At least 32 Palestinians are killed trying to reach Gaza Humanitarian Foundation food distribution sites. (AP) 2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killingsGaza war link embed save
An Agence France-Presse war correspondent reports witnessing armed men looting and setting fire to Druze-owned shops in Suwayda. (BBC News) Southern Syria clashesSyrian civil war link embed save
The M23 paramilitary group and the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo sign a declaration of principles stating that a full ceasefire and final peace agreement will be signed no later than August 18, and that it will be aligned with the earlier DR Congo–Rwanda agreement. (CNN) M23 campaign link embed save
Street-to-street fighting in Suwayda, Syria, is reported between local Druze forces and pro-government Bedouin tribesmen. (i24) Southern Syria clashesSyrian civil war link embed save
At least 21 people are killed and 34 others are injured after a bus overturns and crashes in Kavar, Fars province, Iran. (The New Arab) link embed save
At least 38 people are killed, eleven are rescued and eight others are reported missing, including children, when a storm causes the tourist boat Wonder Sea to capsize in the Hạ Long Bay in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. (News18) Sinking of the Wonder Sea link embed save
Eight people are killed and six others are injured when a truck collides with two passenger vans in Aurora, Isabela province, Philippines. (Xinhua), (Manila Bulletin) link embed save
At least 30 people are injured, including seven critically, in a vehicle-ramming attack at a night club in Los Angeles, California, United States. (AP), (Los Angeles Fire Department) link embed save
The Puntland Maritime Police Force confiscates a Turkish vessel illegally transporting high-grade weaponry, including armoured personnel carriers and crates of weapons, to Mogadishu in Bareeda, Ras Aseir region. (Idil News), (Marine Insight) Turkish involvement in the Somali civil war link embed save
At least twelve people are killed in a mass shooting at a pool hall in Playas, Guayas Province, Ecuador. (Diario Extra) link embed save
In boxing, Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk defeats British challenger Daniel Dubois at Wembley Stadium in London, England, via a fifth-round knockout to become a two-time undisputed heavyweight champion. (BBC Sport) link embed save