July 12, 2013 (Friday)
Armed conflict and attacks
- The Moro National Liberation Front kidnaps eight civilians in the Philippines Basilan province later releasing four of them. (Inquirer)
- Somali Civil War (2009–present):
- A car bomb explodes near an African Union convoy killing three soldiers. (Capital FM Kenya)
Business and economics
- Swedish high-quality crystal glassware producer Orrefors closes down. (Svenska Dagbladet)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 close at record highs, with the NASDAQ hitting its highest level in ten years. (CNN)
Disasters and accidents
- The toll of dead and missing people from the 2013 Southwest China floods rises above 40 with Sichuan province worst affected. (Reuters)
- 9 people are feared dead and 88 are rescued by Australian authorities after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island. (The Australian)
- A commuter train derails in the Paris suburb of Brétigny-sur-Orge with at least eight people dead. (France24) (ITV)
- A third person, a critically injured unidentified girl, dies at San Francisco General Hospital of injuries she sustained as a result of the Saturday, July 6, 2013 crash-landing of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, a Boeing 777 (180 were injured, 16 remain hospitalized, including two critical adults; autopsy results will take about 3 weeks). (NBC)
- An empty Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner catches fire eight hours after landing at London Heathrow Airport, closing runways for an hour. Another Boeing 787 Dreamliner (Thomson Airways-owned) was forced to return to Britain's Manchester Airport after an unspecified mechanical problem. (MSN)
International relations
- The US calls on the Egyptian Army to free deposed president Mohamed Morsi. (BBC)
- Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan visits the UN headquarters in New York City to celebrate her 16th birthday with the UN address. (AP via Yahoo! News)
Law and crime
- Authorities in Indonesia search for 70 prison inmates who escaped from the Tanjung Gusta prison in North Sumatra province after a prison riot last night. Twelve of the escapees were convicted of terrorism related offences. (AAP via SBS)
- In Ireland, the Dáil votes to approve the controversial Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013 (RTÉ)
- Two people are killed and one person is wounded during a shooting in the South of Market neighborhood of San Francisco, California, United States. A suspect is in custody. (San Francisco Chronicle)
- Romanian Transport minister Relu Fenechiu is sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for complicity in abuse of power but the decision is not final. (Realitatea TV)
Politics and elections
- Supporters and opponents of deposed President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi hold rallies on the first Friday of Ramadan. (Sky News)
- U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announces her resignation to become the President of the University of California. (Los Angeles Times)