Portal:Current events/2014 March 26

Current events of March 26, 2014 (2014-03-26) (Wednesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• A police tear gas canister critically injures a 10-year-old child after hitting him at close range at a Peace and Democracy Party event in Diyarbakır, Turkey. (BBC News)

International relations

• Three U.S. secret service agents are sent home due to a "drunken incident" ahead of U.S. president Barack Obama's arrival in the Netherlands. (The Guardian)
• North Korea fires two mid-range ballistic missiles as the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea meet to discuss the security threat it poses to the region. (AP via Fox News) (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• The Guardian deputy editor Paul Johnson confirms that British law enforcement agencies have threatened to close the newspaper over its role in publishing global surveillance information obtained from U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden. (The Irish Times)
• Garda phone tapping scandal:
  • Alan Shatter is to fight for his political survival in front of the Republic's parliament when he faces questions about yesterday's revelations of decades-long nationwide bugging. (The Guardian)
• A Turkish court lifts the ban on Twitter imposed by the government after a user spread allegations of corruption. (BBC)
• Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law, is convicted in New York City of conspiring to kill Americans in his role as spokesman for al-Qaida. (Associated Press)