June 5, 2014 (Thursday)
Armed attacks and conflicts
- Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Suspected Boko Haram militants launch an attack in a village near the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing approximately 45 people. (BBC News)
- An attack on a Yemeni military checkpoint by suspected al-Qaeda militants in Shabwah Governorate, Yemen, leaves 14 people dead. (BBC News)
Business and economy
- The European Central Bank cuts the prime interest rate to 0.15% and sets the deposit rate at -0.10% in an attempt to devalue the euro and boost the stagnant Eurozone economy. (New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- An AV-8B Harrier jet crashes in the U.S. city of Imperial, California, resulting in the destruction of three homes. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine links MERS to several infected camels. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Tuam mass grave:
- An Irish archbishop claims the Catholic Church has no records on the burial of 796 children in a disused concrete septic tank at a building it runs in Tuam. (BBC News) (CNN) (The Guardian)
- The People's Republic of China claims to have arrested 29 people following recent terrorist attacks in the Xinjiang region. (AP via ABC)
- Pakistani police arrest multiple people involved in the stoning of Farzana Parveen, bringing the total number of people in custody to 12. (CNN)
- Moncton shooting
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police extend a national manhunt for a 24-year-old gunman who killed three police officers and wounded two others in a shootout in Moncton. (Reuters)
- Four people are shot with one dead and three injured during a shooting on the campus of Seattle Pacific University. (CNN) (Washington Post)
- American hip hop band the Beastie Boys win a $1.7 million copyright violation suit against the makers of Monster Energy drink for unauthorised use of their music in advertising. (AP via The Australian)