Portal:Current events/2014 October 9

Current events of October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09) (Thursday)

Armed conflict and attacks

• al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
  • A suicide bomb attack kills at least 20 people in Tahrir Square in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (Daily Star)
• War in North-West Pakistan
  • American drone strikes kill at least five militants in North Waziristan. (AP via SFGate)
• A hand grenade explodes in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur killing one person and injuring 13. (Wall Street Journal)
• Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
  • A car bombing in a busy street in Baghdad's largest Shi'ite neighbourhood kills at least 12 people. (AFP via Al-Arabiyah)

Arts and culture

• 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • The French novelist Patrick Modiano is awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. (Telegraph)

Politics and elections

• Former Slovenian prime minister Alenka Bratušek withdraws her candidacy as Vice-President of the European Commission and as European Commissioner for Energy after having been rejected by the European Parliament. [(EU Observer)
• Estonia becomes the first former Soviet republic to legalize gay partnerships and grant equal rights to same-sex couples.(EU Observer) (Instinct Magazine)
• 2014 Hong Kong protests
  • Hong Kong government says it has called off a meeting on 10 October 2014 with student leaders of the pro-democracy movement. (BBC)
• 2014 Kurdish protests in Turkey
  • At least 12 people were killed in demonstrations across Turkey.
• Voters go to the polls for by-elections in the UK Parliament constituencies of Clacton and Heywood and Middleton.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29549414