Portal:Current events/2014 June 23
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in North-West Pakistan:
- North Waziristan, killing 25 militants. (Business Standard)
- Arab–Israeli conflict:
- Israeli Air Force planes carry out a series of air strikes in Syria following an attack on Sunday that caused the death of an Israeli teenager. (AP)
- Syrian Civil War:
- chemical weapons to the United Nations Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons but the organisation cannot declare that the country no longer has any such weapons. (Reuters)
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- An explosion at a public health school in the city of Kano in northern Nigeria kills at least 12 people. (BBC News)
- Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- Kenyan Air Force planes attack the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab killing 80 of its fighters according to the African Union force in Somalia. (BBC News)
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- Pro-Russian insurgents agree to a ceasefire proposed by the Government of Ukraine. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)
Arts and culture
- UNESCO World Heritage Sites, in addition to its three cultural sites, as Stevns Klint and the Danish parts of the Wadden Sea are inscribed on the UNESCO list. (UNESCO)
- A painting in Water Lilies series is sold at auction in London for £31.7 million or $54 million US, the second highest price for a Monet on record. (AFP via Bangkok Post)
Business and economy
- MICROS Systems in a $5.3 billion deal. (Reuters)
Disasters
- A Learjet collide in mid-air over Olsberg, Germany. The Learjet crashes, killing both crew. The Eurofighter Typhoon lands safely. (Aviation Safety Network)
Law and crime
- The People's Republic of China arrests 300 people in the first month in a crackdown on alleged terrorists. (AFP via iAfrica)
- An Egyptian court sentences three al-Jazeera journalists Peter Greste, Mohammed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed, accused of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, to seven years in jail. (BBC News)
Politics and elections
- elected to a second term with over 80% of the vote. (Reuters)
- The sole representative of the leading Irish opposition party ALDE group and joins the moderately Eurosceptic ECR group without his party's consent. (EUobserver) (RTÉ)