Portal:Current events/2013 June 23
Appearance
June 23, 2013
(Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon:
- Six Lebanese Army soldiers are killed and several others injured in clashes at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Sidon. (Al Jazeera)
- Gunmen storm a hotel in Northern Pakistan, killing nine tourists and a Pakistani tour guide. (BBC)
- 16 people are killed and more than 20 others wounded in tribal violence in Kenya. (Muscatine Journal)
- 2013 protests in Brazil:
- Police again fire tear gas at demonstrators participating in nationwide protests across Brazil. (The Guardian)
- Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen kidnap two sisters working on a film in the Philippines (Sky News)
Arts and culture
- Several places in North Korea are named as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. (ABC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2013 North India floods:
- The death toll from the disaster soars to more than 6,500, as units of the Indian Army struggle to reach thousands of people stranded in country's northwest. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 18 Romanians were killed and 32 were injured after a bus crash, in Montenegro. (Huffington Post)
International relations
- After a failed U.S. extradition request Hong Kong says does not fully comply with the law, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Voters in Albania go to the polls for a parliamentary election. Activist Gjon Pjeter Gjoni is shot dead and three other people are wounded in a shoot out near a polling station in the town of Laç. (Al Jazeera) (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo New Zealand)
- Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah who had offered his resignation on Thursday. (Reuters)
- Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, is in a critical condition after his lung infection takes a turn for the worse. (ABC News)
Sport
- In cricket, India narrowly defeats England by 5 runs to win the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in the English city of Birmingham. (AFP via Yahoo! Sports Australia)
- American daredevil Nik Wallenda becomes the first person to complete a high wire walk across a Little Colorado River Gorge near the Grand Canyon. (Canadian Press via CBC)