Portal:Current events/2014 April 5
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 Aswan tribal clashes:
- Twenty-three people are killed in a gunfight between feuding tribes near the Egyptian city of Aswan. (Al-Ahram) (The Hindu)
- Two Canadian nun have been kidnapped by gunmen in Cameroon. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Business and economy
- chicken nuggets due to complaints that pieces of plastic were found in its products. (KTVU)[permanent dead link] (USDA)
Disasters and accidents
- At least three are killed and seven injured when a passenger train derails in the Tasikmalaya District, in Indonesia's West Java Island after hitting mounds of mud following a downpour of rain. (MSN)
Politics and elections
- Afghan presidential election, 2014:
- Amidst violence, voters in Afghanistan elect a new President in what is the country's first democratic transfer of power. (BBC News) (HuffPost)
- Australian Senate special election in Western Australia, 2014:
- Voters in the Senate election. (AAP via News Limited)
- Voters in the
- Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland accepts an invitation to attend several events during the forthcoming State visit of Irish President Michael D. Higgins to the United Kingdom, including a banquet to be held by Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle. (RTÉ News)
Religion
- Wilton Gregory announces he will sell his recently-acquired $2.2 million mansion amid criticism amongst parishioners. (KATC)
Sports
- In 25/1. (BBC Sport)