Current events: 2023-02-13

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake
  • The death toll of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria increases to over 36,000. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• Blasphemy in Pakistan
  • Lynching of Waris
    • Police in Punjab, Pakistan, arrest 50 men for the lynching two days earlier of a blasphemy suspect at a police station in Nankana Sahib District. (Independent)
• Murder of Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat
  • Ferdy Sambo is found guilty of the 2022 murder of his adjutant, Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia, for which he is sentenced to death. (Detik)

Politics and elections

• Moldova–Russia relations
  • President of Moldova Maia Sandu accuses the Russian government of planning a coup d'état attempt against her. (La Prensalatina)

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