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Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Geneina
    • More than 1,000 bodies are discovered in 30 mass graves within the RSF-occupied city of Geneina in West Darfur, Sudan, by civil leaders. (Radio Dabanga)
  • 2023 Sudanese refugee crisis
    • The number of people who have fled Sudan since April reaches 1 million while nearly 3.5 million have been displaced. (Reuters)
• Libyan Crisis
  • The death toll from fighting in Tripoli between the 444 brigade and the Special Deterrence Force increases to 55 people, with 146 more injured. The fight ended yesterday after the release of a commander. (Al Jazeera)
• Islamist insurgency in the Sahel
  • Jihadist insurgency in Niger
    • Seventeen soldiers are killed and 20 more injured during an ambush against a military vehicle in {{ill|Koutougou, Niger|ceb|Koutougou|lt=Koutougou}}, Niger. (Al Jazeera)
• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • Russia’s Federal Security Service says that it has eliminated four Ukrainian fighters that was part of a sabotage group from infiltrating the border near the Starodubsky District in the Bryansk Oblast. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
  • 2023 Ukrainian counteroffensive
    • Ukraine recaptures the village of Urozhaine from Russian forces. (CNN)
• A Muslim mob storms a Christian area in Jaranwala, Punjab, Pakistan, burning a church, damaging two others and demolishing the house of a man after accusing him of desecrating the pages of a Quran. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economy of the Netherlands
  • The Netherlands‘ statistics office reports the country has entered a recession after the economy declined by 0.3% in the second quarter with exports and household spending falling despite rising interest rates intended to lower inflation. (AP)
• Economic impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Hong Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte becomes the first cargo ship to depart from the Port of Odesa, Ukraine‘s largest seaport, using new Black Sea shipping lanes, despite Russia‘s prior threats against vessels following its withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. (AFP via Manila Bulletin)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Hawaii wildfires
  • The Lahaina Bypass reopens to traffic in west Maui, Hawaii after closing for a week due to the wildfires. (KHON-TV)
• The death toll from the August 14 landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin, Myanmar, rises to 31, with eight people still missing. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
• The death toll from the August 14 explosion in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, increses to 25, after fourteen more people are found dead. (AP)

Law and crime

• North Korea–United States relations
  • The Korean Central News Agency confirms United States Army soldier Travis King has been detained for illegal entry, claiming alleged racism within the U.S. Army and seeking refugee status in the country. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Aftermath of the 2023 Thai general election
  • The Constitutional Court of Thailand dismisses the petitions on election winner Pita Limjaroenrat‘s renomination as prime minister, allowing a new round of leadership election in the National Assembly to take place as early as August 18. (AFP via The Manila Times)
• Vanuatu Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau survives a no-confidence vote, with the opposition falling one vote short to oust him. (Reuters)

Sports

• 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
  • The current European champions England advance to the FIFA Women’s World Cup final for the first time after defeating co-host Australia 3–1 in the semi-final. They will play against fellow first-time finalists Spain. (CNN)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
    • Russia launches a large-scale airstrike on Lviv and northwestern Volyn Oblast, killing at least three civilians and injuring more than a dozen others. (Reuters)
  • 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
    • Bryansk Oblast Governor Alexander Bogomaz says that Russian soldiers and security services stopped a Ukrainian sabotage group from infiltrating the border near the village of Kurkovichi. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
  • Poland displays its weapons and defense systems at a military parade in Warsaw involving 2,000 troops, 200 vehicles and 100 aircraft. (AP)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Nyala
    • Three people are killed and 30 others are injured in a shootout and subsequent shelling at a hospital south of Nyala, South Darfur, Sudan. (AllAfrica)
    • Clashes begin again in Nyala, with at least 43 people confirmed dead and dozens more injured. (AllAfrica)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Two Palestinians, including a child, are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. (AP)

Business and economy

• Economy of China
  • The Chinese national statistics office announces that retail sales increased by 2.5% year on year in July, while industrial production increased by 3.7% and unemployment increased to 5.3%. However, further releases of statistics on age-specific data will be suspended. (AFP via CNA)
  • The Chinese central bank lowers the medium-term lending facility rate, which is the interest rate on one-year loans to financial institutions, to 2.5%. (Reuters)
• 2023 Brazil blackout
  • Brazil is affected by a nationwide blackout, with all of the states connected to the national energy system impacted. The state of Roraima is unaffected as it has its own energy system. The cause of the outage is still unknown. (The Brazilian Report)
• Economy of Kenya
  • Kenya‘s government debt surges to a record KSh 10.1 trillion (US$70.75 billion), surpassing its KSh 10 trillion debt limit, attributed to external debt and currency fluctuations. President William Ruto‘s response to the country’s financial crisis has been met with months of civil disorder. (AFP via RFI)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Hawaii wildfires
  • In the United States, Maui County officials including Governor Josh Green say that that the death toll of the wildfires have reached 106. (Hawaii News Now) (Maui Now)
• 2023 North India floods
  • At least 65 people are killed and 20 others are missing after flooding and landslides in northern India. (AFP via France 24)
• 2023 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Lan makes landfall in western Japan. (The New York Times)

Law and crime

• 2023 Ecuadorian general election
  • Pedro Briones, a local leader of the Citizen Revolution Movement, is assassinated by gunmen in the northern province of Esmeraldas. (AP)
• Child welfare advocates in the United States file a federal lawsuit to require the Biden administration to block imports of products containing cocoa harvested by children in West Africa, alleging that Customs and Border Protection and the Department of Homeland Security have ignored evidence of the existence of these imports. (AP)
• Former Malaysian prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin is acquitted by the high court of four corruption charges of obtaining bribes for his political party. (AP)

Sports

• 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup
  • Spain advances to the FIFA Women’s World Cup final for the first time after defeating Sweden 2–1 in the semi-final. (The New York Times)