Portal:Current events/2014 November 1
November 1, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- Clashes between al-Qaeda and security forces leave 20 soldiers and 3 militants dead in Hodeidah province of western Yemen. (Reuters)
- Unidentified gunmen kill at least 20 police officers in an ambush in northwest Kenya. (World Bulletin)
- Siege of Kobanê
- Turkey breaks from its policy of preventing Kurdish fighters from entering Syria and allows 150 Iraqi Peshmerga to cross into Kobanê. (The Guardian)
- Israel-Gaza conflict
- The Israel Defense Forces report a rocket fired from Gaza landed in Israeli territory with no injuries or damage. (AFP via Al Arabiya English)
Disasters and accidents
- At least four people are dead, one injured and several missing following a fire in a two apartment building near the University of Southern Maine campus in Portland. (AP via Yahoo News US)
Sports
- Western Sydney Wanderers win the AFC Champions League, defeating Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal 1–0 on aggregate to become the first Australian club to win the tournament. (AAP via ABC News Australia)
- The racehorse Bayern wins the 2014 running of the Breeders' Cup Classic.(Official Breeders' Cup results)