The world on
Sunday 3 August 2025
6 stories, region by region.
Africa
Disasters
Sixty-eight people are killed, 74 others are reported missing and 12 others are injured when a boat carrying 154 Ethiopian migrants capsizes off Abyan Governorate, Yemen.
Asia-Pacific
Disasters
Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Crime & Justice
Two people are killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a primary school in Caizichi, Leiyang, Hunan, China.
Europe
Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
A massive fire is reported at an oil refinery in Sochi, Russia, following a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility. Smoke from the fire prompts Russian authorities to close Sochi International Airport.
Disasters
Krasheninnikov, a volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, erupts for the first time since the 15th century and the first in historical records. The eruption takes place four days after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit the same region on July 30, which may have contributed to the eruption.
Middle East
2025 Gaza Strip aid distribution killings
Israeli forces kill at least 33 Palestinians seeking food and six other Palestinians die of hunger.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 3 August 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.