Portal:Current events/2026 August 4

August 4, 2026 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Middle Eastern crisis
- 2026 Iran war
  - 2025–2026 Iran–United States negotiations
    - 2026 Iran war ceasefire, Qatar as a mediator in conflict
      - Mediators from Qatar reports that progress has been made in efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran. (Reuters)
  - 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
    - The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Minoan Pioneer is reported to be missing in the Strait of Hormuz after it was struck by a unknown projectile northeast of Oman. (Seatrade Maritime News) (Al Arabiya) (Haaretz)
    - Shipping data show that Iraq has exported over 30 million barrels of crude oil through the strait between July 4 and August 4. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
  - It is reported that the United States Army has used most of its ATACMS and Precision Strike missiles during the war in Iran including Operation Epic Fury. (Military Times) (Reuters)
- Gaza war
  - Casualties of the Gaza war
    - A mass funeral is held for 112 bodies that were recovered from a Israeli strike in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City during the early weeks of the war. (Haaretz)
- Red Sea crisis
  - Yemen's internationally recognized government says a projectile attack sank the Indian-flagged cargo ship MSV Faize Noore Oliya in the Red Sea near the coast of Hodeidah, with all 14 crew members rescued. (AFP via Arab News)
Sudanese civil war
- Darfur campaign
  - Rapid Support Forces senior commander and brigadier general Mahdi Adam Ismail, also known as Jebel Moon, is confirmed to be killed during clashes with the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Joint Forces in West Darfur, Sudan. His death is confirmed by Sudan Liberation Movement leader and Darfur governor Minni Arko Minnawi. (Sudan Tribune) (Sudan Nabaa)

Health and environment

2026 Ebola epidemic
- Health Canada announces it has given Moderna the green light for authorization to launch a clinical trial for a mRNA Ebola vaccine aimed at targeting the Bundibugyo strain of the ebola virus. (CBC)
2026 European heatwaves
- Austria records 41 °C (106 °F) in Vienna, the highest temperature in the country's history, as a heat wave also brings wildfires and historically low Danube water levels. (Xinhua)

International relations

Brazil–United States relations
- The United States revokes the visa of Brazilian ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti to reciprocate Brazil's denial of visas to two U.S. diplomats. The State Department says the action does not expel Viotti from the country. (AFP via New Straits Times)

Law and crime

Colombian conflict
- The Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace charges 27 former FARC members, including ex-commander Timoleón Jiménez, with crimes against humanity and sexual violence committed during the conflict, including killings, disappearances, displacement, and rape. (AFP via The Manila Times)
Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov signs a law banning the use of cremation for deceased human bodies in Kyrgyzstan. (AKIPress) (Kabar)
South Sudanese police arrest 60 suspected gang members in a series of operations targeting criminal gangs, drug trafficking and youth delinquency in Juba. (Sudans Post)
Four people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting spree by a rogue Russian soldier in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea. (CBS News)
A 37-year-old man is killed in Plovdiv, Bulgaria after being lured through a dating app by a group of teenagers posing as an underage girl. (BTA)

Sports

Expansion of the WNBA
- In basketball, the Women's National Basketball Association announces that the expansion team in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., will be called the Sirens. The organization will debut in 2028. (The Athletic via The New York Times)