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Last update: 2024-08-25 10:06:03

August 25, 2024 (2024-08-25) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
      □ August 2024 Lebanon strikes
          ☆ The Israel Defense Forces says it has launched preemptive strikes
            on Hezbollah in Lebanon ahead of an expected major missile and
            drone attack on Israel. (Axios)
          ☆ Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant declares an "emergency
            situation" in Israel for the next 48 hours due to the "special
            situation in the home front". (Times of Israel)
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly presents the
        Ukrainian-produced Palianytsia drone and loitering munition, intended
        to serve as the Ukrainian counterpart to the Russian ZALA Kub-BLA for
        the first time after a year and a half of development. (Ukrainska
        Pravda)

Law and crime


  • Pavel Durov, Telegram founder, arrested at France. (economictimes)
  • 2024 Solingen stabbing
      □ German police detains a 26-year-old Syrian man as the suspect of the
        stabbing attack in Solingen, Germany. (Reuters)

August 24, 2024 (2024-08-24) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Israel–Hamas war
      □ Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
          ☆ Hamas states that it will refuse any ceasefire conditions that
            allow Israel to continue to control the Rafah Crossing and
            Philadelphi Corridor, and also accuses the United States of
            spreading false optimism to support Democratic nominee Kamala
            Harris's presidential campaign instead of implementing constructive
            diplomatic measures. (Al Jazeera)
  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
          ☆ Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov says that five
            civilians have been killed by Ukrainian shelling in Rakitnoye,
            Russia. (Reuters)
  • 2024 Solingen stabbing
      □ The Islamic State group claims responsibility for yesterday's mass
        stabbing in Solingen, Germany, that killed three people and injured
        eight others. (BBC News)
  • Insurgency in Balochistan
      □ Three people, including two children, are killed and fifteen others are
        injured in a motorcycle bomb blast in Pishin District, Balochistan
        Province, Pakistan. (Al Jazeera) (The Washington Post)

Disasters and accidents


  • 2024 Brazil wildfires, 2023–2024 South American drought
      □ At least two people are killed at an industrial plant in Urupês after
        trying to control widespread wildfires impacting at least 30 cities in
        São Paulo state, Brazil. (Reuters)

Health and environment


  • 2024 Red Sea oil spill
      □ The European Union Operation Aspides task force warns of a likely
        significant and ongoing oil spill in the Red Sea following Houthi
        demolition of the Greek-flagged Sounion oil tanker carrying 150,000
        tons of petroleum, with Houthi footage showing flaming oil leaking into
        the sea. (AP) (Financial Times)

International relations


  • Foreign relations of Hungary, Hungary and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Lukoil oil transit dispute
          ☆ Hungary accuses the European Union of being behind Ukraine-placed
            sanctions blocking Russian oil shipments to both Hungary and
            Slovakia essential for their fuel security as blackmail for
            anti-Ukraine acts, following the European Commission's refusal to
            mediate sanction negotiations while asserting that there was no oil
            shortage. (Reuters)
  • Russia–Ukraine relations, Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
          ☆ Russia and Ukraine complete a prisoner exchange mediated by the
            United Arab Emirates with 115 prisoners of war from each side. (Al
            Jazeera)

Law and crime


  • Mexican drug war
      □ 2010 San Fernando massacre, 2011 San Fernando massacre
          ☆ Eleven Los Zetas gunmen are sentenced to 50 years in prison each
            for the 2010–2011 massacres of 122 men in Reynosa, Tamaulipas,
            Mexico, who were taken off passing buses and forced to fight each
            other to death with sledgehammers. (AP)
  • Kidnapping in Nigeria
      □ Nigerian police announce that the 20 medical students who were
        kidnapped in Benue State, Nigeria, last week have been found without
        making any ransom payments. (Al Jazeera)
  • The owner and founder of the Telegram and VK social networks Pavel Durov is
    arrested at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France shortly after arriving from
    Azerbaijan, in connection with alleged illegal activity on the Telegram
    app. (BBC) (Reuters)
  • Four people are injured from a stabbing attack in Sydney, Australia, with
    the suspect being taken into custody. (Reuters)

August 23, 2024 (2024-08-23) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks


  • Russian invasion of Ukraine
      □ Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukraine War
          ☆ The United States announces a new military aid package to Ukraine,
            including air defense missiles, munitions for High Mobility
            Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), an array of anti-armor missiles,
            vehicles, and other equipment. (AP)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
      □ Hezbollah launches over 100 rocket strikes on Israel Defense Forces
        targets in Mount Meron and Al-Malkiyya that were intercepted by Iron
        Dome and caused wildfires. (Times of Israel)
      □ Seven Hezbollah militants are killed in Israeli airstrikes and shelling
        on Tayr Harfa and Shebaa in southern Lebanon. (Times of Israel)
  • Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency, Turkish war crimes
      □ Three people, including two journalists, are killed and another
        journalist is injured in a Turkish drone strike on a vehicle in
        Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. (Al Jazeera) (Committee
        to Protect Journalists)
  • Surovikino penal colony hostage crisis
      □ Four inmates linked to the Islamic State seize control of a prison in
        Surovikino, Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and take hostages, killing four
        prison staff members and injuring three others. The attackers are shot
        dead by responding security forces. (Azerbaijani Press Agency) (The
        Guardian)
  • Syrian civil war
      □ Abu Abdul Rahman Makki, a senior leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Hurras
        al-Din, is killed by an airstrike in Jabal Zawiya, Idlib Governorate,
        Syria. (AP)

Business and economy


  • Unemployment in the United States
      □ United States Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell states that
        increased unemployment rates and labor market cooling has made it
        necessary for the Federal Reserve to markedly reduce interest rates in
        the near future. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents


  • 2024 India–Bangladesh floods
      □ At least 23 people are killed and more than 4.5 million people are
        affected by floods caused by heavy rains in eastern Bangladesh. (Al
        Jazeera)
  • Twenty-seven people are killed and 16 more injured when a bus carrying
    Indian pilgrims on the Prithvi Highway in Nepal crashes. (AP)
  • Ten people are killed by landslides and flooding in Phuket, Thailand.
    (Bangkok Post)

Health and environment


  • 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
      □ Gabon reports its first case of mpox in a man who traveled to Uganda. (
        Le Monde)

International relations


  • International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine,
    Russia–United States relations, China–United States relations
      □ The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on more than
        400 individuals and entities, including Chinese firms that are
        allegedly aiding Russia in order to avoid western sanctions. (Reuters)
        (CNN)
  • Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, India–Ukraine
    relations
      □ During a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Prime Minister of India Narendra
        Modi urges Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to end the
        Russo-Ukrainian War, and volunteers to act as a mediator in talks
        between Zelenskyy and Russia. In a later national address, Zelenskyy
        thanked Modi but stated that it is necessary for India to respect
        international law as well as Ukraine's territorial integrity and
        sovereignty. (Reuters)
  • Poland–South Africa relations
      □ South Africa blocks the transfer of 50,000 purchased artillery shells
        to Poland out of fear that they would be sent to Ukraine for use in the
        Russo-Ukrainian War. (Kyiv Independent)

Law and crime


  • 2023 antisemitic riots in the North Caucasus
      □ A court in Krasnodar, Russia, sentences five men to more than six years
        in prison for participating in anti-Israel riots at Uytash Airport in
        Makhachkala, Dagestan, in October 2023. (Reuters)
  • 2024 Solingen stabbing
      □ Three people are killed and eight others are wounded in a mass stabbing
        at a public festival Solingen, NRW, Germany, during celebrations for
        the 650th anniversary of the city. A manhunt for the suspect and a
        citywide shelter-in-place emergency for residents are ongoing. (AP)
  • 2024 United Kingdom riots
      □ The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial
        Discrimination recommends that the United Kingdom implement bans and
        auditing of hate speech, xenophobia, and far-right rhetoric by
        politicians, in addition to prohibiting the strip-searching of children
        and addressing the over-policing of schools, following widespread
        destructive anti-immigration protests exacerbated by remarks made by
        public figures and politicians. (Reuters) (The Guardian)
  • The Hellenic Coast Guard open fire against a motorboat carrying 14 migrants
    near the island of Symi, Greece, killing one of the passengers. (AP)

Politics and elections


  • 2024 United States presidential election
      □ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
          ☆ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces that he is ending his presidential
            campaign and endorses Donald Trump's campaign. However, Kennedy
            will remain on the ballot in some states as he has already
            registered his campaign there. (The Hill) (USA Today)