Portal:Current events/2013 November 2
November 2, 2013 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Two French journalists working for RFI are kidnapped and killed in the town of Kidal in northern Mali. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Two planes carrying skydivers collide in mid-air in northern Wisconsin with no deaths or serious injuries reported. (National Post)
Law and crime
- Paul Anthony Ciancia is charged with murder of a federal officer and commission of violence in an international airport in relation to the 2013 Los Angeles International Airport shooting. (CNN)
Politics and elections
- 2013 Tunisian protests:
- Tunisian government and opposition leaders are deadlocked during talks over the determination of a new PM tasked with steering the country out of a months-long political crisis. (Gulf News)
- Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, due to leave office this month, names Interior Minister Irakli Garibashvili as his successor. (Reuters)