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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan, Ghazni offensive
More than 100 soldiers and police, 13 civilians and hundreds of terrorists were killed during the ongoing offensive in Ghazni. (BBC)
Business and economy
Turkish currency and debt crisis, 2018
Asian stock prices sink as Turkey’s financial turmoil fuels fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets. (Market Watch)
Disasters and accidents
2018 Laos dam collapse
The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos on 23 July, rises to 36 while 98 are still missing. (Business Standard)
Authorities in India confirmed that so far 774 people died during the moonson rain in seven states of the Country. (Financial Express)
At least nine people were killed and 16 others were injured when a fire broke out on in a ward on the seventh floor of an hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan. (BBC)
More than 300 people have been injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden jetty collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Vigo, Spain. (BBC)
12 fans of Ecuadorean football team Barcelona SC were killed and 30 others were injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned in Azuay, Ecuador. (Xinhua)
Three Russian two Tajik climbers died while 12 other people were injured when their helicopter crashed in Tajikistan. (Tampa Bay Times)
International relations
North Korea–South Korea relations
North Korea and South Korea officials began high-level negotiations, with reports suggesting that Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in could could be planning for a summit in Pyongyang later this month. (Reuters)
August 12, 2018 (Sunday)
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Disasters and accidents
August 2018 Lombok earthquake
The BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed that the death toll from the earthquake in Lombok rises to 392. (Tempo.co)
A report by the SOHR says that the explosion of an arms depot in Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, Syria, kills at least 69 people, including 17 children. The cause of the blast is "not yet clear". Most of the victims were reportedly family members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants. (Reuters)
International relations
Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea
After more than 20 years of negotiations, the five countries bordering the Caspian Sea sign an agreement in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on its shared use and the distribution of its resources. The convention legally defines the body of water as a sea rather than a lake, but with special provisions. (Deutsche Welle)
Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Foreign relations of South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with President Joseph Kabila of DR Congo in Kinshasa, praising him for his "respect for the constitution" by agreeing to step down and not take part in the upcoming December 2018 Congolese general election. (The South African)
Law and crime
Moss Side mass shooting
Ten people are injured in a mass shooting in Manchester, United Kingdom. (BBC)
Politics and elections
Unite the Right 2
Around twenty white nationalists hold a protest march in Washington D.C. on the first anniversary of the Unite the Right rally, with thousands of counter-protesters. (AP via CBC News)
Science and technology
NASA launches the Parker Solar Probe, an unpiloted spacecraft designed to study the sun. (BBC)
August 11, 2018 (Saturday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan, Ghazni offensive
Fighting continues around the city of Ghazni. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from heavy floods that triggered landislides in Kerala, India, which started on 8 July, rises to 37. (India.com)
International relations
Foreign relations of Uzbekistan, War in Afghanistan
A delegation of the Taliban political office in Doha, Qatar, has visited Uzbekistan from 7 to 10 August and met with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both parties "exchanged views of prospects of the peace process in Afghanistan". (The Hindu) (Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
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War in Afghanistan, Ghazni offensive
More than 100 soldiers and police, 13 civilians and hundreds of terrorists were killed during the ongoing offensive in Ghazni. (BBC)
Business and economy
Turkish currency and debt crisis, 2018
Asian stock prices sink as Turkey’s financial turmoil fuels fears contagion might spread to other emerging markets. (Market Watch)
Disasters and accidents
2018 Laos dam collapse
The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos on 23 July, rises to 36 while 98 are still missing. (Business Standard)
Authorities in India confirmed that so far 774 people died during the moonson rain in seven states of the Country. (Financial Express)
At least nine people were killed and 16 others were injured when a fire broke out on in a ward on the seventh floor of an hospital in New Taipei City, Taiwan. (BBC)
More than 300 people have been injured, five seriously, after a section of wooden jetty collapsed at an urban sports and music festival in Vigo, Spain. (BBC)
12 fans of Ecuadorean football team Barcelona SC were killed and 30 others were injured when the bus they were travelling in overturned in Azuay, Ecuador. (Xinhua)
Three Russian two Tajik climbers died while 12 other people were injured when their helicopter crashed in Tajikistan. (Tampa Bay Times)
International relations
North Korea–South Korea relations
North Korea and South Korea officials began high-level negotiations, with reports suggesting that Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in could could be planning for a summit in Pyongyang later this month. (Reuters)
August 12, 2018 (Sunday)
edithistorywatch
Disasters and accidents
August 2018 Lombok earthquake
The BNPB spokesperson Sutopo Purwo Nugroho confirmed that the death toll from the earthquake in Lombok rises to 392. (Tempo.co)
A report by the SOHR says that the explosion of an arms depot in Sarmada, Idlib Governorate, Syria, kills at least 69 people, including 17 children. The cause of the blast is "not yet clear". Most of the victims were reportedly family members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militants. (Reuters)
International relations
Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea
After more than 20 years of negotiations, the five countries bordering the Caspian Sea sign an agreement in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on its shared use and the distribution of its resources. The convention legally defines the body of water as a sea rather than a lake, but with special provisions. (Deutsche Welle)
Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Foreign relations of South Africa
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa meets with President Joseph Kabila of DR Congo in Kinshasa, praising him for his "respect for the constitution" by agreeing to step down and not take part in the upcoming December 2018 Congolese general election. (The South African)
Law and crime
Moss Side mass shooting
Ten people are injured in a mass shooting in Manchester, United Kingdom. (BBC)
Politics and elections
Unite the Right 2
Around twenty white nationalists hold a protest march in Washington D.C. on the first anniversary of the Unite the Right rally, with thousands of counter-protesters. (AP via CBC News)
Science and technology
NASA launches the Parker Solar Probe, an unpiloted spacecraft designed to study the sun. (BBC)
August 11, 2018 (Saturday)
edithistorywatch
Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan, Ghazni offensive
Fighting continues around the city of Ghazni. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from heavy floods that triggered landislides in Kerala, India, which started on 8 July, rises to 37. (India.com)
International relations
Foreign relations of Uzbekistan, War in Afghanistan
A delegation of the Taliban political office in Doha, Qatar, has visited Uzbekistan from 7 to 10 August and met with officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Both parties "exchanged views of prospects of the peace process in Afghanistan". (The Hindu) (Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Law and c
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