Portal:Current events/2014 July 26

Current events of July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26) (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict: Israel agrees to pause its offensive on the Gaza Strip while negotiations continue for a broader ceasefire while Hamas violates the ceasefire. (New York Times) The death toll from the offensive exceeds 900. (AFP via Manila Bulletin) Fox News reports that Israel has extended the ceasefire by four hours with further extensions under consideration while Hamas rejects an extension. (Fox News) Post-civil war violence in Libya: The United States evacuates its embassy in Tripoli amid concerns about deteriorating security conditions. (AP via ABC) Taliban insurgency: Insurgents stop minibuses in Ghōr Province, Afghanistan and execute 14 Shiite Muslims. (AP via New York Daily News) Health 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak: Dr. Kent Brantly, the medical director for Samaritan's Purse in Liberia, tests positive for the virus. (AP) Law and crime Turkey's state run Anadolu Agency reports that twenty police officers have been charged with illegal wiretaps of officials including the Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Another 49 are awaiting questioning. (AP via Houston Chronicle) Politics and elections Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón is elected Secretary-General of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party by an extraordinary congress, following the party's first-ever primary elections, and thereby becomes leader of the Spanish opposition. (Euronews) (Typically Spanish) Sports In horseracing, filly Taghrooda wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by 3 lengths. (BBC)