Portal:Current events/2013 September 19

September 19, 2013 (Thursday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Political violence in Egypt, 2013:
- Egyptian security forces clash with militants in the town of Kerdasah on the outskirts of Cairo with one member of the security forces dead. (BBC)
Syrian civil war:
- Jihadis belonging to the al-Qaida offshoot known as the ISIL overrun the town of Azaz, after driving out the Free Syrian Army. (The Washington Post)

International relations

Gaming

Law and crime

Singapore police arrest 14 people in Singapore in relation to alleged match fixing in football matches, including alleged financier and organiser Dan Tan Seet Eng. (The Age)
Thirteen people, including a three-year-old, are shot and wounded in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of the American city of Chicago, Illinois. (Chicago Tribune) (Yahoo News) (The New York Times)
Imperial Petroleum is indicted in the largest instance of tax and securities fraud in Indiana state history. (Inside Indiana Business)
A Texas state appelate court overturns the November 2010 money laundering conviction of former United States House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. (FOXNews)
JPMorgan Chase is fined $920 million for illegal practices (misleading investors and government regulators) related to trading losses in 2012. (FOXBusiness)^{[permanent dead link]}