The edition of
Saturday 16 August 2025
8 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
At least 30 people are killed by suspected Islamic State-aligned Allied Democratic Forces rebels in Bapere, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Business
Canadian jobs minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
The Law
Three people are killed, including the perpetrator, and another is injured in a mass shooting near a bar in Forio, Campania, Italy.
Environment
Seven people are killed when an Air Kasaï Antonov An-2 aircraft crashes while being ferried near Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
At least one person is killed and four others are injured, including two seriously, when a Mil Mi-8 military helicopter makes a hard landing during a rescue operation on Jengish Chokusu in Kyrgyzstan.
At least ten people are killed while two others are reported missing following a flash flood that hits a campsite in Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.
Hurricane Erin intensifies to Category 5 strength while affecting several Caribbean islands.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 16 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.