John Sewel, Baron Sewel John Sewel, Baron Sewel steps down from his position as Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords following a drug scandal.
Afghanistan At least 20 people are killed as gunmen open fire at a wedding celebration in Afghanistan's Baghlan province.
State of Palestine Palestinian youth and Israeli riot police clash at the Al-Aqsa Mosque as the Muslims attacked Jews celebrating Tisha B'Av with rocks and firecrackers and barricaded themselves inside the mosque.
Bobbi Kristina Brown Bobbi Kristina Brown, age 22, daughter of American entertainer Whitney Houston and heiress to the Houston estate, dies approximately 6 months after having been put in a medically induced coma since being found face-down in a bathtub in her Roswell, Georgia home near Atlanta on January 31, 2015.
Nike Nike agrees to pay a combined $2.4 million to consumers of Nike+ FuelBand over false advertising.
Verizon Verizon employees in nine states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia) and Washington, D.C. vote to go on strike on August 1 if disputes between the union and the company result in no new contracts.
Germany German marketplace organizer Deutsche Börse agrees to purchase trading platform 360T for €725 million.
Somalia A suicide bomber detonates a vehicle loaded with explosives at a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, killing 15 people.
Boko Haram insurgency in Cameroon Cameroonian officials order the closing of mosques and Islamic schools, and bar underage children from being at public places, following the recent strings of suicide bombings.
A 13-year-old female suicide bomber attacks in the Cameroonian town of Maroua, killing 20 people and injuring another 70.