Portal:Current events/2013 October 11

Current events of October 11, 2013 (2013-10-11) (Friday)

Armed conflict and attacks Syrian civil war: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is accused by Human Rights Watch of killing at least 190 villagers in pro-government areas and kidnapping hundreds more. (Washington Post) An Israeli man is killed and his wife injured after an attack by Palestinian militants inside their house on the West Bank. (Reuters) Disasters and accidents A fire in a hospital in Japan's Fukuoka prefecture kills ten people. (BBC) Cyclone Phailin: India's Odisha and Andhra Pradesh prepare for storm. (BBC) A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 27 people dead but over 200 rescued. (ANSA) (AP via Houston Chronicle) International relations The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons wins the Nobel Peace Prize. (BBC) (Reuters via ABC News Australia) Law and crime The Constitutional Council of France upholds a ban on fracking. (AP via ABC News America) Myunghee Bae arrives in North Korea to visit her American son Kenneth Bae, who is serving 15 years of hard labor. (CNN) The UK government publishes a draft royal charter aimed at underpinning self-regulation of the British press following an agreement on the issue by the country's three main political parties. However, the proposals are greeted with concerns about press freedom by the industry. (BBC)