Media outlets reported on Bill Gates recent visit to Tanzania, where the Bill & Melinda Gate Foundation set aside 777 billion Tsh to finance development projects in agriculture, health and Information Communication Technology (ICT) in the country.

On the 7th of August, UNICEF resident representative in Yemen, Meritxell Relano stated that 201 children have been killed in the ongoing war in Yemen since the beginning of 2017. She also reported that 347 children had been maimed and 377 boys recruited in the ongoing fighting in the country this year.

China has formally opened its first overseas military base in Djibouti with a flag raising ceremony and military parade.

July 2017, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh rejected the government appeal and reaffirmed the decision of the High Court Division regarding the 16th amendment to the Bangladesh Constitution that the 16th amendment, which empowered parliament to remove the judges for incapacity or misbehavior, is illegal