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- Syrian civil war
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- An Israeli airstrike kills a Syrian army officer in southern Syria. (Arab News)
- Israel's role in the Syrian civil war
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
Business and economy
- The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules. (Le Monde)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Tropical Storm Alberto forms in the Gulf of Mexico, the first storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. (USA Today)
- 2024 Hajj disaster
- At least 922 pilgrims are now confirmed to have died from heat-related causes during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (France 24)
- N'Djamena ammunition depot explosions
- Landslides caused by heavy monsoon rains in Bangladesh and India kill at least 15 people, injure several others, and displace millions of people. (Al Jazeera)
- At least four people die and more than a dozen others are missing after record rains impact parts of southern China. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Canada–Iran relations
- Canada adds Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to its list of terrorist entities. (Bloomberg)
- North Korea–Russia relations
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sign an agreement to grant mutual aid and support in case either nation faces aggression. (AP)
- Sudanese civil war
- Sudan accuses the United Arab Emirates of arming the Rapid Support Forces. (Al Jazeera)
Law and crime
- 2024 New Caledonia unrest
- New Caledonia police arrest independence leader Christian Tein and seven others on suspicion of being involved in the deadly violence in the territory. (DW)
- Vandalism of Stonehenge
- Two Just Stop Oil environmental protesters are arrested after damaging three standing stones of the Stonehenge prehistoric megalithic structure with orange powder paint, potentially destroying prehistoric surface markings. (BBC News)
- Two teenagers are charged with the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Courbevoie, France, in an attack suspected to have been motivated by antisemitism. (Al Arabiya)
- The National Assembly of Tajikistan approves a bill banning "alien garments" and children's celebrations for Eid al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha. (Radio Europe)
Politics and elections
- Human Rights Watch reports that China has changed the names of hundreds of villages inhabited by Uyghurs in order to reflect the ruling Communist Party's ideology. (DW)
Sports
- 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A
- The city of Brussels, Belgium, announces that it will not host a UEFA Nations League match between between Belgium and Israel on September 6 due to security concerns. (Euronews)
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