association football club in Bournemouth, England
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.
California declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak.
Senior Pakistani Taliban militant Omar Khalid Khorasani and three other militants are killed as their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
2022 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
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.
The base was handed over to Malian Armed Forces before the French forces crossed into neighbouring Niger.
2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
self-governance of professions or industries, including unions and formal or informal political units
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.
2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
Wildfires caused by 2022 European heat waves
terrorist bombing in a Sinai mosque, Egypt
Thirteen people, including nine civilians, are killed in a militant attack in Bam, Burkina Faso; thirty-four insurgents are also killed.
New Zealand has fully reopened its international borders after two years, becoming the last country in the western world to open for tourists.
The Marshall Islands confirms its first death from COVID-19 in a person from Majuro.
List of prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sweden reports its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a porpoise.
France formally ends its military intervention in Mali after withdrawing its last remaining troops from a military base in Gao.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Israel launches a series of airstrikes on Damascus and Tartus, Syria, killing three soldiers and injuring three others.
Tropical Storm Meari makes landfall in central Japan, causing heavy rain and high winds.
National Emergency Management Agency (Mongolia)
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.
Colombia and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after three years.
Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries
International organization formed by China and 14 European countries.
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.
first successful vaccine to be developed
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.
theater-level Unified Combatant Command of the U.S. Department of Defense
A Chinese law enacted on 2300 HKT, June 30, 2020, only in Hong Kong, for Safeguarding National Security
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.
Twenty-four people are killed by heavy flooding in eastern Uganda.
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.
Military base of the U.S.-led coalition.
The Environment Agency of England declares a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave.
5 km mountain pass connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia
in Syria and condemns the strike as "a violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity".
A man takes several employees hostage at a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire.
Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The government blames organized crime groups.
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.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
The death toll from the flash floods in Pakistan increases to 550.
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.
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
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.
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.
Polish officials call it an "ecological catastrophe" with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki vowing to "punish" those responsible.
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.
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.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
The Russian Supreme Court declares the Azov Regiment a terrorist organization.
Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores in Italy after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy.
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.
Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Additionally, CCSA spokesman Thavisin Visanuyothin announces that the country will shift to an endemic phase of the disease beginning in October.
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.
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
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.
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".
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
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.
Crimean officials say that air defences were activated near the city but that "there is no danger to the town or the Crimean Bridge".
Twelve people are killed when a truck collides with a commuter bus in Central Region, Ghana.
Tropical Storm Meari makes landfall in central Japan, causing heavy rain and high winds. 72,000 people are evacuated from the city of Shizuoka.
Date: 29 August – 11 November 2022 (2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Fifty-three people are injured after a suspected gas leak in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Indiana
Recent flash floods caused by heavy rainfall in northern Laos have caused at least 5.6 billion Lao kips in damage.
Six people are killed and several others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Eight people are killed in a shooting between two criminal groups in Tuzantla, Michoacán, Mexico.
municipality in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain
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.
Life expectancy in the United States decreases for the second consecutive year, falling by nearly a year from 2020 values.
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.
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.
highly contested topic especially for the fundamental human rights
Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan will take over the premiership while the case is being heard.
Nine people are killed by heavy flooding in Khoshi District, Logar, Afghanistan.
Five people are killed and 100 others injured as security forces clashes with protesters demanding presidential election be held in November in Somaliland.
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.
Portugal's health minister Marta Temido resigns after emergency services closures.
Two Taliban policemen and three Islamic State gunmen are killed during a gunbattle at a hideout in Kabul. Four other officers are wounded.
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Australia
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
Date: 1982 – 1 May 2014 (main conflict) 2015 – present (low-level violence)
American politician and author (born 1943)
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
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.
national intelligence and law enforcement agency of Ukraine
Residents of Kerch and nearby villages in eastern Crimea report multiple explosions.
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.
Citizens of the Cook Islands head to the polls to vote in a general election.
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.
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.
At least eight people are killed in police raids in Curitiba, Brazil.
The FDA announces that it has approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for youths between the ages of 12 and 17.
United States Food and Drug Administration
U.S. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19.
capital of Krasnodar region (Krai) in Southern Russia
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.
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.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Indonesia confirms its first case of monkeypox.
The Suez Canal was temporarily blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening. Tug boats were used to unblock the canal.
bridge connecting Russia's Krasnodar Krai with Crimea
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown.
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.
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.
COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
details regarding the COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory
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.
bilateral relations between United States and Liberia
continuous series of wars in Afghanistan
66 radio telescopes in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile
At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint Mercurius Coptic Orthodox church in Giza, Egypt.
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb visits Taiwan and meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
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.
Mykhailivka, Vasylivka Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
2022 monkeypox outbreak in North America
political alignment favoring traditional politics
Six Indonesian soldiers are arrested for killing four indigenous Papuan people and mutilating their bodies in Timika eight days ago.
2019 coronavirus pandemic in mainland China
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education
Twenty-one people are killed and 33 others are injured by a mosque bombing in Kabul.
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.
overview of hostility and/or discrimination against adherents of the Baháʼí Faith
mammals that live in marine environments
Sixteen people are killed and three others are injured when a truck collides with a minibus in Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.
quantified value of an event that is more extreme than that of all comparable events worldwide, often in sport
Peru reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox in a 45-year-old male with underlying health conditions.
fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet in the Solar System
City in Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine
county in the southeastern corner of Wyoming, United States
A vehicle rams into a crowd of people in central Brussels, Belgium, injuring six people.
Six people are killed and 12 others are injured by strong winds on the island of Corsica, France.
Date: 15 February 2011 – present (11 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
largest Christian church, led by the pope
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.
A record 1,295 illegal migrants cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom on "small boats", according to the Ministry of Defence.
Date: 14 July 2022 – ongoing (7 months ago)
Fifteen people are injured when an SUV crashes into a Native American parade in Gallup, New Mexico, United States.
Three people are killed, including the gunman, and two others injured in a mass shooting at a Safeway store in Bend, Oregon, United States.
international governing body of association football
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Fighting breaks out between two militias in Tripoli, Libya.
2022 killing of former Japanese prime minister
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.
Seventeen people are killed and four others are injured after a minibus collides with a truck in Juhaynah, Sohag Governorate, Egypt.
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.
Israel and the Islamic Jihad agree to a ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip.
formation of the Ukrainian Ground Forces in the southern part of Ukraine
governmental interference in economic affairs at home or in political affairs of another country
used in fuel cells or internal combustion engines
Four Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan.
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.
Four Russian Wagner Group paramilitaries are killed during an ambush by Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin militants in Bandiagara.
bilateral relations between Russia and Moldova
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.
Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan
Five people are killed and 44 others injured in a fire at a hospital in Icheon, South Korea.
This is the first direct hail-related death in Europe since 1997.
An Abenaki member, O'Bonsawin would be the first Indigenous Canadian to sit on the country's highest court.
The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region.
French commune in Dordogne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
One person is killed and 50 others are injured by a hailstorm in Catalonia, Spain.
rise in price level in an economy over time
James Marape is re-elected unopposed as Prime Minister by the Parliament after his party Pangu Pati won the general election in July.
town in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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.
county seat of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States
2022 military offensive in northeastern Ukraine
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Ten people are killed and several others are injured after a semi truck crashes near a school in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia.
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
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.
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.
engineering event in which the structural integrity of a construction is compromised due to failure of components of the structure
Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia. Two villages have been evacuated.
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.
Ukrainian territories occupied by Russian forces
Both protestors and policemen are killed during clashes.
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.
The government of Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in Doha, Qatar.
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.
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.
The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
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.
Five people are killed by storms in Austria.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
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.
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.
A South African Police Service plane crashes at Rand Airport in Johannesburg, killing all five passengers and critically injuring the pilot.
Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
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.
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.
Palestinian Islamist terror organization
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida tests positive for COVID-19.
The Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, concludes, with Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov winning the open event.
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.
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.
Supporters of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm the Republican Palace in Baghdad.
low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes
strikes targeted eleven bunkers in Deir ez-Zor used to store weapons, according to the United States Central Command.
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
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.
small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae
The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky and Virginia, United States, increases to 35 with 37 people missing.
Two of the attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout.
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.
foreign relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia
westernmost region of the African continent
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.
Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
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 Taliban stages a Victory Day parade on the first anniversary of the capture of Kabul.
Twenty people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus collides with a tanker truck in Jalalpur Pirwala, Punjab, Pakistan.
Russia's Gazprom announces the complete shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline for three days for unscheduled maintenance.
Iran announces the arrest of several members of the Baháʼí Faith on charges of spying.
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.
One person is killed and six others are injured after a building collapse in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria.
ongoing low-level conflict between the Government of Senegal and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance since 1982
A ranger is killed while seven policemen and two civilians are injured as two bombs explode at a rubber plantation in Narathiwat, Thailand.
English football club Liverpool defeats Bournemouth 9–0 at Anfield, Liverpool, to equal the joint-largest winning margin in Premier League history.
municipality in the province of Antwerp, Belgium
national government of the United States
ongoing outbreak of monkeypox in Peru, 26 June 2022–present
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.
Two people are killed after heavy flooding in The Gambia.
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.
financial penalties applied by nations to persons, nations or companies to affect political change
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.
A man is killed and a woman is injured in a shooting at the Emporia shopping centre in Malmö, Sweden.
crime or tort of harming the reputation of a legal person through false or misleading statement
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Prime minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern announces the deployment of 120 New Zealand troops to the United Kingdom to train Ukrainian forces.
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
2022 Western & Southern Open – Men's singles
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
Oleksandr Nakonechny, regional head of the Security Service of Ukraine in Kirovohrad Oblast, is found dead in his apartment in an apparent suicide.
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.
Russian authorities accuse the Ukrainian forces of the attack.
Another victim's widow receives $15 million.
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.
Mykolaiv military–civilian administration
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.
It is the highest temperature ever recorded in China outside of Xinjiang.
large stone used to build a structure or monument
A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
A political organization in Guinea accuses military president Mamady Doumbouya of being behind the killings of two youths during anti-government protests yesterday.
President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018
Iran captures an American unmanned ship before releasing it.
group of plant-like eukaryotic organisms which mostly grow in water and can photosynthesise
2010 nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation
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.
Observers suggest that the depot may have been hit by Ukrainian forces.
administrative division (oblast) in central Ukraine
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.
The Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhayev says that Russian air defences have shot down a Ukrainian Air Force drone near the airport.
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.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization
2022 U.S. Supreme Court judgement on abortion
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.
Islamist militant organization in the Philippines
2022–2023 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
ongoing outbreak of monkeypox in the United States, 18 May 2022–present
The Biden administration declares the ongoing monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency.
Terrance Drew is sworn in as prime minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis.
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.
arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
state highway in Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Nine other militants are also killed and theee arrested.
act of concerted defiance or disorder by a group of prisoners
Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official.
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.
Nine people are killed by flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall in Seoul, South Korea.
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.
territorial police force responsible for policing Merseyside in North West England
ongoing global surge of higher-than-average inflation
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in Japan
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Two people are killed and 20 others are injured by flooding in the region of Tuscany, Italy.
Russia suspends New START arms inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to travel restrictions imposed by the United States and its allies.
US investment analyst and political official
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.
Explosions are reported at Sevastopol International Airport.
The Czech Republic's pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
The Russian-appointed head of Mykhailivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ivan Sushko, is assassinated in a car bombing.
facility directly owned and operated by or for the military
India reports its first confirmed monkeypox related death in Kerala.
Ethiopian forces reportedly airstrike a kindergarten playground in Mekelle, Tigray Region, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 13 others.
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.
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.
global international and intergovernmental organization
A Belize-flagged ship departs Chornomorsk for Turkey, becoming the first wheat export from Ukraine under a United Nations-brokered deal.
amphibious infantry fighting vehicle family
port city in Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine
terrorist cell afiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Date: 1 August 2014 – 9 November 2022 (8 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Scott Morrison ministerial positions controversy
Roscosmos launches the Iranian Space Agency's Earth observation satellite Khayyam from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Oil pipeline in Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine
War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
battle in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
2020 United States presidential election
diplomatic visit by US House speaker Nancy Pelosi and five other Democratic House members
The military junta court sentences former state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison for corruption.
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.
A mass die-off of fish occurs in the Oder river in Poland.
American educator, wife of Joe Biden and First Lady of the United States
Nine civilians, including four children, are injured by Russian shelling on a residential building in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv Oblast, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim.
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).
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.
Genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil
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.
chief executive of Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine
Russia appoints former Krasnodar mayor Andrei Alekseyenko as the head of its Kharkiv military–civilian administration.
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.
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.
A police chief is killed by suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, the Philippines.
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.
city in and county seat of McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the United States
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.
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.
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.
Urban-type settlement in Zaporizhia Oblast, Ukraine
armed forces of the United States of Mexico
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
states of emergency and regimes of exception decreed by COVID-19
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Firefighters are still trying to contain 39 forest fires in the north of the country, according to officials.
Radio astronomers have discovered a newborn, Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting the star AS 209, using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array telescope in Chile.
Balochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir and southern parts of Punjab
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.
Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
Slovakia announces that it will send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition to Ukraine.
Fourteen people are killed and over 40 others injured in a fire at a nightclub in Sattahip district, Chonburi province, Thailand.
city and county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
COVID-19 vaccination in the United Kingdom
the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet meets with Assange’s lawyers and his wife in Geneva, Switzerland.
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.
A Russian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others, at a bus stop in Toretsk, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.
Two policemen are killed when gunmen open fire on them as they are escorting polio workers in Gomal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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.
The Marshall Islands confirm their first community transmission cases of COVID-19 in the capital Majuro.
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.
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
Sattahip District, Chonburi Province, Thailand
South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol pardons former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yeong, who was on parole for bribery.
law enforcement agency in California, United States
2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine
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.
formal accusation of wrongdoing in common law
Sixteen people are killed and eight others are injured in a traffic collision between a truck and a minibus in Khuzestan province, Iran.
Russia launches missile strikes on Odesa and Mykolaiv in Southern Ukraine in response to sabotage bombings of military facilities in Crimea.
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.
coral atoll, capital of the Marshall Islands
Moderna announces that it will supply 12 million doses of its bivalent COVID-19 vaccine aimed at targeting the Omicron variant.
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
public health emergency of international concern
genocide of Brazilian indigenous peoples following the Portuguese colonization
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.
generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters
country in Central and Southeastern Europe
At least 10 people are killed as al-Shabaab gunmen storm a hotel in Mogadishu, following two car bomb blasts and gunfire.
reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking, tapping, or hovering
The United States conducts airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria for a second day.
ongoing conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the State of Qatar
Date: 2 February 2015 – present (7 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Date: 2 February 2015 – present (7 years, 8 months and 1 day)
military offensive by the Taliban causing the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Turkish airstrikes on a military base in Aleppo Governorate kill at least 16 Syrian soldiers.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Six people are killed and two others are injured when militants attack a gold mine in Boungou, Bilanga Department, Gnagna Province, Burkina Faso.
National Assembly (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
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.
diplomatic relations between Russia and the European Union
capital city of Odesa Oblast in southern Ukraine
ground-launched missile designed to attack aerial targets
Police arrest over 40 protestors for vandalism during a Just Stop Oil protest and blockade in London, United Kingdom.
British Conservative party politician (born 1972)
The first ship with Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa for Lebanon after an agreement was signed with Russia.
The former chairman of the Union of Values and federal presidential candidate for the AfD, Max Otte, is legally expelled from the CDU.
Tug boats were used to unblock the canal.
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus with a different genetic sequence
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.
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.
extended period when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply
Three people are killed and six others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Anfu County, Jiangxi, China.
The driver flees the scene but is subsequently arrested in Antwerp.
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.
Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
railway station in Nara, Nara prefecture, Japan
Flooding in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills two people and also damages The Linq hotel.
South Korea surpasses 20 million cases of COVID-19, becoming the eighth country to do so.
American online social media and social networking service
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.
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
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.
mutually beneficial collusion among competing corporations
city in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh
capital city of Mykolaiv Oblast in southern Ukraine
respiratory syndrome and infectious disease in humans, caused by SARS coronavirus 2
2022–2023 monkeypox outbreak in North America
ongoing outbreak of monkeypox in North America, 18 May 2022–present
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
1-1, Saidaiji Kunimichō Itchōme, Nara, Nara
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.
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.
military forces of the Russian Federation
ongoing outbreak of monkeypox in Asia, 21 May 2022–present
fire department protecting unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County and 58 incorporated cities under contract
2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
Romanian swimmer David Popovici breaks the 13-year-old world record for the 100m freestyle with a time of 46.86.
International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
sanctions against Russia following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 4 days)
satellite specifically designed to observe Earth from orbit
The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers.
Land (federal state) in southwestern Germany
U.S. military operation in Kabul, Afghanistan
bilateral relations between Russia and Latvia
one of 8 regions of Japan in the central region of Honshū
Twenty people are killed when suspected Islamists attack two villages in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
general election held in Papua New Guinea
Eight people are injured after an explosion at a factory in Bergerac, France.
near Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
institution for educating students in theology
aerial warfare branch of Ukraine's armed forces
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.
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.
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.
branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS, active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
Rescuers have not yet reached the crash site due to ongoing floods in the region.
American multinational technology company
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.
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.
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.
The dugong is declared extinct in China after scientists report no verified sightings of the large marine mammal since 2000.
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.
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.
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.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says that the river will take years to "return to normal".
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".
Sub-national governmental body in Ukraine
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.
List of sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
Amhara Peoples Defence Force in Ethiopia
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
government support of violent, typically non-state actors engaged in terrorism (commonly: terrorists), which act on the territory of the state itself or in another country
One person is killed and another is injured after heavy flooding in Dakar, Senegal.
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.
Prime Minister of Peru Aníbal Torres resigns citing "personal reasons", amid multiple criminal investigations focusing on president Pedro Castillo.
Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by a lightning strike at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., United States.
Three people are killed and 17 are missing after an overloaded boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh, India.
town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
Four people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus travelling from Istanbul, Turkey, to Bucharest, Romania, crashes near Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria.
incident that kills a vast number of a single species in a short period of time
Nine people are killed and 76 others are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Bent Bayya, Wadi al Hayaa District, Libya.
mass die-off of fish, beavers etc. in the Oder river (Poland and Germany) during the summer of 2022
national intelligence agency of the United States
The city's mayor stated that there were people trapped under rubble.
Schools in the Philippines reopen for in-person classes after a two year closure due to the pandemic.
2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute
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".
A house explodes in Evansville, Indiana, United States, killing at least three people, injuring one and damaging at least 39 nearby houses.
ethnic group in Ethiopia, with several subcategories
election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen
Twenty-six people are killed by wildfires in Algeria, mostly in the city of El Taref.
percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
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.
China announces new lockdowns in several cities following a series of COVID-19 outbreaks across the country.
bilateral relations between Israel and Turkey
countries with an originally European shared culture
Gustavo Petro is inaugurated as the first left-wing president of Colombia.
fatal shooting of 9 year-old English girl in Liverpool
ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019
2022 Ukrainian southern counteroffensive
Temperatures in Chongqing, China, reach 45 °C (113 °F) during a historic drought.
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.
raion in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine (established in 2020)
Ten people are killed in a house fire in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States.
military occupation zone of Russia on the territory of the Kherson Oblast of Ukraine
However, dugongs still exist in the wild in parts of Southeast Asia and Australasia.
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.
COVID-19 pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia
The United States announces a security package of nearly $3 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
Anti-government protests occur in Sierra Leone, calling for the removal of President Julius Maada Bio. Both protestors and policemen are killed during clashes.
A spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry denies that Iran has any link to targets hit by U.S.
2021–2023 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police.
military operation during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
small archipelago of several islands in Fujian Province, ROC
English Channel migrant crossings (2018–present)
Russian state corporation (a non-profit entity type) established in 2007
aviation component of Pakistan's ground forces
city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
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.
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.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
Two people are killed and five others are injured after Russian forces shelled the city of Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim.
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
The Suez Canal was temporarily blocked after a ship ran aground on Wednesday evening.
union council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
A Saudi Arabian woman is sentenced to 34 years in prison for following and retweeting dissidents on Twitter.
prolonged period of excessively hot weather
city and seat of Juárez Municipality, Chihuahua
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War
An explosion occurs at an ammunition depot in northern Crimea, forcing the evacuation of civilians.
Leader of the Chadian rebel group Rally of Democratic Forces
armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents
right of individuals to travel from place to place, that imply freedom of no movement, that is freedom to choose residence. The movement also include going across a frontier.
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.
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.
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
Sixteen people are killed and 36 others are reported missing after heavy rain causes flooding in Datong Hui and Tu Autonomous County, Qinghai, China.
The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba, rises to 16.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo
air warfare branch of Turkey's armed forces
Date: 18 April 2022 – present (9 months, 1 week and 2 days)
type of court of the United States federal court system
South Africa reports its first death linked to the COVID-19 vaccine in a person who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
Reignited clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others.
Archaeologists discover one of the largest megalithic sites in Europe on a farm in southern Spain.
This is the fourth major incident in the last week where arson and blocked streets have been reported.
Israel and Turkey restore full diplomatic relations for the first time since 2018.
termination of a kind of organism or of a group of species in a population or globally over certain period of time
nonprofit education center and summer resort
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.
Ghana reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox.
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.
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.
Police in Tokyo, Japan, arrest a former member of the 2020 Summer Olympics organising committee after prosecutors accused him of graft and bribery.
land warfare branch of Indonesia's military
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.
theft of assets entrusted to another person by the person that the assets were entrusted to
artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale
Abu Bakr al Sadiq Mosque, Kabul, Afghanistan
Israeli police later raid the Silwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him.
incidents at the Israel–Syria border since 2011
Three soldiers are killed in an attack at a military base in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná
false or incorrect information, regardless of malice or intent to deceive
person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution
Fighting resumes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Defense Forces in the Tigray Region. Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire.
It probably began functioning some days earlier.
organized force, possibly armed, other than the regular military
The exchange rate between the euro and the United States dollar drops to 0.9928, the lowest in 20 years.
details of ongoing viral pandemic in Canada
Richmond Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington County, Virginia
The suspect is arrested by New York State Police.
At least 42 ethnic Oromo civilians are killed during a massacre in Horo Guduru Welega Zone, Ethiopia.
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used by Russia
A Palestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically.
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.
megacity and capital of Tamil Nadu, India
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.
French single territorial collectivity in the Mediterranean
violent act where the offender pulls up a knife
Commerce Ministry spokesperson Shu Jueting also says that China will take steps to safeguard its interests.
Seven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Pengzhou, Sichuan, China.
Mali accuses its former ally France of arming jihadist terrorist groups in order to destabilize the country.
South Korea registers a population decrease for the second consecutive year, due to having the world's lowest birth rate.
Israel launches a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, including a number against Palestinian Islamic Jihad's facilities.
Portion of Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967
attraction between people of the opposite sex or gender
The Taiwanese military fire warning shots at a Chinese drone flying over islands in the Kinmen region.
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
Ukraine says it has begun a ground offensive in the Kherson Oblast.
2021 military overthrow of the Myanmar's officially elected government
4th largest city in Russia, administrative center of Ural Federal District
overview of the situation of media freedom in Russia
embassy in Australian Capital Territory, Australia
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
Inflation in the United Kingdom increases to 10.1%, the highest level since February 1982, due to increasing fuel and food prices.
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.
Date: 3 January 2021–ongoing (2 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day)
Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
urban park and square in Washington, D.C.
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 9 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Three people evacuating in a minibus are killed by Russian shelling near Kherson Oblast, according to Ukraine's Operational Command South.
More than 1,500 people are evacuated from Zaragoza, Spain, due to wildfires.
bi-state metropolitan area centered on St. Louis, Missouri, USA
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
official to visit the self-governing island since Newt Gingrich in 1997.
component of the criminal justice system of Pakistan
Islamist insurgency in the DR Congo and Uganda
head of the government of the Republic of Singapore
president of the United States since 2021
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".
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.
A traffic police deputy chief is killed by a bombing in the Russian-occupied city of Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
massive extinction event during the current Holocene geological epoch
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.
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
The European Union statistics office reports that inflation in the Eurozone increased to a record 8.9% in July.
Peacekeeping operations in Nagorno-Karabakh
peacekeeping operations in the Nagorno-Karabakh region
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".
Two journalists are killed and another person is injured after two motorcycle-riding assailants shot them in Fundación, Magdalena, Colombia.
Six people are killed and seven others are injured after a truck crashes into a community barbecue in Nieuw-Beijerland, South Holland, The Netherlands.
sovereign state in northern South America
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.
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.
city in the Palestinian National Authority
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
The siege at a hotel seized by al-Shabaab fighters in Mogadishu ends with the deaths of all of the attackers.
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
Israel launches airstrikes for the second day in the Gaza Strip, killing 14 people and injuring several others.
Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.
ensemble of negotiations, agreements and actions to resolve an armed conflict
head of state and head of government of Brazil
The 14 hydrogen trains will replace a fleet of diesel locomotives on 100 kilometres (62 mi) of track in the German state.
de facto state, considered internationally to be part of Ukraine, 2014–2022
state police agency serving New York State
Taliban capture of the capital of Afghanistan
head of state of the Independent State of Samoa
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.
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
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.
political and economic union of 27 European states
Police officers, soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building.
rail vehicle using on-board hydrogen fuel as a source of energy
Tuvalu declares a drought and a shortage of drinking water on the islands of Nanumea, Nui, and Niutao.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
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.
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.
Nine people are killed and 18 others injured after a microbus overturn in Minya, Egypt.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan despite Chinese threats of military action in response to her visit.
special municipality and capital city of Taiwan
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 theee arrested.
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declares William Ruto as the winner of the election.
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.
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.
rescuer trained to extinguish hazardous fires
Date: 15 September 2001–present (21 years, 2 months, 2 weeks and 5 days)
The opposition Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Terrance Drew, wins the snap general election to the National Assembly.
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
Four people are killed and others are reportedly trapped after a Shiite mosque collapsed during a landslide in Karbala, Iraq.
Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
theocratic republic based Islamic principles
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.
The German environment ministry says that an unknown, highly toxic substance is responsible for the mass die-off of wildlife in the Oder river.
Explosions are reported at military facilities in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia, and are believed to have been launched by Ukraine.
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.
central coordinating agency of the Japanese police system
congenital disorder causing skin to lack pigmentation
Date: 24 February 2022 – 8 April/14 May 2022 (2 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) (first phase) 19 May 2022 — 11 September 2022 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days) (Kharkiv phase)
A gunman wearing body armor attempts to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
Office of the United States Trade Representative
2022 Western & Southern Open – Women's singles
political ideologies supporting social equality and egalitarianism
Date: 20 February 1988 – present (34 years, 11 months and 6 days)
artificial waterway in Egypt connecting the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
national police force of the Republic of Sierra Leone
list of countries viewed as enemies by Russia
3rd and current Prime Minister of Singapore
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.
Germany and French rail transport manufacturer Alstom inaugurate the world's first fleet of hydrogen fuel-powered trains in Lower Saxony.
financial crisis resuting from Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
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.
Twenty-one other people were killed, and 117 others were injured.
Four people, including a police constable, are killed in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Pakistani police file terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Islamic terrorist and al-Qaeda leader (1951–2022)
The cabinet of Pakistan approves the deployment of Pakistan Army troops to Qatar to provide security for the upcoming 2022 FIFA World Cup.
largest European social networking service from Russia
U.S. military operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan
national government of the Republic of Chad
insolvent development company embroiled in scandals
shooting incident in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, vicepresident of Argentina
Nine soldiers are killed and four others are injured when their truck plunges into a ravine in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
regiment formed from volunteers, integrated into the National Guard of Ukraine
Second Australian government ministry led by Scott Morrison
facility for the storage of oil and/or petrochemical products
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.
general elections held in Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2022
2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
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.
separatist conflict in the region of West Papua
city in Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine
bilateral relations between Russia and Azerbaijan
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.
Northwestern Europe; between the Celtic and North Seas
head of state and head of government of Angola
Cuba confirms its first case of monkeypox.
The Iraqi Army declares a total curfew] in the capital beginning at 3:30 p.m.
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.
incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence
The Latvian Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine.
capital city of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine
Darya Dugina, the daughter of far-right political philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, is killed by a car bomb in Moscow Oblast, Russia.
international military campaign that started after 11 September 2001
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.
Date: 3 November 2020 – 3 November 2022 (2 years)
payments or benefits related to corruption
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.
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.
bilateral relations between United Arab Emirates and Iran
diplomatic relations between Solomon Islands and the United States of America
2015–present armed conflict in Afghanistan
walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem
village in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft built by General Atomics
The United States imposes sanctions on three senior members of the cabinet of Liberian president George Weah, accusing them of corruption.
The perpetrator is later killed by an armed citizen.
A Russian missile strike in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills at least 13 civilians and injures 11 others.
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.
At least 50 people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, India.
Flooding in Afghanistan this month has killed 182 people and wounded 250 more as torrential rains wrought widespread devastation in central and eastern provinces.
111 countries and territories (109 with confirmed cases, 2 with suspected cases only)
Islamic, democratic, federal parliamentary republic
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
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.
indigenous man living alone in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest
structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
Fighting resumes between the Ethiopian military and the Tigray Defense Forces in the Tigray Region.
1973 US Supreme Court judgement on abortion
international agreement between the United States and the Pacific Island nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
electric discharge between the atmosphere and the ground
someone imprisoned because they have opposed or criticized the government responsible for their imprisonment
aircraft designed to carry military cargo and personnel
forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildland fire combustion, and rapid spread
A Sudanese official reports that 66 people have been killed and 24,000 homes and buildings have been damaged since flooding began in June.
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic by topic
Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
ministry in the government of the Federal Republic of Germany
Date: 24 February – 14 May 2022 (2 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Cleric Rahimullah Haqqani is killed by a suicide bomber at a seminary in Kabul, Afghanistan.
One person is killed and nine others are injured when a test car crashes into traffic in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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.
armed conflict between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Israel Defense Forces
Fifteen troops are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Bam Province, Burkina Faso.
Pro-Sadrist protesters blockade roads and government buildings in Basra.
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
Tigrayan authorities say that three airstrikes have hit the Tigrayan capital of Mekelle, nearly striking a hospital.
undomesticated organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans
High levels of mercury have also been found in the river.
Both sides blame each other for breaking the ceasefire.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Kosovan prime minister Albin Kurti and Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić agree on a freedom of movement arrangement between Kosovo and Serbia.
groupings of highly centralized criminal enterprises
A snap election is expected to be called.
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.
military storage facility for ammunition or explosives
Police arrest Kremlin critic Yevgeny Roizman, the former mayor of Yekaterinburg, for "discrediting the Russian army" by criticizing the invasion of Ukraine.
epidemic of infectious disease that has spread across a large region with global health impact
civil conflict that began in November 2020 in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Semitic-speaking ethnic group native to Ethiopia in the Ethiopian Highlands
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.
Anti-government protests occur in Sierra Leone, calling for the removal of President Julius Maada Bio.
introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change
President of Vanuatu Nikenike Vurobaravu dissolves the Parliament to prevent a no-confidence motion being debated against Prime Minister Bob Loughman.
IS-KP claims responsibility for the killing.
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
Ten soldiers are killed and many more wounded during an attack aimed at cutting off a key route to the city of Taiz.
capital and most populous city of Russia
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.
Colombian municipality of the department of Magdalena
federal defense forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities
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.
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.
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau nominates judge Michelle O'Bonsawin to the Supreme Court of Canada.
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
An explosion and large fire occur at an arms depot near Timonovo.
Twenty-two other soldiers are wounded, and 37 of the attackers are also killed.
influenza caused by viruses adapted to birds
Faction of the Islámic State in the Sahara Desert
constituent political entity of the United States of America
Iran closes its border with Iraq until "further notice" amid the ongoing civil unrest, while Kuwait urges its citizens to leave Iraq.
series of events relating to legal proceedings by the United Kingdom, Sweden and United States of America against Julian Assange
At least 76 others are kidnapped by the group.
Urban-type settlement in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
However workers in high-risk settings are still required to isolate for 7 days.
2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
The site dates back 7,000 years and contains more than 500 standing stones.
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.
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
separates the territories of Iran and Iraq
Syrian rebel group consisting of Syrian Arab Army defectors and other rebels established during the Syrian Civil War
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.
The death toll from wildfires in Algeria increases to 38 with 200 others suffering from burns and respiratory problems.
At least one person is killed and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities.
Greater St. Louis, Central Appalachia, Southern and Southwestern United States
The Bank of England raises its benchmark interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995.
The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
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.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
armored personnel carrier classification designed to provide direct fire support in addition to troop transport
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.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
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.
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
One of the men is also convicted of an explosives charge.
Russian anti-Liberal political scientist
warrant issued by a judge or magistrate on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual, or the search and seizure of an individual's property
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
protective clothing; armor worn on the body
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
borough in southwestern Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Russian peacekeepers withdraw from the city of Lachin and the villages of Zabukh and Sus, thereby returning the Lachin corridor to Azerbaijan.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
Fighting breaks out between two militias in Tripoli, Libya. At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured.
Modern immigration to the United Kingdom
permanent migration to the United Kingdom
motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads
association football club in Liverpool, England
group of eight neurotoxic proteins produced by Clostridium botulinum
Ten people are killed and 55 others are wounded, including PIJ military leader Tayseer Jabari.
city in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
special operations force of the Royal Thai Army
ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic in the Federated States of Micronesia
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
city in and county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States
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.
January 2020 helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, USA
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
war crimes committed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
The perpetrator then kills his mother in a nearby town before being arrested.
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.
partially recognized country in southeastern Europe
Decision-making body of the Government of Pakistan
epidemiological intervention of restriction on the movement of people and goods, which is intended to prevent the spread of infectious disease or pests
List of foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Date: 13 November 1996 – present (26 years)
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
illicit act of giving or promising money or gifts that alters the behavior of a person in power; illicit act of a person in power deciding based on money or gift received or promised
military offensive in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
The public has been warned not to enter the water amid fears of possible contamination.
United Kingdom government department responsible for implementing the defence policy
football stadium, home of Liverpool F.C.
Forty-two soldiers and four civilians are killed during an attack near the town of Tessit by Islamic State in the Greater Sahara gunmen.
Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada
vehicle made up of two or more roller coaster cars
unrecognised de-facto state in South Caucasus
A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps helicopter carrying several senior Pakistan Army officials crashes in Balochistan.
The government blames organized crime groups.
Nineteen Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are also arrested in the West Bank.
Head of state of The Republic of Colombia
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.
Protests against the re-election of Belarusian president Aliaksandr Lukashenka
Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
city in Switzerland and capital of its canton
international airport in Belbek, near Sevastopol, Ukraine
All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze.
Chautauqua Amphitheater Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, U.S.
rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another
Two Taliban policemen and three Islamic State gunmen are killed during a gunbattle at a hideout in Kabul.
district in Chon Buri province, Thailand
form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain
general election to be held in the Cook Islands
bilateral relations between Russia and Hungary
The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year.
census-designated place in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
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.
COVID-19 vaccination programme in Canada
English men's association football top league
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
The prime minister of Vanuatu Bob Loughman asks for the dissolution of parliament as he faces a vote of no-confidence.
legal entity controlled by a government to undertake commercial activities
Date: 19–21 August 2022 15:23 – after 48 hours (EAT +3)
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.
set of terrorist acts or campaign committed by individuals or groups who profess or claim to profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
Establishment of pro-Russian Mykolaiv military–civilian administration with seat in Snihurivka is announced, Yuri Barbashov [pl] becomes its head. It probably began functioning some days earlier.
wife of the President of the United States
overview of the observance of human rights in Saudi Arabia
Thirty-four people are injured after two rollercoaster trains collided at the Legoland Deutschland amusement park in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Singaporean law criminalising sex between consenting adult men
land component of the New Zealand Defence Force
The West African country is currently experiencing record inflation.
Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly of Hungary since 2002
72,000 people are evacuated from the city of Shizuoka.
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.
administrative division (oblast) in central Russia
American paramedic and fifth Western hostage killed by Islamic State (IS)
Cleric Rahimullah Haqqani is killed by a suicide bomber at a seminary in Kabul, Afghanistan. IS-KP claims responsibility for the killing.
Date: 24 February 2022 – present (11 months and 3 weeks)
Establishment of pro-Russian Mykolaiv military–civilian administration with seat in Snihurivka is announced, Yuri Barbashov [pl] becomes its head.
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
combat operations and doctrine designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action
French transport rolling stock manufacturer
2022 referendum in Russian-occupied Ukraine
capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
city in Ohio, United States; county seat of Hamilton County
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
employment of military resources in training for military operations
economy hotel chain run by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
declaration of a public health emergency in response to a (public) health crisis
chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80
United States Compact of Free Association: Palau Marshall Islands Micronesia
Australian governmental forum formed to make decisions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic
offshore natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany
the capital city in the northern Tigray Region of Ethiopia
international Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark
armed conflict between the Oromo Liberation Front and the Government of Ethiopia
Eight people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bomb hidden in a cart explodes near a Shiite mosque in Kabul.
Multiple explosions are reported at a Russian military air base near Novofedorivka in western Crimea.
termination of a pregnancy in the United States
Military's council formed after 2021 coup
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
capital city of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine
Date: 20 May 2022 – ongoing (8 months and 25 days)
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
Explosions are also reported at Stary Oskol Airport and in Russian-occupied Nova Kakhovka, Kherson Oblast.
A roadside bombing kills two Pakistani security forces in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
diagnostic testing for the respiratory illness COVID-19 and the underlying pathogen SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in the country.
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
details of ongoing viral outbreak in South Africa
drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Date: November 17, 2019 – present (3 years and 2 months)
sub-discipline of philosophy and political science
combined military forces of Burkina Faso
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
collective action by people in favor of a cause
Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the US
incident where some group is killed by another
List of highest-scoring Premier League matches
Witnesses blame members of the Amhara Fano militia of responsibility.
rights claimed for women and girls worldwide
Najib is the first former Malaysian prime minister to be imprisoned.
statistical measure of how long a person or organism may live, based on factors of their life
1858–1947 British colonial rule on the Indian subcontinent
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
Political party (Founded in 1947, with a paramilitary and a political wing, it is no longer officially recognized as a political party ; since the early 1980s principal movement for the independence of the Casamance.)
The Commission is responsible for conducting or supervising referenda and elections to any elective body or office established by the Constitution, and any other elections as prescribed by an Act of Parliament
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.
military exploration and observation by means of aircraft or other airborne platforms
cabinet minister responsible for foreign affairs in Hungary
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
details of ongoing viral pandemic in North Korea
coastal city in Mexico, the third-largest in Baja California
Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
political and military crisis on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border
period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2022
and the Iraqi government declares a nationwide curfew beginning at 7:00 p.m..
Guinean military officer and politician (1980-)
ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces
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.
capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Explosions are reported overnight at Russian military bases in Crimea and Belgorod Oblast, Russia.
passing of a pathogen causing communicable disease from an infected host individual or group to other individual or group, regardless of whether the other individual was previously infected
At least 23 people are killed and over 140 others are injured.
Sierra Leone declares a nationwide curfew amid anti-government protests that have killed two policemen and one civilian.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
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.
National U.S. historic landmark mansion estate
capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq
administrative division of Russia since 2014, annexed from Ukraine and not recognized under international law [see Q756294 for Ukrainian subdivision proclaimed in 1991]
gender policies, punishments of the Taliban
unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea
river in Central Europe flowing from the Czech Republic and along the Poland–Germany border
South Korean politician, 13th President of South Korea
involvement of Turkey in the Syrian civil war
Association football governing body in India
FIFA suspends the All India Football Federation for violating its statutes on third-party interference.
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
Hong Kong political faction in favour of universal suffrage
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
2022 missile attack by Russian forces in Ukraine
1100 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach, Florida, United States
combined military forces of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
A motive is still unclear, but terrorism is not being ruled out.