Portal:Current events/August 2022
August 2022 was the eighth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Monday, ended on a Wednesday after 31 days.
Portal:Current events[edit]
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2022.
August 1, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War on terror
- Afghanistan conflict
- Drone strikes in Afghanistan
- Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
- A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year. (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
- Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
- Drone strikes in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan conflict
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region. (JAM news)
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky and Virginia, United States, increases to 35 with 37 people missing. (Lexington Herald Leader)
- Twenty-four people are killed by heavy flooding in eastern Uganda. (Reuters)
- Nine people are killed and 76 others are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Bent Bayya, Wadi al Hayaa District, Libya. (AP)
- More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States as wildfires continue to spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. (CNN)
- A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps helicopter carrying several senior Pakistan Army officials crashes in Balochistan. Rescuers have not yet reached the crash site due to ongoing floods in the region. (India Today)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in India
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Peru
- Ghana reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- New Zealand has fully reopened its international borders after two years, becoming the last country in the western world to open for tourists. (BBC News)
International relations
- A post made by the VK social media account of Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former President of Russia, refers to Georgia and Kazakhstan as "artificial" creations and advocates the return of the two countries to Russian sovereignty. The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers. (RFE/RL)
Law and crime
- Persecution of Baháʼís
- Iran announces the arrest of several members of the Baháʼí Faith on charges of spying. (Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Cook Islands general election
- Citizens of the Cook Islands head to the polls to vote in a general election. (Foreign Brief)
August 2, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Three people evacuating in a minibus are killed by Russian shelling near Kherson Oblast, according to Ukraine's Operational Command South. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- Fifty-three people are injured after a suspected gas leak in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- California declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (UPI)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- The Department of Health announces that the Philippines have reported their first two cases of the Omicron BA.2.75 variant in two individuals from Western Visayas. (GMA) (Rappler)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the eighth country to do so. (The Chosun Ilbo)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
International relations
- Taiwan–United States relations
- Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit
- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan despite Chinese threats of military action in response to her visit. Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit the self-governing island since Newt Gingrich in 1997. (CBC)
- The People's Liberation Army is placed on high alert and says that it will launch "targeted military operations" in response to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. (Reuters)
- Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- Abortion in Kansas
- 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment
- In the first referendum since the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Kansas voters reject an amendment in the state constitution that would grant state lawmakers the ability to apply anti-abortion restrictions. (ABC News) (BBC News)
- 2022 Kansas Value Them Both Amendment
- In the first legal challenge to a state's abortion law since the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) files a lawsuit in a federal court against the state of Idaho to block a state law that the DOJ says imposes a "near-absolute ban" on abortion in Idaho. (Reuters)
- Abortion in Kansas
Politics and elections
- The Russian Supreme Court declares the Azov Regiment a terrorist organization. (Euractiv)
August 3, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Taliban–ISIL conflict
- Two Taliban policemen and three Islamic State gunmen are killed during a gunbattle at a hideout in Kabul. Four other officers are wounded. (Gandhara)
- Taliban–ISIL conflict
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Reignited clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Seventeen people are killed and four others are injured after a minibus collides with a truck in Juhaynah, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. (Gulf News)
- Two people are killed after heavy flooding in The Gambia. (Reuters)
- Eight people are injured after an explosion at a factory in Bergerac, France. (Business Standard)
International relations
- Cross-Strait relations
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
- China warns airlines to avoid areas near Taiwan as it conducts military exercises in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island. (Bloomberg)
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
Law and crime
- Three people are killed and six others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Anfu County, Jiangxi, China. (ABC News)
- Belarusian journalist Iryna Slaunikava is sentenced to five years in prison amidst a government crackdown on the media following protests that occurred after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. (RFE/RL)
- American basketball player Brittney Griner is sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court after being found guilty of bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Prime Minister of Peru Aníbal Torres resigns citing "personal reasons", amid multiple criminal investigations focusing on president Pedro Castillo. (Reuters)
- The former chairman of the Union of Values and federal presidential candidate for the AfD, Max Otte, is legally expelled from the CDU. (Der Spiegel)
August 4, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- A Russian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others, at a bus stop in Toretsk, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (Ukrinform)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Amnesty International releases a report alleging Ukrainian forces have endangered civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas, schools, hospitals, violating international humanitarian law as they turn civilian objects into military targets. (Amnesty International)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Thirteen people, including nine civilians, are killed in a militant attack in Bam, Burkina Faso; thirty-four insurgents are also killed. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The Bank of England raises its benchmark interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed when a truck collides with a commuter bus in Central Region, Ghana. (UNOI)
- Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by a lightning strike at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., United States. (CBC)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The Biden administration declares the ongoing monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency. (MSN)
- The United States Food and Drug Administration announces that it will permit the use of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine in children on a case by case basis. (ABC News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
- South Africa reports its first death linked to the COVID-19 vaccine in a person who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
International relations
- Cross-Strait relations
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
- China launches missiles off the coast of Taiwan as part of military exercises conducted following the visit from U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (Reuters) (AP)
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
August 5, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine's nuclear agency Energoatom says that Russian rockets have caused damage to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line. (BBC News)
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- Volodymyr Saldo, the head of the Russian occupational administration in Kherson Oblast, is hospitalized, with former FSB officer Sergei Eliseev taking over his post temporarily. (Newsweek)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Israel launches a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, including a number against Palestinian Islamic Jihad's facilities. Ten people are killed and 55 others are wounded, including PIJ military leader Tayseer Jabari. (Al Jazeera)
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
- Eight people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bomb hidden in a cart explodes near a Shiite mosque in Kabul. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Arabiya)
- 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Casamance conflict
- The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance signs a peace deal with the government of Senegal, pledging to lay down its arms in order to work towards a permanent solution. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree banning investors from "unfriendly countries" from selling their assets in Russian banks, strategic entities, and energy and commodity projects until December 31. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Mountain B nightclub fire
- Fourteen people are killed and over 40 others injured in a fire at a nightclub in Sattahip district, Chonburi province, Thailand. (BBC News)
- 2022 Pakistan floods
- The death toll from the flash floods in Pakistan increases to 550. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and 44 others injured in a fire at a hospital in Icheon, South Korea. (Korea Times)
- Ten people are killed in a house fire in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)
- One person is killed and another is injured after heavy flooding in Dakar, Senegal. (Reuters)
- Fifteen people are injured when an SUV crashes into a Native American parade in Gallup, New Mexico, United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- A Texas jury reaches a verdict against Alex Jones and orders that he pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election
- Provisional results show that the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition wins 82 seats, falling 1 seat short of an absolute majority, while 80 seats were won by the opposition coalitions Yewwi Askan Wi and Wallu Sénégal. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- 2022 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
- The opposition Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Terrance Drew, wins the snap general election to the National Assembly. Drew becomes the prime minister-elect. (The St Kitts & Nevis Observer)
August 6, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Israel launches airstrikes for the second day in the Gaza Strip, killing 14 people and injuring several others. Nineteen Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are also arrested in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Operation Breaking Dawn
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed and 32 others are injured when a bus carrying pilgrims from Poland to Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, crashes in Podvorec, Croatia. (BBC News)
- One person is killed and at least 121 others are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba. (Reuters)
- Four people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus travelling from Istanbul, Turkey, to Bucharest, Romania, crashes near Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. (AP)
Politics and elections
August 7, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Israel and the Islamic Jihad agree to a ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip. (CNN)
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Mali War
- Forty-two soldiers and four civilians are killed during an attack near the town of Tessit by Islamic State in the Greater Sahara gunmen. Twenty-two other soldiers are wounded, and 37 of the attackers are also killed. (Al Jazeera)
- Mali War
- Ituri conflict, 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Twenty people are killed when suspected Islamists attack two villages in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Senior Pakistani Taliban militant Omar Khalid Khorasani and three other militants are killed as their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Colombian presidential election
- Gustavo Petro is inaugurated as the first left-wing president of Colombia. (The Globe and Mail)
August 8, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Northern Chad
- The government of Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in Doha, Qatar. However, the main rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad rejects the agreement, saying that negotiators had not listened to their demands, which included the release of political prisoners. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The Pentagon announces that it will send Ukraine an additional $1 billion in military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives, the largest such aid package to the country since the start of the invasion. (The Washington Post)
International relations
- Russia–United States relations
- Russia suspends New START arms inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to travel restrictions imposed by the United States and its allies. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation executes a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the primary residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump, as part of a Justice Department investigation into Trump. (CNN)
August 9, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
- Multiple explosions are reported at a Russian military air base near Novofedorivka in western Crimea. At least one person is killed and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities. (Reuters) (Sky News)
- 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, local head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and two other people are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus. At least 40 others are injured. (BBC News)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Four Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Reuters)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Fifteen troops are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Bam Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Four civilians and a soldier are killed, and another civilian is wounded, during three separate attacks by Boko Haram gunmen in the Far North Region, Cameroon. (Xinhua)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Transneft says that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine's pipeline operator UkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic's pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 South Korean floods
- Nine people are killed by flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
- Matanzas oil storage facility explosion
- Firefighters in Cuba bring a catastrophic fire at an oil terminal in Matanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespread blackouts. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
- The Marshall Islands confirm their first community transmission cases of COVID-19 in the capital Majuro. The government subsequently announces that the start of the school year will be delayed and suspends flights and boat travel to the country's outer islands. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
International relations
- Moldova–Russia relations
- Russia bans the import of agricultural products from Moldova from August 15 due to "repeated detection of dangerous quarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia". (Reuters)
Law and crime
- A man is arrested for the killings of three Pakistani men last month and for the murder of an Afghan man in November 2021 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. The alleged killer targeted the victims "because he was angry over his daughter marrying a Shiite Muslim"; all the victims were Shiite. (Al Jazeera)
- The driver of a pickup truck that collided with a motorcycle procession and killed seven people in Randolph, New Hampshire, United States in 2019 is acquitted on all charges. (New York Times)
Politics and elections
Science and technology
- Discoveries of exoplanets
- Radio astronomers have discovered a newborn, Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting the star AS 209, using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array telescope in Chile. (Space.com)
- Roscosmos launches the Iranian Space Agency's Earth observation satellite Khayyam from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 44th Chess Olympiad
- The Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, concludes, with Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov winning the open event. (The Indian Express)
August 10, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Russian forces install air defence systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, according to the head of Moscow-appointed administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Yevhen Balytskyi. (MSN)
- A Russian missile strike in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills at least 13 civilians and injures 11 others. (The New York Times)
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Mexican drug war
- Cartel gunmen in Mexico burn down dozens of stores and block streets with burning cars in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato in response to arrests of cartel figures by the National Guard. (AP)
Business and economy
- COVID-19 recession
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores in Italy after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy. The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in the country. (BBC News)
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Disasters and accidents
- A house explodes in Evansville, Indiana, United States, killing at least three people, injuring one and damaging at least 39 nearby houses. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Anti-government protests occur in Sierra Leone, calling for the removal of President Julius Maada Bio. Both protestors and policemen are killed during clashes. (The Washington Post)
- Uzbekistan's embassy in Russia warns its citizens not to join Russian forces invading Ukraine, saying that those who do so will be criminally liable for mercenaryism upon returning to Uzbekistan. (EuroWeekly News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Papua New Guinean general election
- James Marape is re-elected unopposed as Prime Minister by the Parliament after his party Pangu Pati won the general election in July. (The Guardian)
August 11, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Three soldiers are killed in an attack at a military base in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Two of the attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout. (Reuters)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Cleric Rahimullah Haqqani is killed by a suicide bomber at a seminary in Kabul, Afghanistan. IS-KP claims responsibility for the killing. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
- Five people are killed and 100 others injured as security forces clashes with protesters demanding presidential election be held in November in Somaliland. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Thirty-four people are injured after two rollercoaster trains collided at the Legoland Deutschland amusement park in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. (CNBC)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
- The Marshall Islands confirms its first death from COVID-19 in a person from Majuro. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
International relations
- Latvia–Russia relations
- The Latvian Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine. (Voice of America)
- Estonia and Latvia formally withdraw from the Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries group amid tensions with China over its human rights record and its support of Russia's war on Ukraine. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Sierra Leone declares a nationwide curfew amid anti-government protests that have killed two policemen and one civilian. The West African country is currently experiencing record inflation. (Reuters)
- Cincinnati FBI field office attack
- A gunman wearing body armor attempts to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police. (The New York Times)
- A man takes several employees hostage at a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire. Police officers, soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building. (The Guardian)
- At least eight people are killed in police raids in Curitiba, Brazil. (Infobae)
Politics and elections
- Occupied territories of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
- The Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast begins preparations for a referendum on the region's accession to Russia, which will be held on September 11. (RBK) (TV Center)
- 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
August 12, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Mali War
- 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. (Bloomberg News)
- Mali War
- Mexican drug war
- 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. (MSN) (CBS News)
- 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. (KGTV)
- Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
- 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. (Reuters) (AP)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Belize-flagged ship departs Chornomorsk for Turkey, becoming the first wheat export from Ukraine under a United Nations-brokered deal. (Swissinfo)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 United Kingdom heat wave
- The Environment Agency of England declares a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Oder environmental disaster
- 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. (Sky News)
- Three people are killed and 17 are missing after an overloaded boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh, India. (Reuters)
- Nine people are killed and 18 others injured after a microbus overturn in Minya, Egypt. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia
- Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81. (Pacific Daily News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia
Law and crime
- 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis
- A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government. (1 News)
- 2022 Cetinje shooting
- 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. (NDTV)
- South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol pardons former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yeong, who was on parole for bribery. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 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. (AP)
August 13, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia says that it has captured the village of Pisky, in Donetsk Oblast, while Ukrainian forces say that they have destroyed a bridge in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast. (AP)
- Russian occupation of Mykolaiv Oblast
- Establishment of pro-Russian Mykolaiv military–civilian administration with seat in Snihurivka is announced, Yuri Barbashov becomes its head. It probably began functioning some days earlier. (360tv.ru)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pacific typhoon season
- Tropical Storm Meari makes landfall in central Japan, causing heavy rain and high winds. 72,000 people are evacuated from the city of Shizuoka. (Bloomberg News)
- 2022 Oder environmental disaster
- The German environment ministry says that an unknown, highly toxic substance is responsible for the mass die-off of wildlife in the Oder river. High levels of mercury have also been found in the river. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says that the river will take years to "return to normal". (CNN)
- One person is killed and 40 others are injured when a stage at a music festival in Cullera, Valencia, Spain, collapses due to high winds caused by a nearby heat burst. (Reuters) (RTVE)
- Flooding in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills two people and also damages The Linq hotel. (CBS News)
Law and crime
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- The Taliban violently disperse a demonstration by women's rights activists who were marching to the education ministry in Kabul to demand broader rights, by chasing and beating women and firing gunshots into the air. (Al Jazeera)
- One person is killed and 17 others are injured after a driver plows his car into a fundraiser for victims of a house fire that killed ten people earlier in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. The perpetrator then kills his mother in a nearby town before being arrested. (The New York Times)
Sports
- Romanian swimmer David Popovici breaks the 13-year-old world record for the 100m freestyle with a time of 46.86. (SwimSwam)
August 14, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically. Israeli police later raid the Silwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The government blames organized crime groups. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Giza church fire
- At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint Mercurius Coptic Orthodox church in Giza, Egypt. (BBC News)
- 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- More than 1,500 people are evacuated from Zaragoza, Spain, due to wildfires. (EMEA Tribune)
- 2022 Yerevan explosion
- Six people are killed, 60 others injured and 18 more are missing in an explosion at a fireworks storage area of a mall in Yerevan, Armenia. The city's mayor stated that there were people trapped under rubble. (Al Jazeera)
- Seven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Pengzhou, Sichuan, China. (AP)
August 15, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Mali War
- Operation Barkhane
- France formally ends its military intervention in Mali after withdrawing its last remaining troops from a military base in Gao. The base was handed over to Malian Armed Forces before the French forces crossed into neighbouring Niger. (Ecofin Agency)
- Four Russian Wagner Group paramilitaries are killed during an ambush by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants in Bandiagara. (Africanews)
- Operation Barkhane
- War in Afghanistan
- Fall of Kabul
- The Taliban stages a Victory Day parade on the first anniversary of the capture of Kabul. (CBS News)
- Fall of Kabul
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Israel launches a series of airstrikes on Damascus and Tartus, Syria, killing three soldiers and injuring three others. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
- The United Kingdom approves a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant and other variants of SARS-CoV-2, becoming the first country to do so. (EuroWeekly News)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
International relations
- Liberia–United States relations
- The United States imposes sanctions on three senior members of the cabinet of Liberian president George Weah, accusing them of corruption. (AP)
- Prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern announces the deployment of 120 New Zealand troops to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian forces. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2021 Myanmar coup d'état
- The military junta court sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison for corruption. (France 24)
- A lawsuit is filed against the Central Intelligence Agency and its former director Mike Pompeo, accusing the agency of spying on lawyers and journalists who met with Julian Assange. (Axios)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Kenyan general election
- The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declares William Ruto as the winner of the election. (AP)
Sports
- FIFA suspends the All India Football Federation for violating its statutes on third-party interference. India is stripped of its hosting rights for international football tournaments, including the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup scheduled for October 2022. (Deutsche Welle)
August 16, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- An explosion occurs at an ammunition depot in northern Crimea, forcing the evacuation of civilians. Observers suggest that the depot may have been hit by Ukrainian forces. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- 2022 Jarqli airstrikes
- Turkish airstrikes on a military base in Aleppo Governorate kill at least 16 Syrian soldiers. (Al Mayadeen)
- 2022 Jarqli airstrikes
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- Sinai insurgency
- Hamza Adel Al-Zamili, a leader of the Islamic State – Sinai Province and mastermind of the 2017 Sinai mosque attack, is killed by Egyptian soldiers during an operation. Nine other militants are also killed and three arrested. (Arab News) (The Jerusalem Post)
- South Thailand insurgency
- A ranger is killed while seven policemen and two civilians are injured as two bombs explode at a rubber plantation in Narathiwat, Thailand. (The Sun)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two policemen are killed when gunmen open fire on them as they are escorting polio workers in Gomal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus collides with a tanker truck in Jalalpur Pirwala, Punjab, Pakistan. (Xinhua News Agency)
- Six people are killed and several others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and nine others are injured when a test car crashes into traffic in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
- A Sudanese official reports that 66 people have been killed and 24,000 homes and buildings have been damaged since flooding began in June. (ABC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- U.S. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19. (NPR)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Law and crime
- Human rights in Saudi Arabia
- A Saudi Arabian woman is sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting dissidents on Twitter. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- The prime minister of Vanuatu Bob Loughman asks for the dissolution of parliament as he faces a vote of no-confidence. (RNZ Pacific)
August 17, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Northeastern Ukraine campaign
- Battle of Kharkiv
- A Russian missile hits a dormitory in Kharkiv, killing seven civilians and injuring 16 others, according to the city's mayor and top military administrator. (Ukrainska Pravda) (The Guardian)
- Battle of Kharkiv
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Northeastern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
- Twenty-one people are killed and 33 others are injured by a mosque bombing in Kabul. (BBC News)
- August 2022 Kabul mosque bombing
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Inflation in the United Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- Matanzas oil storage facility explosion
- The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, rises to 16. All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze. (BBC News)
- Twenty-six people are killed by wildfires in Algeria, mostly in the city of El Taref. (BBC News).
International relations
Law and crime
- Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery. (Reuters)
- The High Court of Australia rules that Google is not liable for defamatory material within hyperlinks that it serves as part of its search results. (Axios)
Science and technology
- Archaeologists discover one of the largest megalithic sites in Europe on a farm in southern Spain. The site dates back 7,000 years and contains more than 500 standing stones. (The Times)
August 18, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign, 2022 Western Russia attacks
- Explosions are reported at military facilities in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia, and are believed to have been launched by Ukraine. An explosion and large fire occur at an arms depot near Timonovo. Explosions are also reported at Stary Oskol Airport and in Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast. (Forbes)
- Explosions are reported at Sevastopol International Airport. The Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev says that Russian air defences have shot down a Ukrainian Air Force drone near the airport. (Reuters)
- Residents of Kerch and nearby villages in eastern Crimea report multiple explosions. Crimean officials say that air defences were activated near the city but that "there is no danger to the town or the Crimean Bridge". (Yahoo! News)
- Southern Ukraine campaign, 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Mali War
- France–Mali relations
- Mali accuses its former ally France of arming jihadist terrorist groups in order to destabilize the country. Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop tells the United Nations that French aircraft are violating the country's airspace and dropping "arms and ammunition" to terrorist groups on the ground. France denies the accusations. (DW)
- France–Mali relations
- Insurgency in Northern Chad
- Timane Erdimi, leader of the Chadian rebel group Rally of Forces for Change and nephew of slain Chadian president Idriss Déby, returns to the country from his 17-year exile in Qatar to participate in a peace process between the government and numerous rebel groups. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The European Union statistics office reports that inflation in the Eurozone increased to a record 8.9% in July. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 European derecho
- Six people are killed and 12 others are injured by strong winds on the island of Corsica, France. (AP)
- Two people are killed and 20 others are injured by flooding in the region of Tuscany, Italy. (Rai News)
- Five people are killed by storms in Austria. (BBC News)
- 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- The death toll from wildfires in Algeria increases to 38 with 200 others suffering from burns and respiratory problems. Firefighters are still trying to contain 39 forest fires in the north of the country, according to officials. (BBC News)
- Sixteen people are killed and 36 others are reported missing after heavy rain causes flooding in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai, China. (Reuters)
International relations
- Taiwan–United States relations
- Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Sarah Bianchi and Taiwanese minister John Deng announce that Taiwan and the United States will seek formal trade relations with each other, including cooperation on agricultural and digital trade, harmonizing anti-corruption standards, and addressing "significant distortions" caused by state-owned enterprises. (BBC News)
- Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says that China will oppose any trade deals with the Taiwanese government and also told the U.S. government to "stop making misjudgements". Commerce Ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting also says that China will take steps to safeguard its interests. (Bloomberg) (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2021 Hong Kong democrats mass arrests, Hong Kong national security law
- As the trial against 47 pro-democracy activists begins in Hong Kong, it is announced that 29 activists, including Joshua Wong and Benny Tai, will plead guilty and 18 activists, including Leung Kwok-hung, will plead not guilty. (Time)
- A political organization in Guinea accuses military president Mamady Doumbouya of being behind the killings of two youths during anti-government protests yesterday. (Guinee28)
Politics and elections
- President of Vanuatu Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolves the Parliament to prevent a no-confidence motion being debated against Prime Minister Bob Loughman. A snap election is expected to be called. (The Guardian)
August 19, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated. (Reuters)
- 2022 Western Russia attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack
- At least 10 people are killed as al-Shabaab gunmen storm a hotel in Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack
- Syrian civil war
- Fifteen people are killed and at least 28 others are injured in a rocket attack on a market in rebel-controlled Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria. (AP)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- A roadside bombing kills two Pakistani security forces in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (AP)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Gazprom announces that the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline will be shut down for 3 days of unscheduled maintenance between August 31 and September 2. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Oder environmental disaster
- The Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries says that a large overgrowth of toxic Prymnesium parvum algae linked to industrial pollution was likely the cause of the mass mortality event of fish in the Oder river. (Reuters)
- Temperatures in Chongqing, China, reach 45 °C (113 °F) during a historic drought. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside of Xinjiang. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The FDA announces that it has approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17. (Marketwatch) (WPSD-TV)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand
- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announces that Thailand will lift its COVID-19 emergency decree and dissolve the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA). Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October. (The Star) (Bankgkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Law and crime
- 2014 Iguala mass kidnapping
- A Mexican court issues the arrest warrants for 83 suspects, consisting of military personnel, police officers, administrative and judicial authorities, and members of the Guerreros Unidos syndicate, in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College in Iguala, Guerrero, on September 26, 2014. (CNN)
- Police in Nicaragua confirm that they have arrested an anti-Ortega Roman Catholic bishop in Managua and warned against further "provocative and destabilizing" activities amongst the clergy. (Infobae)
- Islamic State and "Beatles" cell member El Shafee Elsheikh is sentenced to eight life sentences by a United States district court for his role in the kidnapping and deaths of hostages James Foley, Steven Sotloff, Peter Kassig, and Kayla Mueller. (AP)
- A man is killed and a woman is injured in a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in Malmö, Sweden. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast
- Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau nominates judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada. An Abenaki member, O'Bonsawin would be the first Indigenous Canadian to sit on the country's highest court. (Deutsche Welle)
- The government of Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović collapses after the Parliament passes a vote of no-confidence following dispute within the coalition over an agreement the government signed with the Serbian Orthodox Church. (Reuters)
August 20, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (The Washington Post)
- Russia says that a number of its soldiers in Zaporizhzhia have been poisoned by Ukraine, with tests showing Botulinum toxin type B present in their bodies. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine campaign, War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Turkey road crashes
- Sixteen people are killed and 21 others are injured when a bus crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident in Gaziantep Province, Turkey. (BBC News)
- Twenty people are killed and 29 others are injured when a truck crashes into the scene of an earlier road accident involving three vehicles in Mardin Province, Turkey. (Al Jazeera)
- Four people are killed and others are reportedly trapped after a Shiite mosque collapsed during a landslide in Karbala, Iraq. (BBC News)
Health and environment
Law and crime
- Darya Dugina, the daughter of far-right political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, is killed by a car bomb in Moscow Oblast, Russia. (RTVI) (The Guardian)
August 21, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali Civil War
- 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack
- The siege at a hotel seized by al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers. Twenty-one other people were killed, and 117 others were injured. (Al Jazeera) (BBC News)
- 2022 Mogadishu hotel attack
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Afghanistan floods
- Nine people are killed by heavy flooding in Khoshi District, Logar, Afghanistan. (AP)
- Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured when a truck collides with a minibus in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- At least 50 people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India. (Reuters)
- Nine soldiers are killed and four others are injured when their truck plunges into a ravine in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. (Reuters)
Health and environment
International relations
- Iran–United Arab Emirates relations
- The United Arab Emirates announces the reinstallation of its ambassador to Iran, which will take effect "in the coming days", more than six years after it cut off diplomatic relations with the Islamic republic. (CNA)
Law and crime
- LGBT rights in Singapore
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says that Singapore will decriminalize sex between men, which is illegal under a colonial-era law, while also amending the Constitution to define marriage as a heterosexual union. (CNA)
- Oleksandr Nakonechny, regional head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kirovohrad Oblast, is found dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide. (Interfax Ukraine)
Sports
- 2022 Western & Southern Open
- In tennis, world number 156 Borna Ćorić of Croatia becomes the lowest-ranked champion in the ATP Tour Masters 1000 after defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the men's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- World number 17 Caroline Garcia of France becomes the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 tournament after defeating Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic in the women's singles final of the 2022 Cincinnati Masters. (Sportstar)
August 22, 2022 (Monday)
Business and economy
- The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years. (Anadolu Agency)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant. (CBC)
- COVID-19 vaccination in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- The U.S. CDC announces that it has recommended the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for use in children between the ages of 12 and 17 years. (CNET)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
- Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to the pandemic. (WION)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- Monkeypox cases have been reported in all 50 U.S. states after Wyoming reports its first case of the disease in a person from Laramie County. (ABC News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
International relations
- Taiwan–United States relations
- Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. (ABC News)
- Pakistan–Qatar relations
- The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup. (Reuters)
- English Channel migrant crossings
- A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence. (France 24)
Law and crime
- The Pakistani police file terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan. (NPR)
- A federal prosecutor requests a 12-year sentence for former president and current vice president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on corruption-related charges. (Reuters)
- Killing of Olivia Pratt-Korbel
- A nine-year-old girl is shot dead and two others are wounded in a shooting inside a house in Liverpool, England, according to Merseyside Police. (BBC News) (ABC News)
August 23, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- Ukrainian forces reportedly shell the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic in separatist-held Donetsk, killing three people, according to pro-Russian officials. (Reuters)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Libyan Crisis
- According to the Libyan National Army, a United States-manufactured MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down with a surface-to-air missile, crashing near Benina International Airport in Benghazi, Libya. (Eurasian Times) (Mehr News Agency)
Health and environment
- Holocene extinction
- The dugong is declared extinct in China after scientists report no verified sightings of the large marine mammal since 2000. However, dugongs still exist in the wild in parts of Southeast Asia and Australasia. (BBC News)
- South Korea registers a population decrease for the second consecutive year, due to having the world's lowest birth rate. (Xinhua)
Law and crime
- 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
- The Federal Court of Malaysia upholds the corruption conviction and 12-year prison term of former prime minister Najib Razak in connection with the embezzlement of sovereign wealth funds from 1Malaysia Development Berhad. Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned. (NPR)
- Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
- Two men are found guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction for use in the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge. (AP)
- Brazilian police conduct eight raids on pro-Bolsonaro businessmen accused of discussing the possibility of a coup d'état if incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro loses the upcoming presidential election. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy
- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces an official inquiry into his predecessor Scott Morrison's secret swearing of himself into various ministerial positions during his second ministry. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Samoan o le Ao o le Malo election
- Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II is re-elected by the Parliament for a second term as O le Ao o le Malo, the Samoan head of state. (RNZ)
August 24, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- The Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing. (Euro Weekly News)
- Chaplyne railway station attack
- At least 25 people are killed and more than 50 others are injured in a Russian rocket attack on a passenger train in Chaplyne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a security package of nearly $3 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. (CBS News)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war, Russia–United States relations
- U.S. President Joe Biden orders airstrikes against claimed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Russia-linked groups in Syria in response to a August 15 rocket attack near the U.S. military base in al-Tanf, Syria, which houses the Maghaweir al-Thowra rebel group, and an airstrike by the Russian military in an area held by the Syrian opposition. The U.S. strikes targeted eleven bunkers in Deir ez-Zor used to store weapons, according to the United States Central Command. (CNN) (Reuters)
- A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry denies that Iran has any link to targets hit by U.S. in Syria and condemns the strike as "a violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity". (Reuters) (Middle East Eye)
- Mexican drug war
- Tigray War
- Fighting resumes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Defense Forces in the Tigray Region. Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire. (The Guardian)
Business and economy
- Hydrail
- Germany and French rail transport manufacturer Alstom inaugurate the world's first fleet of hydrogen fuel-powered trains in Lower Saxony. The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 kilometres (62 mi) of track in the German state. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- Tuvalu declares a drought and a shortage of drinking water on the islands of Nanumea, Nui, and Niutao. (RNZ)
Law and crime
- Censorship in Russia
- Police arrest Kremlin critic Yevgeny Roizman, the former mayor of Yekaterinburg, for "discrediting the Russian army" by criticizing the invasion of Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
- Aftermath of the 2020 Calabasas helicopter crash
- A United States grand jury awards former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, $16 million against the Los Angeles County sheriff's and fire departments for releasing graphic photographs of the former player, their 13-year-old daughter, and the other victims of the helicopter crash. Another victim's widow receives $15 million. (The Manila Times)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Angolan general election
- Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior. (MSN)
- The Constitutional Court of Thailand temporarily suspends Prayut Chan-o-cha's premiership due to a case filed by Pheu Thai Party lawmakers over whether the eight-year term limit for premiership should also include Prayut's time as the leader of National Council for Peace and Order. Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan will take over the premiership while the case is being heard. (Reuters)
August 25, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near the Russian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
- The United States conducts airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria for a second day. (The Wall Street Journal)
Disasters and accidents
- Flooding in Afghanistan this month has killed 182 people and wounded 250 more as torrential rains wrought widespread devastation in central and eastern provinces. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown. (Al Arabiya)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
Law and crime
- Assassination of Shinzo Abe
- Itaru Nakamura, chief of the Japanese national police agency, resigns, taking responsibility for the failures in former prime minister Shinzo Abe's security that resulted in his assassination in Nara on July 8. (CBC)
- Four people, including a police constable, are killed in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, United States. (ABC News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Angolan general election
- The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election. (Reuters)
August 26, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine's state nuclear company, Energoatom, says that the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has resumed supplying electricity to Ukraine's power grid after being disconnected yesterday from it for the first time in history. (Al Jazeera) (Reuters)
- A traffic police deputy chief is killed by a bombing in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Russian authorities accuse the Ukrainian forces of the attack. (Reuters)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Tigray War
- Ethiopian forces reportedly airstrike a kindergarten playground in Mekelle, Tigray Region, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 13 others. (CTV News) (Reuters)
International relations
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan–Russia relations
- Russian peacekeepers withdraw from the city of Lachin and the villages of Zabukh and Sus, thereby returning the Lachin corridor to Azerbaijan. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Police arrest over 40 protestors for vandalism during a Just Stop Oil protest and blockade in London, United Kingdom. (The Telegraph)
- A vehicle rams into a crowd of people in central Brussels, Belgium, injuring six people. The driver flees the scene but is subsequently arrested in Antwerp. A motive is still unclear, but terrorism is not being ruled out. (Brussels Times) (Euronews)
August 27, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Libyan crisis, aftermath of the Second Libyan Civil War
- 2022 Tripoli clashes
- Fighting breaks out between two militias in Tripoli, Libya. At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured. (Associated Press) (Reuters)
- 2022 Tripoli clashes
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Six people are killed and two others are injured when militants attack a gold mine in Boungou, Bilanga Department, Gnagna Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Hungary–Russia relations, Nuclear power in Hungary
- Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó announces Russian nuclear energy provider Rosatom will begin construction of two new nuclear reactors to expand the Paks Nuclear Power Plant. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Six people are killed and seven others are injured after a truck crashes into a community barbecue in Nieuw-Beijerland, South Holland, The Netherlands. (Associated Press)
International relations
- Kosovo–Serbia relations
- Kosovan prime minister Albin Kurti and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić agree on a freedom of movement arrangement between Kosovo and Serbia. (The Manila Times)
Law and crime
- Indictment and arrest of Julian Assange, Censorship in the United States
- Lawyers for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange file an appeal against his extradition to the U.S., after UK Home Secretary Priti Patel approved his extradition from the United Kingdom. (The Guardian)
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet meets with Assange’s lawyers and his wife in Geneva, Switzerland. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Hunter Biden laptop controversy, Censorship in the United States
- In an interview on The Joe Rogan Experience, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reveals that Facebook restricted posts about the Hunter Biden laptop controversy during the 2020 United States presidential election after receiving misinformation warnings from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (BBC News)
Sports
- 2022–23 Premier League
- English football club Liverpool defeats Bournemouth 9–0 at Anfield, Liverpool, to equal the joint-largest winning margin in Premier League history. (BBC Sport)
August 28, 2022 (Sunday)
Arts and culture
- A concert organized by the Bogotá Philharmonic Orchestra involving 16,000 musicians and choirs at the Simón Bolívar Park in Bogotá, Colombia, commemorating the progress in the country's peace process, sets a world record for the largest concert ever performed. (The Nation)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Mongolian wildfires
- In Mongolia, the National Emergency Management Agency says that wildfires have burnt more than 1 million hectares of land so far this year, mainly due to negligence. (Xinhua News Agency)
International relations
- Colombia–Venezuela relations
- Colombia and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after three years. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- Mass shootings in the United States
- 2022 Bend, Oregon shooting
- Three people are killed, including the gunman, and two others injured in a mass shooting at a Safeway store in Bend, Oregon, United States. (NBC News)
- Three people are killed, including the gunman, and five others injured, including two police officers, in a mass shooting outside a Days Inn motel in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. (KPNX)
- 2022 Bend, Oregon shooting
- Two journalists are killed and another person is injured after two motorcycle-riding assailants shot them in Fundación, Magdalena, Colombia. (WION)
August 29, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Ukraine says it has begun a ground offensive in the Kherson Oblast. (Reuters)
- Russian-occupation officials say that the Ukrainian military launched a barrage of missiles at the town of Nova Kakhovka, leaving the town without water or power. (Reuters)
- Two people are killed and five others are injured after Russian forces shelled the city of Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (Reuters)
- 2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Iraqi political crisis
- 2022 Baghdad clashes
- Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm the Republican Palace in Baghdad. The Iraqi Army declares a total curfew in the capital beginning at 3:30 p.m. and the Iraqi government declares a nationwide curfew beginning at 7:00 p.m.. At least twelve people are killed and 270 others are injured in clashes between protesters and Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in the Green Zone. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty) (France 24) (Al Arabiya English) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Pro-Sadrist protesters blockade roads and government buildings in Basra. (The Washington Post)
- Iran closes its border with Iraq until "further notice" amid the ongoing civil unrest, while Kuwait urges its citizens to leave Iraq. (Mehr News Agency) (Reuters)
- 2022 Baghdad clashes
- Oromo conflict
- At least 42 ethnic Oromo civilians are killed during a massacre in Horo Guduru Welega Zone, Ethiopia. Witnesses blame members of the Amhara Fano militia of responsibility. (Reuters)
- Yemeni Civil War
- Ten soldiers are killed and many more wounded during an attack aimed at cutting off a key route to the city of Taiz. (Al Arabiya)
Disasters and accidents
- European migrant crisis
- A dinghy carrying 27 Egyptians en route to Italy capsizes off the coast of Libya, killing at least two people and leaving nineteen others missing in the Mediterranean Sea. (Middle East Eye)
- 2022 Laos floods
- Recent flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in northern Laos have caused at least 5.6 billion Lao kips in damage. (Xinhua News Agency)
Health and environment
- Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil
- The Man of the Hole, the last member of his tribe who lived in total isolation for 26 years, is found dead in the Amazon rainforest. (CBS News) (Survival International)
Law and crime
- In Ikongo, Madagascar, 18 people are killed and 34 are wounded when police open fire on a group protesting the kidnapping of a child with albinism. (Al Jazeera)
August 30, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi political crisis
- 2022 Baghdad clashes
- The death toll from the clashes in Baghdad between Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's supporters and security forces increases to 23, with all of those killed being supporters of Sadr. 380 others are injured. (BBC News)
- 2022 Baghdad clashes
- Iran captures an American unmanned ship before releasing it. (The Washington Post)
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Allied Democratic Forces militants kill at least 40 people in a series of raids on several villages in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 76 others are kidnapped by the group. (Reuters)
- Cross-Strait relations
- The Taiwanese military fire warning shots at a Chinese drone flying over islands in the Kinmen region. (Taiwan News)
- Moro conflict
- A police chief is killed by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, the Philippines. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Sixteen people are killed and eight others are injured in a traffic collision between a truck and a minibus in Khuzestan province, Iran. (Xinhua News Agency)
- A South African Police Service plane crashes at Rand Airport in Johannesburg, killing all five passengers and critically injuring the pilot. (Independent Online) (SABC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
- China announces new lockdowns in several cities following a series of COVID-19 outbreaks across the country. (CBS News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China
International relations
- Solomon Islands–United States relations
- The United States Embassy in Canberra says that the government of Solomon Islands will place a moratorium on US Navy ships entering its ports amid deteriorating relations between the two countries. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Papua conflict
- Six Indonesian soldiers are arrested for killing four indigenous Papuan people and mutilating their bodies in Timika eight days ago. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- Portugal's health minister Marta Temido resigns after emergency services closures. (Reuters)
August 31, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Tigray War
- The Government of Ethiopia says that the Tigray People's Liberation Front has begun an offensive into the Wag and Welkait regions and is also pushing forward towards the Sudanese border. Tigrayan authorities say that three airstrikes have hit the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle, nearly striking a hospital. (Reuters) (Voice of America)
- Allied Democratic Forces insurgency
- Fourteen people are killed and several others are kidnapped as Allied Democratic Forces militants attack a village in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Five attackers are also killed. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Gazprom announces the complete shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline for three days for unscheduled maintenance. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Ten people are killed and several others are injured after a semi truck crashes near a school in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and 50 others are injured by a hailstorm in Catalonia, Spain. This is the first direct hail-related death in Europe since 1997. (BBC News)
- The Suez Canal was temporarily blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening. Tug boats were used to unblock the canal. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and six others are injured after a building collapse in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- The National Cabinet agrees to lower the mandatory isolation period for people infected with COVID-19 to 5 days if an individual is asymptomatic at that time. However workers in high-risk settings are still required to isolate for 7 days. (ABC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
- Sweden reports its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a porpoise. (Phys)
- Life expectancy in the United States decreases for the second consecutive year, falling by nearly a year from 2020 values. (AP)
International relations
- International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–European Union relations
- European Union foreign ministers agree to suspend a visa facilitation agreement with Russia, making it more difficult and more expensive for Russian tourists to enter the EU. (Al Arabiya)
- Russia–European Union relations
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