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August 2025
31 editions. Choose a day to read it in full.
- Sunday 31 August The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led maritime convoy, departs from four cities in the Mediterranean and heads towards Gaza…
- Saturday 30 August Unrest in Indonesia, following a government truck killing a 21-year-old, continues as a mob loots the houses of parliament members Ahmad…
- Friday 29 August The Thai Constitutional Court removes Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she…
- Thursday 28 August Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours…
- Wednesday 27 August Two people are killed and 18 more injured, including at least four critically, in a mass shooting at the Annunciation Church in…
- Tuesday 26 August Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces the closure of the Australian embassy in Tehran, the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors…
- Monday 25 August Four Israeli airstrikes against Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Palestine, kill 22 people, including five journalists working for Reuters…
- Sunday 24 August At least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead…
- Saturday 23 August More than 35 ISWAP fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the…
- Friday 22 August The UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification officially declares a famine in Gaza Governorate in the Gaza Strip, while…
- Thursday 21 August At 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…
- Wednesday 20 August Shortly after midnight, a Russian military drone explodes when crashing in Osiny, Puławy County, Poland.
- Tuesday 19 August Israeli forces kill Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a member of the Hamas military wing who was responsible for abducting the Bibas family in Nir…
- Monday 18 August Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in…
- Sunday 17 August A general strike and mass protests calling for a hostage deal and ceasefire to end the Gaza war occur across Israel, involving…
- Saturday 16 August Seven people are killed when an Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes while being ferried near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the…
- Friday 15 August Russian president Vladimir Putin travels to Alaska to meet with United States president Donald Trump to discuss pathways to bring an end to…
- Thursday 14 August At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following…
- Wednesday 13 August Typhoon Podul makes landfall in southern Taiwan, killing one person, injuring 112 people, leaving one missing, causing hundreds of flight…
- Tuesday 12 August China and the United States extend their trade truce another 90 days to ease world tension after the international tariffs that went into…
- Monday 11 August Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde.
- Sunday 10 August Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike…
- Saturday 9 August Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal…
- Friday 8 August Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president…
- Thursday 7 August At least six people are killed and two others are injured when an air ambulance crashes into a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County…
- Wednesday 6 August Five people are injured in a mass shooting at the Fort Stewart army post near Savannah, Georgia, United States.
- Tuesday 5 August At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali…
- Monday 4 August At least 74 Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, including ten seeking aid, and another five Palestinians die of…
- Sunday 3 August Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger.
- Saturday 2 August Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel.
- Friday 1 August U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action…