Portal:Current events/2024 August 5

August 5, 2024 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
- Attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria during the Israel–Hamas war
  - 2024 Al-Asad Airbase missile attack
    - At least five United States personnel are injured when two missiles strike the joint American–Iraqi Al Asad Airbase in al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. (Reuters)
Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli razing of cemeteries in the Gaza Strip
  - Israel returns 89 decomposed, unidentifiable Palestinian bodies to the Gaza Ministry of Health. (Al Jazeera)
2024 Iran–Israel conflict, Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A Hezbollah militant and a Lebanese paramedic are killed in Israeli airstrikes on Meiss Ej Jabal, Shebaa, Rachaya Al Foukhar and an alleged Hezbollah weapons storage facility in Kafr Kila, Lebanon.(Al Jazeera)
- Hezbollah launches a drone to an IDF site near Malkia which was intercepted.(Al Jazeera)
- Ahead of expected retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Iran issues a NOTAM, advising aircraft to change their routes over the country due to potential 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)
Papua conflict
- Separatist fighters shoot and kill a New Zealander helicopter pilot in Central Papua province, Indonesia, shortly after landing in the village of Alama. The four indigenous Papuans onboard the aircraft are later released. (Al Jazeera)
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

Japan's Nikkei 225 stock market index falls by more than 12%, suffering its worst two-day decline ever and its largest daily percentage drop since Black Monday in October 1987. (AP) (Reuters)
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite all fall by 3%, registering their biggest three-day declines since June 2022. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Debby
  - At least six people are killed in Florida, United States, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby. (BBC News)
2024 Wolayita landslide
- At least thirteen people are killed by a rainfall-triggered landslide in Wolayita, Ethiopia. (AP)

International relations

2024 Venezuelan presidential election
- International reactions to the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election
  - The European Union joins the United States and several Latin American nations in refusing to accept the claimed Venezuelan presidential election victory of Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro. (Kyiv Post)
- Brazil becomes the representative of the interests of Argentina and Peru in Venezuela, after Venezuela expels the Argentinian and Peruvian diplomats following tensions in the aftermath of the presidential election. (Reuters)

International reactions to the Israel–Hamas war, Economic impact of the Israel–Hamas war
- The United Kingdom provisionally suspends all arms exports to Israel, pending a policy review. (The Jewish Chronicle)

Law and crime

2024 United Kingdom far-right riots
- Rioting takes place in Plymouth and Birmingham, England, while police are attacked with molotov cocktails in Belfast, Northern Ireland, as the number of people arrested rises to 400. (BBC News)
2024 Venezuelan presidential election, 2024 Venezuelan protests
- Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab opens a criminal investigation into opposition officials Edmundo González and María Corina Machado for calling on the Armed Forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro throughout the protests and riots in the country. (DW)
United States v. Google LLC
- District of Columbia District Judge Amit Mehta finds Google guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by illegally maintaining a monopoly over internet search. (CNN) (The Washington Post)
Uganda Police arrest and charge fourteen Ugandan opposition officials and lawmakers with terrorism charges for participating in anti-government and anti-corruption protests last month. (Reuters)
The Hanoi People's Court in Vietnam sentences Bamboo Airways chairman and real estate business tycoon Trinh Van Quyet to 21 years in prison for defrauding investors of 3.6 trillion VNĐ (US$144 million). (DW) (AP)

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, Bangladesh. (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)

Sports

2024 Summer Olympics
- Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault
  - Sweden's Armand Duplantis wins his second consecutive gold medal, breaking his own world record with a jump of 6.25 metres (20 ft 6 in). (CNN)
- 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 becomes ill days after she swam in the Seine river during the women's triathlon event. (CNN)
- Thailand at the 2024 Summer Olympics
  - Kunlavut Vitidsarn wins the silver medal in the Men's singles badminton event, earning Thailand its first medal in the sport. (WCNC)