Portal:Current events/2019 August 25

August 25, 2019 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli–Lebanese conflict
- 2019 Beirut drone crash
  - Hezbollah says two Israeli drones went down in the Moawwad neighborhood of Dahieh (South Beirut), Lebanon, and they did not shoot them. A small reconnaissance drone fell on the roof of the Hezbollah media building, then another drone exploded nearby, causing damage to the building. Residents report a loud blast. The Israeli Army says it does not comment on "foreign reports". The Lebanese Army confirms the drones as Israeli. (AP News) (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
- Iran denies attacks in southern Syria by Israel hit their installations. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-aligned medium, claims the missiles killed one Iranian and two people from Hezbollah. (Times of Israel)
2019 Israeli airstrikes in Iraq
- Alleged Israeli airstrikes hit a Iran backed Popular Mobilization Forces convoy near Al-Qa'im, Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
2019 Hong Kong protests
- In an escalation of the ongoing protests, a police officer fires a gun whilst clearing protesters; this is the first time a gun has been fired by a police officer in Hong Kong since 1967. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

A helicopter and an ultralight airplane plane collide near the town of Inca, on the island of Mallorca, Spain, killing seven people including two children, according to regional government officials. (Sky News)
Lightning strikes on at least two Alaska Airlines planes force them to make emergency landings in Southeast Alaska. Lightning also knocked out electrical service to the state capital, Juneau. (Kfsk)

Law and crime

Three people are killed and four others injured in a mass shooting at a house party in Hobbs, New Mexico, U.S. (CNN)

Politics and elections

Rohingya crisis
- At Kutupalong, the world's largest refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 200,000 people gather peacefully to remember the day, in 2017, when a violent crackdown by Myanmarese security forces compelled 740,000 Rohingya to flee over the border. (France24)
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
- Conservative radio host and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh announces his run for president, becoming only the second Republican to challenge incumbent President Donald Trump. (CNN)
2019 Abkhazian presidential election
- Partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia holds the first round of the presidential election. Incumbent President Raul Khajimba and oppositor Alkhas Kvitsinia heads to second round on 8th September. (Eurasianet)