2014 Amsterdam drug deaths People died afrer snorting white heroin that was sold as cocaine by a street dealer in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2014 Ferguson unrest The St. Louis suburb of Ferguson braces for another night of violence following the decision by a grand jury not to indict a police officer in relation to the shooting of Michael Brown.
Portuguese Prime Minister Portuguese police arrest the ex-prime minister of Portugal, José Socrates. They accuse him of corruption, fiscal fraud, and money laundering.
Suicide bomber Two teenage girl suicide bombers kill more than 40 people in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state in northeastern Nigeria.
Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen A joint operation by U.S. and Yemeni special operations forces on an al-Qaeda hideout in eastern Yemen rescues 8 hostages and leaves 7 militants dead.