October 1, 2014 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Donbass:
- At least 12 people are killed when shells hit a school and, in a separate shelling, a bus station in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk. (CNN)
- Taliban insurgency
- Taliban suicide bombers attack an Afghan National Army convoy in Kabul, killing at least 7 people and injuring 19. (Wall Street Journal)
- Syrian civil war:
- At least 45 people (including 41 children) are killed and 56 injured following a suicide bomber attack on the Akrameh al-Makhzumi school in Homs. (RTE)(Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
- The Philippines government confiscates art owned by Imelda Marcos, including a Michaelangelo, a Gauguin, and a Picasso, alleging that these were bought using embezzled funds. (BBC)
Business and economy
- U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy writes to Internet Service Providers asking them to commit to net neutrality, that is, to refrain from engaging in "paid prioritization." (Reuters)
Environment
- Pacific walruses unable to find sea ice on which to rest in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in north-west Alaska. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Greenland's government calls for an early election on November 28 after an expenses scandal prompts Prime Minister Aleqa Hammond to step down as leader of the governing Siumut party. (AFP)[permanent dead link]
- Julia Pierson resigns as the Director of the United States Secret Service following a series of security breaches at the White House. (Bloomberg)
- The Egyptian government confiscates all copies of a daily print of Al-Masry Al-Youm, one of the country’s largest private newspapers, in order to censor an article, days after President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi vowed in a U.S. television interview that there was "no limitation on freedom of expression in Egypt." (New York Times)