On the event date, Chinese leader Xi Jinping made a rare visit to Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa for the 60th anniversary of Beijing’s consolidation of rule there.
Prosecutors say the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit faces a broad indictment that includes four rape counts, domestic abuse, violence, vandalism and violations of restraining orders.
Haaretz reported a national day of strikes and protests on August 17, 2025, with roughly 2.5 million participants across Israel calling for a hostage deal and an end to the war.
Voters rejected the long-dominant MAS party amid an economic crisis, giving centrist senator Rodrigo Paz a surprise first-place finish ahead of former president Jorge Quiroga.
A shooting in Forio, on the Italian island of Ischia, killed three people including the suspect, and left one woman critically injured, Leggo reported.
Military authorities say the arrests followed an investigation into an alleged plot that began on August 1, but provided few details about the suspected conspiracy.
President Dina Boluarte signed a law shielding military, police and self-defense personnel accused of human rights crimes committed during Peru’s internal conflict from 1980 to 2000, triggering outrage from victims’ families and rights groups.
Police say heavily armed suspects arrived by motorcycle and car before opening fire in rural Guayas, in another deadly night for Ecuador's coastal provinces.
Haiti's government declared a three-month state of emergency across the West, Artibonite and Centre departments, tying the move to worsening insecurity and a deepening agricultural and food crisis.
Brazil’s president has blocked dozens of provisions in a congressional bill, preserving limits on some of the most sweeping changes to licensing rules.
Beirut approved the objectives of a U.S.-backed proposal to restrict weapons to the state, setting up a showdown with Hezbollah after a cabinet meeting marred by walkouts and threats.
Rushanara Ali resigned after questions over her handling of rent increases on a property she owns raised a conflict-of-interest row on the event date, August 7, 2025.
A Susquehanna County shooting left a neighbor dead, two Pennsylvania state troopers seriously wounded and the suspected gunman killed in a police response.