Drone strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces hits several Rapid Support Forces paramilitary targets in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, hours after a cargo aircraft landed in the area.
S&P 500
-0.28%
$7,652
BTC
+2.41%
$80,702
OIL (WTI)
-0.36%
$84
August 24, 2026 (Monday)
1.7 minutes to read
Armed conflicts and attacks
During a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, British prime minister Andy Burnham confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep-inside Russian territory.
The U.S. military Southern Command's Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere launches a strike on a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean on alleged drug traffickers, killing two people. The strike is the first reported in two months.
Two on-patrol Ethiopian peacekeepers of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are killed in an ambush in Jonglei State, South Sudan.
At least 47 people are killed and 22 others are injured in an overnight gang raid on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Business and economy
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announces Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign involving new sanctions against Iran in a effort to isolate the regime.
The Iranian rial reaches 2.02 million rials ahead of the U.S. dollar, a record-low, ahead of U.S. sanctions.
Health and environment
The Arkansas Department of Health reports seven new cases of cyclosporiasis in the state including the first cases in Ashley and Cleburne counties, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis, amidst a decline in the outbreak across the United States.
International relations
Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan announces that the country will soon formally apply for membership of the European Union.
Law and crime
South African police arrests four people in connection of the murder of former professional boxer Zolani Tete.
Syria's Grand Mufti Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun is found guilty of committing war crimes spanning nearly 14 years of civil war under Bashar al-Assad’s former regime and is sentenced to life in prison.
Politics and elections
The Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan declares the preliminary results from yesterday's election, stating that Ädilet secured 71% of the vote.
Get the app
