Portal:Current events/2013 December 27

December 27, 2013 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon:
- A car bomb explodes in the Central District of Beirut, Lebanon, killing eight people, including the former ambassador to the U.S. Mohamad Chatah, and wounding 71 others. (CNN)
Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- Five soldiers and a military officer are killed in an explosion in the Somali capital Mogadishu. (BBC)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- A suicide bomber attacks a foreign military convoy on the eastern outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least three foreign soldiers, police and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. (Reuters)
Islamist protests in Egypt (July 2013–present):
- Three people are killed in clashes between police and Muslim Brotherhood supporters across Egypt. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

At least 29 people died and four others were seriously injured when a bus went off the Huay Tong Bridge in Phetchabun Province, Thailand. (CNN)

International relations

Okinawa prefecture's Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima has approved a measure to allow for the relocation of a controversial U.S. military base on Okinawa, breaking 17 years of stagnation on the base's transfer plan. (CNN)

Law and crime

Authorities are investigating a reported heart attack of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexico's and the world's most-wanted man, suffered in November. (San Diego Red)
U.S. District Judge William Pauley rules that the country's National Security Agency (NSA) acted lawfully, within the limits of the U.S. Constitution, when, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, it began an en masse bulk collection of metadata from American telephone records. The opinion, which throws out an ACLU lawsuit for now, is in contrast to Judge Richard Leon's earlier ruling in another district. (NBC) (CNN)
The Connecticut State Police releases the full report of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. (CNN)