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August 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israel Defense Forces announce that Al-Qassam Brigades commander Muhammad Bassam Mushtaha, who was accused of taking hostages during and after the Hamas–led attacks against Israel on October 7, was killed in a recent airstrike last month in northern Gaza.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Heavy fighting erupts in El Obeid, North Kordofan, Sudan, between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces. Clashes also break out in Um Arada.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
American missionary Kevin Rideout is released from captivity after being kidnapped by an unidentified organisation front in Niger nine months prior.
Source: The New York Times external link

Law and crime

Luigi Mangione pleads guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York for the killing of former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Source: CNBC external link

Sports

In road bicycle racing, the eighth stage at the Volta a Portugal race is neutralised after British cyclist Finlay Tarling was killed in an accident during the race.
Source: The Athletic external link

August 13

Politics and elections

Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov announces that he will run for a second term in the upcoming presidential election in January 2027.
Source: Reuters external link
Zambians vote to elect a president and 280 seats of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Hakainde Hichilema is running for re-election to a second term in office.
Source: AP external link

Law and crime

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says authorities, working with U.S. services, foiled an alleged Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American citizen in Warsaw and arrest a suspect accused of acting for Russian intelligence. Tusk says it is the first such Russian-directed plot in another NATO country.
Source: CBS News external link

Disasters and accidents

Multiple wildfires break out across England on the hottest day of the year in the United Kingdom so far, with widespread damage in Stourbridge, West Midlands.
Source: BBC News external link
At least 20 people are injured when a GTR Southern commuter train derails near Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom.
Source: CNN external link
At least eleven people are killed and 13 others are injured after two trucks, two minibuses, two cars and a tricycle collided on the Accra–Kumasi Expressway, Ghana.
Source: Xinhua external link
Seven people are killed after an under-construction tunnel collapsed in Chamoli District, India.
Source: Xinhua external link
Unprecedented torrential rainfall due to severe thunderstorms causes widespread flooding in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, leaving at least eight people dead.
Source: Reuters external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

The United Arab Emirates says that two vessels linked to the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, accusing Iran of being behind the attacks.
Source: The New Region external link
reports that the USS will deploy to the Middle East to replace the USS following a nine-month deployment and amidst reports of conditions on the aircraft carrier.
Source: The Wall Street Journal external link
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet says that they have killed Hamas commander and Gaza District Police chief Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil in a airstrike in Gaza City. Additionally, the IDF also kills a Hamas company commander in a separate strike in Khan Yunis.
Source: Israel National News external link
Russian military officer Robert Shagaev, who commanded the submarine before defecting to Russia after its annexation of Crimea, is reported to have been killed by an explosive planted in a trash can in Sevastopol.
Source: Ynet external link
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) says that they have retaken control of the Blue Nile town of Kurmuk, a month after being recaptured by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
Source: Sudans Post external link
The SAF and Joint Forces repels a major assault by RSF on the Jebrat al Sheikh district in North Kordofan, Sudan.
Source: AA external link
Renewed drone attacks by the RSF are reported in Khartoum, Sudan, for a second consecutive day, with the SAF intercepting several drones targeting the area.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

Health and environment

Romania begins shutting down the second reactor at the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant, the country's only nuclear power plant, after a drought lowered the Danube river below the level required for cooling, leaving both reactors offline. The government says alternative sources and imports will cover electricity demand.
Source: AP external link
Greece's public health agency reports 110 West Nile virus infections and nine deaths in 2026, including 45 new cases in one week, as authorities increase mosquito control measures in the Athens metropolitan area.
Source: Daily Sabah external link

August 12

Science and technology

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 August 1999.
Source: EclipseWise external link
Astronomers studying the little red dots found by the James Webb Space Telescope announce in the discovery of 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: PopSci 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 announces he will defect.
Source: Al-Arabiya external link

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launch eight drone and land attacks across El Obeid, North Kordofan. Two people are reported to be killed during the attacks.
Source: Reuters external link
The 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
Two Colombian soldiers are killed and 17 more are wounded in an ambush by FARC dissidents in Algeciras, Huila.
Source: Sociedad Media external link
A drone strike is reported on a electrical substation in Zawiya, western Libya, causing a fire and power outages.
Source: The Hill external link
A failed attack against the Tayoltita Airfield, in San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico, leaves one gunman killed and two soldiers wounded. Authorities deploy an operation in the zone to secure the area and search for the remaining attackers.
Source: La Jornada external link
Pakistani foreign minister Ishaq Dar reports that three Pakistanis were killed in a attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea.
Source: DW 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

August 11

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

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

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

Disasters and accidents

The casualty 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. 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

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

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