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Revision as of 09:51, 10 August 2022 by Nythar (talk | contribs) (remove this)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) August 9, 2022 (2022-08-09) (Tuesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Multiple explosions are reported at a Russian military air base near Novofedorivka in western Crimea. At least one person is killed and six others are injured, according to Crimean authorities. (Reuters) (Sky News)
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- 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 others are injured. (BBC News)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Four Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Reuters)
- Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
- Fifteen troops are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb in Bam Province, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Transneft says that Ukraine has suspended Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline to the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia after it was unable to pay transit fees to Ukraine's pipeline operator UkrTransNafta. The Czech Republic's pipeline company says it expects supplies through the pipeline to restart within several days. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 South Korean floods
- Nine people are killed by flooding caused by record-breaking rainfall in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
- Firefighters in Cuba bring a catastrophic fire at an oil terminal in Matanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespread blackouts. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
- The Marshall Islands confirm their first community transmission cases of COVID-19 in the capital Majuro. The government subsequently announces that the start of the school year will be delayed, and also suspends flights and boat travel to the country's outer islands. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
International relations
Politics and elections
- Kenyan general election, 2022
- Kenyans vote in the national general election. (Daily Nation)
Science and technology
- Roscosmos launches the Iranian Space Agency's Earth observation satellite Khayyam from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)