Portal:Current events/2014 July 24

July 24, 2014 (Thursday)

Armed conflict and attacks

2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- Ukrainian Government forces recapture the city of Lysychansk from pro-Russian rebels. (Kyiv Post)
- Pro-Russian separatists continue to control the strategic border crossing near Izvaryne, Luhansk Oblast, which they are believed to use to transport weapons and reinforcements from Russia into Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
- The United States says it has evidence that Russia is firing artillery across the border into Ukraine to target Ukrainian military positions in the conflict against pro-Russian separatists. (Reuters)
- More wreckage from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is discovered together with more bodies. (The Australian)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- Gunmen attack a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad resulting in the death of 52 prisoners and eight Iraqi Army soldiers. (AFP via Fox News)
- Twin car bombs kill at least 13 people in central Baghdad. (NDTV)
Israel-Gaza conflict
- At least 15 Palestinians are killed and 200 injured in a strike on a UNRWA-run school in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, crowded with hundreds of displaced civilians. UN condemns the shelling, saying it asked IDF for time to evacuate civilians. (The Guardian)
- Three Palestinians are shot dead by Israeli security forces at a 10,000 person protest on the West Bank that had turned violent with molotov cocktails and rocks being thrown. Israeli forces reported being fired upon and having protesters trying to grab their weapons.(Sky News)
In Herat, Afghanistan, two Finnish women working for a foreign aid organization are shot and killed. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and Algiers with 116 people on board. The wreckage is later found in Mali. (AFP via Sydney Morning Herald) (NBC News) (NBC News) (Reuters)
Eighteen people including 16 schoolchildren die after a train collides with a bus in the Medak district of the Indian state of Telangana. (PTI via Business Standard)

International relations

The United States Federal Aviation Administration lifts its ban on aircraft travelling to and from Israel imposed due to concerns about Hamas rockets. (Time)
Three American citizens have been detained in Iran this week including Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian. Rezaian's Iranian wife Yeganeh Salehi has also been detained. (Washington Post)
The European Court for Human Rights censures Poland over CIA renditions. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns as Ukraine's Prime minister after the ruling coalition in parliament collapsed, accusing lawmakers of imperiling the nation by putting politics above urgent needs during wartime. (Washington Post)
The Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Volodymyr Hroisman, is appointed to the post of acting prime minister of Ukraine. (Kyiv Post)
Fuad Masum is elected as the 7th President of Iraq. (The Washington Post) (BBC News)
Reuven Rivlin is sworn in as the 10th President of Israel. (IANS via Biharprabha)

Sports

2014 Commonwealth Games
- In swimming, the Australian women's team in the 4x100m freestyle relay of Bronte Campbell, Cate Campbell, Emma McKeon and Melanie Schlanger sets a new world record of 3:30:98. (Daily Telegraph)