36 events found for 2014
The South Korean ferry MV Sewol capsizes and sinks near Jindo Island, killing 304 passengers and crew and leading to wid
NASA's Kepler space telescope confirms the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another sta
The American city of Flint, Michigan switches its water source to the Flint River, beginning the ongoing Flint water cri
The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leadi
A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others
Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, leave up to 2,500 people missing
Three people are killed and 62 injured in a pair of bombings on buses in Nairobi, Kenya
Fifteen people are killed and 46 injured in Kinshasa, DRC, in a stampede caused by tear gas being thrown into soccer sta
An explosion at an underground coal mine in southwest Turkey kills 301 miners
Twelve people are killed in two explosions in the Gikomba market area of Nairobi, Kenya
A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people
Random killings occurred on the Bannan Line of the Taipei MRT, killing four and injuring 24
General Prayut Chan-o-cha becomes interim leader of Thailand in a military coup d'état, following six months of politica
An explosion occurs in Ürümqi, capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region, resulting in at least 43 deaths and 91 in
Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in a killing spree near the campus of Univers
At least three people are killed in a shooting at Brussels' Jewish Museum of Belgium
Narendra Modi takes oath as the 15th Prime Minister of India
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed
Telangana officially becomes the 29th state of India, formed from ten districts of northwestern Andhra Pradesh