Sunday 31 August 2025

The Guyanese military report that Venezuelan gunfire targeted a patrol boat escorting election materials on the Cuyuní River in the disputed Essequibo region.

At least 88 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli military as Israel continues its heavy bombardment of Gaza.

At least seven people are killed and 71 others are injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan.

The Houthis raid United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain at least eleven UN personnel.

Norway agrees to purchase at least five new British-made anti-submarine Type 26 frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy in a £10 billion (US$13.5 billion) deal. The ships will be built by a consortium of companies led by BAE Systems.

Armenia and Pakistan agree to establish diplomatic relations on the sidelines of the 2025 Tianjin SCO summit.

Philippine public works secretary Manuel Bonoan resigns over the flood control controversy, while President Bongbong Marcos appoints transportation secretary Vince Dizon as Bonoan's replacement.

A university student dies one day after participating in a protest in Yogyakarta one day prior, after he was allegedly separated from other protestors and assaulted by police.

United States judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the District of Columbia issues an injunction halting the deportation of Guatemalan unaccompanied minors after advocacy groups filed an emergency appeal against the Trump administration's plan to repatriate them.

Mobs loot the houses of Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani and parliament member Nafa Urbach.

Two people are killed and eight Kenyan police officers are injured in an accident involving two armored vehicles in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Haiti.

Over 1,000 people are killed when a landslide destroys a village in the Marrah Mountains area of western Sudan.