Portal:Current events/2014 October 20
October 20, 2014 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2014 investigation of suspected foreign underwater activity in the Stockholm archipelago:
- The investigation continues as the Russian Oil-tanker NS Concord maintains its criss-crossing outside Stockholm. (TT via The Local)
- 2014 Libyan conflict
- Pro-government forces launch an attack on Islamist militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days. (AFP via Business Standard)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- War in Donbass
- A huge explosion occurs in a rubber factory in the rebel held city of Donetsk with the Russian media claiming it was caused by a missile. The Government of Ukraine denies the charges. (The Independent)
Disasters and accidents
- 2014 Atlantic hurricane season
- The remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo are due to make landfall in the United Kingdom causing heavy rains and gale force winds. (The Independent)
- A collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway leaves at least 30 people dead in northwestern Bangladesh. (AAP via The Australian)
- The Chief Executive Officer of Total S.A., Christophe de Margerie, dies in a plane crash in Moscow together with three members of the flight crew. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Joko Widodo is sworn in as President of Indonesia. (BBC)
- Two members of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe's cabinet, Trade Minister Yūko Obuchi and Justice Minister Midori Matsushima, resign over a scandal involving alleged misuse of political funds. (AFP via NZ Stuff)