Portal:Current events/2013 May 17

• Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal):
  • A string of bombings, most of them in Sunni areas of Iraq, kill at least 90 people and injured more than 200 others. (Times of India)
• War in North-West Pakistan:
  • Two bombs explode near two separate mosques in the Malakand District of Pakistan, killing 15 people and wounding at least 100 others. (Dawn)

• The United States government paves the way for expanded exportation of natural gas by approving a US$10 billion facility in Texas. (Reuters)

• Ottawa experiences a 5.2 magnitude earthquake. (CTV)
• A US Navy Seal is killed and 7 others are injured as their Humvee rolls over during a training exercise. (Reuters)
• Two Metro-North commuter trains collide near Bridgeport, Connecticut injuring at least 72 people and resulting in the cancellation of Amtrak services between New York City and Boston. (USA Today)(CNN)

• Jorge Rafael Videla, who served as President of Argentina after the 1976 Argentine coup d'état, dies at the age of 87 in a jail of Marcos Paz, Buenos Aires. (USA Today)

• A million dollars worth of jewelry meant for use by celebrities at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival is stolen from a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. (BBC)
• An anti-homophobia march in the Georgian capital Tbilisi results in a riot with dozens of people injured as opponents attack the march. (Institute for War and Peace Reporting)

• NASA records the brightest lunar meteor impact yet observed. (National Geographic)
• Mild electric shock is shown to provide lasting improvement to mathematical ability. (Nature)

• In golf, former U.S. Open winner and longtime TV analyst Ken Venturi dies at age 82. (ABC News)