Overview

• A new International Rescue Committee field survey reported that about one in three children under age three in Gaza had not eaten in the previous 24 hours during August, underscoring extreme food deprivation.
• The OSCE human-rights office said at least 169 Ukrainian prisoners have died in Russian custody or occupied territories since 2022, citing indications of systematic torture and abuse.
• Japan’s 11th Regional Coast Guard confirmed the USS New Orleans carried ammunition during its August 20 fire off Okinawa’s White Beach and said it received no detailed information from the U.S. side.
• More than a thousand people protested in New York as Israel’s prime minister addressed the UN, labeling him a war criminal, while the Israeli prime minister’s office ran a “Don’t forget Oct. 7” awareness campaign.
• In Japan’s ruling party leadership race, veteran Toshimitsu Motegi pledged to revive the economy within two years, as contender Yoshimasa Hayashi worked to contain fallout from remarks criticized as gaffes.