August 12, 2022 (Friday)

Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie is attacked at a public event in Chautauqua, New York, United States, sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. The suspect is arrested by New York State Police.

Eight people are killed and five others injured in a prison riot and shootings at a food shop and a pizzeria in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Two other premises are set on fire.

The German defence ministry suspends its military's aerial reconnaissance and transport operations in Mali after the government of Mali denied the departure of one of their flights.

At least a dozen vehicles are burned and several streets are blocked in the state of Baja California, mainly in the cities of Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada. This is the fourth major incident in the last week where arson and blocked streets have been reported.

A Belize-flagged ship departs Chornomorsk for Turkey, becoming the first wheat export from Ukraine under a United Nations-brokered deal.

The Environment Agency of England declares a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave.

A mass die-off of fish occurs in the Oder river in Poland. Polish officials call it an "ecological catastrophe" with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki vowing to "punish" those responsible. The public has been warned not to enter the water amid fears of possible contamination.

Three people are killed and 17 are missing after an overloaded boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Nine people are killed and 18 others injured after a microbus overturn in Minya, Egypt.

Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81.

South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol pardons former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yeong, who was on parole for bribery.

A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government.

A man kills a woman and two children at their home in Cetinje, Montenegro, before opening fire in the streets against random civilians, killing seven people and wounding six others. The perpetrator is later killed by an armed citizen.

Vice President of Paraguay Hugo Velázquez Moreno announces his resignation after being accused of corruption by the United States, which he denies being guilty of.