Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian Civil War
  • 2023 Syrian protests
    • Protests calling for change of regime break out across Syria amid a severe economic crisis (The Guardian)

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • July 2023 Jenin incursion
    • An Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades fighter dies of wounds a month after being shot in the head during an Israeli army raid in Jaba, Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
• 2023 Nigerien crisis
  • The ruling Nigerien military junta orders its armed forces to go on maximum alert citing an increased threat of attack. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
      • The governor of Belgorod Oblast says Ukrainian shelling and usage of cluster munitions wounded six civilians in Urazovo. (Al Jazeera)
    • Russian forces shell the front-line city of Kupiansk, killing two and wounding one.(AP via MSN)
• Three Ukrainian air force pilots are killed after two L-39 trainer aircraft collide in midair in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. (Al Jazeera)
• Russia’s Northern Fleet conducts navy exercises in the Barents Sea aimed at preventing the passage of unauthorised and foreign ships. (Al Jazeera)

Arts and culture

• British Museum chair George Osborne announces that the museum has begun the process of recovering 2,000 stolen artifacts. (The Guardian)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed and nine more injured in a gas canister explosion on a train in Madurai, India. (BBC News)

Law and crime

• DoorDash will pay US$1.6 million to its workers after a Seattle Office of Labor Standards investigation finds the company failed to implement the city’s required sick and safe time policy. (AP)
• Fire department officials in Greece arrest two men on suspicion of setting fires amidst the recent wildfires. (AP)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Gabonese general election
  • Gabon votes to elect a president and a parliament. (AFP via France 24)

Sports

• Disputes involving the Spain women's national football team
  • FIFA suspends Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days for kissing player Jennifer Hermoso after the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup final. Hermoso claims that Rubiales acted without her consent, which he denies. (AFP via France 24)

Arts and culture

• British Museum director Hartwig Fischer resigns after insufficient investigations of recent thefts of items from the museum's collection, including jewelry and antiquities. (AFP via RTÉ) (AP)

Business and economy

• 2022–2023 food crises
  • Norway announces that it will spend 63 million kroner (US$6 million) each year on grain reserves due to environmental and geopolitical concerns. (AP)
• Haitian crisis
  • Two telecommunication companies in Haiti, Digicel and Access Haiti, said their fiber optic cables were severed this week, temporarily disrupting service in suspected acts of sabotage by criminal gangs. (AP)
• The United Auto Workers of the United States vote to call a strike if contract negotiations with Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis are not finalized by the stated deadline. (AFP via RFI)
• A U.S. federal control board files a new plan for restructuring US$10 billion in debt owned by Puerto Rico’s power company in an attempt to end bankruptcy negotiations. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 12 people are killed and 80 are injured in a human crush during the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar. (Reuters)

International relations

• 2023 Nigerien crisis
  • Foreign relations of Niger
    • The ruling Nigerien military junta orders the ambassadors of France, Germany, Nigeria, and the United States to leave the country. France rejects the ultimatum, claiming they do not recognize its authority, while the US claims it has received no request to withdraw its personnel from Niger. (Reuters) (AFP via SCMP)
• Finland–Russia relations
  • Yan Petrovsky, one of the leaders of the Russian far-right paramilitary Rusich Group, is detained in Finland. Ukraine has sent a request for Petrovsky's extradition. (Meduza) (Fontanka.ru)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in the United States
  • Capital punishment in Alabama
    • The Alabama attorney general’s office makes a filing with the Supreme Court of Alabama indicating plans to carry out a death penalty by nitrogen hypoxia, an execution method that is authorized in three US states but has never been used. (AP)
• Corruption in Lebanon
  • Monaco’s judicial authorities announce they have closed a probe against Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister Najib Mikati and his family over corruption allegations due to lack of evidence. (AP)
• Homelessness in the United States
  • Boston city officials announce police will remove tents and other makeshift shelters at the Mass and Cass tent city, an encampment for the homeless, many of whom struggle with mental health issues and substance abuse disorder. (AP)
• Yale University and a student group announce they have reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit that accused the Ivy League school of discriminating against students with mental health disabilities, including pressuring them to withdraw. (AP)
• A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator who sought to join the Islamic State terrorist group to fight in Syria and expressed interest in carrying out attacks in the U.S. is sentenced to 18 years in prison. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the Afghanistan War
  • U.S. Rep. Cory Mills introduces articles for impeachment against Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, accusing Austin of ignoring key intelligence during the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan that caused the deaths of 13 soldiers and the surrender of Kabul to the Taliban. (The Hill)
• 2023 Guatemalan general election
  • Sandra Torres, who lost Guatemala’s presidential election, files a complaint alleging fraud in the way the votes were counted. (AP)

Sports

• 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup
  • The 19th edition of the FIBA Basketball World Cup opens, with the Philippine Arena setting a World Cup attendance record of 38,115 during the co-hosts' opening game against the Dominican Republic. (AP)

August 26: Heroes' Day in Namibia; Women's Equality Day in the United States

• 1071 – Byzantine–Seljuk wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
• 1789 – French Revolution: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (pictured), defining a set of individual and collective rights of the people, was approved by the National Constituent Assembly.
• 1940 – The 1940 New England hurricane formed over the Atlantic Ocean; it would go on to cause widespread damage despite never making landfall in the United States.
• 1968 – The Beatles released "Hey Jude", which became the then-longest single to top the UK charts.
• 1980 – A bomb was planted at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, which the FBI later described as the most complex improvised explosive device ever created.