Portal:Current events/2022 August 25

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Southern Ukraine campaign
      • Ukraine says that the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant has been completely disconnected from its power grid after shelling near the Russian-occupied plant caused several fires. Security systems at the plant were activated shortly after the power failure, according to a local official. (NBC News)
• American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
  • The United States conducts airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria for a second day. (The Wall Street Journal)

Disasters and accidents

• Flooding in Afghanistan this month has killed 182 people and wounded 250 more as torrential rains wrought widespread devastation in central and eastern provinces. (Al Jazeera)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
    • North Korea reports four new "fever" cases in Ryanggang Province and places the province under lockdown. (Al Arabiya)

Law and crime

• Assassination of Shinzo Abe
  • Itaru Nakamura, chief of the Japanese national police agency, resigns, taking responsibility for the failures in former prime minister Shinzo Abe's security that resulted in his assassination in Nara on July 8. (CBC)
• Four people, including a police constable, are killed in a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, United States. (ABC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Angolan general election
  • The electoral commission announces that President João Lourenço's MPLA has won the general election. (Reuters)