Armed conflicts and attacks

• Gaza war
  • The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet says that they have killed Hamas commander and Gaza District Police chief Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil in a airstrike in Gaza City. Additionally, the IDF also kills a Hamas company commander in a separate strike in Khan Yunis. (The Jerusalem Post) (Israel National News)
• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • Crimea attacks
    • Russian military officer Robert Shagaev, who commanded a submarine in Zaporizhzhia before defecting to Russia after its annexation of Crimea, is reported to be killed by a explosive planted in a trash can in Sevastopol. (CNN) (Ynetnews)
  • Poland announces that it has thwarted a Russian plot to kill a Ukrainian-American in Warsaw, the first time a Western leader has accused Russia of attempting to kill a U.S. citizen. (CBS News)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign
    • The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Joint Forces repels a major assault by Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on the Jebrat al Sheikh district in North Kordofan, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune) (AA)
  • Renewed drone attacks by the RSF are reported in Khartoum, Sudan, for a second consecutive day, with the SAF intercepting several drones targeting the area. (La Presse) (Sudan Tribune)

Disasters and accidents

• Lewes derailment
  • A commuter train operated by GTR Southern derails near Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom, with at least three carriages overturning. (BBC News) (CNN)

Health and environment

• Greece's public health agency reports 110 West Nile virus infections and nine deaths in 2026, including 45 new cases in one week, as authorities increase mosquito-control measures in the Athens metropolitan area. (AFP via Daily Sabah)

Politics and elections

• 2027 Kyrgyz presidential election
  • Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov announces that he will run for a second term in the upcoming presidential election in Kyrgyzstan in January 2027. (Reuters)
• 2026 Zambian general election
  • Zambians vote to elect a president and 280 seats of the National Assembly. Incumbent president Hakainde Hichilema is running for re-election to a second term in office. (AP)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Iraqi conflict
  • Withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq
    • Officials report that the U.S. military is on track to completing withdrawal of forces from Iraq by the end of next month. (AP)
• Sudanese civil war
  • Kordofan campaign, Siege of El Obeid
    • The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launch eight drone and land attacks across El Obeid, North Kordofan. Two people are reported to be killed during the attacks. (Reuters)
  • The RSF launch drone strikes across multiple cities in Sudan, including its capital Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman in Khartoum State, and the River Nile cites of Ad-Damir and Atbara. (AFP via Arab News) (The National News)
• Colombian conflict
  • Two Colombian soldiers are killed and 17 more are wounded in an ambush by FARC dissidents in Algeciras, Huila. (El Colombiano in Spanish)
• Libyan crisis
  • A drone strike is reported on a electrical substation in Zawiya, western Libya, causing a fire and power outages. (The Hill)
• Mexican drug war
  • A failed attack against the Tayoltita Airfield, in San Dimas Municipality, Durango, Mexico, leaves one gunman killed and two soldiers wounded. Authorities deploy an operative in the zone to secure the area and search for the remaining attackers. (La Jornada in Spanish)
• Red Sea crisis
  • Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar reports that three Pakistanis were killed in a attack on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea. (DW)

Disasters and accidents

• A woman is killed and 172 other people are rescued after a ferry catches fire off the coast of Bali, Indonesia. (AFP via RFI)

Law and crime

• Four people are killed, including the perpetrator, in shooting and stabbing attacks at a daycare and a house in Hopkins, Minnesota, United States. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

• 2026 Cook Islands general election
  • Cook Islanders vote to elect all 24 seats of Parliament amid a cost-of-living crisis and debate regarding a past partnership agreement with China. Incumbent prime minister Mark Brown faces a challenge from Cook Islands United leader Teariki Heather. (RNZ) (The Guardian)
• The Rapid Support Forces-appointed governor of Sudan's Kordofan region, Hamad Mohammad Hamad Khalifa, resigns and announces he will defect. (Sudan Tribune) (Al-Arabiya)
• U.S. president Donald Trump says that Karoline Leavitt will resign as White House Press Secretary beginning at the end of the month. (CNBC)

Science and technology

• Solar eclipse of August 12, 2026
  • A total solar eclipse occurs in Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, with partial eclipses visible over much of northern North America, Europe (except most of Ukraine, Greece, Bulgaria and Russia), northwestern Africa and northern Asian Russia. It is the first total eclipse observable in mainland Europe since August 1999. (Time and Date) (EclipseWise)
• Astronomers studying the little red dots found by the James Webb Space Telescope announce in Nature the discovery of the black hole star. The first object classed as such, MoM-BH*-1, in the constellation of Cetus, is the size of the Solar System and emits a pure light that outshines its host galaxy. (The Guardian) (PopSci)