Portal:Current events/2015 August 13
August 13, 2015 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2015 Baghdad market truck bomb, Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- A truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq kills at least 76 people and wounds 212 others. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters), (The Daily Mail)
- Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Rojava Revolution
- The United States believes that ISIL used a sulfur mustard agent against Kurdish forces in Iraq earlier this week. [citation needed]
Business and economy
- The New Zealand government-owned, coal-mining company, Solid Energy, goes into temporary voluntary administration, asking creditors to freeze most of its debt. (Radio New Zealand)
- 2015 Chinese stock market crash
- The People's Republic of China further devalues the yuan (Renminbi) by 1 percent after two previous devaluings. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2015 Tianjin explosions
- The death toll rises to 50. (AP)
- An unspecified-type Egyptian military aircraft crashes due to a 'technical failure' near the Libyan border killing four crew members and injuring two others. (ABC via AP)
Law and crime
- Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority
- Swedish prosecutors drop some charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange as the statute of limitations expire but will continue to investigate rape claims. (Sky News)
Politics and elections
- Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri pledges allegiance to the new Taliban chief Akhter Mansour in an audio message posted online. (BBC) (Reuters)