Portal:Current events/2013 May 25
May 25, 2013 (Saturday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar claims responsibility for two suicide bombing attacks that killed 30 people in Niger on May 23. (New York Times)
- Insurgency in the North Caucasus:
- A female suicide bomber injures at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in Makhachkala in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan. (AP via News24)
- Syrian civil war:
- Dozens of people are killed in Al-Qusayr, Homs, Syria, as the Syrian Army and Hezbollah bombard the rebel-held town with heavy artillery. (CNN)
- A bomb explodes near a bus north of Baghdad, Iraq, killing six Iranians, one Iraqi, and wounding fourteen people. (ABC)
- Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 27 people in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India. (NDTV) The Times of India
Business and economies
- Thousands of people across 36 countries rally in protest of genetically modified seed producer Monsanto. (The Guardian) (USA Today)
Disasters and accidents
- A gas cylinder explodes on a school bus in the Pakistani city of Gujrat, killing at least 17 children. (BBC)
- 48 people are rescued from a boat which was taking on water after it collided with a rock off the coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales. (BBC)
- Two people are killed when the US city of San Antonio, Texas, experiences heavy flooding. (Chicago Times)
- Two freight trains collide in southeast Missouri, United States, causing a highway overpass to collapse. (CNN)
International relations
- The African Union celebrates its 50th anniversary. (News 24)
Law and crime
- British counter-terrorism police arrest a man who was a childhood friend of the terrorist Michael Adebolajo after he gives an interview to the BBC in which he claims that the MI5 had contacted him in the past. (CNN)
- A French anti-terror soldier is stabbed in the neck in a suspected copycat of the 2013 Woolwich attack. (Sky News), (Daily Mail)
- A Spring Ford High School (Royersford, PA) senior, Julianne Siller, 17, is allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend, 16-year-old Tristan Stahley after a fight during a breakup. (NBC)
Politics and elections
- Fifty people are arrested ahead of a major rally against France's new law allowing same-sex marriage. (AFP via Google)
- Russia arrests 30 gay-rights supporters in Moscow after they attempt to hold a rally in spite of a law forbidding gay-rights demonstrations. (Voice of America)
Religion
- Thousands of people attend the beatification of Pino Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the Sicilian Mafia for speaking out against crime. (BBC), (Herald Sun)
Science and technology
- An Apple I computer sells for US$671,000 at auction. (PC Magazine)
Sport
- In football, Bayern Munich defeats Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League Final. (The Guardian)
- Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura becomes the oldest person ever the summit Mount Everest at the age of 80. (Philippine Star)