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South Korea to restart investigative work to find and seize illegally acquired assets during Japans occupation of the country https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260816/korea-relaunches-hunt-for-assets-accumulated-by-pro-japanese-collaborators
Iran has bounties for soldiers that capture or kill American soldiers https://aje.news/eygyb1?update=4858439
Gaza struck by Israel https://aje.news/eygyb1?update=4858254
Greece 2 dead from wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/16/greek-island-salamis-belgium-high-fens-helicopters-wildfire
Colombia asked US to suspend tariffs while dealing with earthquake https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/15/colombia-asks-trump-to-suspend-tariffs-as-country-reels-from-earthquake
Colombia earthquake deaths at around 290, 4000 injured https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/search-teams-comb-rubble-colombia-nearly-week-after-quake-aid-effort-expands-2026-08-16/
Japan, Friday floods in Chiba update puts over 1300 homes flooded and 10 killed https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260816/p2g/00m/0na/022000c
Egypt supports development of dam in Ethiopia, but not if it comes at the expense of countries downstream https://www.egyptindependent.com/egypt-supports-development-in-ethiopia-but-not-if-it-harms-downstream-nations-abbas-sharaki/
Russia says at least 7 dead after largest Ukrainian attacks this year https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1411pgje8xo
US Hawaii getting slammed by tropical storm, 1 dead, thousands without power https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/15/weather/tropical-storm-lala-inches-toward-hurricane-strength-and-hawaiis-big-island
Pakistan truckers strike postponed as more talks and action are scheduled to take place in the coming weeks https://www.dawn.com/news/2023238/goods-transporters-postpone-strike-for-40-days-in-broader-national-interest
Germany dealing with some wildfires, some have been taken care of https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/waldbraende-deutschland-100.html
