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Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-31
🇮🇷 Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that a supertanker caught fire after hitting two naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC accuses the 🇺🇸 United States of responsibility for the attack, which the United States Central Command on an X post denies. (The Guardian) (Reuters via Arab News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-31
🇮🇱 Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip kill at least five people. (Al Jazeera)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-31
The 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates defence ministry reports that an 🇮🇷 Iranian drone has been intercepted over the country's airspace. Additionally, Iran's army also says that they have attacked the Al Minhad Air Base, which the UAE also denies. (AP)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-31
🇺🇦 Ukraine tightens security measures for Kyiv's public transport, schools, and parliament amid increased 🇷🇺 Russian drone attacks, including restrictions on large school gatherings, possible remote learning, and expanded shelter arrangements. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
Disasters and accidents
2026-08-31
It is reported that school principal Rajendra Dawadi saved over 900 students and 16 faculty members at the Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur, Nuwakot District, 🇳🇵 Nepal, 10 minutes before flash floods hit the area last week. (AP) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
2026-08-31
The death toll from the flash flood in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, 🇺🇸 United States, last Saturday rises to two, while the number of people missing falls from more than 20 to one after park rangers locate most of those previously unaccounted for. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24)
Disasters and accidents
2026-08-31
The death toll from the flash floods in 🇳🇵 Nepal has reached past 950. Additionally, hundreds are reported to be feared stuck in hydropower tunnels in wake of the floods. (AP) (CBC)
Disasters and accidents
2026-08-31
The Mount Sinabung stratovolcano in North Sumatra, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, erupts, sending 3,500 meters of ash in the air. Residents and visitors around Lake Lau Kawar are ordered to evacuate. (AA) (Antara News)
Health and environment
2026-08-31
A data from the Methane Alert and Response System reports that 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan has started the process of clearing methane leaks from its oil and gas facilities. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
2026-08-31
The total amount of cases of ebola in the 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo exceeds 6,000. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
2026-08-31
🇮🇱 Israel and 🇬🇷 Greece sign a €3 billion (🇺🇸 US$3.48 billion) arms export deal that will enable the Israeli defense ministry to build the "Achilles Shield", a multi-layered air defense array similar to the Iron Dome, made entirely by Israeli systems, including David's Sling, SPYDER, and Barak MX. (DW)
International relations
2026-08-31
🇮🇹 Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni announces that Italy will extend its suspension of the Schengen free movement agreement with 🇪🇸 Spain for another 15 days in response to a brief migrant crisis event at the Ceuta border fence with 🇲🇦 Morocco. (Reuters)
International relations
2026-08-31
The 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit is held in Bishkek, 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan, which coincides with the country's Independence Day and the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Nomad Games. (The Times of Central Asia)
International relations
2026-08-31
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, orders 🇮🇳 India to comply with the Indus Waters Treaty and restrict work on two hydroelectric projects that could violate it. India rejects the ruling and maintains that the treaty remains suspended. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24)
Law and crime
2026-08-31
A judiciary in 🇮🇶 Iraq sentences Kata'ib Hezbollah member Amir Rahim Jabbar to 15 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping of American journalist Shelly Kittleson. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Law and crime
2026-08-31
A jury in Las Vegas, Nevada, 🇺🇸 United States, finds former Crips gang leader Duane Davis guilty of first-degree murder for orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur during a drive-by shooting in Paradise. (ABC News) (BBC News)
Law and crime
2026-08-31
A 🇰🇷 South Korean court sentences Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han to two years in prison for bribing officials, including former first lady Kim Keon Hee, in an effort to obtain policy favors. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24) (Reuters)
Law and crime
2026-08-31
A woman stabs two people in Times Square, New York City, 🇺🇸 U.S., killing one and injuring the other, before police fatally shot her after she refused commands to drop her knives. (AFP via 🇫🇷 France 24) (AP)
Politics and elections
2026-08-31
🇽🇰 Kosovo's Vetëvendosje and Democratic League parties agree to support former Constitutional Court judge Bekim Sejdiu for president, potentially ending nearly two years of political deadlock and enabling the formation of a new government. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
2026-08-31
The Prime Minister of 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis Terrance Drew is hospitalised. (🇯🇲 Jamaican Observer)
Science and technology
2026-08-31
Adobe Inc. reaches a 🇺🇸 US$4 billion deal to offer free access to AI tools in 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia with its Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and Humain. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-30
A spokesperson for the 🇺🇸 United States Central Command reports that the U.S. military has launched strikes on two 🇮🇷 Iranian rocket launchers at Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz that were used by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its first strikes against the country since July. (Axios) (NBC News)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-30
A 🇺🇦 Ukrainian missile strike on Belgorod, 🇷🇺 Russia, kills two people and injures 16 others, according to regional acting governor Alexander Shuvaev. (Reuters) (Xinhua)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-30
🇮🇷 Iran launches ballistic missiles at 🇺🇸 U.S. military bases in 🇯🇴 Jordan. (Reuters)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-30
🇸🇩 Sudan's doctors network reports that five civilians are killed and thousands are displaced during attacks by Rapid Support Forces in Bara, North Kordofan. (Sudan Tribune)
Armed conflicts and attacks
2026-08-30
🇸🇾 Syrian security forces says that they have killed Firas Abdul Karim Hammoud, a army commander who served under ousted former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, after he opened fire on forces as they tried to arrest him. (Asharq Al Awsat)
Disasters and accidents
2026-08-30
An orangutan named Sampurna is reported to be rescued from a haze fire zone in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, on 🇮🇩 Indonesia's Borneo island. (Reuters)
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