Portal:Current events/2013 November 1

Current events of November 1, 2013 (2013-11-01) (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian civil war:
  • Israeli aircraft carry out a strike near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia targeting Russian-made S-125 air defense missiles allegedly intended for use by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (BBC)
• War in North-West Pakistan:
  • A U.S. drone strike kills Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban (whom the United States had a reward for $5 million) and five others. (BBC) (Reurters)
• 2013 Tiananmen Square attack:
  • China's top security official blames the East Turkestan Islamic Movement for a suicide attack that killed five people at the Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Monday. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• Flash floods and heavy rains sweep across central Texas, United States, killing 2 people. (AP via Fox News)

Business and economy

• Fannie Mae files a lawsuit for $800 million against nine different banks, including Citigroup and Bank of America, for manipulating the Libor benchmark interest rate. (Bloomberg via SFGate)

Law and crime

• 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting: A gunman opens fire at Los Angeles International Airport, killing a US Transportation Security Administration employee, and wounding several other people. It prompts a terminal evacuation. (NBC Los Angeles) (Fox News)
• Two people, members of the far-right Greek political party Golden Dawn, are killed in a drive-by shooting, outside the offices of Golden Dawn in Neo Iraklio, Athens. (Reuters) (Kathimerini)

Technology

• A person claiming to be a member of Anonymous takes down the website for Singaporean newspaper The Straits Times. (BBC)
• The smartphone wars are re-ignited, as Rockstar Consortium, a company owned by companies including Apple and Microsoft, starts wide-ranging legal action against Google, Samsung, and other makers of Android phones. (Reuters) (Ars Technica)

Science

• Scientists discover three new species of marsupial Antechinus in Queensland, Australia. (News.com.Au)