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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Israel–Hamas war
  • Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
    • The Israel Defense Forces recover the bodies of six hostages, including Alex Dancyg, from the Khan Younis area, who were kidnapped by Hamas in the initial October 7, 2023 attack. (Reuters)
  • Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
    • At least twelve Palestinians, including two children, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school used to shelter displaced people in Gaza City. (Middle East Eye)
  • Israel–Hezbollah conflict
    • The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes on the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. (Haaretz)
    • Four people are killed and two others are injured by Israeli strikes in Daraya, Chouf, Mount Lebanon Governorate, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. Hezbollah launches drone strikes on IDF positions in the Golan Heights. (Arab News)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
      • Russian military sources claim that Ukrainian forces have destroyed or damaged all three bridges over the Seym river in western Russia, potentially trapping Russian forces between the river, the Ukrainian border, and advancing Ukrainian forces. (AP)
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign, Pokrovsk offensive
    • Russia claims that its forces have taken control of New York in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
    • Ukraine says Russian forces are launching heavy attacks on the Toretsk and Pokrovsk fronts. (Reuters)
  • Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Residents are urged to remain indoors after a Russian Shahed drone strike on an industrial facility in Ternopil results in a large fire and a higher concentration of chlorine in the air. (Reuters) (The Kyiv Indepenent)

Arts and culture

• Ukrainian lawmakers pass a bill to ban the activities of all Russia-associated religious groups across Ukraine, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church following arrests of dozens of its clerics on treason charges for claimed involvement in Russian espionage and the transfer of one to Russia in a prisoner swap. (Reuters) (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• At least 20 bodies are recovered from the Lukenie River in Mai-Ndombe Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the capsizing of a boat carrying about 300 passengers over the weekend. At least 46 others remain missing. (AP)

Health and environment

• 2023–2024 mpox epidemic
  • The Ivory Coast reports 21 new cases and the first death from mpox. (La Presse)
  • A Liberia-flagged ship on the Paraná River in Argentina’s Rosario region is quarantined after suspected cases of mpox are detected aboard. Following the reports, the Argentine Health Ministry activated an emergency protocol against mpox. (Reuters) (CNN)
  • Malawi declares mpox a public health emergency, following growing concerns and a reported probable case of mpox in the country. (MBC Malawi)

International relations

• Haiti–United States relations, Illegal drug trade in Haiti
  • The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly for allegedly using his influence to facilitate drug trafficking in the country and into the United States. (Al Jazeera)
• Azerbaijan–Russia relations
  • Azerbaijan formally applies to join the BRICS economic bloc following a meeting between its president Ilham Aliyev with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Baku. Aliyev also approves US$120 million to expand Russian–Azerbaijani cargo trade. (AP)
• Germany–Iran relations
  • Following the ordered closure of the Islamic Centre Hamburg in Germany, Iran orders the closure of two branches of a German language school in Tehran for "breaching Iranian law, committing various illegal actions and extensive financial violations." Germany summons the Iranian ambassador in response. (DW)

Law and crime

• Suspected serial killer Collins Jumaisi Khalusha, accused of murdering 42 women, escapes from police custody in Nairobi, Kenya. (Al Jazeera)
• The Taliban's virtue ministry dismisses 281 members of the security force for failing to grow a beard and announces that they destroyed 21,328 musical instruments in the past year and prevented thousands of computer operators from selling "immoral and unethical" films in markets. (Al Arabiya)

Science and technology

• BMW recalls over 720,000 vehicles due to an issue with degrading electrical connectors that could potentially cause a vehicle fire. (AP)

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