The edition of
Sunday 2 August 2026
17 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
The IDF's 401st Brigade says that they have destroyed 1,200 Hezbollah tunnels and concluded their mission in southern Lebanon, ending their eight-month deployment.
New clashes are reported across the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front, four years after the previous war in the region ended, prompting hundreds to flee to war-torn Sudan amidst fears of a new civil war.
The BBC reports that Russia shipped military equipment to the Malian government on the sanctioned cargo vessel Mikhail Britnev last month.
Iranian lawmaker Hassan Ghashghavi says that efforts to restore the Islamabad Memorandum deal between Iran and the United States are underway.
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran and Oman are nearing a deal to manage the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. halted its recent strikes against the country.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirm that they killed three militants in separate strikes last week, including a Jaish al-Islam militant in Gaza City, a Hamas commander in the Jabalya Battalion, and a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant.
Police say a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killed at least 17 people, including seven officers and the suspected bomber, and injured at least 34 others.
Five road construction workers are killed in an ambush by armed separatist insurgents at a workers' camp in Tolikara Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia.
Several Ethiopian refugees are reportedly killed after projectiles have hit refugee camps across the Ethiopia–Sudan border.
A drone strike hits a customary court in Kabkabiya District, North Darfur, Sudan, killing at least 37 people.
The Dominican Republic and Venezuela agree on a framework to gradually restore diplomatic relations, which deteriorated after the Dominican Republic questioned the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election.
Politics
Incumbent Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally announces his candidacy for a fourth term as the Workers' Party's nominee in October’s presidential election.
Science
South Korea's weather agency records 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, the country's highest temperature since observations began.
Environment
Spanish officials say at least 72 people died during the mass migrant crossing from Morocco into the autonomous city of Ceuta.
Six people are killed and 27 more injured in a traffic collision between a bus, a camper, and three cars in Colli sul Velino, Province of Rieti, Italy.
Two people are killed when two firefighting helicopters collide near Athens, Greece.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 2 August 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.