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August 13

Politics and elections

Zambians vote to elect a president and 280 seats of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Hakainde Hichilema runs for re-election to a second term in office.
Source: AP external link

August 12

Disasters and accidents

A woman is killed and 172 other people are rescued after a ferry catches fire off the coast of Bali, Indonesia.
Source: AFP via RFI external link

Law and crime

Four people are killed, including the perpetrator, in shooting and stabbing attacks at a daycare and a house in Hopkins, Minnesota, United States.
Source: CBS News external link

Politics and elections

Cook Islanders vote to elect all 24 seats of Parliament amid a cost-of-living crisis and debate regarding a past partnership agreement with China. Incumbent prime minister Mark Brown faces a challenge from Cook Islands United leader Teariki Heather.
Source: The Guardian external link
The Rapid Support Forces-appointed governor of Sudan's Kordofan region, Hamad Mohammad Hamad Khalifa, resigns and will defect.
Source: Al-Arabiya external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launch eight drone and land attacks across El Obeid, North Kordofan, and intercepting them using air defenses. Two people are reported to be killed during the attacks.
Source: Reuters external link
RSF launch drone strikes across multiple cities in Sudan, including its capital Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman in Khartoum State and the River Nile cites of Ad-Damir, and Atbara.
Source: The National News external link
A drone strike is reported on an Zawiya electrical substation in western Libya, causing a fire and power outages.
Source: The Hill external link
Two soldiers were killed and at least seventeen more wounded (all members of the 9th Brigade). The attack occurred after military personnel were requeried to examine a suspicious cilinder in a road of the the locality of El Quebradón, Algeciras, Huila, subsequently were ambushed for suspected members of the Iván Diaz Front.
Source: El Colombiano external link
A failed attack against the Tayoltita Airfield, in San Dimas Municipality, Durango, left one gunmen killed and two soldiers wounded. Authorities deployed an operative in the zone securing the area and search for the rest of attackers.
Source: La Jornada external link

Science and technology

Astronomers who have spent four years trying to understand the mysterious little red dots found by the James Webb Space Telescope announce in that it marks the discovery of a new type of astrophysical object, the black hole star. The first object classed as such, MoM-BH*-1, in the constellation of Cetus, is the size of the Solar System and emits a pure light that outshines its host galaxy.
Source: The Guardian external link
A total solar eclipse occurs in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, with partial eclipses visible over much of northern North America, Europe (except most of Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria and Russia), northwestern Africa and northern Asian Russia. It is the first total eclipse observable in mainland Europe since the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999.
Source: EclipseWise external link

August 11

Sports

Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub announces that all football and sport activities will resume in September following a three-year suspension that began after the outbreak of the Gaza war.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

The Criminal Court in Damascus, Syria, sentences deposed president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia, and former Daraa political security director Atef Najib in person, and issue international arrest warrants for all for premeditated murder and crimes against humanity.
Source: The National external link
The Lebanese parliament votes to abolish the death penalty.
Source: BBC News external link
A United States Marine Corps soldier is released from Russia after having been detained there since 2022.
Source: Kyiv Independent external link

International relations

The Syrian transitional government confirms their cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency to purge nuclear materials at a hidden facility following a report by on such plan after an agreement between Israel, Syria, and the United States. Conversely, Israel threatens to bombard the site again if the materials remain, and to prevent access to the site.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif says that a deal between Iran and the United States is "close", including an arrangement over the Strait of Hormuz.
Source: CNBC external link
reports that a U.S. military helicopter has fired at the rudder of the Panama-flagged container ship after crews ignored the naval blockade re-imposed in July, contradicting British maritime management that it was hit by a missile in the Gulf of Oman.
Source: Reuters external link
The U.S. Department of Defense reports to Congress that the U.S. military strikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen in 2025 killed 153 civilians and injured another 243.
Source: The Hill external link
The Yemeni government reports that six people have been killed in strikes on a cargo ship by the Houthis in the Bab-el-Mandeb.
Source: The New York Times external link
The Israeli Army Radio reports that the Israel Defense Forces launched a strike targeting a Hamas sniper near the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip, its first strike on the enclave in 10 days.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
A heavy attack on civilians by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) is reported in Geissan in Sudan's Blue Nile state, including on the main market, surrounding farms, and other shops.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The International Organization for Migration reports that 2,300 people in the Blue Nile region has been displaced following recent clashes.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link
Attacks by the RSF and SPLM-N are also reported in Qaysān on its provincial headquarters and a market.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Around 60 people are killed and around 50 others injured in an armed attack during a cattle raid in Tonj North County, Warrap State, South Sudan.
Source: Radio Tamazuj external link

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from the M7.4 earthquake in Colombia yesterday increases to over 240 people killed, 570 injured, and at least 3,000 others still missing. President Abelardo de la Espriella declares a national state of emergency.
Source: The Guardian external link
At least 44 people are killed when a ferry sinks on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Search operations for the landslide from Sunday conclude in Baguio, Philippines, placing the final death toll at ten people killed. Meanwhile, the national police places the nationwide toll from the tropical cyclones and monsoons at 26.
Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer external link
At least 18 people are killed and around 30 others are injured in a two-vehicle collision in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt.
Source: Al Ahram external link
Four people are killed and five others are injured after an old residential building collapses in Cairo, Egypt.
Source: Gulf News external link
Three people are killed following a commercial building fire in Giza, Egypt.
Source: Al Ahram external link

Politics and elections

Former Supreme Court president András Baka is elected as Hungarian president through a supermajority and is scheduled to take office on 19 August. He ran uncontested as the Tisza Party's candidate, as neither Fidesz nor its partner KNDP nominated a candidate.
Source: Reuters external link

August 10

International relations

Colombia becomes the second country to recognize the Golan Heights, a region in southwestern Syria that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, as part of Israel's sovereignty.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link

Health and environment

The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo started in February before its declaration, with some cases attributed to malaria and typhoid.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Disasters and accidents

A M7.4 earthquake strikes Chocó Department, Colombia, causing widespread and heavy damage, and leaving at least 164 people dead.
Source: Reuters external link
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manizales is confirmed to be among the buildings damaged after one of the towers collapsed following the earthquake.
Source: El Colombiano external link
A recent wildfire at the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia, is extinguished after 550ha (1,400 acres) were burnt. However, new hotspots are also reported near the caldera.
Source: Reuters external link
The Philippine civil defense office reports that at least 16 people were killed across Luzon, including seven in Baguio, by floods, landslides and weather-related accidents after nine days of heavy monsoon rain, while three others remain missing.
Source: AFP via RFI external link

Politics and elections

Upon petition from Rodina, the liberal Yabloko party is barred from participating in the 2026 Russian legislative election on charges of unregistered funding, a controversial copyright infringement, and extremism by the Supreme Court of Russia.
Source: The Moscow Times external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United States Central Command says that they have redirected 55 vessels linked to Iran since reinstating the blockade in July.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei appoints new leaders for Iran's military to replace their predecessors after they were killed during the initial Israel and U.S. airstrikes, including Ali Abdollahi as chief of staff, Kioumars Heydari as deputy commander, and Hossein Taeb as Basij commander.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
Аt least 13 people are killed, including a child, and 39 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia.
Source: Reuters external link
Source: Al Jazeera external link

Law and crime

Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization president Thongchai Yenprasert is killed in a shooting at a government building in Nonthaburi province, Thailand. Former parliament member Chalong Riewrang is taken into custody over corruption.
Source: Thairath external link
The government of Sindh, Pakistan, announces that a judicial commission headed by a judge of the Sindh High Court would investigate businessman Mir Raza Ali's death. The decision followed a recommendation by the Sindh Assembly.
Source: Dawn external link