Portal:Current events/2014 July 9

Current events of July 9, 2014 (2014-07-09) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine A spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee confirms that Nadiya Savchenko, the female military aviator who was captured by pro-Russian separatists on June 18, is now held in Voronezh, Russia, where she has been charged with killing two Russian journalists. (Radio Free Europe), (AP) Gaza–Israel conflict The Israeli Army intensifies its attack on the Hamas controlled Gaza Strip with 130 attacks on key sites such as command centers and rocket launchers after over 250 rockets and mortars were fired into Israel over the past week. Hamas rockets reached over 100 km into Israeli territory. (AP) The death toll from Operation Protective Edge in the Gaza Strip reaches 40. (ABC News Australia) Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad. (BBC) War in Somalia (2009–present) Somalia's police and intelligence chiefs were sacked after Al-Shabaab's attack on the Presidential palace yesterday. (BBC) Business and economy Minutes from the last meeting of the U.S. central bank, the Federal Reserve, indicate that it will end its program of bond purchases, also known as quantitative easing, this October. (Reuters) Disasters 2014 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Neoguri leaves two dead on Okinawa as it departs for Japan's main islands threatening heavy rain. (Reuters) International relations South Korea claims that North Korea has fired two short range missiles into the ocean to the east of the Korean Peninsula. (CNN) Law and crime Former Mayor of the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana Ray Nagin (D) is sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption, money laundering and other related offences. (USA Today), (New York Times) 2014 Harris County, Texas shooting: A gunman in Spring, Texas, a suburb of the US city of Houston, kills six people including four children. Politics and elections Indonesian presidential election, 2014 Voters in Indonesia go to the polls for a presidential election. (ABC News Australia) Science and technology Russia's Angara rocket successfully makes its maiden flight. (BBC) (Moscow Times) (RIA Novosti) Sports 2014 FIFA World Cup Argentina defeats The Netherlands 4-2 after a penalty shootout to advance to the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final. (Los Angeles Times)