Monday

August 24, 2026

Armed conflicts and attacks

Operation Southern Spear

Russo-Ukrainian war

Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine–United Kingdom relations

British prime minister Andy Burnham, during a visit to Kyiv, confirms that he has approved supplying Ukraine with the classified blueprints to produce Storm Shadow cruise missiles despite Russian threats against such a move, which will give Ukrainian forces the ability to strike key targets deep inside Russian territory. (BBC News) (The Japan Times)

Kharkiv strikes

A Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv kills three people and leaves eight others wounded. (TRT World)

Sudanese civil war

Darfur campaign

Drone strikes by the Sudanese Armed Forces hits several Rapid Support Forces Paramilitary targets in Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan, hours after a cargo aircraft landed in the area. (Sudan Tribune)

South Sudanese Civil War

Jonglei clashes

Two peacekeepers from Ethiopia of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan are killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen in Jonglei State, South Sudan. Three more peacekeepers, two policemen and two civilians are also wounded. (RFI in French)

Business and economy

Economic impact of the 2026 Iran war

International sanctions against Iran

Iranian economic crisis

The Iranian rial reaches 2.02 million rials ahead of the U.S. dollar, a record-low, ahead of U.S. sanctions. (Time)

France–Saudi Arabia relations