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Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
    • Huge explosions are reported after Ukrainian forces strike Novofedorivka Air Base in western Crimea using its HIMARS misisle launchers. At least twelve explosions are reported in total. At least five people are injured, according to Russian officials. (The Kyiv post) (Reuters)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, local head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and two other people are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus. At least 40 other people are injured. (BBC News)
• Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Four Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Nine people are killed by record-breaking rain causing flooding in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)

Health and environment

• COVID-19 pandemic
  • COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
    • The Marshall Islands confirms the first known community transmission cases of COVID-19, ending the country's COVID-free status. Following six confirmed cases in Majuro, the government delayed the start of the school year and halted flights and boat travel to the country's outer islands. (Radio New Zealand Pacific)

International relations

• Moldova–Russia relations
  • Russia bans the imports of agricultural products from Moldova, starting from August 15, due to "repeated detection of dangerous quarantine objects in Moldovan products entering Russia". (Reuters)

Science and technology

• Roscosmos launches the Iranian Space Agency's Earth observation satellite Khayyam from its Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)

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