Ukraine said it struck additional Russian oil facilities on Aug. 6, one day after a Russian missile and drone barrage around Kyiv killed 17 people, according to Ukrainian authorities cited by the Associated Press.
A July 24 UN briefing reported further strikes affecting Lebanese hospitals, a fourfold rise in demand for gender-based-violence services and mounting funding and access constraints on aid operations.
The European Commission has issued guidance for providers and deployers of certain AI systems as the EU AI Act’s transparency obligations began applying on Aug. 2, 2026.
The Bank of Russia’s Aug. 5 policy materials follow its July 24 decision to cut the key rate by 25 basis points to 14%, while the central bank continues to flag inflation expectations, wage growth and geopolitical pressures.
The CMA is examining nexfibre’s proposed acquisition of Substantial over wholesale access, local network overlap, investment claims and consumer choice.
Ukraine and nine European countries agreed in Paris to build a defensive ballistic-missile coalition, but systems, funding and deployment timing remain unresolved.
The Philippine Senate is examining alleged irregularities in PHP612.5 million in confidential funds as testimony, subpoenas and financial-record orders advance.
Independent imaging and James Webb spectroscopy confirmed Beta Pictoris d, a faint young gas giant hidden in archival data for more than a decade.
Global hunger fell for a third year in 2025, but UN scenarios warn that conflict-driven energy, fertilizer and shipping shocks could reverse gains.
A rapid attribution analysis found human-caused warming sharply increased the odds of extreme fire weather in Spain and France as EU burned area surpassed 2025.
UN aid movements into southern Lebanon are increasing, but damaged homes, unreliable services, unexploded ordnance and underfunding still block recovery.
A new Education Cannot Wait estimate says 258 million children in 87 countries face crisis-related education disruption, including 93 million out of school.
The IMF kept its global growth projections steady but raised its inflation outlook, warning that energy, trade and financial risks remain unevenly distributed.
A Puebla official was arrested after prosecutors alleged a bribery attempt, but investigators have not established whether journalist Josué Martínez was targeted for his work.
Cuba’s grid collapsed twice during restoration on August 2-3, deepening fuel shortages and prompting CARICOM to frame the crisis as a regional concern.
Sudan’s 2025 aid plan received 40% of requested funding as fighting and drone attacks threaten El Obeid, health care and humanitarian routes.
A UN climate gathering in Nadi will bring Pacific knowledge holders and communities into the COP31 process, but it cannot adopt binding decisions.
A suicide bombing at an antimilitant rally in Pakistan’s Swat Valley has intensified a disputed security row with Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities.
China and the EU created four trade workstreams and a data-monitoring channel after June talks, but tariffs, export controls and market access remain unresolved.
Netanyahu says Israel will stay in its current Gaza positions until Hamas is completely disarmed, exposing a sequencing dispute over a U.S.-backed roadmap.
ICC judges confirmed 17 alleged war-crimes and crimes-against-humanity charges against Khaled El Hishri, but no trial date or verdict has been set.
A July operation involving 165 migrants shows eastern Libya enforcing migration controls through transfers and return procedures, raising protection concerns.
