Portal:Current events/2024 August 12
Appearance
August 12, 2024
(Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov accuses the Ukrainian military of using chemical weapons that poisoned Russian civilians. Ukraine's State Security Service denies these claims and accuses Russia of falsifying war crimes. (Newsweek) (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian forces take the settlement of Lysychne in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin orders the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and the USS Georgia nuclear cruise-missile submarine to the Middle East to defend Israel from possible retaliation from Iran and to strengthen the U.S. military position in the region. (Al Jazeera)
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
Business and economy
- Chevron Corporation delivers the first oil from a Gulf of Mexico oil field under extreme subsea pressure. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- One person is killed and several others are injured when a helicopter stolen from Cairns Airport crashes into a hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- The Council on American–Islamic Relations files a lawsuit against the United States government and the FBI over alleged anti-Palestinian discrimination against two Palestinian Americans for placing them on a watch list despite having no violent crime convictions. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Special Region of Jakarta Act
- The first Cabinet of Indonesia meeting session in Nusantara is held, marking the beginning of the transition of the official capital away from Jakarta. (Detik)
Science and technology
- Water on Mars
- Liquid water is confirmed to be present at depths of 10–20 km below the surface of Mars, based on a new analysis of data from NASA's InSight lander. (BBC News)