At least 40 people are killed and 19 others are injured in attacks by the Rapid Support Forces on a famine-stricken displacement camp in Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan.
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August 11, 2025 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian forces launch a ground assault in the direction of Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, with heavy clashes reported along multiple points on the front line.
Disasters and accidents
Two people are killed and another ten people are injured in an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, United States.
Health and environment
Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde.
International relations
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September.
The Norwegian Pension Fund divests from 11 Israeli companies and terminates its contracts with asset managers in Israel, following reports last week that it invested in an Israeli jet engine company that sold parts to the IDF.
Law and crime
Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June.
Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States.
The United States Department of State formally designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in response to the killings of civilians in Balochistan, Pakistan.
U.S. president Donald Trump places the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under federal government-control and orders 800 National Guard troops to enter Washington, D.C., allegedly to fight rising crime rates.
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