Portal:Current events/2013 April 26

April 26, 2013 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
- Six police officers are poisoned and fatally shot in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan while another one is missing. (Los Angeles Times)

Business and Economy

The central bank of Mexico announces that it is holding its benchmark interest rate at 4%, where it has been since a half-point cut announced in March, despite recent reports of inflating consumer prices. (Reuters)
Governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King announces that Winston Churchill will be featured on the 5 pound bank note which he says will likely begin circulation in 2016. (AP via ABC)

Disasters

A fire in a psychiatric hospital in the Russian town of Ramensky in Dmitrovsky District near Moscow kills 38 people. (AP via USA Today) (BBC)
2013 Savar building collapse:
- The death toll in Bangladesh rises to 401. (AP via Miami Herald)^{[permanent dead link]}
At least 30 people die in southern Afghanistan after a bus crashes into the wreckage of a truck attacked by Taliban insurgents. (The News Pakistan)

International relations

South Korea announces that it will withdraw its remaining workers from North Korea's Kaesong Industrial Region to protect their safety after the North Korean government rejects talks. (Deutsche Welle)
The White House reports that the United States may have to use military action against Syria. (FOX News)

Law and crime

Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is transferred from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to the federal prison facility in Fort Devens in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. (Reuters)
Eleven members of a Birmingham, United Kingdom, terror cell are jailed for planning an attack to rival the 7 July and 9/11 atrocities. (BBC)
Russian police and security agents detain 140 people at a mosque in Moscow on suspicion of involvement with Islamic extremism. (ABC News)

Arts and culture

Politics and elections

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer announces that he is reviving the United Australia Party and standing candidates at the 2013 Australian election. (ABC News Australia)