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Srettha Thavisin
- Thailand's Constitutional Court dismisses Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin (pictured) due to his appointment of a minister who had served time in jail.
- The World Health Organization declares the African mpox epidemic to be a global health emergency.
- Voepass Linhas Aéreas Flight 2283 crashes in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 62 people on board.
- Sheikh Hasina resigns as Prime Minister of Bangladesh following anti-government protests, and Muhammad Yunus is appointed leader of an interim government.
August 16, 2024 (Friday)
August 15, 2024 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Ukraine establishes a military administration in Sudzha with general officer Eduard Moskalyov appointed as its senior commander. General Oleksandr Syrskyi says that the administration will "maintain law and order" in the region. (BBC News)
- Russia announces the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from Glushkovsky District in Kursk Oblast. (Reuters)
- The Russian Defence Ministry claims that Russian forces have retaken the settlement of Krupets. (Anadolu Agency)
- The Security Service of Ukraine captures 102 Russian servicemen as prisoners of war, marking the largest single group of Russian soldiers to surrender during the conflict. (Bloomberg)
- Ukrainian troops and military vehicles enter Russia's Belgorod Oblast with the region declaring a state of emergency. Heavy fighting is reportedly underway. (The Washington Post)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United Kingdom says that Ukraine can use British weaponry, including Challenger 2 tanks, for its military operations inside Russia. (Sky News)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Evacuations during the Israel–Hamas war
- Peter Dutton, the leader of Australia’s Liberal Party, calls on the Australian government to ban the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from conflict in the Gaza Strip, which is met with significant condemnation from several politicians and organizations as promoting racial stereotypes. (ABC Australia) (Al Jazeera)
- SBS World News reports that the Australian government has rejected a majority of Palestinian visa applications, accepting 2,922 applications and rejecting 7,111 applications while granting 8,746 visas to Israeli citizens and rejecting only 235 applications. (Al Jazeera)
- Casualties of the Israel–Hamas war
- The Gaza Health Ministry reports that more than 40,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including more than 16,000 children, have been killed due to the ongoing Israeli invasion and blockade, and that more than 10,000 Palestinians are still missing. (Al Jazeera)
- Evacuations during the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Hezbollah launches four rockets at IDF targets in Shamir, Malkia and Ruwaysat al-Alam of the Kfarchouba hills which were intercepted by the Iron Dome but caused a fire in Shamir.(Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- American video game magazine Game Informer discontinues publication after 33 years. The magazine's website is also shut down. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M crashes due to a "technical malfunction" in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The pilots safely ejected, according to Russian media. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Health and environment
- African mpox epidemic
- Sweden reports the first case of the new mpox variant outside Africa in a patient in Stockholm. (Arab News) (Reuters)
- Pakistan reports its first case of mpox this year. (First Post)
International relations
- Germany–United States relations, Foreign relations of NATO
- The United States approves the sale of 600 MIM-104 Patriot air defense missile systems to Germany worth US$5 billion (€4.6 billion) to improve German national defense and the overall security of NATO. (DW)
Law and crime
- 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
- Ukraine denies its involvement in explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in 2022 and accuses Russia of causing the explosions, following Germany issuing its first arrest warrant on the case towards a Ukrainian man. (Reuters)
- New Zealand extradites German hacker and Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom to the United States to face charges for computer fraud, cyber espionage, and embezzlement. (DW)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 United States presidential debates
- The Democratic Party candidate for vice president Tim Walz and the Republican Party candidate for vice president JD Vance agree to a debate on October 1 on CBS. (Reuters)
- 2024 United States presidential debates
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
- Sri Lanka receives a record number of presidential candidates for the upcoming election with 39 applications accepted, surpassing 2019's record of 35 candidates. (Al Jazeera)
August 14, 2024 (Wednesday)
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 says that Ukrainian forces have captured more than 100 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours during their offensive in Kursk Oblast. Zelenskyy also says that he is open to exchanging the prisoners for Ukrainian prisoners of war. (BBC News)
- Ukraine announces that it will create a strategic buffer zone on the Russia–Ukraine border that is "designed to protect our border communities from daily enemy attacks". (Reuters)
- Russia evacuates thousands more civilians from borderlands in the Kursk Oblast amid deeper progression of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the region. (Reuters)
- Ukrainian drones strike the Borisoglebsk air base in Voronezh Oblast, Russia, destroying several hangars. (Pravda) (The Washington Post)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israel–Hamas war
- Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
- Top Hamas official Osama Hamdan states that the organization is "losing faith" in the United States' role as mediator in Israel–Hamas ceasefire proposals due to the U.S. not applying pressure on Israel to act in good faith, and threatens to withdraw from future U.S.-mediated negotiations. (AP)
- Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane north of Puerto Rico. (NBC News)
Health and environment
- African mpox epidemic
- The World Health Organization officially declares a new outbreak of mpox. The strain of this outbreak is different from the primary strain of the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, which affected thirteen countries and resulted in at least 524 reported deaths, and the new strain is more lethal. (AP)
Law and crime
- 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage
- Illegal drug trade in the United States
- The United States Drug Enforcement Administration announces that it seized more than 2,300 lb (1,000 kg) of methamphetamines hidden in celery at a farmers market in Forest Park, Georgia, United States. A Mexican citizen was arrested in relation to the seizure. (AP)
- Organized crime in Sweden
- Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland form an international police hub in Stockholm to prevent escalating Swedish gang activity and criminal networks from spreading to other Nordic countries. (Reuters)
- The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet. (Reuters)
- Former President of Argentina Alberto Fernández is indicted on charges of making threats and causing bodily harm to former first lady Fabiola Yáñez. (Buenos Aires Herald) (Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Kiribati parliamentary election
- Kiribati citizens vote for the 45 members of the parliament. (AP)
- 2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election
- Japan's Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida announces that he will not run in the party’s presidential election scheduled for late September, effectively stepping down from the premiership. (The Japan News)
- After more than a year of high-level investigation, the Vatican expels Luis Fernando Figari, the leader of the Peruvian society of apostolic life Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, for financial corruption and for downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse. (AP)
August 13, 2024 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Ukraine says that its troops are still advancing in Kursk Oblast and now control 74 settlements inside Russia. The Russian Defence Ministry says that its forces are fighting the Ukrainians about 28 km (17 mi) from the border. (Reuters)
- Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast is currently stopped due to Russian counter-attacks. (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Israel–Hamas war
- United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- The United States government approves $20 billion in weapon sales to Israel, including fifty F-15 fighter jets and advanced upgrade kits for Israel's existing F-15 jets. (AP)
- United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Two Hezbollah militants, three Lebanese civilians killed, 21 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Baraachit, Tyre, Aabbassiyeh, Kfarkela, At Tiri and Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah launches rockets at Kfarchouba, Shebaa Farms, Shtula, Kiryat Shmona and Beit Hillel. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli crowds led by far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and several villages in the West Bank on Tisha B'av. Israel Police officers reportedly offered protection to Israeli settlers, while the United States and the United Nations denounce the raids. (Al Jazeera)
- Yemeni civil war
- The Houthis storm the headquarters of the United Nation's Human Rights Office in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain Yemeni workers, and seize official documents. (The New Arab) (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Schools are canceled in Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane overnight. (USA Today)
- 2024 Attica wildfires
- 2024 Kiteezi landslide
- The death toll for the landslide in the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 24. (DW)
- 2024 Sudan floods
- At least 68 people are killed in Sudan's worst flooding since 2019, impacting several internally displaced person camps amid the ongoing Sudanese civil war. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Human rights in Austria, 2024 Vienna terrorism plot
- Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces a package of new anti-terrorism measures, including granting Austrian security services the ability to monitor private communications sent on messaging and social media apps and decrypt encrypted messages, and restricting the right to assembly of groups declared "hostile to democracy". (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident
- Thousands of doctors and university students participate in walkouts and protests against sexual violence in cities across India after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in Kolkata last week. (DW)
Science and technology
- Ford and Mazda issue warnings to owners of over 475,000 vehicles with Takata airbag inflators, cautioning them of the possibility for the inflators to explode with metal shrapnel. (AP)
August 12, 2024 (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)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- 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)
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- 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. (Anadolu Ajansı)
- Third Battle of Khan Yunis
Arts and culture
- Damage of landmarks from climate change
- The Double Arch, a natural arch made of 190 million-year-old rock in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, 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 strikes Salamiyah, Homs Governorate, Syria. (Maspero) (Enab Baladi)
Law and crime
- United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war
- 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)
- A teenager stabs five people at a mosque in Eskişehir, Turkey. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- 2024 United States presidential election, Twitter under Elon Musk
- Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump comes back to X (formerly Twitter) for a two-hour interview with its owner Elon Musk, mainly focusing on Trump's 2024 presidential re-election campaign. (Reuters).
- 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)
- Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Zarif resigns after 11 days in office, citing disappointment with his progress and the new Cabinet. (DW)
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 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 2024 Kabul bus bombing
- At least one person is killed and eleven others are injured in an Islamic State minibus bombing in Dasht-e-Barchi, Kabul, Afghanistan. (DW)
- 2024 Kabul bus bombing
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 (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)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- 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)
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 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)
- Al-Tabaeen school attack
- 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)
- Religion and the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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)
- Non-cooperation movement
- 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)
- Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
- 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
- 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)
- Albania at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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