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*August 2 - [[Lance Mason]] is arrested for domestic violence. | *August 2 - [[Lance Mason]] is arrested for domestic violence. | ||
* August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis. | * August 3 to 8 - [[Sinjar Massacre]]: [[The Islamic State|ISIL]] captures the city of Sinjar in Iraq. Over the course of five days, Yazidis in Sinjar are killed en masse, with an estimated 5,000 being killed. The massacre marks the beginning of ISIL's campaign of [[genocide]] against the Yazidis. | ||
* August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia finds both [[Nuon Chea]] and [[Khieu Samphan]] guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime and sentences them both to life in prison. | * August 7 - The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) finds both [[Nuon Chea]] and [[Khieu Samphan]] guilty of [[crimes against humanity]] committed during the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime and sentences them both to life in prison. | ||
* August 28 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected President of Turkey. | * August 28 - [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is elected President of Turkey. | ||
* September 16 - Beginning of the Yemeni Civil War. | * September 16 - Beginning of the Yemeni Civil War. | ||