Portal:Current events/2014 November 18

November 18, 2014 (Tuesday)

Armed conflict and attacks

A suicide bombing attack in Kabul kills at least two people. (Reuters), (AP)

Four rabbis (three American and one British) are killed, and eight other people wounded in a terrorist attack on a Jerusalem synagogue by two men armed with meat cleavers and guns. The two attackers were killed by police who arrived at the scene. One of the policemen died from his wounds. (BBC)

Benjamin Netanyahu vows for a heavy response and blames recent incitement by Palestinian leaders as Fatah officially condemns the attack while Hamas and Islamic Jihad praise it and call for more similar attacks. (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

UNESCO declares the Rizal Monument in Manila, Machu Picchu of Peru, Camino de Santiago of Spain, and the Dampier Archipelago of Australia as World Heritage Sites in Danger. (GMA News)

Disasters and accidents

South Korea launches a new National Safety Agency with more than 10,000 staff to replace the Korea Coast Guard, blamed by President Park Geun-hye for a poor response to the sinking of MV Sewol. (Reuters)

November 2014 North American cold wave

Lake-effect snow pummels areas around the Great Lake states, including New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio, stranding hundreds of vehicles and causing Erie County, New York, to declare a state of emergency. (The Weather Channel)

Law and crime

Human Rights Watch claims that police in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's capital Kinshasa had killed at least 51 people in extrajudicial killings in a crackdown on kuluna gangs last November. (AP)

Politics and elections

Kenneth Mapp, an independent, is elected Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the gubernatorial runoff election over Democrat Donna Christensen. (Virgin Islands News Online)

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzō Abe calls a snap election for mid-December, two years ahead of schedule. (BBC)

Romanian presidential election:

Teodor Meleșcanu becomes the second Foreign minister of Romania in just eight days to resign because of organizational problems which have left thousands of Romanians abroad unable to vote in the elections. (Independent Balkan News Agency)

Hong Kong protests:

Hong Kong authorities start dismantling a protest site in Admiralty following a court order. (Voice of America)

Andrew Little is elected to lead the New Zealand Labour Party following the resignation of David Cunliffe in September. (Bloomberg News)

The United States Senate narrowly defeats legislation on the Keystone XL Pipeline, intended to allow oil from the oil sands of Canada to flow to the Gulf Coast of Texas. (New York Times)

Sports

Jamaica win the 2014 Caribbean Cup defeating Trinidad and Tobago in the final following a penalty shootout.(CONCACAF)

Releases

LittleBigPlanet 3 releases on the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in North America.