Portal:Current events/2013 June 23

June 23, 2013 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon:
- Six Lebanese Army soldiers are killed and several others injured in clashes at a checkpoint on the outskirts of Sidon. (Al Jazeera)
Gunmen storm a hotel in Northern Pakistan, killing nine tourists and a Pakistani tour guide. (BBC)
16 people are killed and more than 20 others wounded in tribal violence in Kenya. (Muscatine Journal)
2013 protests in Brazil:
- Police again fire tear gas at demonstrators participating in nationwide protests across Brazil. (The Guardian)
Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen kidnap two sisters working on a film in the Philippines (Sky News)

Arts and culture

Disasters and accidents

2013 North India floods:
- The death toll from the disaster soars to more than 6,500, as units of the Indian Army struggle to reach thousands of people stranded in country's northwest. (Al Jazeera)
At least 18 Romanians were killed and 32 were injured after a bus crash, in Montenegro. (Huffington Post)

International relations

After a failed U.S. extradition request Hong Kong says does not fully comply with the law, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden leaves Hong Kong for Moscow. (Al Jazeera) (The Guardian)

Politics and elections

Voters in Albania go to the polls for a parliamentary election. Activist Gjon Pjeter Gjoni is shot dead and three other people are wounded in a shoot out near a polling station in the town of Laç. (Al Jazeera) (BBC), (AFP via Yahoo New Zealand)
Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority, accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah who had offered his resignation on Thursday. (Reuters)
Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, is in a critical condition after his lung infection takes a turn for the worse. (ABC News)

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