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• Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 (aircraft pictured) crashes in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
• Sheikh Hasina resigns as the prime minister of Bangladesh following anti-government protests, and Muhammad Yunus is appointed leader of an interim government.
• Following a mass stabbing in Southport, far-right protesters riot in England and Northern Ireland.
• The United States, Russia, and their respective allies agree to a prisoner exchange of 26 people.

Ongoing:

• Israel–Hamas war
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• Russian invasion of Ukraine
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• Sudanese civil war
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Recent deaths:

• Ida Bagus Ardana
• Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez
• Jon McBride
• Susan Wojcicki
• Kalatiku Paembonan
• Taberon Honie

August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13) (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Israeli airforce launches airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Kfar Kila, Marwahin, Meiss Ej Jabal and Aita al-Shaab in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Attica wildfires
  • Evacuations have been ordered for residents in at least one area near Athens as wildfires continue to burn across Greece. (CNN)

August 12, 2024 (2024-08-12) (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov accuses the Ukrainian military of using chemical weapons that poisoned Russian civilians. Ukraine's State Security Service denies these claims and accuses Russia of falsifying war crimes. (Newsweek) (Reuters)
    • Ukrainian colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi announces that Ukrainian forces now control over 1,000 km² (386 sq mi) of Russia's Kursk region. (AP)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian forces take the settlement of Lysychne in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
    • United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin orders the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and the USS Georgia SSGN cruise-missile submarine to the Middle East to defend Israel from possible retaliation from Iran and to strengthen the U.S. military position in the region. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah fires 30 Katyusha rockets targeting the IDF 146th Division headquarters in Ga'aton and an IDF surveillance station in Metula. An Israeli Iron Dome interceptor missile destroys an Avdon residence. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Third Battle of Khan Yunis
    • Ten Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential home in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Anandolu Ajansi)

Arts and culture

• Damage of landmarks from climate change
  • The 190 million-year-old Double Arch geological formation in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area of Utah, United States, collapses, possibly due to changing water levels and erosion. (NPR)

Business and economy

• Chevron Corporation delivers the first oil from a Gulf of Mexico oil field, drilled under extreme subsea pressure. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed and several others are injured when a helicopter stolen from Cairns Airport crashes into a hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. (The Guardian)
• One person is killed and 132 others are injured after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in Salamiyah, Homs Governorate, Syria. (Maspero) (Enab Baladi)

Law and crime

• The Council on American–Islamic Relations files a lawsuit against the United States government and the FBI over alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination against two Palestinian Americans for placing them on a watch list despite having no violent crime convictions. (Reuters)
• Pakistan Army officials arrest former Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence Faiz Hameed, accusing him of abusing his position of power and raiding a business last year. (DW)

Politics and elections

• Special Region of Jakarta Act
  • The first Cabinet of Indonesia meeting session in Nusantara is held, marking the beginning of the transition of the official capital away from Jakarta. (Detik)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Twitter under Elon Musk
    • Trump comes back to X (formerly Twitter) for a two-hour talk with Elon Musk, but technical problems interrupt the space. Musk leads a discussion with Trump on X Space, mainly about Trump's 2024 presidential re-election campaign. (Reuters).

Science and technology

• Water on Mars
  • Liquid water is confirmed to be present at depths of 10–20 km (6.2–12.4 mi) below the surface of Mars, based on a new analysis of data from NASA's InSight lander. (BBC News)

August 11, 2024 (2024-08-11) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Afghan conflict
  • Islamic State–Taliban conflict
    • At least one person is killed and eleven others are injured in an Islamic States minibus bombing in Dasht-e-Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (DW)

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Two people, including a 4-year-old child, are killed and three others are injured in a Russian KN-23 ballistic missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kiteezi landslide
  • The death toll from a landslide at the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 21. (Reuters)
• Two people are killed and twelve families are displaced in an explosion possibly attributed to a gas leak in Bel Air, Maryland, United States. (AP)

International relations

• Iran–European Union relations
  • In a phone call with European Council President Charles Michel, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian accuses the European Union of facilitating Israeli crimes against humanity and terrorism in the Gaza Strip by implementing double standards that destabilize the Middle East and increase the chances of a global war. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Rwandan general election
  • Incumbent president Paul Kagame is sworn in for a fourth term in office. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • The 2024 Summer Olympics conclude with the closing ceremony taking place at the Stade de France in Paris, France. (BBC News)
  • The United States finish atop the medal table with 40 gold medals and 126 total medals, ahead of China who finished with 40 gold medals and 91 total medals, with silver medals being the tiebreaker. (BBC News)

August 10, 2024 (2024-08-10) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
      • Russia introduces a "counter-terrorist regime" in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk Oblasts in response to the ongoing incursion, resulting in travel restrictions and an increased security presence. (Novinite) (Ukrainska Pravda)
      • The state-run Russian news agency TASS reports that over 76,000 residents have evacuated from Kursk Oblast this week. (DW)
      • Ukrainian forces enter Belgorod Oblast for the first time during the ongoing incursion, reportedly capturing the village of Poroz. (Kyiv Independent)
    • The Ukrainian Navy strikes and heavily damages a Russian offshore natural gas platform in the Black Sea being used by the Russian Armed Forces. (Reuters)
  • Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko increases Belarus's defensive presence on the Belarus–Ukraine border after accusing Ukraine of illegally sending about a dozen intercepted drones across the border into Belarusian airspace. (RFE/RL)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • One worker is killed and several others are injured in a Russian missile strike on a "critical infrastructure facility" in Kramatorsk. (Ukrainska Pravda)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Al-Tabaeen school attack
    • Israeli rockets strike Al-Tabaeen school in Gaza City during Fajr morning prayers, killing more than 93 Palestinians and injuring 47 others, several of whom were trapped in the building as it was damaged by a fire. (Al Jazeera) (Times of Israel)
• Rohingya conflict
  • Over seventy people are killed in an Arakan Army drone attack on Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Religion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces governmental deliberations toward banning a traditionally Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine in order to strengthen the country's "spiritual independence". (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Kiteezi landslide
  • Eighteen people are killed and fourteen others are rescued after a landslide at Kiteezi Landfill, a rubbish dump in Kampala, Uganda. (Al Jazeera)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Non-cooperation movement
    • Chief Justice of Bangladesh Obaidul Hassan resigns following an ultimatum from protesters and is briefly succeeded by Md. Ashfaqul Islam on an acting basis. Syed Refat Ahmed is later appointed Chief Justice by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. (AP) (Dhaka Tribune) (Prothom Alo English)
• 2024 United States presidential election
  • Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
    • Officials of the Donald Trump campaign report that it was hacked by anonymous sources, with the campaign formally blaming "foreign sources", specifically claiming that Iran was behind the hacking. (WNBC-TV)
• 2024 United Kingdom riots
  • Thousands of anti-racism protesters march in cities across the United Kingdom to protest against far-right riots, political figures, and the Reform UK party. (DW)
  • A petrol bomb is thrown towards an Islamic centre in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland. (BBC)
• 2024 Serbian environmental protests
  • Tens of thousands of environmentalist and anti-Aleksandar Vučić protesters demonstrate in Belgrade, Serbia, to protest a European Union–backed plan to develop Europe's largest lithium mine in the Jadar valley. (AP)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Albania at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Chermen Valiev wins a bronze medal in Men's freestyle 74 kg wrestling, earning Albania its first ever Olympic medal. (KOHA)
  • Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • In the first-ever men's breakdancing event at the Olympics, Philip "Phil Wizard" Kim of Canada wins the B-Boys gold medal, with Danis "Dany Dann" Civil of France winning the silver and Victor Montalvo of the United States winning the bronze. (CBC News)
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Three swimmers for Germany fall ill with vomiting and diarrhea and require outpatient treatment after swimming in the Seine as part of Olympic competitions. (AP)
  • Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Rikuto Tamai of Japan wins a silver medal in Men's 10 metre platform diving, earning the country its first ever Olympic medal in the sport. (Reuters)
  • Uzbekistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Svetlana Osipova of Uzbekistan wins a silver medal in taekwondo the first ever Olympic medal obtained by a Uzbek female athlete in the sport. (Kun.uz)

August 9, 2024 (2024-08-09) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
      • Russia declares a "federal-level" emergency in Kursk Oblast as Ukrainian forces continue to advance. (AP via ABC News)
      • Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says that Ukrainian troops "simply passed-by" their positions without engaging them, with Akhmat troops choosing to retreat until more Russian reinforcements could arrive. Other reports indicate that Akhmat troops fled from Ukrainian forces. (The New Voice of Ukraine via MSN)
      • A Russian military convoy is destroyed on the E38 highway in Oktyabrsky District. (The Guardian)
      • Ukrainian troops capture the Gazprom gas facility in Sudzha. A video shows Ukrainian soldiers inside the natural gas facility, with much of the town reportedly under Ukrainian control. (Reuters via Al Arabiya)
    • Ukraine launches a "massive" drone attack on Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, with Lipetsk air base reportedly on fire. Several villages are evacuated, with six people reportedly injured. (Reuters)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • 2024 Kostiantynivka supermarket missile attack
      • A Russian missile attack on a supermarket in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, kills 14 people and injures 43 others. (Reuters)
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war
    • The United States announces it will send Ukraine a $125 million military aid package, including FIM-92 Stinger missiles, artillery ammunition, and anti-armor systems. (Reuters)
• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Third Battle of Khan Yunis
      • Israeli troops launch a new assault on Khan Yunis, with airstrikes killing at least 21 Palestinians in the city and Israeli troops initiating ground operations in the city for the third time since the war's beginning. (AP)
  • United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
    • The United States finances Israel with $3.5 billion to spend on U.S. weapons and military equipment. (Reuters)
  • Samer al-Hajj, a Hamas security official for the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, is assassinated by an Israeli drone strike in Sidon, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Israeli occupation of the West Bank
    • The United States declares the Netzah Yehuda Battalion eligible for US military assistance. The unit is known for establishing illegal outposts on Palestinian land, and was removed from its traditional posting in the West Bank in 2022 due to human rights violations against Palestinians. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283
  • A Voepass Linhas Aéreas ATR 72-500 aircraft crashes in Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 people on board. (AP) (G1 Globo)
• Nine people are killed and 26 others injured after a bus crash in Polatlı, Turkey. (AP)

Law and crime

• 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt
  • A military court in Sierra Leone sentences 24 soldiers to prison terms ranging from 50 to 120 years for their roles in a failed coup attempt in November 2023. (Reuters)
• Prosecutors in China charge multiple funeral directors with selling more than 4,000 corpses to two major medical companies over several decades. Police seized 18 tonnes of bones and 34,000 semi-finished products, with the thieves having earned around 380 million yuan (US$53 million) before they were arrested. (SCMP) (NOS) (Newsweek)

International relations

• Foreign relations of Mali, Foreign relations of Sweden, Mali–Russia relations
  • Mali orders the Swedish ambassador to leave within 72 hours, days after Sweden announced that development aid to Mali would be suspended over Mali's support for Russia. (Al Jazeera) (Swedish Foreign Ministry)
• Saudi Arabia–United States relations
  • The Biden administration partially lifts a three-year-old ban on American weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suspends the X social network in Venezuela for 10 days, accusing X's owner Elon Musk of promoting hatred. (AP)
• 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
  • The Austrian interior minister announces the arrest of an Iraqi man in connection with a foiled terror attack at American singer Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna, which were cancelled in response to the attack. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• Hundreds of people protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, against violence targeting the country's Hindu minority. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Imane Khelif wins the gold medal in the Women's 66 kg boxing event, after facing controversy and harassment related to a 2023 gender evaluation by the International Boxing Association, which is no longer recognized by the IOC. (Al Jazeera)
  • Breaking at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • In the first-ever breakdancing event at the Olympics, Ami Yuasa of Japan wins the B-Girls gold medal, with Dominika "Nicka" Banevič of Lithuania winning the silver and Liu "671" Qingyi of China winning the bronze. (AP)
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • French police arrest Egyptian wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim El-Sayed for allegedly groping a woman at a café. (BBC News)

August 8, 2024 (2024-08-08) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
      • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appears to confirm ordering a major cross-border operation inside Russia, saying that "Russia brought war to our land, and it should feel what it has done". (BBC News)
      • Large explosions are reported near the town of Rylsk in Kursk Oblast, Russia, with videos on social media appearing to show a destroyed column of military vehicles. (The Kyiv Independent)
      • Ukraine launches twelve rockets and 14 drones into Russia, according to both acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov and the Russian Ministry of Defence. (DW Russian)
      • Ukrainian forces capture dozens of Russian soldiers in their offensive in Kursk Oblast. Russian authorities say that fighting is still ongoing for control of several settlements near the border. (Al Jazeera)
      • Ukrainian troops and tanks enter the town of Sudzha, forcing the local residents to flee. (Sky News) (BBC Russian Service)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • One Lebanese civilian and a Hezbollah militant are killed and three Lebanese civilians are injured in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon.
  • Hezbollah fires 25 rockets at the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights and fifteen rockets at Shlomi and Kabri in Upper Galilee, Israel. All rockets are intercepted by the Iron Dome. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Debby
    • Tropical Storm Debby makes its second landfall near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, United States. (AP)
• 2024 Hyūga-nada earthquake
  • A 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Kyushu, Japan. A tsunami advisory is issued for parts of the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. (The Japan Times)

Politics and elections

• 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
  • Non-cooperation movement
    • Muhammad Yunus returns to Bangladesh to lead the country's interim government. (Reuters)
• 2017–2018 Spanish constitutional crisis
  • Former Catalan government president Carles Puigdemont returns to Barcelona, Spain, after seven years of "self-exile", defying an arrest warrant issued by the Supreme Court. Catalan regional police subsequently institute tight controls on traffic in and out of the city, as part of an attempt to arrest Puigdemont. (The New York Times) (Cadena SER)
  • Two Mossos d'Esquadra officers are arrested for allegedly collaborating on Puigdemont's escape, following his public appearance in Barcelona. (Antena 3)
• 2024 Catalan regional election
  • Socialists' Party candidate Salvador Illa is elected as the new Catalan government president by the Parliament of Catalonia, becoming the first non-separatist president in more than 10 years. (Al Jazeera)

Science and technology

• Internet censorship in Russia
  • YouTube is reportedly blocked and slowed down across Russia following the website's blocking of several channels that expressed support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • Botswana at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Letsile Tebogo wins the gold medal in Men's 200 metres, earning Botswana its first ever gold medal. (Olympics)
  • Ecuador at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Lucía Yépez wins the silver medal in the Women's freestyle 53 kg wrestling event, the first medal in the sport for Ecuador. (Olympics)
  • Pakistan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Arshad Nadeem wins the gold medal in Men's javelin throw, breaking the Olympic record and earning Pakistan its first ever medal in Athletics and its first ever individual gold medal. (DW)
  • Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Cindy Ngamba wins a bronze medal in Women's middleweight boxing, the first-ever medal won for the Refugee Olympic Team. (Olympics)

August 7, 2024 (2024-08-07) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
    • The Israel Defense Forces confirms the death of Bilha Yinon, the last person missing in Israel following the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (Newsweek)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • Six Palestinians are killed in an Israeli raid on the Maghazi refugee camp and in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Saba News Agency) (Al Jazeera)
• 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
  • Egypt and the United Kingdom issue NOTAM alerts and order their airlines to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspaces. (Reuters)
  • Three killed and ten injured in Israeli airstrikes on Jwaya, Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
  • Hezbollah launches rockets on the Israeli-occuped Syrian Golan Heights and shelled an IDF outpost in Jal al-Allam, Israel. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
    • Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast has been stopped as reports emerge of continued heavy fighting in the vicinity of Sudzha. (BBC News)
    • Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov declares a state of emergency in the region. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirty people are killed, five are missing and hundreds are displaced after days of floods in Hodeidah and Hajjah, Yemen. (AP)
• Five people, including four Chinese nationals, are killed in a helicopter crash in Nuwakot District, Bagmati Province, Nepal. (AP)

Health and environment

• Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
  • The Government of Brazil reports that deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest is at its lowest level since 2016. (AP)
• Environmental threats to the Great Barrier Reef
  • The water temperature around the Great Barrier Reef is reported to have reached a 400-year record high, which is causing more mass bleaching events. (DW)

Law and crime

• 2023 Thai general election
  • Lèse-majesté in Thailand
    • The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders the dissolution of the Move Forward Party, which won the most seats and votes in last year's election, but was blocked from forming a government, over the party's campaigning on Lèse-majesté decriminalization. (BBC News) (Al Jazeera)
• End Bad Governance protests
  • Nigeria arrests seven Polish nationals for raising Russian flags during anti-government protests this week. (Reuters)
• South Africa's genocide case against Israel
  • Turkey submits a bid to join South Africa's side in the International Court of Justice case against Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip. (Al Jazeera)
• Police in Berlin, Germany, arrest a palliative care nurse for allegedly killing four elderly patients. (DW)
• Russian-American Ksenia Karelina pleads guilty in a Russian court to a charge of treason. (CNN)
• 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
  • Police in Austria arrest two men affiliated with the Islamic State for allegedly planning to commit a terrorist attack at American singer Taylor Swift's upcoming concerts at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, which are subsequently cancelled. (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

• 2024 United States House of Representatives elections
  • Missouri Democratic congresswoman Cori Bush loses her primary election to St. Louis County prosecutor Wesley Bell, becoming the second member of the Squad to lose a primary. (BBC News)
• Comorian president Azali Assoumani grants extensive powers to his son and alleged successor Nour El Fath, allowing El Fath to intervene in multiple stages of government decision-making. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2024 Summer Olympics
  • China at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • China wins their first gold medal in artistic swimming. (Reuters)
  • Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • French police detain Australian field hockey player Tom Craig for allegedly purchasing cocaine. (DW)
  • India at the 2024 Summer Olympics
    • Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat is disqualified from the final of the Women's freestyle 50 kg event for being above the stipulated weight during the weigh-in on the morning of the finals, eliminating her from the medal competition and relegating her to last place in the classification. (India Today)

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Ongoing events

Disasters

• Gaza humanitarian crisis
• H5N1 outbreak
• Haitian crisis
• Sudanese famine and refugee crisis
• United States opioid epidemic

Economics

• Argentine monetary crisis
• Chinese property sector crisis
• South African energy crisis
• United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis
• Video game industry layoffs

Politics

• Mexico–United States border crisis
• South China Sea territorial disputes

Protests and strikes

• Israel–Hamas war protests

• University campus protests

• Kenyan anti-tax protests
• New Caledonia social unrest
• Nigerian protests
• United Kingdom civil unrest
• Venezuelan protests

Elections and referendums

Recent

• July

• 28: Venezuela, President

Upcoming

• August

• 14: Kiribati, House of Assembly (1st)
• 19: Sint Maarten, Parliament

Trials

Recently concluded

• Guinea:0Moussa Dadis Camara
• United States:0Bob Menendez  •  Alec Baldwin  •  Bill Hwang
• ICC:0Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz

Ongoing

• Israel:0Benjamin Netanyahu
• Kosovo:0Specialist Chambers
• ICC:0Ali Kushayb  •  Mahamat Said Abdel Kani

Sports

• Athletics

• 2024 Diamond League

• Association football

• 2024–25 UEFA Champions League
• 2024–25 UEFA Europa League
• 2024–25 UEFA Conference League
• 2024 Leagues Cup
• 2024 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
• 2024 Argentine Primera División
• 2024 Major League Soccer season
• 2024 National Women's Soccer League season

• Australian rules football

• 2024 AFL season

• Baseball

• 2024 MLB season

• Basketball

• 2024 WNBA season

• Canadian football

• 2024 CFL season

• International cricket

• 2023–25 ICC World Test Championship

• Golf

• 2024 PGA Tour
• 2024 LPGA Tour

• Motorsport

• 2024 Formula One World Championship
• 2024 MotoGP World Championship
• 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2024 IndyCar Series

• Rugby league

• 2024 NRL season

• Tennis

• 2024 ATP Tour
• 2024 WTA Tour

More details – current sports events

Recent deaths

August

• 11: Noël Treanor
• 10: Rachael Lillis
• 09: Kevin Sullivan
• 09: Susan Wojcicki
• 08: Issa Hayatou
• 08: Mitzi McCall
• 08: Chi-Chi Rodríguez
• 08: Steve Symms
• 07: Jon McBride
• 06: Billy Bean
• 06: Connie Chiume
• 05: Graham Thorpe
• 04: Charles Cyphers
• 04: Tsung-Dao Lee
• 04: Duane Thomas
• 03: Yamini Krishnamurthy
• 01: Joyce Brabner
• 01: Craig Shakespeare

July

• 31: Paul Bucha
• 30: Ismail Haniyeh
• 30: Onyeka Onwenu
• 30: Fuad Shukr
• 28: John Anderson
• 28: Erica Ash
• 28: Reyes Moronta
• 28: Francine Pascal
• 28: Prince Michael of Greece
• 27: Murray Costello
• 27: Edna O'Brien
• 27: Wolfgang Rihm
• 25: Martin Indyk
• 24: Shafin Ahmed
• 24: Leo Burke
• 24: Hamzah Haz
• 23: Lewis H. Lapham
• 23: Robin Warren
• 22: Mark Carnevale
• 22: Duke Fakir
• 22: John Mayall
• 22: Alexander Waugh
• 21: Kenneth Grange
• 21: Henry J. Nowak
• 20: Jerry Miller
• 20: Jill Schary Robinson
• 19: Toumani Diabaté
• 19: Iryna Farion
• 19: Kevan Gosper
• 19: Sheila Jackson Lee
• 19: Nguyễn Phú Trọng
• 19: Ray Reardon
• 19: James C. Scott
• 19: Esta TerBlanche
• 18: Lou Dobbs
• 18: Abner Haynes
• 18: Bob Newhart
• 17: Cheng Pei-pei
• 17: David Morrow
• 17: Bernice Johnson Reagon
• 17: Pat Williams
• 16: Joe Bryant
• 15: Norm Hewitt
• 14: Jacoby Jones
• 13: Mohammed Deif
• 13: Shannen Doherty
• 13: Ruth Hesse
• 13: Naomi Pomeroy
• 13: James B. Sikking
• 13: Richard Simmons

Ongoing conflicts

Global

• War against the Islamic State

Africa

• Cameroon

• Anglophone Crisis

• Central African Republic

• Civil war

• Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Kivu conflict

• Ethiopia

• Amhara conflict

• Mozambique

• Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

• Nigeria

• Boko Haram insurgency

• Sahel insurgency

• Mali War

• Burkina Faso
• Niger

• Somalia

• Civil war

• Sudan

• Civil war

Americas

• Ecuador

• Ecuadorian conflict

• Mexico

• Mexican drug war

Asia−Pacific

• Afghanistan

• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
• Republican insurgency

• India

• Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

• Indonesia

• Papua conflict

• Myanmar

• Civil war

• Pakistan

• Insurgency in Balochistan
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

• Philippines

• NPA rebellion

Europe

• Russia and Ukraine

• Russian invasion of Ukraine

Middle East

• Iraq

• Islamic State insurgency

• Israel–Hamas

• Regional spillover

• Israel–Hezbollah conflict

• Red Sea crisis

• Syria

• Iran–Israel conflict
• Turkish intervention
• U.S.−led intervention

• Turkey

• PKK insurgency

• Yemen

• US–UK intervention

See also – List of ongoing proxy wars

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• Animation (Anime)
• Architecture
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• Literature (Poetry)
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• Television (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, Scotland, US)
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Politics and government

• Elections
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• Sovereign state leaders
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Science and technology

• Archaeology
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• Palaeontology
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Environment and environmental sciences

• Climate change
• Weather (Heat waves
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Transportation

• Aviation
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