Portal:Current events/2013 July 15

July 15, 2013 (Monday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Mexican Drug War
- The Mexican Army captures Miguel Treviño Morales, the supreme leader of Los Zetas drug cartel. (CBS News)
Militants open fire on a bus carrying workers from a cement factory in Arish, Northern Sinai, Egypt, killing three and injuring 17. The gunfire is believed to have been intended for a police vehicle.(AFP via NDTV)
The M23 rebel movement and the Congolese Army are engaged in heavy fighting in the environs of Goma. (BBC)
A car bomb strikes Deir Atiyah, north of Damascus, killing 13. (BBC)

Arts and culture

International linguists announce the discovery of a new language in Australia called Light Warlpiri. (news.com.au)

Business and finance

Asiana Airlines says they will sue Oakland, California television station KTVU for defamation after the station reported the wrong names of the pilots of Asiana Airlines Flight 214. (CNN)
Loblaw Companies Limited, one of Canada's largest supermarket chain owners, agrees to purchase Canada's largest pharmacy retailer Shoppers Drug Mart for almost $12.4 Billion dollars. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Two British soldiers die during a training exercise as they take part in a gruelling selection process for the elite SAS unit on the hottest day of the year. (AFP via News24)

International relations

Law and crime

Indonesian police report that at least 18 people were killed and 47 injured following a riot at a boxing match. (Associated Press via Inquirer) (AFP via Yahoo News South Africa)
A war crimes tribunal finds Bangladeshi ex-politician Ghulam Azam, former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, guilty of war crimes during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. (BBC)
The House of Lords, the upper house of the United Kingdom, approves the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, meaning it will become law, enabling gay marriage in England and Wales to take place from 2014. (BBC)

Sports