Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • Gaza peace plan
    • A Board of Peace envoy meets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urges a halt in strikes across the Gaza Strip. However, they also announce that Israel will not withdraw from the enclave until Hamas completely disarms. (The New Region) (The Washington Post)
  • The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that dozens of children and civilians have been killed in weekend attacks in Gaza, in which a medical storage facility was also damaged. (Xinhua)
  • The Israel Defense Forces says that they have killed two Hamas militants in separate airstrikes in central Gaza and the Shati camp in Gaza City respectively, including a Nukhba Force commander who took part in the October 7 attacks. (The Times of Israel)
• Russo-Ukrainian war
  • At least seven people are killed, including three children, and 40 others are injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a crowded beach in Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. (CNN)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Shipping data shows that two tanker ships carrying oil from Saudi Arabia, the Suezmax Malta-flagged Lesvos and the VLCC Desh Vaibhav, have exited the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. (Reuters) (Marine News Magazine)

• At least fourteen people are killed in a series of floods in southern India. (Reuters)

• 2026 European heatwaves
  • Italy experiences its fourth heatwave of the summer with the health ministry issuing red alerts for a record 25 cities. (Anadolu Ajansı)

• COVID-19 pandemic in Poland
  • Poland's Ministry of Health appeals a Brussels court ruling ordering the country to accept and pay approximately €1.3 billion for unwanted COVID-19 vaccine doses produced by Pfizer and BioNTech. (Politico EU)

• Human rights in Russia
  • Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who attempted to contest the 2024 presidential election on a platform against the Russo-Ukrainian war, announces that he has fled the country to France following growing pressure on him and his family. (The Moscow Times)

• In horse racing, Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association announce a new championship series for 3-year old thoroughbreds beginning in 2027, involving the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes. (Courier Journal) (The Daily Gazette)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Middle Eastern crisis
  • 2026 Iran war
    • 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
      • 2026 Iran war ceasefire
        • Iranian lawmaker Hassan Ghashghavi says that efforts to restore the Islamabad Memorandum deal between Iran and the United States are underway. (AFP via Arab News)
    • 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
      • Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran and Oman are nearing a deal to manage the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. halted its recent strikes against the country. (Al Jazeera)
  • Gaza war
    • The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirms that they have killed three militants in separate strikes last week, including a Jaish al-Islam militant in Gaza City, a Hamas commander in the Jabalya Battalion, and a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Hezbollah–Israel conflict
    • The IDF's 401st Brigade says that they have destroyed 1,200 Hezbollah tunnels and concluded their mission in southern Lebanon, ending their eight-month deployment. (Israel National News) (The Jerusalem Post)
• Ethiopian civil conflict
  • Ethiopia-TPLF clashes
    • New clashes are reported across the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front, four years after the previous war in the region ended, prompting hundreds to flee to war-torn Sudan amidst fears of a new civil war. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
    • Several Ethiopian refugees are reportedly killed after projectiles have hit refugee camps across the Ethiopia–Sudan border. (Sudan Tribune)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Darfur campaign, Darfur genocide
    • A drone strike hits a customary court in Kabkabiya District, North Darfur, Sudan, killing at least 37 people. (Al Jazeera)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Police say a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killed at least 17 people, including seven officers and the suspected bomber, and injured at least 34 others. (Reuters)
• Mali War, Mali–Russia relations
  • The BBC reports that Russia has shipped military equipment on the sanctioned cargo vessel Mikhail Britnev last month to the Malian government. (BBC News) (RBC-Ukraine)

• 2026 Greece wildfires
  • Two people are killed when two firefighting helicopters collided near Athens, Greece. (BBC News)
• 2026 Morocco–Spain border incident
  • Spanish officials say at least 72 people died during the mass migrant crossing from Morocco into the autonomous city of Ceuta. (Reuters)
• Six people are killed and 27 more injured in a traffic collision between a bus, a camper, and three cars in Colli sul Velino, Province of Rieti, Italy. (Xinhua)
• A ferry catches fire off the coast of Madura, Indonesia, leaving at least five people dead and 41 others missing. (BBC News)

• South Korea's weather agency records in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, the country's highest temperature since observations began. (AFP via France 24)

• Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic, Foreign relations of Venezuela
  • The Dominican Republic and Venezuela agree on a framework to gradually restore diplomatic relations, which deteriorated after the Dominican Republic questioned the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. (AFP via Jamaica Observer)

• 2026 Brazilian general election
  • Incumbent Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally announces his candidacy for a fourth term as the Workers' Party's nominee in October’s presidential election. (AFP via France 24)