52 events found for 2014
Between 1,095 and 1,700 Shia Iraqi people are killed in an attack by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Camp Sp
A Ukraine military Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter is shot down, killing all 49 people on board
The last of Syria's declared chemical weapons are shipped out for destruction
At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari distric
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq
Israel launches an offensive on Gaza amid rising tensions following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli…
The Brazil national football team suffers its joint-worst defeat, losing 7–1 to Germany in the semi-finals of the FIFA…
Germany wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating Argentina in the final 1–0 after extra time.
A train derails on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 24 and injuring more than 160 others.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, a Boeing 777, crashes near the border of Ukraine and Russia after being shot down. All…
A French regional train on the Pau-Bayonne line crashes into a high-speed train near the town of Denguin, resulting in…
Eric Garner is killed by police officer Daniel Pantaleo in New York City, after the latter put him in a prohibited…
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant requires Christians to either accept dhimmi status, emigrate from ISIL lands,…
Gunmen in Egypt's western desert province of New Valley Governorate attack a military checkpoint, killing at least 21…
TransAsia Airways Flight 222 crashes in Xixi village near Huxi, Penghu, during approach to Penghu Airport. Forty-eight…
Air Algérie Flight 5017 loses contact with air traffic controllers 50 minutes after takeoff. It was travelling between…
Twenty killed and 150 are trapped after a landslide in Maharashtra, India.
Gas explosions in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung kill at least 20 people and injure more than 270.
At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China.
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake kills at least 617 people and injures more than 2,400 in Yunnan, China.