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- A church fire in Giza, Egypt, kills 41 people, including several children.
- Salman Rushdie (pictured), author of The Satanic Verses, is critically injured after a knife attack at a speech in the United States.
- A mass mortality event involving fish, beavers and other wildlife occurs in the Polish part of the river Oder, causing a health and environmental crisis.
- A mass shooting after a family conflict in Cetinje, Montenegro, leaves 11 people dead and 6 others injured.
August 15, 2022
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
- Israel launches a series of airstrikes in Damascus and Tartus, Syria, killing three soldiers and wounding three others. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces the deployment of 120 New Zealand troops to train Ukrainian forces. (Reuters)
August 14, 2022
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A Palestinian gunman opens fire inside a bus in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring eight people, two of them critically. Israeli police later raid the Silwan neighborhood, where the suspect lived, and arrest him. (Al Jazeera) (AP)
- Five people are killed and 26 others are injured by an explosion in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The government blames organized crime groups. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Giza church fire
- At least 41 people are killed and 45 others are injured in a fire at the Saint Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church in Giza, Egypt. (BBC News)
- 2022 European and Mediterranean wildfires
- More than 1,500 people are evacuated from Zaragoza, Spain, due to wildfires. (EMEATribune)
- 2022 Yerevan explosion
- Six people are killed, 60 others injured and 18 more are missing in an explosion at a fireworks storage area of a mall in Yerevan, Armenia. The city's mayor stated that there were people trapped under rubble. (Al Jazeera)
- Seven people are killed by flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Pengzhou, Sichuan, China. (AP)
August 13, 2022
(Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia says that it has captured the village of Pisky, in Donetsk Oblast, while Ukrainian forces say that they have destroyed a bridge in Russian-occupied Kherson Oblast. (AP)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Pacific typhoon season
- Tropical Storm Meari makes landfall in central Japan, causing heavy rain and high winds. 72,000 people are evacuated from the city of Shizuoka. (Bloomberg)
- 2022 Oder environmental disaster
- The German environment ministry says that an unknown, highly toxic substance is responsible for the mass die-off of wildlife in the Oder river. High levels of mercury have also been found in the river. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki says that the river will take years to "return to normal". (CNN)
- One person is killed and 40 others are injured when a stage at a music festival in Cullera, Province of Valencia, Spain, collapses due to high winds caused by a nearby heat burst. (Reuters) (RTVE)
- Flooding in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, kills two people and also damages The Linq hotel. (CBS News)
Law and crime
- Treatment of women by the Taliban
- The Taliban violently disperse a demonstration by women's rights activists who were marching to the education ministry in Kabul to demand broader rights, by chasing and beating women and firing gunshots into the air. (Al Jazeera)
- One person is killed and 17 others are injured after a driver plows his car into a fundraiser for victims of a house fire that killed ten people earlier in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. The perpetrator then kills his mother in a nearby town before being arrested. (The New York Times)
Sports
- Romanian swimmer David Popovici breaks the 13-year old world record for the 100m freestyle with a time of 46.86. (SwimSwam)
August 12, 2022
(Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Mali War
- The German defence ministry suspends its military's aerial reconnaissance and transport operations in Mali after the government of Mali denied the departure of one of their flights. (Bloomberg)
- Mali War
- Mexican drug war
- Eight people are killed and five others injured in a prison riot and shootings at a food shop and a pizzeria in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. Two other premises are set on fire. (MSN) (CBS News)
- At least a dozen vehicles are burned and several streets are blocked in the state of Baja California, mainly in the cities of Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada. This is the fourth major incident in the last week where arson and blocked streets have been reported. (Infobae) (Proceso)
- Stabbing of Salman Rushdie
- Anglo-Indian writer Salman Rushdie is attacked at a public event in Chautauqua, New York, United States, sustaining multiple stab wounds to the neck and abdomen. The suspect is arrested by New York State Police. (Reuters) (AP)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A Belize-flagged ship departs Chornomorsk for Turkey, becoming the first wheat export from Ukraine under a United Nations-brokered deal. (SwissInfo)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 United Kingdom heat wave
- The Environment Agency of England declares a drought across eight of its fourteen areas amid an ongoing heat wave. (The Guardian)
- 2022 Oder environmental disaster
- A mass die-off of fish occurs in the Oder river in Poland. Polish officials call it an "ecological catastrophe" with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki vowing to "punish" those responsible. The public has been warned not to enter the water amid fears of possible contamination. (Sky News)
- Three people are killed and 17 are missing after an overloaded boat capsizes in Uttar Pradesh, India. (Reuters)
- Nine people are killed and 18 others injured after a microbus overturn in Minya, Egypt. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia
- Incumbent Vice President Yosiwo George dies from COVID-19 at the age of 81. (Pacific Daily News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Micronesia
Law and crime
- 2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis
- A High Court Judge is detained following a failed deportation attempt by the Kiribati government. (1 News)
- 2022 Cetinje shooting
- A man kills a woman and two children at their home in Cetinje, Montenegro, before opening fire in the streets against random civilians, killing seven people and wounding six others. The perpetrator is later killed by an armed citizen. (NDTV)
- South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol pardons former Samsung executive Lee Jae-yeong, who was on parole for bribery. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Vice President of Paraguay Hugo Velázquez Moreno announces his resignation after being accused of corruption by the United States, which he denies being guilty of. (AP)
August 11, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Three soldiers are killed in an attack at a military base in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Two of the attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout. (Reuters)
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Cleric Rahimullah Haqqani is killed by a suicide bomber at a seminary in Kabul, Afghanistan. IS-KP claims responsibility for the killing. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
- Five people are killed and 100 others injured as security forces clashes with protesters demanding presidential election be held in November in Somaliland. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Thirty-four people are injured after two rollercoaster trains collided at the Legoland Deutschland amusement park in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. (CNBC)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
- The Marshall Islands confirms its first death from COVID-19 in a person from Majuro. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
International relations
- Latvia–Russia relations
- The Latvian Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine. (Voice of America)
- Estonia and Latvia formally withdraw from the Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries group amid tensions with China over its human rights record and its support of Russia's war on Ukraine. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- Sierra Leone declares a nationwide curfew amid anti-government protests that have killed two policemen and one civilian. The West African country is currently experiencing record inflation. (Reuters)
- Cincinnati FBI field office attack
- A gunman wearing body armor attempts to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police. (The New York Times)
- A man takes several employees hostage at a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire. Police officers, soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building. (The Guardian)
- At least eight people are killed in police raids in Curitiba, Brazil. (Infobae)
Politics and elections
- Occupied territories of Ukraine
- 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
- The Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast begins preparations for a referendum on the region's accession to Russia, which will be held on September 11. (RBK) (TV Center)
- 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
August 10, 2022
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Russian forces install air defence systems at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, according to the head of Moscow-appointed administration of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Yevhen Balytskyi. (MSN)
- A Russian missile strike in Nikopol Raion, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, kills at least 13 civilians and injures 11 others. (The New York Times)
- Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Mexican drug war
- Cartel gunmen in Mexico burn down dozens of stores and block streets with burning cars in the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato in response to arrests of cartel figures by the Federal Police. (AP)
Business and economy
- COVID-19 recession
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
- Domino's Pizza closes all of its stores in Italy after its franchise holder ePizza SpA files for bankruptcy. The American restaurant chain says that it was severely impacted by COVID-19 restrictions in the country. (BBC News)
- Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Disasters and accidents
- A house explodes in Evansville, Indiana, United States, killing at least three people, injuring one and damaging at least 39 nearby houses. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Anti-government protests occur in Sierra Leone, calling for the removal of President Julius Maada Bio. Both protestors and policemen are killed during clashes. (The Washington Post)
- Uzbekistan's embassy in Russia warns its citizens not to join Russian forces invading Ukraine, saying that those who do so will be criminally liable for mercenaryism upon returning to Uzbekistan. (EuroWeekly News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Papua New Guinean general election
- James Marape is re-elected unopposed as Prime Minister by the Parliament after his party Pangu Pati won the general election in July. (The Guardian)
August 9, 2022
(Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
- Multiple explosions are reported at a Russian military air base near Novofedorivka in western Crimea. At least one person is killed and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities. (Reuters) (Sky News)
- 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, local head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and two other people are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus. At least 40 others are injured. (BBC News)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Four Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Reuters)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Fifteen troops are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Bam Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
- Boko Haram insurgency
- Four civilians and a soldier are killed, and another civilian is wounded, during three separate attacks by Boko Haram gunmen in the Far North Region, Cameroon. (Xinhua)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Transneft says that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine's pipeline operator UkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic's pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 South Korean floods
- Nine people are killed by flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
- Matanzas, Cuba oil factory explosion
- Firefighters in Cuba bring a catastrophic fire at an oil terminal in Matanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespread blackouts. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
- The Marshall Islands confirm their first community transmission cases of COVID-19 in the capital Majuro. The government subsequently announces that the start of the school year will be delayed, and also suspends flights and boat travel to the country's outer islands. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
International relations
- Moldova–Russia relations
- Russia bans the import of agricultural products from Moldova from August 15 due to "repeated detection of dangerous quarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia". (Reuters)
Politics and elections
Science and technology
- Discoveries of exoplanets
- Radio astronomers have discovered a newborn, Jupiter-size exoplanet orbiting the star AS 209, using the Atacama Large Millimeter Array telescope in Chile. (Space.com)
- Roscosmos launches the Iranian Space Agency's Earth observation satellite Khayyam from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 44th Chess Olympiad
- The Chess Olympiad in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, concludes, with Uzbek chess grandmaster Nodirbek Abdusattorov winning the open event. (The Indian Express)
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