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Paetongtarn Shinawatra
- Prime Minister of Thailand Paetongtarn Shinawatra (pictured) is removed from office by the Constitutional Court of Thailand.
- Protests in Indonesia erupt over increased benefits and salaries given to parliament members.
- 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, a pre-candidate in the 2026 presidential election, dies two months after being shot.
August 31, 2025 (Sunday)
Politics and elections
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
- As unrest continues overnight, crowds of angry mobs loot the houses of Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani and parliament member Nafa Urbach. (Jakarta Globe)
- In a press conference followed by leaders of political parties, President Prabowo agrees to revoke allowance for parliament members as well as put moratorium to members' foreign trips. Prabowo urged public to calm, while adding that the current protests are "heading towards terrorism and treason" (CNA)
- Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines
- Philippine public works secretary Manuel Bonoan resigns over the controversy, while President Bongbong Marcos appoints transportation secretary Vince Dizon as Bonoan's replacement. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
August 30, 2025 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Red Sea crisis
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
- 28 August 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
- The Houthis confirm the death of prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and an unspecified number of ministers from an Israeli airstrike two days earlier. (AP)
- 28 August 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
- Israeli attacks on Yemen
Disasters and accidents
- Three people are killed and 103 others are injured when a train derails between Alexandria and Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. (The National News) (BBC News)
International relations
- Colombia–Israel relations, Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, List of sanctions involving Israel
- The Colombian commerce ministry officializes a complete export ban of coal to Israel to prevent further atrocities in the Gaza Strip. (Colombia Presidency)
Law and crime
- 2025 Indonesian protests
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
- Unrest in Indonesia, following a government truck killing a 21-year-old, continues as a mob loots the houses of parliament members Ahmad Sahroni, Eko Patrio and Uya Kuya. (Jawa Pos) (Reuters)
- Four people are killed amid spreading protests in Indonesia, including three government workers who jumped from a building on fire and one who was attacked by a crowd. (The New York Times)
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
- Assassination of Andriy Parubiy
- Former speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Andriy Parubiy is assassinated by an unknown gunman in Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. A manhunt is underway for the suspect. (BBC News)
- A man drives a car into a crowd outside a bar in Évreux, France, after a dispute, killing one person and injuring five others, including two critically. (The Guardian)
- Nicaraguan opposition groups report that attorney Carlos Cárdenas, arrested on August 15 during police operations against government critics, has died in state custody, marking the fifth such death of a detainee since 2019. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Sudanese civil war
- Hemedti, leader of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), is sworn in as head of a parallel government in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, where the RSF has established a presidential council and prime minister while continuing its conflict with the Sudanese army. (Reuters)
August 29, 2025 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza war
- Gaza war hostage crisis
- Israel recovers the bodies of two hostages in Gaza, one of whom is identified as Elan Weiss, who had been killed in the October 7 attacks. (CNN)
- Gaza war hostage crisis
Disasters and accidents
- A severe weather system in Greater Poland causes heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and strong winds, triggering the evacuation of an office building in Poznań due to flooding. A tornado later forms in the vicinty of Gniezno. No injuries are reported. (TVP Info)
International relations
- Diplomatic impact of the Gaza war, Israel–Turkey relations
- Eightieth session of the United Nations General Assembly, Palestine–United States relations, Visa policy of the United States
- 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)
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)
- August 2025 Indonesian protests
- At least three people are killed and four others are injured after protesters set fire to the Regional House of Representatives building in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. (AFP via RNZ)
- 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 to reconsider the cancellation of their party-list registration and disqualifies 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 Samoan general election
- Samoans are called in a snap election to elect the members of the Legislative Assembly. (Reuters)
- 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
- Philippines–Taiwan relations
- Taiwanese foreign minister Lin Chia-lung visits the Philippines as part of a business mission. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs later states that it did not recognize any Taiwan official as a member of the business delegation, reiterating its adherence to One China. (Inquirer)
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 an online motorcycle taxi driver 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)
Arts and culture
- OTO Park Koszalin was renamed as BIG Koszalin, where Skolim plays his concert in Koszalin, Poland. (KoszalinInfo)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 70 migrants are killed after a boat carrying about 150 people, mostly Gambian and Senegalese nationals, sinks off the coast of Mauritania, while over 30 others remain missing and 16 are rescued. (Reuters)
- 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)
- The Lithuanian Seimas elects Inga Ruginienė as the new country's Prime Minister. (Euronews)
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)
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