The United States military conducts a precision strike and sinks a Venezuelan boat reportedly used by Tren de Aragua for smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing 11 people. The Trump administration reports it currently has no plans of attacking the Venezuelan government. (CBS News)
The South Korean trade ministry reports that semiconductor exports reached a record ₩21 trillion (US$15 billion) in August, up nearly one-third from last year, contributing to total monthly exports of ₩81 trillion ($58.4 billion). (AFP via Barron’s)
Residents of Saint Helena, a British Overseas Territory, vote for the twelve members of the Legislative Council using plurality block voting. (MercoPress)
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
French judges issue arrest warrants for seven former senior Ba’athist Syrian officials, including former president Bashar al-Assad, on charges of complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity for a 2012 rocket attack on a media center in Homs that killed journalists Marie Colvin and Rémi Ochlik and injured others. (Reuters)
At least 105 Palestinians are killed during Israeli airstrikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
At least fourteen people are killed and dozens of others are injured, including seven critically, in a suicide bombing at a political rally in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. (Digital Journal)
An attack near the Iran–Pakistan border in Balochistan, Pakistan, kills five people. (AFP via France 24)
Five people are injured, including one critically and two seriously, in a mass stabbing attack at a hotel and a nearby street in Marseille, France. The perpetrator 35-year-old Tunisian is fatally shot by police. (Le Monde)
A Turkish court annuls the Istanbul provincial congress of the Republican People’s Party over alleged procedural violations, dismissing local leaders including the Istanbul chair, and appoints an interim committee to oversee the branch. (Reuters)
A Bolivian court sentences two Spanish Jesuit priests to a year in prison for failing to report child sexual abuse by a fellow priest, whose posthumous diary revealed he abused at least 85 minors between 1972 and 2000. (Reuters)
Monday, September 1, 2025
The toll from yesterday’s earthquake in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, increases to at least 1,100 people killed and 3,500 others injured. (Reuters)
New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon announces that holders of investor residence visas may buy or build a single home valued above NZ$5 million (US$3.55 million), following changes to the visa rules previously preventing such investments. (Reuters)
Five people are killed when a Gilgit-Baltistan government helicopter crashes in Thor Valley, Chilas, Diamer District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. (Dawn)
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will pay Nauru to accept foreign-born criminals who are expelled from Australia following the signing of a memorandum by Nauruan president David Adeang. (AP)
The South Korean defense ministry announces that it has suspended the “Voice of Freedom” military radio broadcast to North Korea for the first time in 15 years as part of measures to reduce tensions between the two countries. (Reuters)
The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence reports that 20 people are missing across Bandung and Depok, West Java, and the Jakarta metropolitan area, Indonesia, following the protests. (AFP via France 24)
Guyana votes to elect a new National Assembly and president, with polls favouring a second term for incumbent Irfaan Ali of the PPP/C. (The Guardian)
The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee orders the arrest of two contractors who failed to attend hearings on alleged corruption in flood control projects, as part of its probe into incomplete or substandard works awarded under President Bongbong Marcos’s infrastructure program. (Gulf News)
Ghanaian president John Mahama removes Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo from office following a committee report recommending her dismissal for misconduct, which Torkornoo denies. (Reuters)
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United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio blocks Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials from attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September by revoking their previously-valid travel visas. (Sky News)
Archaeologists discover 40 ancient tombs dating back to at least 2,300 years ago at the Mosul Dam reservoir in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following lowered water levels from a drought. (Arab News)
The Houthis confirm the death of prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and an unspecified number of ministers from an Israeli airstrike two days earlier. (AP)
The South Korean trade ministry reports that semiconductor exports reached a record ₩21 trillion (US$15 billion) in August, up nearly one-third from last year, contributing to total monthly exports of ₩81 trillion ($58.4 billion). (AFP via Barron’s)
United States judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the District of Columbia issues an injunction halting the deportation of Guatemalan unaccompanied minors after advocacy groups filed an emergency appeal against the Trump administration’s plan to repatriate them. (Reuters)
New Zealand prime minister Christopher Luxon announces that holders of investor residence visas may buy or build a single home valued above NZ$5 million (US$3.55 million), following changes to the visa rules previously preventing such investments. (Reuters)
The toll from yesterday’s earthquake in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, increases to at least 800 people killed and 2,800 others injured. (Reuters)
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese says that Australia will pay Nauru to accept foreign-born criminals who are expelled from Australia following the signing of a memorandum by Nauruan president David Adeang. (AP)
The South Korean defense ministry announces that it has suspended the “Voice of Freedom” military radio broadcast to North Korea for the first time in 15 years as part of measures to reduce tensions between the two countries. (Reuters)
Benin’s ruling coalition, composed of the Progressive Union Renewal and the Republican Bloc, nominates finance minister Romuald Wadagni as their presidential candidate in the upcoming election. (Reuters)
Guyana votes to elect a new National Assembly and president, with polls favouring a second term for incumbent Irfaan Ali of the PPP/C. (Guardian)
The Philippine Senate Blue Ribbon Committee orders the arrest of two contractors who failed to attend hearings on alleged corruption in flood control projects, as part of its probe into incomplete or substandard works awarded under President Bongbong Marcos’s infrastructure program. (Gulf News)
Sunday, August 31st, 2025
Norway agrees to purchase at least five new British-made anti-submarine Type 26 frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy in a £10 billion (US$13.5 billion) deal. The ships will be built by a consortium of companies led by BAE Systems. (AP)
Israeli defence minister Israel Katz announces that the Israeli military killed Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida in an airstrike on Gaza City yesterday. (BBC News)
At least seven people are killed and 71 others are injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (AFP via Barron’s)
The Guyanese military report that Venezuelan gunfire targeted a patrol boat escorting election materials on the Cuyuní River in the disputed Essequibo region. (AFP via TRT World)
At least 610 people are killed and 1,300 others are injured when a Mw 6.0 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. (The Times)
Armenia and Pakistan agree to establish diplomatic relations on the sidelines of the 2025 Tianjin SCO summit. (Dawn)
In a press conference, President Prabowo agrees to revoke the allowance for parliament members and put moratoriums to their foreign trips. (CNA)
A university student dies one day after participating in a protest in Yogyakarta one day prior, after he was allegedly separated from other protestors and assaulted by police. (Kompas)
Philippine public works secretary Manuel Bonoan resigns over the flood control controversy, while President Bongbong Marcos appoints transportation secretary Vince Dizon as Bonoan’s replacement. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
At least 88 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli military as Israel continues its heavy bombardment of Gaza. (Financial Times)
Saturday, August 30th, 2025
Austrian prosecutors indict former intelligence officer Egisto Ott on charges of espionage, abuse of office, and providing sensitive information to fugitive Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek and Russian intelligence services. (AP)
Fourteen people are killed and three others are critically injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a prison bus outside of Mariental, Namibia. (BBC News)
The Colombian commerce ministry officializes a complete export ban of coal to Israel to prevent further atrocities in the Gaza Strip. (Colombia Presidency)
Four people are killed amid spreading protests in Indonesia, including three government workers who jumped from a building on fire and one who was attacked by a crowd. (The New York Times)
Former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy is assassinated by an unknown gunman in Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. A manhunt is underway for the suspect. (BBC News)
A man drives a car into a crowd outside a bar in Évreux, France, after a dispute, killing one person and injuring five others, including two critically. (The Guardian)
Nicaraguan opposition groups report that attorney Carlos Cárdenas, arrested on August 15 during police operations against government critics, has died in state custody, marking the fifth such death of a detainee since 2019. (Reuters)
Hemedti, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is sworn in as head of a parallel government in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, where the RSF has established a presidential council and prime minister while continuing its conflict with the Sudanese army. (Reuters)
Friday, August 29th, 2025
A severe weather system in Greater Poland causes heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds, triggering the evacuation of an office building in Poznań due to flooding. A tornado later forms in the vicinty of Gniezno. No injuries are reported. (TVP Info)
Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli government aircraft and maintains a ban on trade and maritime traffic with Israel in response to the Gaza war. (AP)
South Korean special prosecutors indict former prime minister Han Duck-soo without detention on charges of abetting the imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, preparation of false public documents and perjury for falsely testifying that he had not been aware of the martial law declaration. (Kyodo News)
Israel recovers the deceased bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who had been killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN)
The English Court of Appeal rules that the government may continue housing asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, Essex, overturning a previous order to relocate them. (The New York Times)
Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee is indicted on bribery and other charges related to a wider investigation into her and her husband, former president Yoon Suk Yeol. (Reuters)
The Philippine Commission on Elections denies the far-right Duterte Youth‘s motion for reconsideration to cancel their party-list registration and disquialifies them from holding their three seats at the House of Representatives. However, Duterte Youth may still appeal to the Supreme Court. (ABS-CBN News)
The Thai Constitutional Court removes prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she had with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen. (BBC News)
Israel recovers the deceased bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who had been killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN)
The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to withdraw its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on December 31, 2026. (AP)
Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the Houthis launched a drone towards Israel which was intercepted by the Israeli military. (The Times of Israel)
The Lebanese army reports that two soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an Israeli drone crashed and exploded in An-Naqoura, southern Lebanon, while they were inspecting it. (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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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