2025

August

31 days of people in the news

  1. 31SundayThe Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led maritime convoy, departs from four cities in the Mediterranean and heads towards Gaza to attempt to break the Israeli…7 stories
  2. 30SaturdayUnrest in Indonesia, following a government truck killing a 21-year-old, continues as a mob loots the houses of parliament members Ahmad Sahroni, Eko Patrio and Uya Kuya.4 stories
  3. 29FridayThe Thai Constitutional Court removes Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office for ethical misconduct over leaked phone calls she had with former Cambodian…5 stories
  4. 28ThursdayIsraeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the Houthis launched a…4 stories
  5. 27WednesdaySyrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa inaugurates the 62nd Damascus International Fair, the first to be held since the end of the Assad regime last year.7 stories
  6. 26TuesdayAustralian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces the closure of the Australian embassy in Tehran, the expulsion of Iranian ambassadors from Australia, and…6 stories
  7. 25MondayU.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order instructing the Department of Justice to federally prosecute flag desecration, contradicting constitutional…5 stories
  8. 24SundayIn tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denmark's Clara Tauson in the first…1 story
  9. 23SaturdayThe Sandiganbayan appellate court of the Philippines sentences Janet Lim-Napoles to 55 years in prison over the diversion of ₱7.55 million (US$133,600) in the Priority…2 stories
  10. 22FridayDutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp resigns from the current cabinet after failing to come to an agreement with coalition partners People's Party for Freedom and…4 stories
  11. 21ThursdayU.S. president Donald Trump deploys three guided-missile destroyers off the coast of Venezuela after the U.S. government authorized military operations against Latin…2 stories
  12. 20WednesdayThe United States Department of State imposes sanctions on International Criminal Court judges Nicolas Guillou and Kimberly Prost and deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem…7 stories
  13. 19TuesdayHamas positively receives an Egyptian–Qatari-mediated 60-day ceasefire proposal, which is rejected by Israeli defense minister Israel Katz with national security…5 stories
  14. 18MondayUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and several other European leaders meet with U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C. to discuss…5 stories
  15. 17SundayBolivians vote to elect a president, vice president, 130 members of the Chamber of Deputies, and 36 members of the Chamber of Senators. Preliminary results indicate a…1 story
  16. 16SaturdayCanadian jobs minister Patty Hajdu orders binding arbitration between Air Canada and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.1 story
  17. 15FridayRussian president Vladimir Putin travels to Alaska to meet with United States president Donald Trump to discuss pathways to bring an end to the Russian invasion of…2 stories
  18. 14ThursdayKim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, states in a KCNA article that the rumour that North Korea had removed the loudspeakers in the Korean…2 stories
  19. 13WednesdayPeruvian president Dina Boluarte signs into law a congressional bill granting amnesty to all military, police, and other self-defense personnel accused of human rights…2 stories
  20. 12TuesdayThe Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former South Korean first lady and Yoon Suk Yeol's spouse Kim Keon Hee on three charges related to stock…1 story
  21. 11MondayColombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June.3 stories
  22. 10SundaySeven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in…2 stories
  23. 9SaturdayMultiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president…2 stories
  24. 8FridayVolker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa said the group…8 stories
  25. 7ThursdayU.S. attorney general Pam Bondi announces a $50 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, saying his capture and…2 stories
  26. 6WednesdayThe Lebanese Council of Ministers announces that an avenue in Beirut, Lebanon, named after former Syrian president Hafez al-Assad, will be renamed after Ziad Rahbani…6 stories
  27. 5TuesdayA court in Chișinău sentences the governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for violations related to the financing of…4 stories
  28. 4MondayIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the Israeli government has decided to completely militarily occupy the Gaza Strip and fully eliminate Hamas, and…3 stories
  29. 3Sunday0 stories
  30. 2SaturdayFour-term National Assembly lawmaker Jung Chung-rae is elected as the leader of the Democratic Party in South Korea during the national party convention at KINTEX in…2 stories
  31. 1FridayU.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action against Russian forces in…5 stories