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Revision as of 20:32, 5 August 2024
August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05) (Monday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
- Two missiles strike the joint American–Iraqi Al-Asad Airbase. (Reuters)
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
- Iran–Israel conflict
- Ahead of expected retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Iran issues a flight warning notice to pilots, advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due to dangers en route. (The Jerusalem Post)
- M23 offensive
- Nearly 100 Congolese National Police officers flee to Uganda as fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese military intensifies. (Reuters)
- Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis claim an attack on the Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton in the Gulf of Aden. (Al Jazeera)
Business and economy
- 2024 stock market decline
- Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by over 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline in history and its largest daily percent drop since Black Monday in October 1987. (AP) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Wolayita landslide
- At least thirteen people are killed by a ranfall-triggered landslide in Wolayita Zone in southern Ethiopia. (AP)
International relations
- International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war
- The United Kingdom provisionally halts all arms exports to Israel, pending policy review. (The Jewish Chronicle)
Law and crime
- Uganda Police arrests and charges fourteen Ugandan opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for their participation in anti-government and anti-corruption protests last month. (Reuters)
- The United States District Court for the District of Columbia finds Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. (CNN) (The Washington Post)
Politics and elections
- 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Non-cooperation movement
- Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees to West Bengal, India. (Sky News)
- Protestors storm the prime minister's residence and the National Parliament building in Dhaka. (Reuters) (CNBC)
- Chief of Army Staff Waker-uz-Zaman announces the formation of an interim government in Bangladesh and vows to launch an investigation into the government crackdowns. (France 24)
- Non-cooperation movement
Sports
- 2024 Summer Olympics
- Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Ángel Barajas wins the silver medal in Men's horizontal bar, earning Colombia its first ever medal in gymnastics. (Remezcla)
- Concerns and controversies at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Belgium withdraws from the Mixed relay triathlon event after triathlete Claire Michel falls ill days after she swam in the River Seine during the women’s triathlon event. (CNN)
- Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics