Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Politics and elections
Sports
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- Middle Eastern crisis
- Gaza war
- The Israeli Army Radio reports that the Israel Defense Forces have targeted a Hamas sniper near the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip, its first strike on the enclave in 10 days. (AIN) (The Times of Israel) (The Jerusalem Post)
- Red Sea crisis
- The Yemeni government reports that six people have been killed in strikes on a cargo ship by the Houthis in the Bab-el-Mandeb. (The New York Times)
- Gaza war
- Sudanese Civil Wars
- Sudanese civil war
- Blue Nile campaign
- A heavy attack on civilians by the Rapid Support Forces and Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North is reported in Geissan in Sudan's Blue Nile state, including on the main market, surrounding farms, and other shops. (Sudan Tribune)
- Attacks by the RSF and SPLM-N are also reported in Qaysān on its provincial headquarters and a market. (Sudan Tribune in Arabic)
- Blue Nile campaign
- Sudanese nomadic conflicts
- Around 60 people are killed and around 50 others injured in an armed attack during a cattle raid in Tonj North County, Warrap State, South Sudan. (AFP via Arab News) (Radio Tamazuj)
- Sudanese civil war
Disasters and accidents
- 2026 Colombia earthquake
- The death toll from the {{M|w|7.4}} earthquake in Colombia yesterday increases to over 240 people killed, 570 injured, and at least 3,000 others still missing. Colombian president Abelardo de la Espriella declares a national state of emergency in the country. (The Guardian)
- Search operations for the landslide from Sunday conclude in Baguio, Philippines, placing the final death toll at 10 people killed. Meanwhile, the national police places the nationwide toll from the tropical cyclones and monsoons at 26. (ABS-CBN News) (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- At least 18 killed, around 30 injured in two-vehicle collision in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt. (Al Ahram)
- Three people killed following commercial building fire in Giza, Egypt. (Al Ahram)
- Four people have been killed and five others injured after an old residential building collapsed in Cairo, Egypt. (Gulf News)
International relations
- Syria and weapons of mass destruction
- The Syrian government confirms their cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency to purge nuclear materials at a hidden facility following a report by Axios on such plan after an agreement between Israel, Syria, and the United States. Conversely, Israel threatens to bombard the site again if the materials remain, and to prevent access to the site. (AA) (Axios) (The Jerusalem Post) Law and crime
- Human rights in Ba'athist Syria, Transitional justice
- The Criminal Court in Damascus, Syria, sentence deposed president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia, and former Daraa political security director Atef Najib in person, and issue international arrest warrants for all for premeditated murder and crimes against humanity. (AFP via The Standard) (The National)
- A United States Marine Corps soldier is released from Russia after having been detained there since 2022. (Kyiv Independent)
- Lebanon's parliament votes to abolish death penalty. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- 2026 Hungarian presidential election
- Former Supreme Court president András Baka is elected as Hungarian president through a supermajority and is scheduled to take office on 19 August. He ran uncontested as the Tisza Party's candidate, as neither Fidesz nor its partner KNDP nominated a candidate. (Reuters)
Sports
- Palestinian sports during the Gaza war
- The Palestinian Football Association president Jibril Rajoub announces that all soccer and sport activities will resume in September, following a three-year suspension that began after the outbreak of the Gaza war. (Al Jazeera)
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