The day

Sunday 16 August 2026

14 stories, biggest first.

1. 1

   Money

   The Federal Government of Somalia announces that Somali Airlines will resume flights beginning next month, ending a 35-year pause after the country entered a civil war in 1991.

2. 2

   News

   Ten people are killed after a tourist bus overturns near Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

3. 3

   NewsAttacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war

   Ukrainian forces launch 822 drones at Russia, including over 600 towards Moscow, killing at least seven people and injuring 39 others. A Wildberries warehouse is also destroyed. Russian officials say it is the largest Ukrainian drone attack launched this year.

4. 4

   NewsInsurgency in Balochistan

   Seven suspected members of the Pakistani Taliban are killed in a intelligence-based joint operation in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan.

5. 5

   NewsSudanese civil war

   The African Union (AU) holds a meeting with Sudanese officials in an effort to end the war, marking the first talks by the AU in the country since the military led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in the October 2021 coup.

6. 6

   News2026 drone incidents in Romania

   A Spanish F/A-18 Hornet jet shoots down a Russian drone in Romanian airspace. The drone was downed near Galați after entering from Moldova.

7. 7

   News2026 Mali offensives

   Tuareg separatist Azawad Liberation Front releases six wounded Malian troops.

8. 8

   NewsRakhine offensive

   Two civilians are killed and several homes are damaged by a government airstrike in Thandwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar.

9. 9

   News

   Five teenagers are killed and four others, including a child, are injured in a head-on collision caused by a wrong-way driving vehicle on the M9 motorway in County Kildare, Ireland.

10. 10

    News

    The death toll of the Lake Kariba vessel capsizing in Zimbabwe from last week rises to 72 after twelve more bodies are recovered.

11. 11

    News

    A passenger bus carrying tourists from Poland crashes in to a ditch in Mezőkeresztes, Hungary, killing 12 people and injuring ten more.

12. 12

    News

    St. Nicolas' Church is completely destroyed by a fire at the Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland.

13. 13

    Crime

    Three people, including a teenager, are killed and two others are injured in a shooting in Isla Cristina, Andalusia, Spain. Police investigate the attack as a possible dispute between rival drug-trafficking groups and search for the gunman.

14. 14

    Sport2026 IFAF Women's Flag Football World Championship

    In flag football, Canada's women's team defeats the defending champion United States to win its third IFAF Flag Football World Championship title. Additionally, the men's football team qualifies for the upcoming Summer Olympics.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 16 August 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.