Sunday, August 31, 2025

2025 Gaza City offensive

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

2025 Gaza City offensive

Israeli defence minister Israel Katz announces that the Israeli military killed Hamas spokesperson Abu Obaida in an airstrike on Gaza City yesterday.

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.

Guyana–Venezuela territorial dispute

The Guyanese military report that Venezuelan gunfire targeted a patrol boat escorting election materials on the Cuyuní River in the disputed Essequibo region.

Yemeni civil war

The Houthis raid United Nations offices in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain at least eleven UN personnel.

Armenia–Pakistan relations

Armenia and Pakistan agree to establish diplomatic relations on the sidelines of the 2025 Tianjin SCO summit.

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 (US$13.5 billion) deal. The ships will be built by a consortium of companies led by BAE Systems.

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 Mark Ruffalo and Gustaf Skarsgård, among others.

Flood control projects controversy in the Philippines

Philippine public works secretary Manuel Bonoan resigns over the flood control controversy, while President Bongbong Marcos appoints transportation secretary Vince Dizon as Bonoan's replacement.

August 2025 Indonesian protests

Mobs loot the houses of Indonesian finance minister Sri Mulyani and parliament member Nafa Urbach.

August 2025 Indonesian protests

In a press conference, President Prabowo agrees to revoke the allowance for parliament members and put moratoriums to their foreign trips.

August 2025 Indonesian protests

A university student dies one day after participating in a protest in Yogyakarta one day prior, after he was allegedly separated from other protestors and assaulted by police.

Deportation in the second Trump administration

United States judge Sparkle L. Sooknanan of the District of Columbia issues an injunction halting the deportation of Guatemalan unaccompanied minors after advocacy groups filed an emergency appeal against the Trump administration's plan to repatriate them.

2025 Afghanistan earthquake

At least 610 people are killed and 1,300 others are injured when a Mw 6.0 earthquake strikes Jalalabad, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.

2025 Tarasin landslide

Over 1,000 people are killed when a landslide destroys a village in the Marrah Mountains area of western Sudan.

Disasters

Two people are killed and eight Kenyan police officers are injured in an accident involving two armored vehicles in the Port-au-Prince Arrondissement, Haiti.

Culture

The original 1920s manuscripts of The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek, one of the most well-known works of Czech literature, are rediscovered by the Czech Museum of Literature [cs].