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Portal:Current events/2014 September 14

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant:
  • Australia sends combat aircraft and special forces to the Middle East to help in the fight against Islamic State. [http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/australia-to-deploy-military-to-help-fight-islamic-state-tony-abbott/story-e6frg8yo-1227058059347 (The Australian)]
  • War in Donbass
  • Heavy fighting resumes between Ukraine forces and rebels near Donetsk International Airport with at least six people dead. The terminal is burning. [http://www.dw.de/ukraine-forces-and-rebels-swap-blame-as-clashes-threaten-ceasefire/a-17921252 (Deutsche Welle)], [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/world/europe/deadly-fighting-in-donetsk-ukraine.html (New York Times)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • At least 70 people are still missing after the ferry MV Maharlika II sinks off the Philippines island of Leyte. [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/70-missing-after-ferry/1361114.html (AFP via Channel News Asia)]
  • 2014 India–Pakistan floods:
  • India suspends rescue operations due to heavy rain in Jammu and Kashmir state where over 100,000 still await rescue. [http://zeenews.india.com/news/jammu-and-kashmir/jammu-and-kashmir-floods-rains-hamper-relief-and-rescue-operatios-over-lakh-still-await-rescue_1469531.html (Zee News)]
  • The death toll from a collapse of T. B. Joshua's The Synagogue Church of All Nations on Friday in the Ikotun area of the Nigerian largest city Lagos reaches 40. [http://tribune.com.pk/story/762153/death-toll-now-40-in-nigeria-building-collapse-rescuers/ (The Express Tribune)]
  • 2014 Pacific hurricane season
  • Hurricane Odile reaches Category 4 strength as it nears Mexico's Baja California coast. [http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Category-4-Hurricane-Moves-Closer-to-North-of-Mexico-20140914-0015.html (AFP via Telesur)]
  • 2014 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Kalmaegi hits the northeast Philippines with warnings of potential floods and landslides. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2755246/Typhoon-slams-northeastern-Philippines.html (AP via Daily Mail)]
  • A boat carrying 250 people from Africa to Europe sinks off the coast off Tajoura in Libya with most people feared drowned. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/world/africa/scores-feared-dead-as-migrants-boat-sinks-off-libyas-coast.html (Reuters via New York Times)]

;Law and crime

  • North Korea holds a trial for American tourist Matthew Miller who was detained in April and sentences him to six years of hard labor. [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_NKOREA_DETAINED_AMERICAN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT (AP)] [http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/14/world/asia/north-korea-matthew-miller-case/index.html (CNN)]
  • The Carolina Panthers deactivate defensive end Greg Hardy after his conviction on two counts of female assault and communicating threats. [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/panthers/2014/09/14/carolina-panthers-deactivate-greg-hardy-for-detroit-lions-game/15625873/ (USA Today)]

;Politics and elections

;Sport

  • The closing ceremony of the inaugural Invictus Games takes place in London, with a music concert at Olympic Park featuring artists and groups such as Bryan Adams, Ellie Goulding, James Blunt and the Kaiser Chiefs. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29191984 (BBC)] [https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/invictus-games-closing-concert-queen-elizabeth-olympic-park--music-review-foo-fighters-frontman-dave-grohl-dedicated-my-hero-to-all-the-heroes-9732799.html (London Evening Standard)] [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/11095378/Invictus-Games-closing-concert-Olympic-Park-review-heroic-endeavour.html (The Daily Telegraph)]
  • In basketball, the United States defeats Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/15/sports/basketball/united-states-wins-fiba-world-cup-title-in-a-rout-of-serbia.html?_r=0 (New York Times)]
  • In golf:
  • American Billy Horschel wins the The Tour Championship played in Atlanta. [https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/14/us-golf-pga-idUSKBN0H90XZ20140914 (Reuters)]
  • South Korean teenager Kim Hyo-joo wins the year's final LPGA major, the Evian Championship, in France. [http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/11524546/teen-hyo-joo-kim-beats-karrie-webb-1-win-evian-championship (AP via ESPN)]

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