Portal:Current events/2014 June 15

June 15, 2014 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian Military retakes control of Kessab in north-western Syria. (Reuters)
War in North-West Pakistan
- Airstrikes in the northwestern tribal area bordering Afghanistan kill as many as 100 militants. Canadian Press via (Nanaimo Daily News)^{[permanent dead link]}
- Abu Abdur Rehman Almani, the alleged mastermind behind 2014 Jinnah International Airport attack, is killed during air strikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force. (IANS via Biharprabha)
- Pakistan formally launches military operation against the insurgents in North Waziristan. (Dunya News)
Seven people are killed in Aden, Yemen, after a gunman opens fire on a minibus. (Voice of America)
2014 Northern Iraq offensive:
- The United States evacuates personnel from its embassy in Baghdad as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant nears the city. (AFP via Google News)
Islamist militants kill dozens of people in the Kenyan town of Mpeketoni in the Lamu Archipelago in a four hour series of attacks on hotels. (The Telegraph)

Business and economics

A report by the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum finds that total global investments, including gold and stock, by public investors, such as central banks, sovereign wealth funds, and pension funds, now total $29.1 trillion. (Financial Times)
Medtronic agrees to purchase Covidien for US$42.9 billion. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

Voters in Colombia go to the polls for a presidential election, pitting incumbent Juan Manuel Santos against Óscar Iván Zuluaga. Santos is reelected with 51% of the vote. (Voice of America) (Miami Herald)

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