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Paralympics opening ceremony

• The Summer Paralympics open (ceremony pictured) in Paris, France.
• More than two hundred people are killed in an Islamic militant attack in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso.
• The Islamic State claims responsibility for a mass stabbing that killed three people at a festival in Solingen, Germany.
• In cycling, Katarzyna Niewiadoma wins the Tour de France Femmes.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Arthur J. Gregg
• Charlotte Kretschmann
• Juan Izquierdo
• David Anfam
• Salim Al-Huss
• Maryvonne Le Dizès

August 31, 2024 (2024-08-31) (Saturday)

August 30, 2024 (2024-08-30) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Six people are killed when a Russian guided bomb strikes a residential building and playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk following the crash of an F-16 jet and the death of its pilot while defending against Russian strikes. (Reuters)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in shelling near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
• 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
  • Hamas leader Wissam Hazem and two militants are killed in a drone strike in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
  • An Israeli soldier is killed and several others are injured in an IED attack in Jenin. (Palestine Chronicle)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Venezuelan blackouts
  • A widespread power outage affects most of Venezuela with the government's communication and information minister blaming sabotage by the opposition without evidence. (DW)

International relations

• Afghanistan–Germany relations
  • Germany deports 28 Afghan convicted criminals, marking the first such action since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Death of Tūheitia Paki
  • Incumbent Māori King Tūheitia dies at the age of 69 while recovering from heart surgery. (New Zealand Herald)

August 29, 2024 (2024-08-29) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israel–Hamas war
    • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
      • 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
        • Israel and Hamas agree to three separate three-day humanitarian pauses to allow the World Health Organization to vaccinate more than 600,000 children against polio in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
      • The Israel Defence Forces carry out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza that kills 5 workers. (The Guardian)
  • 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
    • Mohammed "Abu Shujaa" Jaber, leader of the Tulkarm Brigade, and four other fighters are killed in an Israeli attack on the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
    • The number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the operation in the West Bank two days ago increases to 18, including eight in Jenin, six in Tulkarm, and four in Tubas. Dozens of others are wounded and at least 20 others have been arrested. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian defence ministry claims that its forces have captured the settlements of Mykolaivka in Donetsk Oblast and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Bangladeshi interim health ministry chief Nurjahan Begum says that more than 1,000 people were killed during last month's anti-government protests, making it the bloodiest period in the country's history since the 1971 independence movement. (Al Arabiya)
• 2024 Red Sea oil spill
  • The Houthis release footage showing their fighters boarding and placing explosives on the Greek-flagged MT Sounion oil tanker, causing explosions that put the tanker at risk of causing a major oil spill in the Red Sea. (AP)
• Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
  • Iraq shoots down a Turkish TAI Aksungur drone over Kirkuk Governorate. (Middle East Eye)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • More than 250,000 households are affected by power outages and dozens of people are reportedly injured as Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall over Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. (Reuters)
  • Three people are killed, seven are injured, and one person is reported missing in Kyushu due to Typhoon Shanshan. (Reuters)
• 2024 Yemen floods
  • The death toll from the floods in Al Mahwit Governorate, Yemen, increases to 33. (ABC News)
• Migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea
  • Pope Francis strongly condemns European mistreatment of migrants crossing from the Mediterranean Sea and refusal to offer aid as means to reject them from entering European nations as "a grave sin", and requests the expansion of migrant access routes to the continent. (The Hill) (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a gas leak at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps training center in Isfahan province, Iran. (AP)
• Three people are killed and 17 are injured when a car crashes into a group of migrants in Oaxaca, Mexico. (AP)

Health and environment

• One hundred tons of dead freshwater fish wash up in and around the port of Volos in Greece as a result of severe flooding followed by a prolonged drought in Lake Karla caused by "extreme climate fluctuations". (AP)

International relations

• France–Serbia relations
  • Serbia and French aerospace manufacturer Dassault Aviation sign an agreement for the purchase of 12 Dassault Rafale warplanes. (Le Monde)

Law and crime

• Germany–Iran relations
  • The interior ministry of Hamburg, Germany, expels the Iranian leader of the Islamic Centre Hamburg Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, giving Mofatteh a September 11 deadline to either leave the country or face deportation. (Reuters)

Sports

• Columbus Blue Jackets forward and seven-time NHL All-Star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew are killed by a suspected drunk driver while cycling in Oldmans Township, New Jersey. (ESPN)
• The Taliban government bans mixed martial arts, saying that the sport is too violent and has a risk of death and that it is incompatible with Islamic law. (BBC News)

August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
      • The Israel Defense Forces launch a major military operation in the West Bank, primarily in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, with at least ten Palestinians killed and several others injured. The Al-Israa Specialised Hospital and the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital are surrounded, and ambulances are blocked from entering the hospitals. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian drones strike an oil terminal in Kamensky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large fire. Ukraine also launches drone attacks on Kirov Oblast for the first time, striking an oil depot in Kotelnich. The Russian Defence Ministry says that air defences have shot down eight drones over Voronezh Oblast. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • Las Anod conflict
    • At least nine people are killed in fighting between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland troops near Erigavo, Sanaag, Somaliland. (Garowe Online) (BBC News Somali)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Three Islamic Jihad Palestinian fighters and a Hezbollah militant are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle at a checkpoint on the Lebanon–Syria border. (Al Jazeera)

• Myanmar civil war
  • Tatmadaw forces launch a major counteroffensive against rebels in Kachin State, Myanmar, following the fall of Momauk to the Kachin Independence Army. (Myanmar Now)
  • A UN official says that the Arakan Army has begun indiscriminately attacking the Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine State after capturing much of the state, forcing thousands of people to flee. The rebel group is reportedly "rounding up groups" of Rohingya men and shelling Rohingya villages. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Sudan floods
  • Arbaat Dam collapse
    • The death toll from flooding across Sudan including the collapse of the Arbaat Dam near Port Sudan, Sudan, increases to 148 people. (Sudan Tribune)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
  • Hundreds of flights are cancelled and the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert in Kagoshima Prefecture as Typhoon Shanshan is expected to make landfall over southwestern Japan. (Reuters)
  • Three people are injured and three others are reported missing due to heavy rains and landslides in Kyushu, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. (MSN)
• 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
  • The death toll from flooding in Pakistan increases to 245 people. (Dunya News)
• 2024 Yemen floods
  • At least 33 people are killed by landslides and heavy rainfall in Al Mahwit, Yemen. (NOS)

International relations

• Israel–United States relations, Israeli settler violence
  • The United States Department of State imposes sanctions on Israeli settler group Hashomer Yosh and a civilian security coordinator for the Yitzhar settlement for extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Haitian crisis
  • Gang war in Haiti
    • Haitian National Police and Kenya Police, along with other foreign police forces as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, launch a joint operation to oust violent gangs from parts of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince. (AP)
• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
  • The Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US$1.8 billion from the Malaysian strategic development firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
  • Swedish prosecutors charge Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem with four counts of "offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group after the two desecrated the Quran and made derogatory remarks about Muslims in Stockholm last year. (Al Jazeera)
• Arrest of Pavel Durov
  • French prosecutors formally indict Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with complicity in distribution of child exploitation media and drug trafficking and ban him from leaving France. (Bloomberg)

Politics and elections

• LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress
  • Two senators elected from the defunct Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in Mexico defect to the ruling Morena party, leaving Morena and its allies one seat short of a supermajority in both chambers of Congress. (AP)

Science and technology

• The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounds all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and orders an investigation following a booster rocket fire incident at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AP)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Paralympics
  • The opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Paralympics is held at Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. (Axios)

August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
    • Israeli incursions in Tulkarm
      • Palestinian parties declare a general strike in Tulkarm Governorate in protest of the recent killings by the Israel Defense Forces. (Al Jazeera)
    • Five Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank. Separately, a Palestinian man is killed and six other people are injured in an attack by Israeli settlers in the Wadi Rahal village. (Al Jazeera)
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • The Israeli military and Shin Bet announce they have rescued Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi, a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, from an underground tunnel in Gaza. (BBC News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • 26 August 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
      • Russian missile and drone attacks resume across Ukraine, killing at least six people and injuring five others in Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia. (The Independent) (Kyiv Independent)
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • The Ukrainian military says it has captured 594 Russian troops and 100 settlements in Kursk Oblast since the start of the incursion. (DW)
  • Ukrainian conscription crisis, Poland–Ukraine relations
    • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that Poland will cooperate with Ukraine to return "Ukrainians who violated the law", traitors, and collaborators who illegally crossed the Poland–Ukraine border in order to evade conscription in the Russo-Ukrainian War. (UNN)
  • United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–NATO relations
    • Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns the United States and other NATO members against giving Ukraine approval to use long-range missiles to target Russia. (Reuters)
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that Ukraine has successfully tested a domestically-produced ballistic missile for the first time. (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Four civilians are injured in IDF airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. (Deccan Herald)
  • One IDF soldier injured in Hezbollah drone strikes on IDF targets in Beit Hillet in Upper Galilee, Israel. (Deccan Herald)
• Libyan crisis
  • United States Africa Command General Michael Langley meets with top Libyan National Army officials, including Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi, Libya, to help mediate an end to the political crisis. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Brazil wildfires
  • Forty-eight cities in Brazil issue red alerts for prolonged heavy and hazardous smog originating from extensive wildfires. (AP)
• Delta Air Lines Flight 555
  • Two workers are killed and one other is injured in a aircraft tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2024 Red Sea oil spill
  • The Pentagon reports that the MT Sounion appears to be leaking its 150,000 ton supply of oil into the Red Sea, and is still on fire since Houthi attacks on August 22. Efforts to salvage the tanker have been repelled by Houthi threats. (Reuters)
• The Namibian environment ministry announces a plan to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people who have been affected by a severe nationwide drought. (Reuters)

International relations

• Canada–Mexico relations, Mexico–United States relations
  • Mexico suspends all interactions with the Canadian and American embassies in Mexico City due to claimed interference with its independence and internal affairs after both ambassadors criticized reform plans for members of the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court justices, to be elected by popular vote. (Reuters)
• Egypt–Somalia relations
  • Following a defense pact signed by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi earlier this month, Egypt deploys two C-130 aircraft carrying military officers and equipment to Mogadishu, Somalia, as the initial phase of a significant deployment that will see up to 10,000 Egyptian soldiers stationed in Somalia. (Garowa Online)
• France–Russia relations
  • Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov states that bilateral relations between France and Russia have "reached a nadir" following the arrest and captivity extension of Russian-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Indictments against Donald Trump
  • Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
    • U.S. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith files a superseding indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. (Politico)
• Arrest of Pavel Durov
  • French prosecutors publicly accuse Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of twelve charges including violations associated with drug trafficking, child exploitation, and money laundering. (Kyiv Independent)
• Australian Police and New Zealand Police announce they have concluded a joint illicit drug operation that resulted in 1,611 arrests and 2,962 charges nationwide. The police also confiscated almost 1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb) of illicit drugs and over 2,500 cannabis plants, worth 93 million AUD (US$63 million). (DW)
• German police shoot a 26-year-old man dead in Moers, Germany, after the man attacked two officers with a knife. (AP)
• Malaysia charges opposition leader and former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin for allegedly insulting the former King Al-Sultan Abdullah in 2022, under the Sedition Act. (DW)

Politics and elections

• 2024 French legislative election
  • France's New Popular Front (NFP) party suspends future talks with President Emmanuel Macron to break a political deadlock after Macron refused to implement a leftist-led coalition government despite the NFP receiving the second-most votes in the legislative election, and also calls for nationwide protests against Macron's "parody of democracy". (Reuters)
• 2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident
  • West Bengal Police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesting university students and medical professionals demanding the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her handling in the rape and murder case of a medic in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Al Jazeera)

August 26, 2024 (2024-08-26) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • 26 August 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
      • Massive Russian attacks are launched on cities across Ukraine, killing at least seven people. Ukrainian officials call it the largest Russian attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Kyiv Independent) (Kyiv Independent 2) (Reuters)
      • Poland says that a Russian Shahed drone had likely entered its airspace during the attacks on Ukraine and that searches are underway for the object as it may have landed in Polish territory around 30 kilometers (18 miles) from the Poland–Ukraine border. (The Defense Post) (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (Reuters)
      • A Ukrainian F-16 fighter jet crashes after shooting down several missiles fired from Russia, killing the pilot. (CNN)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Corruption in Ukraine
    • Audits conducted by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense determine that between March and July, multiple Armed Forces of Ukraine units never received nearly US$4.2 million in military aid labeled as "humanitarian aid" to bypass customs fees, prompting embezzlement and illicit enrichment investigations. (Kyiv Independent)
• Insurgency in Balochistan
  • Operation Hereof
    • The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) launches an offensive against the Pakistani Army in Balochistan, Pakistan, gaining control of several key highways, including the Karachi–Quetta section of National Highway 8, and also damages a train station in Mastung. (Al Jazeera)
    • At least 14 soldiers and policemen and 21 BLA gunmen are killed in ambushes and clashes on highways in Balochistan. Five civilians are also killed in Kalat. (Al Jazeera)
    • Twenty-three people are killed in a mass shooting targeting Punjabis on a highway in Musakhail District. Between 30 and 40 armed men offloaded passengers from trucks and buses and shot them after checking their identities, subsequently setting fire to their vehicles. The BLA claims responsibility for the attack. (Dawn) (NPR)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign
    • The Rapid Support Forces shell an internally displaced persons camp in North Darfur, Sudan, killing 25 people and wounding at least 40 others. (Sudan Tribune)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • IDF launches airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Kfar Kila, Tayr Harfa, Shebaa and Aita ash-Shaab and shelling of Chamaa and Naqoura in southern Lebanon. (Anadolu Ajansi)
  • A Hezbollah militant survives an Israeli drone strike in Sidon. (Anadolu Ajansi)
  • Hezbollah launches three drone strike on IDF surveillance equipment in Ramya. (Anadolu Ajansi)
• Libyan crisis
  • The Benghazi-based Libyan Government of National Stability says that it is suspending production at all oil fields and oil terminals that it controls until further notice amid a dispute with the central bank in Tripoli. (France 24) (S&P Global)

Business and economy

• Canada–China relations
  • Canada announces a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles and a 25% tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Nigeria floods
  • At least 49 people are killed and more than 40,000 people are displaced after heavy rains caused floods in Adamawa, Jigawa, and Taraba states, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
• Arbaat Dam collapse
  • The Arbaat Dam collapses near Port Sudan, Sudan, amid floodwaters, killing more than 60 people, displacing around 50,000 more, and destroying 20 villages. (Al Jazeera)
• One person is killed and three others are injured in a landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • Germany announces that it will donate 100,000 doses of mpox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African nations, as well as provide funding to the GAVI Vaccine Alliance through the World Health Organization. (DW)

International relations

• France–Russia relations, Arrest of Pavel Durov
  • Russian lawmakers accuse French authorities of arresting Russian-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in order to acquire confidential information from Telegram users, and urge Russian users to delete all confidential information on the Telegram app. (Politico)
  • President of France Emmanuel Macron makes the first official French acknowledgement of the arrest of Pavel Durov by stating that Durov's arrest had "no political motive" and also dismissed contrary accusations and claims by free speech protesters and Russia as "false information". (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Controversies surrounding Uber
  • The Dutch Data Protection Authority fines Uber €290 million (US$324 million) for allegedly breaching the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation in order to collect information on its European drivers. (DW)
• The National Football League Players Association files a lawsuit against DraftKings for allegedly violating an agreement to pay licensing fees on NFL players' likeness rights after DraftKings closed its NFT trading cards business. (Reuters)

August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • At least five people, including three children, are killed and 13 others are injured in an overnight Ukrainian strike on Rakitnoye, Belgorod Oblast, Russia, according to Russian officials. (Al Jazeera)
  • Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine accuses Belarus of building up a "significant level" of troops and weaponry, including artillery, multiple-launch rocket systems and air defense systems along the border under the guise of military exercises, and demands their immediate withdrawal. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • A British safety adviser working for Reuters is killed and two other journalists are injured in a Russian ballistic missile strike on their hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • Northern Ukraine skirmishes, Chernihiv strikes
    • At least four people are killed and 37 others are injured in overnight Russian attacks in Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Donetsk Oblasts, Ukraine. (Reuters)
  • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly presents the Ukrainian-produced Palianytsia rocket drone and loitering munition, intended to serve as the Ukrainian counterpart to the Russian ZALA Kub-BLA. (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • August 2024 Lebanon strikes
    • The Israel Defense Forces says that it has launched preemptive strikes on Hezbollah in Lebanon ahead of an expected major missile and drone attack on Israel. (Axios) (Reuters)
    • Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant declares an "emergency situation" in Israel for the next 48 hours due to the "special situation in the home front". (Times of Israel)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least 71 people are killed and 112 others are injured in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
  • 2024 Barsalogho massacre
    • Nearly 200 people are killed and at least 140 others are injured in an attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin jihadist organization in Barsalogho Department, Burkina Faso. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Solingen stabbing
  • German police detain a 26-year-old Syrian asylum seeker with ties to the Islamic State as the suspect of the stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany, on Friday. The man is charged with three counts of murder, as well as attempted murder, dangerous bodily harm and membership of a terrorist organisation abroad. (AP)
• Two police officers are killed and three others are injured in an attack in Abuja, Nigeria. A police spokesperson says that the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria was responsible for the attack. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Law of Ukraine "On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Field of Activities of Religious Organizations"
  • Pope Francis condemns the Ukrainian government's ban of the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church and other Russia-linked religious groups as infringing on Ukrainian civilians' civil right to religious freedom. (Kyiv Independent)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Brazil wildfires
  • At least two people are killed in wildfires in São Paulo state, Brazil. (BBC News)
• Thirteen people are killed and 20 others are injured in a mudslide near the Big Buddha in Phuket, Thailand. (Reuters)
• Twenty-two people are killed when a bus plunges into a ravine in Kahuta, Punjab, Pakistan. Separately, twelve people are killed in a bus crash on the Makran Coastal Highway in Balochistan, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera)
• At least thirteen people are killed and at least 14 others remain missing after a boat carrying Ethiopian and Yemeni migrants from Djibouti sinks off the coast of Taiz Governorate, Yemen. (Al Jazeera)
• One person is killed, one is injured, two are missing and 21 are rescued unharmed after the collapse of an ice cave in the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, in southern Iceland. (AP)

Law and crime

• Four people are injured in a mass stabbing in Engadine, New South Wales, Australia. The suspect is later taken into custody. (Reuters)

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Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• H5N1 outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• Iceland volcanic eruptions
• Mpox outbreak
• Sudanese famine and refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Wirtschaft

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests

• University campus protests

• New Caledonia social unrest
• Venezuelan protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• August

• 19: Kiribati, House of Assembly (2nd)
• 19: Sint Maarten, Parliament

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• September

• 01: Azerbaijan, National Assembly
• 07: Algeria, President
• 10: Jordan, House of Representatives

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• United States:0Hunter Biden

Sports

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• 2024 NCAA Division I FBS season

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• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
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• Rugby league

• 2024 NRL season

• Tennis

• 2024 US Open
• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

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Recent deaths

August

• 30: Tūheitia Paki
• 29: Johnny Gaudreau
• 28: Steve Silberman
• 27: Bob Carr
• 27: Juan Izquierdo
• 27: Charlotte Kretschmann
• 27: Leonard Riggio
• 26: Frank Coppa
• 26: Sven-Göran Eriksson
• 26: Sid Eudy
• 25: Salim Al-Huss
• 24: Christoph Daum
• 23: Peter Lundgren
• 23: Catherine Ribeiro
• 22: Arthur J. Gregg
• 21: Nell McCafferty
• 21: Bill Pascrell
• 20: Al Attles
• 20: Atsuko Tanaka
• 19: Maria Branyas
• 19: Michel Guérard
• 19: Mike Lynch
• 18: Ruth Johnson Colvin
• 18: Alain Delon
• 18: Phil Donahue
• 17: Virginia Ogilvy
• 17: Silvio Santos
• 16: Afa Anoaʻi
• 15: Peter Marshall
• 15: Jack Russell
• 14: John Lansing
• 14: Gena Rowlands
• 13: Wally Amos
• 13: Greg Kihn
• 13: Frank Selvy
• 12: Kim Kahana
• 11: Daniela Larreal
• 11: Ángel Salazar
• 11: Noël Treanor
• 10: Rachael Lillis
• 10: Peggy Moffitt
• 09: Kevin Sullivan
• 09: Susan Wojcicki
• 08: Issa Hayatou
• 08: Mitzi McCall
• 08: Chi-Chi Rodríguez
• 08: Steve Symms
• 07: Jon McBride
• 06: Billy Bean
• 06: Connie Chiume
• 05: John Aprea
• 05: Graham Thorpe
• 04: Charles Cyphers
• 04: Tsung-Dao Lee
• 04: Duane Thomas
• 03: Yamini Krishnamurthy
• 01: Joyce Brabner
• 01: Craig Shakespeare

July

• 31: Paul Bucha
• 31: Ismail Haniyeh

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Kamerun

• Anglophone Crisis

• Zentralafrikanische Republik

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• Kivu conflict

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• Mali War

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• Civil war

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• Civil war

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• Mexiko

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