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Armed conflicts and attacks
At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions. (Garowe Online)
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Disasters and accidents
At least 65 people are killed, while more than 167 others are injured, including 38 critically, and over 220 are reported missing following a massive cloudburst in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. (India TV) (Hindustan Times)
- https://www.indiatvnews.com/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-kishtwar-cloudburst-cm-abdullah-visits-site-locals-chant-jai-mata-di-after-flash-flood-hits-chositi-video-2025-08-16-1003801
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cloudburst-hits-kishtwar-s-chishoti-on-machail-mata-yatra-route-casualties-feared-101755157455420.html
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Health and environment
According to the Sudanese government, at least 40 people have died of cholera in the Darfur region over the last week in the country's worst outbreak in years. (MSN)
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International relations
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, states in a KCNA article that the rumour that North Korea had removed the loudspeakers in the Korean Demilitarized Zone is false. (Al Jazeera) (The Independent)
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Law and crime
Mali announces the arrest of two generals, other military officers, civilians, and a French national accused of plotting to destabilize the state, with authorities stating the alleged conspiracy began on August 1 and that investigations are ongoing. (AP)
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Law and crime
Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra is arrested after a judge investigating him for corruption orders five months of preventive detention. (Infobae)