Sunday, August 31, 2025

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Sunday

August 31, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Gaza war

2025 Gaza City offensive

At least 88 Palestinians are killed by the Israeli military as Israel continues its heavy bombardment of Gaza. (Financial Times)

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz announces that the Israeli military killed Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida in an airstrike on Gaza City yesterday. (BBC News)

Sudanese civil war

Darfur campaign

At least seven people are killed and 71 others are injured in shelling by the Rapid Support Forces in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. (Barron's)

Red Sea crisis

The Houthis raid United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain at least eleven UN personnel. (The Times of Israel)

Arts and culture

The original 1920s manuscripts of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the Czech Republic's most well known works, are re-discovered by the Czech Museum of Literature [cs]. (NOS) (Radio Prague International)

Disasters and accidents

2025 Afghanistan earthquake

At least nine people are killed and 25 are injured when a Mw6.0 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. (AP)

International relations

Norway–United Kingdom relations

Norway agrees to purchase at least five new British-made anti-submarine Type 26 frigates for the Royal Norwegian Navy in a 10 billion pounds ($13.5 billion) deal. The ships will be built by a consortium of companies led by BAE Systems. (AP)

Law and crime

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 the allowance for parliament members and put moratoriums to their foreign trips. (CNA)

A university student succumbs to his wounds one day after participating at a protest in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, one day prior, after he was allegedly assaulted by police after being separated from other protesters. (Kompas)

Politics and elections

Gaza war

Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip

The Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led maritime convoy, departs from four cities in the Mediterranean and heads towards Gaza to attempt to break the Israeli blockade, carrying humanitarian aid and activist Greta Thunberg and actors Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo, and Gustaf Skarsgård. (Al Jazeera) (CBS News)

Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines

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