Friday 8 August 2025

U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order commanding the U.S. military and other sectors of the federal government to take action against Latin American drug cartels designated as terrorist organisations, such as Tren de Aragua and MS-13.

The Israeli Security Cabinet approves Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to capture Gaza City with the stated objective of defeating Hamas, while supposedly ensuring the provision of humanitarian aid to civilians outside the areas of combat.

Germany announces it will halt weapon shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza "until further notice" in light of Israel's plan to fully militarily occupy Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces begins massing troops and tanks on the border with Gaza ahead of an expected major ground offensive.

At least 33 Pakistani Taliban militants are killed in an overnight operation near the Afghanistan border in Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan.

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan plan to sign a joint declaration at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States, committing to a peace deal facilitated by the Trump administration that would end nearly four decades of conflict between the two countries.

Armenia agrees to grant the U.S. exclusive development rights in the Zangezur corridor for 99 years. The U.S. would sublease to a consortium to develop rail, oil, gas, and fiber optic lines along the 27-mile (43km) corridor.

Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoes 63 provisions of a congressional bill revising environmental licensing rules, removing measures that would have expanded fast-tracking of projects in sensitive areas such as the Amazon rainforest.

At least 30 people are injured when a passenger train derails on the Kerman–Zarand railway path near Siriz, Kerman province, Iran.

A bus carrying mourners back home from a funeral in Kisumu, Kenya, overturns and plunges into a ditch, killing at least 21 people.

A bus and a truck collide head-on near Lucas do Rio Verde, Mato Grosso, Brazil, killing 11 people and injuring 45 others.

At least 15 people are killed and 33 others are missing following a flash flood in Yuzhong County, Gansu, China.

The Seoul Central District Court rejects a petition brought by former interior minister Lee Sang-min regarding the arrest warrant against him over his alleged involvement in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law attempt on December 3, 2024.

The Uganda High Court denies bail to opposition figure Kizza Besigye, who faces treason charges, ruling that the 180-day period for mandatory release began when his case was transferred to a civilian court in February, leaving him 12 days short of eligibility.

Portugal's Constitutional Court blocks a parliamentary bill that would require most legally resident immigrants to wait two years before applying for family reunification, ruling that it violates constitutional protections for family unity.

The suspected perpetrator of the bar shooting that killed four people last week in Anaconda, Montana, United States, is arrested.