Portal:Current events/2014 December 13
December 13, 2014 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Taliban insurgency
- Gunmen assassinate Atiqullah Rawoofi, the head of the Secretariat of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan, in the outskirts of Kabul. (AP)
- Twenty-one people die in attacks across Afghanistan including two American soldiers. (AP via Washington Post)
- Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
Arts and culture
- Germany's most successful television show, Wetten, dass..?, ends after a 33-year-run. (AP)
Disasters and accidents
- Landslides caused by heavy rain in Java, Indonesia, kill at least 17 people with a hundred still unaccounted for. (AP), (AFP via Channel News Asia), (BBC)
International relations
- Philippines v. China
- Vietnam files an intervention in the arbitration case about the South China Sea with Vietnam rejecting China's claims. (Bloomberg)
- India and Russia sign deals on infrastructure, nuclear energy, and defence. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- The wife of Thailand's crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, Princess Srirasmi, resigns her royal status following a corruption probe of her relatives. The King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej grants her a divorce. (AFP via ABC News Australia), (AAP via SBS)
Science and technology
- The Geminids meteor shower reaches its peak this weekend. (Boing Boing)
Sport
- In American football, Marcus Mariota of the University of Oregon football team wins the 2014 Heisman trophy for the best player in college football. (Fox News)