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM–N).
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Emergency Lawyers, an independent group documenting atrocities in Sudan, reports that eight civilians have been killed in drone strikes in the Sowdari District of North Kordofan.
Source: Asharq Al Awsat external link
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says that they have killed three Palestinian militants, including Islamic Jihad (PIJ) senior member Qais Bitawi, in a drone strike in the Israel-occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The PIJ also confirms Bitawi's death.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
A Russian drone strike hits a supply depot in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, triggering explosions and a fire that killed at least 37 people. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says explosives stored near homes worsened the disaster.
Source: CNN external link

Sports

In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche sign defenceman and alternate captain Cale Makar to an eight-year extension worth US$163.2 million, the largest contract in National Hockey League history. He is the first player to exceed $20 million in average annual value.
Source: ESPN external link

Law and crime

An Ecuadorian court convicts former president Lenín Moreno of bribery linked to the construction of the Coca Codo Sinclair plant in Napo Province. His wife, Rocío González Navas, and daughter are also found guilty.
Source: Reuters external link
Demonstrators gather in Washington, D.C., United States, to protest against the Trump administration's alleged efforts to rollback voting and civil rights, 63 years after the March on Washington rally by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: Reuters external link
The Cambodian government says that they have closed more than 700 online scam centers and arrested nearly 30,000 suspects, including 15 senior officials and law-enforcement officers, during a year-long crackdown on cybercrime networks.
Source: Euronews external link
Two men steal a 200-carat platinum-and-diamond necklace from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, after smashing a display case with a hammer and fleeing, according to Austrian police.
Source: AFP via CBS News external link
Two teenagers are arrested in Israel for allegedly pledging allegiance to ISIS and plotting an attack on security forces at the Temple Mount and an IDF base in northern Israel.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

August 27

Business and economy

South Korean company SK Gas pays a record US$5.3 million for priority passage of the LPG tanker through the Panama Canal before El Niño-related transit restrictions reduced daily crossings.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

International relations

Malaysia says that 1,476 Burmese people will be voluntarily repatriated on September 29 in the first phase of a return program agreed with Myanmar, using Myanmar naval vessels.
Source: The Manila Times external link

Politics and elections

Zambian presidential candidate Brian Mundubile surrenders to police and is questioned over an alleged national security threat after two weeks in hiding following the disputed presidential election, in which he finished second.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link
Denmark's parliament passes legislation granting 300,000 kr. (US$46,758) in compensation to each Greenlandic woman affected by non-consensual contraception administered under a Danish birth-control program in the 1960s and 1970s.
Source: BBC News external link
U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order directing federal agencies to call Lake Ontario "Lake America." The change applies only to U.S. federal usage; Canada need not adopt it, and no international authority exclusively determines names of shared waters.
Source: The Guardian external link
King Rukidi IV of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom, the youngest person to reign as a monarch, dies at the age of 34.
Source: NTV Uganda external link

Science and technology

A near-total partial lunar eclipse occurs over Africa, the Americas, and Europe.
Source: TimeandDate external link
The Korea AeroSpace Administration says that the Nuri will launch 15 satellites, a record, into space from the Naro Space Center in South Korea's Goheung County on October 7.
Source: Yonhap external link

Health and environment

The Democratic Republic of the Congo begins vaccination for the Ebola outbreak in Kisangani, Tshopo, with healthcare and front line workers among the first to receive the vaccine.
Source: Africanews external link
Germany's Robert Koch Institute estimates 15,800 heat-related deaths during summer 2026, the highest total in a decade of monitoring, as repeated heat waves push temperatures above 40°C (104°F).
Source: Kurdistan 24 external link

Sports

In athletics, Brazilian Alison dos Santos and American Masai Russell break the world records in men's 400 metres hurdles (45.80 seconds) and women's 100 metres hurdles (12.09 seconds), respectively, at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Three Palestinians are reported to be killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip, violating the October 2025 ceasefire.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
The IDF also confirms that they have recently killed two Hamas militants that invaded the Re'im Base in Re'im during the October 7 attacks in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including a body guard to former leader Yahya Sinwar and a Nukhba forces militant.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
It is reported that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret meetings with Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War. The Prime Minister's Office denies the reports.
Source: Ynetnews external link
Source: Al Jazeera external link
United States Central Command commander Brad Cooper says that the military has cleared all Iranian naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz and its routes.
Source: The Hill external link
Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei says that Iran is preparing a set of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after mediators called for them to do so.
Source: Reuters external link
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was hit by an "unknown projectile", causing a fire that was later extinguished.
Source: Marine Insight external link
Sudan's army repels a Rapid Support Forces attack on the town of Al-Keli in the Blue Nile region.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Sudan's Security Affairs Coordination Committee lifts the curfew and state of emergency on the capital Khartoum after two years.
Source: BBC external link
Around 12 people are reported killed in a airstrike near border with Chad.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Around 49 people are killed in a cattle raid on the Machar-Pakuek cattle camp in Mading Juer Boma in Tonj North County of South Sudan's Warrap state.
Source: The New Arab external link
Four people are killed after an unconfirmed civilian or military airplane is shot down with a surface-to-air missile near Minembwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Noveau Media external link
NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command say that the U.S. military used a laser weapon against three drones belonging to Mexican drug cartels.
Source: Military Times external link

Law and crime

Two people are killed in a stabbing at a private school in Gosen-Neu Zittau, Brandenburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested.
Source: Xinhua external link

Disasters and accidents

In Canada, British Columbia ends its state of emergency previously imposed on August 8 in response to wildfires that killed one person.
Source: CTV News external link
A section of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Fraser Canyon reopens after being closed for seven weeks due to the wildfires.
Source: CTV News external link
Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares three days of national mourning after 12 people were reported to be killed in wildfires in northeastern Jijel.
Source: Africanews external link
The death toll from the earthquake that struck the Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, rises to 111, with 176,000 people displaced.
Source: AA external link
The United States Geological Survey says a glacial collapse and debris flow, not an earthquake, caused the seismic event near the Nepal–Tibet border and subsequent flooding that killed at least 392 people and left over 900 more missing.
Source: BBC News external link
Six people die after a pump boat carrying 13 passengers capsizes while crossing the Mapanuepe Lake in San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines. Three others remain missing.
Source: The Philippine Star external link