Portal:Current events/2015 October 13

• Syrian Civil War, Russian involvement in the Syrian Civil War
  • Two shells hit the Russian embassy in Syria's capital Damascus, as hundreds of pro-government supporters rallied outside in support of Russian airstrikes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov described the shelling as "a terrorist act." (BBC)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Palestinian political violence
  • Two stabbing attacks take place in Ra'anana: one outside city hall in which one man is injured and the attacker is subdued by civilians; in a second incident, the attacker stabs civilians in front of a cafe, injuring one critically and three lightly until he is subdued by civilians. (The Jerusalem Post)
  • In Jerusalem two Palestinian men attempted to stab passengers on a bus before being shot; one person was killed and another wounded as a driver rammed into a crowd and the attacker reportedly stepped out of the crashed vehicle and attempted to stab the wounded before being subdued by police; in a separate incident two male passengers were killed and three others suffered gunshot wounds in a combined shooting and stabbing attack on a bus in the neighborhood of Armon Hanatziv in southern Jerusalem. (The Times of Israel)

• Jamaican author Marlon James wins the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. (BBC)

• The Dutch Safety Board releases their final report into the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) disaster that concludes that the flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot-down by a Russian-made Buk missile system on 17 July 2014 killing 298 people. (Sky News) (BBC) (Al Jazeera) (9News)
• At least 13 people are killed as a rockslide hits shanties in the Gulistan-i-Jauhar in the Pakistani city of Karachi. (Dawn)

• Anheuser-Busch InBev agrees to buy its main rival SABMiller for £68 billion ($104 billion) in the biggest beer deal ever. (CNN)

• Relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
  • The Governor of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, revokes permission given by a predecessor for landfill work to replace a United States Marine Corps base. (Japan Times)
• Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly approves the deal on its nuclear program agreed with six world powers. (BBC)

• Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
  • The United States and Australia warn China they remain committed to freedom of navigation in the waters of the South China Sea and express strong concerns at China’s construction of artificial islands in the disputed waters. (Channel News Asia) (The New Daily) (Time)

• Burkina Faso's presidential and parliamentary elections are deferred to November 29 due to a recent coup. (Yahoo! News)

• 2015 MLB postseason
  • In the U.S., the Chicago Cubs defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 6–4 in Game 4 of their National League Division Series (NLDS), winning the best-of-five-game series 3–1. The Cubs, who clinched a postseason series at their home for nearly a century, Wrigley Field, for the first time ever, move on to the best-of-seven 2015 National League Championship Series. The series opens on October 17 at the home park of the winner of the other NLDS between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets. (AP via ESPN)