Portal:Current events/2014 July 20
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July 20, 2014 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Post-civil war violence in Libya
- Islamist militia renew their attack on Tripoli International Airport. (Sky News Australia)
- Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Separatist rebels take all the 196 bodies from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 to an undisclosed location. (AP)
- Operation Protective Edge
- Israel agrees to a two hour ceasefire in Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip at the request of the Red Cross ِafter a heavy firefight caused the death of more than 74 Palestinians and 13 Israel Defense Forces soldiers. (Haaretz)
- At least 100 Palestinians and 13 Israel Army soldiers are killed in fighting, with the United Nations Security Council set to meet tomorrow. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Arts and culture
- Monty Python perform their last ever comedy show at the The O2 Arena in London. (Telegraph)
Disasters
- 2014 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun reaches 94 in the Philippines and 18 in southern China. (AP via Fox News)
International Relations
- For the first time in RIMPAC's history a nation (China) sent a surveillance vessel while also participating in the naval exercises.(Reuters)
Politics and elections
- Indonesian presidential election, 2014
- Election results indicate that the Governor of Jakarta Joko Widodo has been elected as the President of Indonesia. (The Jakarta Globe)
Sports
- In golf, Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland wins the 2014 Open Championship (British Open) played at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, England. (AP)
- In rugby union, a group of players for French club Clermont Auvergne are attacked by a gang with machetes, knives and swords in Millau. Three France internationals, Benjamin Kayser, Julien Pierre and Aurélien Rougerie, are hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. (The Independent)