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August 17

Politics and elections

Bolivians vote to elect a president, vice president, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Chamber of Senators.
Source: Reuters external link

Law and crime

Three people are killed and eight are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City, United States.
Source: The Minnesota Star Tribune external link
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Disasters and accidents

At least seven people are killed and five others are injured when a cloudburst causes flash flooding and landslides in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Source: Daily Excelsior external link

August 16

Business and economy

Canadian jobs minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees after the airline's flight attendants launched a strike, leading to the suspension of hundreds of flights and disruptions affecting more than 100,000 passengers per day.
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Disasters and accidents

Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 5 strength while affecting several Caribbean islands.
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The death toll from yesterday's floods in Pakistan increases to at least 321, 307 of whom are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Seven people are killed when an Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes while being ferried near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source: Aviation24 external link
At least one person is killed and four others are injured, including two seriously, when a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter makes a hard landing during a rescue operation on Jengish Chokusu in Kyrgyzstan.
Source: ASN external link

Law and crime

Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is injured in a mass shooting near a bar in Forio, Campania, Italy.
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August 15

Arts and culture

The Taliban organises multiple parades across Afghanistan, dropping flowers from helicopters in Kabul to celebrate the 4th anniversary of its successful retaking of the city and ending of the war.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Politics and elections

South Korean president Lee Jae Myung holds a "" inauguration ceremony, known as the "People's Mandate Ceremony", coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, where he receives letters of appointment from 80 selected individuals. Lee took office on June 4 after winning the 21st presidential election without an official inauguration ceremony.
Source: Anadolu Ajansı external link

Law and crime

One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting outside a mosque in Örebro, Närke, Sweden. The suspect fled the scene and is at large.
Source: Euronews external link
Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, United States, files a child protection lawsuit against Roblox Corporation, alleging issues with the child protection policies of the platform.
Source: The Independent external link

Disasters and accidents

Five people are killed when a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in bad weather while carrying relief goods to rain-affected areas of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Source: The Times of India external link
At least 189 people are killed, dozens are injured, dozens are reported missing, and structures are damaged and destroyed in flooding across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Source: Euronews external link
The first hurricane of the 2025 season, Hurricane Erin, forms near the Leeward Islands.
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Eighteen people are killed and nine others are injured when a bus plunges into a valley in Algiers, Algeria.
Source: Bahrain News Agency external link
Eleven people are killed and 130 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a gunpowder plant in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia.
Source: The Kyiv Independent external link
A bus collides with a stationary truck in Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, killing ten people and injuring 35 others.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
One person is killed and 27 others are injured, including two airlifted, when a train collides with a slurry tanker on a level crossing and derails between Tinglev and Sønderborg in the Region of Southern Denmark.
Source: BBC News external link

International relations

Russian president Vladimir Putin travels to Alaska to meet with United States president Donald Trump to discuss pathways to bring an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited to the summit.
Source: CNN external link
Guinea-Bissau expels representatives of Portuguese news agency Lusa and public broadcaster RTP from the country. Portugal summons the Guinea-Bissauan ambassador over the move.
Source: TRT World external link

Health and environment

The leaders of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico announce the establishment of a tri-national nature reserve to preserve the Maya Forest. It will be the second-largest nature reserve in Latin America behind the Amazon rainforest.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Puntland Defense Forces take full control of the strategic Wangable Well, following a series of operations that drove ISIS fighters out of the Well, which for years had served as an important base for the group’s senior leaders, militants, and their families. Ceelka Wangable is located in the northern Qandala district of the Bari region of Puntland.
Source: Hiiraan Online external link

August 14

International relations

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, states in a KCNA article that the rumour that North Korea had removed the loudspeakers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone is false.
Source: The Independent external link

Health and environment

According to the Sudanese government, at least 40 people have died of cholera in the Darfur region over the last week in the country's worst outbreak in years.
Source: MSN external link

Law and crime

Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing.
Source: AP external link
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra is arrested after a judge investigating him for corruption orders five months of preventive detention.
Source: Infobae external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following a massive cloudburst in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
Three people are killed, including a child, and 109 others are injured, including three critically, by celebratory gunfire during Independence Day in Pakistan. Police arrest 86 suspects for their involvement and seize 68 illegal weapons.
Source: Dawn external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 21 people are killed and seven others are injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, with homes and religious buildings also damaged.
Source: AP external link
At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions.
Source: Garowe Online external link