Portal:Current events/2014 August 19

August 19, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Donbass
:
- An American volunteer in the Donbas Battalion, identified only under his nom de guerre of "Franko", becomes the first officially acknowledged foreign casualty on the Ukrainian side of the military conflict against pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
- Ukrainian government forces enter the center of
  Stanytsia-Luhanska after having recaptured full control of a strategically important section of the M-04 highway near Luhansk from pro-Russian insurgents. (Interfax)

2014 Israel-Gaza conflict

Hours before the expiration of the latest cease-fire Hamas claims responsibility for firing over 29 rockets into Israel reaching Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Israel responds with airstrikes as the peace talks break down. (CNN)
2014 American intervention in Iraq and Syrian civil war
:
- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (News Limited via Daily Telegraph)

Disasters

Four Italian Air Force crew members are missing after two Tornado jets collide in central Italy. (Euro News)

Politics and elections

Pakistan protests
- The
  National Assembly in order to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign. (Reuters via Radio Australia)
- Tahir ul-Qadri lead protest rallies containing tens of thousands in Islamabad as 150 supporters are arrested in towns in Punjab province. (LBC)