Portal:Current events/2014 December 4
December 4, 2014
(
2014-12-04
)
(Thursday)
edit
history
watch
Armed conflicts and attacks
2014 Grozny clashes
:
Islamic insurgents kill three
state police
at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in
Grozny
. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.
(RT)
Iraqi insurgency
:
Bombings in
Kirkuk
and
Shia Muslim
sections of
Baghdad
kill at least 33 people.
(Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
Tens of thousands of people evacuate ahead of
Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby)
which is expected to strike the
Philippines
.
(BBC)
An estimated 3000m³ of
crude oil
from a damaged
pipeline
leak into a
nature reservation
in
Arava desert
in southern
Israel
.
(DW)
(Ynetnews)
Law and crime
Death of Eric Garner
:
Protests
erupt in
New York City
after a
grand jury
decides not to
indict
any police officers in the death of Garner.
(CNN)
Month
December 2014
Previous day
December 3
Next day
December 5