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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153959" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<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_Strip_famine" target="_blank">Gaza Strip famine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations" target="_blank">UN</a>-backed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Food_Security_Phase_Classification" target="_blank">Integrated Food Security Phase Classification</a> officially declares a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine" target="_blank">famine</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Governorate" target="_blank">Gaza Governorate</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip" target="_blank">Gaza Strip</a>, while conditions in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate" target="_blank">North Gaza Governorate</a> are estimated to be as severe or worse. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OHCHR" target="_blank">Office for Human Rights</a> states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_government" target="_blank">Israeli government</a>, while the Israeli government disputes the report and its methodology. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/world/middleeast/famine-gaza-city-israel.html" target="_blank">(The New York Times)</a><a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/turk-says-gaza-governorate-famine-direct-result-israeli-government-actions" target="_blank">(OHCHR)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_Crisis" target="_blank">Red Sea Crisis</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi" target="_blank">Houthi</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile" target="_blank">ballistic missile</a> breaks up and a Houthi drone is intercepted over southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>. <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-downs-houthi-drone-over-southern-israel-after-several-failed-attempts/" target="_blank">(The Times of Israel)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_campaign_%282023%E2%80%93present%29" target="_blank">Darfur campaign</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights" target="_blank">Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights</a> reports paramilitary attacks in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur" target="_blank">Darfur</a>, Sudan, left 89 civilians dead in 10 days. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/sudan-far-ataques-milicias-guerra-9ee980b4c55a4cd8111c16c0f4a3c680" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_insurgency" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five police officers are killed in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting" target="_blank">mass shooting</a> by unknown gunmen while patrolling on a highway in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" target="_blank">Sistan and Baluchestan province</a>, Iran. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-policia-tiroteo-sistan-baluchistan-pistoleros-cb687876d9bd8968f18a429d084878a2" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war" target="_blank">Syrian civil war</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Three people are killed, including both attackers, in an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State" target="_blank">Islamic State</a> suicide bombing and shooting at a checkpoint in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor" target="_blank">Deir ez-Zor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" target="_blank">Syria</a>. <a href="https://shafaq.com/en/Middle-East/ISIS-suicide-attack-targets-checkpoint-in-Syria-s-Deir-ez-Zor" target="_blank">(Shafaq News)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A part of the under construction <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianzha_Yellow_River_Bridge" target="_blank">Jianzha Yellow River Bridge</a> collapses into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River" target="_blank">Yellow River</a> on the border of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainca_County" target="_blank">Jainca County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai" target="_blank">Qinghai</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China" target="_blank">China</a>, killing twelve people and leaving four others missing. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-bridge-collapse-yellow-river-video-state-media-say-6-deaths/" target="_blank">(CBC News)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Five people are killed and 49 others are injured, including several airlifted, when a tour bus loses control and overturns on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90_in_New_York" target="_blank">Interstate 90 West</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke%2C_New_York" target="_blank">Pembroke</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_County%2C_New_York" target="_blank">Genesee County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29" target="_blank">New York</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" target="_blank">United States</a>. <a href="https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/genesee-county/all-lanes-closed-after-bus-crash-on-i-90-in-pembroke/" target="_blank">(WIVB)</a> <a href="https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/08/tour-bus-from-niagara-falls-overturns-in-new-york-4-dead-dozens-hurt/" target="_blank">(BNO News)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_Garcia" target="_blank">Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Illegally deported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador" target="_blank">Salvadoran</a> national Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from jail in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookville%2C_Tennessee" target="_blank">Cookville</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_County%2C_Tennessee" target="_blank">Putnam County</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee" target="_blank">Tennessee</a>, United States, to reunite with family while awaiting trial on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_smuggling" target="_blank">people smuggling</a> charges. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-jail-release-deportation-trial-6eb8e95da3bfb7b7ed89dc156702b295" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaymaniyah" target="_blank">Sulaymaniyah</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Region" target="_blank">Kurdistan Region</a>, Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" target="_blank">Iraqi</a> president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talabani" target="_blank">Jalal Talabani</a>. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/irak-politico-kurdo-detenido-enfrentamientos-065433c8fcf6298c9a417668820c8d49" target="_blank">(AP)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof_cabinet" target="_blank">Schoof cabinet</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank">Dutch Foreign Minister</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Veldkamp" target="_blank">Caspar Veldkamp</a> resigns from the current <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank">cabinet</a> after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy" target="_blank">People's Party for Freedom and Democracy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Citizen_Movement" target="_blank">Farmer–Citizen Movement</a> over implementing additional sanctions against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>. <a href="https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/no-extra-measures-against-israel-dutch-foreign-minister-resigns/" target="_blank">(DutchNews.nl)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_22" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153959, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war']Gaza war[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_famine']Gaza Strip famine[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations']UN[/URL]-backed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Food_Security_Phase_Classification']Integrated Food Security Phase Classification[/URL] officially declares a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famine']famine[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Governorate']Gaza Governorate[/URL] in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip']Gaza Strip[/URL], while conditions in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate']North Gaza Governorate[/URL] are estimated to be as severe or worse. The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OHCHR']Office for Human Rights[/URL] states that the famine is the direct result of actions taken by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_government']Israeli government[/URL], while the Israeli government disputes the report and its methodology. [URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/world/middleeast/famine-gaza-city-israel.html']([I]The New York Times[/I])[/URL][URL='https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/turk-says-gaza-governorate-famine-direct-result-israeli-government-actions']([I]OHCHR[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Sea_Crisis']Red Sea Crisis[/URL] [LIST] [*]A [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houthi']Houthi[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile']ballistic missile[/URL] breaks up and a Houthi drone is intercepted over southern [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]. [URL='https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-downs-houthi-drone-over-southern-israel-after-several-failed-attempts/']([I]The Times of Israel[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_campaign_%282023%E2%80%93present%29']Darfur campaign[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights']Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights[/URL] reports paramilitary attacks in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur']Darfur[/URL], Sudan, left 89 civilians dead in 10 days. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/sudan-far-ataques-milicias-guerra-9ee980b4c55a4cd8111c16c0f4a3c680'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_insurgency']Sistan and Baluchestan insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*]Five police officers are killed in a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shooting']mass shooting[/URL] by unknown gunmen while patrolling on a highway in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province']Sistan and Baluchestan province[/URL], Iran. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/iran-policia-tiroteo-sistan-baluchistan-pistoleros-cb687876d9bd8968f18a429d084878a2'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war']Syrian civil war[/URL] [LIST] [*]Three people are killed, including both attackers, in an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State']Islamic State[/URL] suicide bombing and shooting at a checkpoint in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_ez-Zor']Deir ez-Zor[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria']Syria[/URL]. [URL='https://shafaq.com/en/Middle-East/ISIS-suicide-attack-targets-checkpoint-in-Syria-s-Deir-ez-Zor'](Shafaq News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]A part of the under construction [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jianzha_Yellow_River_Bridge']Jianzha Yellow River Bridge[/URL] collapses into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River']Yellow River[/URL] on the border of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jainca_County']Jainca County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qinghai']Qinghai[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China']China[/URL], killing twelve people and leaving four others missing. [URL='https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-bridge-collapse-yellow-river-video-state-media-say-6-deaths/'](CBC News)[/URL] [*]Five people are killed and 49 others are injured, including several airlifted, when a tour bus loses control and overturns on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_90_in_New_York']Interstate 90 West[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembroke%2C_New_York']Pembroke[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee_County%2C_New_York']Genesee County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_%28state%29']New York[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States']United States[/URL]. [URL='https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/western-new-york/genesee-county/all-lanes-closed-after-bus-crash-on-i-90-in-pembroke/'](WIVB)[/URL] [URL='https://bnonews.com/index.php/2025/08/tour-bus-from-niagara-falls-overturns-in-new-york-4-dead-dozens-hurt/'](BNO News)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deportation_of_Kilmar_Abrego_Garcia']Deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia[/URL] [LIST] [*]Illegally deported [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Salvador']Salvadoran[/URL] national Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from jail in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookville%2C_Tennessee']Cookville[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_County%2C_Tennessee']Putnam County[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee']Tennessee[/URL], United States, to reunite with family while awaiting trial on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_smuggling']people smuggling[/URL] charges. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garcia-jail-release-deportation-trial-6eb8e95da3bfb7b7ed89dc156702b295'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [*]At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaymaniyah']Sulaymaniyah[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurdistan_Region']Kurdistan Region[/URL], Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq']Iraqi[/URL] president [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalal_Talabani']Jalal Talabani[/URL]. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/irak-politico-kurdo-detenido-enfrentamientos-065433c8fcf6298c9a417668820c8d49'](AP)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof_cabinet']Schoof cabinet[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_of_the_Netherlands']Dutch Foreign Minister[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Veldkamp']Caspar Veldkamp[/URL] resigns from the current [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_Netherlands']cabinet[/URL] after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_for_Freedom_and_Democracy']People's Party for Freedom and Democracy[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer%E2%80%93Citizen_Movement']Farmer–Citizen Movement[/URL] over implementing additional sanctions against [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel']Israel[/URL]. [URL='https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/no-extra-measures-against-israel-dutch-foreign-minister-resigns/'](DutchNews.nl)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_22"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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