Wednesday, August 20th, 2025 

Russian oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia is halted following a Ukrainian drone attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó condemns the incident, calling it “outrageous and unacceptable” and “against our energy security”. (The Independent) (Reuters)

Shortly after midnight, a Russian military drone crashes in Osiny, Puławy County, Poland. (Euronews) 

A Russian MLRS rocket strike on a market in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, kills three people and injures four others, according to governor Vadym Filashkin. (Reuters) 

The Malian military says at least 149 soldiers have been killed in attacks across Mali by the jihadist group Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin in the last 24 hours. (U.S. News) 

India and China agree to resume direct flights suspended since 2020, reopen designated border trade points and boost investment in their economies following talks in New Delhi between Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and Indian officials, including Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  August 19th, 2025 

Six severed heads are discovered on a road that links the states of Puebla and Tlaxcala in Mexico. The La Barredora cartel is suspected to be behind the attack. (BBC News) 

Israeli forces kill Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a member of the Hamas military wing, responsible for abducting Israeli Yarden Bibas in Nir Oz, Israel, during the October 7 attacks. (The Jerusalem Post) 

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) 

Former Somali presidents Abdiqasim Salad Hassan, Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed denounce the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud for its management of public land in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, accusing it of violating constitutional safeguards and forcibly displacing impoverished families. (Hiiraan Online) 

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

Russian forces launch 270 drones and ten missiles at critical infrastructure in Poltava and Chernihiv Oblasts, Ukraine. (Kyiv Post) 

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) 

The Colombian Supreme Court of Justice overturns a lower court order placing former president Álvaro Uribe under house arrest while he appeals convictions for bribery and abuse of process, ruling that the measure will not apply until the appeal is resolved. (Reuters) 

The Peruvian Constitutional Court orders the suspension of all investigations into President Dina Boluarte, including probes into protest-related deaths, alleged illicit enrichment, and temporary absence from office, until her term ends in July 2026. (Reuters) 

At least 27 people are killed and several others are injured in a mass shooting by bandits at the mosque in Unguwan Mantau community, Katsina State, Nigeria. (Reuters) 

At least 71 people are killed, including 17 children, when a speeding passenger bus carrying deported migrants veers off a road and collides with a truck and motorcycle before catching fire in Guzara District, Herat Province, Afghanistan. (Reuters)

Four people are killed and nearly a dozen others are injured in a fire at a warehouse in Los Guayos Municipality, Carabobo, Venezuela. (Cedar News) 

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) 

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) 

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) 

Russian missile strikes kill at least seven people in Kharkiv and three others in Zaporizhzhia. (Reuters) 

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) 

Two people are killed, including the gunman, and three others are wounded in a mass shooting in Mount Carbon, West Virginia, United States. (AP) 

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) 

Sunday, August 17th, 2025 

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) 

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) 

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