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The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff confirms that the annual Freedom Edge trilateral military exercises between the United States, South Korea, and Japan will go on as scheduled between September 7 and 11. (The Korea Times)

Thursday, August 27th, 2026

Three Palestinians are reported to be killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip, violating the October 2025 ceasefire. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and its Spokesperson’s Unit confirms Al-Qassam Brigades commander Ismail Mohammad Ibrahim Barim, who held Edan Alexander, Avera Mengistu, and Matan Zangauker as hostages, was killed in a strike in Khan Yunis. (The Times of Israel) (Israel National News) (The Jerusalem Post)

The IDF also confirms that they have recently killed two Hamas militants that invaded the Re’im Base in Re’im during the October 7 attacks in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including a body guard to former leader Yahya Sinwar and a Nukhba forces militant. (The Times of Israel)

It is reported that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu held secret meetings with Hamas during the 2014 Gaza War. The Prime Minister’s Office denies the reports. (The Times of Israel) (Ynetnews)

Qatari prime minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani talks with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, including on the Strait of Hormuz and efforts to end the war. (Al Jazeera)

United States Central Command commander Brad Cooper says that the military has cleared all Iranian naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz and its routes. (The Hill)

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei says that Iran is preparing a set of conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after mediators called for them to do so. (Reuters)

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was hit by an “unknown projectile”, causing a fire that was later extinguished. (Marine Insight)

Sudan’s army repels a Rapid Support Forces attack on the town of Al-Keli in the Blue Nile region. (Sudan Tribune)

Around 12 people are reported killed in a airstrike near border with Chad. (Al Jazeera)

Around 49 people are killed in a cattle raid on the Machar-Pakuek cattle camp in Mading Juer Boma in Tonj North County of South Sudan‘s Warrap state. (MENA via The New Arab)

Four people are killed after an unconfirmed civilian or military airplane is shot down with a surface-to-air missile near Minembwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Noveau Media)

South Korean company SK Gas pays a record US$5.3 million for priority passage of the LPG tanker G. Spirit through the Panama Canal before El Niño-related transit restrictions reduced daily crossings. (AFP via France 24)

In Canada, British Columbia ends its state of emergency, which was previously imposed on August 8 this month in response to wildfires that killed one person. (The Canadian Press News) (CTV News)

A section of the Trans-Canada Highway in the Fraser Canyon reopens after being closed for seven weeks due to the wildfires. (Redfm) (CTV News)

The death toll from the earthquake that struck the Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, rises to 111, with 176,000 people displaced. (A News) (AA)

The United States Geological Survey says a glacial collapse and debris flow, not an earthquake, caused the seismic event near the Nepal–Tibet border and subsequent flooding that killed at least 392 people and left over 900 more missing. (BBC)

Six people die after a pump boat carrying 13 passengers capsizes while crossing the Mapanuepe Lake in San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines. Three others remain missing. (The Philippine Star)

Germany‘s Robert Koch Institute estimates 15,800 heat-related deaths during summer 2026, the highest total in a decade of monitoring, as repeated heat waves push temperatures above 40 °C (104 °F). (Kurdistan 24).

Two people are killed in a stabbing at a private school in Gosen-Neu Zittau, Brandenburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested. (Xinhua)

A near-total partial lunar eclipse occurs over Africa, the Americas, and Europe. (TimeandDate)

In athletics, Brazilian Alison dos Santos and American Masai Russell breaks the world records in men’s 400 metres hurdles (45.80 seconds) and women’s 100 metres hurdles (12.09 seconds), respectively, at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich in Zurich, Switzerland. (Reuters)

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The U.S. military trial for al-Qaeda militant Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, is set for June 2028 alongside three co-conspirators. (NBC News) (Sky News)

An airplane, uncertain if it was a civilian cargo flight or a military flight, is shot down with a surface-to-air missile near Minembwe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all four people on board. (Noveau Media)

Tropical Storm Dolly forms in the Atlantic Ocean. The storm and its name has no connection to the death of former American country singer Dolly Parton. (The New York Times) (PBS)

Germany’s Robert Koch Institute estimates 15,800 heat-related deaths during summer 2026, the highest total in a decade of monitoring, as repeated heat waves push temperatures above 40 °C (104 °F). (Kurdistan 24).

Two people are killed in a stabbing at a private school in Gosen-Neu Zittau, Brandenburg, Germany. A suspect is arrested. (Xinhua)

Zambian presidential candidate Brian Mundubile surrenders to police and is questioned over an alleged national security threat after two weeks in hiding following the disputed presidential election, in which he finished second. (AFP via France 24)

U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order directing federal agencies to call Lake Ontario “Lake America.” The change applies only to U.S. federal usage; Canada need not adopt it, and no international authority exclusively determines names of shared waters. (AP) (The Guardian)

The Korea AeroSpace Administration says that the Nuri will launch 15 satellites, a record, into space from the Naro Space Center in South Korea’s Goheung County on October 7. (Korea Times) (Yonhap)

Wednesday, August 26th, 2026

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps say Iran and Oman have agreed to share revenues from the Strait of Hormuz and define their respective maritime areas, while negotiations continue over reopening the waterway amid the war. (AFP via The Borneo Post)

Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi says that Iran will not allow military vessels to transit through the strait under the proposed agreement. (AP) (Military.com)

The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed several Hamas members in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip city of Jabalia, including on a structure allegedly used as a storage facility for weapons. (The Jerusalem Post)

Nine people are killed after a Ukrainian strike on a bus in Russian-occupied Luhansk. (Reuters)

A spokesperson for Malian singer Salif Keita confirms that he has cancelled all upcoming concerts in South Africa over its response to anti-migrant protests in the country. (Channels TV) (Arbiterz)

Flash floods and mudslides along the Trishuli River impact Nepal and Tibet. At least 160 people are killed, hundreds are injured and 463 others, including over 200 tourists, are reported missing in Nepal, while Chinese Communist Party officials report three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet, severely affecting Gyirong County and its port. (AFP via Jamaica Observer) (AP) (BBC News)

Twelve people are killed and at least 54 others are injured as wildfires spread across northeastern Algeria during a severe heat wave, with deaths reported in Béjaïa, Jijel, and Tizi Ouzou provinces. (AFP via Gulf News)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves the daraxonrasib drug as a treatment for metastatic pancreatic cancer, making it the first RAS inhibitor drug to be approved for the disease. This came after a previous study showed that it nearly doubled the survival rate for patients compared to chemotherapy. (Reuters)

Meta Platforms agrees to pay up to $16.7 billion to settle claims by 29 U.S. states over alleged harms to young users and to impose new usage limits and safeguards for teenagers on its social media platforms Facebook and Instagram. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

The United States designates the Italy-based Autistici/Inventati, the UK-based Palestine Action, and pro-Palestinian group Masar Badil as terrorist organizations, citing alleged involvement in politically motivated violence and extremist activity. (AFP via France 24)

Russia orders the arrest of German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung journalist Michael Martens [de], charging him in absentia over comments interpreted as calling for the killing of Russians, a crime punishable by up to six years in prison. (News.az)

Two people are killed and nine others are seriously injured in a vehicle-ramming attack against pedestrians after a fight near a train station in Caen, Normandy, France. The perpetrator is arrested. (France 24)

The United States Department of State suspends immigrant visa appointments at all embassies and consulates worldwide while training consular staff on screening applicants for potential dependence on public benefits. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

Deogratius Ndejembi is appointed as Vice President of Tanzania, replacing Emmanuel Nchimbi who resigned yesterday. (The Tanzania Times)

In American football, the National Football League announces the elimination of the Pro Bowl. (Reuters)

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An overnight Ukrainian drone attack “completely destroys” a Wildberries depot in Tambov Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)

A man and a 14-year-old child are killed in Lipetsk Oblast, and a woman is killed in Belgorod Oblast, in Ukrainian drone strikes. The Russian defence ministry says its forces have shot down 426 Ukrainian drones overnight. (Al Jazeera)

Nine people are killed after a Ukrainian missile strikes a bus in Russian-occupied Luhansk. (Reuters)

Flash floods and mudslides along the Trishuli River impact Nepal and the Chinese Tibet Autonomous Region. At least 95 people are killed, hundreds are injured and 463 others, including over 200 tourists, are reported missing in Nepal, while Chinese officials report three deaths and 265 missing in Tibet, severely affecting Gyirong County and its port. (AFP via Jamaica Observer)

Nepali officials say bridges, roads, power stations, and entire villages have been swept away by the flash flooding with some areas still completely cut-off from search and rescue efforts. (The National)

At least 15 infants are killed and another is injured after a fire at a state-run hospital in Islamabad, Pakistan. (The Globe and Mail)

Nineteen cases of Japanese encephalitis are confirmed in Madhesh Province, Nepal, causing six deaths. (Nepal News)

The U.S. Pacific Command announces that the United States will conduct trilateral military exercises with South Korea’s armed forces and Japan’s self-defense forces despite U.S. president Donald Trump scaling back on the recent Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercises. (Korea Herald)

Tuesday, August 25th, 2026

In basketball, the Women’s National Basketball Association’s Chicago Sky bans Enes Kanter Freedom from attending home games following his altercation with Natasha Cloud. (ESPN)

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces announce they have officially dissolved and completed a merger with the Syrian army following the end of the civil war in 2024. (AP)

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet say that they have struck five Hamas weapons storage systems and a launch site in Gaza, including in mosques. (Ynetnews)

Around 27 people, including four children, are reported to be killed by Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) militants in the South Kordofan areas of Kadugli and Abu Hitan. (Middle East Monitor)

Sudan’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Welfare reports that 224 cases of child sexual violence have been documented since the conflict. (Sudan Tribune)

The Australian Recording Industry Association bans wholly AI-generated music from appearing on its charts starting in September 2026. The ruling aims to distinguish fully AI-generated music and AI-assisted music, where the track is human-created but uses AI as a supporting tool. (DW)

Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion worth of U.S. annual imports in response to the 50% tariffs by U.S. president Donald Trump and his administration. (Reuters)

Latvia’s cabinet ministry announces that the country will ban imported goods from Belarus and Russia starting September 1. (LIGA)

The toll from the earthquake in Flores, Indonesia, ten days ago, increases to 103 people dead and 1,666 injured. (Detik News)

The death toll for the earthquakes in Venezuela this June exceeds past 6,500, with a total of 6,509 deaths reported. (The Straits Times)

At least 40 people are injured and over 300 homes are damaged in a tornado in Pomas, Occitania, France. (DW)

El Salvador declares a nationwide red alert for meteorological and agricultural drought, while Panama declares an El Niño emergency as severe dry conditions damage crops and reduce traffic through the Panama Canal. (AFP via Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The Israel Defense Forces take control of the UNRWA’s vocational training centre in Qalandia, East Jerusalem, West Bank, and begin removing the United Nations agency under legislation banning its operations in Israel. (AFP via France 24)

Hungary foreign and deputy prime minister Anita Orbán files a criminal complaint against the government of former prime minister Viktor Orbán (no relation) over its purchase of 300 billion Ft (US$965 million) in ventilators during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. (Reuters)

Brazil’s national data protection authority fines TikTok R$153.7 million (US$29.9 million) for inadequate child-safety measures and orders its developer, ByteDance, to delete improperly collected data and strengthen protections for users under 16. (AFP via France 24)

The Grand Council of Aargau votes 78–54 to ban Islamic hijabs for girls aged under 16 in the Swiss canton of Aargau. The motion was sponsored by the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland. (Swiss Info)

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Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi and Omani foreign minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi say that Iran and Oman have discussed a proposal to establish a temporary joint shipping route for ships in the Strait of Hormuz. (CNBC)

U.S. President Donald Trump and the United States Navy says that all mines have been cleared from the Strait of Hormuz. (Al-Monitor)

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports that a oil tanker has been struck by a unknown projectile off the coast of Oman near the strait. No casualties are reported. (Gulf News)

The Wall Street Journal reports that President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury in February despite warnings from U.S. Vice President JD Vance and former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. (Middle East Monitor)

Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. annual imports in response to the 50% tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration. (Reuters)

South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company reaches a deal to end a month of walkouts by workers. (The Wall Street Journal)

Monday, August 24th, 2026

The U.S. military Southern Command‘s Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere launches a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on alleged drug traffickers, killing two people. The strike is the first reported in two months. (PBS) (CNN)

During a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep-inside Russian territory. (BBC News)

A Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv kills three people and leaves eight others wounded. (TRT World)

Drone strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces hits several Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary targets in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, hours after a cargo aircraft landed in the area. (Sudan Tribune)

Two peacekeepers from Ethiopia of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Three more peacekeepers, two policemen and two civilians are also wounded. (RFI in French)

At least 47 people are killed and 22 others are injured in an overnight gang raid on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Reuters)

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign involving new sanctions against Iran in a effort to isolate the regime. (The Wall Street Journal) (Politico)

The Iranian rial reaches 2.02 million rials ahead of the U.S. dollar, a record-low, ahead of U.S. sanctions. (Time)

The Arkansas Department of Health reports seven new cases of cyclosporiasis in the state including the first cases in Ashley and Cleburne counties, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, amidst a decline in the outbreak across the United States. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces that the country will soon formally apply for membership of the European Union. (TASS)

Syria’s Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun is found guilty of committing war crimes spanning nearly 14 years of civil war under Bashar al-Assad’s former regime and is sentenced to life in prison. (DW)

Former British snooker player Graeme Dott is found guilty of sexually abusing two primary school children. (The Guardian) (Sky News)

South African police arrests four people in connection of the murder of former professional boxer Zolani Tete. (Sahara Reporters) (Al Jazeera)

The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan declares the preliminary results from yesterday’s election, stating that Ädilet secured 71% of the vote. (Reuters)

The United States formally removes Syria from its designated state sponsors of terrorism list. (The Straits Times)

Sunday, August 23rd, 2026

Iran claims to have blacklisted 45 tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that breached its rules for crossing the waterway, with the Persian Gulf Strait Authority on X threatening fines, detainments, and confiscations against the named vessels. (Reuters)

The Iran parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission approves a draft allowing Iran to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. (Middle East Eye)

Two Israeli airstrikes kill two people, including a four-year-old boy, in the Gaza Strip in violation of the October 2025 ceasefire. (Reuters)

At least ten people are killed and several others injured in clashes between federal forces and residents protesting a controversial demolition and forced eviction in Yaaqshid neighbourhood of Mogadishu. (FTL Somalia) (Garowe Online) (Shabelle Media)

The Turkish Armed Forces carries out an airstrike in Garmaal, Puntland, killing at least four people, in response to the previous hijacking of a Cameroon-flagged vessel by Somali pirates, which was transporting military equipment to the Camp TURKSOM in Mogadishu. The authorities of Puntland identified the victims as civilian fishermen. (Somali Guardian)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and the M23 rebel group agree on a roadmap for further peace negotiations under the Doha Framework Agreement after talks in Switzerland. (AFP via The Hindu)

Sudan’s defence ministry says that the country’s armed forces (SAF) have shot down a “hostile” drone from Ethiopia entering its airspace, which was seen flying over the Blue Nile region. (Saudi Gazette)

The SAF-allied Joint Forces says that they have destroyed a Rapid Support Forces convoy in the northern desert bordering Libya, along with capturing several vehicles and drone equipment. (Sudan Tribune)

The Tuareg-led Azawad Liberation Front releases 22 Malian soldiers, some held for more than three years, in exchange for at least eight of its fighters and several civilian detainees. (AFP via Macau Business)

Iván Manjarrez, a La Línea ringleader, is killed during a security operation in Bocoyna Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico. He was accused of controlling illegal logging in the Chihuahua Mountains. (El Heraldo de Chihuahua in Spanish)

The Hawk Fire near Reno, Nevada, U.S., grows to more than 20 square miles (53 sq. km.) and spreads across the Peavine Peak of Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest, prompting evacuations. (PBS)

A M_w 5.9 earthquake strikes southern Ibaraki Prefecture in Japan, injuring 45 people. (The Nikkei) (FNN)

At least 30 people are killed and six more are wounded when a landfill collapses in Conakry, Guinea. (BBC News)

The Indian Coast Guard and Navy’s Eastern Naval Command reports that two crew members from the Panama-flagged MV Ocean Winner have been rescued after it sank off the coast of Bay of Bengal in eastern India. (Times of India)

The Israel Defense Forces‘s Duvdevan Unit says that they arrested four Palestinians over the weekend, including two allegedly affiliated with the Islamic State. (The Times of Israel)

Kazakhstanis vote to elect 145 members to the 1st convocation of the unicameral Kurultai following the passage of the new constitution on 15 March. Contesting parties must get at least five percent of the vote in order for lists to gain proportional representation. (AP) (DW)

In open-wheel racing, American auto racing driver Kyle Kirkwood wins the IndyCar Freedom 250 Grand Prix event at the National Mall in Washington D.C., United States. (The Indianapolis Star)

In basketball, former National Basketball Association player Enes Kanter Freedom is ejected from a WNBA game between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena after being confronted by Natasha Cloud. (AP)

Saturday, August 22nd, 2026

Syrian state media reports that an IED struck a bus carrying security forces on the Maarounah–Al-Tall road near Damascus, injuring several passengers. (AFP via Arab News Japan)

The Israeli Army Radio reports that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a drone strike against a militant in southern Syria whom they accuse of prepping an improvised explosive device (IED) attack against Israeli troops currently occupying the region. (The Jerusalem Post)

The IDF says that Sharif al-Hasanat, an alleged Hamas company commander affiliated with the Deir al-Balah Battalion of the Al-Qassam Brigades, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza, violating the ongoing ceasefire. (The Times of Israel) (JFeed)

The United States imposes 50% tariffs on about US$20 billion of Canadian goods after trade talks fail to produce an agreement. Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says Canada will impose equivalent retaliatory tariffs. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

Sudan’s industry ministry establishes a high-level committee to rehabilitate industrial zones in Khartoum State that were damaged during the ongoing civil war along with helping shuttered factories resume production. (Sudan Tribune)

The Central African Republic‘s government closes down a gold mine site in Zamboye that killed over 100 people after it collapsed, citing non-compliance with regulatory procedures. (AP)

The Indian Coast Guard launches a rescue operation after a Panama–flagged cargo bulk carrier sunk off the coast of eastern India. (Reuters)

Seven people are killed, including two police officers, and several others are injured in a three-vehicle collision on the A66 road in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. (BBC News)

Five people are killed in a head-on road collision along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway near Lagos, Nigeria. (The Daily Post Nigeria)

The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency reports that authorities in Kiribati, Palau, and Papua New Guinea have detained four Chinese and Indonesian fishing vessels for alleged illegal fishing or licence violations during a regional enforcement operation across the Pacific Ocean. (AFP via Daily Tribune)

American far-right activist Jake Lang, who was pardoned last year for his role in the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol, is arrested during a protest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. (Minnesota Star Tribune)

A humanoid robot at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China, runs 100 meters in 9.39 seconds, surpassing a record set by Usain Bolt of 9.58 seconds at the World Athletics Championships in 2009. (NBC News)

In open-wheel racing, the Freedom 250 Grand Prix kicks off in Washington, D.C. on the National Mall to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, with former NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon winning the International Race of Champions. (The Athletic via The New York Times) (Motorsport)

Friday, August 21st, 2026

Russian drone strikes on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, kill at least 16 people and injure more than 130 others, including 22 children. (Reuters)

A Russian strike on a neighborhood in Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, kills four people, including three children, according to Ukrainian interior minister Ivan Vyhivskyi. (Ukrinform)

Pakistani forces raid multiple hideouts and kill 49 militants allegedly belonging to the Pakistani Taliban and the Balochistan Liberation Army in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)

Resistance fighters and a local activist say Myanmar‘s military deployed hundreds of troops around the proposed Dawei Special Economic Zone in the Tanintharyi Region, burning villages and pushing resistance groups back as the government seeks to revive the project. (Reuters)

At least 14 people are reportedly killed and 20 others are injured after Myanmar’s military launched an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery compound in Myaung Township during a religious gathering. (AFP via CNA)

The annual Ashenda festival in Mekelle, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, is cancelled over drone strike fears. (BBC News) (Binance)

American fantasy film The Odyssey reaches US$1.35 billion at the worldwide box office to become the highest-grossing R-rated film, surpassing Deadpool & Wolverine. (The Guardian)

The Panama Canal announces it will limit the number of ships allowed to cross the passage over the next month due to El Niño causing droughts in the region. (DW)

The death toll of a boat capsizing off the coast of Zambezia Province, Mozambique from August 16 rises to 12 after five bodies of those unaccounted for are found by search teams. (Club of Mozambique)

Three people are killed and six more wounded in an explosion at a house in the Ain al-Qasab village of Idlib, Syria. (AA) (Middle East Eye)

India’s Supreme Court orders states to protect elephant corridors, identify and remove obstructions, and prohibit groups from using fire to drive wild elephants away amid increasing habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. (AFP via France 24)

Around 16 people in Sudan’s Red Sea state have reportedly died from a heat stroke amidst a rise in temperatures in the state. (Middle East Monitor)

A person is killed and three other people are injured in a mass stabbing, carried out with a sword, at a high school in Fagersta, Sweden. The perpetrator is arrested at the scene. (Reuters)

Japan executes a 58-year-old man for a 2009 arson attack that killed five people at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. It is the first execution under Sanae Takaichi‘s premiership. (AFP via The Star) (The Japan Times)

TikTok agrees to pay $400 million to settle a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit alleging violations of federal children’s privacy law through the collection of personal data from users under 13 without parental consent. (AFP via France 24)

Turkish justice minister Akın Gürlek announces that Turkey has issued an Interpol arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his role in attacks on activists seeking to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. (France 24) (Reuters)

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance convicts Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung of incitement to subversion over their leadership of a group that organized annual Tiananmen crackdown vigils. They face up to 10 years in prison. (AFP via RFI)

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance convicts activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung of incitement to subversion over their leadership of a group that organized annual Tiananmen crackdown vigils. They face up to 10 years in prison. (AFP via RFI)

The Russian justice ministry designates independent news outlet Mediazona a “foreign agent” for a second time, accusing it of publishing false information about law enforcement. (Reuters)

In Mexico, Sinaloan governor Rubén Rocha Moya resumes office after a four-month suspension while contesting U.S. drug-trafficking charges and an extradition request. Mexican prosecutors say they find insufficient evidence linking him to criminal conduct. (AFP via France 24)

In association football, Johor Darul Ta’zim claims a world record for the longest unbeaten run in top-flight league play, reaching 109 matches after defeating Kuching City 3–0 in Malaysia’s Super League. (AFP via RFI)

85 people were injured, including 35 police officers, after Kaiserslautern fans launched flares towards the main stand, while Mannheim fans stormed the pitch, causing the match between Kaiserslautern and Mannheim to be temporarily interrupted. (Goal)

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The Syrian Civil Defense reports that an explosion at a house in the Ain al-Qasab village of Idlib, Syria, has killed three civilians and wounded six others. (AA) (Middle East Eye)

Project Elephant India’s Supreme Court orders states to protect elephant corridors, identify and remove obstructions, and prohibit groups from using fire to drive wild elephants away amid increasing habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. (AFP via France 24)

Multiple people are injured in a mass stabbing at the Brinellskolan in Fagersta, Sweden. The perpetrator was arrested. (Reuters)

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The USS George Washington arrives in the Middle East to relieve the USS Abraham Lincoln amidst a nine-month deployment and reports of mental health challenges among the crew and supply shortages on the aircraft carrier during the Iran war. (AP) (The Guardian)

The Israel Defense Forces accuses Hamas of using the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis to carry out interrogations and torture Palestinians. (The Jerusalem Post)

Human Rights Watch reports that Africa Corps forces summarily killed nine civilians, including four children, in Mali last month. (Al Jazeera) (HRW)

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement–North led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu regains control of Kauda, South Kordofan, following two days of clashes with Otoro fighters. (Sudan Tribune)

LSEG data shows that a vessel in France is loading wheat destined for Sudan, marking the first export of wheat from France to Sudan since August 2008. (Baird Maritime)

Eight people are killed when a Cessna 441 Conquest II aircraft, operating as Security Aviation Flight 45, crashes at the Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site in western Alaska, United States. (KTUU-TV)

Four railway workers on the Tōbu Nikkō Line are killed after being struck by a Limited express train in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. (The Japan Times)

Five people are reported missing and eight others are injured after a fire at a restaurant with apartments in Thusis, Grisons, Switzerland. (BBC News)

The World Health Organization says that the Democratic Republic of the Congo will receive 70,000 doses of the Ebola vaccine candidate developed by Merck to combat the Ebola outbreak in the country. (CNBC) (Africanews)

A Chinese court sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life imprisonment for financial fraud, bribery, and embezzlement, and fines Evergrande and its real estate arm a combined ¥15.8 billion (US$2.35 billion). (AFP via CNA)

2025 Mexican fuel smuggling scandal Argentina deports Rear Admiral Fernando Farías Laguna, accused of leading a fuel-smuggling network inside the Mexican Navy, to Mexico after the Mexican government withdraws its extradition request. He is taken to the Altiplano maximum-security prison, where his brother and alleged co-leader, Vice Admiral Manuel Roberto Farías Laguna, is also imprisoned. (Infobae)

The Jatiya Sangsad elects Mirza Alamgir as the President of Bangladesh in the first directly contested presidential election in 35 years. Alamgir will take office tomorrow. (Al Jazeera) (AP) (Dhaka Tribune)

Syrian Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi says the integration of Kurdish military, security, and administrative institutions into the Syrian state is complete following an agreement reached with president Ahmed al-Sharaa in January. (AFP via France 24)

Wednesday, August 19th, 2026

Axios reports that the U.S. military has created a new shipping lane in the Strait of Hormuz to help ships transit through the waterway, including the facilitating of 10 million barrels of oil per day. (The Jerusalem Post) (Axios)

Qatari prime minister and foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani meets with Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and other senior leaders in Doha, Qatar, to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and other occupied Palestinian territories. (Doha News)

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launches an investigation into troop conduct for their roles in the 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, her family, and 15 paramedics. (AP)

Around ten people are reported killed in an Israeli airstrike on a police station in Gaza City. (Middle East Eye)

The IDF says that the Air Force have targeted two Hamas commanders, including one who participated in the October 7 attacks, along with Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)

The IDF also confirms that they have killed four Nukhba force commanders from the Al-Qassam Brigades wing of Hamas in an airstrike on a cafe yesterday in Gaza City. (The Jerusalem Post) (The Times of Israel)

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least 15 people and injured 40 others, damaging residential buildings, a children’s hospital, and a school. (ABC News) (BBC News)

Mexican drug war Nine CJNG members, including four ringleaders, are arrested during a military operation in Tinaja de Vargas y Colesio, municipality of Tanhuato and Ecuandureo. Among the detained is Heraclio Guerrero aka “Tio Lako”, leader identified as behind the operation of cartel training camps and the offensive during the 2026 Jalisco operation. (CNN en Español in Spanish)

The United Nations reports that 36 humanitarian workers and contractors in South Sudan have been killed since the start of the year, surpassing the 31 killed last year. (AP)

U.S. president Donald Trump announces an economic war against Iran, along with new sanctions for countries trading with Iran. (The Hill)

The Office for National Statistics reports that inflation in the United Kingdom rose to 2.9% last month amidst the Iran war. (The Guardian)

The United States Department of the Treasury reports that the national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time the previous day, and is currently at $40.047 trillion. (Reuters) (CNBC) (AP)

Six passengers, including Ecuadorian intelligence head Michele Sensi-Contugi and his wife, and the pilot are killed in a helicopter crash on Mount Ololokwe in Samburu County, Kenya. (NBC News)

Twenty-three people are killed and five others are injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the BR-373 near Ipiranga, Paraná, Brazil. (Reuters) (UOL)

Nine people, including eight Bangladeshi nationals, are killed and six others are injured in a hotel fire in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (AP) (The Independent)

Amidst the ongoing measles outbreak in Bangladesh, health minister M. A. Muhit says that the outbreak will need 2-3 months for it to be under control. (Jagonews24)

In a study from the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital & Institute, around 82% of children who died from measles during the outbreak in Bangladesh did not receive adequate or exclusive breastfeeding during their first 6 months of their life. (Dhaka Tribune) (The Business Standard)

Four more children are reported to have died from measles in 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the country from the outbreak past 922. (The Business Standard)

Merck and Moderna report that their cancer vaccine candidate showed positive results in their late-stage trial in preventing a recurrence of melanoma, including in high-risk patients. (AFP via France 24) (CNBC)

Former Liberian vice president Jewel Taylor is charged for drug trafficking, money laundering ‌and other offenses as part of an investigation of a transnational narcotics network. (Reuters)

A U.S.-led research team grows human brain organoids for seven years, the longest reported period, and finds that their cells continue maturing in patterns similar to normal brain development. (AFP via France 24)

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The Israel Defense Forces launches a investigation into troop conduct for their roles in the 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, her family, and 15 other paramedics. (AP)

Around 10 people are reported killed in a Israeli airstrike on a police station in Gaza City in violation of the ceasefire. (Middle East Eye)

IDF says that the Air Force have targeted two Hamas commanders, including one who participated in the October 7 attacks, along with Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)

Merck and Moderna reports that their cancer vaccine candidate showed positive results in their late-stage trial in preventing a recurrence of melanoma including in high-risk patients. (CNBC)

Tuesday, August 18th , 2026

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reports that a cargo vessel has come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz, leaving one dead. (Al Jazeera)

The United Arab Emirates’s defence ministry detects two missiles fired from Iran towards the country, including one that fell outside territorial waters and another that fell within it. (Gulf News)

British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that the United Kingdom will continue to militarily support Ukraine after Russia warned the UK will face “consequences” for allowing Ukraine to use British-made drones to strike targets deep inside Russian territory. (BBC News)

A Russian ballistic missile strike kills ten civilians and injures eight others in Pechenihy, Kharkiv Oblast. Several homes are completely destroyed. (AP)

A drone strike hits a bus stop near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, killing one plant worker and injuring several others. (Reuters)

The Sudanese Doctors Network reports that recent attacks in Geissan of Sudan’s Blue Nile region has displaced over 5,000 people to Damazin. (Sudan Horizon)

The Rapid Support Forces launches a major crackdown in Nyala, South Darfur, its largest security and military mobilization since seizing the city in 2023. (Sudan Tribune)

A bus head-on collision in Parana, Brazil kills at least 21 people and injures four others. (Reuters)

At least eight people are killed and more than 20 others are injured after a vehicle rams into a truck in Madhya Pradesh, India. (Xinhua)

Three people are killed after an explosion at a thermal power plant in Baniyas, Syria. (Xinhua)

A second M_w 4.7 earthquake strikes the province of Granada, in Spain. Damage and injures are reported in Granada and the surrounding area, while the Alhambra is evacuated. (Expansión in Spanish)

The UK Health Security Agency confirms that an outbreak of salmonella in the UK has left one person dead and hundreds more ill. The outbreak is believed to be linked to imported eggs. (BBC News)

A student is killed while nine other people are injured in a mass shooting at a junior secondary school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The perpetrator, also a student, later kills himself. (Reuters)

Pakistan’s Supreme Court orders imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan transferred from the central jail in Rawalpindi, Punjab, to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad for medical examinations following a petition by his lawyers concerning his health. (AFP via RFI)

Singapore begins requiring major Internet messaging platforms to restrict unsolicited contacts and social media services to verify advertisers and block suspected scam advertisements under new anti-scam rules, with penalties of up to S$1 million (US$780,000) for non-compliance. (AFP via The Manila Times)

Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema is declared the winner by the electoral commission, re-electing him to a second term. (AP)

Monday, August 17th , 2026

A city official reports that at least 500 people have been hospitalized for severe diarrhea, with nearly 150 testing positive for cholera, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AFP via CNA)

A 90-year-old woman is confirmed dead in Nāʻālehu, Hawaii, United States, and over 100,000 people remain without power after Hurricane Lala struck the state. (AP) (The Guardian)

Elements of the Mexican Navy seized 3.2 million doses of cocaine floating off the coasts of the state of Michoacán. This action represent a financial blow of 340.2 million pesos to organized crime.(López Doriga)

The trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis for his alleged role in the murder of Tupac Shakur begins in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (BBC News) (CNN)

The United Nations reports that at least 2,325 people have died from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, making it the deadliest in the country’s history. (DW)

The Emperor orders the Department of Defense to substantially reduce the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian military exercises with South Korea, citing their cost and his relationship with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un. The drills begin as scheduled. (AFP via The Straits Times)

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) commissioner Rodney S. Scott pauses construction of a $1.7 billion border-security project in Big Bend National Park, Texas, while the CBP reviews the plan amid bipartisan local opposition and environmental concerns. (AFP via RFI)

California’s energy commission approves the United States’s first energy-efficiency standards for replacement tires, aiming to reduce rolling resistance and lower driver fuel costs by 2029. However, manufacturers warn the strict limits could eliminate up to 70% of current replacement tire options by 2033. (Fox Businesss)

Discord suspends live streaming, screen sharing, and video calls in Brazil to comply with an order from the national data protection authority following the death of a 13-year-old girl allegedly encouraged to kill herself during an online broadcast. (AFP via RFI)

A Russian Banderol cruise missile explodes in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova, after entering from Ukrainian airspace, triggering a wildfire in a corn field. Moldovan authorities condemn the strike as “a serious violation of Moldova’s sovereignty”. (The New Voice of Ukraine)

A Russian court sentences Yabloko deputy chairperson Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in prison for discrediting the armed forces and spreading disinformation after he publicly condemned the Russo-Ukrainian war. (Reuters)

Iran says it barred two French embassy employees from returning for allegedly violating the Vienna Convention through activities supporting Iranian civil society. France says their work involved programs for civil society, students, and artists. (Reuters)

Former South Korean prime minister Kim Min-seok is elected as the new leader of the Democratic Party with 54.08% of the vote against its former leader Jung Chung-rae. (The Diplomat)

Kurdistan Region prime minister Masrour Barzani reports that Iran has launched a drone attack on the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) prime minister’s office. No casualties are reported. (Al Jazeera)

The Sudanese Armed Forces says that it has shot down a long-range drone used by the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan’s North Kordofan state, the second drone shot down this month in the region. (Sudan Tribune)

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir meets with Darfur governor Minni Minnawi in Juba, South Sudan, to discuss efforts to end the conflict in Sudan. (Eye Radio)

Several fighters from both sides are killed after Somali federal forces and opposition groups clash in the South West State. Two civilians are also killed. Militias loyal to former state president Abdiaziz Laftagareen enter the regional capital Baidoa, challenging two battalions of the Somali National Army loyal to Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud. (Reuters) (Garowe Online) (i24 news)

At least 22 people are killed in a mass shooting in Kebbe, Sokoto State, Nigeria. (Tribune)

A explosion is reported at a school in the Dashte Barchi neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, injuring several people. The perpetrator is unknown. (Al Jazeera)

Floods and landslides caused by the southwest monsoon and Tropical Storm Kujira kill at least 23 people and displace thousands across the Philippines. (AA)

A crowd crush at the Ashokdham Temple in Bihar, India, kills at least seven people and injures 19 others. (AFP via ABS-CBN News)

Seven people are killed and several others are injured after a fire breaks out in a hotel in Birbhum District, West Bengal, India. (Xinhua)

Humanitarian NGO Emergency rescues 50 migrants from a wooden boat in international waters off Libya and recovers seven bodies. Two survivors require urgent medical evacuation, and 29 of those rescued are unaccompanied minors. (Reuters)

Three people are killed when a private helicopter crashes on Sifnos, South Aegean, Greece. (AP)

Torrential rainfall causes widespread flooding in Geoje-si, South Gyeongsang, South Korea, killing at least one. (BBC News)

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