A truck carrying humanitarian aid overturns in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people.
Source:
The Guardian 
August 6
Disasters and accidents
August 5
Law and crime
A court in Chișinău sentences the Governor of Moldova's autonomous Gagauzia region, Evghenia Guțul, to seven years in prison for violations related to the financing of the banned opposition Șor Party.
Source:
Caliber
Disasters and accidents
At least four people are killed and around 100 others are reported missing after a massive cloudburst triggers flash floods in Dharali village, Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India.
Source:
Hindustan Times
Four people are killed when a civil protection surveillance Safir-43 aircraft crashes during a training mission at Jijel Ferhat Abbas Airport near Jijel, Algeria.
Source:
ASN
Four people are killed when a medical transport Beechcraft Super King Air small plane crashes near Chinle Municipal Airport in Chinle, Arizona, United States.
Source:
KOAT-TV
International relations
Australian defence minister Richard Marles announces that the country will purchase eleven from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to upgrade its Navy as the New FFM.
Source:
DW
Armed conflicts and attacks
A series of Russian strikes targeting Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Sumy Oblasts kills at least five people and injures 13 others.
Source:
Euronews
August 4
Armed conflicts and attacks
At least 74 Palestinians are killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes, including ten seeking aid, and another five Palestinians die of starvation.
Source:
Channel 4 News
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces that the Israeli government has decided to completely militarily occupy the Gaza Strip and fully eliminate Hamas, and tells Chief of the General Staff Eyal Zamir to resign.
Source:
Euronews
Puntland forces and U.S. forces conduct a counter-terrorism operation in Sanaag region, Puntland, detaining three Islamic State militants.
Source:
Tracking Terrorism
Business and economy
Over 10,000 hotel owners in Europe, represented by the HOTREC union, file a joint lawsuit against Netherlands-based travel agency Booking.com seeking compensation for losses from 2004 to 2024, alleging that the booking agency prevented the hotels from offering lower prices on their own sites.
Source:
Reuters
Politics and elections
Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes issues a house arrest order for former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is standing trial for allegedly plotting a coup, and bans him from receiving visits and use of a cell phone either directly or through third parties.
Source:
Reuters
International relations
The Indian and Philippine navies conduct their first joint exercise in the South China Sea. The Indian Navy deployed guided missile destroyers, tankers, and corvettes, while the Philippines sent two frigates.
Source:
Reuters
Disasters and accidents
Eight people are killed and two others are injured in a vehicle collision on the BR-491 highway in Guaxupé, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Source:
G1 Globo
Three people are killed and 18 others are injured in a multiple-vehicle collision on the Autostrada A1 in Montevarchi, Province of Arezzo, Italy.
Source:
Arezzo Notizie
August 3
Armed conflicts and attacks
Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger.
Source:
Reuters
A massive fire is reported at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility. Smoke from the fire prompts Russian authorities to close Sochi International Airport.
Source:
BBC News
Law and crime
Disasters and accidents
Sixty-eight people are killed, 74 others are reported missing and 12 others are injured when a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsizes off Abyan Governorate, Yemen.
Source:
AP
Krasheninnikov, a volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupts for the first time since the 15th century and the first in historical records. The eruption takes place four days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the same region on July 30, which may have contributed to the eruption.
Source:
CNN
Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Source:
DW