< Portal:Current events
July 21, 2014 (Monday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Operation Protective Edge
- The United Nations Security Council calls for an immediate ceasefire on the Gaza Strip after an emergency meeting. (BBC News)
- 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Fighting restarts near Donetsk as international investigators arrive to examine the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. (Reuters)
- The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak states that pro-Russian separatists agree to hand over the black box flight recorders to a Malaysian investigation team. (Washington Post)
- The United Nations Security Council unanimously supports an Australian proposed resolution for an international investigation and an end to hostilities near the site. (AP via Fox News)
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- Ten people are killed in an Iraqi Air Force air strike on the rebel-held town of Hawija. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Russian company Severstal sells two steel works in the US to AK Steel and Steel Dynamics for US$2.3 billion. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- 2014 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from Typhoon Rammasun rises to 26 in southern China and 11 in northern Vietnam. (CTV News)
- A bus crashes into a ravine in Pakistan's Kashmir region killing 16 people with 37 others injured. (AFP via Global Post)
Law and crime
- Boston Marathon bombings
- Azamat Tazhayakov, a friend of accused marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is found guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy for trying to hide evidence during the ongoing case. (MSN)
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