Typhoon Dolphin makes landfall in Japan, including the Okinawa Prefecture. Additionally, China shuts ports and ferry routes.
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The Japan Times 
August 8
Disasters and accidents
Satellite images show that the British-sanctioned oil tanker Caroline Bezengi, which was carrying 1 million barrels of oil, is leaking oil and sinking further off the coast of Oman, after a explosion was reported on the vessel on June 8. The oil leaks have also reportedly reached the shore of Qibliyah Island.
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Arab News
Armed conflicts and attacks
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company says that one of their vessels were attacked by a missile while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz during the early hours. No injuries were reported.
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Khaleej Times
Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr says that Iran will reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts sanctions against the country, ends the naval blockade, and halts military action against the country.
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Al Jazeera
Politics and elections
The United States Senate voted 50-49 to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general to replace Pam Bondi, with Republicans Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins joining Democrats in opposing him.
Source:
Politico
August 7
Politics and elections
Abelardo de la Espriella is sworn in as the president of Colombia after winning the presidential election in June.
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AP
Sports
The Ukrainian Premier League's FC Chornomorets Odesa announces on Telegram that its match against FC Kolos Kovalivka is postponed after its home stadium was hit by a Russian strike.
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Intent
International relations
The United States Senate votes 86–11 to pass a legislation imposing sanctions on Russia's energy revenues, financial institutions, officials, and shadow fleet, while authorizing tariffs of up to 100% on major buyers of Russian oil and gas. The legislation will head to the U.S. House of Representatives for a vote.
International sanctions during the Russian invasion of UkraineUnited States and the Russo-Ukrainian war
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Reuters
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is signed in Mecca by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey, declaring that an attack on one will constitute an attack on all three.
Pakistan–Saudi Arabia relationsPakistan–Turkey relationsSaudi Arabia–Turkey relationsMecca Agreement
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Al Arabiya
The governments of Mexico and Peru reinstate diplomatic relations after agreeing to allow former Peruvian prime minister Betssy Chávez to seek asylum in Mexico.
Source:
Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces withdraw from the Qalandiyah refugee camp and Kafr 'Aqab neighborhood in occupied West Bank following a two-day raid, with Palestinian Authority reporting 51 injuries.
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Haaretz
Indian shipping minister Sarbananda Sonowal reports that more than 4,000 seafarers from India have been repatriated and 62 Indian vessels have successfully transited through the Strait of Hormuz during the war.
Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)2026 Iran war2026 Strait of Hormuz crisisOperation Urja Suraksha
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India New England News
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company reports that 15 of its vessels have been attacked by missiles or drones while transiting through the Strait of Hormuz since the war with Iran started on February 28.
Source:
Reuters
A Russian drone strike hits the Chornomorets Stadium in Odesa, Ukraine, with Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper reporting that two people have been injured in the strikes.
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Kyiv Independent
Sudanese armed forces repel a surprise drone attack by the Rapid Support Forces in Dilling, South Kordofan. Additionally, five civilians are reported to be killed in El Obeid, North Kordofan.
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Sudan Tribune
Health and environment
Michigan health officials lift an advisory against the consumption of lettuce in the U.S. state after reporting a decline in cases of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by .
Source:
Reuters
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment reports that markets in the United Arab Emirates remain free of lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis amidst a outbreak in countries including the United States.
Source:
Gulf News
Law and crime
A judge of the Karachi High Court allowed the exhumation of Mir Raza Ali's body.
Source:
Dawn
Nine people are killed, including the shooter, and 15 others are injured in a shooting spree between a home and the Debsirin Nonthaburi School in Bang Kruai district, Nonthaburi province, Thailand.
Source:
The Guardian
Disasters and accidents
Twenty people are killed and several others are injured after a fuel tanker overturned in Bangui, Central African Republic.
Source:
Xinhua
Sixteen people are killed and dozens others are injured in two separate road accidents in Sylhet Division and Bogra District, Bangladesh.
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Xinhua
August 6
International relations
Ceuta mayor-president Juan Jesús Vivas confirms that at least 100 people died during last week's migrant surge into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta, while around 3,500 to 5,000 undocumented migrants remain in the city.
Source:
Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Civil officials state that ten children passengers are reported missing after a wooden boat capsized on the Lulua River, Demba Territory, Kasai-Central, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Source:
AA
Six people are killed and 19 others are injured after a bus crashed in Constantine Province, Algeria.
Source:
Xinhua
Health and environment
Congolese health authorities monitor passengers from a boat near Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after a traveler died from Ebola complications.
Source:
The Washington Post
Business and economy
The Competition and Markets Authority of the United Kingdom clears Paramount Skydance's US$110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, while culture secretary Lisa Nandy declines a public-interest review after receiving commitments on editorial independence.
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AA
Law and crime
Former Guerrero governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero is arrested on charges of forced disappearance and obstruction of justice. He is accused of ordering the concealment of security camera footage that showed police intercepting a bus carrying students in Iguala in 2014, who have never been found.
Source:
Reuters
Armed conflicts and attacks
Ugandan authorities approve a measure to send troops from Uganda to the Gaza Strip as part of the International Stabilization Force proposed by the Board of Peace to secure the enclave following the war.
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NBC News
The Houthis announce a military offensive against Saudi-backed government forces in Marib Governorate and Hadhramaut Governorate, with over 30 government soldiers being killed in two missile attacks.
Source:
Al Jazeera
Ukrainian forces launch drone attacks on two oil refineries in Russia, the Yaroslavl refinery and a Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan, causing large fires at the facilities.
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BBC News
Six people are killed in Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, including three civilians in Kharkiv Oblast, while a total power outage occurs in the city of Kherson after critical infrastructure was targeted overnight by Russian drones.
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Antikor
It is reported that the situation on the border between Ethiopia and Sudan is calm following recent clashes between the Ethiopian Army and Tigray People's Liberation Front that sparked fears of a new conflict four years after a peace agreement was signed in 2022 to end the war in Tigray.
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Sudan Tribune
The United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti reports that 613 people were killed and 375 others injured between March 6 and July 31 amid intensifying gang violence across the country.
August 5
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.
Source:
Sky News
Health and environment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Moderna's mRNA influenza vaccine for people aged 50 and older.
Source:
Reuters
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.
Source:
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
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed after two vehicles collided head-on and burst into flames on the Stuart Highway, Australia.
Source:
Xinhua
Law and crime
Sindh Police detain 19 people for questioning as part of the investigation into the murder of Karachi entrepreneur and Wafflix founder Mir Raza Ali.
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ARY News
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.
Source:
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.
Source:
DW
Armed conflicts and attacks
Iran and Oman reach an agreement understanding on geographic coordinates for shipping routes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Source:
Euronews
Source:
Al-Monitor
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says they have launched strikes in southern Lebanon after alleged ceasefire violations by Hezbollah.
Source:
The Times of Israel
Two Israeli soldiers are killed in action and four others are wounded in an improvised explosive device bombing in Majdal Zoun, South Governorate, Lebanon.
Source:
Anadolu Ajansı
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.
Source:
The Jerusalem Post
Russian forces launch dozens of ballistic missiles and drones at Kyiv, Ukraine, killing at least 17 people, including eight civilians at a railway station in Kyiv Oblast, and wounding dozens more. None of the missiles were intercepted by Ukrainian forces due to a shortage of Patriot missiles, according to president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Source:
The Guardian