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August 1

Armed conflicts and attacks

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says a Russian missile attack killed at least three people and injured 15, while damaging buildings and causing fires across several districts of the Ukrainian capital.
Source: Al Jazeera external link

July 31

Law and crime

A Sri Lankan court sentences former police chief Pujith Jayasundara to death for negligence in failing to prevent the 2019 Easter bombings, which killed 279 people. Sri Lanka has not carried out an execution since 1976.
Source: The Star external link
Indonesian authorities announces it arrested a Malaysia Airlines pilot for allegedly smuggling over 26 kg (57 lb) of ecstasy and a package of methamphetamine into Jakarta International Airport.
Source: AP external link

International relations

Ceutan mayor-president Juan Jesús Vivas says that around 60,000 undocumented migrants have entered the Spanish exclave in North Africa in the last 24 hours, as the death toll rises to 57.
Source: BBC News external link
Videos on social media appear to show the Spanish Army deploying military vehicles towards the border with Morocco.
Source: Reuters external link
French interior minister Laurent Nuñez announces that he has ordered increased controls at the border with Spain amid fears the thousands of migrants entering Ceuta could make their way to France.
Source: Politico external link
Austrian chancellor Christian Stocker and Finnish interior minister Mari Rantanen join Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni in calling for Spain to be suspended from the Schengen Area in response to the mass arrival of migrants in Ceuta over the last 24 hours.
Source: AA external link
Spanish authorities close the Melilla border crossing with Morocco after around 400 migrants stormed the border barrier. RTVE reports the sound of gunfire and explosions.
Source: AA external link
Italy suspends Schengen border-free travel with Spain, introducing checks on air and sea passengers and strengthening controls with France along the France–Italy border.
Source: Reuters external link
Spain's interior ministry says authorities have returned about 48,300 of roughly 50,000 migrants who entered Ceuta from Morocco.
Source: CBS News external link
Latvia announces the sudden closure of its border with Belarus, citing "technical reasons".
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The Bulgarian National Assembly sets October 25 as the date for the presidential election.
Source: AP external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that it struck two tankers trying to pass the Strait of Hormuz with aerial protection from the United States, and forced four others to turn around.
Source: The Guardian external link
Recent evidence by show that a U.S. strike yesterday on Qeshm Island has hit a family home, killing three people.
Source: The New York Times external link
At least 11 Palestinians, including four children, are injured during a raid by Israeli settlers and soldiers in Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers also detain at least ten people from Bethlehem, Nablus, Salim, and Tell.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirms that they have killed a Mujahideen Brigades militant who was involved in the abduction of Avinatan Or and his girlfriend Noa Argamani during the Nova music festival massacre, and directing the abduction of Sudthisak Rinthalak during the October 7 attacks.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Hamas says that they will disarm if Israel withdraws from and ends its military campaign in the Gaza Strip and if Israel and the U.S. honors the ceasefire agreement signed in October 2025.
Source: The Washington Post external link
The IDF says that killed two Hamas operatives accused of smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip in separate strikes.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Two warehouses in Volgograd and Zelenodolsk, Tatarstan, are attacked and set on fire, causing damage estimated at US$1.5 billion, in the latest of a series of Ukrainian drone strikes targeting the Russian online retailer Wildberries.
Source: Kyiv Post external link
A migrant worker is fatally shot and another is injured by insurgents in Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Source: The Indian Express external link
Human Rights Watch reports that a Sukhoi Su-24 airstrike by the Russian paramilitary group Africa Corps in Mali's Mopti region killed eight civilians in June.
Source: AP external link
The Sudan News Agency reports that the Group 26 unit of the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group has surrendered its personnel and military equipment to the Sudanese Armed Forces.
Source: Middle East Monitor external link

Sports

Carlos Cordeiro, senior FIFA executive and adviser to FIFA president Gianni Infantino, resigns in protest of Infantino's plans to sell stakes in FIFA Forward Enterprise to private investors, including American banking institution JPMorgan Chase, calling them "a bad deal for FIFA's members, a bad deal for football, and a bad deal for the long-term future of the game".
Source: Sky News external link
The Asian Football Confederation joins UEFA in opposing Infantino's plans and vows to boycott the next tournament if they go ahead.
Source: The Independent external link
Infantino reverses his plan to sell stakes in the FIFA World Cup amidst backlash.
Source: ESPN external link

Disasters and accidents

A bus en route to Algiers, Algeria, plunges into a deep ravine in El Kerma after skidding off the road, killing 25 people and injuring 44 others.
Source: AP external link
Twelve people, including five children, are killed and 66 others are injured after a bus overturns on the N1 highway near Trompsburg, Free State, South Africa.
Source: IOL external link
Two bodies and a body part are recovered after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan buried ten climbers yesterday, including Nirmal Purja, who remains missing.
Source: BBC News external link

Business and economy

South Korea's Kospi index rises by 18%.
Source: New York Times external link

July 30

Armed conflicts and attacks

Jordanian air defenses shoot down five missiles from Iran.
Source: AP external link
Kuwaiti authorities confirm that an Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company and killed one person.
Source: Kuwait Times external link
The Egyptian cabinet confirms a drone has hit two vessels yesterday at a port in Damietta, Egypt, including the LNG storage tanker .
Source: Reuters external link
Data shows that the QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz, becoming the first LNG vessel from Qatar visible on ship-tracking data to do so since July 11, when exited the strait from Das Island, United Arab Emirates.
Source: Reuters external link
Mediators and Hamas reach an agreement to implement the second phase of a United States-backed ceasefire signed in October last year during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt.
Source: Egyptian Gazette external link
U.S. president Donald Trump announces that the Board of Peace has reached a deal for a complete disarmament of Hamas.
Source: Jewish Insider external link
Amidst reports of a new plan to disarm Hamas, Israel reaffirms that it will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip, including the Yellow Line, until the militant organization is completely disarmed.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that four people, including children, are killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, in violation of the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israeli military claims it has killed two Hamas militants in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip, including a Nuseirat Battalion commander and a Hamas platoon commander, violating the ongoing ceasefire.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
Saudi Arabia's government announces the establishment of the Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance with 14 countries signing the founding document in an effort to keep the Bab-el-Mandeb strait open.
Source: Saudi Press Agency external link
About 25 vessels cross the Bab-el-Mandeb strait according to data from Kpler shipping data.
Source: Reuters external link
Russian forces launch hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 50 others, including six people killed in a ballistic missile strike on Kryvyi Rih.
Source: Fana News external link
An armed Russian Kh-101 cruise missile enters Polish airspace around Lublin, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets in response. It later explodes in the countryside near Tarnawa-Kolonia.
The Associated Press reports that two former child soldiers said they were trained by Colombian mercenaries after being conscripted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) during the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Source: The Washington Post external link
The Sudanese Air Force launches a series of airstrikes against RSF mobilizations and military positions in the north and west Kordofan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
The death toll from yesterday's attack in the Hangu district of northwest Pakistan rises to at least eleven police officers.
Source: AP via ABC News external link

Politics and elections

Argentine president Javier Milei issues a decree seeking parliamentary approval to bar or expel foreigners accused of inciting hatred against Argentina or its people, while exempting protected political, academic, and ideological expression.
Source: Vanguard external link

Health and environment

The death toll from the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rises to over 1,500 people killed.
Source: AP external link
Singapore-based Hilleman Laboratories announces plans to advance an rVSV-based vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola into human trials after World Health Organization experts identified it as the most promising candidate for the epidemic.
Source: AFP via CNA external link
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reports that the U.S. state has surpassed 10,000 cases of cyclosporiasis, which is caused by Cyclospora cayetanensis.
Source: CBS News MI external link
The Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary shuts down for the first time in 44 years amid a drought across the country and extremely low water levels on the Danube river.
Source: DW external link

Business and economy

The Intergovernmental Authority on Development trade bloc reopens its office in Khartoum, Sudan, resuming operations for the first time since the start of the country's civil war in April 2023.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link

International relations

Thousands of undocumented immigrants cross into the Spanish autonomous city of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco. The city's mayor-president, Juan Jesús Vivas, requests the Spanish government to declare a national emergency, but is refused by the interior ministry.
Source: AP external link
Senior Italian politicians, including prime minister Giorgia Meloni, deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, and foreign minister Antonio Tajani, call for Spain to be kicked out of the Schengen Zone or the suspension of the Schengen Agreement entirely, citing the alleged threat of undocumented immigrants spreading throughout the European Union.
Source: Politico EU external link
Chile and Venezuela restore diplomatic relations after a two-year suspension following Chile's call for a review of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election results.
Source: The Manila Times external link
Naoero announces it has withdrawn its recognition of Georgia's breakaway states Abkhazia and South Ossetia, terminating diplomatic relations with these entities "with immediate effect".
Source: Civil Georgia external link

Sports

In association football, UEFA announces that it will boycott the 2030 FIFA World Cup, scheduled to be hosted by current champions Spain along with Portugal and Morocco, if FIFA president Gianni Infantino proceeds with plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors.
Source: Sky Sports external link
In boxing, World Boxing lifts all restrictions on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete with their national symbols.
Source: Reuters external link
In ice hockey, the International Ice Hockey Federation extends Russia's ban to the 2027 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, and says that a decision will be made in November for the 2027 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships.
Source: ESPN external link

Science and technology

The Minnesota IT Services reports a cyberattack across 30 municipal community water systems across the state, with American authorities accusing Iran of being behind the cyberattack.
Source: The New York Times external link

Disasters and accidents

The casualty toll from the M 6.8 earthquake in Kumamoto on Kyushu, Japan, earlier this week rises to 35 people killed and over 134 injured.
Source: Reuters external link
At least 34 miners are killed and more are reported missing after a methane gas explosion at a coal mine near Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Source: Arab News external link
At least nine people are killed and several others are trapped after an explosion at a four-story building in Bhiwandi, Maharashtra, India.
Source: Hindustan Times external link
Five people are critically injured and six are missing after a residential building collapses during a gas leak explosion in Messina, Sicily, Italy.
Source: SkyNews24 external link
Ten climbers are reported missing, including Nepalese mountaineer Nirmal Purja, after an avalanche on the Broad Peak in Pakistan.
Source: The Indian Express external link

July 29

Sports

FIFA opens an investigation into the Argentina national football team over altercations during the World Cup final and the display of a banner of the Falklands.
Source: The Athletic external link

Law and crime

Bolivian prosecutors issue an arrest warrant for former president Evo Morales for allegedly organizing protests and roadblocks across the country in May and June. The investigation follows complaints alleging armed uprising and terrorism.
Source: Firstpost external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Israeli forces strike a mosque in Gaza City in violation of the ongoing ceasefire and accuses Hamas of using it to store weapons.
Source: The New York Times external link
Israeli forces accuse Hezbollah of launching a drone attack on its forces in the Ali al-Taher ridge of southern Lebanon, in violation of the ceasefire.
Source: Arab News external link
Israeli forces also claim that their 401st Brigade Combat Team and Yahalom Unit have destroyed an underground headquarters belonging to Hezbollah, located near a UNIFIL post.
Source: Israel National News external link
The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces and United States Central Command (U.S. CENTCOM) launch strikes against Iran–backed militias in Iraq in response to Iranian drone attacks against oil facilities in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province.
Source: Reuters external link
The Popular Mobilization Forces reports that 20 militants have been killed in joint Saudi–U.S. strikes.
Source: The Defense Post external link
Several members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are also confirmed to have been killed in the Saudi–U.S. strikes in Iraq.
Source: The New Region external link
A drone strike targets the LNG storage tanker , which is leased by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company, at the port of Damietta, Egypt. Additionally, another vessel is also targeted. The group responsible for the strike is currently unknown.
Source: The New York Times external link
The U.S. CENTCOM launches strikes against Iran in retaliation of a attempted attack by Iran against Jordan.
Source: AP external link
Data from Kpler shows that 39 commercial vessels have transited through the Bab el-Mandeb yesterday, the highest since July 19, while another five transited it today, including the VLCC and the Aframax tanker .
Source: Reuters external link
The reports that Rapid Support Forces militants retreating from Umm Sayala, Jabrat al-Sheikh, and Barah have launched retaliatory strikes in North Kordofan.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
Five soldiers are killed in a shootout with Al-Shabaab gunmen in Mandera County, Kenya.
Source: Garowe Online external link
Ten police officers are killed in a drone attack and ambush in Hangu district of northwest Pakistan. Pakistani authorities claim that 15 of the attackers were killed.
Source: Reuters external link

Politics and elections

The government of Nauru announces the official change of name of the country from Nauru to Naoero.
Source: RNZ external link

Health and environment

Kenya Wildlife Service says preliminary tests indicated cyanide-contaminated tomatoes may have killed 15 elephants near Amboseli National Park over the past month, warning that livestock grazing in the area could also be exposed.
Source: The Manila Times external link

Disasters and accidents

Two firefighters are killed while battling a wildfire near Rethymno, Crete, Greece, while a third dies near Gytheio, Laconia, during a separate operation.
Source: Malay Mail external link
A Bell 412 helicopter crashes while on a fire-fighting training operation in San Juan, Argentina, killing all seven occupants.
Source: AFP via NDTV external link