Iran and Oman reach an agreement understanding on geographic coordinates for shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Euronews 
August 5
Armed conflicts and attacks
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Al-Monitor
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says they have launched strikes in southern Lebanon after alleged ceasefire violations by Hezbollah.
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The Times of Israel
IDF chief Eyal Zamir visits the Gaza Strip to conduct an assessment in the enclave. He also states that the military will continue to operate proactively.
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The Jerusalem Post
Politics and elections
Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina announces that she plans to return to the country from exile in New Delhi, India, despite facing a death sentence for her role during a violent crackdown on protesters that led to her resignation two years ago.
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Sky News
Health and environment
A study published in the JAMA Network Open shows that the fecal immunochemical test has reduced deaths from colorectal cancer.
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MedPage Today
International relations
The United States Treasury Department lifts sanctions against Fly Baghdad, which were previously imposed in 2024 over its links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force.
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Reuters
The Holy See Press Office announces Pope Leo XIV will make an apostolic journey to Argentina, Uruguay, and his home country of Peru, in November, marking his first trip to Latin America in his papacy.
List of pastoral trips made by Pope Leo XIVArgentina–Holy See relationsHoly See–Peru relationsHoly See–Uruguay relations
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Holy See
Law and crime
The Hanseatic Higher Regional Court in Hamburg, Germany, convicts seven members and one supporter of a right-wing extremist group called and sentences them to prison for attempted murder, arson, aggravated assault, and being members of a terrorist organisation for planning and carrying out arson and bomb attacks on asylum seeker shelters.
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AP
The Spanish Civil Guard and the Ecuadorian National Police announce they have arrested 44 people and confiscated 21 tons of cocaine as part of a multiyear investigation on a drug trafficking ring financed by investors in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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AP
A drone loaded with explosives is found and defused at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany, while a cargo Boeing 757 had a collision with another supposed UAV at the same airport.
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DW
August 4
Sports
In basketball, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) announces that the expansion team in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., will be called the Sirens. The organization will debut in 2028.
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The Athletic
Law and crime
The Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace charges 27 former FARC members, including ex-commander Timoleón Jiménez, with crimes against humanity and sexual violence committed during the conflict, including killings, disappearances, displacement, and rape.
Source:
The Manila Times
American-based travel station company Buc-ee's files a lawsuit against Beaver’s Mini Mart, a small corner store in Beavercreek, Ohio, U.S., over its beaver logo.
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USA Today
Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov signs a law banning the use of cremation for deceased human bodies in Kyrgyzstan.
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Kabar
South Sudanese police arrests 60 suspected gang members in a series of operations targeting criminal gangs, drug trafficking, and youth delinquency in Juba.
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Sudans Post
Four people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting spree by a rogue Russian soldier in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea.
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CBS News
International relations
The United States revokes the visa of Brazilian ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti to reciprocate Brazil's denial of visas to two U.S. diplomats. The State Department says the action does not expel Viotti from the country.
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New Straits Times
Arts and culture
American TikTok and internet personality Sydney Towle enters hospice care, three years after being diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer that forms in the bile duct.
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The Independent
Armed conflicts and attacks
Mediators from Qatar reports that progress has been made in efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations2026 Iran war ceasefireQatar as a mediator in conflict
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Reuters
The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier is reported to be missing in the Strait of Hormuz after it was struck by a unknown projectile northeast of Oman.
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Haaretz
It is reported that the United States Army has used most of its ATACMS and Precision Strike missiles during the war in Iran including Operation Epic Fury.
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Reuters
Yemen's internationally recognized government says a projectile attack sank the Indian-flagged cargo ship MSV in the Red Sea near the coast of Hodeidah, with all 14 crew members rescued.
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Arab News
Rapid Support Forces senior commander and brigadier general Mahdi Adam Ismail, also known as , is confirmed to be killed during clashes with the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Joint Forces in West Darfur, Sudan. His death is confirmed by Sudan Liberation Movement leader and Darfur governor Minni Arko Minnawi.
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Sudan Nabaa
Health and environment
Health Canada announces it has given Moderna the green light for authorization to launch a clinical trail for a mRNA Ebola vaccine aimed at targeting the Bundibugyo strain of the ebolavirus.
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CBC
Austria records 41°C (106°F) in Vienna, the highest temperature in the country's history, as a heat wave also brings wildfires and historically low Danube water levels.
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Xinhua
August 3
Armed conflicts and attacks
A Board of Peace envoy meets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urges a halt in strikes across the Gaza Strip. However, they also announce that Israel will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas completely disarms.
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The Washington Post
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that dozens of children and civilians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza over the weekend, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
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Xinhua
Two Palestinian civilians are killed in an Israeli missile strike near a mosque which targeted a civilian vehicle southwest of Gaza City.
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Middle East Eye
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claim that they have killed Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander Mahmoud Fatair, who took part in the abduction of Rom Braslavski, in the Deir al-Balah area of the Gaza Strip during the Nova music festival massacre on October 7, 2023.
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The Jerusalem Post
The IDF claim that they have killed two Hamas militants in separate airstrikes in central Gaza and the Shati camp in Gaza City respectively, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
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The Times of Israel
Shipping data shows that two tanker ships carrying oil from Saudi Arabia, the Suezmax Malta-flagged and the VLCC , have exited the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait.
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Reuters
At least seven people, including three children, are killed and 40 others are injured when drone debris falls on a crowded beach in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
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CNN
Sports
In tennis, Alexandra Eala becomes the first Filipino player and the first player from Southeast Asia to win a WTA Tour title after defeating Jessica Pegula 4–6, 6–4, 6–0 to win the women's singles title at the 2026 Washington DC Open.
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ESPN
In horse racing, Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association announce a new championship series for 3-year old Thoroughbreds beginning in 2027, involving the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes, but notably omitting the traditional middle leg of the U.S. Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes.
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The Daily Gazette
Major League Soccer, the top flight of men's soccer in the U.S. and Canada, announces that Larry Berg, currently a co-owner of Los Angeles FC (LAFC) in that league, will succeed Don Garber as league commissioner at the start of 2027. Berg will sell his interest in LAFC before assuming his new position.
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The Guardian
Law and crime
The Polish health ministry appeals a Brussels court ruling that ordered the country to accept and pay approximately €1.3 billion for unwanted COVID-19 vaccine doses produced by Pfizer and BioNTech.
Source:
Politico EU
South African news outlets report that over 170 people have been murder in the Western Cape, South Africa in the past 2 weeks.
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Independent Online
Health and environment
Scotland's NatureScot denies a 2026 licence for hunting northern gannets on Sula Sgeir, citing possible harm to the local gannet population after recent bird-flu deaths.
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AFP via RFI
Italy experiences its fourth heatwave of the summer with the health ministry issuing red alerts for a record 25 cities.
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AA
Michigan, U.S., reports the first two deaths of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak, which is caused by .
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AP
Disasters and accidents
The death toll from the two earthquakes that hit Venezuela in June exceeds 6,000 people according to figures from lawmaker Jorge Rodríguez.
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Reuters
At least fourteen people are killed in a series of floods in southern India.
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Reuters
Guatemala's disaster agency declares a nationwide orange alert following a major eruption of Fuego volcano and begins evacuating two nearby villages.
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AFP via RNZ
Politics and elections
Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who attempted to contest the 2024 presidential election on a platform against the Russo-Ukrainian war, announces that he has fled the country to France following growing pressure on him and his family.
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The Moscow Times