August 10, 2025 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and cameramen in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

(BBC News), (Al Jazeera)

Israeli invasion of the Gaza StripGaza war

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Disasters and accidents

More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.

(MSN)

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A M_ww 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 building and two mosque minaret collapses in Balıkesir Province and Manisa.

(CNN Turkiye), (TRT Haber)

2025 Balıkesir earthquake

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Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.

(WJZ-TV)

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Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

(G1 Globo)

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International relations

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

(The Atlantic), (BBC News)

Russia–United States relations, Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Law and crime

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

(AP)

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