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Active wars
Ukraine–Russia84 activeUkraine's Zelensky makes first presidential visit to Serbia, meeting Vucic in Belgrade Iran / Gulf173 activeTrump cancels planned US strikes on Iran and calls for a rapid deal on the Strait of Hormuz Gaza / Israel18 escalatingIsraeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza in the days after the Hamas disarmament deal, casting doubt on ceasefire diplomacy Sudan16 escalatingSudan's army killed 35 in a Darfur drone attack, a rights group says, as Darfur faces imminent famine Sahel13 escalatingJNIM and Tuareg rebels ambush Mali's army near Anefis in the Gao region, killing scores of soldiers DR Congo / M2310 pending-decisionDRC President Tshisekedi announces national dialogue, main opposition postpones protest Myanmar5 activeMyanmar junta purges three ministers on fourth anniversary of military rule Somalia3 Active wars: eight concurrent armed conflicts reshaping world order Yemen9 activeIndia-flagged cargo ship MSV Faize Noore Oliya sinks in the Red Sea after projectile strike off Yemen; all 14 crew rescued Syria4 activeNetanyahu rules out withdrawal from Lebanon, Syria and Gaza Haiti2 Haiti's Gang Crisis Ethiopia5 activeLandslide kills 14 at Tsadkane Debre Metmik Monastery in Ethiopia's Amhara region Nigeria5 activeNigeria's security forces rescue 308 people kidnapped from Kwara and Niger states in largest single-day operation Mozambique2 Cabo Delgado, Mozambique Colombia2 Colombia's Armed Conflict Pakistan insurgency5 activeMilitants kill 11 police at Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa checkpoint in Hangu, including a deputy superintendent Central African Rep.2 Conflict in the Central African Republic Cameroon2 Cameroon / Ambazonia Mexico (cartels)4 activeUS offers more than US$100 million in rewards for eight leaders of Mexico's Jalisco New Generation Cartel, including a US citizen reported to head the group
Standoffs & frozen
Taiwan Strait20 activeTaiwan's Han Kuang 42 military exercises begin August 5, running to August 14 with civilian air-raid drills and deliberate mobile internet slowdowns South China Sea23 escalatingChina issues new rules banning unauthorised fishing and mining at Huangyan Dao, renewing South China Sea tensions with the Philippines India–Pakistan19 activePML-N leads Pakistan's Azad Kashmir Phase 2 elections as unofficial results flow from Muzaffarabad and Jammu Korea18 activeNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missile from Wonsan toward the East Sea, days before US-South Korea military drills begin Armenia–Azerbaijan7 pending-decisionAzerbaijan's President Aliyev says Baku is considering full withdrawal from the Council of Europe Israel–Hezbollah6 activeHezbollah threatens to shut Beirut's Rafik Hariri airport over Lebanese government ban on Iranian flights India–China border8 activeIndia operationalises its first four Integrated Battle Groups on July 1, restructuring army for multi-domain warfare Serbia–Kosovo4 activeUkraine's Zelensky makes first presidential visit to Serbia, meeting Vucic in Belgrade Essequibo2 Essequibo (Guyana-Venezuela) Western Sahara4 Morocco–Algeria Cyprus5 Cyprus Thailand–Cambodia2 Thailand–Cambodia Egypt–Ethiopia4 Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt) Morocco–Algeria2 Morocco–Algeria Greece–Turkey2 Greece–Turkey (Aegean) Venezuela (internal)13 activeVenezuelan opposition delegation led by Dinorah Figuera returns to Caracas with US support to open political transition dialogue with Maduro government
Coups & state collapse
Ceasefires & peace processes
Proxy & arming dynamics