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Topics in the news
- Sheikh Hasina (pictured) resigns as the prime minister of Bangladesh and flees to India following anti-government protests.
- Following a mass stabbing in Southport, far-right protesters riot in England and Northern Ireland.
- The United States, Russia, and their respective allies agree to a prisoner exchange of 26 people.
- Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated in Tehran, Iran.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Ukraine reportedly launches an incursion into Kursk Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia claims that it captured the village of Tymofiivka in Donetsk Oblast. (Anadolu Agency)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- At least 53 people are killed and 60 others are injured in Rapid Support Forces raids on several neighborhoods in El Fasher and Gezira State, Sudan. (Radio Dabanga)
- Battle of Khartoum
Arts and culture
- Whaling in Japan
- Japanese whaling company Kyodo Senpaku announces the country's first fin whale kill in fifty years off the coast of Iwate Prefecture. (Undercurrent News) (The Inertia)
Business and economy
- Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index rises more than 10%, a day after declining by more than 12%. (The Washington Post) (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Japan heatwaves
- At least 123 people, many of whom were elderly, are reported to have died from heat illnesses in the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan in July amid an ongoing heatwave in the country. (AP)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Niger, Foreign relations of Ukraine
- Niger suspends diplomatic relations with Ukraine over Ukraine's alleged support for rebels who ambushed and killed dozens of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries during the Battle of Tinzaouaten in July. (Reuters)
- Palestine–Russia relations
- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announces a visit to Moscow, Russia, from August 12–14 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the peace process for the Israel–Hamas war and to "strengthen bilateral relations in all areas" between the two nations. (LBCI) (Al Jazeera)
- Ukraine–European Union relations
- The European Union approves a grant of €4.2 billion (US$4.58 billion) in financial aid to Ukraine. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Israel–Hamas war protests
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- In the United States, Massachusetts District Judge Richard Stearns rules that Harvard University must face a lawsuit accusing the university of intentionally ignoring requests for safety from Jewish students following "severe and pervasive harassment" on campus, while also calling the university's claims that antisemitic acts are protected under the First Amendment "dubious". (Reuters)
- 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses
- 2024 Israeli protests
- Haredi Israelis storm the army base in Tel HaShomer in protest of compulsory conscription. (The Jerusalem Post)
- 2024 Tunisian presidential election
- A court in Tunisia sentences opposition leader Abir Moussi to two years in prison for insulting the election commission. The court also sentences four potential presidential candidates, including activist Nizar Chaari, to eight months in prison and bans them from running for office on charges of vote buying. (DW)
- Capital punishment in Iran, Mahsa Amini protests
- The Iranian government executes a man who was convicted of killing an Islamic Revolutionary Guards officer during anti-government and mandatory hijab law protests in 2022. (DW)
- Censorship in Germany, Israel–Hamas war protests in Germany
- A court in Berlin, Germany, convicts a woman and fines her for "condoning a crime" by leading a chant using the phrase "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" during a protest in October 2023.
- End Bad Governance protests
- Nigeria detains tailors who made Russian flags that were used in anti-government protests. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolves the national parliament in preparation for an interim government following the resignation and departure of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. (France 24)
- The President of Bangladesh names civil society leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus as the chief of the interim government. (DW)
- Non-cooperation movement
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
- Presumptive Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris selects Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. (CNN)
- 2024 Democratic Party vice presidential candidate selection
- Israel–Hamas war
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- Yahya Sinwar is named the new leader of Hamas, following the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)
- Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 14 year old Arisa Trew wins the gold medal in Women's park skateboarding, becoming the youngest Australian to ever win an Olympic gold medal. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Romania at the 2024 Summer Olympics, 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
- Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu announces he will boycott the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics due to a judging error in the Women's floor gymnastics event that caused Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu to lose her bronze medal. (AP)
- Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Cuban wrestler Mijaín López wins the gold medal in the Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg event, becoming the first Olympic athlete to win gold in the same event at five consecutive Olympic games and the first wrestler to win five gold medals in Olympic history. (AP)
- Australia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack
- At least five United States personnel are injured when two missiles strike the joint American–Iraqi Al Asad Airbase in al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. (Reuters)
- 2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians
- Israel returns 89 decomposed, unidentifiable Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Ministry of Health. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians
- 2024 Iran–Israel conflict
- Ahead of expected retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Iran issues a NOTAM, advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due to potential dangers en route. (The Jerusalem Post)
- M23 offensive
- Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese military intensifies. (Reuters)
- Papua conflict
- Separatist fighters shoot and kill a New Zealander helicopter pilot in Central Papua province, Indonesia, shortly after landing in the village of Alama. The four indigenous Papuans onboard the aircraft are later released. (Al Jazeera)
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis claim an attack on the Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton in the Gulf of Aden. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2024 stock market decline
- Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by more than 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline ever and its largest daily percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987. (AP) (Reuters)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite all fall by 3%, registering their biggest three-day declines since June 2022. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Debby
- At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. (BBC News)
- Hurricane Debby
- 2024 Wolayita landslide
International relations
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- The European Union joins the United States and several Latin American nations in refusing to accept the claimed Venezuelan presidential election victory of Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. (Kyiv Post)
- Brazil becomes the representative of the interests of Argentina and Peru in Venezuela, after Venezuela expels the Argentinian and Peruvian diplomats following tensions in the aftermath of the presidential election. (Reuters)
- International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war
- The United Kingdom provisionally suspends all arms exports to Israel, pending a policy review. (The Jewish Chronicle)
Law and crime
- 2024 United Kingdom riots
- Rioting takes place in Plymouth and Birmingham, England, while police are attacked with molotov cocktails in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the number of people arrested rises to 400. (BBC News)
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, 2024 Venezuelan protests
- Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab opens a criminal investigation into opposition officials Edmundo González and María Corina Machado for calling on the Armed Forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro throughout the protests and riots in the country. (DW)
- United States v. Google LLC
- District of Columbia District Judge Amit Mehta finds Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally maintaining a monopoly over internet search. (CNN) (The Washington Post)
- Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen Ugandan opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for participating in anti-government and anti-corruption protests last month. (Reuters)
- The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentences Bamboo Airways chairman and real estate business tycoon Trinh Van Quyet to 21 years in prison for defrauding investors of 3.6 trillion VNĐ (US$144 million). (DW) (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India. (Sky News)
- Protestors storm the prime minister's residence and the National Parliament building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Reuters) (CNBC)
- Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman announces the formation of an interim government in Bangladesh and vows to launch an investigation into the government crackdowns. (France 24)
- Non-cooperation movement
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
- Sweden's Armand Duplantis wins his second consecutive gold medal, breaking his own world record with a jump of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in). (CNN)
- Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ángel Barajas wins the silver medal in Men's horizontal bar, earning Colombia its first ever medal in gymnastics. (Remezcla)
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Belgium withdraws from the Mixed relay triathlon event after triathlete Claire Michel becomes ill days after she swam in the Seine river during the women's triathlon event. (CNN)
- Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia said its armed forces captured the village of Novoselivka Persha in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Times of India)
- Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the country has received its first F-16 fighter aircraft from NATO allies. (The New York Times)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- At least 91 people are killed in violent clashes between anti-government protesters and police units across Bangladesh, as protestors call for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign. (Al Jazeera)
- Non-cooperation movement
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least four people are killed and 18 others are injured in an Israeli strike on the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. (AP)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Two people are killed and two others are injured in a stabbing spree in Holon, Israel. The Palestinian perpetrator is subsequently shot and killed by Israeli police. (Reuters)
International relations
- Foreign relations of Ukraine, Foreign relations of Mali
- Mali cuts all diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to Tuareg rebels that enabled them to ambush and kill large numbers of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian troops. (CNN)
- Malaysia–United Kingdom relations, 2024 United Kingdom riots
- Malaysia issues a travel warning urging its citizens to not visit the United Kingdom due to ongoing violent riots. (Yahoo! UK)
Law and crime
- 2024 United Kingdom riots, 2024 Southport stabbing
- More than 150 people are arrested following violent far-right riots targeting mosques and migrant infrastructure throughout the United Kingdom. (BBC)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz in the Men's singles final to win the Olympic gold medal, becoming the third male player to achieve a singles Career Golden Slam. (BBC News)
- Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini win the gold medal in the Women's doubles tournament, earning Italy its first gold medal in the sport and making Errani the oldest tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam. (CNA)
- Algeria at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Kaylia Nemour wins the gold medal in the Women's uneven bars, the first gold medal in gymnastics for Algeria. (NPR)
- Cape Verde at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Daniel Varela de Pina wins a bronze medal in Men's flyweight boxing, earning Cape Verde its first ever Olympic medal. (Olympics)
- Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least fifteen people are killed in an Israeli attack on a school sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City. (Al Jazeera)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- The United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, urges its citizens to leave the country amid increasing tensions in the Middle East. (BBC News)
- Jihadist insurgency in Niger
- The Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal-Muslimin takes two Russian citizens hostage in Mbanga, Niger. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- S&P Global downgrades Ukraine's credit rating to "SD" for 'selective' default after Ukraine was unable to pay a US$34 million international bond payment, and also stating that Ukraine's credit rating could fall to "D", which would represent a complete default following restructuring of Ukraine's debt. (Reuters)
- Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Antarctica heat wave
- A record prolonged heat wave persists over Antarctica, with temperatures reaching 50 °F (28 °C) higher than average in some areas during the middle of winter. (CNN)
- 2024 Japan heatwaves
- The Japanese Meteorological Agency issues excessive heat warnings for 37 of the 47 prefectures amid heat waves where at least 59 people have died from heat stroke since April. (NHK) (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- Parole for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans
- The Biden administration provisionally suspends all migrant permits allowing Venezuelans, Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans to enter and stay in the United States for up to two years following suspicions of fraud by several migrant financial sponsors. (AP)
- The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam elects President Tô Lâm as the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, succeeding Nguyễn Phú Trọng, who died on July 19. (CNA)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Dominica at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Thea LaFond wins the gold medal in the Women's triple jump, earning Dominica its first ever Olympic medal. (Barron's)
- Philippines at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Carlos Yulo wins the gold medal in Men's floor gymnastics, the Philippines' first medal in the sport and the country's second ever gold medal. (ESPN)
- Saint Lucia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Julien Alfred wins the gold medal in the Women's 100 metres, earning Saint Lucia its first ever Olympic medal. (Barron's)
- United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her ninth gold medal, tying with Soviet artistic gymnast Larisa Latynina's record of most gold medals by a female Olympian. (Reuters)
- Dominica at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali civil war
- 2024 Lido Beach attack
- Thirty-eight people are killed and 212 others are injured in a mass shooting and suicide bombing by Al-Shabaab militants near the Beach View Hotel on Lido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Hiiraan Online) (Reuters)
- 2024 Lido Beach attack
- Iran–Israel proxy conflict, Assassination of Ismail Haniyeh
- United States President Joe Biden deploys multiple U.S. military warships, troops, and other military assets to the Middle East to support Israel against potential attacks from Iran and its proxies. (Financial Times) (The Washington Post)
Business and economy
- Unemployment in the United States
- Several global financial markets fall significantly, with the Dow Jones falling by 610 points after the United States Department of Labor reported that the unemployment rate increased to 4.3% in July, the highest since October 2021. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 11 people are killed in a fire in a residential-commercial building in Manila, Philippines. (The Star)
International relations
- 2024 Venezuelan presidential election, Argentina–Venezuela relations
- Argentina recognizes Edmundo González as President-elect of Venezuela, becoming the third country to do so after the United States and Peru. (AFP via Barron's)
Law and crime
- 2024 United Kingdom riots
- Rioting occurs in Sunderland, England, United Kingdom, as hundreds of right-wing protesters attempt to march on a mosque and clash with riot police in the city centre. A police station is set on fire by rioters. (BBC News)
- Censorship in Turkey
- Turkey blocks internet access to Instagram, following comments made by Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun that condemned Meta Platforms for taking down Instagram posts offering condolences or expressing sorrow towards the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Reuters)
- Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom
- Several civil rights groups denounce proposals made by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to grant British police nationalized live facial recognition technology and surveillance to charge people police consider significantly likely to participate in far-right riots, condemning the opportunism of the proposals, their potential racial and gender inaccuracy, and their possible use to target future legal protests. (The Guardian)
- A man is arrested by national police in Dublin, Ireland, following attacks on Government Buildings, The Custom House, and Áras an Uachtaráin. (RTÉ)
- Four men, including a police officer, are found shot to death near Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. (AP)
- The United States Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission file a joint lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company ByteDance for violating a law prohibiting companies to collect and use personal information of children under the age of 13. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- End Bad Governance protests
- Protests against President Bola Tinubu's economic reforms continue across Nigeria, as security forces fire tear gas at protestors and the goverment orders curfews across several northern states. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Novak Djokovic defeats Lorenzo Musetti to advance to the finals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the only player to reach the finals four times, and the oldest finalist in Olympic tennis history. (ESPN)
- Carlos Alcaraz defeats Félix Auger-Aliassime to advance to the finals of the Men's singles tournamnet, becoming the youngest finalist in Olympic tennis history at 21 years old. (CBS News)
- Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Belarusian gymnast Ivan Litvinovich wins a gold medal in trampoline gymnastics, making him the first male neutral athlete to win a gold medal at the Summer Olympics. (CBS News)
- Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Siege of Gaza City
- At least fifteen Palestinians are killed and 29 others are injured in an Israeli strike on a school in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. (Reuters)
- Siege of Gaza City
- Israel claims to have verified that it killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in an attack on al-Mawasi on July 13. Hamas denies the allegations. (The Washington Post)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Gaemi
- South Korea reports that as many as 1,500 people may have been killed by floods in North Korea caused by the remnants of Typhoon Gaemi. (Terra Daily) (Al Jazeera)
- Typhoon Gaemi
- 2024 India–Bangladesh floods
- At least 12 people are killed and more than 250 people are declared missing after heavy downpours and flooding in northern India, with rainfall amounts of up to 183 millimetres (7.2 in) reported in some areas. (Reuters)
- 2024 Wayanad landslides
- The death toll from the landslides caused by torrential rains in Kerala, India, increases to 296 people, with at least 240 others still missing. (Onomanorama)
Health and environment
- Sudanese civil war
- 2024 Sudan famine
- The Global Famine Review Committee declares a famine in Darfur, Sudan, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification. (Reuters)
- 2024 Sudan famine
International relations
- 2024 Russian prisoner exchange, Germany–Russia relations, Russia–United States relations
- Russia and several Western nations, including Germany and the United States, conduct a major prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey, with ten prisoners being transferred to Russia, thirteen to Germany, and three to the United States. Journalist Evan Gershkovich, former marine Paul Whelan, and Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza are among those freed. (AP) (Al Jazeera)
- China–India relations
- China and India conduct a 30th round of talks in New Delhi, India, to resolve their ongoing border disputes, agreeing to speed up negotiations over the disputes and to maintain peace and tranquility in border regions. (South China Morning Post)
- Moldova–Russia relations
- The Moldovan government expels a Russian diplomat from the country over alleged espionage. (The Moscow Times)
Law and crime
- 2009 Guinean protests
- A criminal court in Guinea sentences former president and military leader Moussa Dadis Camara to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity while suppressing an opposition rally in Conakry in 2009. (Al Jazeera)
- 2024 United Kingdom riots
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses the nation following civil unrest in Southport, Hartlepool, and Whitehall, accusing the "far-right" of being behind the violence. Starmer also warns social media platforms to crackdown on misinformation. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- End Bad Governance protests
- Fourteen protestors are killed, four are injured and at least 31 are arrested, including a journalist, during nationwide protests that turned violent in Nigeria amid a cost-of-living crisis, which protestors blame on President Bola Tinubu's new reforms. (Al Jazeera)
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- American swimmer Katie Ledecky wins her 13th Olympic medal in swimming, becoming the first American female to do so and the second American to do so after Michael Phelps. (The New York Times)
- Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Novak Djokovic defeats Stefanos Tsitsipas to advance to the semifinals of the Men's singles tournament, becoming the only player to reach the semifinals four times, and the oldest semifinalist in Olympic tennis history. (Sports Illustrated)
- Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics