Portal:Current events/2013 October 3

October 3, 2013 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
- Air Force fighter jets bomb camps belonging to suspected Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria in response to a massacre of students at an agricultural college. (Reuters)
The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attacks a compound belonging to former Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Nabi Hanfi leaving 15 dead near the border of North Waziristan. (Sky News)

Business and economy

The antitrust chief of the European Union, Joaquin Almunia, discusses coming charges against Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopolist. (Reuters)
Twitter Inc. publicly files IPO related disclosure documents. (Reuters)

International relations

The Gambia is to withdraw from the Commonwealth, 48 years after joining the 54-member grouping, which includes the United Kingdom and most of its former colonies. (Daily Telegraph)
Russia evacuates Libya of all Russian diplomats and their families one day after an attack on their embassy left one dead. (AP via ABC)

Disasters and accidents

2013 Mediterranean Sea migrant shipwreck. A fire engulfs a boat carrying African migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy, killing at least 114 people, 200 remain missing. (The New York Times) (AP)
A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, with 13 deaths reported. (BBC)

Law and crime

Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for illegally taking money out of the Chaibasa treasury. (New York Daily News)
A woman is fatally shot by police after striking a barrier at a White House security checkpoint followed by a car chase. (BBC) (The Washington Post)
Adobe reveals that 2.9 million customers' data was stolen in a security breach which included credit card information. (BBC)