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2025 August 14

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Myanmar civil war
  • At least 21 people are killed and seven others are injured in a Tatmadaw airstrike on Mogok, Mandalay Region, Myanmar, controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, with homes and religious buildings also damaged. (AP)
• Somali Civil War
  • At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia’s capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions. (Garowe Online)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Kishtwar district flash flood
  • At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following a massive cloudburst in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (India TV) (Hindustan Times)
• Three people are killed, including a child, and 109 others are injured, including three critically, by celebratory gunfire during Independence Day in Pakistan. Police arrest 86 suspects for their involvement and seize 68 illegal weapons. (The Express Tribune) (Dawn)

Health and environment

• 2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic
  • According to the Sudanese government, at least 40 people have died of cholera in the Darfur region over the last week in the country’s worst outbreak in years. (MSN)

International relations

• North Korea–South Korea relations
  • Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, states in a KCNA article that the rumour that North Korea had removed the loudspeakers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone is false. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)

Law and crime

• Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. (AP)
• Pampanga State University officials suspend graduation ceremonies following a reported bomb threat in Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
• Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra is arrested after a judge investigating him for corruption orders five months of preventive detention. (Infobae)

2025 August 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Israeli forces launch a massive aerial bombardment on Gaza City, killing 123 people across the Gaza Strip, amid reports that the Israeli Army is about to enter the city. (BBC News) (RTÉ News)
• Colombian conflict
  • Three soldiers are killed and four others are injured in a drone attack by FARC dissidents on members of the Colombian Navy and Armed Forces who were manning a checkpoint on the Naya River in south-west Colombia. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Two children and a woman are killed by a mortar in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, amidst fighting between the Pakistani military and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters. (AP)

Business and economy

• 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)
• Canadian clothing company Gildan finalizes the details for its acquisition of American company Hanesbrands for US$2.2 billion. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Podul makes landfall in southern Taiwan, killing one person, injuring 112 people, leaving one missing, causing hundreds of flight cancellations, thousands of evacuations, school closures and blackouts. (Al Jazeera) (Focus Taiwan) (United Daily News)
• Twenty-six people are killed and several others are missing after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa, Sicily, Italy. (Ansa) (AP)
• Thirteen people are killed and 50 others become ill, including 21 cases of blindness or impaired vision and some critically, from methanol poisoning in Kuwait. (Reuters)
• One person is killed and five others are injured when a hot air balloon carrying 34 people crashes near De Hoeve, Friesland, Netherlands. (NOS)

Health and environment

• Humanitarian impact of the Sudanese civil war
  • 2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic
    • Sudanese health authorities launch a ten-day cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum targeting over 150,000 people to curb an outbreak that has caused more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths nationwide since July 2024. (AP)

International relations

• Australia–Vanuatu relations
  • Australia and Vanuatu agree to implement a 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)

Law and crime

• Euthanasia in Uruguay
  • The Uruguayan Chamber of Representatives votes 64–35 to decriminalize euthanasia. The bill moves to the Senate for approval. (Reuters)
• Internal conflict in Peru
  • Peruvian president Dina Boluarte signs into law a congressional bill granting amnesty to all military, police, and other self-defense personnel accused of human rights violations committed between 1980 and 2000. (The Guardian)
• The Malaysian Federal Court 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)

2025 August 12

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • 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)

Business and economy

• China–United States trade war
  • 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. (AP) (The New York Times) (CNN)
• Chinese property sector crisis
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires
  • A wildfire destroys centuries old chestnut trees and tourist buildings at the Las Médulas gold-mining site in Castilla y León, Spain. (El País)
• Nine people are killed and seven others are injured in an explosion at a factory in Quatro Barras, 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)
• Four people, including a child, are killed after flash flooding displaces over 100 people and floods homes and businesses in and around Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. US Interstate 24 is shut down and dozens of rescues are made to people stranded by flood waters along the I24/HWY153 corridor and around Hamilton Place Mall. (WTVC-TV)

Law and crime

• Israeli settler violence
  • Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian-American man to death in the West Bank. (NPR)
• 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)
• 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 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)
• In an effort to save the Maasai Mara reserve in Kenya, an activist files a lawsuit against the Ritz-Carlton, which plans to open a 20-suite safari camp there. (Reuters)

Sports

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

2025 August 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Dobropillia offensive
    • 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)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • 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)
• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • A China Coast Guard vessel is damaged after colliding with a Chinese Navy ship while trying to expel a Philippine Coast Guard vessel from Scarborough Shoal. (Philippine News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde. (The Weather Channel) (CNN) (DTudo1Pouco)
• 2025 Clairton Coke Works explosion
  • 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. (AP) (WPXI-TV)

Health and environment

• A botulism outbreak in southern Italy kills three people and hospitalizes at least 17 others following the consumption of contaminated meat and vegetables in Diamante, Calabria, and Cagliari, Sardinia, a week prior. (The Independent) (Berliner Morgenpost)

International relations

• Australia–Palestine relations, International recognition of Palestine
  • Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September. (The Guardian)
• Israel–Norway relations, Disinvestment from Israel
  • 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)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
  • Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June. (Barron’s)
• Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States. (KVUE-TV)
• 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 enter Washington, D.C., allegedly to fight rising crime rates. (Reuters)
• 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)

2025 August 10

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Killing of journalists in the Gaza war, Assassination of Anas Al-Sharif
    • 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)

Disasters and accidents

• 2025 Balıkesir earthquake
  • A Mw6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 buildings and two mosque minarets to collapse in Balıkesir Province and Manisa. (CNN Türkiye) (TRT Haber)
• Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States. (WJZ-TV)
• Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (G1 Globo)
• 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)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2025 Russia–United States Summit
    • 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. (The Atlantic) (BBC News)

Law and crime

• Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
  • 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)
• Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador. (AP)

2025 August 09

Disasters and accidents

• At least six Lebanese soldiers are killed in an explosion while removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility near the Israeli border. (Al Arabiya)
• A passenger train derails after hitting an excavator in Tabas, Iran injuring 30 people. (Caspian Post)

International relations

• Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the twin bells of Urakami Cathedral, that were destroyed, are restored in Nagasaki. The anniversary is attended by about 2,600 people, including foreign dignitaries and survivors of the bombings. (AP) (CBC) (Sky News)
• Foreign relations of Singapore
  • Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto. (Al Jazeera) (The Jakarta Post) (The Star)

Law and crime

• Haitian crisis
  • The Haitian government announces a three-month state of emergency in the central and western regions of Haiti aiming to curb hunger and gang violence in the regions. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
• Gaza war protests in the United Kingdom
  • A total of 474 people are arrested in London, England, during a protest in support of Palestine Action, which was proscribed as a terrorist group on 5 July. (BBC News)
• Two people are killed and five others are injured in a drive-by mass shooting in a busy area in Nassau, The Bahamas. (The Nassau Guardian)
• Former Chadian prime minister and leader of the Les Transformateurs party Succès Masra is sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined F.CFA 1 billion (US$1,775,200) after being convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic messages that incited violence, a verdict his legal team plans to appeal. (Reuters)

2025 August 08

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • The Israeli Security Cabinet approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to capture Gaza City with the stated objective of defeating Hamas, while supposedly ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid to civilians outside the areas of combat. (Bloomberg)
  • Germany announces it will halt weapon shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice” in light of Israel’s plan to fully militarily occupy Gaza. (AP)
  • The Israel Defense Forces begins massing troops and tanks on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected major ground offensive. (The Times of India)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 campaign
    • Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa said the group would investigate the claim. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • At least 33 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in an overnight operation near the Afghanistan border in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan. (CTV News)
• War on drugs
  • U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding the U.S. military and other sectors of the federal government to take action against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organisations, such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

• A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in Kisumu, Kenya, overturns and plunges into a ditch, killing at least 21 people. (MSN)
• A bus and a truck collide head-on near Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others. (Reuters)
• At least 15 people are killed and 33 others are missing following a flash flood in Yuzhong County, Gansu, China. (China Daily)
• At least 30 people are injured when a passenger train derails on the Kerman–Zarand railway path near Siriz, Kerman province, Iran. (The Express Tribune) (Caliber)
• A fire breaks out at the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba in Andalusia, Spain, due to a short circuit. The roof of a chapel collapses, but the fire is extinguished with no further damage. (The Guardian) (El País)

International relations

• Armenia–Azerbaijan relations
  • Armenia–Azerbaijan peace agreement
    • The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, committing to a peace deal facilitated by the Trump administration that would end nearly four decades of conflict between the two countries. (CNN)
    • Armenia agrees to grant the U.S. exclusive development rights in the Zangezur corridor for 99 years. The U.S. would sublease to a consortium to develop rail, oil, gas, and fiber optic lines along the 27-mile (43km) corridor. (Politico)

Law and crime

• 2025 Anaconda shooting
  • The suspected perpetrator of the bar shooting that killed four people last week in Anaconda, Montana, United States, is arrested. (KRTV-TV)
• 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
  • The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition brought by former interior minister Lee Sang-min regarding the arrest warrant against him over his alleged involvement in former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law attempt on December 3, 2024. (The Korea Times)
• A police officer and the perpetrator are killed, and another officer suffers non-life-threatening injuries, in a shooting at the CDC building near Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (CNN) (WAGA-TV)
• The Uganda High Court denies bail to opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who faces treason charges, ruling that the 180-day period for mandatory release began when his case was transferred to a civilian court in February, leaving him 12 days short of eligibility. (Reuters)
• Portugal’s Constitutional Court blocks a parliamentary bill that would require most legally resident immigrants to wait two years before applying for family reunification, ruling that it violates constitutional protections for family unity. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoes 63 provisions of a congressional bill revising environmental licensing rules, removing measures that would have expanded fast-tracking of projects in sensitive areas such as the Amazon rainforest. (AP)

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