Portal:Current events/2013 October 3

Current events of October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03) (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
  • Nigerian fighter jets bomb camps belonging to suspected Islamist militants in northeast Nigeria in response to a massacre of students at an agricultural college. (Reuters)
• The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan attack a compound belonging to former Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan commander Nabi Hanfi leaving 15 dead near the border of North Waziristan. (Sky News)
• At least one United States Capitol Police officer is injured in a shootout at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C.. (The Washington Post)
• The Wall Street Journal has learned that as many as 12,000 people face death from starvation due to a Syrian government enforced food blockade on the town of Moadamiya, Damascus. (The Wall Street Journal)

Business and economy

• The antitrust chief of the European Union, Joaquin Almunia, discusses coming charges against Gazprom, the Russian natural gas monopolist. (Reuters)

International relations

• The Gambia is to withdraw from the Commonwealth, 48 years after joining the 54-member grouping, which includes the United Kingdom and most of its former colonies. (Daily Telegraph)
• Russia evacuates Libya of all Russian diplomats and their families one day after an attack on their embassy left one dead. (AP via ABC)

Disasters and accidents

• A fire engulfs a boat carrying African migrants off the coast of Lampedusa, Italy killing at least 114 people, 200 remain missing. (The New York Times) (AP)
• A passenger plane carrying 27 people crashes at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria with 13 deaths reported. (BBC)

Law and crime

• Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for illegally taking money out of the Chaibasa treasury. (New York Daily News)
• The U.S. Capitol shooting in Washington, D.C. leads to a lockdown in the city. (BBC News)