• War in Afghanistan
  • 17 August 2019 Kabul bombing
    • 63 people are killed and 182 wounded in a suicide attack at a wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacker set off explosives among the invitees. (Al Arabiya)

• Aftermath of the 2018–19 Sudanese protests
  • The ruling military and the civilian opposition formally sign a power-sharing deal establishing a three-year transition period towards the election of a civilian government. (Al Jazeera)
• 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
  • Thousands of school teachers join the 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong. (Reuters)
• A rally of far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer is met by left-wing Antifa in Portland, Oregon. (The New York Times)
• The Argentinian Treasury Minister, Nicolás Dujovne, resigns after incumbent President Mauricio Macri's loss in a primary vote saw Argentina's peso fall to record lows. (Bloomberg)

• China announces the successful first launch of the Smart Dragon-1 [fr; de] carrier rocket. (Reuters)