August 1, 2022 (Monday)

A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year.

The first ship with Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa for Lebanon after an agreement was signed with Russia.

The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky and Virginia, United States, increases to 35 with 37 people missing.

Twenty-four people are killed by heavy flooding in eastern Uganda.

Nine people are killed and 76 others are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Bent Bayya, Wadi al Hayaa District, Libya.

More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States as wildfires continue to spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska.

Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region.

A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps helicopter carrying several senior Pakistan Army officials crashes in Balochistan. Rescuers have not yet reached the crash site due to ongoing floods in the region.

India reports its first confirmed monkeypox related death in Kerala.

Peru reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox in a 45-year-old male with underlying health conditions.

Ghana reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox.

A post made by the VK social media account of Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former President of Russia, refers to Georgia and Kazakhstan as "artificial" creations and advocates the return of the two countries to Russian sovereignty. The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers.

Iran announces the arrest of several members of the Baháʼí Faith on charges of spying.

Citizens of the Cook Islands head to the polls to vote in a general election.