Portal:Current events/2013 July 14

July 14, 2013 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war:
- Syria's opposition claims that 200 civilians are trapped in a mosque in a Damascus suburb while fighting rages outside. (CTV)
Unknown attackers kill six people in and near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. (Press Association via Independent Ireland)
Four policemen are killed in Russia's restless Dagestan region as gunmen open fire on their car. (Reuters)

Arts and culture

Pope Francis sends greetings in a letter to Cardinal Ossa, the Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 3rd World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM III) at Bogotá, Colombia, 15-19 August 2014. (Vatican, Pope Francis letters), (Catholic Key)

Disasters and accidents

Typhoon Soulik kills three people in China's Guangdong province after having killed two people in Taiwan. (BBC)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Protests occur in several American cities following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in relation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (AAP via News Limited)

Sport

In athletics, six athletes are announced to have failed drug tests including American Tyson Gay and Jamaican Asafa Powell. (The Guardian)