August 16, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Aftermath of 2013 Egyptian coup d'état:
- Security in Cairo is tightened amid Friday prayers and protest marches called by the Muslim Brotherhood nationwide. (AlJazeera)
- Ammar Badei, son of Mohammed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood's leader, is killed in the clashes in Cairo.(NBC News) (Egypt Independent)
Arts and culture
- Yemen changes its weekend from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday. (Yemen Post)
Business and economy
- The Indian rupee hits new record low against the US dollar. The rupee fell to 62.03 rupees against the dollar. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near Seddon, New Zealand, causing moderate damage in the wider Marlborough region and national capital Wellington. (Fairfax NZ)
- The ferry MV Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, with 200 missing and least 26 dead. (World Maritime News) (BBC)
International relations
- The Ministry of External Relations of Brazil rejects John Kerry´s official statement concerning that the electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency was part of a strategy to “combat terrorism”. (The Hindu)
Politics and election
- Ali Akbar Salehi, former Iranian foreign minister, is appointed as head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. (IRNA)
Technology and science
- The infamous Area 51 is officially acknowledged by the United States. (CNN)
Law and crime
- Australian native and East Central University (Oklahoma) Tigers senior baseball player Christopher Lane, 22, is shot and killed in Ada, Oklahoma, while jogging during a visit to his girlfriend. Two teenagers, James Francis Edwards, Jr., 15, and Chancey Allen Luna, 16, were then arrested and charged with first-degree murder with no bail; Michael Dewayne Jones, 17, was charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact. They stated they did it purely out of boredom. (NBC)