Portal:Current events/2014 January 14
January 14, 2014 (Tuesday)
Armed attacks and conflicts
- Mexican Drug War
- Communitary forces take several towns in Mexican state of Michoacán trying to expel the Knights Templar Cartel forces, and prompting the intervention of Mexican Army against them. (CNN)
- Syrian Civil War
- Forty-six Palestinians and Syrian residents in the Yarmouk Camp have died of starvation and lack of medical care, since October, from a Syrian army enforced blockade. (The Guardian)
Law and crime
- Russia expels American journalist David Satter from the country in the first such case since 1982. (The Guardian)
- Two students are shot and seriously injured at Berrendo Middle School in Roswell, New Mexico, U.S. A 12-year-old male suspect has been apprehended. (Reuters) (CNN)
Politics and elections
- Egyptian constitutional referendum, 2014
- Voters in Egypt go to the polls for the first day of voting on a new constitution.
- Former Prime Minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, is buried on his ranch in southern Israel following a state funeral at the Knesset attended by foreign dignitaries and Israelis. (BBC News) (The Times of Israel)