Portal:Current events/2014 August 14

August 14, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Donbass
:
- Igor Girkin, a Russian citizen from Moscow and military commander of the Donetsk People's Republic rebellion, resigns, making it the third change at top of the rebel leadership of the past week. (Reuters)
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
- Israel and Hamas agree upon a fresh five-day ceasefire. (BBC)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- The
  Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (BBC)
- Iraqi Army clash west of Baghdad, Iraq leaving 4 children dead. (AP via Standard Journal)
- Yazidi refugees to escape, and declares plans for further airstrikes against IS forces. (BBC)

Taliban insurgency:
- A roadside bomb detonates next to a police car in Laghman Province, Afghanistan killing 3 police officers and injuring another 4. (AP via The World (Coos Bay))

International relations

Law and crime

Shooting of Michael Brown
- The President of the United States Barack Obama orders an independent inquiry by the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown by the Ferguson Police Department. (Washington Post)
Police search a Berkshire property belonging to Cliff Richard in relation to an alleged historical sex offense. (BBC)

Politics and elections

Sports

In Major League Baseball, current MLB chief operating officer Rob Manfred is elected as the 10th Commissioner of Baseball. He will succeed the retiring Bud Selig in January 2015. (ESPN)