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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153955" 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/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces" target="_blank">Russian forces</a> launch 270 drones and ten <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile" target="_blank">missiles</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_infrastructure" target="_blank">critical infrastructure</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltava_Oblast" target="_blank">Poltava</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernihiv_Oblast" target="_blank">Chernihiv Oblasts</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine" target="_blank">Ukraine</a>. <a href="https://www.kyivpost.com/post/58536" target="_blank">(Kyiv Post)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis" target="_blank">Gaza war hostage crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_forces" target="_blank">Israeli forces</a> kill Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_military_wing" target="_blank">Hamas military wing</a>, responsible for abducting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarden_Bibas" target="_blank">Yarden Bibas</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nir_Oz" target="_blank">Nir Oz</a>, Israel, during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks" target="_blank">October 7 attacks</a>. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-bibas-kidnapping.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a> <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-864702" target="_blank">(The Jerusalem Post)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war" target="_blank">Gaza war</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Sudanese civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank">United Nations</a> reports that a record 383 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid_workers" target="_blank">aid workers</a> were killed in the 2024 calendar year, up by 31% from 2023, including 181 who were killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza</a> and 60 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" target="_blank">Sudan</a>. There have already been 265 aid workers killed so far this year. <a href="https://www.dw.com/en/aid-worker-deaths-surge-in-gaza-un-report-says/a-73694336" target="_blank">(DW)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_bandit_conflict" target="_blank">Nigerian bandit conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 27 people are killed and several others are injured in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> by bandits at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque" target="_blank">mosque</a> in Unguwan Mantau community, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsina_State" target="_blank">Katsina State</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/bandits-kill-least-27-northern-nigeria-mosque-attack-officials-say-2025-08-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Business and economy<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Air_Canada_flight_attendants_strike" target="_blank">2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada" target="_blank">Air Canada</a> announces it will gradually restart operations tonight after it reached a tentative agreement with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Union_of_Public_Employees" target="_blank">Canadian Union of Public Employees</a>, which represents the company's over 10,000 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_attendants" target="_blank">flight attendants</a>. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/08/19/nx-s1-5507052/air-canada-flights-resume-flight-attendants-union-strike" target="_blank">(NPR)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least 71 people are killed, including 17 children, when a speeding passenger bus carrying deported migrants veers off a road and collides with a truck and motorcycle before catching fire in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzara_District" target="_blank">Guzara District</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herat_Province" target="_blank">Herat Province</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-provincial-government-road-accident-western-afghanistan-kills-71-2025-08-19/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a> <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/more-than-70-killed-after-bus-carrying-returning-afghans-hits-truck" target="_blank">(Al Jazeera)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Four people are killed and nearly a dozen others are injured in a fire at a warehouse in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Guayos_Municipality" target="_blank">Los Guayos Municipality</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabobo" target="_blank">Carabobo</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela" target="_blank">Venezuela</a>. <a href="https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/massive-fire-in-venezuela-los-guayos/871500/" target="_blank">(Cedar News)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eemeli_Peltonen" target="_blank">Eemeli Peltonen</a>, a 30-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland%23Members_of_the_Parliament" target="_blank">Finnish member of parliament</a>, commits <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide" target="_blank">suicide</a> inside the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House%2C_Helsinki" target="_blank">Parliament House</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki" target="_blank">Helsinki</a>. <a href="https://yle.fi/a/74-20178221" target="_blank">(Yle)</a></li>
</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_19" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153955, 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/Russian_strikes_against_Ukrainian_infrastructure_%282022%E2%80%93present%29']Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Armed_Forces']Russian forces[/URL] launch 270 drones and ten [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile']missiles[/URL] at [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_infrastructure']critical infrastructure[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltava_Oblast']Poltava[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernihiv_Oblast']Chernihiv Oblasts[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine']Ukraine[/URL]. [URL='https://www.kyivpost.com/post/58536']([I]Kyiv Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis']Gaza war hostage crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_forces']Israeli forces[/URL] kill Jihad Kamal Salem Najjar, a member of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas_military_wing']Hamas military wing[/URL], responsible for abducting [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israeli[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarden_Bibas']Yarden Bibas[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nir_Oz']Nir Oz[/URL], Israel, during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks']October 7 attacks[/URL]. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/world/middleeast/hamas-israel-bibas-kidnapping.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL] [URL='https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-864702']([I]The Jerusalem Post[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese_civil_war_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Sudanese civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations']United Nations[/URL] reports that a record 383 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aid_workers']aid workers[/URL] were killed in the 2024 calendar year, up by 31% from 2023, including 181 who were killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza[/URL] and 60 in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan']Sudan[/URL]. There have already been 265 aid workers killed so far this year. [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/aid-worker-deaths-surge-in-gaza-un-report-says/a-73694336'](DW)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_bandit_conflict']Nigerian bandit conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]At least 27 people are killed and several others are injured in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] by bandits at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque']mosque[/URL] in Unguwan Mantau community, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsina_State']Katsina State[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria']Nigeria[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/bandits-kill-least-27-northern-nigeria-mosque-attack-officials-say-2025-08-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Business and economy[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Air_Canada_flight_attendants_strike']2025 Air Canada flight attendants strike[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada']Air Canada[/URL] announces it will gradually restart operations tonight after it reached a tentative agreement with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Union_of_Public_Employees']Canadian Union of Public Employees[/URL], which represents the company's over 10,000 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_attendants']flight attendants[/URL]. [URL='https://www.npr.org/2025/08/19/nx-s1-5507052/air-canada-flights-resume-flight-attendants-union-strike'](NPR)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least 71 people are killed, including 17 children, when a speeding passenger bus carrying deported migrants veers off a road and collides with a truck and motorcycle before catching fire in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guzara_District']Guzara District[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herat_Province']Herat Province[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-provincial-government-road-accident-western-afghanistan-kills-71-2025-08-19/'](Reuters)[/URL] [URL='https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/19/more-than-70-killed-after-bus-carrying-returning-afghans-hits-truck'](Al Jazeera)[/URL] [*]Four people are killed and nearly a dozen others are injured in a fire at a warehouse in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Guayos_Municipality']Los Guayos Municipality[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carabobo']Carabobo[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela']Venezuela[/URL]. [URL='https://cedarnews.net/newstasks/massive-fire-in-venezuela-los-guayos/871500/'](Cedar News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eemeli_Peltonen']Eemeli Peltonen[/URL], a 30-year-old [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Finland%23Members_of_the_Parliament']Finnish member of parliament[/URL], commits [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide']suicide[/URL] inside the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_House%2C_Helsinki']Parliament House[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki']Helsinki[/URL]. [URL='https://yle.fi/a/74-20178221'](Yle)[/URL] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_19"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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