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Current events of
June 17, 2014
(
2014-06-17
)
(Tuesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
North Korean
propaganda videos show that they have developed a
cruise missile
similar to the
Russian
Kh-35
model.
(BBC)
South Thailand insurgency
Emergency rule in the southern
Thai
provinces of
Pattani
,
Yala
and
Narithiwat
is extended for another three months.
(
Bangkok Post
)
Al-Shabaab
militants attack Poromoko village in
Kenya
, killing 15 people and burning multiple houses down.
(Reuters)
275
United States Military
personnel are deployed to
Iraq
to provide extra protection for the
American embassy in Baghdad
.
(Sky News)
Aftermath of the
2012 Benghazi attack
United States special operations forces
, in coordination with the
FBI
, captured
Ahmed Abu Khattala
, one of the suspected leaders of the Benghazi attack, on the weekend of June 14 to June 15, 2014, in a covert mission in Libya.
(
Washington Post
)
War in North-West Pakistan
At least 25 militants are killed as the
Pakistan Air Force
strikes terrorist hideouts in
North Waziristan
.
(IANS via Biharprabha)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
A
suicide bomber
detonates a tricycle taxi filled with explosives at an outdoor viewing venue for the
2014 FIFA World Cup
in
Damaturu
,
Nigeria
, resulting in several deaths and 15 people critically injured.
(AP)
Disasters and accidents
A tornado hits southern in
Ontario
,
Canada
causing extensive damage in the corridor from
Angus
to
Barrie
.
Météo Média
Several other intense tornadoes touch down in Montana and northeast Nebraska
South African
wild fires
kill seven people, five in
Kokstad
in
KwaZulu-Natal
and two in the
Abaqulusi Local Municipality
, as well as destroying thousands of hectares of forest and grazing land.
(SABC)
Science
The
President of the United States
,
Barack Obama
, proposes to expand the
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument
, creating the world's largest
marine sanctuary
in the Central
Pacific Ocean
.
(
Washington Post
)
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