At the official press conference for the Coupang Play Series held at IFC Seoul, Son Heung-min announced that he would be leaving Tottenham Hotspur during the summer transfer window.
August 2
sports
Disasters and accidents
Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupts for a second consecutive day, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 18 kilometers (11 miles) into the sky. Today's eruption is one of Indonesia's largest since 2010 when Mount Merapi erupted. No casualties are reported.
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AP 
Five children are killed and 12 others are critically injured in a mortar shell explosion in Lakki Marwat District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Kuwait News Agency
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces kill at least 57 people in the Gaza Strip, including 35 aid seekers.
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Al Jazeera
Seven people die from malnutrition in the last 24 hours due to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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BBC News
Hamas releases a sign-of-life propaganda video showing an emaciated Israeli hostage, Evyatar David, in an underground tunnel.
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Jerusalem Post
Ukrainian forces launch drone attacks on Penza Oblast, Samara Oblast and Rostov Oblast in Russia, killing at least three people, according to Russian officials.
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AP
Ukraine's military says it has targeted the Ryazan Refinery in Ryazan Oblast with drones causing a fire at the facility.
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Reuters
M23 rebels (M23) briefly capture Kamakombe, Kabare Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo from Wazalendo militia Decisive Movement for the Liberation of Congo.
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Radio Okapi
M23 and Wazalendo militias clash in the Muzinzi subgroup, Walungu Territory.
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Radio Okapi
Politics and elections
Four-term National Assembly lawmaker Jung Chung-rae is elected as the leader of the Democratic Party in South Korea during the national party convention at KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, defeating his rival Park Chan-dae with 61.74% of the votes.
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Yonhap News Agency
August 1
International relations
France temporarily suspends its programme for receiving Palestinian refugees fleeing the Gaza Strip following the deportation of a Palestinian student accused of making antisemitic social media posts.
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Le Monde
Law and crime
At least four people are killed in a mass shooting at a bar in Anaconda, Montana, United States. A 45-year-old suspect fled the scene and remains at large.
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NBC Montana
One teenager is killed and five other people are wounded, including two seriously, in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
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ABC News
The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant to former interior minister Lee Sang-min for charges allegedly conspiring with former president Yoon Suk Yeol in his failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024, becoming the second Yoon cabinet minister to be arrested after Kim Yong-hyun.
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Yonhap News Agency
Former Colombian president Álvaro Uribe is sentenced to twelve years of house arrest and fined US$840,000 for witness tampering and bribery.
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France 24
Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto pardons former trade minister Thomas Lembong and Secretary-General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Hasto Kristiyanto, two prominent opposition figures sentenced under controversial corruption charges.
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Jakarta Globe
Business and economy
U.S. tariffs on more than 90 countries enter force following a 90-day pause to allow the countries to prepare, including a 35% tariff on some Canadian goods and a 50% tariff on Brazilian goods.
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BBC News
Armed conflicts and attacks
U.S. president Donald Trump orders the deployment of two United States Navy nuclear submarines near Russia for potential military action against Russian forces in response to statements made by former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and current deputy chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation regarding Trump's previously-stated deadline for ending the war in Ukraine.
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BBC News
M23 rebels clash with Wazalendo militia Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland in Bwito Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Radio Okapi
July 31
Law and crime
A court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, sentences opposition leader Omar Ayub and over 200 supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan to over ten years in prison each for their participation in the 2023 protests.
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AP
Conor McGregor loses his appeal against a civil court in the Republic of Ireland, finding that he raped Nikita Hand.
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RTÉ
Islamic State terrorist Osama Krayem is found guilty at Stockholm District Court, Sweden, of involvement in a war crime in which Royal Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh was burned alive inside a cage in Raqqa, Syria by the Islamic State on January 3, 2015.
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BBC News
International relations
South Korea and the United States reach a trade agreement that places a 15% tariff on U.S. imports from South Korea. South Korea also promises to invest US$350 billion into American biotech, semiconductors, and shipbuilding over an unspecified time.
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CBS News
U.S. president Donald Trump announces revised tariff rates set to start on August 1, including a new 35% tariff on Canada.
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Reuters
The Slovenian government announces a complete ban on the import, export, and transit of arms and military equipment to and from Israel.
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Arab News
Science and technology
Italy and Vatican City agree to transform a 430-hectare (1,100-acre) field in Rome to a solar farm that will power the Vatican, with the goal of turning it into the first carbon-neutral state.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian forces launch drones and cruise missiles on Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 31 people and injuring more than 150 others. At least one tower block completely collapses.
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AP
M23 rebels clash with various Mai-Mai groups in several villages in the Ufamandu group, Masisi Territory, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Radio Okapi
The military junta of Myanmar formally ends the country's four-year-long state of emergency and declares a December 2025 election for the country's new head of government and legislative members.
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AP
Eight alleged members of the New People's Army are killed in clashes with the Philippine Army in Las Navas, Northern Samar, Philippines.
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Philippine Daily Inquirer
Arts and culture
Pope Leo XIV declares Saint John Henry Newman, a 19th-century Anglican convert who became a prominent English Catholic theologian, as a Doctor of the Church.
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Vatican News
Politics and elections
The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador abolishes presidential term limits, increases presidential terms from 5 to 6 years, and moves the date of the next presidential election from 2029 to 2027.
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BBC News
Disasters and environment
The death toll from the flooding in Beijing, China, increases to over 70 as the government discovers 31 elderly people who were trapped in a nursing home in Miyun district.
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AP
Six people are killed and nine others are injured after a M 4.2 earthquake causes a collapse at the El Teniente copper mine near Machalí, O'Higgins Region, Chile.
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Tiempo Sur
Heavy rain leads to flash flooding in the Guinean capital Conakry, killing at least seven people and leaving several others missing.
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RFI
Health and environment
U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order restoring the Presidential Fitness Test in all public schools nationwide.
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USA Today