Portal:Current events/2014 November 8
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November 8, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Military intervention against ISIS
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is critically wounded during a US airstrike at al-Qaim. (DailyMail)
- War in Somalia
- Al-Shabaab recaptures Kudhaa Island, at least 23 are killed. (Garowe Online)
International relations
- Japan's Economy Minister, Akira Amari says that a completed Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement by the end of 2014 is unlikely. (Reuters)
- North Korea releases American detainees Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller. (CNN)