The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launch eight drone and land attacks across El Obeid, North Kordofan. Two people are reported to be killed during the attacks.
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August 12, 2026 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The RSF launch drone strikes across multiple cities in Sudan, including its capital Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman in Khartoum State, and the River Nile cites of Ad-Damir and Atbara.
A failed attack against the Tayoltita Airfield, in San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico, leaves one gunman killed and two soldiers wounded. Authorities deploy an operative in the zone to secure the area and search for the remaining attackers.
A drone strike is reported on a Zawiya electrical substation in western Libya, causing a fire and power outages.
Two Colombian soldiers are killed and 17 more are wounded in an ambush by FARC dissidents in Algeciras, Huila.
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
Politics and elections
Cook Islanders vote to elect all 24 seats of Parliament amid a cost-of-living crisis and debate regarding a past partnership agreement with China. Incumbent prime minister Mark Brown faces a challenge from Cook Islands United leader Teariki Heather.
The Rapid Support Forces-appointed governor of Sudan's Kordofan region, Hamad Mohammad Hamad Khalifa, resigns and announces he will defect.
Science and technology
A total solar eclipse occurs in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, with partial eclipses visible over much of northern North America, Europe (except most of Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria and Russia), northwestern Africa and northern Asian Russia. It is the first total eclipse observable in mainland Europe since August 1999.
Astronomers studying the little red dots found by the James Webb Space Telescope announce in Nature the discovery of the black hole star. The first object classed as such, MoM-BH*-1, in the constellation of Cetus, is the size of the Solar System and emits a pure light that outshines its host galaxy.
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