Trade : US a new "parallel WTO" for unilateral trade policing? (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
India on 4 August hit back at United States President Donald Trump's latest threat to substantially raise tariffs against India, saying that New Delhi "has been targeted by the United States and the European Union for importing oil from Russia after the commencement of the Ukraine conflict."

UN : Uganda facing refugee crisis as emergency funds dry up (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Uganda is on the verge of hosting two million refugees, amid a humanitarian response that is currently facing one of the worst funding crises in decades, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned on 4 August.

UN : Sudan's war escalates amid food shortages, disease & floods (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has raised the alarm over the intensifying conflict, mounting civilian casualties and worsening humanitarian conditions, 842 days into the current conflict in Sudan.