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Nepal has begun burying unidentified victims of a devastating flood that struck the Himalayan border region with China, as the provisional death toll reached 903 in Nepal and 16 in China, with thousands missing.
A passenger ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight people and leaving 18 missing. The boat was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew when it took on water after leaving Kyrenia.
A Russian drone strike on a weapons depot near Kyiv killed at least 37 people and forced hundreds to evacuate, prompting an investigation into the storage of munitions near residential areas.
US forces struck two rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz, killing two and injuring two, prompting Iranian retaliatory missile attacks on US bases in Jordan and a drone attack on an air base in the UAE.
A 22-year-old woman was killed and five others injured in a shooting at a techno rave near Zurich, Switzerland. Police have launched a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrator.
A flash flood at Grand Canyon's Bright Angel Canyon and Phantom Ranch area killed one person and left 15 missing; 62 people were airlifted to safety.
Armed gangs killed at least 47 people in Kenscoff, Haiti, on August 24-25, 2026, while a UN report shows gang violence spreading beyond Port-au-Prince despite intensified security operations.
An attempted mutiny by soldiers in Niger's capital Niamey was contained by government forces with support from Russia's Africa Corps, exposing tensions in the military and highlighting the country's shifting security partnerships.
UNICEF reports that 3.7 million children in Afghanistan suffer from wasting, with 1 million in severe acute malnutrition. Hospitals are overwhelmed, and funding cuts have closed treatment sites.
Siemens has disclosed a critical missing authentication vulnerability (CVE-2026-58115) in SIMATIC IoT2050 Advanced devices running Industrial OS with Node-RED installed. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with maximum privileges. Siemens has released a fix in version V4.3.4.1.