Portal:Current events/2014 September 23

September 23, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- 2014 military intervention against ISIS in Syria -- The United States and its allies commence air strikes against Islamic State in Syria with reports of at least 120 deaths. (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo! News)
- Georgia denies media reports alleging that the country has offered hosting of a training center for anti-Islamic State Syrian rebel fighters and states that its involvement in the crisis will be limited to "humanitarian missions". (Civil Georgia)
- The al-Nusra Front claims that its leader Abu Yousef al-Turki was killed in the air strikes. (CNN)
War in North-West Pakistan
- Three people are killed in a bombing in Peshawar. (Pakistan Tribune)
Arab–Israeli conflict
- Israel shoots down a Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 that had infiltrated its air space. (AP)
- While trying to arrest two Hamas militants suspected of the abduction and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June, a shootout resulted in the deaths of the two suspects. (AP via Fox News)

Health

Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa
- The World Health Organisation and the Government of Liberia introduce a controversial program to move infected people out of their homes and into de facto shelters. (Washington Post)

International relations

President of Russia Vladimir Putin warns in a letter to his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Moscow will restrict Ukraine's access to Russian markets if Kiev implements any part of a trade agreement with the European Union. (Reuters)

Video Games

FIFA 15 on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii, Xbox 360 and Xbox One,

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