Sunday 24 August 2025

2024 Venezuelan presidential election protests

Venezuelan opposition figures and civil society groups report that authorities released 13 detainees held after the disputed 2024 elections, with some freed outright and others placed under house arrest, while around 1,000 people remain in custody according to human rights organizations.

Disasters

Four people are killed when an air ambulance Cessna 206 crashes into the ground and explodes in Belén de Inambú, Vaupés Department, Colombia.

2025 US Open

In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player to win a main draw match at a Grand Slam in the Open Era after defeating Denmark's Clara Tauson in the first round of the 2025 US Open – Women's singles tournament.

Crime & Justice

Five people are killed, including one perpetrator, in two cases of filicide in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Terrorism in Belgium

One person is critically injured in a stabbing attack at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Brussels, Belgium. A suspect is arrested, with a political motive still under investigation.

Prisoners of war in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russia and Ukraine swap 146 prisoners from each side after mediation by the United Arab Emirates.

Killing of Tamima Nibras Juhar

An 18-year-old Norwegian man with German background is arrested for killing a 34-year-old female welfare worker at an institution in Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Police are treating it as terrorism with a racist and right-wing extremist motive as the perpetrator has expressed Islamophobic views.

Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

At least 64 Palestinians are killed by Israeli planes and tanks at the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City as Israel presses ahead with its plans to seize the city.

Israeli attacks on Yemen

Ten people are killed and 102 others are injured, including 21 critically, in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Houthis in Sanaa, Yemen.

2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings

Israeli forces kill four Palestinians seeking humanitarian aid at a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation site near the Netzarim Corridor in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza war protests in Australia

An estimated 300,000 people across Australia, including at least 100,000 in Melbourne, march to protest the Israeli escalation of the Gaza war and its plans to militarily seize the entirety of Gaza, while also calling for the Australian government to sanction Israel.