August 15, 2013 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d'état:
- The death toll from the previous day's clashes climbs to 638. (Washington Post)
- A government building is stormed and set on fire by the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. (Sky News) (The Independent)
- President Barack Obama cancels joint military exercises between the United States and Egypt. (New York Times)
- At least 20 people are killed and 200 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video. (Al Jazeera)
International relations
- Hundreds of Palestinians are stranded by Egypt's "indefinite" closure of Rafah border crossing with Gaza Strip. (Huffington Post)(Times of Israel)
- King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and his wife, Queen Silvia of Sweden, are criticised after they received and wore, on their trip to Härnösand, Palestinian keffiyehs with a message in Arabic language purportedly meaning "Our Aqsa and not their temple". (Dagens industri via TT)
Law and crime
- Aleksandar Cvetković is extradited to Bosnia-Herzegovina for trial regarding the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. (Jerusalem Post)
Politics and election
- The Parliament of Iran confirms Hassan Rouhani's cabinet. However, three designated ministers did not receive a vote of confidence, including Mohammad-Ali Najafi who was the Minister of Education-nominate. (Yahoo! News) (Reuters)
- The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies passes a controversial bill regulating the allocation of royalties derived from that country´s oil exploration, when 75% of the money will only go to education and the other 25% only for health. (R7) (BBC)
Sports
- Darren Young comes out as the first Openly gay wrestler in WWE. (WWE)