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Colombian senator and presidential pre-candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay dies after he was shot in June.

Three people are killed in a shooting at a Target Corporation building in Austin, Texas, United States.

U.S. president Donald Trump places the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia under federal government-control and orders 800 National Guard troops to secure Washington, D.C., allegedly in order to combat rising crime.

The United States Department of State formally designates the Balochistan Liberation Army as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) in response to the killings of civilians in Balochistan, Pakistan.

Russian forces launch a full-scale ground assault in the direction of Dobropillia, Donetsk Oblast, with heavy clashes reported along multiple points on the front line.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September.

The Norwegian Pension Fund divests from 11 Israeli companies and terminates its contracts with asset managers in Israel, following reports last week that it invested in an Israeli jet engine company that sold parts to the IDF.

After initiating an audit of flood control projects during his State of the Nation Address in July, Philippine president Bongbong Marcos announces the initial findings, revealing that 20% of all nationwide projects, valued at ₱100 billion (US$1.75 billion), were awarded to fifteen contractors, including firms owned by Representative Elizaldy Co and businesswoman Sarah Discaya, who ran in the 2025 Pasig elections.

Tropical Storm Erin forms in the Atlantic Ocean, killing seven people and leaving others missing in São Vicente, Cape Verde.

Two people are killed and another ten people are injured in an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania, United States.

A botulism outbreak kills two people and hospitalizes 14 others in Diamante, Calabria, Italy.

Eight people are killed and three others are injured in a mass shooting at a nightclub in Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, Ecuador.

Seven people are killed, including five Al Jazeera journalists and prominent Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif, in an Israeli strike near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

More than 500 people are detained by the Metropolitan Police in London, United Kingdom, under the Terrorism Act 2000 for attending a protest in support of the now proscribed organisation Palestine Action.

A 6.1 earthquake strikes western Turkey, killing one person, injuring 35 others, trapping several and causing at least 16 building and two mosque minaret collapses in Balıkesir Province and Manisa.

Six people are killed, including four children, in a two-alarm fire at a house in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.

Four people are killed and 16 others are injured due to a vehicle collision on the BR-452 highway in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

More than 600 pilgrims in Baghdad, Iraq, are hospitalised with respiratory problems after inhaling chlorine as the result of a leak at a water treatment station.

U.S. president Donald Trump announces that he will be meeting Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, United States, for talks on August 15 to discuss ending the war in Ukraine.

The Haitian government announces a three-month state of emergency in the central and western regions of Haiti aiming to curb hunger and gang violence in the regions.

Two people are killed and five others are injured in a drive-by mass shooting in a busy area in Nassau, The Bahamas.

Metropolitan Police carry out the largest mass detainments in London's history, detaining at least 466 people for peacefully protesting the UK's ban on the pro-Palestine activist network Palestine Action. Protesters gathered in Parliament Square to denounce the Israeli invasion of Gaza and the criminalisation of support for Palestine Action, with many holding signs reading "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action" before being forcibly removed by police.

Former Chadian prime minister and leader of the Les Transformateurs party Succès Masra is sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined F.CFA 1 billion (US$1,775,200) after being convicted of disseminating racist and xenophobic messages that incited violence, a verdict his legal team plans to appeal.

At least six Lebanese soldiers are killed in an explosion while removing munitions from a Hezbollah facility near the Israeli border.

In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the twin bells of Urakami Cathedral, that were destroyed, are restored in Nagasaki. The anniversary is attended by about 2,600 people, including foreign dignitaries and survivors of the bombings.

Multiple national leaders attend celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Singaporean independence, including Bruneian sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto.