Portal:Current events/2022 August 3

August 3, 2022 (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Afghanistan conflict
- Taliban–ISIL conflict
  - Two Taliban policemen and three Islamic State gunmen are killed during a gunbattle at a hideout in Kabul. Four other officers are wounded. (Gandhara)
2021–2022 Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis
- Reignited clashes in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region between Armenia and Azerbaijan kill three soldiers and injure fourteen others. (ABC News)

Disasters and accidents

Seventeen people are killed and four others are injured after a minibus collides with a truck in Juhaynah, Sohag Governorate, Egypt. (Gulf News)
Two people are killed after heavy flooding in The Gambia. (Reuters)
Eight people are injured after an explosion at a factory in Bergerac, France. (Business Standard)

International relations

Law and crime

Three people are killed and six others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a kindergarten in Anfu County, Jiangxi, China. (ABC News)
Belarusian journalist Iryna Slaunikava is sentenced to five years in prison amidst a government crackdown on the media following protests that occurred after the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. (RFE/RL)
American basketball player Brittney Griner is sentenced to nine years in prison by a Russian court after being found guilty of bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Prime Minister of Peru Aníbal Torres resigns citing "personal reasons", amid multiple criminal investigations focusing on president Pedro Castillo. (Reuters)
The former chairman of the Union of Values and federal presidential candidate for the AfD, Max Otte, is legally expelled from the CDU. (Der Spiegel)