Portal:Current events/2014 December 24
Appearance
December 24, 2014
(Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency:
- American-led intervention in Syria:
- A Royal Jordanian Air Force warplane crashes, and its pilot is captured by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants near the city of Ar-Raqqah in northern Syria. (BBC)
- Sony Pictures Entertainment hack
- Sony releases the film The Interview online via YouTube and Google Play. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Russia declares a state of emergency after oil from a Russian oil pipeline spills into the Black Sea near the port of Tuapse. (Reuters)
International relations
- South Korea seeks China's investigational assistance concerning the Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power hackings. (Reuters)
Law and crime