July 4, 2009 (Saturday)
- The Cherokee County killer claims his fifth victim in South Carolina, United States.(CNN)
- Ireland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, calls for the immediate release of two aid workers who were kidnapped in Sudan's Darfur region. (RTÉ)
- Bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali calls on homosexuals to "repent and be changed" and says the Church of England will not be "rolled over by culture". (The Daily Telegraph)
- North Korea test fires seven more missiles into the Sea of Japan. (The Daily Telegraph) (The Korea Times) (Xinhua)
- Torrential rain forces over 150,000 people from their homes, topples hundreds of houses and punches a hole in the spillway of a dam in southern China. (IOL)
- The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is denied access to meet detained National League for Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi while on a visit to Burma. (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (Bangkok Post)[permanent dead link]
- 12 militants are killed in an air raid in northwestern Pakistan. (Xinhua)
- Nine Chechen policeman are killed after their vehicle is attacked in neighbouring Ingushetia, southern Russia. (BBC) (The Hindu)
- The Iranian state-owned newspaper Kayhan calls for Mir-Hossein Mousavi to stand trial. (The Los Angeles Times)
- 35 people are arrested in Mazandran, northern Iran, during post-election protests. (Press TV)
- Serena Williams wins the women's singles at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships after defeating her sister, Venus Williams. (The Daily Telegraph)
- Three people die as a result of contracting swine flu in New Zealand, the country's first flu deaths. (IOL) (The Irish Times)