Portal:Current events/2019 August 26
August 26, 2019 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2019 Qousaya attack, Israel–Lebanon relations
- Lebanese media claims Israeli aircraft targeted a PFLP-GC military site in Qousaya town, making it the second attack in Lebanon since the 2006 war after the alleged attack in Beirut yesterday.
- Lebanese President Michel Aoun accuses Israel of a "declaration of war", and asserts the right of the country to defend itself from aggression in response to Israeli strikes in the Beqaa Valley. (Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
- The Federal Cartel Office in Germany announced that it will appeal a decision by a regional court that suspended its restrictions on Facebook's activities. The appeal will bring the dispute, over underlying privacy issues, to the attention of the country's highest court. (Reuters)
- Opioid epidemic in the United States
- An Oklahoma district court finds Johnson & Johnson liable for exacerbating opioid addiction in the state, and fines them US$572 million. The company announces it will appeal. (Reuters)
International relations
- 45th G7 summit
- Group of Seven leaders hold their yearly meeting in Biarritz, France. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Indonesia
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo announces North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regencies as location of the future capital of Indonesia. He says government will prepare a bill to submit in the House of Representatives as soon as possible. (The Jakarta Post) (The Washington Post)