Portal:Current events/2014 June 27
June 27, 2014 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York, currently home to the recently captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, goes dark under the order of the brevity code "River City". (Washington Post)
- 2014 Northern Iraq offensive
- American human rights group Human Rights Watch claims that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in Tikrit. (AP via Fox News)
Arts and culture
- Prince Carl Philip, third-in-line to the Swedish throne, announces that he and former men's magazine model Sofia Hellqvist will marry in the summer of 2015. (The Local)
Disasters
- At least fourteen people are killed when a Gas Authority of India Limited pipeline explodes in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. (BBC News)
International relations
- 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine
- Pro-Russian separatists agree to release four of eight Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe observers held hostage since April. (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
- Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement:
- The European Union signs pacts with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova in a move strongly opposed by Russia. (BBC News)
- Amidst staunch opposition from UK Prime Minister David Cameron's ministry, the European Council nominates Jean-Claude Juncker, former Prime Minister of Luxembourg, to be President of the European Commission. (The Telegraph)
- A Mexican military chopper flies into the United States and mistakenly shoots at border guards as part of a drug interdiction operation. Mexican authorities apologize for the incident. (RT)
Science and technology
- Scientists identify a new species of elephant shrew, named Macroscelides micus. (LA Times)