Portal:Current events/2013 August 9

August 9, 2013 (Friday)

The United States withdraws diplomats from its consulate in the Pakistani city of Lahore due to terrorist threats. (CNN)
Gunmen open fire at a Sunni mosque in the city of Quetta killing at least eight people and injuring 24. (Al-Jazeera)
Two pilots of the Turkish Airlines are abducted by the Shiite group, Zuwwar al-Imam Rida, in Beirut, Lebanon.(BBC)

Taiwan's Control Yuan watchdog reports that the Taiwan Power Company's First Nuclear Power Plant has been leaking radioactive water for three years. (Reuters)
Three people are missing after a Rockwell Turbo Commander turboprop plane crashes into two homes in East Haven, Connecticut, United States. (NBC News)
An Ethiopian Air Force cargo plane carrying ammunition for international forces fighting Islamist militants crashes and caught fire on landing in Mogadishu airport killing four of the four of the six crewmen. (BBC), (Xinhua)

Historic Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, responsible for the 1985 assassination of U.S. agent Enrique Camarena, is ordered to be released from prison. (Yahoo News!)
Liu Tienan, the deputy head of China's National Development and Reform Commission, is expelled from the Communist Party for corruption. (BBC)
A 31-year-old Florida man kills his wife and posts a picture with a confession onto Facebook. The picture goes viral and is taken down. (CNN)

President Boni Yayi of Benin dismisses his entire Cabinet. (Reuters)
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) files papers with the Constitutional Court in Harare arguing the Zimbabwean general election, 2013 be annulled because of widespread alleged illegalities and intimidation of voters by Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF. (Reuters via News24)