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August 23

Law and crime

The Sandiganbayan sentences Janet Lim-Napoles to 55 years in prison over the diversion of ₱7.55 million (US$153,299.49) in the Priority Development Assistance Fund involving Davao del Sur vice governor Marc Douglas Cagas IV.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
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August 22

Disasters and accidents

A part of the under construction Jianzha Yellow River Bridge collapses into the Yellow River on the border of Jainca County, Qinghai, China, killing twelve people and leaving four others missing.
Source: CBC News external link
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Five people are killed and 49 others are injured, including several airlifted, when a tour bus loses control and overturns on Interstate 90 West in Pembroke, New York, United States.
Source: BNO News external link
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At least four people are killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in San Miguel Zacaola, Santo Tomás Hueyotlipan, Mexico.
Source: Municipios Puebla external link
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Armed conflicts and attacks

The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification officially declares a famine in Gaza Governorate in the Gaza Strip, while conditions in the North Gaza Governorate are estimated to be as severe or worse. The Office for Human Rights states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government, while the Israeli government disputes the report and its methodology.
Source: OHCHR external link
A Houthi ballistic missile breaks up and a Houthi drone is intercepted over southern Israel.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports paramilitary attacks in Darfur, Sudan, leaving 89 civilians dead in 10 days.
Source: AP external link
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Five police officers are killed in a mass shooting by unknown gunmen while patrolling on a highway in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran.
Source: AP external link
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Three people are killed, including both attackers, in an Islamic State suicide bombing and shooting at a checkpoint in Deir ez-Zor, Syria.
Source: Shafaq News external link
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Law and crime

Illegally deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from jail in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, to reunite with family while awaiting trial on people smuggling charges.
Source: AP external link
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At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former president Jalal Talabani.
Source: AP external link
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Sri Lanka police arrest and detain former president Ranil Wickremesinghe for allegedly misusing public funds while in office.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns from the current cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners People's Party for Freedom and Democracy and Farmer–Citizen Movement over implementing additional sanctions against Israel.
Source: DutchNews.nl external link
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August 21

Armed conflicts and attacks

At least 70 Palestinians are killed by Israeli airstrikes, including eight people in a house in Sabra suburb in Gaza City.
Source: Reuters external link
An Israeli military database indicates that 83% of deaths in Gaza have been civilians. The Israeli military initially confirmed the database to the media but later disputed it without clarifying their retraction in response to questions from The Guardian.
Source: The Guardian external link
A Palestinian gunman shoots an Israeli settler who was engaging in shepherding activities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
At least six people are killed and more than 60 others are injured in a terrorist car bombing targeting the Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base on a busy street in Cali, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.
Source: BNO News external link
At least twelve Colombian police officers are killed and three others are injured when FARC dissidents shoot down a helicopter during an anti-narcotics operation in Amalfi, Antioquia Department, Colombia.
Source: BNO News external link
The Russian Armed Forces conduct a combined attack overnight, launching at least 570 drones and 40 hypersonic, ballistic, and cruise missiles across Ukraine, with two cruise missiles striking an American electronics factory in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia Oblast, injuring over a dozen people.
Source: DW external link
U.S. president Donald Trump deploys three guided-missile destroyers off the coast of Venezuela after the U.S. government authorized military operations against Latin American drug cartels, prompting an escalation of tensions between the United States and Venezuela.
Source: CBS News external link

Disasters and accidents

At least 21 people are killed in flooding caused by heavy monsoons in Pakistan, including eleven in Gilgit-Baltistan and ten in Karachi, as the death toll for the flooding season increases to over 400.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 47 people and 300 cattle are killed, 70 others are injured and over 56,000 are displaced during flooding in Niger.
Source: Africanews external link
At least 15 people are killed and ten others are injured in a landslide in Manéah, Kindia Region, Guinea.
Source: Barron's external link
Six people are killed in an accident in a confined space at a dairy farm in Weld County, Colorado, United States.
Source: ABC News external link
At least five people are killed and 34 others are injured, including one critically, in an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
Source: Dawn external link

Law and crime

Five bodies and ten body parts are recovered and 27 suspected mass graves are discovered at the site of the Good News International Ministries religious cult mass-murder suicide at the Shakahola Forest in Kenya, where over 400 bodies were recovered two years ago.
Source: CTV News external link
Italian police arrest a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the months that followed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Source: DW external link

Politics and elections

Polish president Karol Nawrocki vetoes a bill to combine an extension of household energy price freezes with relaxed regulations on building onshore wind farms, arguing that linking the two measures in one law was unacceptable.
Source: Reuters external link

August 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

American special forces carry out a raid in Northern Syria and kills an ISIS leader with the reported assistance of Syrian government forces. The slain ISIS leader was purportedly in succession to succeed as the caliph of ISIS's Syrian branch.
Source: Fox News external link
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
A Russian MLRS rocket strike on a market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills three people and injures four others, according to Governor Vadym Filashkin.
Source: Reuters external link
Shortly after midnight, a Russian military drone explodes when crashing in Osiny, Puławy County, Poland.
Source: in Polish external link
The Guatemalan Immigration Institute grants temporary humanitarian status to 161 Mexican nationals, including 92 adults and 69 children from Chiapas, allowing them to remain legally in Guatemala after fleeing cartel-related violence in the border municipality of Frontera Comalapa.
Source: Anadolu Agency external link

Disasters and accidents

At least two people are killed and two others are injured in a rockfall on the Égratz Viaduct in Chamonix, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Source: Le Dauphiné libéré external link
One person is killed and 19 others are injured, including three seriously, after a migrant shipwreck is found drifting off the southern coast of Mallorca, Spain.
Source: Euronews external link

Law and crime

A New Zealand court-martial sentences a soldier to two years in military prison and orders his discharge after he pleads guilty to attempted espionage, possession of banned material, and unauthorized access to a military computer system, marking the country's first conviction for spying.
Source: AP external link
A man is detained on suspicion of murder after four bodies were found in the Seine river in Choisy-le-Roi, Île-de-France, France.
Source: BBC News external link
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada announces the arrest of 13 people, including three alleged gunmen, in connection with the May shooting that killed her personal secretary and an adviser.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
At least 19 people are hospitalized following a clash between Club Universidad de Chile and Club Atlético Independiente fans during a round of 16 match of the 2025 Copa Sudamericana
Source: Marca external link

International relations

India and China agree to resume direct flights suspended since 2020, reopen designated border trade points and boost investment in their economies following talks in New Delhi between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Indian officials, including Indian prime minister Narendra Modi.
Source: Reuters external link
The United Kingdom imposes sanctions on eight individuals and entities accused of helping Russia evade Western sanctions through financial and cryptocurrency networks, including Kyrgyz firms linked to the ruble-pegged stablecoin A7A5. Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov has appealed to the UK regarding the sanctions.
Source: Reuters external link
The United States Department of State imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court judges Nicolas Guillou and Kimberly Prost and deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem and Mame Mandiaye Niang over their involvement in cases concerning Israel and the United States.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

Chinese leader Xi Jinping visits Lhasa, Tibet, for the second time during his general secretaryship to mark the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Tibet Autonomous Region.
Source: Reuters external link