2022 United Kingdom government crisis Penny Mordaunt is eliminated from the leadership election in the fifth round of voting.
2022 Sri Lankan presidential election Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe is declared the winner of the election, defeating his closest rival, Dullas Alahapperuma, by 134 votes to 82.
Foreign relations of Syria The Foreign Ministry of Syria announces that the country is formally suspending diplomatic relations with Ukraine.
United States Army A United States Army soldier is killed and nine others are injured after a lightning strike at a training area at Fort Gordon in Georgia.
2022 European heat wave Abed, a hamlet on the Danish island of Lolland, sets the highest July temperature recorded in the country, reaching 35.9 C.
Six federal states of Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony-Anhalt and Schleswig-Holstein) see their all-time high records beaten, with the highest temperature, 40.3 C, set at Bad Mergentheim.
Economy of Ukraine Ukraine's government, facing an estimated 35% to 45% decrease in GDP, asks its international creditors to freeze its debt payments for two years, including a $1.2 billion debt payment due at the beginning of September. The proposal is backed by major Western governments and other major lenders.
International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War The European Union bans imports of gold from Russia and freezes Sberbank's assets.
Russia in the European energy sector The European Commission tells EU member states to reduce gas usage by 15% until March 2023 as part of an emergency plan after President Vladimir Putin warns that Russian supplies of natural gas could be reduced further.
2021–2022 inflation surge Inflation in the United Kingdom increased to 9.4% last month, breaking a 40-year record, as food and fuel prices continue to increase.
Somali Civil War Al-Shabaab raids Yeed and Aato in Bakool, Somalia, near the Ethiopian border. Fourteen Ethiopian police officers and three civilians are killed.
Russo-Ukrainian War Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says that his country's military goals are no longer limited to the Donbas region and have expanded to also include "the Kherson region, the Zaporizhzhia region and a number of other territories".
Kurdish–Turkish conflict Iraqi government and regional authorities claim that Turkish Armed Forces fired four missiles at a resort in the Zakho District of Kurdistan Region in Iraq, killing eight Iraqi tourists and injuring 23 others.