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) 

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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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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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