Portal:Current events/2013 September 15
September 15, 2013 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Bombings in Baghdad and Shia provinces kill at least 21 people. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Saboteurs blow up an export oil pipeline in Yemen. (Voice of Russia)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 27 miners die in an Afghanistan coal mine collapse. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Japan switches off its last working nuclear reactor for a scheduled inspection with no restart in sight. (Al Jazeera)
- Six people die in a stampede in a bar following a police raid in the Colombian capital Bogota. (AP)[permanent dead link]
- Nearly 6,000 people flee after Mount Sinabung explodes in Indonesia's North Sumatra province. (AP via ABC News)
Politics
- Edi Rama is elected by Parliament as Prime Minister of Albania. (Reuters)
- Voters in Bavaria go to the polls for a state election. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- New Zealand Labour Party MP David Cunliffe is elected leader of the party with 51.5% of the total vote. (New Zealand Herald)
Sports
- In Nippon Professional Baseball, Tokyo Yakult Swallows outfielder Wladimir Balentien hits his 56th home run of the season to break the single-season record formerly held by Sadaharu Oh, Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera. (AP via ESPN)