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- The death toll from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture reached 34, including cases authorities are assessing for quake links.
- At least seven people died after an explosion partially collapsed Aeon Mall in Kashima; the blast occurred about 80 minutes after the quake.
- Eight people died at a Nippon Paper Industries mill in Yatsushiro, the Kumamoto Prefectural Government reported.
- Ambrey said a drone struck Energos Winter, a gas-storage tanker owned by a U.S. company, at Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Damietta.
- Egypt’s petroleum ministry confirmed a port fire, saying it was quickly contained and caused no casualties; the ministry did not mention a drone attack.
- Three trading sources said the blaze spread from Energos Winter to another vessel before being dealt with.
- Iraq’s National Security Council condemned Saudi-US strikes on PMF bases in seven provinces as a breach of sovereignty, according to a statement.
- Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi cancelled a planned Thursday visit to Saudi Arabia, which would have been his first trip there since taking office.
- Saudi Arabia and US Central Command said the strikes targeted Iran-backed groups accused of attacking American troops and Saudi energy facilities.
- The Federal Reserve kept its target interest-rate range at 3.50%-3.75% for a fifth consecutive meeting.
- Beth Hammack, Neel Kashkari and Lorie Logan dissented, favoring a quarter-percentage-point increase.
- The Fed said inflation remained elevated, while Chair Kevin Warsh described economic growth and employment conditions as solid.
- French authorities ordered Xenia Fedorova to leave France, placed her under house arrest and required her to report daily to police, the interior ministry said.
- The ministry alleged that Fedorova’s media activities spread disinformation, harmed state interests and posed a serious, current threat to public order.
- Fedorova formerly headed RT France and now contributes to CNews, Europe 1 and Le Journal du Dimanche; her employer condemned the expulsion order.
- A van struck people near Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations, killing one person and injuring 29, authorities said.
- Police fatally shot the suspected driver in Spandau after he approached officers carrying a bladed weapon, authorities said.
- Firefighters tried to resuscitate the suspect, who later died from his injuries, Berlin police said.
- Japan’s prime minister reported 13 deaths and many injuries after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck on July 28.
- More than 260,000 people evacuated from the Kumamoto area on Kyushu after the earthquake.
- Rescue operations continued for people reported missing, while damaged roads and power outages affected communities across the region.
- The magnitude 7.1 earthquake killed at least 13 people and caused extensive damage across southern Japan.
- A Uki hospital lost electricity and stopped operating; another halted new admissions after treating 86 injured people.
- Three of eight people rescued from the damaged Aeon mall later died, while four employees remained unaccounted for.
- U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington on Tuesday, their first meeting since the latest U.S.-Iran hostilities.
- The 90-minute talks were described as positive by the White House, while a Netanyahu delegation source said both leaders reaffirmed opposition to Iran obtaining nuclear weapons.
- The leaders were expected to address implementation of a U.S.-backed Israel-Lebanon agreement and stalled efforts to rebuild Gaza.
- French authorities evacuated 4,000 more people from Atlantic coast resorts, adding to roughly 220,000 already displaced by the southwest wildfire.
- Authorities deployed 23 aircraft and helicopters after new fires broke out near Grand Crohot, west of Bordeaux.
- Two major fires west of Madrid had at times approached one another, while Spanish authorities remained alert as temperatures were forecast to exceed 40 degrees Celsius.
- Zinédine Zidane has been officially appointed manager of France’s men’s national team under a four-year contract.
- His stated objectives include leading France at Euro 2028 and the 2030 World Cup.
- Zidane is scheduled to start Aug. 1, succeeding Didier Deschamps after his 14-year tenure, according to the existing draft.
- Saudi Arabia acknowledged participating in U.S. strikes against Iran-backed militias in eastern Iraq, its Defence Ministry said.
- U.S. Central Command said all Iranian ballistic missiles launched at American forces in the Middle East were intercepted on Tuesday.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump held 90-minute talks that the White House described as positive and productive.