Portal:Current events/2013 August 17

August 17, 2013 (Saturday)

Mexican Drug War:
- Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramírez Treviño is arrested in the state of Tamaulipas. (Reuters)
Political violence in Egypt:
- Egyptian security forces clear a Cairo mosque after a long stand-off with the Muslim Brotherhood. (Reuters), (BBC)
- Egyptian Prime Minister Hazem Al Beblawi proposes the legal dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood. (Reuters)
Syrian civil war:
- Syrian rebels attack a militia checkpoint in Homs, killing 5 from the NDF militia but 6 civilians nearby as well. (Reuters)
- A Syrian government warplane attack in Aleppo leaves at-least 15 civilians dead. (New York Times)
Nigerian Sharia conflict:
- Clashes between Nigerian soldiers and Boko Haram Islamists kill 18 people in northeast Nigeria. (Reuters)
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- 10 people are killed in a camp by insurgents in western Afghanistan. (BBC)

The Indian rupee hits new record low against the US dollar. The rupee fell to 62.85 rupees against the dollar. (Reuters)

Residents evacuated from Greenhorn Gulch area in Idaho from the Beaver Creek fire. (CNN)
31 people dead and at least 170 are missing as a ferry sinks after colliding with a cargo ship in Philippines.(BBC)
A wildfire erupts near Yosemite National Park, growing to 25 square miles (~65 square kilometers) overnight.(KTVU)

While they are not yet ready to say they are reopening the case after the 2008 inquiry jury's final verdict and report (faulty driving and unlawful killing), the Metropolitan Police Authority Specialist Crime and Operations Command in London is investigating the credibility and accuracy of supposedly new information from an unspecified source regarding the August 1997 death of Diana, Princess of Wales. (NBC)