Monday

August 18, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Disasters and accidents

The death toll from a fire and explosion at a gunpowder plant last week in Shilovsky District, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, rises to 24 with at least another 157 people injured. The government declares a day of mourning. (CBS News)

2025 European and Mediterranean wildfires

Spain deploys 500 army troops to help fight raging wildfires in the country as the death toll rises to four following the death of a firefighter in Castile and León. (BBC News)