Armed conflicts and attacks

Two children and a woman are killed by a mortar in Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, amidst fighting between the Pakistani military and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan fighters. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-military-offensive-civilian-deaths-northwest-d9011ffc7ed753c66c9eb70d55f94057

Business and economy

Canadian clothing company Gildan finalizes the details for its acquisition of American company Hanesbrands for US$2.2 billion. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/gildan-hanesbrands-hanes-maidenform-57b14618d7611f4a644af4150049502e

Health and environment

Sudanese health authorities launch a ten-day cholera vaccination campaign in Khartoum targeting over 150,000 people to curb an outbreak that has caused more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths nationwide since July 2024. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/sudan-cholera-khartoum-disease-united-nations-vaccine-c4d165a34fc2538fd7b78c886bb6cd57

Law and crime

Peruvian president Dina Boluarte signs into law a congressional bill granting amnesty to all military, police, and other self-defense personnel accused of human rights violations committed between 1980 and 2000. (The Guardian)

• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/13/peru-amnesty-military-police-human-rights-abuses