The day

Tuesday 4 August 2026

16 stories, biggest first.

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   News2026 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.

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   News2026 Iran war

   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.

3. 3

   NewsDarfur 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.

4. 4

   NewsCasualties 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.

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   NewsRed 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.

6. 6

   Crime

   Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov signs a law banning the use of cremation for deceased human bodies in Kyrgyzstan.

7. 7

   News2026 Iran war ceasefire

   Mediators from Qatar reports that progress has been made in efforts to end the war between the United States and Iran.

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   News2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis

   Shipping data show that Iraq has exported over 30 million barrels of crude oil through the strait between July 4 and August 4.

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   NewsBrazil–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.

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    CrimeColombian 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.

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    Science2026 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 ebolavirus.

12. 12

    Science2026 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.

13. 13

    Crime

    South Sudanese police arrest 60 suspected gang members in a series of operations targeting criminal gangs, drug trafficking and youth delinquency in Juba.

14. 14

    SportExpansion 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.

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    Crime

    Four people are killed and four others are injured in a shooting spree by a rogue Russian soldier in Sevastopol, Russian-occupied Crimea.

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    Crime

    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.

Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 4 August 2026, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.