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August 19, 2015 (Wednesday)

Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 151 were killed in a Boko Haram attack last week on a northeastern Nigerian village, Yadin Kukuwa. News of the attack was slow to emerge because the militants destroyed telecom masts around the village. (Independent) (AFP via Times Live)

Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL, Syrian Civil War
- Islamic State militants behead an 82-year-old antiquities scholar Khaled Asaad, who worked for over 50 years as head of antiquities in Palmyra. (Reuters) BBC

Estonian-Russian relations
- A court in Russia has sentenced Estonian security official Eston Kohver to 15 years in prison for espionage. (BBC)
Sudan–United States relations
- United States announces that it is proposing sanctions against those connected to the South Sudan conflict, unless a ceasefire is reached promptly. (Al Jazeera English Online)

User data of the infidelity-promoting dating site Ashley Madison has purportedly been leaked with over 30 million users having their information compromised. (BBC)

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 *[[Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL]],  [[Syrian Civil War]]
-**[[Islamic State]] militants behead an 82-year-old antiquities scholar Khaled Asaad, who worked for over 50 years as head of antiquities in [[Palmyra]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/18/us-mideast-crisis-archaeology-idUSKCN0QN24K20150818 (Reuters)] [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33984006 BBC]
+**[[Islamic State]] militants behead an 82-year-old antiquities scholar [[Khaled Asaad]], who worked for over 50 years as head of antiquities in [[Palmyra]]. [http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/18/us-mideast-crisis-archaeology-idUSKCN0QN24K20150818 (Reuters)] [http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33984006 BBC]
 *[[Iraq War (2014–present)]]