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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.
August 9, 2022 (Tuesday)
August 8, 2022 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Northern Chad
- The government of Chad and more than 30 rebel and opposition factions sign a peace agreement at talks in Doha, Qatar. However, the main rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad rejects the agreement, saying that negotiators had not listened to their demands, which included the release of political prisoners. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- The Pentagon announces that it will send Ukraine an additional $1 billion military assistance, including tens of thousands more munitions and explosives. This is the largest aid to the country since the start of the invasion. (The Washington Post)
International relations
- Russia–United States relations
- Russia suspends New START arms inspections of its nuclear weapons in response to travel restrictions imposed by the United States and its allies. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Raid of Mar-a-Lago
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation executes a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago, the primary residence of former U.S. president Donald Trump, as part of a Justice Department investigation into Trump. (CNN)
August 7, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Israel and the Islamic Jihad sign a ceasefire agreement for the Gaza Strip. (CNN)
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Ituri conflict, 2021–2022 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks
- Twenty people are killed when suspected Islamists attack two villages in Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Senior Pakistani Taliban militant Omar Khalid Khorasani and three other militants are killed in an explosion in Paktika Province, Afghanistan. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Colombian presidential election
- Gustavo Petro is inaugurated as the first leftist president of Colombia. (The Globe and Mail)
August 6, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn, Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
- Israel launches airstrikes for the second day in the Gaza Strip, killing 14 people and injuring several others. Nineteen Palestinian Islamic Jihad members are also arrested in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- Operation Breaking Dawn, Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed and 32 others are injured when a bus carrying pilgrims from Poland to Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina, crashes in Podvorec, Croatia. (BBC News)
- One person is killed and at least 121 others are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port in Matanzas, Cuba. (Reuters)
- Four people are killed and eight others are injured when a bus travelling from Istanbul, Turkey to Bucharest, Romania crashes near Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. (AP)
August 5, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Russia shells the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaging a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line, according to Enerhoatom. (BBC News)
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- Volodymyr Saldo, the head of the Russian occupational administration in Kherson Oblast, is hospitalized, with former FSB officer Sergei Eliseev taking over his post temporarily. (Newsweek)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Israel launches a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, including a number against Palestinian Islamic Jihad's facilities. Ten people are killed and 55 others are wounded, including PIJ military leader Tayseer Jabari. (Al Jazeera)
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- August 2022 Kabul bombing
- Eight people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bomb hidden in a cart explodes near a Shiite mosque in Kabul. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Arabiya)
- August 2022 Kabul bombing
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Casamance conflict
- The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance signs a peace deal with the government of Senegal, pledging to lay down its arms in order to work towards a permanent solution. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree banning investors from "unfriendly countries" from selling their assets in Russian banks, strategic entities, and energy and commodity projects until December 31. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Mountain B nightclub fire
- Fourteen people are killed and over 40 others injured in a fire at a nightclub in Sattahip district, Chonburi province, Thailand. (BBC News)
- 2022 Pakistan floods
- The death toll from the flash floods in Pakistan increases to 550. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and 44 others injured in a fire at a hospital in Icheon, South Korea. (Korea Times)
- Ten people are killed in a house fire in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)
- One person is killed and another is injured after heavy flooding in Dakar, Senegal. (Reuters)
- Fifteen people are injured when an SUV crashes into a Native American parade in Gallup, New Mexico, United States. (AP)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election
- Provisional results show that the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition wins 82 seats, falling 1 seat short of absolute majority, while 80 seats were won by the opposition coalitions Yewwi Askan Wi and Wallu Sénégal. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- 2022 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
- The opposition Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Terrance Drew, wins the snap general election to the National Assembly. Drew becomes the prime minister-elect. (The St Kitts & Nevis Observer)
August 4, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
- A Russian strike kills eight civilians and injures four others, at a bus stop in Toretsk, according to regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. (Ukrinform)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Amnesty International releases a report alleging Ukrainian forces have endangered civilians by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in residential areas, schools, hospitals, violating international humanitarian law as they turn civilian objects into military targets. (Amnesty International)
- Battle of Donbas
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- Thirteen people, including nine civilians, are killed in a militant attack in Bam, Burkina Faso; thirty-four insurgents are also killed. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The Bank of England raises its benchmark interest rate from 1.25% to 1.75% in its largest single rate hike since 1995. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Twelve people are killed when a truck collides with a commuter bus in Central Region, Ghana. (UNOI)
- Three people are killed and a fourth person is seriously injured by a lightning strike at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., United States. (CBC)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- The Biden administration declares the ongoing monkeypox outbreak to be a public health emergency. (MSN)
- The United States Food and Drug Administration announces that it will permit the use of Bavarian Nordic's Jynneos vaccine in children on a case by case basis. (ABC News)
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
- South Africa reports its first death linked to the COVID-19 vaccine in a person who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Reuters)
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Africa
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
International relations
- Cross-Strait relations
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
- China launches missiles off the coast of Taiwan as part of military exercises conducted following the visit from U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. (Reuters) (AP)
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
August 3, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Afghanistan conflict
- Taliban–ISIL conflict
- Two Taliban policemen and three Islamic State gunmen are killed during a gunbattle at a hideout in Kabul. Four other officers are wounded. (Gandhara)
- Taliban–ISIL conflict
- 2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Reignited clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Seventeen people are killed and four others are injured after a minibus collides with a truck in Juhaynah, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. (Gulf News)
- Two people are killed after heavy flooding in The Gambia. (Reuters)
- Eight people are injured after an explosion at a factory in Bergerac, France. (Business Standard)
International relations
- Cross-Strait relations
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
- China warns airlines to avoid areas near Taiwan as it conducts military exercises in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island. (Bloomberg)
- 2022 United States congressional delegation visit to Taiwan
Law and crime
- Three people are killed and six others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Anfu County, Jiangxi, China. (ABC News)
- A Belarusian journalist is sentenced to five years in prison amidst a government crackdown on the media following protests that occurred after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. (RFE/RL)
- American basketball player Brittney Griner is sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court after being found guilty of bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Prime Minister of Peru Aníbal Torres resigns citing "personal reasons", amid multiple criminal investigations focusing on president Pedro Castillo. (Reuters)
- The former chairman of the Union of Values and federal presidential candidate for the AfD, Max Otte, is legally expelled from the CDU. (Der Spiegel)
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