The world, region by region

The world on

Sunday 3 August 2025

6 stories, region by region.

Africa

  1. 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

  1. Disasters

    Four workers are killed while inspecting sewage pipes after falling into a manhole filled with hydrogen sulfide in Gyōda, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

  2. 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

  1. 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.

  2. 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

  1. 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.