Portal:Current events/2026 August 15

August 15, 2026 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

2026 Indiana floods
- Authorities in Indiana, United States, report that six people have died in recent floods from storms. (Reuters)
The death toll of the Lake Kariba vessel capsizing in Zimbabwe from last week rises to 72 after 26 more bodies are recovered. (AP via CNN)
Six people are killed and several others wounded after a container truck crashes into an auto rickshaw in Latehar district, Jharkhand, India. (ETV Bharat)
A minibus carrying a wedding party overturns in Diyarbakir Province, Türkiye, killing five and injuring eleven others. (Asharq al-Awsat)

Law and crime

2026 Ceuta migrant crisis
- Police in Morocco arrest 111 migrants who attempted to enter Spain's autonomous community Ceuta, amidst tightened security on both sides of the border with Spain. (CBC)
Four artwork by Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina are reportedly stolen from the Regional Museum of Messina in Messina, Sicily, Italy. (The Guardian) (Reuters)
Three people are shot dead and two others are wounded in a mass shooting in a flat in Newclare, Johannesburg, South Africa. (EWN)

Politics and elections

Succession to the Liechtensteiner throne
- Hereditary Prince Alois announces that Liechtenstein will gradually transition its line of succession to absolute primogeniture, stating that any future descendant of him and Hereditary Princess Sophie, regardless of sex, will inherit the throne, allowing future women to inherit the throne. (AP)

Sports