Portal:Current events/2022 August 11

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast
      • At least ten shells hit the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with both Russia and Ukraine blaming each other for the attack, which damaged an office building and the plant's fire station. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Three soldiers are killed in an attack at a military base in Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir, India. Two of the attackers are killed in the ensuing shootout. (Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • Cleric Rahimullah Haqqani is killed by a suicide bomber at a seminary in Kabul, Afghanistan. IS-KP claims responsibility for the killing. (Al Jazeera) (The Times of Israel)
• Five people are killed and 100 others injured as security forces clashes with protesters demanding presidential election be held in November in Somaliland. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Thirty-four people are injured after two rollercoaster trains collided at the Legoland Deutschland amusement park in Günzburg, Bavaria, Germany. (CNBC)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
    • The Marshall Islands confirms its first death from COVID-19 in a person from Majuro. (RNZ)

International relations

• Latvia–Russia relations
  • The Latvian Parliament declares Russia a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine. (Voice of America)
• Estonia and Latvia formally withdraw from the Cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European Countries group amid tensions with China over its human rights record and its support of Russia's war on Ukraine. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• 2021–2022 inflation surge
  • Sierra Leone declares a nationwide curfew amid anti-government protests that have killed two policemen and one civilian. The West African country is currently experiencing record inflation. (Reuters)
• Cincinnati FBI field office attack
  • A gunman wearing body armor attempts to storm the offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Following a subsequent police pursuit, he is killed in a standoff with police. (The New York Times)
• A man takes several employees hostage at a bank in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding his bank savings and threatening to set himself on fire. Police officers, soldiers, and intelligence agents surround the building. (The Guardian)
• At least eight people are killed in police raids in Curitiba, Brazil. (Infobae)

Politics and elections

• Occupied territories of Ukraine
  • 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
    • The Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast begins preparations for a referendum on the region's accession to Russia, which will be held on September 11. (RBK) (TV Center)