Portal:Current events/2014 August 26
August 26, 2014 (Tuesday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- War in Donbass:
- Russia says that the 10 armed Russian paratroopers captured during the night in the village of Dzerkalne, Donetsk Oblast, roughly 20 kilometers from the Russian border, only entered Ukraine by "mistake". (RIA Novosty via Kyiv Post)
- 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict:
- On the 50th day of the conflict, an internationally supported long-term truce is reached where the borders of Gaza, Egypt, and Israel are opened for humanitarian and reconstruction supplies and the Gaza fishing zone is extended to 6 km. Other issues such as an airport/seaport and the Israeli demand for demilitarization will be negotiated within a month. (Times of Israel)
- Hamas fires over 100 rockets into Israel, causing over 30 injured and 2 dead. The Israeli Air Force strikes over 50 targets on the Gaza Strip causing casualties. (Jerusalem Post)
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–present):
- Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to intercept two Chinese military aircraft that breached Taiwanese airspace. (Voice of America)(Reuters)
Arts and culture
- British singer Kate Bush stages a comeback concert at London's Hammersmith Apollo, her first live performance since 1979. (BBC)
Business and economy
- Fast food giant Burger King agrees to acquire Canadian coffee giant Tim Hortons for $11.4 billion and move its headquarters to Canada. (Bloomberg via Washington Post)
International relations
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- The President of Russia Vladimir Putin meets with the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko in Minsk, Belarus, as disputes in eastern Ukraine continue. (Voice of America)
Law and crime
Politics and elections
- Three impeachment complaints against Philippines President Benigno Aquino III are deemed by the Philippine House of Representatives as "sufficient in form", paving the way for possible legal proceedings against him. (GMA Network) (The Philippine Star)
- François Hollande, the President of France names a new Cabinet led by Prime Minister Manuel Valls with ministers who rebelled against spending cuts dropped. (BBC)
- Two high-ranking officials in China's Shanxi province, Chen Chuanping and Nie Chunyu, are placed under a corruption investigation by Chinese Communist Party authorities. Chen Chuanping was the CPC party chief of Taiyuan, the provincial capital. The president of China Resources Power, Wang Yujun, is also detained. (Bloomberg) (SCMP)
- Klaus Wowereit makes it official that he will resign as the mayor of Berlin on 11 December, after having held the post for nearly 14 years, making him Germany's current longest-serving head of a state government. (Deutsche Welle)
- Michael Spindelegger resigns as vice-chancellor and finance minister of Austria; as leader of the Austrian People's Party, he is replaced by Reinhold Mitterlehner. (Wall Street Journal) (Kurier)