Lithuanian officials say waves of illegal migrants arriving from Belarus have reached a new peak, with nearly 300 detentions reported in one day alone. Most of the detainees are Iraqis who crossed the border via Belarus with apparent ease.
The man who found the body of Belarusian activist Vital Shyshou in a park near his home in Kyiv says that he was briefed by Ukrainian intelligence officials that hit squads had been sent to Ukraine to "liquidate" activists in exile.
Christian Schmidt, the UN's new high representative for Bosnia-Herzegovina, met with Zeljko Komsic, the Croatian representative for the presidency of Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Sefik Dzaferovic, the Bosniak representative. The Serb representative, Milorad Dodic, stayed away from the August 3 meeting.
Two Kosovar Olympic gold medalists arrived back in Pristina on August 2 to a rapturous welcome. Distria Krasniqi and Nora Gjakova, who both won gold for judo in Tokyo, marched with Prime Minister Albin Kurti through Pristina's main square, where thousands of people were out to greet them.
A leaked audio recording captures the conversation between Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya and two of her country's track-and-field officials, who can be heard telling her to leave the Olympic Games in Tokyo because of her comments on social media.
Kosovar President Vjosa Osmani awarded a medal to Beau Biden, the late son of U.S. President Joe Biden, in honor of his service to Kosovo in 2001. Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015 at the age of 46, helped to train judges and prosecutors in Kosovo after the 1998-99 war ended.
Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island, an outpost on the Amur River in the Far East, was disputed by Russia and China for decades, but it has now been divided almost equally between the neighbors. The Chinese call it Heixiazi Island.
Several thousand nurses demonstrated in central Budapest on July 31 to demand better pay, after a survey showed many of them are considering leaving Hungary for higher salaries elsewhere. (Reuters)
The huge mercury mine at Aidarken in Kyrgyzstan once supplied the entire Soviet Union. It now produces a fraction of its former output, with many of its shafts still filled with floodwaters that took it out of service from 2009 to 2019.
Members of far-right organizations attempted to disrupt an LGBT rights protest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Police used tear gas and clashed with the anti-LGBT protesters, blocking them from entering the July 30 event, which took place near the office of the Ukrainian president.
As medical workers in Russia struggle with a third wave of COVID-19 infections, many are reaching out to the public directly to share information. Some are using social media to report on shortages and crisis conditions, while others have a simple message to their fellow Russians: Get vaccinated.
U.S. President Joe Biden met with self-exiled Belarusian presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya at the White House on July 28. After the meeting, Tsikhanouskaya said Biden is "not indifferent to what is happening in Belarus." She spoke to reporter Mykhailo Komadovsky.
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