Portal:Current events/2013 September 12

Current events of September 12, 2013 (2013-09-12) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks Islamic insurgency in the Philippines: The Moro National Liberation Front attacks the Philippines town of Lamitan with five people missing and two injured. (AP) American born Islamist militant Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki is shot dead in a dawn raid in a shootout with his former al-Shabaab colleagues in southern Somalia. (ABC News Australia) Arts and culture Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, leaves the Royal Air Force to devote his energies to Royal and community work. (The Australian) Business and economy The People's Republic of China sets goals for use of coal as part of a comprehensive plan for reducing air pollution. (Reuters via Thomson-Reuters Trust) Disasters and accidents A massive fire burns parts of the boardwalk in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Numerous decades-old buildings are destroyed. (USA Today)(ABC News} International relations Syria applies to join the Chemical Weapons Convention which outlaws the production and use of such weapons. (BBC) Religion The governing body of the Church in Wales votes to allow the ordination of women bishops. (BBC) Science and technology NASA announces the Voyager 1 space probe has left the solar system becoming the first man-made object to reach interstellar space. (BBC) The announcement, while confirmed by external research, is still met in some quarters by skepticism. NBC News