Portal:Current events/2014 September 14
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September 14, 2014 (Sunday)
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. (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. (Deutsche Welle), (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. (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. (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. (The Express Tribune)
- 2014 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Odile reaches Category 4 strength as it nears Mexico's Baja California coast. (AFP via Telesur)
- 2014 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Kalmaegi hits the northeast Philippines with warnings of potential floods and landslides. (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. (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. (AP) (CNN)
- The Carolina Panthers deactivate defensive end Greg Hardy after his conviction on two counts of female assault and communicating threats. (USA Today)
Politics and elections
- Swedish general election, 2014:
- Voters in Sweden go to the polls for a general election with a leftist coalition led by the Swedish Social Democratic Party set to form government. Incumbent Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announces that he will step aside as PM and as leader of the Moderate Party. (BBC), (AP)
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. (BBC) (London Evening Standard) (The Daily Telegraph)
- In basketball, the United States defeats Serbia 129-92 to win the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup. (New York Times)
- In golf:
- American Billy Horschel wins the The Tour Championship played in Atlanta. (Reuters)
- South Korean teenager Kim Hyo-joo wins the year's final LPGA major, the Evian Championship, in France. (AP via ESPN)