Editing 2014 (section)

===September===
* [[September 15]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: ISIS militants launched [[Siege of Kobanî|an offensive]] to capture the town of [[Kobanî]], which lasted for six months.
* [[September 18]] – In the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Scotland votes against independence from the United Kingdom.<ref name="CFR">{{cite web|last1=Lindsay|first1=James M.|title=Ten Most Significant World Events in 2014|url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/ten-most-significant-world-events-2014|website=Council on Foreign Relations|access-date=24 October 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100421/https://www.cfr.org/blog/ten-most-significant-world-events-2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Cowell">{{cite news|last1=Cowell|first1=Alan|last2=Castle|first2=Stephen|title=After Losing Scottish Independence Vote, Alex Salmond Will Resign|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/world/europe/scotland-independence-vote-no.html|access-date=24 October 2017|work=N.Y. Times|date=19 September 2014|archive-date=April 17, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417002530/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/20/world/europe/scotland-independence-vote-no.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] – The [[Battle of Sanaa (2014)|Battle of Sanaa]] leads to the start of the [[Yemeni Civil War (2014–present)|Yemeni Civil War]], as Houthi forces capture the capital city Sanaa, followed by a rapid Houthi takeover of the government.
* [[September 22]] – [[American-led intervention in Syria]]: The United States and several Arab partners begin their airstrike campaign in [[Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/twitter-user-live-tweets-attack-before-pentagon-breaks-news-9749973.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/twitter-user-live-tweets-attack-before-pentagon-breaks-news-9749973.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription|title=Syria air strike: Twitter user Abdulkader Hariri live tweets US Islamic State attack 'before Pentagon breaks news'|last=Saul|first=Heather|date=23 September 2014|work=The Independent|access-date=27 September 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="abc22sept">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-airstrikes-syria/story?id=25686031|title=U.S. airstrikes hit ISIS inside Syria for first time|last1=Raddatz|first1=Martha|last2=Martinez|first2=Luis|date=22 September 2014|last3=Ferran|first3=Lee|work=ABC News|access-date=27 September 2014|archive-date=March 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330164728/https://abcnews.go.com/International/us-airstrikes-syria/story?id=25686031|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 24]] – The Mars Orbiter Mission, popularly known as [[Mangalyaan]], which was launched on 5 November 2013 by the [[Indian Space Research Organisation]], reached [[Mars|Martian]] orbit, making [[India]] the first Asian country to successfully reach Mars.
* [[September 26]] 
**The 2014 [[World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates]], to be held in [[Cape Town]] from 13 to 15 October, is suspended after a boycott of Nobel Laureates to protest the third time refusal of a [[Visa (document)|visa]] to the [[14th Dalai Lama]] by a South African Government "kowtowing to China".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/4229-nobel-peace-laureates-boycott-nobel-summit-in-south-africa|title=Nobel Peace laureates boycott Nobel summit in South Africa|last=Choesang|first=Yeshe|date=29 September 2014|website=The Tibet Post|language=en-gb|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213172601/http://www.thetibetpost.com/en/news/international/4229-nobel-peace-laureates-boycott-nobel-summit-in-south-africa|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/nobel-peace-summit-suspended-over-dalai-lama-visa-row/5787424|title=Peace summit 'suspended' over Dalai Lama visa row|last=Cuddihi|first=Martin|date=3 October 2014|newspaper=ABC News|access-date=13 February 2017|language=en-AU|archive-date=February 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170213090423/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-03/nobel-peace-summit-suspended-over-dalai-lama-visa-row/5787424|url-status=live}}</ref>
**[[Iguala mass kidnapping|Forty-three male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College are forcibly abducted in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico]]. They were allegedly taken into custody by local police officers in collusion with organized crime. The mass kidnapping caused international protests and social unrest, leading to the resignation of Guerrero Governor Ángel Aguirre Rivero.
* [[September 27]] – [[Mount Ontake]], in [[Japan]], [[2014 Mount Ontake eruption|erupts]], killing several climbers on the slopes of the [[volcano]].
* [[September 28]] – [[2014 Hong Kong protests|Hong Kong protests]]: [[Benny Tai Yiu-ting]] announces that Occupy Central is launched as Hong Kong's government headquarters is being occupied by thousands of protesters. Hong Kong police resort to tear gas to disperse protesters but thousands remain.