Monday,  August 18th, 2025 

Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, is charged with 32 offences including four rapes and several acts of violence and assault. If he is found guilty, he may get up to 10 years in prison. (France24) 

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) 

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Sunday, August 17th, 2025 

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) 

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) 

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 protestors are arrested.  (CBS News) 

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

The first hurricane of the 2025 season, Hurricane Erin, forms near the Leeward Islands. (CBS News) 

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) 

At least seven people are killed in a mass shooting at a billiard hall in Santo Domingo, Ecuador. (France 24) 

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) 

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) 

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.  (Daily Excelsior) 

One person is killed and 29 people are injured when a M_w 5.8 undersea earthquake strikes near Poso, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AP) 

Hong Kong independence activist Tony Chung and former Legislative Council member Ted Hui announce that they have received asylum in the United Kingdom and Australia, respectively, after being wanted by police for allegedly violating the national security law. (AP) 

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 point to 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) 

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.  (BBC Sport) 

Saturday, August 16th, 2025 

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) 

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) 

Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 5 strength while affecting several Caribbean islands. (NBC News) 

The death toll from yesterday’s floods in Pakistan increases to at least 321, 307 of whom are in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (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. (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) 

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

Friday,  August 15th, 2025 

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) 

Liz Murrill, the attorney general of Louisiana, United States, files a child protection lawsuit against Roblox Corporation, alleging issues with the child protection policies of the platform. (The Independent) 

Eleven people are killed and 130 others are injured in an explosion and fire at a gunpowder plant in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia.  (The Kyiv Independent) 

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) 

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.  (Euronews) 

Eighteen people are killed and nine others are injured when a bus plunges into a valley in Algiers, Algeria. (Bahrain News Agency) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

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Thursday, August 14th, 2025