Portal:Current events/2014 January 6

January 6, 2014 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in North-West Pakistan:
- A bomb detonates in a tribal elder's home in Khyber Agency, Pakistan, killing 10 people and injuring another nine. (Global Post)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- A suicide car bomber detonates at a police checkpoint in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, killing three police officers. (AP via Washington Post)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Gunmen kill 30 people in the central Nigerian village of Shonong in the Riyom local government area. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

2014 North American cold wave
- Record low temperatures are predicted for parts of the United States with wind chill temperatures expected to drop as low as −51 °C (−60 °F). (Los Angeles Times) (CBS News) (Washington Post)

International relations

The Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout uses strong words to condemn the discovery of illegal weapons at the Palestinian embassy complex where a possible booby-trapped safe killed the ambassador Jamal al-Jamal on January 1, saying it is "a serious violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations." (Miami Herald)

Law and crime

American-born Colleen LaRose, who calls herself Jihad Jane, is sentenced to 10 years in prison for a failed al Qaeda-linked plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks who had depicted the head of the Muslim Prophet Mohammad on a dog. (BBC News)
Venezuelan beauty queen Mónica Spear and her British ex-husband are murdered during a carjacking in Caracas. (Al Jazeera)

Politics

The US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as the new chair of the Federal Reserve; Yellen will be the first woman to hold this post. (Washington Post)

Sport