August 2, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine: War in Donbass:
- Ukrainian forces retake control of the towns of Krasnohorivka and Staromykhailivka, outside the pro-Russian rebels' stronghold of Donetsk. (Reuters via New York Times)
- Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, 2014 Armenian–Azerbaijani line of contact clashes:
- Five more Azeri troops are killed in overnight fighting with ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh. The casualties bring the death toll to at least 13 in a flare-up of violence over the last few days around Nagorno-Karabakh. Russia has said that any further escalation is unacceptable. (Reuters)
- 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
- Israel Defense Forces declare that the Israeli soldier previously believed to have been captured by Hamas fighters in Rafah had in fact been killed in battle that day and his body taken. (CBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2014 Kunshan explosion
- At least 68 people were killed and more than 180 injured in an early morning explosion at a factory near Shanghai that makes automobile parts for General Motors. The factory produces aluminum alloy tire rims. (LA Times)
- Landslides in Sun Kosi river of Nepal
- At least eight people are killed and hundreds are missing after massive landslides and flash floods. (Ekantipur)