Armed conflicts and attacks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launches a investigation into troop conduct for their roles in the 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, her family, and 15 other paramedics. (AP)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Hind_Rajab
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinians
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hind_Rajab
• https://apnews.com/article/israel-military-hind-rajab-gaza-parademics-investigations-c0a733a3ac78660b474e5bdb47154f8b

Armed conflicts and attacks

Around ten people are reported killed in a Israeli airstrike on a police station in Gaza City, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire. (Middle East Eye)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airstrike
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_City
• https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gaza-israel-kills-nine-gaza-police-station-bombing

Armed conflicts and attacks

The IDF says that the Air Force have targeted two Hamas commanders, including one who participated in the October 7 attacks, along with Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip. (The Jerusalem Post)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_7_attacks
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_warfare_in_the_Gaza_Strip
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip
• https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-906011

Disasters and accidents

Twenty-three people are killed and four others are injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the BR-373 in Paraná, Brazil. (Reuters)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head-on_collision
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BR-373_(Brazil_highway)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraná_(state)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bus-truck-head-on-collision-parana-brazil-kills-least-21-2026-08-19/

Health and environment

Merck and Moderna reports that their cancer vaccine candidate showed positive results in their late-stage trial in preventing a recurrence of melanoma, including in high-risk patients. (CNBC)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merck_&_Co.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderna
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_vaccine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_recurrence
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma
• https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/19/moderna-merck-cancer-vaccine-shows-initial-late-stage-melanoma-data.html