Saturday, August 30, 2025

28 August 2025 Israeli attacks 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.

Colombia–Israel relations

The Colombian commerce ministry officializes a complete export ban of coal to Israel to prevent further atrocities in the Gaza Strip.

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.

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.

August 2025 Indonesian protests

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.

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.

Justice

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.

Justice

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.

Disasters

Fourteen people are killed and three others are critically injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a prison bus outside of Mariental, Namibia.

Disasters

Three people are killed and 103 others are injured when a train derails between Alexandria and Matrouh Governorate, Egypt.

Culture

Archaeologists discover 40 ancient tombs dating back to at least 2,300 years ago at the Mosul Dam reservoir in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following lowered water levels from a drought.