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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, August 2024
Kursk Oblast incursion
☆ Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko reports that nearly one
third of the Belarus Army is deployed along the Belarus–Ukraine
border, in response to Ukraine stationing more than 120,000 troops
at the border. (Reuters)
• Libyan crisis
□ The Central Bank of Libya in Tripoli suspends all operations following
the kidnapping of the head of its information technology department by
an unknown party. (Reuters)
• 2024 Lebanese blackout
□ Ongoing nationwide blackouts in Lebanon caused by fuel shortages
provoke significant governmental conflict, with the Minister of Energy
blaming the Central Bank for not paying Iraq for fuel imports while the
Central Bank blames Parliament for not authorizing emergency fund
transfers for fuel payments. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
• 2024 Yemen floods
□ Over 100 people are killed by nearly three weeks of persistent heavy
rainfall and flooding across Yemen, with its national weather agency
declaring a severe weather alert for future "very heavy thunderstorms".
(Arab News)
• Tropical Storm Ernesto
□ Beaches in New York City, United States are closed in anticipation of
Tropical Storm Ernesto. (USA TODAY)
• An oil spill originating from the El Palito refinery is reported to have
contaminated over 225 km^2 (87 sq mi) of the Gulf of Paria and completely
covered Morrocoy National Park in Venezuela. (Reuters)
• Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria
□ Twenty medical students, twelve from the University of Jos and eight
from the University of Maiduguri, are kidnapped while traveling in
Benue State, Nigeria. (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
□ 2024 Venezuelan protests
☆ Venezuelan opposition officials and supporters gather in cities
across the country to protest against President Nicolás Maduro and
the results of the 2024 presidential election. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
□ Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
☆ August 2024 Deir el-Balah attacks
○ Eighteen people from the same family are killed in an airstrike
in the town of Az-Zawayda in the Gaza Strip. (AP) (Reuters)
□ Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
☆ Two senior Hamas militants are killed in an Israeli airstrike in
Jenin in the occupied West Bank. (Reuters)
□ Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
☆ Israeli officials state that they are attempting to "lower
expectations" of a ceasefire deal due to significant gaps between
Israel and Hamas demands, after United States president Joe Biden
stated that he was "optimistic" about the progress of US-mediated
negotiations in Qatar. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
○ Rockets launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroy a
Russian bridge over the Seym river in Glushkovo, Kursk Oblast.
Russia's foreign ministry claims that the missiles were
launched using Western-made rocket launchers and that the
missiles killed volunteers who were evacuating Russian
civilians. (Reuters)
□ Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Budget of
Germany, Germany–Ukraine relations
☆ Germany issues an indefinite ban on requesting or providing new
military aid to Ukraine that has not already been approved in order
to reduce federal budget spending. The moratorium results in a
"tangible dispute" within the Scholz coalition government.
(Politico) (The Kyiv Independent)
□ Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant crisis
☆ The International Atomic Energy Agency declares that the safety of
the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is deteriorating, following an
investigation into an explosive drone strike that targeted a
perimeter access road at the power plant. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hezbollah conflict
□ Nabatieh attack
☆ Ten Syrian citizens, including two children, are killed in an
Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Nabatieh, Lebanon.
(Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
☆ Hezbollah reportedly strikes the Ayelet HaShahar kibbutz in Upper
Galilee, Israel, wounding two Israeli soldiers in retaliation.
(Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
□ 2024 Mogadishu tea shop bombing
☆ At least 20 people are killed and ten others are injured in a
bombing at a tea shop in Daynile District, Mogadishu, Somalia.
(Aussiedlerbote) (IDil News)
• Sudanese civil war
□ Galgani massacre
☆ At least 85 people are killed in arson and looting attacks amid a
rampage by Rapid Support Forces in the village of Galgani in Sennar
State, Sudan. (AP)
• 2024 Kamchatka Krai earthquake
□ A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes off the eastern coast of Kamchatka
Krai, Russia with a tsunami warning being issued. (Sky News)
• 2024 Lebanese blackout
□ The state electricity company of Lebanon Électricité du Liban runs out
of fuel reserves and announces that it can no longer supply power to
the country, leading to a complete nationwide blackout. (The National)
(Iraqi News Agency)
• An Fouga Magister aircraft operated by the French Air Force performing an
air show crashes off the coast of Le Lavandou, France, killing the pilot.
(AFP via Euronews)
• Six people are arrested in connection to a mass shooting due to feuds that
occurred last week in Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, which killed eight people
and injured nine others. (AP)
• Four convicts escape in a prison break at a psychiatric hospital in
Straubing, Bavaria, Germany. (DW)
• For the first time, the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony is held
simultaneously in Jakarta and Nusantara due to the relocation of the
country's capital. (Detik)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
□ Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
☆ August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
○ Ukraine reports capturing 82 Russian settlements within an area
of 1,150 square kilometres (440 sq mi) since the start of the
Kursk incursion on August 6. (Reuters)
○ Over 120,000 Russian citizens have been evacuated according to
Russia, and at least 100 Russian soldiers are captured
according to Ukraine. (AP)
○ Russia accuses the United States and European nations of
directly helping Ukraine in its incursion on Kursk Oblast by
planning operations and providing military support, and states
that their involvement "created all the prerequisites for
Ukraine to lose its sovereignty and lose part of its
territories". (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
□ Israeli occupation of the West Bank
☆ One Palestinian is killed and many houses are burned down in a
large organized Israeli raid on the village of Jit, Qalqilya
Governorate, in the West Bank. (CNN) (Reuters)
• Ituri conflict
□ Sixteen people are killed and 20 more kidnapped during an attack by
Allied Democratic Forces militants at agricultural lands in Mambasa,
Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
• 2024 Pacific typhoon season
□ Thousands of people are ordered to evacuate in northern Japan as
Typhoon Ampil approaches the country. (AP)
• At least 54 people are killed in Chad after days of floods. (AL24News)
• 2024 Gaza Strip polio outbreak
□ The first case of polio in the Gaza Strip in 25 years is confirmed,
coming from an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in Deir al-Balah.
(Euronews)
• Haitian crisis
□ Eleven inmates are killed during shootouts with police after escaping
from a jail in Saint-Marc, Haiti. (Al Jazeera)
• LGBT rights in Bulgaria
□ Bulgaria passes a new amendment by a large parliamentary majority that
bans “propaganda, promotion, and incitement” of LGBT “ideas and views”
in schools, sparking criticism from several European LGBTQ+
organizations stating that the law will marginalize LGBTQ+ children.
(Politico)
• The Argentine Federal Police dismantle an alleged Islamist terrorist
organization planning attacks against Jewish community centers in Mendoza.
(Reuters)
• 2024 United States presidential election
□ Cornel West 2024 presidential campaign
☆ Independent presidential candidate Cornel West and his running mate
Melina Abdullah are both disqualified from and refused entry on the
2024 Michigan Presidential Election ballot due to an improperly
notarized form. (Washington Post)
• 2024 Dominican Republic general election
□ Luis Abinader is sworn in for a second term as President of the
Dominican Republic. (Reuters)
• The Thai House of Representatives selects Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the new
Prime Minister, replacing Srettha Thavisin who was dismissed by the
Constitutional Court on Wednesday. (Bloomberg)