Families in Gaza buried 112 people recovered from rubble in Sabra, as civil-defense teams completed a long recovery operation from the war’s early weeks.
The Liberia-flagged Minoan Pioneer was hit by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, according to maritime security reporting cited by Haaretz.
A missile strike on a civilian vehicle near a mosque in Sheikh Ajleen killed two people and injured others, according to the report cited by Middle East Eye.
Iran says talks with Oman on a new maritime route in the Strait of Hormuz are in their final stages, even as Tehran insists the strategic waterway will not revert to its pre-war status.
Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have agreed to pursue gradual normalization of relations after a break triggered by the disputed 2024 Venezuelan election.
Hassan Ghashghavi said the talks center on the Strait of Hormuz, while Donald Trump said Washington and Israel would hold off new strikes if a deal can be reached quickly.
The IDF said the 401st Brigade dismantled more than 1,200 Hezbollah-linked sites and located over 600 weapons during border defense and operations inside southern Lebanon.
Fighting between Ethiopian federal troops and Tigrayan forces around Shererina on August 1–2, 2026 raised fears that the 2022 peace agreement could unravel.
The army said it struck fighters inside a self-declared security zone in southern Lebanon and injured one soldier, despite a ceasefire framework that remains fragile.
A truck bomb detonated near a police station in Colombia’s northeast, injuring 14 people and drawing blame from the government to the ELN ahead of the president-elect’s inauguration.
Yemen’s Houthi movement says passage through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait remains free, pushing back on reports that it was preparing to impose fees on ships.
Authorities said the Beni Ansar crossing stayed closed after a second day of violence, with reports of arrests on the Moroccan side and fatalities at nearby Ceuta.
Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said armed forces intercepted hostile drones that entered national airspace, reporting material damage from falling debris but no human casualties.