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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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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Wednesday, August 13th, 2025 

Israeli forces launch a massive aerial bombardment of Gaza City amid reports that the Israeli Army is about to enter the city imminently. (BBC News) 

Israel’s commander-in-chief Eyal Zamir approves the military occupation of the entire Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post) 

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) 

Twenty people are killed and several are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coasts of Lampedusa, Sicily, Italy. (Ansa) 

Australia and Vanuatu agree to implement 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) 

The Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives votes 64–35 to decriminalize euthanasia. The bill moves to the Senate for approval. (Reuters) 

The Federal Court of Malaysia 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) 

Tuesday,  August 12th, 2025 

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 secure Washington, D.C., citing alleged rising crime rates. (Reuters) 

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. (BBC News) 

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.  (CNN) 

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) 

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 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) 

Nine people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a factory in 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) 

3 people are killed and one is missing after flash flooding displaces over 100 hundred people and floods homes and businesses in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee. US Interstate 24 is shut down and dozens of rescues are made to people stranded by flood waters along the I24 corridor and around Hamilton Place Mall. ([http://^[1] News Channel 9]) 

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) 

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) 

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

Monday,  August 11th, 2025 

Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States. (KVUE-TV) 

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.  (WPXI-TV) 

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) 

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) 

Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde. (The Weather Channel) 

A botulism outbreak kills two people and hospitalizes 14 others in Diamante, Calabria, Italy. (MSN) 

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) 

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September. (The Guardian) 

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) 

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) 

Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June. (Barron’s) 

Philippine President Bongbong Marcos announced the initial findings of the audit into flood control projects, which he ordered during his State of the Nation Address in July. He revealed that fifteen contractors had secured ₱100 billion — equivalent to 20% of all flood control projects nationwide. (Rappler) 

Among contractors listed in the audit report are those owned by Representative Elizaldy Co and businesswoman Sarah Discaya who lost in the recent local elections. (GMA News) 

Sunday, August 10th, 2025 

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) 

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) 

A M_ww 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least sixteen building and two mosque minaret collapses in Balıkesir Province and Manisa. (CNN)

Four people are killed and sixteen others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (G1 Globo) 

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador. (AP) 

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