## [2017-04-14](/feed/2017/04/14/index.md)

##### Re-elected
### [President Hassan Rouhani seeks for a second term while one of his main rivals Ebrahim Raisi also registers with just one day remaining for the submission. ](/feed/2017/04/14/president-hassan-rouhani-seeks-for-a-second-term-while-one-of-his-main-rivals-ebrahim-raisi-also-registers-with-just-one.md)
##### Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)
### [The release also includes programs targeting Microsoft Windows operating systems. Microsoft announces that it had already fixed most (but not all) of these exploits. ](/feed/2017/04/14/the-release-also-includes-programs-targeting-microsoft-windows-operating-systems-microsoft-announces-that-it-had-alread.md)
### [The Shadow Brokers group releases files allegedly from the National Security Agency which indicate efforts to monitor financial transactions made through the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. ](/feed/2017/04/14/the-shadow-brokers-group-releases-files-allegedly-from-the-national-security-agency-which-indicate-efforts-to-monitor-fi.md)
##### European migrant crisis
### [More than 2,000 migrants are rescued from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. ](/feed/2017/04/14/more-than-2000-migrants-are-rescued-from-the-mediterranean-sea-off-the-coast-of-libya.md)
##### China–North Korea relations
### [Air China suspends all flights to North Korea's capital Pyongyang amid rising tensions between North Korea and the United States. ](/feed/2017/04/14/air-china-suspends-all-flights-to-north-korea-s-capital-pyongyang-amid-rising-tensions-between-north-korea-and-the-unite.md)
##### Amtrak Police
### [Amtrak Police taser a man at New York's Penn Station after the man allegedly became agitated due to a delayed train. Bystanders, falsely believing a shooting had occurred, caused a stampede, injuring more than a dozen people. ](/feed/2017/04/14/amtrak-police-taser-a-man-at-new-york-s-penn-station-after-the-man-allegedly-became-agitated-due-to-a-delayed-train-bys.md)
##### Landfill
### [A landfill slide in Colombo, Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people. ](/feed/2017/04/14/a-landfill-slide-in-colombo-sri-lanka-kills-at-least-16-people.md)
##### Somali Civil War
### [The United States is to deploy troops to Somalia for the first time since 1994 to help train the Somali Armed Forces in their conflict with al-Shabaab insurgents. ](/feed/2017/04/14/the-united-states-is-to-deploy-troops-to-somalia-for-the-first-time-since-1994-to-help-train-the-somali-armed-forces-in.md)
##### Attack
### [ A British student is stabbed and killed during an attack on a light-rail train in Jerusalem, Israel. Two other passengers are injured. A Palestinian man with a history of mental problems and other issues is taken into custody by Israeli authorities. Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon linked the attack to terrorism. ](/feed/2017/04/14/a-british-student-is-stabbed-and-killed-during-an-attack-on-a-light-rail-train-in-jerusalem-israel-two-other-passenge.md)
##### War in Afghanistan
### [The Afghan Ministry of Defense reports as many as 36 suspected ISIL militants were killed while no civilians were harmed in yesterday's bombing in Nangarhar Province using the so-called "mother of all bombs" (GBU-43). The ministry spokesman added these deaths have not been independently verified. ](/feed/2017/04/14/the-afghan-ministry-of-defense-reports-as-many-as-36-suspected-isil-militants-were-killed-while-no-civilians-were-harmed.md)
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