Portal:Current events/2013 September 30

September 30, 2013 (Monday)

Armed conflict and attacks

Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
- Fourteen car bombs targeting Shi'ite neighborhoods in Baghdad leave 54 people dead. (Reuters)

Business and economy

Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline agrees to sell its thrombosis drug brands to Aspen Pharmacare. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Tropical Storm Wutip lashes central Vietnam, uprooting trees, cutting power lines and damaging more than 1,000 houses. (The Weather Channel)
Thirteen refugees drown off the Italian coast swimming to shore from their leaky vessel. (U.N. High Commission for Refugees)