The edition of
Wednesday 27 August 2025
15 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
At least 24 people are killed and 55 injured after Sudan's Rapid Support Forces shell residential areas of Al-Fashir, North Darfur. The city remains under siege as the last military stronghold in the region.
At least three people are killed and seven others are injured in alleged Pakistani airstrikes on Nangarhar Province and Khost Province, Afghanistan.
Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen summons the U.S. chargé d'affaires in Copenhagen after individuals linked to U.S. president Donald Trump conducted covert influence activities in Greenland.
Politics
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos orders lifestyle checks on government officials, beginning with the Department of Public Works and Highways, as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in flood control projects that have received ₱545 billion (US$9.5 billion) in funding since 2022.
Business
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa inaugurates the 62nd Damascus International Fair, the first to be held since the end of the Assad regime last year.
The Law
Two people are killed and 18 more injured, including at least four critically, in a mass shooting at the Annunciation Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States in an alleged anti-Catholic hate crime. The suspect died by suicide at the scene.
A Colombian court sentences a 15-year-old to seven years in juvenile detention for attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the assassination of Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay in June.
A Bolivian court grants opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho's transfer to house arrest after more than two years in pre-trial detention, allowing him to resume his duties as Governor of Santa Cruz while still facing trial on charges related to the 2019 political unrest and a 2022 strike.
A Moroccan court rejects a request to provisionally release human rights activist Ibtissame Lachgar, who faces blasphemy charges for online content while experiencing serious illness.
A South African equality court finds Limpopo representative and leader of the second-largest opposition party Julius Malema guilty of hate speech over remarks made at a 2022 rally, where he encouraged violence in the context of revolution.
Science
The Japan Meteorological Agency reports that Tokyo recorded ten consecutive days of temperatures at or above 35 °C (95 °F), the longest streak since observations began in 1875.
Ford recalls over 355,000 pickup trucks across the United States due to a dashboard display failure that prevents the display of warning lights and vehicle speed.
Environment
At least 70 migrants are killed after a boat carrying about 150 people, mostly Gambian and Senegalese nationals, sinks off the coast of Mauritania, while over 30 others remain missing and 16 are rescued.
At least 65 people are killed in flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 27 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.