Friday
The people of 22 August
4 people in 4 stories, 29 deaths recorded, 2025
Caspar Veldkamp
Dutch diplomat and former politician (born 1964)
Dutch 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 Democracy and Farmer–Citizen Movement over implementing additional sanctions against Israel.
Politics · 22 Aug
Christine Arguello
American judge (born 1955)
United States district judge Christine Arguello of Colorado sentences former Gambian paramilitary member Michael Sang Correa to 67.5 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of torture and conspiracy to commit torture related to abuses committed in 2006 as part of ex-president Yahya Jammeh's death squad. The case marks the first successful U.S. federal conviction for torture under its extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Crime & Justice · 22 Aug · with Yahya Jammeh
Jalal Talabani
President of Iraq from 2006 to 2014
At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former president Jalal Talabani.
Crime & Justice · 22 Aug
Ranil Wickremesinghe
President of Sri Lanka from 2022 to 2024
Sri Lanka police arrest and detain former president Ranil Wickremesinghe for allegedly misusing public funds while in office.
Crime & Justice · 22 Aug
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