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Ayman al-Zawahiri
- Ayman al-Zawahiri (pictured), the leader of al-Qaeda, is killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.
- In association football, UEFA Women's Euro 2022 concludes with England defeating Germany in the final.
- In cycling, Annemiek van Vleuten wins the Tour de France Femmes.
- Flooding in the U.S. state of Kentucky kills at least 37 people and leaves at least 30 others missing.
- The Commonwealth Games begin in Birmingham, England.
August 3, 2022 (Wednesday)
August 2, 2022 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Three people evacuating in a minibus are killed by Russian shelling near Kherson Oblast, according to Ukraine's Operational Command South. (The Guardian)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in California
- California declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (UPI)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in California
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
International relations
- Taiwan–United States relations
- Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit
- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan despite Chinese threats of military action in response to her visit. Pelosi is the most senior U.S. official to visit the self-governing island since Newt Gingrich in 1997. (CBC)
- The People's Liberation Army is placed on high alert and says that it will launch "targeted military operations" in response to Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. (Reuters)
- Nancy Pelosi Taiwan visit
Law and crime
- Abortion in the United States
- In the first legal challenge to a state's abortion law since the Supreme Court's June decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) files a lawsuit in a federal court against the state of Idaho to block a state law that the DOJ says imposes a "near-absolute ban" on abortion in Idaho. (Reuters)
August 1, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War on terror
- Afghanistan conflict
- Drone strikes in Afghanistan
- Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
- A U.S. drone strike in Kabul kills Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's leader since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011. The airstrike is also the first U.S. military action in Afghanistan following the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan last year. (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
- Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
- Drone strikes in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan conflict
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Shelling and heavy gunfire is reported near two villages by Artsakh authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The reports are denied by Azerbaijan and Russian forces in the region. (JAM news)
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
Business and economy
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky and Virginia, United States, increases to 35 with 37 people missing. (Lexington Herald Leader)
- Twenty-four people are killed by heavy flooding in eastern Uganda. (Reuters)
- Nine people are killed and 76 others are injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Bent Bayya, Wadi al Hayaa District, Libya. (AP)
- More than two million people are under red flag warnings in the United States as wildfires continue to spread in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. (CNN)
- A Pakistan Army Aviation Corps helicopter carrying several senior Pakistan Army officials crashes in Balochistan. Rescuers have not yet reached the crash site due to ongoing floods in the region. (India Today)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in India
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Peru
- Ghana reports its first confirmed death from monkeypox. (BBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin
- Governor Tony Evers announces that Wisconsin has administered 10 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. (WDJT-TV)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Wisconsin
- COVID-19 pandemic in Alabama
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
International relations
- A post made by the VK social media account of Dmitry Medvedev, the incumbent Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia and former President of Russia, refers to Georgia and Kazakhstan as "artificial" creations and advocates the return of the two countries to Russian sovereignty. The post is quickly taken down and attributed to hackers. (RFE/RL)
Law and crime
- Persecution of Baháʼís
- Iran announces the arrest of several members of the Baháʼí Faith on charges of spying. (Al Arabiya)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Cook Islands general election
- Citizens of the Cook Islands head to the polls to vote in a general election. (Foreign Brief)
July 31, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- A Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv in Kherson Oblast, kills Nibulon owner Oleksiy Vadaturskyi and his wife. (BBC News)
- A Ukrainian drone strikes Russia's Black Sea Fleet headquarters, injuring five people, according to the mayor of Sevastopol. (The Guardian)
- Southern Ukraine offensive
- Russia invites United Nations and Red Cross experts to investigate the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war in separatist-held Olenivka. (EuroNews)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kosovo–Serbia relations
- Kosovo Police close two border crossings in North Kosovo after local Serbs blocked roads and fired shots at police to protest an order to switch Serbian car license plates to Kosovan ones within two months. (Reuters)
- Afghanistan conflict
- A member of the Taliban is killed during clashes with Iranian border guards on the Afghanistan–Iran border. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky, United States, increases to 28. (CNN)
- Heavy rainfall warnings are issued for the affected areas of Kentucky as Governor Andy Beshear says that at least 37 people remain unaccounted for. (The Washington Times)
Law and crime
- Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina mobilizes and deploys the army after 32 people were killed in Ankazobe on July 29 by cattle thieves. (BBC News)
Sports
- UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Final
- England defeats Germany 2–1 in the final of the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 to give the England women's team its first major football championship. (BBC Sport)
July 30, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Six Balochistan Liberation Army separatists and a Pakistani soldier are killed during clashes in Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
- At least 125 people are injured when supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr storm the parliament in Baghdad's Green Zone. (Metro)
- One person is wounded in an assassination attempt on President of Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei. The president is unharmed. (ABC)
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Russia's Gazprom suspends gas supplies to Latvia after accusing it of "violating conditions of purchase". The Latvian government says the suspension of gas from Russia is not expected to have a major impact on the economy. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- Urban Search and Rescue Missouri Task Force 1 is deployed in Eastern Kentucky, United States. (KMBC)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Niue
- Niue records its first community case of COVID-19, prompting Minister of Health Sauni Tongatule to move the country to its highest alert level. (RNZ)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
- North Korea announces zero "fever cases" for the first time since mid-May when the country first announced an outbreak of COVID-19. Authorities stated that 4.8 million people were infected and that 74 people died from the virus. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
Law and crime
July 29, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Olenivka prison explosion
- Russia and the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) say that 53 people were killed and 75 others injured after shelling hit a prison holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in the DPR-controlled city of Olenivka, Donetsk Oblast. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of carrying out the strike. (AP)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- A video emerges on social media of an alleged Russian soldier castrating a Ukrainian prisoner of war in the town of Sievierodonetsk, Donetsk Oblast. The video has not been independently verified. The Ukrainian government voices outrage over the incident and vows retaliation against the perpetrators. (BBC News) (The Telegraph) (The Guardian) (Sky News)
- A Russian strike kills five civilians and injures seven others at a bus stop in Mykolaiv, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim. (AFP News via Barron's)
- Olenivka prison explosion
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- A 16-year-old Palestinian affiliated with Fatah is killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah. (Al Bawaba) (Times of Israel)
- Two people are killed and 11 are injured during a hand grenade attack at a cricket game in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- The death toll from the ongoing flash floods in Kentucky, United States, increases to 25. (CNN)
- 2022 United Arab Emirates floods
- The UAE records its heaviest rainfall in 27 years, with seven people killed by flooding in the Emirates of Sharjah and Fujairah. (Khaleej Times)
- The death toll of the recent floods in Iran has risen to at least 53. (The New York Times) (Yahoo! News)
- One person is killed and one is missing after a fire at an oil refinery in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in New York
- New York state declares an emergency due to the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (MSN)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in New York
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Brazil
- Brazil reports its first death from monkeypox in a 41-year-old man from Belo Horizonte who had lymphoma and a weakened immune system. (Reuters)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Canada
- The monkeypox vaccine will be made available to high-risk people in British Columbia, Canada. (Vancouver Sun)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the Philippines
- The Philippines reports its first case of monkeypox. (Straits Times)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in Spain
- Spain reports Europe's first death from monkeypox. (The Guardian)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- West Nile virus in the United States
- Colorado reports a case of West Nile virus in a person from Delta County. (KXRM-TV)
- It is reported that the first United States case of polio since 2013, which was reported last week in Rockland County, New York, was connected to traces of vaccine-derived viruses found in the United Kingdom and Israel. (ProPublica) (Stat)
International relations
- Visit by Pope Francis to Canada
- Pope Francis visits Iqaluit in Nunavut to apologize for the past abuse and cultural suppression at Catholic residential schools in Canada. The visit is his final stop on his Canada trip. (CBC)
Law and crime
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Trial of Vadim Shishimarin
- A court in Kyiv reduces the sentence of Vadim Shishimarin, the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes, from life in prison to 15 years detention. Shishimarin's defense attorney says that it is "highly likely" that he will be returned to Russia in a prisoner exchange. (ABC News)
July 28, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych says that an operation to recapture the Kherson Oblast has started. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian forces shell Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast with the BM-27 Uragan MLRS, killing three civilians and injuring three others. Six apartment blocks and six detached houses are also destroyed or damaged. (Ukrinform)
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces in Belarus launch 25 ballistic missiles into northern Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- Russia launches cruise missile strikes from the Black Sea on the Kyiv Oblast for the first time in weeks, with missiles striking Bucha, Lyutizh, and Vyshhorod. At least fifteen people, including five civilians, are injured, according to Kyiv governor Oleksiy Kuleba. (AP) (Axios)
- Russian missiles strike Kropyvnytskyi, damaging facilities owned by Kropyvnytskyi Flight Academy and Air Urga. Five people are killed and 25 others are injured. (Yahoo! News)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian civil war
- 2022 As-Suwayda clashes
- At least 17 people are killed and 40 others are injured in skirmishes between groups of pro-Assad and anti-government residents in As Suwayda, Syria. (Al Jazeera)
- 2022 As-Suwayda clashes
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Authorities in Hanover, Germany, turn off heating and switch to cold showers in all public buildings, and also shut off public water fountains amid an energy crisis after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Germany through its Nord Stream pipeline. (BBC News)
- Authorities in Berlin turn off lights at historic monuments and municipal buildings in the city in order to save electricity. (The Guardian)
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The United States enters a technical recession after its economy shrank for the 2nd consecutive quarter. (The Guardian) (The Times)
- 2020–present global chip shortage
- The United States Congress passes the Chips and Science Act of 2022 in order to boost semiconductor production in the United States and also boost competition with China. The bill will head to President Joe Biden for his signature. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declares a state of emergency for several counties in southeastern Kentucky due to historic floods, which have killed eight people. (WLEX-TV)
- Flash flooding occurs on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Four people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Tehran, Iran. (AP)
- Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crash in Esteli, Nicaragua. (Reuters)
- Eight people are killed and four others are injured after a fire broke out in a hostel in Moscow, Russia. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says that New York has received 110,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine. (New York Post)
- Ahmed Ogwell, head of the Africa CDC, reports that there are currently no monkeypox or smallpox vaccines available in Africa to combat the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. (Time)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
International relations
- Iran–Israel relations
- Iranian police arrest the alleged leader and four other members of a spy network suspected to be affiliated with Mossad. (Al Jazeera)
- Lithuania–Russia relations, Restriction of transit with the Kaliningrad Oblast
- Russia hands over a protest note to the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Šiaulių bankas, the only bank authorised to process payments for Kaliningrad rail transit, announced that it would phase out all payments in Russian rubles in mid-August and ban all payments from Russia and Belarus, unless for humanitarian purposes or in order to fulfil international obligations, on 1 September. (LRT)
Law and crime
- Sentencing of Ben Oliver
- Cameras are allowed to film a criminal court case in England and Wales for the first time in history as a man, Ben Oliver, is sentenced to prison at London's Old Bailey for manslaughter on live television. (Reuters)
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