Portal:Current events/2013 May 18
May 18, 2013 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Gunmen break into the home of an anti-terrorism police officer in the Baghdad suburbs, killing him and his family. (Voice of America)
- Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior vice-president of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party is shot dead by a gunman outside her home in Karachi. (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Emmelie de Forest of Denmark wins the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Only Teardrops". (Reuters via Chicago Tribune)[permanent dead link] (BBC)
- A winner is found for a record $590 million Powerball jackpot with the winning ticket sold at an agent in Zephyrhills, Florida. (NBC News)
Business and economy
- One hundred thousand people march in Rome, the capital of Italy, to protest the austerity measures of the new government, demanding a new policy focus on the creation of jobs. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- US Airways Express Flight 4560, with 34 people aboard is forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries are reported (AP via News24) (CNN)
- A Boeing 737 carrying more than 130 people catches fire while landing in Moscow. No injuries are reported. (AP via News24)
- A car drives into a crowd at a parade in Damascus, Virginia, injuring at least 50 people. (CNN)
International relations
- 2013 Korean crisis:
- North Korea launches three short-range missiles off its east coast and into the Sea of Japan - two in the morning and one in the afternoon. (NBC)
Sport
- 2012-13 Football League Two:
- Bradford City A.F.C win the Football League Two Play-off final 3-0 against Northampton Town to win promotion to the 2013-14 Football League One. (The Telegraph)
- In rugby union, RC Toulonnais beats ASM Clermont Auvergne 16-15 in an all-French 2013 Heineken Cup Final at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. (BBC)
- In horse racing, American horse Oxbow wins the 2013 Preakness Stakes held at Pimlico Race Course. (News Limited)