A student is killed while nine other people are injured in a mass shooting at a junior secondary school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University in Zamboanga City, Philippines. The perpetrator, also a student, later kills himself.
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August 18, 2026 (Tuesday)
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Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema is declared the winner by the electoral commission, re-electing him to a second term.
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International relations
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Law and crime
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