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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 145727" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2024_Kursk_Oblast_incursion" target="_blank">August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> says that its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces" target="_blank">troops</a> are still advancing in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast" target="_blank">Kursk Oblast</a> and now control 74 settlements inside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russia</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Russia%29" target="_blank">Russian Defence Ministry</a> says that its forces are fighting the Ukrainians about {{conv|28|km|mi|abbr=on}} from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_border" target="_blank">the border</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-kursk-incursion-we-dont-need-russian-land-2024-08-13/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadyrovites" target="_blank">Akhmat special forces</a> commander <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apti_Alaudinov" target="_blank">Apti Alaudinov</a> says that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> advance into Kursk Oblast is currently stopped due to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-attack" target="_blank">counter-attacks</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-keeps-up-air-attacks-kursk-putin-lashes-out-west-2024-08-13/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Israel_in_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" target="_blank">United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government" target="_blank">United States government</a> approves $20 billion in weapon sales to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>, including fifty <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" target="_blank">F-15 fighter jets</a> and advanced upgrade kits for Israel's existing F-15 jets. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-20-billion-weapons-us-aid-b6a99129c88a5dcc4a4753e20b5e19ec" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict" target="_blank">2024 Iran–Israel conflict</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Israel–Hezbollah conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a> launches <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah" target="_blank">Hezbollah</a> targets in villages in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon" target="_blank">southern Lebanon</a>, with two people killed in an airstrike in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraachit" target="_blank">Baraachit</a>. <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-10-killed-in-israeli-bombing-of-khan-younis-home?update=3116913" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Attica_wildfires" target="_blank">2024 Attica wildfires</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least one person is killed and dozens of others are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire" target="_blank">wildfires</a> across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece" target="_blank">Greece</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation" target="_blank">evacuations</a> ordered for residents in at least one area near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" target="_blank">Athens</a>. <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/12/europe/greece-wildfires-evacuation-athens-intl/index.html/" target="_blank">(CNN)</a> <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/greece-1-dead-as-wildfires-bear-down-on-athens/a-69925451" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sudan_floods" target="_blank">2024 Sudan floods</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 68 people are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>'s worst flooding since 2019, impacting several <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_displaced_person" target="_blank">internally displaced person camps</a> amid the ongoing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese civil war</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-68-killed-sudan-heavier-than-normal-rainy-season-2024-08-13/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Austria" target="_blank">Human rights in Austria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Vienna_terrorism_plot" target="_blank">2024 Vienna terrorism plot</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria" target="_blank">Austrian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Austria" target="_blank">Chancellor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Nehammer" target="_blank">Karl Nehammer</a> announces a package of new <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorism" target="_blank">anti-terrorism measures</a>, including granting Austrian security services the ability to monitor private communications sent on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging" target="_blank">messaging</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media" target="_blank">social media apps</a> and decrypt <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption" target="_blank">encrypted messages</a>, and restricting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_assembly" target="_blank">right to assembly</a> of groups declared &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-democracy" target="_blank">hostile to democracy</a>&quot;. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/austria-plans-tougher-counter-terrorism-moves-after-taylor-swift-plot-2024-08-13/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Square_stabbing" target="_blank">Leicester Square stabbing</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ioan Pintaru, a 32-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_England" target="_blank">homeless</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanians_in_the_United_Kingdom" target="_blank">Romanian</a> man, is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charge" target="_blank">charged</a> with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_murder" target="_blank">attempted murder</a> and possession of a bladed article in relation to yesterday's stabbing of an 11-year-old girl in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Square" target="_blank">Leicester Square</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London" target="_blank">London</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England" target="_blank">England</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank">United Kingdom</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3e6dl6wgo" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
</ul></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Thousands of doctors and university students participate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkout" target="_blank">walkouts</a> and protests against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence" target="_blank">sexual violence</a> in cities across <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a> after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata" target="_blank">Kolkata</a> last week. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/india-doctors-protest-after-medic-raped-and-murdered/a-69928932" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_13" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 145727, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2024_Kursk_Oblast_incursion']August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL] says that its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Ground_Forces']troops[/URL] are still advancing in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_Oblast']Kursk Oblast[/URL] and now control 74 settlements inside [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russia[/URL]. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_%28Russia%29']Russian Defence Ministry[/URL] says that its forces are fighting the Ukrainians about {{conv|28|km|mi|abbr=on}} from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia%E2%80%93Ukraine_border']the border[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-kursk-incursion-we-dont-need-russian-land-2024-08-13/'](Reuters)[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadyrovites']Akhmat special forces[/URL] commander [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apti_Alaudinov']Apti Alaudinov[/URL] says that the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Armed_Forces']Ukrainian[/URL] advance into Kursk Oblast is currently stopped due to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-attack']counter-attacks[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-keeps-up-air-attacks-kursk-putin-lashes-out-west-2024-08-13/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_support_for_Israel_in_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war']United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_government']United States government[/URL] approves $20 billion in weapon sales to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL], including fifty [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle']F-15 fighter jets[/URL] and advanced upgrade kits for Israel's existing F-15 jets. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-20-billion-weapons-us-aid-b6a99129c88a5dcc4a4753e20b5e19ec'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Iran%E2%80%93Israel_conflict']2024 Iran–Israel conflict[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93Hezbollah_conflict_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Israel–Hezbollah conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL] launches [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah']Hezbollah[/URL] targets in villages in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Lebanon']southern Lebanon[/URL], with two people killed in an airstrike in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraachit']Baraachit[/URL]. [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/8/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-10-killed-in-israeli-bombing-of-khan-younis-home?update=3116913'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Attica_wildfires']2024 Attica wildfires[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least one person is killed and dozens of others are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire']wildfires[/URL] across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece']Greece[/URL], with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_evacuation']evacuations[/URL] ordered for residents in at least one area near [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens']Athens[/URL]. [URL='https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/12/europe/greece-wildfires-evacuation-athens-intl/index.html/'](CNN)[/URL] [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/greece-1-dead-as-wildfires-bear-down-on-athens/a-69925451'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Sudan_floods']2024 Sudan floods[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 68 people are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL]'s worst flooding since 2019, impacting several [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internally_displaced_person']internally displaced person camps[/URL] amid the ongoing [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese civil war[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-68-killed-sudan-heavier-than-normal-rainy-season-2024-08-13/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Austria']Human rights in Austria[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Vienna_terrorism_plot']2024 Vienna terrorism plot[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria']Austrian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_Austria']Chancellor[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Nehammer']Karl Nehammer[/URL] announces a package of new [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterterrorism']anti-terrorism measures[/URL], including granting Austrian security services the ability to monitor private communications sent on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging']messaging[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media']social media apps[/URL] and decrypt [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encryption']encrypted messages[/URL], and restricting the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_assembly']right to assembly[/URL] of groups declared "[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-democracy']hostile to democracy[/URL]". [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/austria-plans-tougher-counter-terrorism-moves-after-taylor-swift-plot-2024-08-13/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Square_stabbing']Leicester Square stabbing[/URL] [LIST] [*]Ioan Pintaru, a 32-year-old [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness_in_England']homeless[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanians_in_the_United_Kingdom']Romanian[/URL] man, is [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_charge']charged[/URL] with [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_murder']attempted murder[/URL] and possession of a bladed article in relation to yesterday's stabbing of an 11-year-old girl in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Square']Leicester Square[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London']London[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England']England[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom']United Kingdom[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y3e6dl6wgo'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*]Thousands of doctors and university students participate in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkout']walkouts[/URL] and protests against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence']sexual violence[/URL] in cities across [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL] after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata']Kolkata[/URL] last week. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/india-doctors-protest-after-medic-raped-and-murdered/a-69928932'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2024_August_13"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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