Portal:Current events/2014 February 7
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War:
- Civilians are evacuated from a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Homs after more than 18 months under a government blockade. (The Washington Post)
- Civilians are evacuated from a
Arts and culture
- The last speaker of the Washington. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- US$1.25 billion. (Daily Mail)
International relations
- Russia's Foreign Ministry calls new US sanctions against Iran a "direct violation of the Geneva deal" and "unacceptable". (RIA Novosti)
Law and crime
- Australian Schapelle Corby is granted parole (along with 1,290 others) in Indonesia after serving nine years in a Bali prison for drug smuggling. (Sydney Morning Herald) (The Eastern Tribune)
- U.S. James E. Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to replace Reggie Walton in the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a six-year term in May. (Reuters via Chicago Tribune)
Politics
- After days of
Sports
- 2014 Winter Olympics:
- The opening ceremony is held in the Russian city of Sochi. (BBC Sport)
- A man attempts to hijack a Pegasus Airlines flight from Kharkiv, Ukraine, and demands to be flown to Sochi; the pilots turned off the inflight monitors and landed in Istanbul, Turkey, where the passenger was arrested. (New York Times) (Telegraph) (CNN)
- 2014 FIFA World Cup
- A construction worker dies, in FIFA World Cup 2014 arena building to be held in the country. (Mirror)
- A construction worker dies, in