Portal:Current events/2013 August 22

Current events of August 22, 2013 (2013-08-22) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks War in North-West Pakistan: 5 Taliban militants are killed in bomb attack in South Waziristan. (The News Pakistan) Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal): Fourteen people are killed by a suicide bomber in a military headquarters in Western Iraq. (Reuters) Five civilians are wounded by mortar fire in the Congo city of Goma. (ABC News) Business and economy The American electronic stock exchange NASDAQ shuts down for 3 hours due to a computer problem. (FOXBusiness) Disasters and accidents Severe tropical storm Trami arrives in southern China after killing seventeen people in the Philippines. (AP via Charlotte Observer) At least 50 are injured in bus crash in Monterey Park, California. (NBC) The Rim Fire, in Yosemite National Park forces evacuations. (NBC) Law and crime The UK government's independent reviewer of terrorism laws is to probe the arrest of David Miranda. (BBC) Politics and elections Tunisian Islamists agree in principle with a transition plan to hold new elections. (Reuters) Former Egyptian President Hosni Mobarak is released from Tora prison and transferred to a military hospital. (Los Angeles Times) Sports Russian adventurer and priest Fyodor Konyukhov announces plans to cross the Pacific Ocean in a rowing boat from Valparaíso, Chile to Australia’s eastern coast. (Voice of Russia) Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is indicted for the murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd. (ESPN)