August 12, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Acting Governor of Kursk Oblast Alexei Smirnov accuses the Ukrainian military of using chemical weapons that poisoned Russian civilians. Ukraine's State Security Service denies these claims and accuses Russia of falsifying war crimes. (Newsweek) (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russian forces take the settlement of Lysychne in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin orders the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group and the USS Georgia, a nuclear cruise-missile submarine, to the Middle East to defend Israel from possible retaliation from Iran and to strengthen U.S. military posture in the region. (Al Jazeera)
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
Business and economy
- Chevron Corporation delivers the first oil from a Gulf of Mexico oil field under extreme subsea pressure. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- One person is killed and several are injured when a helicopter stolen from Cairns Airport crashes into a hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Anti-Palestinianism in the United States
- The Council on American–Islamic Relations files a lawsuit against the United States government and the FBI over stated anti-Palestinian discrimination against two Palestinian Americans for placing them on a watch list despite having no violent crime convictions. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Special Region of Jakarta Act
- The first Cabinet of Indonesia meeting session in Nusantara is held, marking the beginning of the transition of the official capital away from Jakarta. (Detik)
Science and technology