Portal:Current events/2013 March 22

• Drone attacks in Pakistan:
  • Pakistan officials say that a US drone strike has killed 4 suspected insurgents in a car in Datta Khel in North Waziristan. (The New York Times) (PressTV) (The Hindu)
• Al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen:
  • Two al-Qaeda fighters and two pro-government militiamen are killed in clashes in Jaar, Yemen. (AP via Google News)

• American alternative rock band My Chemical Romance announces their breakup in one paragraph after a musical career spanning 12 years. (Billboard) (My Chemical Romance)
• Australian painter Del Kathryn Barton wins the 2013 Archibald Prize for her portrait of actor Hugo Weaving. (ABC News Australia) (The Australian Financial Review) (Vogue Australia)

• The People's Republic of China levies anti-dumping charges on the chemical resorcinol imported from the United States and Japan. (Reuters)
• 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis: Minister of Finance of Cyprus Michael Sarris says that his talks with officials in Russia about a possible rescue package for Cypriot banks have led nowhere. (Bloomberg)

• Heavy snowfall causes widespread disruption to many parts of the United Kingdom, while torrential rain brings floods to South West England. (BBC)
• 2013 Thailand refugee camp fire: At least 30 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand. (BBC) (The New York Times)

• 2013 meat adulteration scandal: Britain's Food Standards Agency says that 100kg of horse meat imported from Hungary and labelled as beef has been discovered in Lancashire. (BBC)

• President of the United States Barack Obama visits Jordan and meets with King Abdullah II. He warns of extremist threat in Syria. (AP via USA Today)
• Xi Jinping heads to Russia on the first stop of his maiden overseas tour as President of China. (BBC) (CNN) (The New York Times)
• The UN human rights council has set up an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea for the first time. (BBC) (Brookings Institution)
• South Korea´s Ministry of Unification allows humanitarian aid shipments to North Korea despite recent military tensions. (AFP via FMT)
• Two Italian marines accused of murdering Indian fishermen in international waters return to India to face legal charges, defusing a standoff between the two countries. (Al Jazeera)
• Israel–Turkey relations:
  • Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologizes to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the death of nine activists during a flotilla raid in Gaza in 2010 and offers compensation for their families. (BBC)
  • President of the United States Barack Obama announces that Israel and Turkey have reached an agreement to normalize relations between both countries. (Reuters) (The New York Times) (CBS News)

• Two tourists, an Israeli and a Norwegian, are kidnapped in the South Sinai of Egypt by armed tribesmen. (Xinhua) (Kuwait News Agency) (BBC)
• Rwandan accused war criminal Bosco Ntaganda is transferred into the custody of the International Criminal Court. (AP via USA Today)
• A shooting at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia, United States, kills three people, including the suspected shooter. (WTOP) (USA Today) (CNN)
• A state of emergency is imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila after at least twenty people are killed in communal violence. (BBC)

• The Movie Premiere of The Croods
• From the Creators of Madagascar and How to Train Your Dragon

• Najib Mikati announces his resignation as Prime Minister of Lebanon. (The Wall Street Journal)
• Several Ministers and Australian Labor Party figures resign or are sacked following a leadership spill including Simon Crean, Martin Ferguson, Chris Bowen, Kim Carr, Richard Marles, Ed Husic and Joel Fitzgibbon. (3 News) (Herald Sun)
• Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is being investigated over claims of illegal donations received from the country's richest woman, Liliane Bettencourt of L'Oréal. (Al Jazeera)
• Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is granted protective bail in several cases, paving the way for his return to Pakistan from self-imposed exile. (BBC)

• Two new species of lizards are discovered in the Andes Mountains in Peru. (TopNews Arab Emirates)

• 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification:
  • In the UEFA Group I, defending champions Spain are held to 1–1 draw at home by Finland. (FIFA) (BBC)
  • In the UEFA Group H, England defeat San Marino 8–0 at the Stadio Olimpico in Serravalle while Ukraine defeat Poland with a 3-1 away win. (FIFA) (Eurosport)
  • In the UEFA Group F, Northern Ireland’s match with Russia is postponed due to heavy snow and ice in Belfast. (Goal.com) (Eurosport)
  • In the CONCACAF Fourth Round, the USA defeats Costa Rica 1–0 in near-blizzard conditions at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. (Fox Sports)