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Researchers announce that newly described Dendrogramma specimens may represent a previously unknown phylum of animal life.
Archaeologists announce the discovery of the oldest known abstract art (pictured) attributed to Neanderthals, in Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar.
Hamas and Israel agree to a long-term ceasefire brokered by Egypt after seven weeks of conflict.
At the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, Modern Family wins Outstanding Comedy Series and Breaking Bad wins Outstanding Drama Series.
A copy of the 1938 Action Comics #1 is auctioned for US$3.2 million, the highest price paid for a single issue of a comic book.

Recent deaths: Joan Rivers

September 6, 2014 (Saturday)

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Syrian Civil War:
- The Syrian Air Force targets a bakery and a training camp controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in Ar-Raqqah, killing 25 people. (Reuters)
The United States says that it will not coordinate with Iran in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. (Business Standard)

Disasters

Heavy monsoon rains and flash floods leave over 200 people dead across India and Pakistan. (AP via NBC)
China says two pilots conducting fighter jet take-off and landing tests for the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning were killed during trials. (AFP via Yahoo)

Health

West Africa Ebola virus epidemic:
- Sierra Leone declares a four day nationwide lockdown to attempt to stop the spread of Ebola. (CBC)

Law and crime

Egypt charges former president Mohammed Morsi and nine others for leaking sensitive government information to Qatar. (Reuters)

September 5, 2014 (Friday)

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War in Donbass:
- The government of Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels agree to a cease-fire, fighting continues after the announcement. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War:
- The Pentagon confirms that leader of the terrorist group al-Shabaab Moktar Ali Zubeyr was killed in an airstrike on September 1. (Reuters)

International relations

Iranian air traffic control asked a plane chartered by US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to land over issues with the flight plan. The flight is expected to resume shortly. (The New York Times)

Politics and elections

Outgoing Slovenian prime minister Alenka Bratušek is formally nominated by Jean-Claude Juncker as the country's EU commissioner despite resistance from the prime minister-designate Miro Cerar, and according to several European media she is slated to become a Vice-President of the Commission. (Slovenia Times)

Disasters

A privately owned Socata TBM-900 (flight number N900KN) from the US crashes 14 miles off the coast of northeastern Jamaica. (Reuters)

September 4, 2014 (Thursday)

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Disasters

Monsoon rains in Pakistan kill more than 40 people. (Channel News Asia)
In the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, over 60 people are feared dead from floods. (Indian Express)

Health

2014 West Africa Ebola virus outbreak:
- The Ebola death total in West Africa exceeds 1,900, according to the World Health Organization. (BBC)

International relations

The two-day NATO summit in Newport, Wales, begins. Leaders agree to apply further sanctions on Russia. NATO sources claim that there are "several thousand" Russian troops inside Ukraine. (RTE)

Politics and elections

Juncker Commission
- Belgium nominates Marianne Thyssen as its candidate for European commissioner. (EU Observer)
- Following pressure from Jean-Claude Juncker to nominate female candidates for the European Commission, the government of Romania alters it original choice to put incumbent commissioner Dacian Cioloş forward for a second term and instead nominates MEP Corina Creţu as the country’s new candidate. (European Voice)

Arts and culture

For the first time in sixty years, a new Viking ring fortress is found, the fifth in present-day Denmark; it is located near the town of Køge and believed to have been founded by Harold Bluetooth. (The Copenhagen Post)

September 3, 2014 (Wednesday)

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2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:
- The RIA Novosti news agency reports that Russian photojournalist Andrey Stenin has been found dead in Ukraine. It was discovered that he died 4 weeks ago. (RT)
- Ukraine claims that the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin have agreed to a "permanent ceasefire". Russia later denies these claims. (AFP via BrisbaneCourier-Mail), (ABC News Australia)
- France halts delivery of the first of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to the Russian Navy due to circumstances in Ukraine. (BBC)
Syrian Civil War:
- A spokesman for the White House confirms that a video showing American journalist Steven Sotloff being beheaded is real. (Fox News/AP)
- A spokesman for Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that Sotloff was a dual citizen of Israel and the U.S., a fact that had been concealed during his captivity, including by Sotloff himself. (USA Today)

Business and economy

Pharmacy chain CVS Pharmacy announces it will change its name to "CVS Health" and cease marketing tobacco products. (KPIX)

International relations

The President of the United States visits Estonia in a move to reassure the Baltic states ahead of a NATO summit in Wales. (CNN)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks of an offer suggested by an Egyptian official whom he didn't name, that implies Egypt donating 600 square miles of land in Sinai to be used as a solution to the problem of Palestinian refugees. Mahmoud Abbas said that he rejected that offer. (Times of Israel)

Science and technology

Two species of dendrogramma, found off the coast of Australia in 1986, are discovered to be unclassifiable in any existing phylum. (Guardian)

September 2, 2014 (Tuesday)

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Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Dozens of people are killed as Boko Haram captures the town of Bama. (Reuters)
War in Somalia (2009–present):
- At least six people are reported killed after a U.S. drone strikes a convoy of vehicles believed to be carrying senior members of the militant group Al-Shabaab. (Al-Jazeera)
Sinai insurgency:
- Eleven Egyptian Army soldiers are killed in a roadside bomb attack in the Sinai Peninsula. (Al-Jazeera)
Terrorism in Saudi Arabia:
- Saudi Arabian authorities announce they have arrested 88 people on suspicions of being part of an al-Qaeda cell and plotting attacks inside and outside the kingdom. (Al-Jazeera)
Syrian Civil War
- ISIL releases an Internet video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff. (Washington Post)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- The United States sends an additonal 250 US troops to protect American personnel. (Fox News)

Law and crime

Former Kenyan presidential candidate Quincy Timberlake is charged with murder in the Australian city of Brisbane. (Brisbane Times)
The FBI announces that it is investigating the major iCloud leak that exposed nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton and Ariana Grande, among others. (MTV)

Politics and elections

The impeachment cases against Benigno Aquino III are scrapped by the Philippine Congress, where his party currently holds the majority.(Economic Times)

September 1, 2014 (Monday)

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Pakistan unrest
- Pakistani protesters armed with sticks and stones clash with police in the centre of Islamabad after protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif turn violent. All schools in the capital have been closed as a result of the clashes. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
- The Pakistan Television Corporation goes off air after protesters storm its headquarters. (BBC)
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
- Ukrainian forces battle pro-Russian rebels near Luhansk International Airport. The area is encircled by the pro-Russian forces for over 3 weeks. (BBC)
- Valeriy Heletey, Ukraine's Defence Minister, accuses Russia of launching a "great war". (BBC)
Four people are arrested after an attempted bombing in Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport. (CNN)

Law and crime

A gunman shoots dead two people and injures a third at the Work and Income office in Ashburton, New Zealand, before fleeing on a bicycle. The town is locked down for seven hours while police search for and apprehend the suspected gunman. (NZ Herald)
Mohammad Reza Rahimi, former Iranian vice president, is convicted to a prison term for his role in the 2011 embezzlement scandal. (Al Jazeera)

August 31, 2014 (Sunday)

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Syrian Civil War:
- Thirty-two United Nations peacekeepers from the Philippines were evacuated under fire from the Golan Heights border checkpoint between Syria and Israel, while others remain under fire from groups including the Al-Nusra Front. (Sky News)
Iraqi insurgency
- Iraqi security forces reach the town of Amerli which had been besieged by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces. (BBC)
At least three people have been killed in clashes between the Pakistani police and opponents of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (New York Times)

Disasters

An explosion in an apartment building in the Paris suburb of Rosny-sous-Bois results in four deaths, 11 people injured and five unaccounted for. (AFP via SBS)

Politics and elections

China's parliament decides Hong Kong cannot freely choose its next leader in 2017. (Reuters)
Denmark's deputy prime minister and Minister of Economic Affairs and the Interior, Margrethe Vestager, is nominated as the Danish candidate for EU commissioner, bringing the number of female commissioners in the Juncker Commission up to five with only three countries left to nominate a candidate. (Reuters)

Sports

In athletics, Anita Włodarczyk of Poland set a new world record in the women's hammer throw of 79.58 metres at the ISTAF Berlin meet. (AP via Yahoo! News)

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Ongoing events
Disasters Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 search efforts Economic Eurozone crisis Greek government-debt crisis Environmental 2014 Atlantic hurricane season 2014 North Indian Ocean cyclone season 2014 Pacific typhoon season Health West Africa Ebola outbreak Political Garda Síochána phone-tapping scandal Global surveillance disclosures Israel–Gaza conflict Pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Russian military intervention in Ukraine South Sudanese Civil War U.S. intervention in Iraq More details on ongoing conflicts below edit sidebar

Recent deaths
September 5: Simone Battle 4: Gustavo Cerati 4: Joan Rivers 3: Go Eun-bi 2: Norman Gordon 2: Steven Sotloff (death reported on this date) 1: Moktar Ali Zubeyr 1: A. J. Langguth August 31: Stan Goldberg 31: Jimi Jamison 31: Carol Vadnais 30: Bipan Chandra 29: Björn Waldegård 28: Glenn Cornick 28: Hal Finney 28: Bill Kerr 28: Jack Kraft 28: John Anthony Walker 27: Victor J. Stenger 27: Sandy Wilson 26: Chūsei Sone 25: William Greaves 25: Karl Molitor 24: Richard Attenborough 23: Albert Ebossé Bodjongo 23: Philippine de Rothschild 22: John Sperling 22: John S. Waugh 21: Gerry Anderson 21: Helen Bamber 21: Robert Hansen 21: Steven R. Nagel 21: Jean Redpath 21: Albert Reynolds 21: Edmund Szoka edit sidebar

Ongoing conflicts
Global War on Drugs War on Terror Operation Active Endeavour Operation Enduring Freedom Terrorist incidents in 2014 Africa Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Maghreb insurgency OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Central African Republic Civil conflict Egypt Islamist unrest Sinai insurgency Libya Post-civil war interfactional fighting 2014 Libyan conflict Nigeria Niger Delta conflict Islamist insurgency in Nigeria Somalia Civil war Sudan and South Sudan Sudan internal conflict South Sudan internal conflict Americas Colombian conflict Mexican Drug War Asia Afghanistan War Military operations Taliban insurgency India Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir Insurgency in Northeast India Korea Korean maritime border conflict Pakistan Balochistan conflict North-West War Sectarian violence Philippines Communist insurgency Moro insurgency Southeast Asia Cambodian–Thai border dispute Kachin conflict Papua conflict South Thailand insurgency Territorial disputes in the South China Sea Europe Dissident Irish Republican campaign North Caucasus insurgency Pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine War in Donbass Middle East Arab–Israeli conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Israeli–Lebanese conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel–Iran proxy conflict Iraqi insurgency Kurdistan Kurdish–Iranian conflict Syrian Civil War Yemen al-Qaeda crackdown Shia insurgency South Yemen insurgency edit sidebar

Elections
Recent: August 10: Turkey, President (1st round) 12: Lebanon, President (10th round; indirect [aborted]) 24: Abkhazia, President 29: Sint Maarten, General Recent: September 2: Lebanon, President (11th round; indirect [aborted]) Upcoming: September 14: Sweden, General 17: Fiji, General 20: New Zealand, General 23: Lebanon, President (12th round; indirect) edit sidebar

Trials
Recently concluded Australia: Brett Peter Cowan, Craig Thomson, Robert Hughes Canada: Michael Thomas Rafferty China: Bo Xilai Croatia: Ivo Sanader Germany: Breno Borges Iran: Mohammad Reza Rahimi Italy: Silvio Berlusconi Jordan: Abu Qatada Netherlands: Ante Gotovina (ICTY), Mladen Markač (ICTY), Momčilo Perišić (ICTY), Germain Katanga (ICC) Russia: Leonid Khabarov, Vladimir Kvachkov, Pussy Riot Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor (SCFSL) South Africa: Chris Mahlangu Ukraine: Yulia Tymoshenko United Kingdom: Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, Levi Bellfield, Robert Black, Vincent Tabak, Ali Dizaei, Antoni Imiela, Brian Regan, Donna Air, Ched Evans, Clayton McDonald, Titus Bramble, Dan Penteado, John Terry, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, Asil Nadir, Justin Lee Collins, Kweku Adoboli, Tony McCluskie, Kevin Hutchinson-Foster, Chris Huhne, Nicola Edgington, Vicky Pryce, Derek Rose, Mick Philpott, Mairead Philpott, Paul Mosley, Kevin Liverpool, Junior Bradshaw, Aggro Santos, Stuart Hazell, Mark Bridger, Andrew Lancel, Dale Cregan, Ray Wilkins, Michael Le Vell, Liam Adams, R v Grillo and Grillo, Ian Watkins, William Roache, Dave Lee Travis, Nicholas Jacobs, Nigel Evans, Max Clifford, Stuart Hall, Dappy, Rebekah Brooks, Andy Coulson, Rolf Harris, Tulisa Contostavlos United States: Noshir Gowadia, Barry Bonds, Raj Rajaratnam, Casey Anthony, Conrad Murray, George Huguely, Allen Stanford, Roger Clemens, Jerry Sandusky, Jared Lee Loughner, Lauryn Hill, Kermit Gosnell, George Zimmerman, Chelsea Manning, Ariel Castro, Whitey Bulger, Robert Bales, Nidal Malik Hasan, Crystal Mangum, Abu Hamza al-Masri Ongoing Brazil: Mensalão scandal Cambodia: Khmer Rouge Tribunal Canada: Luka Magnotta China: Organized crime in Chongqing Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, Hosni Mubarak France: Church of Scientology Germany: Christian Wulff, Beate Zschäpe, Uli Hoeness, Bernie Ecclestone Hong Kong: Alfredo Lim Iran: Babak Zanjani Iraq: Supreme Criminal Tribunal Malaysia: Anwar Ibrahim Netherlands: Thomas Lubanga (ICC), Radovan Karadžić (ICTY), Ratko Mladic (ICTY) Palau: Tommy Remengesau Philippines: Andal Ampatuan, Jr., Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Janet Lim-Napoles, Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Imelda Marcos, Jovito Palparan Russia: Platon Lebedev South Africa: Oscar Pistorius South Korea: MV Sewol crew members Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein Thailand: Thaksin Shinawatra Turkey: Kenan Evren United Kingdom: Eddy Shah, Koo Stark, Dave Lee Travis United States: Jodi Arias Upcoming France: Éric Raoult Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo Libya: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi United Kingdom: Dane Bowers, Gary Glitter, Andy Coulson, Chris Denning United States: Paul Anthony Ciancia, Javaris Crittenton, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Peter Madoff, Christian Gerhartsreiter, Dylan Quick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, James Eagan Holmes, Aaron Hernandez, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Anas al-Libi, Bob McDonnell, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Rick Perry edit sidebar

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