Portal:Current events/2013 August 15

August 15, 2013 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d'état:
- The death toll from the previous day's clashes climbs to 638. (Washington Post)
- A government building is stormed and set on fire by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. (Sky News) (The Independent)
- President Barack Obama cancels joint military exercises between the United States and Egypt. (New York Times)
At least 20 people are killed and 200 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video. (Al Jazeera)

International relations

Hundreds of Palestinians are stranded by Egypt's "indefinite" closure of Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip. (Huffington Post)(Times of Israel)
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his wife, Queen Silvia of Sweden, are criticised after they received and wore, on their trip to Härnösand, Palestinian keffiyehs with a message in Arabic language purportedly meaning "Our Aqsa and not their temple". (Dagens industri via TT)

Law and crime

Aleksandar Cvetković is extradited to Bosnia-Herzegovina for trial regarding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. (Jerusalem Post)

Politics and election

The Parliament of Iran confirms Hassan Rouhani's cabinet. However, three designated ministers did not receive a vote of confidence, including Mohammad-Ali Najafi who was the Minister of Education-nominate. (Yahoo! News) (Reuters)
The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies passes a controversial bill regulating the allocation of royalties derived from that country´s oil exploration, when 75% of the money will only go to education and the other 25% only for health. (R7) (BBC)

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