At least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its plans to seize the city.
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August 24, 2025 (Sunday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces kill four Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site near the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.
Six people are killed and 86 others are injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen.
Disasters and accidents
Four people are killed when an air ambulance Cessna 206 crashes into the ground and explodes in Belén de Inambú, Vaupés Department, Colombia.
Law and crime
One person is critically injured in a stabbing attack at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium. A suspect is arrested.
Politics and elections
Sports
In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denmark's Clara Tauson in the first round of the 2025 US Open – Women's singles tournament.
August 23, 2025 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
More than 35 ISWAP fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the Cameroon–Nigeria border in Kumshe, Borno State, Nigeria.
Disasters and accidents
Seven students are killed and 28 others are injured in drownings on a school trip to the Abu Talat beach in Ajami, Alexandria, Egypt.
Law and crime
Indian police 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 Dharmasthala Temple in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, India.
The Sandiganbayan appellate court of the Philippines sentences Janet Lim-Napoles to 55 years in prison over the diversion of ₱7.55 million (US$133,600) in the Priority Development Assistance Fund involving Davao del Sur vice governor Marc Douglas Cagas IV.
Politics and elections
The Syrian electoral commission announces that the upcoming parliamentary election will exclude the Al-Hasakah, Raqqa, and Suwayda governorates due to security concerns, with seats for those regions left vacant until conditions allow voting.
Taiwan's referendum on reopening the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung fails to meet the legal threshold for it to be binding, despite a majority voting in favor, leaving the facility closed as the government continues its shift toward renewable energy and liquefied natural gas.
Sports
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation suspends Norwegian Olympic ski jumpers Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik for three months and fines them CHF 2,000 (US$2,500) each after they admitted to equipment tampering during the men's large hill event at the 2025 World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway.
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