• War in North-West Pakistan
  • Pakistan's military claims to have killed 18 militants in air strikes near the Afghanistan border. (AFP via Business Recorder)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • Camp Bastion, the last remaining British base in Afghanistan, and Camp Leatherneck, an American base next to it, are handed over to the Afghan Government. (BBC News)
• Sinai Insurgency
  • The Egyptian government closes the Rafah border crossing with Gaza and will set up a buffer zone after a series of attacks which were reported to have been launched using smuggling tunnels from Gaza. (Times of Israel)
• Gaza-Israel conflict
  • Peace talks between Hamas and Israel have been canceled after the Hamas delegation was refused entry into Egypt following recent attacks against the Egyptian Army. (Times of Israel)

• Senzo Meyiwa, the goalkeeper and captain of the South Africa national football team, is fatally shot in a township near Johannesburg. (Reuters via Yahoo!)

• Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014
  • Voters in Tunisia go to the polls for a parliamentary election, the first under a new constitution. (BBC)
• Brazilian general election, 2014
  • Voters in Brazil go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election with incumbent President Dilma Rousseff re-elected. (AP), (Belfast Telegraph)
• Uruguayan general election, 2014
  • Voters in Uruguay go to the polls for a general election with the presidential election expected to go to a second round. (BBC)
• Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2014
  • Voters in Ukraine go to the polls with supporters of President Petro Poroshenko expected to do well. (AP via Fox News)

• In baseball, the San Francisco Giants defeat the Kansas City Royals 5–0 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, taking a 3–2 lead in the World Series. (AP via ESPN)