Portal:Current events/2013 March 18
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian civil war:
- Fighter jets from the Syrian Air Force fire rockets into northern Lebanon with no casualties reported. (CNN)
- The Syrian Opposition claims that the regime of President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons in an attack on their forces in Aleppo. (US News & World Report)
- War in Somalia:
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- Terrorism in Pakistan:
- A suspected militant suicide bombing at a court and prison complex in the Pakistani city of Peshawar kills at least 4 people and injures 47 others. (BBC) (The Guardian)
- A suspected militant
- Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- A series of explosions kill at least 25 people in a
Disasters and accidents
- Seven training exercise in the Hawthorne Army Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada, United States. (Fox News) (CNN) (Reuters)
International relations
- People's Republic of China. (AFP via Google News)
- Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appeals to Pope Francis for assistance in settling Argentina's dispute over the Falkland Islands with the United Kingdom. (BBC)
- missile defences in response to provocations by North Korea would only intensify antagonism, and urges Washington to act prudently. (The Guardian)
- North Korea threatens Japan with a preemptive nuclear strike. (NK News)
Law and crime
- Six men accused of raping a Swiss woman tourist appear in an Indian court. (Bloomberg)
- James Seevakumaran, a 30-year-old dorm in Orlando, Florida, United States. The entire campus is evacuated when improvised explosive devices are found in the room. (Los Angeles Times) (AP via Fox News)
- The
Politics and elections
- Syrian National Coalition's provisional Prime Minister. He will be tasked with forming a government amid the Syrian civil war. (AP via USA Today) (Reuters)
- The British press. (BBC)
- Former United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton officially announces her support for same-sex marriage. (AP via Boston.com)
- Thomas Perez to be the next United States Secretary of Labor. (Yahoo! News)
Religion
- Roman Catholic Church, to succeed archbishop Georg Gänswein as his first private secretary. (Times of Malta)
Sport
- International Olympic Committee's evaluation commission begins four-day inspection of Madrid for 2020 Summer Olympics bid. (AP via ESPN)