Portal:Current events/2014 August 23

August 23, 2014 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2014 Israel-Gaza conflict
- Four additional Palestinians charged with collaborating with Israel are publicly executed outside of the Jabalia refugee camp by Hamas; the killings are denounced by the secretary-general of the PA, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, who compared them to ISIS. (Times of Israel)
- The IDF retracts claims that the mortar shell that killed an Israeli child was fired near or from a school run by UNRWA, saying that the shell was fired from a school used as a shelter run by Hamas. (The Guardian)
2014 Libyan conflict
- Warplanes of an unknown nationality bomb Islamist forces, killing ten fighters. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Tripoli International Airport is captured by Islamist militias following days of clashes with nationalist militias. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present):
- The UN calls for action to prevent what it suspects may become a massacre in the northern Iraqi town of Amirli, which has been besieged by IS forces since June. (BBC)
- At least 30 people are killed in bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk. (Sky News)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
- Thirty-five Nigerian police officers are missing following an attack on a training school in Borno state. (CNN)

Business and economics

Goldman Sachs agrees to buy back $3.15 billion in low quality mortgage bonds that it dumped on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac preceding the financial crisis of 2007–08. (New York Times)

Disasters and accidents

Iceland issues a red alert warning for the Bárðarbunga volcano meaning significant emissions are likely. (BBC)
A oil tanker carrying 5,000 liters of oil explodes while docking at the Lach Bang port, Thanh Hoa, Viet Nam killing two people and injuring four others. The fire is ignited either in the oil compartments or from the cooking gas cylinder. (Thanh Nien News)

Politics and elections

Sports