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Armed conflicts and attacks

United Nations representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons implores the Afghan government and the Taliban to protect civilians as a UN report shows a sharp increase in civilians being killed (especially of women and children); 1,300 so far this year.

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)Taliban insurgency2021 Taliban offensive

Source: DW

The army surrounds parliament and prevents its Speaker Rached Ghannouchi from entering parliament. President Kais Saied earlier dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and froze the activities of parliament for 30 days.

2021 Tunisian political crisis

Source: Reuters

Police storm and raid the headquarters of news outlet Al Jazeera in Tunis, as clashes continue outside. Opposing sides confront defending the government and against it in response to the freezing of the parliament.

2021 Tunisian political crisis

Source: Al Jazeera

Politics and elections

The Parliament of Malaysia reopens for the first time after seven-month suspension due to the COVID-19-related state of emergency, which will be expire on August 1.

2020–21 Malaysian political crisisImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics

Source: Nikkei Asia

Mary Simon is officially sworn in as the 30th Governor General of Canada. She is the first indigenous person to hold the office.

Source: CBC

Najib Mikati is designated by the Lebanese parliament to be the new prime minister, succeeding caretaker Hassan Diab.

Source: Reuters

Sports

The Dutch rowing team will self-isolate after rower Finn Florijn and team coach Josy Verdonkschot tested positive for COVID-19 during the Olympics.

2020 Summer OlympicsImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sportsCOVID-19 pandemic in the NetherlandsNetherlands at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Source: Reuters

Filipino weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz wins the Women's 55 kg event, attaining the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold.

2020 Summer OlympicsPhilippines at the 2020 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Source: Reuters

International relations

The Foreign Minister of Equatorial Guinea announces the closure of the country's embassy in London, United Kingdom after the British government sanctioned Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue over his "lavish lifestyle". The Minister said that it was the first measure and that Equatorial Guinea "will not allow interference in internal affairs".

Foreign relations of Equatorial Guinea

Source: Reuters

Law and crime

The French Parliament approves a law that requires all healthcare workers to get vaccinated by September 15 and the adoption of a "Health Pass" to enter restaurants, trains, airplanes, and some public venues. The law can be applied until November 15 depending on the COVID-19 situation and will apply to children aged 12 years old or above beginning from September 30.

COVID-19 pandemic in France

Source: France 24

Disasters and accidents

USAID announces $7.5 million as donation directly to feeding people, treating children and pregnant women with malnutrition in southern Madagascar. The country has been experienced its worst drought in the south of the past 40 years, taking more than one million to the verge of famine.

2021 Madagascar food crisis

Source: US embassy Madagascar

Thirteen people are killed and 45 others injured when a long-distance bus rolls over on the G22 Qingdao–Lanzhou Expressway in Jingchuan County, Gansu, China.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

Disasters and accidents

The Dixie Fire grows to 190,000 acres in Butte County and Plumas County after merging with the Fly Fire. Approximately 16 structures have been destroyed.

2021 wildfire season2021 California wildfiresDixie Fire

Source: KCRA-TV

The Plumas County Sheriff's Office orders mandatory evacuations in the area amid the spread of the Dixie Fire.

2021 wildfire season2021 California wildfiresDixie Fire

Source: KTXL-TV

An uncontrolled fire in the Spanish Catalan counties of Anoia and Conca de Barberà burns more than 1,100 hectares of land. The ashes reach Barcelona, 100 kilometers away from the focus of the fire while a confinement order is issued for two municipalities.

2021 wildfire season

Source: El Confidencial

Massive fires in the region of Sardinia, Italy, damage buildings, force the evacuation of 1,500 people and destroy 20,000 hectares of land. Italy has asked for help from other European countries to battle the fires.

2021 wildfire season

Source: The Guardian

Ten people are killed and 44 are injured in a bus crash near Slavonski Brod, Croatia. The bus, traveling on a regular route from Frankfurt, Germany, to Pristina, Kosovo, swerved off the highway after one of the drivers briefly fell asleep. The driver was arrested after the incident, while the second driver was killed in the crash.

Source: Washington Post

Nine people are killed and three more are wounded in Himachal Pradesh, India, after being hit by falling boulders.

Source: BBC

Flash flooding in London leaves a number of Underground stations submerged with widespread damage reported.

Source: The Independent

Armed conflicts and attacks

Nigerian authorities confirm that the bandits who kidnapped dozens of children from a school in Chikun, Kaduna State, have released 28 of them and that 81 others remain in captivity. This was the tenth mass kidnapping incident since December 2020.

Chikun kidnapping

Source: Reuters

Armed bandits kidnap a negotiator who had been sent to pay the ransom by the parents of the remaining students being held in captivity. The bandits had demanded nearly US$73,000.

Chikun kidnapping

Source: Reuters

The man who tried to kill Malian President Assimi Goïta with a knife at a mosque in Bamako six days ago dies in custody. The cause of death is unknown.

Mali War

Source: Al Jazeera

Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi reports that the Mozambique Defence Armed Forces are advancing in Cabo Delgado Province and gaining territory previously held by Daesh-affiliated groups. The insurgency has caused thousands of deaths as well as monetary losses Mozambique's economy, primarily in the gas and oil industries.

Insurgency in Cabo Delgado

Source: Reuters

Sports

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games reports the first post-competition case of COVID-19 after Dutch rower Finn Florijn tested positive on Friday and self-isolated at a separate location.

2020 Summer OlympicsNetherlands at the 2020 Summer OlympicsImpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports

Source: The Japan Times

Japanese skateboarder Yuto Horigome wins a gold medal in skateboarding, making him the first athlete to do so.

2020 Summer OlympicsJapan at the 2020 Summer OlympicsSkateboarding at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Source: NPR

Politics and elections

A South Florida caravan heads to Washington, DC, to urge the Biden administration to take more action against Cuba and end the country's communist regime.

2021 Cuban protests

Source: WFOR-TV

Cuban dissidents in exile demonstrate in Madrid, Spain, with the leaders of the Spanish opposition political parties.

2021 Cuban protests

Source: La Vanguardia

Tunisian President Kais Saied, in a televised speech, announces the dismissal of Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and the suspension of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People, and also assumes executive authority. The opposition calls the actions a coup d'état.

2021 Tunisian political crisis

Source: Reuters

Law and crime

Police in Fiji carry out a crackdown on opposition politicians and human rights activists who are opposed to a newly proposed land bill and who criticized the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Among those arrested are opposition politicians Biman Prasad, Lynda Tabuya and Litia Qionibaravi as well as former Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

Source: RNZ

Arts and culture

Thousands of people join the pride march in Budapest, which was also in protest of the newly passed law that prohibits teachings about homosexuality in schools. Organizers criticized the government and said that the ruling party was making "laws to make members of the LGBTQ community outcasts in their own country".

LGBT rights in Hungary

Source: Reuters

Sports

The National Football League announces that players not adhering to COVID-19 restrictions will be subjected to a fine of $14,650 during the season.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports2021 NFL season

Source: ESPN

Yang Qian of China's women's 10-meter rifle team wins the first gold medal of this year's Olympics.

2020 Summer Olympics

Source: Reuters

Politics and elections

Protests take place across Europe and Australia in response to COVID-19 restrictions and vaccination requirements for healthcare workers.

Protests over responses to the COVID-19 pandemic

Source: The Independent

Protests continue to occur in Iran for the tenth consecutive day as people in Tabriz also take to the streets.

2021 Iranian protests

Source: Iran International

Armed conflicts and attacks

The government imposes a nighttime curfew between 10 pm and 4 am in 31 of the country's 34 provinces in an attempt to reduce both the level of violence as well as the surveillance of the Taliban and its movements.

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)Taliban insurgency2021 Taliban offensive

Source: Al Jazeera

Health and environment

The World Heritage Committee rejects calls from UNESCO to list the Great Barrier Reef as a World Heritage Site "in danger" due to the effects of anthropogenic climate change and ocean acidification, in line with scientific consensus on the Reef's health. Australia lobbied a number of oil-rich countries, including Russia and Saudi Arabia, to reject the proposal.

Climate change in Australia

Source: The Guardian

Disasters and accidents

In the Philippines, two people are killed and thousands more are evacuated from their homes after monsoon rains compounded by a tropical typhoon cause heavy flooding in Metro Manila.

Typhoon In-fa (2021)

Source: Al Jazeera

Thirty-three more people are killed during the heavy floods in Henan, China, bringing the death toll to 58.

2021 Henan floods

Source: South China Morning Post

Fourteen people are killed and 26 more injured during a warehouse fire in the Jingyue High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Changchun, Jilin province, China.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

The death toll from the heavy floods that are affecting India since a week rise to 135 people, the majority of whom in Maharashtra.

Source: Al Jazeera

A seaplane incident involving the French power grid causes a blackout affecting more than one million users in 9 regions, mostly in Spain, but also in some regions of Portugal.

Source: El Mundo

Armed conflicts and attacks

Taliban spokesperson Suhail Shaheen says that the Islamist group "does not want to monopolize" Afghanistan, pointing to past failed attempts by countries to do so. Shaheen also says that women's rights under the Taliban would now be respected, although women would still need to wear a headscarf or hijab and have a male relative as a companion in order to leave their house. Shaheen also accused President Ashraf Ghani of being a "warmonger" and said that "no one wants a civil war in Afghanistan".

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)Taliban insurgency2021 Taliban offensive

Source: Al Jazeera

Gunmen open fire on a civilian convoy that was returning from a weekly market in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing at least 16 people.

Allied Democratic Forces insurgency2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks

Source: Al Jazeera

Azerbaijan reports that one of its soldiers was killed by an Armenian sniper in Kalbajar District near the Armenia–Azerbaijan border.

2021 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis

Source: Reuters

Gunshots are heard at Jovenel Moïse’s funeral, with U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield cancelling the remainder of her visit to Haiti as a result of the incident.

Assassination of Jovenel Moïse

Source: NBC News

Business and economy

Burundian Minister for Mining Ibrahim Uwizeye suspends the operations of several international mining companies, including one running the only rare-earth mine in Africa, saying they were not properly sharing the profits and that the mining contracts signed were "unbalanced".

Source: Xinhua

Law and crime

The U.S. Department of Justice announces that it will not open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York. Similar letters were sent to officials in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on long-term care facilitiesNew York COVID-19 nursing home scandal

Source: ABC News

Madagascar officials announce that two French citizens arrested over a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina are former members of the French Armed Forces. The Government of France says that it is working with its consulate in Madagascar as the French military says that it has no comments on the arrests.

Source: Reuters

The Parliament of Sierra Leone unanimously votes to repeal the death penalty. The country had a moratorium on its use since 1998, after the government executed 24 soldiers for allegedly plotting a coup d'état the year prior.

Source: The Guardian

International relations

Following U.S. sanctions on Hong Kong Liaison Office executives, China announces retaliatory sanctions on the Hong Kong Democracy Council and several Americans, including former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross.

China–United States relations

Source: Bloomberg

Politics and elections

The Court of Appeal of Samoa declares Naomi Mataʻafa as the nation's new prime minister, ending a months-long political crisis.

2021 Samoan constitutional crisis

Source: AFP

Sports

The National Football League says that over 80% of its players have been vaccinated.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports2021 NFL season

Source: AP

Emperor Naruhito officially declares the Summer Olympics open. The inaugural celebration was not hosted publicly due to COVID-19 concerns.

2020 Summer Olympics

Source: AP

The Cleveland Indians announce that the team's name will be changed to the Cleveland Guardians after the conclusion of the 2021 season.

Cleveland Indians name and logo controversyNative American mascot controversy

Source: ESPN