Portal:Current events/2014 June 11
June 11, 2014 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- 2014 Mosul offensive: Insurgents continue their offensive, gaining control of the city of Tikrit, the second provincial capital to fall in as many days. At least 500,000 residents of Mosul flee the fighting and head east into Kurdish-controlled territory, while insurgents storm the Turkish Embassy and take 48 Turks hostage, including the Consul General. (Al Jazeera)
- Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:
- The entire country of Yemen remains without electricity for a second day after insurgents sabotaged power lines linking the capital Sana'a and the contested Ma'rib Governorate. (Al Jazeera)
- Libyan Civil War (2014–present):
- Forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar conduct at least three separate airstrikes on Ansar al-Sharia militia bases in Benghazi. (Al Jazeera)
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine:
- Russian media reports that the self proclaimed "people's mayor" Vyacheslav Ponomarev is arrested by a militant wing of a rebel group led by former GRU officer Igor Girkin in Slovyansk. (New York Times)
Business and economy
- The European Commission announces that they will begin a formal investigation into Apple, Starbucks and Fiat in relation to tax arrangements with Ireland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- Sinking of the MV Sewol:
- Thousands of South Korean police raid a religious compound in search of Yoo Byung-eun, a fugitive billionaire wanted over the sinking of the Sewol. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Egyptian Revolution of 2011:
- Activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah and 24 others are sentenced in absentia to 15 years in jail in relation to a protest last November. (Ahram)
- The news aggregator app Feedly is struck by massive DDoS attacks, with the perpetrator attempting to extort money from the company to make the cyber-attacks stop. (BBC News)
- Spree killer Mattias Flink is released from prison on the 20th Anniversary of his crimes. (Sveriges Radio)
Politics and elections
- Following an unexpected primary loss to Dave Brat, United States House Representative Eric Cantor announces his intent to step down from his office as House Majority Leader. (ABC News)