One person is killed and several others are injured when a helicopter stolen from Cairns Airport crashes into a hotel in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. (The Guardian)
Pakistan Army officials arrest former Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence Faiz Hameed, accusing him of abusing his position of power and raiding a business last year. (DW)
Russian forces take the settlement of Lysychne in Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
Special Region of Jakarta Act The first Cabinet of Indonesia meeting session in Nusantara is held, marking the beginning of the transition of the official capital away from Jakarta. (Detik)
Ten Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential home in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Anadolu Ajansı)
The Double Arch, a natural arch made of 190 million-year-old rock in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, collapses, possibly due to changing water levels and erosion. (NPR)
The first Cabinet of Indonesia meeting session in Nusantara is held, marking the beginning of the transition of the official capital away from Jakarta. (Detik)
Third Battle of Khan Yunis Ten Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential home in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. (Anadolu Ajansı)
Ukrainian colonel general Oleksandr Syrskyi announces that Ukrainian forces now control over 1,000 km2 (386 mi2) of Russia's Kursk region. (AP)
Water on Mars Liquid water is confirmed to be present at depths of 10–20 km (6.2–12.4 mi) below the surface of Mars, based on a new analysis of data from NASA's InSight lander. (BBC News)
Gaza war United States support for Israel in the Gaza war The United States government approves $20 billion in weapon sales to Israel, including fifty F-15 fighter jets and advanced upgrade kits for Israel's existing F-15 jets. (AP)
United States support for Israel in the Gaza war The United States government approves $20 billion in weapon sales to Israel, including fifty F-15 fighter jets and advanced upgrade kits for Israel's existing F-15 jets. (AP)
2024 Sudan floods At least 68 people are killed in Sudan's worst flooding since 2019, impacting several internally displaced person camps amid the ongoing Sudanese civil war. (Reuters)
Akhmat special forces commander Apti Alaudinov says that the Ukrainian advance into Kursk Oblast is currently stopped due to Russian counter-attacks. (Reuters)
At least 68 people are killed in Sudan's worst flooding since 2019, impacting several internally displaced person camps amid the ongoing Sudanese civil war. (Reuters)
Ford and Mazda issue warnings to owners of over 475,000 vehicles with Takata airbag inflators, cautioning them of the possibility for the inflators to explode with metal shrapnel. (AP)
Yemeni civil war The Houthis storm the headquarters of the United Nation's Human Rights Office in Sanaa, Yemen, and detain Yemeni workers, and seize official documents. (The New Arab) (AP)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Schools are canceled in Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane overnight. (USA Today)
2024 Attica wildfires At least one person is killed and dozens of others are injured in wildfires across Greece, with evacuations ordered for residents in at least one area near Athens. (CNN) (DW)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict Two Hezbollah militants, three Lebanese civilians killed, 21 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Baraachit, Tyre, Aabbassiyeh, Kfarkela, At Tiri and Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah launches rockets at Kfarchouba, Shebaa Farms, Shtula, Kiryat Shmona and Beit Hillel. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Kiteezi landslide The death toll for the landslide in the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 24. (DW)
2024 Kolkata rape and murder incident Thousands of doctors and university students participate in walkouts and protests against sexual violence in cities across India after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in Kolkata last week. (DW)
At least one person is killed and dozens of others are injured in wildfires across Greece, with evacuations ordered for residents in at least one area near Athens. (CNN) (DW)
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces a package of new anti-terrorism measures, including granting Austrian security services the ability to monitor private communications sent on messaging and social media apps and decrypt encrypted messages, and restricting the right to assembly of groups declared "hostile to democracy". (Reuters)
Human rights in Austria, 2024 Vienna terrorism plot Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer announces a package of new anti-terrorism measures, including granting Austrian security services the ability to monitor private communications sent on messaging and social media apps and decrypt encrypted messages, and restricting the right to assembly of groups declared "hostile to democracy". (Reuters)
Israeli crowds led by far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and several villages in the West Bank on Tisha B'av. Israel Police officers reportedly offered protection to Israeli settlers, while the United States and the United Nations denounce the raids. (Al Jazeera)
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli crowds led by far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque and several villages in the West Bank on Tisha B'av. Israel Police officers reportedly offered protection to Israeli settlers, while the United States and the United Nations denounce the raids. (Al Jazeera)
Schools are canceled in Puerto Rico as Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to strengthen into a hurricane overnight. (USA Today)
The death toll for the landslide in the Kiteezi Rubbish Dump in Kampala, Uganda, increases to 24. (DW)
Thousands of doctors and university students participate in walkouts and protests against sexual violence in cities across India after the alleged rape and murder of a female medical trainee in Kolkata last week. (DW)
Two Hezbollah militants, three Lebanese civilians killed, 21 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in Baraachit, Tyre, Aabbassiyeh, Kfarkela, At Tiri and Marjayoun in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah launches rockets at Kfarchouba, Shebaa Farms, Shtula, Kiryat Shmona and Beit Hillel. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Kiribati parliamentary election Kiribati citizens vote for the 45 members of the parliament. (AP)
2024 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election Japan's Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida announces that he will not run in the party’s presidential election scheduled for late September, effectively stepping down from the premiership. (The Japan News)
Japan's Prime Minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Fumio Kishida announces that he will not run in the party’s presidential election scheduled for late September, effectively stepping down from the premiership. (The Japan News)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that Ukrainian forces have captured more than 100 Russian soldiers in the last 24 hours during their offensive in Kursk Oblast. Zelenskyy also says that he is open to exchanging the prisoners for Ukrainian prisoners of war. (BBC News)
2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage Germany issues its first arrest warrant related to the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage for a Ukrainian man who crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine before the arrest could be carried out. (AP)
Gaza war Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal Top Hamas official Osama Hamdan states that the organization is "losing faith" in the United States' role as mediator in Israel–Hamas ceasefire proposals due to the U.S. not applying pressure on Israel to act in good faith, and threatens to withdraw from future U.S.-mediated negotiations. (AP)
Germany issues its first arrest warrant related to the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage for a Ukrainian man who crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine before the arrest could be carried out. (AP)
Kiribati citizens vote for the 45 members of the parliament. (AP)
Three-phase Israel–Hamas war ceasefire proposal Top Hamas official Osama Hamdan states that the organization is "losing faith" in the United States' role as mediator in Israel–Hamas ceasefire proposals due to the U.S. not applying pressure on Israel to act in good faith, and threatens to withdraw from future U.S.-mediated negotiations. (AP)
2024 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane north of Puerto Rico. (NBC News)
African mpox epidemic The World Health Organization officially declares a new outbreak of mpox. The strain of this outbreak is different from the primary strain of the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, which affected thirteen countries and resulted in at least 524 reported deaths, and the new strain is more lethal. (AP)
After more than a year of high-level investigation, the Vatican expels Luis Fernando Figari, the leader of the Peruvian society of apostolic life Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, for financial corruption and for downplaying allegations of sexual and psychological abuse. (AP)
Organized crime in Sweden Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland form an international police hub in Stockholm to prevent escalating Swedish gang activity and criminal networks from spreading to other Nordic countries. (Reuters)
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland form an international police hub in Stockholm to prevent escalating Swedish gang activity and criminal networks from spreading to other Nordic countries. (Reuters)
The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin for illegally appointing a minister to his cabinet. (Reuters)
The World Health Organization officially declares a new outbreak of mpox. The strain of this outbreak is different from the primary strain of the 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, which affected thirteen countries and resulted in at least 524 reported deaths, and the new strain is more lethal. (AP)
Top Hamas official Osama Hamdan states that the organization is "losing faith" in the United States' role as mediator in Israel–Hamas ceasefire proposals due to the U.S. not applying pressure on Israel to act in good faith, and threatens to withdraw from future U.S.-mediated negotiations. (AP)
Tropical Storm Ernesto strengthens into a hurricane north of Puerto Rico. (NBC News)
2024 Sri Lankan presidential election Sri Lanka receives a record number of presidential candidates for the upcoming election with 39 applications accepted, surpassing 2019's record of 35 candidates. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Venezuelan presidential election International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, and US President Joe Biden call for new elections in Venezuela. (Reuters)
International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Colombian President Gustavo Petro, and US President Joe Biden call for new elections in Venezuela. (Reuters)
Sri Lanka receives a record number of presidential candidates for the upcoming election with 39 applications accepted, surpassing 2019's record of 35 candidates. (Al Jazeera)
2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage Ukraine denies its involvement in explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in 2022 and accuses Russia of causing the explosions, following Germany issuing its first arrest warrant on the case towards a Ukrainian man. (Reuters)
Casualties of the Gaza war The Gaza Health Ministry reports that more than 40,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including more than 16,000 children, have been killed due to the ongoing Israeli invasion and blockade, and that more than 10,000 Palestinians are still missing. (Al Jazeera)
Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War The United Kingdom says that Ukraine can use British weaponry, including Challenger 2 tanks, for its military operations inside Russia. (Sky News)
Peter Dutton, the leader of Australia’s Liberal Party, calls on the Australian government to ban the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from conflict in the Gaza Strip, which is met with significant condemnation from several politicians and organizations as promoting racial stereotypes. (ABC Australia) (Al Jazeera)
SBS World News reports that the Australian government has rejected a majority of Palestinian visa applications, accepting 2,922 applications and rejecting 7,111 applications while granting 8,746 visas to Israeli citizens and rejecting only 235 applications. (Al Jazeera)
The Security Service of Ukraine captures 102 Russian servicemen as prisoners of war, marking the largest single group of Russian soldiers to surrender during the conflict. (Bloomberg)
Ukraine denies its involvement in explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline in 2022 and accuses Russia of causing the explosions, following Germany issuing its first arrest warrant on the case towards a Ukrainian man. (Reuters)
2023–2024 mpox epidemic Sweden reports the first case of the new mpox variant outside Africa in a patient in Stockholm. (Arab News) (Reuters) Pakistan reports its first case of mpox this year. (First Post)
2024 CFL season The Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League are sold to businessman Larry Thompson, ending 75 years of community ownership. (Edmonton Journal)
A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M crashes due to a "technical malfunction" in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The pilots safely ejected, according to Russian media. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Eastern Ukraine campaign Pokrovsk offensive Pokrovsk's military administration issues immediate evacuation orders for its citizens due to shelling from Russian troops about 10 km away from the city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (UNN)
Germany–United States relations, Foreign relations of NATO The United States approves the sale of 600 MIM-104 Patriot air defense missiles to Germany worth US$5 billion (€4.6 billion) to improve German national defense and the overall security of NATO. (DW)
Hezbollah launches four rockets at IDF targets in Shamir and Malkia in Upper Galilee which were intercepted by the Iron Dome causing a fire in Shamir and Ruwaysat al-Alam of Kfarchouba in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Israel–Hezbollah conflict Hezbollah launches four rockets at IDF targets in Shamir and Malkia in Upper Galilee which were intercepted by the Iron Dome causing a fire in Shamir and Ruwaysat al-Alam of Kfarchouba in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
Pakistan reports its first case of mpox this year. (First Post)
Pokrovsk offensive Pokrovsk's military administration issues immediate evacuation orders for its citizens due to shelling from Russian troops about 10 km away from the city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (UNN)
Pokrovsk's military administration issues immediate evacuation orders for its citizens due to shelling from Russian troops about 10 km away from the city in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (UNN)
Russia announces the mandatory evacuation of all civilians from Glushkovsky District in Kursk Oblast. (Reuters)
Sweden reports the first case of the new mpox variant outside Africa in a patient in Stockholm. (Arab News) (Reuters)
The Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League are sold to businessman Larry Thompson, ending 75 years of community ownership. (Edmonton Journal)
The Gaza Health Ministry reports that more than 40,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including more than 16,000 children, have been killed due to the ongoing Israeli invasion and blockade, and that more than 10,000 Palestinians are still missing. (Al Jazeera)
The Russian Defence Ministry claims that Russian forces have retaken the settlement of Krupets. (Anadolu Agency)
