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August 5

Politics and elections

The Holy See Press Office announces Pope Leo XIV will make a apostolic journey to Argentina, Uruguay, and Peru, in November, marking his first trip to Latin America in his papacy.
Source: Holy See external link

Armed conflicts and attacks

Talks between Israel and Lebanon are on pause following alleged leaks and will resume tomorrow.
Source: Al-Monitor external link
The Israel Defense Forces says they have launched strikes in southern Lebanon after alleged ceasefire violations by Hezbollah.
Source: The Times of Israel external link

Law and crime

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.
Source: AP external link
A drone loaded with explosives is found and defused at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany.
Source: DW external link

August 4

Armed conflicts and attacks

A mass funeral is held for 112 bodies that were recovered from a Israeli strike in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City during the early weeks of the war.
Source: Haaretz external link
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.
Source: Arab News external link
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.
Source: Sudan Nabaa external link

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.
Source: New Straits Times external link

Health and environment

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.
Source: Xinhua external link

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 external link
Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov signs a law banning the use of cremation for deceased human bodies in Kyrgyzstan.
Source: Kabar external link
South Sudanese police arrests 60 suspected gang members in a series of operations targeting criminal gangs, drug trafficking, and youth delinquency in Juba.
Source: Sudans Post external link
Four people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting spree by a rogue Russian soldier in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea.
Source: CBS News external link

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.
Source: The Athletic external link

August 3

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.
Source: AFP via RFI external link
Italy experiences its fourth heatwave of the summer with the health ministry issuing red alerts for a record 25 cities.
Source: AA external link
Michigan, U.S., reports the first two deaths of the current cyclosporiasis outbreak, which is caused by .
Source: AP external link

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 external link

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.
Source: The Washington Post external link
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.
Source: Xinhua external link
Two Palestinian civilians are killed in an Israeli missile strike near a mosque which targeted a civilian vehicle southwest of Gaza City.
Source: Middle East Eye external link
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.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
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.
Source: The Times of Israel external link
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.
Source: Reuters external link
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.
Source: CNN external link

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.
Source: Reuters external link
At least fourteen people are killed in a series of floods in southern India.
Source: Reuters external link
Guatemala's disaster agency declares a nationwide orange alert following a major eruption of Fuego volcano and begins evacuating two nearby villages.
Source: AFP via RNZ external link

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.
Source: The Moscow Times external link

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.
Source: ESPN external link
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.
Source: The Daily Gazette external link
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.
Source: The Guardian external link

August 2

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iranian lawmaker Hassan Ghashghavi says that efforts to restore the Islamabad Memorandum deal between Iran and the United States are underway.
Source: Arab News external link
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran and Oman are nearing a deal to manage the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. halted its recent strikes against the country.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirms that they have killed three militants in separate strikes last week, including a Jaish al-Islam militant in Gaza City, a Hamas commander in the Jabalya Battalion, and a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
The IDF's 401st Brigade says that they have destroyed 1,200 Hezbollah tunnels and concluded their mission in southern Lebanon, ending their eight-month deployment.
Source: The Jerusalem Post external link
New clashes are reported across the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front, four years after the previous war in the region ended, prompting hundreds to flee to war-torn Sudan amidst fears of a new civil war.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Several Ethiopian refugees are reportedly killed after projectiles have hit refugee camps across the Ethiopia–Sudan border.
Source: Sudan Tribune external link
A drone strike hits a customary court in Kabkabiya District, North Darfur, Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
Source: Al Jazeera external link
Police say a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killed at least 17 people, including seven officers and the suspected bomber, and injured at least 34 others.
Source: Reuters external link
The BBC reports that Russia has shipped military equipment on the sanctioned cargo vessel last month to the Malian government.
Source: RBC-Ukraine external link

International relations

The Dominican Republic and Venezuela agree on a framework to gradually restore diplomatic relations, which deteriorated after the Dominican Republic questioned the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election.
Source: Jamaica Observer external link

Disasters and accidents

Two people are killed when two firefighting helicopters collided near Athens, Greece.
Source: BBC News external link
Spanish officials say at least 72 people died during the mass migrant crossing from Morocco into the autonomous city of Ceuta.
Source: Reuters external link
Six people are killed and 27 more injured in a traffic collision between a bus, a camper, and three cars in Colli sul Velino, Province of Rieti, Italy.
Source: Xinhua external link
A ferry catches fire off the coast of Madura, Indonesia, leaving at least five people dead and 41 others missing.
Source: BBC News external link

Politics and elections

Incumbent Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally announces his candidacy for a fourth term as the Workers' Party's nominee in October’s presidential election.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link

Health and environment

South Korea's weather agency records 42.5°C (108.5°F) in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, the country's highest temperature since observations began.
Source: AFP via France 24 external link