August 10, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

More than 500 people are detained by the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, under the Terrorism Act 2000 for attending a protest in support of the now proscribed organisation Palestine Action.

(Sky News)

Gaza war protests in the United KingdomGaza war

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Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

(BBC News), (Al Jazeera)

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Assassination of Anas Al-SharifGaza war

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Disasters and accidents

More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.

(MSN)

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Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.

(WJZ-TV)

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Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

(G1 Globo)

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A M_w6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 buildings and two mosque minarets to collapse in Balıkesir Province and Manisa.

(CNN Türkiye), (TRT Haber)

2025 Balıkesir earthquake

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International relations

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

(The Atlantic), (BBC News)

Russia–United States relations, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Law and crime

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

(AP)

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