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Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September.

Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and cameramen in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

A 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 building and two mosque minaret collapses in Balıkesir Province and Manisa.

Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.

Four people are killed and sixteen others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

At least six Lebanese soldiers are killed in an explosion as troops were removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility near the Israeli border.

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the twin bells of Urakami Cathedral, that were destroyed, are restored in Nagasaki. The anniversary is attended by about 2,600 people, including foreign dignitaries and survivors of the bombings.

Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto.

The Haitian government announces a three-month state of emergency in the central and western regions of Haiti aiming to curb hunger and gang violence in the regions.

Two people are killed and five others are injured in a drive-by mass shooting in a busy area in Nassau, The Bahamas.

Metropolitan Police carry out the largest mass detainments in London's history, detaining at least 466 people for peacefully protesting the UK’s ban on the pro-Palestine activist network Palestine Action. Protesters gathered in Parliament Square to denounce the Israeli invasion of Gaza and the criminalisation of support for Palestine Action, with many holding signs reading “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action” before being forcibly removed by police.

Former Chadian prime minister and leader of the Les Transformateurs party Succès Masra is sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined F.CFA 1 billion (US$1,775,200) after being convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic messages that incited violence, a verdict his legal team plans to appeal.

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoes 63 provisions of a congressional bill revising environmental licensing rules, removing measures that would have expanded fast-tracking of projects in sensitive areas such as the Amazon rainforest.

A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in Kisumu, Kenya, overturns and plunges into a ditch, killing at least 21 people.

A bus and a truck collide head-on in Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others.

Flash floods kill at least 22 people and leave two dozen others missing in Gansu province, China.

At least 30 people are injured when a passenger train derails on the Kerman–Zarand railway path in Kerman province, Iran.

A fire breaks out at the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Andalusia, Spain, due to a short circuit. The roof of a chapel collapses, but the fire is extinguished with no further damage.

The Israeli Security Cabinet approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to capture Gaza City with the stated objective of defeating Hamas, while supposedly ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid to civilians outside the areas of combat.

Germany announces it will halt weapon shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice" in light of Israel's plan to fully militarily occupy Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces begins massing troops and tanks on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected major ground offensive.

Volker Türk, the UN high commissioner for human rights, reports that M23 rebels have killed over 319 civilians in July. M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa said the group would investigate the claim.

At least 33 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in an overnight operation near the Afghanistan border in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan.

U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding the U.S. military and other sectors of the federal government to take action against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organisations, such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, committing to a peace deal facilitated by the Trump administration that would end nearly four decades of conflict between the two countries.

Armenia agrees to grant the U.S. exclusive development rights in the Zangezur corridor for 99 years. The U.S. would sublease to a consortium to develop rail, oil, gas, and fiber optic lines along the 27-mile (43km) corridor.

The suspected perpetrator of the bar shooting that killed four people last week in Anaconda, Montana, United States, is arrested.

The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition brought by former interior minister Lee Sang-min regarding the arrest warrant against him over his alleged involvement in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law attempt on December 3, 2024.

A police officer and the perpetrator are killed, and another officer suffers non-life-threatening injuries, in a shooting at the CDC building near Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

The Uganda High Court denies bail to opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who faces treason charges, ruling that the 180-day period for mandatory release began when his case was transferred to a civilian court in February, leaving him 12 days short of eligibility.

Portugal's Constitutional Court blocks a parliamentary bill that would require most legally resident immigrants to wait two years before applying for family reunification, ruling that it violates constitutional protections for family unity.