US cancelled planned strikes after Saudi Arabia convinced them to stop https://aje.news/rlfmko?update=4822821
US president making weird threats about WW2 level power (?) https://aje.news/rlfmko?update=4822816
Liberia dealing with some addiction issues https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/1/liberias-kush-crisis-the-hidden-trade-behind-a-generation-at-risk
Peru, several dead after tourist plane crashed https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/8/2/thirteen-dead-in-peruvian-tourist-plane-crash-over-nazca-lines
Egypt to host an international textiles machine exhibit next month https://www.egyptindependent.com/cairo-to-host-international-textile-machinery-exhibition-in-september/
Venezuela, US posted image of it as 51st state again https://alertas24.com/trump-vuelve-a-publicar-imagen-de-venezuela-como-el-estado-51-de-ee-uu/
Sudan says it consolidated control of export routes in a region https://sudantribune.com/article/316888
Indonesian ferry caught fire, 5 dead https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74g0wjvlrxo
US Washington state wildfire spreading fast https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/02/us/live-news/spokane-washington-wildfire-old-trails-hnk
Pakistan 2 police injured after ied https://www.dawn.com/news/2020137/2-cops-injured-in-ied-blast-targeting-police-van-in-peshawar
Germany all day school to take effect, starting with first grade, will expand over next few years https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/ganztagsbetreuung-grundschule-start-100.html
Ukraine struck Russia https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046896/
