Armed conflicts and attacks
Middle Eastern crisis
28 August 2025 Israeli attack on Yemen
Israeli airstrikes hit Sanaa, Yemen, reportedly assassinating Houthi prime minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several of his companions hours after the Houthis launched a drone towards Israel which was intercepted by the Israeli military. (The Times of Israel) (AP)
The Lebanese army reports that two soldiers were killed and two others were injured after an Israeli drone crashed and exploded in An-Naqoura, southern Lebanon, while they were inspecting it. (Reuters)
The United Nations Security Council votes unanimously to withdraw its peacekeeping mission in Lebanon on December 31, 2026. (AP)
Russian invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian spy ship Simferopol is sunk by a drone strike in the Danube river, killing two people and leaving several others missing or injured. (The Kyiv Independent)
Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv strikes
The Russian Armed Forces launch nearly 600 drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles at Kyiv, Ukraine, striking multiple residential areas, killing 25 people, including four children, and wounding 63 others, including 11 children. (BBC News) (MSN)
Colombian conflict
August 2025 FARC dissidents clashes
Colombia's Ombudsman's Office confirms that 33 soldiers detained for three days in a village in Guaviare after clashes with dissident FARC fighters have been released following negotiations involving officials and the United Nations. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
A Polish Air Force F-16 training jet crashes during rehearsals for the 2025 Radom Air Show in Radom, Poland, killing the pilot. (Reuters) (Echo Dnia)