A new lineage of Pre-Ceramic period humans found in 1992 at the Checua archaeological site in Nemocón, Colombia, has their remains fully genome sequenced. (Reuters) 

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Thursday, August 28th, 2025 

Brazilian federal police and the taxation authority conduct nationwide raids targeting organized crime schemes in the energy sector, investigating money laundering and fraud involving more than R$10 billion (US$1.9 billion) in imports, R$52 billion (US$9.7 billion) in domestic sales, and R$46 billion (US$8.6 billion) in related financial transactions. (Reuters) 

The Russian Armed Forces launch nearly 600 drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, striking multiple residential areas, killing 18 people, including four children, and wounding dozens more. (BBC News) 

The United Kingdom summons Russia’s ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, after British government property is damaged in the Russian attack on Kyiv. (GOV.UK) 

Croatian police detain a 54-year-old military officer and his Serbian partner on suspicion of spying for Serbia, with prosecutors opening an investigation into the case. (Reuters) 

An F-16 training jet crashes into the ground during rehearsals for the 2025 Radom Air Show in Radom, Poland, killing the pilot. (Reuters)

Israeli airstrikes on Sanaa, Yemen, kill at least ten people, hours after the Houthis launched a drone towards Israel which was intercepted by the Israeli military. (AP) 

A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least eight people and infects over 200 others across eleven communities. (Reuters) 

Anti-government protests erupt in Jakarta, Indonesia. One person is killed after being run over by a Mobile Brigade Corps vehicle. (BBC Indonesia) 

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismisses Prime Minister Nadir Larbaoui and appoints Industry Minister Sifi Ghrieb as acting prime minister. (Reuters) 

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 

Ford recalls over 355,000 pickup trucks across the United States due to a dashboard display failure that prevents the display of warning lights and vehicle speed. (AP) 

Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen summons the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Copenhagen after individuals linked to U.S. president Donald Trump conducted covert influence activities in Greenland. (ABC News Australia) 

Two people are killed and 18 more injured, including at least four critically, in a mass shooting at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States in an apparent anti-Christian hate crime. The suspect died by suicide at the scene. (BNO News) 

A Colombian court sentences a 15-year-old to seven years in juvenile detention for attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in June. (France 24) 

A Bolivian court grants opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho‘s transfer to house arrest after more than two years in pre-trial detention, allowing him to resume his duties as governor of Santa Cruz while still facing trial on charges related to the 2019 political unrest and a 2022 strike. (AP) 

A Moroccan court rejects a request to provisionally release human rights activist Ibtissame Lachgar, who faces blasphemy charges for online content while experiencing serious illness. (AP) 

A South African equality court finds Limpopo representative Julius Malema guilty of hate speech over remarks made at a 2022 rally, where he encouraged violence in the context of revolution. (AP) 

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 

At least 65 people are killed in flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (MSN) 

An active shooter situation with at least fourteen people shot, including several fatalities, is reported at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. (BNO News) 

The Japan Meteorological Agency reports that Tokyo recorded 10 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 35 °C (95 °F), the longest streak since observations began in 1875. (AFP via The Star) 

Thailand announces that around 80,000 long-term Myanmar refugees living in border camps will be granted legal employment rights. (Reuters) 

Tuesday,  August 26th, 2025 

France repatriates three colonial-era skulls from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris to Madagascar under a 2023 law enabling the restitution of human remains, marking the first such handover between the two countries. (Reuters) 

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces the closure of the Australian embassy in Tehran, Iran, the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors from Australia, and designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization after an Australian Security Intelligence Organisation investigation links the IRGC to least two antisemitic attacks, including the 2024 Melbourne synagogue attack and an arson attack on a North Bondi kosher restaurant. (Reuters) 

Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko announces that men aged 18 to 22 may now freely cross the border under martial law, reversing earlier restrictions that barred men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. (Reuters) 

Colombian defense minister Pedro Sánchez reports that at least 34 soldiers have been kidnapped by armed civilians in Guaviare after clashes with dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that killed 11 fighters, including a commander, on Sunday. (Al Jazeera) 

At least three people are killed, nine others are injured and eight to ten are reported trapped when a four-story building collapses in Virar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (India TV) 

Representatives of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom fail to reach an agreement with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, on avoiding the possible reimposition of UN sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal’s snapback mechanism, following concerns about Iran’s compliance. (AP) 

Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe is granted bail after being arrested on allegations of misusing public funds, becoming the first former president of the country to face arrest. (AP) 

Haitian police regain control of the Téléco telecommunications hub in Port-au-Prince after it was seized by the Viv Ansanm gang, an operation that briefly disrupted air traffic and internet services. (AP) 

Miguel Uribe Londoño, the father of assassinated Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election, seeking the Democratic Centre’s nomination. (AP) 

The Marshall Islands’ parliament building in Majuro, including its library and archives, burns down in a fire. (The Guardian) 

Two police officers are shot and killed and a third is wounded in a suspected sovereign citizen terrorist attack in Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia, sending the town into lockdown. The perpetrator remains at large. (ABC News Australia) 

Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority evacuates more than 100,000 people from Punjab after India releases water from dams into the Sutlej river, raising flood risks amid heavy monsoon rains. (AP) 

Israeli forces carry out a daytime raid on Ramallah in the West Bank, wounding at least 58 Palestinians with gunfire and tear gas. (AP) 

Monday,  August 25th, 2025 

U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order instructing the Department of Justice to federally prosecute flag desecration, contradicting constitutional protections by the First Amendment as affirmed with Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, the former the order acknowledges. (MSNBC) 

Former Mexican drug lord and Sinaloa Cartel top leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges in the United States. (AP) 

Two Israeli airstrikes against Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Palestine, kill 22 people, including five journalists working for Reuters and AP, according to Palestinian authorities.  (The Guardian) 

Hassan Douhan, a journalist for newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, is fatally shot by Israeli forces in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, Palestine. (Anadolu Agency) 

Multiple postal organizations such as Japan Post and Australia Post announce a temporary suspension of shipments to the United States in response to President Donald Trump’s executive order suspending the de minimis exemption. (Reuters) 

The Vietnamese government closes all schools and airports in the North Central Coast and orders 600,000 people to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall in the Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình provinces, killing four people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC News) (AP in Spanish) 

Three people are killed and another is seriously injured when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashes into the ground during a flying lesson near Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England. (BBC News) 

Botswana president Duma Boko declares a public health emergency after the national medical supply chain collapses, ordering the military to manage emergency distribution while the government allocates P250 million (US$18.6 million) in funding to address nationwide shortages of medical supplies. (Reuters) 

Bangladeshi chief adviser Muhammad Yunus declares that the country cannot allocate additional domestic resources to support its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees and urges the international community to create a sustainable plan for their repatriation to Myanmar. (Reuters) 

Monday,  August 25th, 2025 

An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, kills 20 people, including five journalists, according to Gazan authorities, including journalists working for Reuters and AP. (ABC) 

The Vietnamese government closes all schools and airports in the North Central Coast and orders 600,000 people to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall in Hà Tĩnh province and Quảng Bình province, killing two people and injuring four others. (BBC News) 

Sunday, August 24th, 2025 

Russia and Ukraine swap 146 prisoners from each side after mediation by the United Arab Emirates. (CNA) 

An 18-year-old Norwegian man with German background is arrested for killing a 34-year-old female welfare worker at an institution in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Police are treating it as terrorism with a racist and right-wing extremist motive as the perpetrator has expressed Islamophobic views. (The Local) 

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) 

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

One person is critically injured in a stabbing attack at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium. A suspect is arrested, a political motive is still under investigation. (Euronews) 

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) (Reuters) 

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) 

In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denmark’s Clara Tauson in the first round of the 2025 US Open – Women’s singles tournament. (Reuters) 

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