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Current events of October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09) (Thursday)

al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen
- A suicide bomb attack kills at least 20 people in Tahrir Square in the Yemeni capital Sana'a. (Daily Star)
War in North-West Pakistan
- American drone strikes kill at least five militants in North Waziristan. (AP via SFGate)
A hand grenade explodes in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur killing one person and injuring 13. (Wall Street Journal)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–present)
- A car bombing in a busy street in Baghdad's largest Shi'ite neighbourhood kills at least 12 people. (AFP via Al-Arabiyah)

Former Slovenian prime minister Alenka Bratušek withdraws her candidacy as Vice-President of the European Commission and as European Commissioner for Energy after having been rejected by the European Parliament. [(EU Observer)
2014 Hong Kong protests
- Hong Kong government says it has called off a meeting on 10 October 2014 with student leaders of the pro-democracy movement. (BBC)
2014 Kurdish protests in Turkey
- At least 12 people were killed in demonstrations across Turkey.