Editing 2014 (section)

===April===
* [[April 7]] – The self-proclaimed [[Donetsk People's Republic]] declares its independence from Ukraine.<ref name="BBC100a6414">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|title=Ukraine: Pro-Russians storm offices in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv|date=6 April 2014|work=BBC News|access-date=22 May 2015|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401093020/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26910210|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 10]] – In response to the [[annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|invasion and subsequent annexation of Crimea by Russia]], the [[Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] (PACE) passes a resolution to temporarily strip Russia of its voting rights; its rights to be represented in the Bureau of the Assembly, the PACE Presidential Committee, and the PACE Standing Committee; and its right to participate in election-observation missions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ukraine-pace-/25327665.html|title=PACE Deprives Russia Of Voting Rights|date=10 April 2014|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|access-date=10 April 2014|archive-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321150114/http://www.rferl.org/content/russia-ukraine-pace-/25327665.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] – [[Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping]]: an estimated 276 girls and women are abducted from a school in [[Nigeria]] and held hostage.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/world/africa/nigeria-police-revise-number-of-kidnapped-students.html|title=Nigeria: Police Revise Number of Kidnapped Students|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|date=5 May 2014|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-date=April 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415234847/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/03/world/africa/nigeria-police-revise-number-of-kidnapped-students.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 16]] – The South Korean ferry [[Sinking of MV Sewol|MV ''Sewol'' capsizes and sinks]] after an unmanageable cargo shift, killing 304 people, mostly high school students.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/world/asia/copter-crashes-after-searching-for-ferry-victims-in-korea.html?_r=0|title=Copter Crashes After Search for Korean Ferry Victims|first=Cheo|date=17 July 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|last=Sang-hun|access-date=22 July 2014|archive-date=August 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805145608/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/world/asia/copter-crashes-after-searching-for-ferry-victims-in-korea.html?_r=0|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – The [[Catholic Church]] simultaneously [[canonization|canonizes]] Popes [[John XXIII]] and [[John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sainthood for John Paul II and John XXIII, as crowds pack St. Peter's Square|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/27/world/pope-canonization/?hpt=hp_t2|access-date=27 April 2014|publisher=CNN|date=27 April 2014|author=Smith-Spark, Laura|author2=Gallagher, Delia|author3=Wedeman, Ben|archive-date=April 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427163739/http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/27/world/pope-canonization/?hpt=hp_t2|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 28]] – United States [[President of the United States|President]] [[Barack Obama]]'s new [[economic sanctions]] [[Russia–United States relations|against Russia]] go into effect, targeting companies and individuals close to [[President of Russia|Russian President]] [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/27/us-placing-new-round-sanctions-russia/|title=New round of sanctions aimed at Putin, Russian elite|last=Klimas|first=Jacqueline|date=27 April 2014|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=28 April 2014|archive-date=May 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503045417/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/27/us-placing-new-round-sanctions-russia/|url-status=live}}</ref>