Armed conflicts and attacks

M23 rebels clash with Wazalendo militia Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland in Bwito Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

• https://www.radiookapi.net/2025/08/02/actualite/securite/afflux-de-populations-de-rutshuru-vers-masisi-fuyant-les-combats-entre

Armed conflicts and attacks

Following German defence minister Boris Pistorius's decision on Monday, the Luftwaffe begins air dropping humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. (German Federal Foreign Office)

• https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/2729316-2729316

International relations

France temporarily suspends its programme for receiving Palestinian refugees fleeing the Gaza Strip following the deportation of a Palestinian student accused of making antisemitic social media posts. (Le Monde)

• https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/08/01/france-halts-gaza-arrivals-pending-probe-into-student-s-antisemitic-posts_6743976_4.html

Law and crime

The Seoul Central District Court issues an arrest warrant for former interior minister Lee Sang-min on charges of conspiring with former president Yoon Suk Yeol in his failed martial law attempt on December 3, 2024, becoming the second Yoon cabinet minister to be arrested after Kim Yong-hyun. (Yonhap News Agency)

• https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250801001100315