Editing 2014 (section)

===March===
* [[March 1]] – [[2014 Kunming attack]]: Eight knife-wielding terrorists stabbed and slashed passengers at the [[Kunming railway station]] in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people and injuring 143 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china|title=Kunming knife attack: Xinjiang separatists blamed for 'Chinese 9/11'|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=March 2, 2014|access-date=October 22, 2023|archive-date=November 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102010124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/kunming-knife-attack-muslim-separatists-xinjiang-china|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 5]] – [[Nicolás Maduro]], the [[List of Presidents of Venezuela|President of Venezuela]], severs diplomatic and political ties with [[Panama]], accusing Panama of being involved in a conspiracy against the [[Government of Venezuela|Venezuelan government]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/americas/venezuela-panama-diplomatic-ties-suspended/index.html |title=Venezuela cuts ties with Panama, calling country a 'lackey' for the United States |last=Shoichet |first=Catherine E. |date=6 March 2014 |website=CNN |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=March 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306020030/https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/americas/venezuela-panama-diplomatic-ties-suspended/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 8]] – [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]], a [[Boeing 777]] airliner en route to Beijing from [[Kuala Lumpur]], disappears over the [[Gulf of Thailand]] with 239 people on board. The aircraft is presumed to have crashed into the [[Indian Ocean]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Search intensifies for Malaysian airliner and 239 people, rescue ships head to sea|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing|access-date=8 March 2014|publisher=CNN|date=8 March 2014|author=Watkins, Tom|author2=Carter, Chelsea J.|archive-date=March 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308153743/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/07/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-missing|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] 
** [[2014 Crimean status referendum]]: A disputed referendum on the status of the [[Crimea|Crimean Peninsula]] is held.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ukraine crisis: EU ponders Russia sanctions over Crimea vote|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26607466|work=BBC News|date=17 March 2014|access-date=June 21, 2018|archive-date=April 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415233100/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26607466|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The fifth [[2014 ICC World Twenty20|ICC T20 World Cup]] in cricket is held in [[Bangladesh]].
* [[March 21]] – Russia formally [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexes Crimea]] after [[President of Russia|President]] [[Vladimir Putin]] signs a bill formalizing the process.<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia officially annexes Crimea away from Ukraine with signature from Vladimir Putin|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-annexes-crimea-away-from-ukraine-with-signature-from-vladimir-putin|access-date=23 March 2014|publisher=AP via CBS News|date=21 March 2014|archive-date=March 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323044405/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-annexes-crimea-away-from-ukraine-with-signature-from-vladimir-putin/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – During an emergency meeting, the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, and Canada temporarily suspend Russia from the [[G8]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/politics/obama-europe-trip/index.html |title=U.S., other powers kick Russia out of G8 |last=Acosta |first=Jim |date=24 March 2014 |website=CNN |access-date=22 September 2021 |archive-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324210748/https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/politics/obama-europe-trip/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> recognizing [[Crimea]] within Ukraine's international borders and rejecting the validity of the [[2014 Crimean referendum]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/68/262|title=Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 27 March 2014|publisher=[[United Nations]]|date=1 April 2014|access-date=8 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140412190337/http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2FRES%2F68%2F262|archive-date=12 April 2014}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] – The [[United Nations]] [[International Court of Justice]] rules that Japan's [[Antarctic]] [[Whaling in Japan|whaling]] program is not scientific but commercial and forbids grants of further permits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26818863|title=Japan accepts court ban on Antarctic whaling|date=31 March 2014|website=BBC News|access-date=13 February 2017|archive-date=May 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520112907/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26818863|url-status=live}}</ref>