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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 153960" 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/War_crimes_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_war_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" target="_blank">Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">A 31-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia" target="_blank">Russian</a> serviceman claims to have participated in the killing of five captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainians" target="_blank">Ukrainian</a> soldiers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlivka%2C_Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Karlivka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast" target="_blank">Donetsk Oblast</a>, Ukraine, in May 2024. <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russian-deserter-confesses-to-killing-5-captured-ukrainian-soldiers/ar-AA1L527j?ocid=winp1taskbar&amp;cvid=2e6da77fc5e540a7f97c2e18521858a4&amp;ei=49" target="_blank">(MSN)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency" target="_blank">Boko Haram insurgency</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">More than 35 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram" target="_blank">Boko Haram</a> fighters are killed in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike" target="_blank">airstrikes</a> by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force" target="_blank">Nigerian Air Force</a> during an attempted ground assault on troops near the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon%E2%80%93Nigeria_border" target="_blank">Cameroon–Nigeria border</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_%28Nigeria%29" target="_blank">North West Nigeria</a>. <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250823-nigerian-airforce-kills-at-least-35-jihadists-near-border-with-cameroon" target="_blank">(France 24)</a></li>
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</ul>Disasters and accidents<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">At least six students are killed and 24 others are injured in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning" target="_blank">drownings</a> during a school trip to the Abu Talat beach in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria" target="_blank">Alexandria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" target="_blank">Egypt</a>. <a href="https://people.com/students-drown-more-injured-school-trip-beach-alexandria-egypt-11796421" target="_blank">(People)</a></li>
</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmasthala_mass_burial_case" target="_blank">Dharmasthala mass burial case</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Police_Service" target="_blank">Indian police</a> arrest a man who recently alleged that he had been coerced into burying hundreds of bodies of women who were raped before being murdered from 1995 to 2014 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmasthala_Temple" target="_blank">Dharmasthala Temple</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmasthala" target="_blank">Dharmasthala</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka" target="_blank">Karnataka</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" target="_blank">India</a>. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm2z9zjgx7o" target="_blank">(BBC News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel_scam" target="_blank">Pork barrel scam</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandiganbayan" target="_blank">Sandiganbayan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_court" target="_blank">appellate court</a> sentences <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Lim-Napoles" target="_blank">Janet Lim-Napoles</a> to 55 years in prison over the diversion of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Peso" target="_blank">₱</a>7.55 million (US$133,600) in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_Development_Assistance_Fund" target="_blank">Priority Development Assistance Fund</a> involving <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_del_Sur" target="_blank">Davao del Sur</a> vice governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Douglas_Cagas_IV" target="_blank">Marc Douglas Cagas IV</a>. <a href="https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2099327/napoles-again-convicted-3-others-also-guilty-in-pork-scam-case" target="_blank">(Philippine Daily Inquirer)</a></li>
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</ul>Sports<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_FIS_Ski_Jumping_World_Cup" target="_blank">2025–26 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ski_and_Snowboard_Federation" target="_blank">International Ski and Snowboard Federation</a> suspends <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" target="_blank">Norwegian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumping_at_the_Winter_Olympics" target="_blank">Olympic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumpers" target="_blank">ski jumpers</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andr%C3%A9_Forfang" target="_blank">Johann André Forfang</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Lindvik" target="_blank">Marius Lindvik</a> for three months and fines them <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_franc" target="_blank">CHF</a> 2,000 (US$2,500) each after they admitted to equipment tampering during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_2025_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_individual_large_hill" target="_blank">men's large hill event</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_2025" target="_blank">2025 World Ski Championships</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondheim" target="_blank">Trondheim</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway" target="_blank">Norway</a>. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/sports/ski-jumping-norways-lindvik-forfang-accept-suspensions-over-suit-tampering-2025-08-23/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_23" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 153960, 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/War_crimes_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']War crimes in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoners_of_war_in_the_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine']Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/URL] [LIST] [*]A 31-year-old [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia']Russian[/URL] serviceman claims to have participated in the killing of five captured [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainians']Ukrainian[/URL] soldiers in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlivka%2C_Donetsk_Oblast']Karlivka[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donetsk_Oblast']Donetsk Oblast[/URL], Ukraine, in May 2024. [URL='https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russian-deserter-confesses-to-killing-5-captured-ukrainian-soldiers/ar-AA1L527j?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=2e6da77fc5e540a7f97c2e18521858a4&ei=49'](MSN)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram_insurgency']Boko Haram insurgency[/URL] [LIST] [*]More than 35 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram']Boko Haram[/URL] fighters are killed in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike']airstrikes[/URL] by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_Air_Force']Nigerian Air Force[/URL] during an attempted ground assault on troops near the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameroon%E2%80%93Nigeria_border']Cameroon–Nigeria border[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_West_%28Nigeria%29']North West Nigeria[/URL]. [URL='https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250823-nigerian-airforce-kills-at-least-35-jihadists-near-border-with-cameroon'](France 24)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Disasters and accidents[/B] [LIST] [*]At least six students are killed and 24 others are injured in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning']drownings[/URL] during a school trip to the Abu Talat beach in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria']Alexandria[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt']Egypt[/URL]. [URL='https://people.com/students-drown-more-injured-school-trip-beach-alexandria-egypt-11796421'](People)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmasthala_mass_burial_case']Dharmasthala mass burial case[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Police_Service']Indian police[/URL] arrest a man who recently alleged that he had been coerced into burying hundreds of bodies of women who were raped before being murdered from 1995 to 2014 at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmasthala_Temple']Dharmasthala Temple[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmasthala']Dharmasthala[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka']Karnataka[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India']India[/URL]. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm2z9zjgx7o'](BBC News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel_scam']Pork barrel scam[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandiganbayan']Sandiganbayan[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appellate_court']appellate court[/URL] sentences [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Lim-Napoles']Janet Lim-Napoles[/URL] to 55 years in prison over the diversion of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Peso']₱[/URL]7.55 million (US$133,600) in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priority_Development_Assistance_Fund']Priority Development Assistance Fund[/URL] involving [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davao_del_Sur']Davao del Sur[/URL] vice governor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Douglas_Cagas_IV']Marc Douglas Cagas IV[/URL]. [URL='https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2099327/napoles-again-convicted-3-others-also-guilty-in-pork-scam-case']([I]Philippine Daily Inquirer[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Sports[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025%E2%80%9326_FIS_Ski_Jumping_World_Cup']2025–26 FIS Ski Jumping World Cup[/URL] [LIST] [*]The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Ski_and_Snowboard_Federation']International Ski and Snowboard Federation[/URL] suspends [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway']Norwegian[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumping_at_the_Winter_Olympics']Olympic[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ski_jumpers']ski jumpers[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andr%C3%A9_Forfang']Johann André Forfang[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marius_Lindvik']Marius Lindvik[/URL] for three months and fines them [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_franc']CHF[/URL] 2,000 (US$2,500) each after they admitted to equipment tampering during the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_2025_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_individual_large_hill']men's large hill event[/URL] at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIS_Nordic_World_Ski_Championships_2025']2025 World Ski Championships[/URL] in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trondheim']Trondheim[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norway']Norway[/URL]. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/sports/ski-jumping-norways-lindvik-forfang-accept-suspensions-over-suit-tampering-2025-08-23/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_August_23"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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