Senior Russian military officer Robert Mansurovich Shageev was killed in a suspected planned assassination attack in Sevastopol, Crimea. Russian authorities said a Russian woman suspected of carrying out the attack on the instructions of Ukrainian special forces had been detained.
The UN says Taliban intelligence officials detained two staff members of its political mission in Herat on August 9, with no explanation of the allegations or access granted to UN officials.
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar condemned the Houthi attack on a commercial cargo ship in the Red Sea, saying three Pakistani nationals were killed and another was wounded. He expressed condolences to the victims’ families and said Pakistan was coordinating with Saudi Arabia and Yemen over the incident.
An alleged Houthi attack on a Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessel near Yemen’s Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea has killed six people, including four crew members and two rescue personnel. The UK Maritime Trade Operations confirmed that a cargo ship was struck by a projectile, while maritime security sources said the incident marked the first reported fatalities from a Houthi attack on a Red Sea vessel during the current regional conflict.
Maj. Gen. Fawzi al-Mansouri, head of military intelligence for Khalifa Haftar’s eastern-based forces, was killed in a targeted IED attack outside his home in Benghazi, Libya, according to a security official.
A Houthi missile and drone attack on Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Mokha killed seven people, including four members of the internationally recognized government’s armed forces and three civilians, while 30 others were wounded. Yemen’s military said 11 armed drones used in the attack were shot down by air defense systems.
Pope Leo has called for an immediate halt to attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine and Russia, warning that civilian casualties, including children, continue to rise amid the war.
Iran-backed Houthis say attacks against Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen are continuing, with at least 11 people killed and 32 wounded in Sunday’s attacks.
