Portal:Current events/2014 June 21
June 21, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 Northern Iraq offensive
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captures the towns of al-Qa'im, Anah and Rawa in Western Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
- A South Korean soldier fatally shoots five comrades at an outpost in Gangwon Province before fleeing with a weapon. (BBC News)
Law and crime
- Belarusian human rights' activist Ales Bialiatski is freed from prison and is received by his wife and supporters in Minsk. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)