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The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was founded in 2013. Political scientist Armin Pfahl-Traughber described the party's shift from a right-wing democratic entity with an extremist minority to a right-wing extremist party with a democratic minority. AfD politician Ulrich Siegmund received the label 'most dangerous man in Germany' from Spiegel magazine weeks before elections in Saxony-Anhalt.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Flores on Saturday, damaging infrastructure and causing casualties according to reports from BBC News and Deutsche Welle. Verified details include the timing shortly before 06:00 local time, over 100 injuries, nearly 1,600 aftershocks, and a lifted tsunami warning, while death tolls, displacement figures, and damage counts remain disputed between the two sources. Analyses from progressive, conservative, and libertarian perspectives frame the response differently, with a shared emphasis on aid delivery shortfalls.

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Saturday with its epicenter off Flores island at a depth of 10 kilometers. Approximately 12,800 people on Flores remained unable to return home by Monday morning, and the governor of East Nusa Tenggara declared a 14-day state of emergency. Reports differ on the number of deaths, injuries, and damaged homes.

Jared Kushner met Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya and officials from Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey in Cairo on Sunday. He is scheduled to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. The meetings occur alongside a U.S.-backed 15-point Gaza plan that Netanyahu rejected on August 9.

Pakistan's Supreme Court directed the transfer of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, 73, from Adiala jail to Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad within 48 hours for medical checks. The order follows documented symptoms including vision loss, hypertension, palpitations, and anxiety after his imprisonment since August 2023 on multiple convictions. Khan maintains the charges are politically motivated, with some convictions suspended or overturned on appeal.

Lev Shlosberg, 63, deputy head of the Yabloko party, received an 11-year-and-1-month sentence in Pskov for public actions discrediting Russia's armed forces. Russia's Supreme Court upheld a ban preventing Yabloko from participating in September parliamentary elections. Independent counts by BBC Russia Service and Mediazona list more than 239,354 fallen Russian soldiers.

Hakainde Hichilema was declared re-elected president of Zambia with 61.4 percent of the vote following the August 13 2026 election. Police arrested 11 people including six opposition figures in connection with alleged possession of military weapons, with a raid occurring at the home of candidate Brian Mundubile. The National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Progress rejected involvement in any insurgency.

Russian authorities reported 600 drones directed at the Moscow region overnight, with 201 destroyed and three civilians wounded. Ukrainian strikes targeted industrial sites including a Wildberries warehouse, while Russian bombardments caused fires and injuries in Kyiv. A Spanish F-18 intercepted a drone that entered Romanian airspace.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Jared Kushner in Jerusalem on August 17, 2026, according to Deutsche Welle and The New York Times. The same day, Iran's Foreign Ministry announced progress on a joint statement with Oman regarding transit through the Strait of Hormuz. An Israeli minister separately called for expanded targeted killings in Gaza.

A high school student carried out a shooting at Ateneo de Zamboanga University on Tuesday morning, killing one fellow student, wounding two others, and then dying by suicide. The incident occurred at approximately 7:50 a.m. local time on a secured campus in Zamboanga, prompting evacuation of hundreds of students. Available reporting from two left-center sources provides consistent details on the sequence of events but limited context on regional factors.