4 August 2013 Current Affairs
- Armed conflict and attacks
- Worldwide embassy closings
- The United States closes 22 embassies in the Middle East and North Africa due to intelligence of an Al-Qaeda attack. (CNN)
- Canada closes its embassy in Bangladesh amid terror threats. (Toronto Sun)
- Britain, France and Germany close their embassy in Yemen amid terror threats. (BBC)
- Tunisia kills one suspected terrorist and captures another six in an early morning raid in Tunis’ El Ouardia neighbourhood. (AP via Philly)
- Arts and culture
- Scottish actor Peter Capaldi is announced to portray the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor on the long-running British science fiction show Doctor Who. (The Guardian)
- Politics and elections
- Inauguration of Hassan Rouhani:
- Hassan Rouhani is officially inaugurated as President of Iran in the House of the Parliament. (Aljazeera)
- Rouhani announces his designate cabinet to the parliament with Mohammad Javad Zarif nominated as the Minister of Foreign Affairs.Mohammad Nahavandian also appointed as chief of staff. (Dailystar) (Reuters)
- Voters in Australia will go to the polls on September 7 for a federal election. (The Age)
