Portal:Current events/2014 June 6
June 6, 2014 (Friday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- Abdullah Abdullah of the National Coalition of Afghanistan, a frontrunner in the Afghan presidential election, survives a bombing attempt. (BBC News)
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine:
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko call for a quick and peaceful end to the violence in eastern Ukraine. (BBC News)
- Ashiqullah Mehsud, a senior commander in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, is shot and killed by unknown assailants, speculated to be from the Mehsud splinter group, in the village of Urmuz in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan. (CNN)
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Attacks across Iraq kill 27 people. (AP via Daily Mail)
Arts and culture
- World leaders travel to Normandy in France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the first day of the Western Allies Invasion of Normandy during World War II. (Washington Post)
- Nun turned singer Cristina Scuccia wins the seventh season of The Voice of Italy. (NY Daily news)
Business and economy
- Vodafone reveals that the governments of six countries have a permanent link to monitor communications throughout Vodafone's networks. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- At least twelve people are killed as storms batter South China. (Xinhua)
- At least three people are dead and 13 others are injured after an explosion at a coal-fired power station, Kosovo A Power Station, in Obilić, six miles outside Pristina, the capital of Kosovo. (BBC News)
Health
- The World Health Organisation estimates that an outbreak of the ebola virus has killed more than 200 people in West Africa. (ABC News Australia)
International relations
- North Korea announces that it arrested an American tourist last month for alleged inappropriate behaviour. (BBC News)
- Chinese authorities advise that they will deport Australian artist Guo Jian arrested before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests. (BBC News)
Law
- Moncton shooting
- Canadian police arrest Justin Bourque, wanted for the alleged murders of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and for shooting two others in Moncton, New Brunswick. (CNN)
- Japan's parliament moves to ban the possession of child pornography. (CNN)
- Brazilian prosecutors are investigating allegations that organs are being illegally taken from unidentified bodies and sold for medical research. (BBC News)