Search operations are concluded on the mountainside residential area in Baguio, Philippines, with the final death toll from the Sunday landslide at ten.
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August 11, 2026 (Tuesday)
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Disasters and accidents
International relations
The government of Syria confirms their cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency to purge nuclear materials at a hidden facility in Syria, following a report by Axios on such plan after an agreement between Israel, Syria and the United States. Conversely, Israel threatens to bombard the site again if the materials remain, and to prevent access to the site.
Law and crime
The Criminal Court in Damascus sentenced deposed President Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia, and Atef Najib—former Political Security director in Daraa—in person. The rulings cite premeditated murder and crimes against humanity. Arrest warrants were simultaneously issued for all fugitives.
August 10, 2026 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The United States Central Command says that they have redirected 55 vessels linked to Iran since reinstating the blockade last July.
Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei appoints new leaders for Iran's military to replace their predecessors after they were killed during the initial Israel and U.S. airstrikes, including Ali Abdollahi as chief of staff, Kioumars Heydari as deputy commander, and Hossein Taeb as Basij commander.
Аt least 13 people were killed, including a child, and 39 others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia.
Disasters and accidents
A recent wildfire at the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia, is extinguished after 550 ha (1,400 acres) were burnt. However, new hotspots are also reported near the caldera.
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary in Manizales is confirmed to be among the buildings damaged after one of the towers collapsed following the earthquake.
A Mw 7.4 earthquake strikes Chocó Department, Colombia, causing widespread and heavy damage, and killing at least 164 people.
The Philippine civil defense office reports that at least 16 people were killed across Luzon, including seven in Baguio, by floods, landslides and weather-related accidents after nine days of heavy monsoon rain, while three others remain missing.
Health and environment
The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo started in February before its declaration, with some cases attributed to malaria and typhoid.
International relations
Colombia becomes the second country to recognize the Golan Heights, a region in southwestern Syria that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, as part of Israel's sovereignty.
Law and crime
In Pakistan, the Sindh government announces that a judicial commission headed by a judge of the Sindh High Court would investigate businessman Mir Raza Ali's death. The decision followed a recommendation by the Sindh Assembly.
Nonthaburi Provincial Administrative Organization president Thongchai Yenprasert is killed in a shooting at a government building in Nonthaburi province, Thailand. Former parliament member Chalong Riewrang is taken into custody over corruption.
Politics and elections
Upon petition from Rodina, the liberal Yabloko party is barred from participating in the 2026 Russian legislative election on charges of unregistered funding, a controversial copyright infringement, and extremism by the Supreme Court of Russia.
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