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Miguel Uribe Turbay
- The United Nations–backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification confirms a famine in the Gaza Governorate, Palestine.
- A multi-vehicle collision involving a bus carrying migrants deported from Iran kills at least 79 people in Herat Province, Afghanistan.
- Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay (pictured), a pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election, dies two months after being shot.
- Azerbaijan and Armenia sign a declaration to formalize a future peace treaty to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
August 30, 2025 (Saturday)
August 29, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israel recovers the deceased bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who had been killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN)
- An ambush by the Al-Qassam Brigades in Zaytun Quarter, Gaza City, Gaza Governorate, Palestine, leaves several IDF soldiers dead, eleven others injured and four reported missing. The Israeli army activates the Hannibal Procedure to prevent the capture of personnel. (Al Jazeera Arabic) (Roya TV)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
International relations
- Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, Israel–Turkey relations
- Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, Palestine–United States relations
- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio blocks Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials from attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York City in September by revoking their previously-valid travel visas. (Sky News) (PBS)
Disasters and accidents
- A tornado outbreak in Greater Poland causes heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds, triggering the evacuation of the office workers in the region. A tornado later forms in Gniezno. (TVP Info)
Law and crime
- 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
- South Korean special prosecutors indict former prime minister Han Duck-soo without detention on charges of abetting the imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, preparation of false public documents and perjury for falsely testifying that he had not been aware of the martial law declaration. (Kyodo News)
- Austria and Russian intelligence
- Austrian prosecutors indict former intelligence officer Egisto Ott on charges of espionage, abuse of office, and providing sensitive information to fugitive Wirecard executive Jan Marsalek and Russian intelligence services. (AP)
- The English Court of Appeal rules that the government may continue housing asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, Essex, overturning a previous order to relocate them. (The New York Times)
- Former South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee is indicted on bribery and other charges related to a wider investigation into her and her husband, former president Yoon Suk Yeol. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Philippine House of Representatives elections
- The Philippine Commission on Elections denies the right-wing Duterte Youth's motion for reconsideration to cancel their party-list registration and disquialifies them from holding their three seats at the House of Representatives. However, Duterte Youth may still appeal to the Supreme Court. (ABS-CBN News)
- 2025 Thai political crisis
- The Thai Constitutional Court removes prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she had with former Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
August 28, 2025 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Red Sea crisis
- 28 August 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
- Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the Houthis launched a drone towards Israel which was intercepted by the Israeli military. (The Times of Israel) (AP)
- 28 August 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- The Lebanese army reports that two soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an Israeli drone crashed and exploded in An-Naqoura, southern Lebanon, while they were inspecting it. (Reuters)
- The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to withdraw its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on December 31, 2026. (AP)
- Red Sea crisis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv strikes
- The Russian Armed Forces launch nearly 600 drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, striking multiple residential areas, killing 25 people, including four children, and wounding 63 others, including 11 children. (BBC News) (MSN)
- Ukrainian spy ship Simferopol is sunk by a drone strike in the Danube river, killing two people and leaving several others missing or injured. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv strikes
- Colombian conflict
- August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
- Colombia's Ombudsman's Office confirms that 33 soldiers detained for three days in a village in Guaviare after clashes with dissident FARC fighters have been released following negotiations involving officials and the United Nations. (Al Jazeera)
- August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
Disasters and accidents
- A Polish Air Force F-16 training jet crashes during rehearsals for the 2025 Radom Air Show in Radom, Poland, killing the pilot. (Reuters) (Echo Dnia)
Health and environment
- A cholera outbreak in Bukkuyum, Zamfara State, Nigeria, kills at least eight people and infects over 200 others across eleven communities. (Reuters)
International relations
- Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–United Kingdom relations
- Kyiv strikes
- The United Kingdom summons Russia's ambassador to the UK, Andrey Kelin, after the British Council's office in Kyiv was heavily damaged and one employee was injured in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv. (BBC News)
- Kyiv strikes
Law and crime
- Brazilian federal police and the taxation authority conduct nationwide raids targeting organized crime schemes in the energy sector, investigating money laundering and fraud involving more than R$10 billion (US$1.9 billion) in imports, R$52 billion (US$9.7 billion) in domestic sales, and R$46 billion (US$8.6 billion) in related financial transactions. (Reuters)
- Croatian police detain a 54-year-old military officer and his Serbian partner on suspicion of spying for Serbia, with prosecutors opening an investigation into the case. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2025 Indonesian protests
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
- A Mobile Brigade Corps armored tactical vehicle intentionally runs over and kills a protester at an anti-government demonstration in Jakarta, Indonesia. The seven occupants of the vehicle have been detained. (BBC News)
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
- Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune dismisses prime minister Nadir Larbaoui and appoints industry minister Sifi Ghrieb as acting prime minister. (Reuters)
August 27, 2025 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
- 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. (AP)
- Darfur campaign
- Afghanistan–Pakistan clashes
- At least three people are killed and seven others are injured in alleged Pakistani airstrikes on Nangarhar Province and Khost Province, Afghanistan. (MSN)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 65 people are killed in flash floods and landslides in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (MSN)
Health and environment
- Extreme temperatures in Japan
- 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. (AFP via The Star)
International relations
- Denmark–United States relations, Proposed United States acquisition of Greenland
- 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. (ABC News Australia)
- Myanmar–Thailand relations
Law and crime
- Mass shootings in the United States
- Annunciation Catholic Church shooting
- 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-Christian hate crime. The suspect died by suicide at the scene. (BNO News) (KNSI-AM)
- Annunciation Catholic Church shooting
- Assassination of Miguel Uribe Turbay
- 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. (France 24)
- 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. (AP)
- 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. (AP)
- 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. (AP)
Politics and elections
- Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
- 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. (South China Morning Post)
Science and technology
- 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. (AP)
August 26, 2025 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Colombian conflict
- August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
- Colombian defense minister Pedro Sánchez reports that at least 34 soldiers have been kidnapped by armed civilians in Guaviare after clashes with dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia that killed eleven fighters, including a commander, on Sunday. (Al Jazeera)
- August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
- Israeli forces carry out a daytime raid on Ramallah in the West Bank, wounding at least 58 Palestinians with gunfire and tear gas. (AP)
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
Arts and culture
- France repatriates three colonial-era skulls from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris to Madagascar under a 2023 law enabling the restitution of human remains, marking the first such handover between the two countries. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- India–Pakistan relations
- At least 14 people are killed and six others are seriously injured when a four-story building collapses in Virar, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. (India TV)
International relations
- Australia–Iran relations, Terrorism in Australia, Antisemitism in Australia
- Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces the closure of the Australian embassy in Tehran, the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors from Australia, and designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization after an Australian Security Intelligence Organisation investigation links the IRGC to least two antisemitic attacks, including the 2024 Melbourne synagogue attack and an arson attack on a North Bondi kosher restaurant. (Sydney Morning Herald) (Reuters)
- International sanctions against Iran, Nuclear program of Iran
- Representatives of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom fail to reach an agreement with Iran in Geneva, Switzerland, on avoiding the possible reimposition of UN sanctions under the 2015 nuclear deal's snapback mechanism, following concerns about Iran's compliance. (AP)
Law and crime
- Corruption in Sri Lanka
- Former Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe is granted bail after being arrested on allegations of misusing public funds, becoming the first former president of the country to face arrest. (AP)
- Haitian conflict
- Haitian police regain control of the Téléco telecommunications hub in Port-au-Prince after it was seized by the Viv Ansanm gang, an operation that briefly disrupted air traffic and internet services. (AP)
- Mass shootings in the United States
- One person is killed and six others are wounded in a mass shooting near Interstate 35 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. (MPR) (WCCO-TV)
- Porepunkah police shootings
- Two police officers are shot and killed and a third is wounded in a suspected sovereign citizen terrorist attack in Porepunkah, Victoria, Australia, sending the town into lockdown. The perpetrator remains at large. (ABC News Australia)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Colombian presidential election
- Miguel Uribe Londoño, the father of assassinated Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay, announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election, seeking the Democratic Centre's nomination. (AP)
- Martial law in Ukraine
- Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko announces that men aged 18 to 22 may now freely cross the border under martial law, reversing earlier restrictions that barred men aged 18 to 60 from leaving the country. (Reuters)
- The Marshall Islands' parliament building in Majuro, including its library and archives, burns down in a fire. (The Guardian)
August 25, 2025 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
- 2025 Nasser Hospital strikes
- Four Israeli airstrikes against Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Palestine, kill 22 people, including five journalists working for Reuters and AP, according to Palestinian authorities. (ABC News Australia) (NPR) (The Guardian) (BBC News)
- Hassan Douhan, a journalist for newspaper Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, is fatally shot by Israeli forces in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, Palestine. (Anadolu Agency)
- 2025 Nasser Hospital strikes
- Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
Business and economy
- Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- Multiple postal organizations such as Australia Post and Japan Post announce a temporary suspension of shipments to the United States in response to President Donald Trump's executive order suspending the de minimis exemption. (Reuters) (ABC News Australia)
Disasters and accidents
- 2025 Pacific typhoon season
- The Vietnamese government closes all schools and airports in the North Central Coast and orders 600,000 people to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki makes landfall in the Hà Tĩnh and Quảng Bình provinces, killing four people and injuring thirteen others. (BBC News) (AP in Spanish)
- 2025 Isle of Wight helicopter crash
- Three people are killed and another is seriously injured when a Robinson R44 helicopter crashes into the ground during a flying lesson near Shanklin on the Isle of Wight, England. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- 2025 Botswana medical crisis
- Botswana president Duma Boko declares a public health emergency after the national medical supply chain collapses, ordering the military to manage emergency distribution while the government allocates P250 million (US$18.6 million) in funding to address nationwide shortages of medical supplies. (Reuters)
International relations
- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi chief adviser Muhammad Yunus declares that the country cannot allocate additional domestic resources to support its 1.3 million Rohingya refugees and urges the international community to create a sustainable plan for their repatriation to Myanmar. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- List of executive orders in the second Trump presidency
- U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order instructing the Department of Justice to federally prosecute flag desecration, contradicting constitutional protections by the First Amendment as affirmed with Texas v. Johnson and United States v. Eichman, the former the order acknowledges. (MSNBC) (The New York Times)
- Mexican drug war
- Former Mexican drug lord and Sinaloa Cartel top leader Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges in the United States. (AP)
Science and technology
- Archaeology of the Americas
- A new lineage of Pre-Ceramic period humans found in 1992 at the Checua archaeological site in Nemocón, Colombia, has their remains fully genome sequenced. (Reuters)
August 24, 2025 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Israeli forces kill four Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site near the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
- Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip
- Hamas reports that at least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its plans to seize the city. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Red Sea crisis
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
- Ten people are killed and 102 others are injured, including 21 critically, in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen. (The Guardian) (AP)
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
- Gaza war
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia and Ukraine swap 146 prisoners from each side after mediation by the United Arab Emirates. (CNA)
- Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Terrorism in Belgium
- One person is critically injured in a stabbing attack at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium. A suspect is arrested, with a political motive still under investigation. (Euronews)
Disasters and accidents
- Four people are killed when an air ambulance Cessna 206 crashes into the ground and explodes in Belén de Inambú, Vaupés Department, Colombia. (Blu Radio)
Law and crime
- Terrorism in Norway
- Killing of Tamima Nibras Juhar
- An 18-year-old Norwegian man with German background is arrested for killing a 34-year-old female welfare worker at an institution in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Police are treating it as terrorism with a racist and right-wing extremist motive as the perpetrator has expressed Islamophobic views. (The Local)
- Killing of Tamima Nibras Juhar
- Five people are killed, including one perpetrator, in two cases of filicide in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (CTV News)
Politics and elections
Sports
- 2025 US Open
- In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denmark's Clara Tauson in the first round of the 2025 US Open – Women's singles tournament. (Reuters)
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