Sunday, August 24th, 2025 

Israeli forces kill four Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site near the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip. (AP) 

At least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its plans to seize the city. (BBC News)

At least two people are killed and 35 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen. (Global News) 

Four people are killed when an air ambulance Cessna 206 crashes into the ground and explodes in Belén de Inambú, Vaupés Department, Colombia. (Blu Radio) 

An estimated 300,000 people across Australia, including at least 100,000 in Melbourne, march to protest the Israeli escalation of the Gaza war and its plans to militarily seize the Gaza Strip, while also calling for the Australian government to issue sanctions on Israel. (AP) 

Saturday, August 23rd, 2025 

More than 35 ISWAP fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the Cameroon–Nigeria border in Kumshe, Borno State, Nigeria. (France 24) (ABC News) 

At least six students are killed and 24 others are injured in drownings on a school trip to the Abu Talat beach in Alexandria, Egypt. (People) 

Indian police arrest a man who recently alleged that he had been coerced into burying hundreds of bodies of women who were raped before being murdered from 1995 to 2014 at the Dharmasthala Temple in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, India. (BBC News) 

The Sandiganbayan appellate court of the Philippines sentences Janet Lim-Napoles to 55 years in prison over the diversion of ₱7.55 million (US$133,600) in the Priority Development Assistance Fund involving Davao del Sur vice governor Marc Douglas Cagas IV. (Philippine Daily Inquirer) 

The Syrian electoral commission announces that the upcoming parliamentary election will exclude the Al-Hasakah, Raqqa, and Suwayda governorates due to security concerns, with seats for those regions left vacant until conditions allow voting. (Reuters) 

Taiwan‘s referendum on reopening the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung fails to meet the legal threshold despite a majority voting in favor, leaving the facility closed as the government continues its shift toward renewable energy and liquefied natural gas. (Reuters) 

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation suspends Norwegian Olympic ski jumpers Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik for three months and fines them CHF 2,000 (US$2,500) each after they admitted to equipment tampering during the men’s large hill event at the 2025 World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway. (Reuters) 

Friday,  August 22nd, 2025 

The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification officially declares a famine in Gaza Governorate in the Gaza Strip, while conditions in the North Gaza Governorate are estimated to be as severe or worse. The Office for Human Rights states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government, while the Israeli government disputes the report and its methodology. (The New York Times) (OHCHR) 

A Houthi ballistic missile breaks up and a Houthi drone is intercepted over southern Israel. (The Times of Israel) 

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights reports paramilitary attacks in Darfur, Sudan, left 89 civilians dead in 10 days. (AP) 

A naval drone operated by Ukrainian military intelligence explodes in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia after being seized by Russian military divers, killing five of them. (MSN) 

Three militants who were involved in the Bucha massacre in 2022 are killed and two others are injured in an explosion at a house in Kalynove, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (MSN) 

Five police officers are killed in a mass shooting by unknown gunmen while patrolling on a highway in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (AP) 

Three people are killed, including both attackers, in an Islamic State suicide bombing and shooting at a checkpoint in Deir ez-Zor, Syria. (Shafaq News) 

A part of the under-construction Jianzha Yellow River Bridge collapses into the Yellow River on the border of Jainca County, Qinghai, China, killing twelve people and leaving four others missing. (CBS News) 

Five people are killed and 49 others are injured, including several airlifted, when a tour bus loses control and overturns on Interstate 90 West in Pembroke, New York, United States. (WIVB-TV) (BNO News) 

At least four people are killed and four others are injured in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in San Miguel Zacaola, Santo Tomás Hueyotlipan, Mexico. (Municipios Puebla) 

Sri Lanka police arrest and detain former president Ranil Wickremesinghe for allegedly misusing public funds while in office. (Reuters) 

Illegally deported Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from jail in Cookeville, Tennessee, United States, to reunite with family while awaiting trial on people smuggling charges. (AP) 

At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former president Jalal Talabani. (AP) 

Five people are injured, including three in life-threatening condition, in an arson attack at an Indian restaurant in Ilford, Greater London, England. No arrests have been made. (Sky News) 

Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns from the current cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy and Farmer–Citizen Movement over implementing additional sanctions against Israel. (DutchNews.nl) 

The End Saturday 

The UN-backed IPC officially declares a famine in the Gaza Governorate, while conditions in the North Gaza Governorate are estimated to be as severe or worse. The OHCHR states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the Israeli government. The Israeli government disputes the report and methodology. (The New York Times) (Financial Times) (OHCHR) (IPC) 

A part of the under construction Jianzha Yellow River Bridge collapses into the Yellow River on the border of Jainca County, Qinghai, China, killing 12 people and leaving four others missing. (CBC News) 

At least 52 people are injured, including ejections and entrapments, when a tour bus overturns on Interstate 90 West in Pembroke, Genesee County New York, United States. (Times Now) 

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