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August 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
Source: UNN external link
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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.
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Politics and elections

After initiating an audit of flood control projects during his State of the Nation Address in July, Philippine president Bongbong Marcos announces the initial findings, revealing that 20% of all nationwide projects, valued at 100 billion (US$1.75 billion), were awarded to fifteen contractors, including firms owned by Representative Elizaldy Co and businesswoman Sarah Discaya, who ran in the 2025 Pasig elections.
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International relations

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September.
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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.
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Disasters and accidents

Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde.
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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.
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Health and environment

A botulism outbreak kills two people and hospitalizes 14 others in Diamante, Calabria, Italy.
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Law and crime

Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June.
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Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States.
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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 secure Washington, D.C., citing alleged rising crime rates.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

August 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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.
Source: Sky News external link

Disasters and accidents

A 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 building and two mosque minaret collapses in Balıkesir Province and Manisa.
Source: TRT Haber external link
Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.
Source: WJZ-TV external link
Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Source: G1 Globo external link
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.
Source: MSN external link

Law and crime

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador.
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International relations

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.
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August 9

Law and crime

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.
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Two people are killed and five others are injured in a drive-by mass shooting in a busy area in Nassau, The Bahamas.
Source: The Nassau Guardian external link
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.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link

International relations

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.
Source: Sky News external link
Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto.
Source: The Star external link

Disasters and accidents

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