Portal:Current events/2015 April 14
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April 14, 2015 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- At least seven people are dead after a car bomb blast south of Baghdad. (AP via Irish Times)
- War in Somalia
- al-Shabab gunmen enter the Higher Education Ministry building in Mogadishu after a large explosion is reported. (Voice of America)
Business and economy
- The Wall Street Journal reports that European Union regulators have announced plans to file charges against American Internet company Google following a European Union investigation. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- An Asiana Airlines Airbus A320 en route from South Korea to Japan skids off the runway at Hiroshima Airport injuring 20 of the 74 passengers. (AP via News24)
- 2015 Libya migrant shipwreck
- Up to 400 people may have died as a boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy with up to 550 passengers on board. (AFP/Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Health
- More than 100 passengers out of 1,100 on the cruise ship Crown Princess may be suffering from symptoms of Norovirus. (Reuters)
International relations
- President of the United States Barack Obama endorses a proposal to remove Cuba from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism. (New York Times)
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
- The United Nations Security Council votes to impose sanctions on Yemen's Houthi rebels. (Los Angeles Times)
Law and crime
- A court in Japan's Fukui Prefecture issues a landmark injunction against restarting reactors 3 and 4 of the Takahama Nuclear Power Plant. (AFP via Yahoo! News Australia)
Science and technology
- SpaceX's latest attempt at recycling its Falcon 9 rocket by landing it on an ocean platform fails. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Stone tools found at Lomekwi 3 are dated to 3.3 million years ago, which, if confirmed, would represent the oldest known stone tools. (Science)