Portal:Current events/2014 November 14

November 14, 2014 (2014-11-14) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
  • Iraqi forces expel ISIS from the refinery town of Baiji in northern Iraq. (Al Arabiya)

Arts and culture

• Russia plans an "alternative Wikipedia". (BBC)

International relations

• Swedish submarine incidents:
  • Sweden releases a sonar image it says is proof that a foreign submarine entered its waters in October. The grainy image shows underwater tracks allegedly left by the vessel. (BBC)

Politics

• Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is preparing to dissolve the Lower House of the Diet on Tuesday and call a snap election on December 14th in order to seek a public mandate on whether to delay a scheduled increase in the consumption tax. (NHK World)
• Nicola Sturgeon becomes Leader of the Scottish National Party. (NY Times)

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