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August 2025

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  1. Sun31The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led maritime convoy, departs from four cities in the Mediterranean and heads towards Gaza to attempt…
  2. Sat30Unrest in Indonesia, following a government truck killing a 21-year-old, continues as a mob loots the houses of parliament members Ahmad Sahroni, Eko…
  3. Fri29The Thai Constitutional Court removes Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she had with…
  4. Thu28Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the…
  5. Wed27Two people are killed and 18 more injured, including at least four critically, in a mass shooting at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis…
  6. Tue26Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces the closure of the Australian embassy in Tehran, the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors from…
  7. Mon25Four Israeli airstrikes against Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Palestine, kill 22 people, including five journalists working for Reuters and AP…
  8. Sun24At least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its…
  9. Sat23More than 35 ISWAP fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the Cameroon–Nigeria…
  10. Fri22The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification officially declares a famine in Gaza Governorate in the Gaza Strip, while conditions in…
  11. Thu21At least six people are killed and more than 60 others are injured in a terrorist car bombing targeting the Marco Fidel Suárez Air Base on a busy…
  12. Wed20Shortly after midnight, a Russian military drone explodes when crashing in Osiny, Puławy County, Poland.
  13. Tue19Israeli forces kill Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a member of the Hamas military wing who was responsible for abducting the Bibas family in Nir Oz during…
  14. Mon18Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington…
  15. Sun17A general strike and mass protests calling for a hostage deal and ceasefire to end the Gaza war occur across Israel, involving approximately 2.5…
  16. Sat16Seven people are killed when an Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes while being ferried near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  17. Fri15Russian president Vladimir Putin travels to Alaska to meet with United States president Donald Trump to discuss pathways to bring an end to the…
  18. Thu14At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following a massive…
  19. Wed13Typhoon Podul makes landfall in southern Taiwan, killing one person, injuring 112 people, leaving one missing, causing hundreds of flight…
  20. Tue12China and the United States extend their trade truce another 90 days to ease world tension after the international tariffs that went into effect…
  21. Mon11Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde.
  22. Sun10Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the…
  23. Sat9Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and…
  24. Fri8Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president Bertrand…
  25. Thu7At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an air ambulance crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, Kenya.
  26. Wed6Five people are injured in a mass shooting at the Fort Stewart army post near Savannah, Georgia, United States.
  27. Tue5At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali village…
  28. Mon4At least 74 Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, including ten seeking aid, and another five Palestinians die of starvation.
  29. Sun3Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger.
  30. Sat2Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel.
  31. Fri1U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action against…