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Disasters and accidents
The Syrian Civil Defense reports that an explosion at a house in the Ain al-Qasab village of Idlib, Syria, has killed three civilians and wounded six others. (AA) (Middle East Eye)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Helmets_(Syrian_Civil_Defence)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idlib
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria
- https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/explosion-at-house-kills-3-injures-6-in-northwestern-syria/4033386
- https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/blast-syrias-idlib-kills-least-three?topic=War%2520on%2520Iran&nid=442386&fid=557639
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Health and environment
India's Supreme Court orders states to protect elephant corridors, identify and remove obstructions, and prohibit groups from using fire to drive wild elephants away amid increasing habitat loss and human-elephant conflict. (AFP via France 24)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_elephant
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_loss
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-elephant_conflict
- https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260821-top-india-court-orders-new-steps-to-protect-threatened-elephants
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Law and crime
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance convicts activists Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung of incitement to subversion over their leadership of a group that organized annual Tiananmen crackdown vigils. They face up to 10 years in prison. (AFP via RFI)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Court_of_First_Instance
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Cheuk-yan
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Hang-tung
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inciting_subversion_of_state_power
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong_Alliance_in_Support_of_Patriotic_Democratic_Movements_of_China
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisons_in_Hong_Kong
- https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20260821-hong-kong-tiananmen-activists-found-guilty-of-inciting-subversion