Portal:Current events/2014 August 7

August 7, 2014 (Thursday)

Conflicts and attacks

2014 Northern Iraq offensive:
- Tel Isqof; thousands flee, while many Yazidis are caught in the newly-captured city of Sinjar. (BBC) (Al-Jazeera)
- The President of the United States, Barack Obama, delivers a statement promising increased humanitarian and military assistance including air strikes. (NBC News) (Washington Examiner)
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:
- Yemeni forces kill at least seven al-Qaeda militants in the Wadi Hadramout region. (Reuters)

Health

2014 Pacific hurricane season:
- Residents in the US state of
  tropical storm when it hits the islands of Maui and Oahu. (AP via Yahoo! News)

A United Nations backed war crimes tribunal sentences former Khmer Rouge leaders Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea to life imprisonment for their roles in the Cambodian genocide that claimed a quarter of the population between 1975 and 1979. (AP)