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Revision as of 11:18, 17 August 2022
August 16, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- An explosion occurs at an ammunition depot in northern Crimea, forcing the evacuation of civilians. Observers suggest that the depot may have been hit by Ukrainian forces. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- 2022 Jarqli airstrikes
- Turkish airstrikes on a military base in Aleppo Governorate kill between 16 to 22 Syrian soldiers. (Step News) (NPA)
- 2022 Jarqli airstrikes
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
- South Thailand insurgency
- A ranger is killed while seven policemen and two civilians are injured as two bombs explode at a rubber plantation in Narathiwat, Thailand. (Kosmo)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Two policemen are killed when gunmen open fire on them as they are escorting polio workers in Gomal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Twenty people are killed and six others are injured when a passenger bus collides with a tanker truck in Jalalpur Pirwala, Punjab, Pakistan. (Xinhua)
- Six people are killed and several others are injured when a bus falls into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir, India. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and nine others are injured when a test car crashes into traffic in Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. (AP)
- Six people are killed and many others are injured in a bus and truck collision in Monte Quemado, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. (Infobae)
- A Sudanese official reports that 66 people have been killed and 24,000 homes and buildings have been damaged since flooding began in June. (ABC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- U.S. First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19. (NPR)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Politics and elections
- The prime minister of Vanuatu Bob Loughman asks for the dissolution of parliament as he faces a vote of no-confidence. (RNZ)