August 5, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- Ukraine's nuclear agency Energoatom says that Russian rockets have caused damage to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, including a nitrogen-oxygen unit and a high-voltage power line. (BBC News)
- Russian occupation of Kherson Oblast
- Volodymyr Saldo, the head of the Russian occupational administration in Kherson Oblast, is hospitalized, with former FSB officer Sergei Eliseev taking over his post temporarily. (Newsweek)
- Southern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Gaza–Israel conflict
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Israel launches a series of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, including a number against Palestinian Islamic Jihad's facilities. Ten people are killed and 55 others are wounded, including PIJ military leader Tayseer Jabari. (Al Jazeera)
- Operation Breaking Dawn
- Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
- Eight people are killed and 18 others are injured when a bomb hidden in a cart explodes near a Shiite mosque in Kabul. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Arabiya)
- 5 August 2022 Kabul bombing
- Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- Casamance conflict
- The Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance signs a peace deal with the government of Senegal, pledging to lay down its arms in order to work towards a permanent solution. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a decree banning investors from "unfriendly countries" from selling their assets in Russian banks, strategic entities, and energy and commodity projects until December 31. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Mountain B nightclub fire
- Fourteen people are killed and over 40 others injured in a fire at a nightclub in Sattahip district, Chonburi province, Thailand. (BBC News)
- 2022 Pakistan floods
- The death toll from the flash floods in Pakistan increases to 550. (Reuters)
- Five people are killed and 44 others injured in a fire at a hospital in Icheon, South Korea. (Korea Times)
- Ten people are killed in a house fire in Nescopeck, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)
- One person is killed and another is injured after heavy flooding in Dakar, Senegal. (Reuters)
- Fifteen people are injured when an SUV crashes into a Native American parade in Gallup, New Mexico, United States. (AP)
Law and crime
- A Texas jury reaches a verdict against Alex Jones and orders that he pay $45.2 million in punitive damages to the parents of a 6-year-old boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre for falsely claiming the shooting was a hoax. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Senegalese parliamentary election
- Provisional results show that the Benno Bokk Yakaar coalition wins 82 seats, falling 1 seat short of an absolute majority, while 80 seats were won by the opposition coalitions Yewwi Askan Wi and Wallu Sénégal. (Reuters) (BBC News)
- 2022 Saint Kitts and Nevis general election
- The opposition Saint Kitts and Nevis Labour Party, led by Terrance Drew, wins the snap general election to the National Assembly. Drew becomes the prime minister-elect. (The St Kitts & Nevis Observer)