August 4, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Amhara
- 2023 Fano–ENDF clashes
- The Ethiopian government declares a state of emergency in response to heavy clashes between the ENDF and Fano militia in Amhara Region. (Al Jazeera)
- The Sudanese state of El Gedaref closes its border with Ethiopia in response to the clashes. (Sudan Tribune)
- 2023 Fano–ENDF clashes
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- The Russian Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship is damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack at the naval base at the Port of Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai. (BBC News)
- 2022–2023 western Russia attacks
- 2023 Sudan conflict
- Authorities in the Sudanese state of North Kordofan announce a state-wide curfew. (Dabanga Sudan)
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israeli settlers storm the Palestinian village of Burqa, Ramallah, killing a 19-year-old man, hours after Israeli soldiers killed another teenager in Tulkarm. (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
- 2023 Carinthia and Slovenia floods
- Three people are killed in flash floods in Slovenia. (RTV Slovenija)
- Eight people are killed and four others are injured when a freight train collides with a pickup truck at a level crossing in Mueang Chachoengsao district, Thailand. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- Cyprus approves the use of human COVID-19 medication molnupiravir to combat a local feline virus mutation causing feline infectious peritonitis resulting in numerous cat deaths locally. The government assures that there is no risk of depleting medication stocks for potential COVID-19 surges in the human population. (AP)
Law and crime
- Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi
- The Supreme Court of India suspends Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's defamation conviction, potentially allowing his return to parliament after disqualification. (AFP via Le Monde)
- Kai Cenat Union Square giveaway
- Civil unrest and rioting occur in Manhattan, New York City, United States, after Twitch streamer and YouTuber Kai Cenat announces a gift card and PlayStation 5 video game console giveaway in Union Square. (CBS News)
- A court in Melekhovo, Vladimir Oblast, Russia, sentences opposition politician Alexei Navalny to nineteen years in prison for six crimes, including inciting and financing extremist activity and creating an extremist organization. (Reuters)
- Nicolás Petro is released from detention while under investigation for allegations of illicit enrichment and money laundering connected to his father's 2022 presidential campaign. He is barred from engaging in political activities and from leaving Colombia. (AP)