Icelanders vote on a referendum to decide whether to restart membership negotiations with the EU.
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AP 
August 29
Politics and elections
Sports
Argentina beat the Netherlands in the final after a 1–1 draw and a penalty shoot-out to secure their third World Cup title in women's field hockey.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from flash floods in Nepal rises to 669, with more than 2,400 people reported missing.
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NBC News
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.
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The New Arab
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.
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The Times of Israel
The Cameroon-flagged Turkish cargo ship MV , which was hijacked on August 17, is freed by Somalian and Turkish forces off the coast of Somalia.
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Defense Mirror
Tuareg rebels free 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for an army officer-turned-defector named Inkinane Ag Attaher.
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Al Jazeera
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.
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Reuters
August 28
Armed conflicts and attacks
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.
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The Times of Israel
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).
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Sudan Tribune
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.
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Asharq Al Awsat
Sports
In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche sign defenceman and alternate captain Cale Makar to a eight-year extension worth US$163.2 million, the largest contract in National Hockey League history. He is the first player to exceed past $20 million in average annual value.
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ESPN
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.
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Reuters
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.
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Reuters
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.
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Euronews
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.
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AFP via CBS News
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.
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The Times of Israel
Arts and culture
In the U.S. state of Virginia, Richmond removes the last three Confederate statues, with the three removed are statues of Stonewall Jackson, former Governor William Smith, and Hunter McGuire.
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The Washington Post
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.
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Daily Trust
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.
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AFP via France 24
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.
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CNN
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.
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Al Jazeera
August 27
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.
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Reuters
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.
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Africanews
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).
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Kurdistan 24
Armed conflicts and attacks
Three Palestinians are reported to be killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip, violating the October 2025 ceasefire.
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Reuters
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and its Spokesperson's Unit confirms Al-Qassam Brigades commander Ismail Mohammad Ibrahim Barim, who held Edan Alexander, Avera Mengistu, and Matan Zangauker as hostages, was killed in a strike in Khan Yunis.
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The Jerusalem Post
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.
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The Times of Israel
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.
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Ynetnews
Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani talks with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, including on the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to end the war.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Iran war ceasefireQatar as a mediator in conflict
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Al Jazeera
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.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Strait of Hormuz campaign
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The Hill
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.
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Reuters
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.
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Marine Insight
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Sudan Tribune
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Al Jazeera
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.
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The New Arab
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.
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Noveau Media
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.
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Military Times
Law and crime
Two people are killed in a stabbing at a private school in Gosen-Neu Zittau, Brandenburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested.
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Xinhua
Science and technology
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TimeandDate
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.
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Yonhap
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.
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The Manila Times
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.
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AFP via France 24
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.
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AFP via France 24
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.
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BBC News
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.
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The Guardian
King Rukidi IV of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom, the youngest person to reign as a monarch, dies at the age of 34.
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NTV Uganda
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.
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CTV News
A section of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Fraser Canyon reopens after being closed for seven weeks due to the wildfires.
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CTV News
Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune declares three days of national mourning after 12 people were reported to be killed in wildfires in northeastern Jijel.
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Africanews
The death toll from the earthquake that struck the Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, rises to 111, with 176,000 people displaced.
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AA
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.
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BBC News
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.
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The Philippine Star
August 26
Health and environment
Nineteen cases of Japanese encephalitis are confirmed in Madhesh Province, Nepal, causing six deaths.
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Nepal News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the daraxonrasib drug as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer, making it the first RAS inhibitor drug to be approved for the disease. This came after a previous study showed that it nearly doubled the survival rate for patients compared to chemotherapy.
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Reuters
Arts and culture
A spokesperson for Malian singer Salif Keita confirms that he has cancelled all upcoming concerts in South Africa over its response to anti-migrant protests in the country.
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Arbiterz
International relations
The U.S. Pacific Command announces that the United States will conduct trilateral military exercises with South Korea's armed forces and Japan's self-defense forces despite U.S. president Donald Trump scaling back on the recent Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises.
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Korea Herald
Business and economy
American multinational company General Mills announces that they have removed artificial colors from their cereals including Lucky Charms and Trix.
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NBC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps say Iran and Oman have agreed to share revenues from the Strait of Hormuz and define their respective maritime areas, while negotiations continue over reopening the waterway amid the war.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Iran–Oman negotiations
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The Borneo Post
Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the strait under the proposed agreement.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis2026 Iran–Oman negotiations
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Military.com
The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed several Hamas members in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia, including on a structure allegedly used as a storage facility for weapons.
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The Jerusalem Post
An overnight Ukrainian drone attack "completely destroys" a Wildberries depot in Tambov Oblast, Russia.
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Reuters
A man and a 14-year-old child are killed in Lipetsk Oblast, and a woman is killed in Belgorod Oblast, in Ukrainian drone strikes. The Russian defence ministry says its forces have shot down 426 Ukrainian drones overnight.
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Al Jazeera
Nine people are killed after a Ukrainian strike on a bus in Russian-occupied Luhansk.
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Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Flash floods and mudslides along the Trishuli River impact Nepal and Tibet. At least 160 people are killed, hundreds are injured and 463 others, including over 200 tourists, are reported missing in Nepal, while Chinese Communist Party officials report three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet, severely affecting Gyirong County and its port.
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BBC News
Nepali officials say bridges, roads, power stations, and entire villages have been swept away by the flash flooding with some areas still completely cut-off from search and rescue efforts.
Source:
The National
At least 15 infants are killed and another is injured after a fire at a state-run hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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The Guardian
Law and crime
The U.S. military trial for al-Qaeda militant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is set for June 2028 alongside three co-conspirators.
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Sky News
Meta Platforms agrees to pay up to $16.7 billion to settle claims by 29 U.S. states over alleged harms to young users and to impose new usage limits and safeguards for teenagers on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
The United States designates the Italy-based Autistici/Inventati, the UK-based Palestine Action, and pro-Palestinian group Masar Badil as terrorist organizations, citing alleged involvement in politically motivated violence and extremist activity.
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AFP via France 24
Russia orders the arrest of German journalist Michael Martens, charging him in absentia over comments interpreted as calling for the killing of Russians, a crime punishable by up to six years in prison.
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News.az
Two people are killed and nine others are seriously injured in a vehicle-ramming attack against pedestrians after a fight near a train station in Caen, Normandy, France. The perpetrator is arrested.
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France 24
Politics and elections
The United States Department of State suspends immigrant visa appointments at all embassies and consulates worldwide while training consular staff on screening applicants for potential dependence on public benefits.
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AFP via ABS-CBN News
Deogratius Ndejembi is appointed as Vice President of Tanzania, replacing Emmanuel Nchimbi who resigned yesterday.
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The Tanzania Times
Sports
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Reuters