August 31, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- The Israeli military recovers the bodies of six hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, from an underground tunnel near Rafah, Gaza. (NBC News)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli strikes kill at least 48 people across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis claim they have attacked the Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton for the second time in the Gulf of Aden. (Reuters)
- Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab bombs several businesses in the Tabelaha Sheikh Ibrahim neighborhood of Mogadishu, Somalia, targeting shops that had complied with the government's directive to install CCTV cameras. (Idilnews)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash
- A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8T helicopter crashes over the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula with all 22 personnel onboard killed. (AP)
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from the effects of Typhoon Shanshan in Japan increases to six, with over 100 people injured. (Reuters)
- 2024 Yemen floods
- The death toll from flooding in Al Mahwit Governorate, Yemen, increases to at least 97 people. (DW)
- Seven people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a bus crash near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. (CBS News)
- Three people are killed and two more injured after a Cessna 421C crashes in a row of townhouses near Troutdale Airport in Troutdale, Oregon, United States. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Algeria
- The BRICS New Development Bank authorizes Algeria as a new bank member. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- Ford Motor Company announces it is recalling over 90,000 vehicles due to issues with the engine intake valves. (Reuters)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Poland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Polish F32 Paralympian Róża Kozakowska is disqualified one day after winning gold in the Women's club throw F32 event due to an irregularity with her equipment. (Polsatnews)
- Poland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics