Armed conflicts and attacks

More than 35 jihadist fighters are killed in airstrikes by the Nigerian Air Force during an attempted ground assault on troops near the Cameroon–Nigeria border in North West Nigeria. (France 24)

• https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250823-nigerian-airforce-kills-at-least-35-jihadists-near-border-with-cameroon

Law and crime

Indian Police arrest a man who recently alleged that he had been coerced into burrying hundreds of bodies of women who were raped before being murdered from 1995 to 2014 at the Dharmasthala Temple in Dharmasthala, Karnataka, India. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm2z9zjgx7o

Sports

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation suspends Norwegian Olympic ski jumpers Johann André Forfang and Marius Lindvik for three months and fines them CHF 2,000 (US$2,500) each after they admitted to equipment tampering during the men's large hill event at the 2025 World Ski Championships in Trondheim. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/sports/ski-jumping-norways-lindvik-forfang-accept-suspensions-over-suit-tampering-2025-08-23/