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August 12, 2017
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2017-08-12
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Syrian Civil War
Seven members of the
White Helmets
are shot dead by unidentified gunmen who stormed their office in rebel-held
Sarmin
, in northwestern
Syria
.
(CNN)
War in North-West Pakistan
August 2017 Quetta suicide bombing
A
suicide bombing
took place near a
Pakistan army
truck in
Quetta
,
Balochistan
,
Pakistan
, leaving 15 people dead including 8 soldiers, while injuring 40 others.
(
The Guardian
)
Unite the Right rally
Fights break out between white supremacists and counterprotesters in
Charlottesville, Virginia
, over the removal of the
Robert Edward Lee Sculpture
. One person is killed and several people are injured after a man
drove his car into
a crowd of counterprotesters.
(CNN)
(BBC)
(
The Independent
)
The
Governor of Virginia
declares a
state of emergency
due to the protests.
(CNN)
A
Virginia State Police
helicopter monitoring protests crashes, killing two officers onboard.
(NBC News)
Disasters and accidents
August 2017 Nepal and India floods
Flooding in
Nepal
leaves at least 36 dead and dozens more missing.
(
Hindustan Times
)
International relations
2017 China–India border standoff
India
increases its military alert amid a border standoff with the
People's Liberation Army
of
China
at
Doklam
.
(Bloomberg)
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