Monday, August 25, 2025
10 stories, grouped by subject, the most important first
Conflict
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.
Killing of journalists in the Gaza war
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.
World
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.
Crime & Justice
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.
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.
Disasters
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.
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.
Business
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.
Health
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.
Science & Tech
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.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for August 25, 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.