Portal:Current events/2013 May 18

May 18, 2013 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Gunmen break into the home of an anti-terrorism police officer in the Baghdad suburbs, killing him and his family. (Voice of America)
Zahra Shahid Hussain, a senior vice-president of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Party is shot dead by a gunman outside her home in Karachi. (BBC)

Arts and culture

Business and economy

One hundred thousand people march in Rome, the capital of Italy, to protest the austerity measures of the new government, demanding a new policy focus on the creation of jobs. (BBC)

Disasters and accidents

US Airways Express Flight 4560, with 34 people aboard is forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries are reported (AP via News24) (CNN)
A Boeing 737 carrying more than 130 people catches fire while landing in Moscow. No injuries are reported. (AP via News24)
A car drives into a crowd at a parade in Damascus, Virginia, injuring at least 50 people. (CNN)

International relations

2013 Korean crisis:
- North Korea launches three short-range missiles off its east coast and into the Sea of Japan - two in the morning and one in the afternoon. (NBC)

Sport