Portal:Current events/2026 August 2

August 2, 2026 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    - 2026 Iran war ceasefire
      - Iranian lawmaker Hassan Ghashghavi says that efforts to restore the Islamabad Memorandum deal between Iran and the United States are underway. (AFP via Arab News)
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    - 2026 Iran–Oman negotiations
      - Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says that Iran and Oman are nearing a deal to manage the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. halted its recent strikes against the country. (Al Jazeera)
- Gaza war
  - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirm that they killed three militants in separate strikes last week, including a Jaish al-Islam militant in Gaza City, a Hamas commander in the Jabalya Battalion, and a Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant. (The Jerusalem Post)
- Hezbollah–Israel conflict
  - The IDF's 401st Brigade says that they have destroyed 1,200 Hezbollah tunnels and concluded their mission in southern Lebanon, ending their eight-month deployment. (Israel National News) (The Jerusalem Post)
Ethiopian civil conflict
- Ethiopia-TPLF clashes
  - New clashes are reported across the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia between the Ethiopian federal army and Tigray People's Liberation Front, four years after the previous war in the region ended, prompting hundreds to flee to war-torn Sudan amidst fears of a new civil war. (BBC) (Al Jazeera)
  - Several Ethiopian refugees are reportedly killed after projectiles have hit refugee camps across the Ethiopia–Sudan border. (Sudan Tribune)
Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign, Darfur genocide
  - A drone strike hits a customary court in Kabkabiya District, North Darfur, Sudan, killing at least 37 people. (Al Jazeera)
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Police say a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in Kabal, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, killed at least 17 people, including seven officers and the suspected bomber, and injured at least 34 others. (Reuters)
Mali War, Mali–Russia relations
- The BBC reports that Russia shipped military equipment to the Malian government on the sanctioned cargo vessel Mikhail Britnev last month. (BBC News) (RBC-Ukraine)
Papua conflict
- Five road construction workers are killed in an ambush by armed separatist insurgents at a workers' camp in Tolikara Regency, Highland Papua, Indonesia. (Antara News)

Disasters and accidents

2026 Greece wildfires
- Two people are killed when two firefighting helicopters collide near Athens, Greece. (BBC News)
2026 Morocco–Spain border incident
- Spanish officials say at least 72 people died during the mass migrant crossing from Morocco into the autonomous city of Ceuta. (Reuters)
Six people are killed and 27 more injured in a traffic collision between a bus, a camper, and three cars in Colli sul Velino, Province of Rieti, Italy. (Xinhua)
A ferry catches fire off the coast of Madura, Indonesia, leaving at least five people dead and 41 others missing. (BBC News)

Health and environment

South Korea's weather agency records 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, the country's highest temperature since observations began. (AFP via France 24)

International relations

Foreign relations of the Dominican Republic, Foreign relations of Venezuela
- The Dominican Republic and Venezuela agree on a framework to gradually restore diplomatic relations, which deteriorated after the Dominican Republic questioned the results of the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election. (AFP via Jamaica Observer)

Politics and elections

2026 Brazilian general election
- Incumbent Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva formally announces his candidacy for a fourth term as the Workers' Party's nominee in October’s presidential election. (AFP via France 24)