- European Court of Human Rights orders Azerbaijan to provide court verdicts of detainees by August 31.
- Armenia’s Secretary of the Security Council and the head of Red Cross delegation discuss cooperation programs.
- A new phase in Russia-Azerbaijan relations is beginning, Matviyenko.
- US Senate blocks bid to curb Trump’s Iran war powers.
- United States disrupted movement of 10 vessels linked to Iran in Middle East.
- Iran threatens to block trade routes in Red Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman.
- U.S. announces new sanctions against Iran’s oil sector.
- Pakistani delegation meets Iranian officials in a bid to prevent renewed conflict.
- Bessent says US won’t be renewing waivers for Iranian and Russian oil.
- Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes; casualties reported.

Kremlin demanded withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from Donbass for third time in past week
Russian officials have publicly repeated the same condition three times in the past seven days, demanding that Ukraine withdraw its forces from the entire Donbas

