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- Gaza war
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites. (AP)
- 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
- Syrian civil war
- Southern Syria clashes
- Fierce street-to-street fighting is reportedly underway between local Druze forces and pro-government Bedouin tribesmen. (i24)
- An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda. (BBC News)
- Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa'ar warns the Druze minority in Suwayda, Syria, are under threat from "jihadist attackers" and accuses Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa of supporting them. (Kurdistan 24)
- Southern Syria clashes
- M23 campaign
- The March 23 Movement (M23) and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a declaration of principles stating that a full ceasefire and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier DR Congo–Rwanda agreement. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 34 people are killed, 11 are rescued and 8 others are reported missing, including children, when tourist boat {{MV|Wonder Sea||2}} capsizes at the Hạ Long Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site in Vietnam. (News18)
- Nine people are killed and six others are injured when a truck collides with two passenger vans in Aurora, Isabela province, Philippines. (Manila Bulletin)
Law and crime
- Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war
- Puntland Maritime Police Force confiscated a Turkish vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including armoured personnel carriers and crates of weapons to Mogadishu in the coastal area of Bareeda in the Ras Aseir region. (Idil News) (Marine Insight)
- 2025 Hollywood car attack
- At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack at a night club in Los Angeles, California, United States. (AP) (Los Angeles Fire Department)
Sports
- Oleksandr Usyk defeats British challenger Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium via a fifth-round knockout to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion. (BBC Sport)
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