Portal:Current events/August 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United States relations
    • U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action against Russian forces in response to statements made by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation regarding Trump's previously-stated deadline for ending the war in Ukraine. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • M23 rebels clash with Wazalendo militia Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland in Bwito Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)
• Gaza war
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
    • Following German defence minister Boris Pistorius's decision on Monday, the Luftwaffe begins air dropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. (German Federal Foreign Office)

Business and economy

• Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • U.S. tariffs on more than 90 countries enter force following a 90-day pause to allow the countries to prepare, including a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods. (BBC News)

International relations

• France–Palestine relations
  • France temporarily suspends its programme for receiving Palestinian refugees fleeing the Gaza Strip following the deportation of a Palestinian student accused of making antisemitic social media posts. (Le Monde)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • At least four people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, United States. A 45-year-old suspect fled the scene and remains at large. (AP) (NBC Montana)
  • One teenager is killed and five other people are wounded, including two seriously, in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. (ABC News)
• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former interior minister Lee Sang-min on charges of conspiring with former president Yoon Suk Yeol in his failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024, becoming the second Yoon cabinet minister to be arrested after Kim Yong-hyun. (Yonhap News Agency)
• Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to twelve years of house arrest and fined US$840,000 for witness tampering and bribery. (France 24)
• Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto pardons former trade minister Thomas Lembong and Secretary-General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Hasto Kristiyanto, two prominent opposition figures sentenced under controversial corruption charges. (Jakarta Globe)
• South African police arrest nearly 1,000 undocumented miners at a gold mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga. (DW)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli forces kill at least 57 people in the Gaza Strip, including 35 aid seekers. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel. (The New York Times) (Jerusalem Post)
  • Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip famine
    • Seven people die from malnutrition in the past 24 hours due to the Israeli blockade, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian forces launch drone attacks on Penza Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Rostov Oblast in Russia, killing at least three people, according to Russian officials. (AP)
    • The Ukrainian military targets the Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, with drones and causes a fire at the facility. (Reuters)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • M23 rebels briefly capture Kamakombe, Kabare Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo from Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo. (Radio Okapi)
    • M23 and Wazalendo militias clash in the Muzinzi subgroup, Walungu Territory. (Radio Okapi)

Disasters and accidents

• Five children are killed and 12 others are critically injured in a mortar shell explosion in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (Kuwait News Agency)
• Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupts for a second consecutive day, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 18 km (11 mi) into the sky. Today's eruption is one of Indonesia's largest since 2010 when Mount Merapi erupted. No casualties are reported. (AP)

Law and crime

• Seven people are killed and 11 others are injured in a prison riot at the Social Reintegration Center in Tuxpan, Veracruz, Mexico. Three inmates identified as key instigators of the violence are transferred to another facility. (BNO News) (AP)
• A Tatmadaw court sentences twelve people, including five Chinese nationals, to life in prison for their involvement in trafficking Burmese women to forced marriages in China. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Four-term National Assembly lawmaker Jung Chung-rae is elected as the leader of the Democratic Party in South Korea during the national party convention at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, defeating his rival Park Chan-dae with 61.74% of the votes. (Yonhap News Agency)

Sports

• 2025 Copa América Femenina
  • In association football, the Brazil women's team wins a record-extending ninth Copa América title after defeating Colombia 5–4 on penalties following a 4–4 draw after extra time in the final held at the Estadio Rodrigo Paz Delgado in Quito, Ecuador. Brazilian forward Marta is named the most valuable player of the tournament. (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
    • Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger. (AP) (Reuters)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A massive fire is reported at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility. Smoke from the fire prompts Russian authorities to close Sochi International Airport. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Sixty-eight people are killed, 74 others are reported missing and 12 others are injured when a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsizes off Abyan Governorate, Yemen. (AP)
• Krasheninnikov, a volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupts for the first time since the 15th century and the first in historical records. The eruption takes place four days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the same region on July 30, which may have contributed to the eruption. (CNN)
• Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. (DW)

Law and crime

• Two people are killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a primary school in Caizichi, Leiyang, Hunan, China. (Sina News)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings, Gaza Strip famine
    • At least 74 Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, including ten seeking aid, and another five Palestinians die of starvation. (Reuters) (Channel 4 News)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the Israeli government has decided to completely militarily occupy the Gaza Strip and fully eliminate Hamas, and tells Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir to resign. (Euronews)
• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Puntland and U.S. forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Sanaag, Puntland, detaining three Islamic State militants. (Tracking Terrorism)

Business and economy

• Over 10,000 hotel owners in Europe, represented by the HOTREC union, file a joint lawsuit against Netherlands-based travel agency Booking.com seeking compensation for losses from 2004 to 2024, alleging that the booking agency prevented the hotels from offering lower prices on their own sites. (DW) (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Eight people are killed and two others are injured in a vehicle collision on the BR-491 highway in Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (G1 Globo)
• Three people are killed and 18 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Autostrada A1 in Montevarchi, Province of Arezzo, Italy. (Arezzo Notizie)

International relations

• 2025 Cambodia–Thailand border conflict, Cambodia–Thailand relations
  • Delegates from Cambodia and Thailand meet in Malaysia, the current ASEAN chair seat, to negotiate a long-term ceasefire at their border following clashes that killed dozens of people and displaced over 270,000 others. (AP)
• India–Philippines relations, Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • The Indian and Philippine navies conduct their first joint exercise in the Philippine-designated exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea. The Indian Navy deployed guided missile destroyers, tankers, and corvettes, while the Philippines sent two frigates. (AP) (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Brazilian coup plot
  • Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes issues a house arrest order for former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup, and bans him from receiving visits and using a cell phone either directly or through third parties. (Reuters)
• Lithuanian prime minister Gintautas Paluckas resigns after allegations of misconduct relating to business interests. (LRT)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • A series of Russian strikes targeting Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Sumy Oblasts kills at least five people and injures 13 others. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Uttarakhand flash flood
  • At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali village, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. (NDTV) (Hindustan Times)
• Four people are killed when a civil protection surveillance Safir-43 aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport near Jijel, Algeria. (The Indian Express) (ASN)
• Four people are killed when a medical transport Beechcraft Super King Air small plane crashes near Chinle Municipal Airport in Chinle, Arizona, United States. (KOAT-TV)

International relations

• Australia–Japan relations, Australian general purpose frigate program
  • Australian defence minister Richard Marles announces that the country will purchase eleven Mogami-class frigates from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its Navy as the New FFM. (DW)

Law and crime

• A court in Chișinău sentences the governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for violations related to the financing of the banned opposition Șor Party. (Reuters) (Caliber)

Politics and elections

• Former finance minister Rimantas Šadžius is appointed acting Prime Minister of Lithuania following the collapse of the Paluckas government. (Politico)
• Nestor Ntahontuye is appointed the new prime minister of Burundi, succeeding Gervais Ndirakobuca. (Burundi Times)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Sudanese civil war
  • 2025 alleged shootdown of UAE mercenary plane
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces claims that it shot down an Emirati plane carrying mercenaries near Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, allegedly killing at least 40 people. (France 24)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
  • One person is killed, thirteen people are injured and one person is missing after a wildfire breaks out in Aude department, France, also burning at least 16,000 hectares of land. (BBC News) (DW)
  • Over 1,500 people are evacuated from a resort in Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain, after a wildfire breaks out in Campo de Gibraltar. (Le Monde) (Europa Sur)
• 2025 Ghanaian Air Force Z-9 helicopter crash
  • A Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter crashes near Obuasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana, killing eight people, including defence minister Edward Omane Boamah, environment and science minister Ibrahim Murtala Muhammed, and regional minister Samuel Sarpong. (BBC News)
• Gaza Strip famine
  • A truck carrying humanitarian aid overturns on civilians near the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens of others. (Anadolu Agency) (The Guardian)
• Twelve people are killed and 13 others are injured after a dump truck plunges into a ravine in Lebak, Sultan Kudarat, near the provincial boundary with Maguindanao del Sur in the Philippines. (ABS-CBN News) (Manila Bulletin)
• Five people are killed and 24 others are injured when a suspension bridge deck tilts at a scenic spot in Zhaosu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. (China Daily)

Health and environment

• A month-long legionnaires' disease outbreak that started on July 8 in London, Ontario, Canada, ends after 70 cases and three deaths. (CFPL-DT)

International relations

• India–United States relations, Tariffs in the second Trump administration
  • U.S. president Donald Trump issues an executive order raising the total tariff on Indian imports to the United States to 50%, with an additional 25% that will take effect 21 days after August 7 due to its purchases of Russian oil. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• 2025 Fort Stewart shooting
  • Five people are injured in a mass shooting at the Fort Stewart army post near Savannah, Georgia, United States. (AP)
• Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee appears for questioning by a special prosecutor in central Seoul. The investigation concerns allegations of stock manipulation, bribery, and interference in People Power Party nominations. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2025 Polish presidential election
  • Former Institute of National Remembrance chairman Karol Nawrocki is sworn in as the new president of Poland, succeeding Andrzej Duda. (CNN)
• Impeachment of Sara Duterte
  • The Philippine Senate votes 19–4–1 to dismiss the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte, following a Supreme Court ruling that declared the complaint unconstitutional. (Bloomberg)

Science and technology

• Strait of Messina Bridge
  • The Italian government authorizes a construction project for a bridge over the Strait of Messina to connect Sicily with mainland Italy. The project will be the longest suspension bridge in the world by the time of its completion in 2032 or 2033. (AP) (Politico EU)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • M23 rebels attack Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo positions in Kamakombe and Kasheke, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

Business and economy

• The Egyptian government signs a $35bn deal to import 130 billion cubic metres of gas from Israel's Leviathan gas field which will remain in effect until 2040, despite the Israeli invasion of Gaza, where over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 200 have died due to Israeli-imposed starvation. The deal comes during widespread public backlash in Egypt against President Sisi over alleged complicity in Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. (Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

• At least eight people are killed and several others are injured when a train and a Kenya Pipeline-owned bus collide on a level crossing in Naivasha, Nakuru County, Kenya. (Daily Nation)
• At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an air ambulance crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, Kenya. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
• Five people are killed and several are injured when a malfunctioning gas cylinder explodes in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. (MSN)
• Two people are killed when a helicopter crashes into an unmanned barge on the Mississippi River near East Alton, Illinois, United States. (AP)

International relations

• United States–Venezuela relations
  • U.S. attorney general Pam Bondi announces a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, saying his capture and extradition to the United States is vital for national security. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Two people are killed and three others are injured, including two state troopers, in a mass shooting when a man kills his neighbor and opens fire on law enforcement before being killed in Thompson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. (BBC News) (WHP-TV)

Politics and elections

• British Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness Rushanara Ali resigns amid controversy over increasing the rent at a property she owns in east London by £700 in order to force the tenants to move. (BBC News)
• The cabinet of Lebanon approves a U.S. proposal for disarming Hezbollah by the end of the year, along with ending Israel's occupation in the country, despite Hezbollah's rejection of this demand. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• OpenAI releases ChatGPT-5 with "PhD-level intelligence" to the general public. (The Guardian)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • The Israeli Security Cabinet approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to capture Gaza City with the stated objective of defeating Hamas, while supposedly ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid to civilians outside the areas of combat. (Bloomberg)
  • Germany announces it will halt weapon shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice" in light of Israel's plan to fully militarily occupy Gaza. (AP)
  • The Israel Defense Forces begins massing troops and tanks on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected major ground offensive. (The Times of India)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa said the group would investigate the claim. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • At least 33 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in an overnight operation near the Afghanistan border in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan. (CTV News)
• War on drugs
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding the U.S. military and other sectors of the federal government to take action against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organisations, such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in Kisumu, Kenya, overturns and plunges into a ditch, killing at least 21 people. (MSN)
• A bus and a truck collide head-on near Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others. (Reuters)
• At least 15 people are killed and 33 others are missing following a flash flood in Yuzhong County, Gansu, China. (China Daily)
• At least 30 people are injured when a passenger train derails on the Kerman–Zarand railway path near Siriz, Kerman province, Iran. (The Express Tribune) (Caliber)
• A fire breaks out at the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain, due to a short circuit. The roof of a chapel collapses, but the fire is extinguished with no further damage. (The Guardian) (El País)

International relations

• Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
  • Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement
    • The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, committing to a peace deal facilitated by the Trump administration that would end nearly four decades of conflict between the two countries. (CNN)
    • Armenia agrees to grant the U.S. exclusive development rights in the Zangezur corridor for 99 years. The U.S. would sublease to a consortium to develop rail, oil, gas, and fiber optic lines along the 27-mile (43km) corridor. (Politico)

Law and crime

• 2025 Anaconda shooting
  • The suspected perpetrator of the bar shooting that killed four people last week in Anaconda, Montana, United States, is arrested. (KRTV-TV)
• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition brought by former interior minister Lee Sang-min regarding the arrest warrant against him over his alleged involvement in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law attempt on December 3, 2024. (The Korea Times)
• A police officer and the perpetrator are killed, and another officer suffers non-life-threatening injuries, in a shooting at the CDC building near Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (CNN) (WAGA-TV)
• The Uganda High Court denies bail to opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who faces treason charges, ruling that the 180-day period for mandatory release began when his case was transferred to a civilian court in February, leaving him 12 days short of eligibility. (Reuters)
• Portugal's Constitutional Court blocks a parliamentary bill that would require most legally resident immigrants to wait two years before applying for family reunification, ruling that it violates constitutional protections for family unity. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoes 63 provisions of a congressional bill revising environmental licensing rules, removing measures that would have expanded fast-tracking of projects in sensitive areas such as the Amazon rainforest. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least six Lebanese soldiers are killed in an explosion while removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility near the Israeli border. (Al Arabiya)

International relations

• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the twin bells of Urakami Cathedral, that were destroyed, are restored in Nagasaki. The anniversary is attended by about 2,600 people, including foreign dignitaries and survivors of the bombings. (AP) (CBC) (Sky News)
• Foreign relations of Singapore
  • Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto. (Al Jazeera) (The Jakarta Post) (The Star)

Law and crime

• Haitian crisis
  • The Haitian government announces a three-month state of emergency in the central and western regions of Haiti aiming to curb hunger and gang violence in the regions. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
  • Metropolitan Police carry out the largest mass detainments in London's history, detaining at least 466 people for peacefully protesting the UK's ban on the pro-Palestine activist network Palestine Action. Protesters gathered in Parliament Square to denounce the Israeli invasion of Gaza and the criminalisation of support for Palestine Action, with many holding signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" before being forcibly removed by police. (Al Jazeera)
• Two people are killed and five others are injured in a drive-by mass shooting in a busy area in Nassau, The Bahamas. (The Nassau Guardian)
• Former Chadian prime minister and leader of the Les Transformateurs party Succès Masra is sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined F.CFA 1 billion (US$1,775,200) after being convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic messages that incited violence, a verdict his legal team plans to appeal. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Killing of journalists in the Gaza war, Assassination of Anas Al-Sharif
    • Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Balıkesir earthquake
  • A M_w6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 buildings and two mosque minarets to collapse in Balıkesir Province and Manisa. (CNN Türkiye) (TRT Haber)
• Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States. (WJZ-TV)
• Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (G1 Globo)
• More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station. (MSN)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2025 Russia–United States Summit
    • U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. (The Atlantic) (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
  • More than 500 people are detained by the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, under the Terrorism Act 2000 for attending a protest in support of the now proscribed organisation Palestine Action. (Sky News)
• Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dobropillia offensive
    • Russian forces launch a full-scale ground assault in the direction of Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, with heavy clashes reported along multiple points on the front line. (UNN)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • At least 40 people are killed and 19 others are injured in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on a famine-stricken displacement camp in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (CTV News)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • A China Coast Guard vessel is damaged after colliding with a Chinese Navy ship while trying to expel a Philippine Coast Guard vessel from Scarborough Shoal. (Philippine News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde. (The Weather Channel) (CNN) (DTudo1Pouco)
• 2025 Clairton Coke Works explosion
  • Two people are killed and another ten people are injured in an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP) (WPXI-TV)

Health and environment

• A botulism outbreak in southern Italy kills three people and hospitalizes at least 17 others following the consumption of contaminated meat and vegetables in Diamante, Calabria, and Cagliari, Sardinia, a week prior. (The Independent) (Berliner Morgenpost)

International relations

• Australia–Palestine relations, International recognition of Palestine
  • Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September. (The Guardian)
• Israel–Norway relations, Disinvestment from Israel
  • The Norwegian Pension Fund divests from 11 Israeli companies and terminates its contracts with asset managers in Israel, following reports last week that it invested in an Israeli jet engine company that sold parts to the IDF. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
  • Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June. (Barron's)
• Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States. (KVUE-TV)
• U.S. president Donald Trump places the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under federal government-control and orders 800 National Guard troops to enter Washington, D.C., allegedly to fight rising crime rates. (Reuters)
• The United States Department of State formally designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in response to the killings of civilians in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • The Pakistani Armed Forces launches an operation in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, to find insurgent hideouts. Over 100,000 civilians have been internally displaced. (AP)

Business and economy

• China–United States trade war
  • China and the United States extend their trade truce another 90 days to ease world tension after the international tariffs that went into effect after being signed on April 2. (AP) (The New York Times) (CNN)
• Chinese property sector crisis
  • The Evergrande Group announces it will be delisted from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on August 22 after trading remained suspended for over 18 months following a court-ordered liquidation in January 2024, with the company owing more than US$300 billion and unable to present a viable debt restructuring plan. (Euronews)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
  • A wildfire destroys centuries old chestnut trees and tourist buildings at the Las Médulas gold-mining site in Castilla y León, Spain. (El País)
• Nine people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Quatro Barras, Paraná state, Brazil. (BBC News)
• A van crashes into a metal fence after losing control on the Central Luzon Link Expressway near Tarlac City, Philippines, killing five and injuring nine others. (GMA)
• Four people, including a child, are killed after flash flooding displaces over 100 people and floods homes and businesses in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. US Interstate 24 is shut down and dozens of rescues are made to people stranded by flood waters along the I24/HWY153 corridor and around Hamilton Place Mall. (WTVC-TV)

Law and crime

• A Guatemalan court sentences six former police officers and child protection officials to prison terms of six to 25 years for homicide, mistreatment of minors, abuse of authority, and breach of duty in connection with a 2017 fire at an orphanage in San José Pinula that killed 41 girls and injured 15 others. (Reuters)
• Indian police arrest dozens of animal rights activists protesting at the India Gate in New Delhi against the Supreme Court's decision to remove over 5,000 stray dogs from the streets as New Delhi sees nearly 2,000 dog bites per day. (DW)
• The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean first lady and Yoon Suk Yeol's spouse Kim Keon Hee on three charges related to stock manipulation, allegations of accepting luxury gifts, and illegal political funding during the 2022 by-election. It is the first time in the country's history that a former presidential couple has been taken into custody. (The Guardian)
• In an effort to save the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya, an activist files a lawsuit against the Ritz-Carlton, which plans to open a 20-suite safari camp there. (Reuters)

Sports

• Red Bull GmbH finalizes the complete acquisition of the Newcastle Falcons rugby union club as its newest venture into another sport, following involvement in football, ice hockey, Formula One, and esports. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli forces launch a massive aerial bombardment on Gaza City, killing 123 people across the Gaza Strip, amid reports that the Israeli Army is about to enter the city. (BBC News) (RTÉ News)
• Colombian conflict
  • Three soldiers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by FARC dissidents on members of the Colombian Navy and Armed Forces who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River in south-west Colombia. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two children and a woman are killed by a mortar in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, amidst fighting between the Pakistani military and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters. (AP)

Business and economy

• Fashion retailer Claire's collapses into administration in the United Kingdom and Ireland, putting more than 2,150 jobs at risk, amid declining sales and strong competition from online shopping services. (BBC News)
• Canadian clothing company Gildan finalizes the details for its acquisition of American company Hanesbrands for US$2.2 billion. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Podul makes landfall in southern Taiwan, killing one person, injuring 112 people, leaving one missing, causing hundreds of flight cancellations, thousands of evacuations, school closures and blackouts. (Al Jazeera) (Focus Taiwan) (United Daily News)
• Twenty-six people are killed and several others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa, Sicily, Italy. (Ansa) (AP)
• Thirteen people are killed and 50 others become ill, including 21 cases of blindness or impaired vision and some critically, from methanol poisoning in Kuwait. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and five others are injured when a hot air balloon carrying 34 people crashes near De Hoeve, Friesland, Netherlands. (NOS)

Health and environment

• Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war
  • 2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic
    • Sudanese health authorities launch a ten-day cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum targeting over 150,000 people to curb an outbreak that has caused more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths nationwide since July 2024. (AP)

International relations

• Australia–Vanuatu relations
  • Australia and Vanuatu agree to implement a A$500 million (US$327 million) deal over the next decade to provide funding for economic development, security cooperation, labour mobility, and climate resilience. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Euthanasia in Uruguay
  • The Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives votes 64–35 to decriminalize euthanasia. The bill moves to the Senate for approval. (Reuters)
• Internal conflict in Peru
  • Peruvian president Dina Boluarte signs into law a congressional bill granting amnesty to all military, police, and other self-defense personnel accused of human rights violations committed between 1980 and 2000. (The Guardian)
• The Malaysian Federal Court rules that an addendum order allegedly allowing former prime minister Najib Razak to serve the remainder of his 1MDB-related prison sentence under house arrest exists, but refers the matter to the High Court to determine its validity. (Reuters)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • At least 21 people are killed and seven others are injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, with homes and religious buildings also damaged. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions. (Garowe Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Kishtwar district flash flood
  • At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following a massive cloudburst in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (India TV) (Hindustan Times)
• Three people are killed, including a child, and 109 others are injured, including three critically, by celebratory gunfire during Independence Day in Pakistan. Police arrest 86 suspects for their involvement and seize 68 illegal weapons. (The Express Tribune) (Dawn)

Health and environment

• 2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • According to the Sudanese government, at least 40 people have died of cholera in the Darfur region over the last week in the country's worst outbreak in years. (MSN)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, states in a KCNA article that the rumour that North Korea had removed the loudspeakers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone is false. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)

Law and crime

• Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. (AP)
• Pampanga State University officials suspend graduation ceremonies following a reported bomb threat in Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra is arrested after a judge investigating him for corruption orders five months of preventive detention. (Infobae)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State insurgency in Puntland
  • Puntland counter-terrorism operations
    • Puntland Defense Forces take full control of the strategic Wangable Well, following a series of operations that drove ISIS fighters out of the Well, which for years had served as an important base for the group’s senior leaders, militants, and their families. Ceelka Wangable is located in the northern Qandala district of the Bari region of Puntland. (Garowe Online) (Hiiraan Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pakistan floods
  • Five people are killed when a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in bad weather while carrying relief goods to rain-affected areas of Bajaur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (The Times of India)
  • At least 189 people are killed, dozens are injured, dozens are reported missing, and structures are damaged and destroyed in flooding across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Dawn) (Euronews)
• 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
  • The first hurricane of the 2025 season, Hurricane Erin, forms near the Leeward Islands. (CBS News)
• Eighteen people are killed and nine others are injured when a bus plunges into a valley in Algiers, Algeria. (Bahrain News Agency)
• Eleven people are killed and 130 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a gunpowder plant in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia. (CTV News) (The Kyiv Independent)
• A bus collides with a stationary truck in Bardhaman, West Bengal, India, killing ten people and injuring 35 others. (Hindustan Times)
• One person is killed and 27 others are injured, including two airlifted, when a train collides with a slurry tanker on a level crossing and derails between Tinglev and Sønderborg in the Region of Southern Denmark. (BBC News)

Health and environment

• The leaders of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico announce the establishment of a tri-national nature reserve to preserve the Maya Forest. It will be the second-largest nature reserve in Latin America behind the Amazon rainforest. (AP)

International relations

• Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2025 Russia–United States Summit
    • Russian president Vladimir Putin travels to Alaska to meet with United States president Donald Trump to discuss pathways to bring an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was not invited to the summit. (CNN)
• Guinea-Bissau–Portugal relations
  • Guinea-Bissau expels representatives of Portuguese news agency Lusa and public broadcaster RTP from the country. Portugal summons the Guinea-Bissauan ambassador over the move. (TRT World)

Law and crime

• Crime in Sweden
  • One person is killed and another is injured in a shooting outside a mosque in Örebro, Närke, Sweden. The suspect fled the scene and is at large. (Euronews)

Politics and elections

• Gwangbokjeol, 2025 South Korean presidential election
  • South Korean president Lee Jae Myung holds a "de facto" inauguration ceremony, known as the "People's Mandate Ceremony", coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, where he receives letters of appointment from 80 selected individuals. Lee took office on June 4 after winning the 21st presidential election without an official inauguration ceremony. (Anadolu Ajansı)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Kivu conflict
  • Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
    • At least 30 people are killed by suspected Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Bapere, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)

Business and economy

• 2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
  • Canadian jobs minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees after the airline's flight attendants launched a strike which led to the suspension of hundreds of flights and disruptions affecting more than 100,000 passengers per day. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 5 strength while affecting several Caribbean islands. (NBC News)
• 2025 Pakistan floods
  • The death toll from yesterday's floods in Pakistan increases to at least 321. (Al Jazeera)
• 2025 Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 crash
  • Seven people are killed when an Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes while being ferried near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (ASN) (Aviation24)
• At least one person is killed and four others are injured, including two seriously, when a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter makes a hard landing during a rescue operation on Jengish Chokusu in Kyrgyzstan. (ASN)

Law and crime

• Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is injured in a mass shooting near a bar in Forio, Campania, Italy. (Leggo)

Arts and culture

• Officials announce that the Gathering of Nations event in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, will host its final pow-wow in 2026. (AP)

Business and economy

• 2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
  • Air Canada suspends its plan to resume flights after cabin crew continued a strike despite a Canada Industrial Relations Board order and government-imposed arbitration, leaving operations halted and affecting more than 700 flights and about 130,000 daily passengers. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Disasters and accidents

• More than 40 people are reported missing and ten others are rescued when a boat carrying 50 people to a popular market capsizes on the Sokoto River near Goronyo, Sokoto State, Nigeria. (Reuters) (AP)
• At least seven people are killed and five others are injured when a cloudburst causes flash flooding and landslides in Kathua district, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Hindustan Times) (Daily Excelsior)
• 2025 Sulawesi earthquake
  • One person is killed and 29 people are injured when a M_w 5.8 undersea earthquake strikes near Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP) (Jawa Pos)

Law and crime

• 2025 Crown Heights nightclub shooting
  • Three people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York City, United States. (Minnesota Star Tribune)
• Ecuadorian conflict
  • At least seven people are killed in a mass shooting at a billiard hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. (France 24)

Politics and elections

• Gaza war
  • Gaza war hostage crisis
    • Israeli hostage deal protests
      • A general strike and mass protests calling for a hostage deal and ceasefire to end the Gaza war occur across Israel, involving approximately 2.5 million protesters across the country and 300,000 at the protest held in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv. At least 32 protesters are arrested. (Haaretz) (CBS News)
• 2025 Bolivian general election
  • Bolivians vote to elect a president, vice president, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Chamber of Senators. Preliminary results indicate a run-off between Senator Rodrigo Paz Pereira and former president Jorge Quiroga, ending the Movimiento al Socialismo's 20-year political dominance. (Reuters) (AP)

Sports

• Horse racing in Great Britain
  • The British Horseracing Authority announces it will hold a one-day strike on September 10 to protest against a proposed increase in betting taxes from 15% to 21%. This is the first time the sport has ever voluntarily refused to race in modern history. (AP) (BBC Sport)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia is suspended after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk Oblast. Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó confirms the suspension. (Reuters)
  • Kharkiv strikes, Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • Russian missile strikes kill at least seven people in Kharkiv and three in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
  • Spain deploys 500 army troops to help fight raging wildfires in the country as the death toll rises to four following the death of a firefighter in Castile and León. (BBC News)
• The death toll from a fire and explosion at a gunpowder plant last week in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, rises to 24 with at least another 157 people injured. The government declares a day of mourning. (CBS News)

International relations

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • August 2025 European-White House summit
      • Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss pathways to peace negotiations for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Crime in Norway, Monarchy of Norway
  • Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway's Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is charged with 32 offences including rape and domestic violence. If found guilty, he may be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. (France 24)
• Mass shootings in the United States
  • Two people are killed, including the gunman, and three others are wounded in a mass shooting in Mount Carbon, West Virginia, United States. (AP)
• Australian Federal Court judge Michael Lee fines national airline Qantas AU$90 million (US$59 million) for unlawfully outsourcing 1,820 ground staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the AU$120 million (US$78 million) compensation the airline has already agreed to pay its former employees. (AP)

Politics and elections

• By-elections to the 45th Canadian Parliament
  • 2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election
    • Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre is elected in a by-election in Battle River—Crowfoot, and returns to the House of Commons and his role as opposition leader after previously losing re-election during the 2025 Canadian federal election in Carleton. The seat was vacated by Conservative MP Damien Kurek to specifically give Poilievre an opportunity to return to Parliament. (The Globe and Mail)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war, Sudanese civil war
  • The United Nations reports that a record 383 aid workers were killed in the 2024 calendar year, up by 31% from 2023, including 181 who were killed in Gaza and 60 in Sudan. There have already been 265 aid workers killed so far this year. (DW)
• Nigerian bandit conflict
  • 13 people are killed in a mass shooting by bandits at a mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Katsina State, Nigeria. (The Punch)

Business and economy

• 2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike
  • Air Canada announces it will gradually restart operations tonight after it reached a tentative agreement with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the company's over 10,000 flight attendants. (NPR)

Politics and elections

• Eemeli Peltonen, a 30-year-old Finnish member of parliament, commits suicide inside the Parliament House in Helsinki. (Yle)