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August 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a cargo vessel has come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, leaving one dead.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The United Arab Emirates's defence ministry detects two missiles fired from Iran towards the country, including one that fell outside territorial waters and another that fell within it.
Source: Emirates 24/7 external link
British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that the United Kingdom will continue to militarily support Ukraine after Russia warned the UK will face "consequences" for allowing Ukraine to use British-made drones to strike targets deep inside Russian territory.
Source: BBC News external link
A Russian ballistic missile strike kills ten civilians and wounds eight more in Pechenihy, Kharkiv Oblast. Several homes are completely destroyed.
Source: AP external link
A drone strike hits a bus stop near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, killing one plant worker and injuring several others.
Source: Reuters external link
The Sudanese Doctors Network reports that recent attacks in Geissan of Sudan's Blue Nile region has displaced over 5,000 people to Damazin.
Source: Sudan Horizon external link
The Rapid Support Forces launches a major crackdown in Nyala, South Darfur, its largest security and military mobilization since seizing the city in 2023.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Disasters and accidents

At least eight people are killed and more than 20 others are injured after a vehicle rams into a truck in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source: Xinhua external link
Three people are killed after an explosion at a thermal power plant in Baniyas, Syria.
Source: Xinhua external link
A second M4.7 earthquake strikes the province of Granada, in Spain. Damage and injures are reported in Granada and the surrounding area, while the Alhambra is evacuated.
Source: Expansión external link

Politics and elections

Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema is declared the winner by the electoral commission, re-electing him to a second term.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

A student is killed while nine other people are injured in a mass shooting at a junior secondary school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The perpetrator, also a student, later kills himself.
Source: The Philippine Star external link
Pakistan's Supreme Court orders imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan transferred from the central jail in Rawalpindi, Punjab, to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for medical examinations following a petition by his lawyers concerning his health.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Singapore begins requiring major Internet messaging platforms to restrict unsolicited contacts and social media services to verify advertisers and block suspected scam advertisements under new anti-scam rules, with penalties of up to S$1 million (US$780,000) for non-compliance.
Source: The Manila Times external link

August 17

Disasters and accidents

A 90-year-old woman is confirmed dead in Nāʻālehu, Hawaii, and over 100,000 people remain without power after Hurricane Lala struck the state.
Source: AP external link
Floods and landslides caused by the southwest monsoon and Tropical Storm Kujira kill at least 23 people and displace thousands across the Philippines.
Source: AA external link
A crowd crush at the Ashokdham Temple in Bihar, India, kills at least seven people and injures 19 others.
Source: AFP via ABS-CBN News external link
Seven people are killed and several others are injured after a fire breaks out in a hotel in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India.
Source: Xinhua external link
Humanitarian NGO Emergency rescues 50 migrants from a wooden boat in international waters off Libya and recovers seven bodies. Two survivors require urgent medical evacuation, and 29 of those rescued are unaccompanied minors.
Source: Reuters external link
Three people are killed when a private helicopter crashes on Sifnos, South Aegean, Greece.
Source: AP external link
Torrential rainfall causes widespread flooding in Geoje-si, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, killing at least one.
Source: The Guardian external link

Law and crime

A Russian court sentences Yabloko deputy chairperson Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in prison for discrediting the armed forces and spreading disinformation after he publicly condemned the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Source: Reuters external link
Discord suspends live streaming, screen sharing, and video calls in Brazil to comply with an order from the national data protection authority following the death of a 13-year-old girl allegedly encouraged to kill herself during an online broadcast.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
The trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis for his alleged role in the murder of Tupac Shakur begins in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.
Source: CNN external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Russian Banderol cruise missile explodes in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova, after entering from Ukrainian airspace, triggering a wildfire in a corn field. Moldovan authorities condemn the strike as "a serious violation of Moldova’s sovereignty".
Source: The New Voice of Ukraine external link
The Sudanese Armed Forces says that it has shot down a long-range drone used by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan's North Kordofan state, the second drone shot down this month in the region.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
South Sudanese president Salva Kiir meets with Darfur governor Minni Minnawi in Juba, South Sudan, to discuss efforts to end the conflict in Sudan.
Source: Eye Radio external link
Several fighters from both sides are killed after Somali federal forces and opposition groups clash in the South West State. Two civilians are also killed. Militias loyal to former state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen enter the regional capital Baidoa, challenging two battalions of the Somali National Army loyal to Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.
Source: i24 news external link
At least 22 people are killed in a mass shooting in Kebbe, Sokoto State, Nigeria.
Source: Tribune external link
A explosion is reported at a school in the Dashte Barchi neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, injuring several people. The perpetrator is unknown.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Health and environment

The United Nations reports that at least 2,325 people have died from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it the deadliest in the country's history.
Source: DW external link
A city official reports that at least 500 people have been hospitalized for severe diarrhea, with nearly 150 testing positive for cholera, in Yangon, Myanmar.
Source: AFP via CNA external link

International relations

Iran says it barred two French embassy employees from returning for allegedly violating the Vienna Convention through activities supporting Iranian civil society. France says their work involved programs for civil society, students, and artists.
Source: Reuters external link
United States president Donald Trump orders the Department of Defense to substantially reduce the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian military exercises with South Korea, citing their cost and his relationship with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un. The drills begin as scheduled.
Source: The Straits Times external link

Politics and elections

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Rodney S. Scott pauses construction of a $1.7 billion border-security project in Big Bend National Park, Texas, while the CBP reviews the plan amid bipartisan local opposition and environmental concerns.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Former South Korean prime minister Kim Min-seok is elected as the new leader of the Democratic Party with 54.08% of the vote against its former leader Jung Chung-rae.
Source: The Korea Herald external link

August 16

Disasters and accidents

The death toll of the Lake Kariba vessel capsizing in Zimbabwe from last week rises to 72 after twelve more bodies are recovered.
Source: AP external link
A passenger bus carrying tourists from Poland crashes in to a ditch in Mezőkeresztes, Hungary, killing 12 people and injuring ten more.
Source: AP external link
Ten people are killed after a tourist bus overturns near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Source: O Globo external link
Five teenagers are killed and four others, including a child, are injured in a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driving vehicle on the M9 motorway in County Kildare, Ireland.
Source: BBC News external link
Source: TVP World external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

A Spanish F/A-18 Hornet jet shoots down a Russian drone in Romanian airspace. The drone was downed near Galați after entering from Moldova.
Source: Politico external link
Ukrainian forces launch 822 drones at Russia, including over 600 towards Moscow, killing at least seven people and injuring 39 others. A Wildberries warehouse is also destroyed. Russian officials say it is the largest Ukrainian drone attack launched this year.
Source: BBC News external link
Seven suspected members of the Pakistani Taliban are killed in a intelligence-based joint operation in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Source: The Express Tribune external link
Tuareg separatist Azawad Liberation Front releases six wounded Malian troops.
Source: Arab News external link
Two civilians are killed and several homes are damaged by a government airstrike in Thandwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Source: Narinjara News external link
The African Union (AU) holds a meeting with Sudanese officials in an effort to end the war, marking the first talks by the AU in the country since the military led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in the October 2021 coup.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Law and crime

Three people, including a teenager, are killed and two others are injured in a shooting in Isla Cristina, Andalusia, Spain. Police investigate the attack as a possible dispute between rival drug-trafficking groups and search for the gunman.
Source: Reuters external link

Sports

Source: Global News external link

August 15

Disasters and accidents

Authorities in Indiana, United States, report that six people have died in recent floods from storms.
Source: Reuters external link
The death toll of the Lake Kariba vessel capsizing in Zimbabwe from last week rises to 72 after 26 more bodies are recovered.
Source: AP via CNN external link
Six people are killed and several others wounded after a container truck crashes into an auto rickshaw in Latehar district, Jharkhand, India.
Source: ETV Bharat external link
A minibus carrying a wedding party overturns in Diyarbakir Province, Türkiye, killing five and injuring eleven others.
Source: Asharq al-Awsat external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says that Iran and Oman have reached an agreement on a safe route for vessels transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: Saudi Gazette external link
The Emirates News Agency reports that a third Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessel was attacked by Iran while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz a day earlier. No injuries were reported.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon kill eleven people, including three children.
Source: Sky News external link
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan, a Hezbollah commander in the Radwan Force, during a airstrike in Ansar.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

Arts and culture

A 180-foot (55m) the Our Lady of Mercy monument dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the tallest of its kind in Europe, is inaugurated in Konotopie, Poland.
Source: Vatican News external link

Politics and elections

Hereditary Prince Alois announces that Liechtenstein will gradually transition its line of succession to absolute primogeniture, stating that any future descendant of him and Hereditary Princess Sophie, regardless of sex, will inherit the throne, allowing future women to inherit the throne.
Source: AP external link

Sports

In swimming, Johannes Liebmann sets a men's 1,500-metre freestyle world record of 14:26.79 at the European Championships, improving Bobby Finke's 2024 Olympic record by nearly four seconds.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
In swimming, Kate Douglass sets a women's 50-metre freestyle world record of 23.49 seconds in the Pan Pacific Championships heats, surpassing Gretchen Walsh's 23.55-second mark set in June.
Source: AFP via RFI external link

Law and crime

Police in Morocco arrest 111 migrants who attempted to enter Spain's autonomous community Ceuta, amidst tightened security on both sides of the border with Spain.
Source: CBC external link
Four artwork by Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina are reportedly stolen from the Regional Museum of Messina in Messina, Sicily, Italy.
Source: Reuters external link
Three people are shot dead and two others are wounded in a mass shooting in a flat in Newclare, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Source: EWN external link