Five people are killed in a military plane crash in Sudan.
Airstrikes hit the Syrian city of Aleppo, destroying another medical facility and killing two civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Anders Behring Breivik, a convicted mass murderer in the 2011 Norway attacks, wins a human rights case against the government of Norway.
At least two people are killed and seven are injured following an explosion on a bus in Yerevan, Armenia. The cause of the blast is being investigated.
A car bombing in southeastern Baghdad kills at least 19 and injures nearly 50 Shi'ite pilgrims. ISIL has claimed responsibility.
Date: 1 April – 18 June 2016 (2 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Two unarmed Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 jets flew simulated attacks on United States Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to a U.S. official, who described it as one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory. A Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter also made seven passes around the USS Donald Cook, taking pictures of the warship.
Two Turkish soldiers are killed and four are wounded in an attack by Kurdish militants in southeastern Turkey.
He also said he did not think that ISIL would be defeated in his last nine months of office.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
The documents, 2.6 terabytes of information, were obtained more than a year ago from an anonymous source by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung. Journalists from more than 80 countries have been working with this data. The documents expose holdings of 12 current and former world leaders, and 128 more politicians and public officials worldwide. The national leaders named include Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, and Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
She is believed to be the youngest female Palestinian ever imprisoned.
Aid convoys have reached 560,000 people in hard-to-reach and besieged areas; six areas still remain off limits.
Then-U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives
In a letter to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the United States Department of Justice announces it is opening a criminal investigation into tax avoidance schemes exposed by the Panama Papers with U.S. attorney Preet Bharara asking the ICIJ for help.
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Game
independent city in Missouri, United States
A small-plane crashes near Chugiak, Anchorage in Alaska, killing at least four people, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.
Macedonian opposition leader Zoran Zaev pledges to boycott the early Macedonian parliamentary elections, saying it is due to a lack of government reforms.
The AP says two early attempts to investigate were suppressed by senior officials and the current government refuses to revisit the case and is blocking a push by an opposition lawmaker.
Political elections for public offices in Equatorial Guinea
"As the EU's external borders are not yet effectively protected, Austria will soon ramp up strict border controls.
In women's college basketball, the Connecticut Huskies top the Syracuse Orange to cap a perfect season (38-0) with the program's fourth straight national championship, and in all four, UConn's senior center Breanna Stewart wins the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes near Kumamoto, Japan, collapsing several buildings killing at least four people and injuring 400. However, no tsunami warning was issued and local nuclear power plants reported no problems. , ,
radiant light and heat from the Sun that is harnessed using a range of technologies
List of Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign endorsements
practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface
According to a police chief, at least 40 Taliban fighters are killed after launching an offensive against Afghan security forces to seize the strategic northern city of Kunduz while four security force personnel are also killed.
The U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, agrees to pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Tamir Rice. Rice was a 12-year-old boy who was walking outside a recreation center holding an air pellet gun when he was shot and killed by a Cleveland Police officer on November 22, 2014. Prosecutor Tim McGinty reported in December 2015 that an Ohio grand jury decided not to indict the police officers.
instruction to Federal government issued by the President of the United States
political movement in Iran to change the system to include more freedom and democracy
NATO announces it will hold a meeting of the NATO–Russia Council at the ambassadorial level at NATO headquarters in Brussels in the next two weeks after a two-year break since NATO cut all practical cooperation with Russia in 2014.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
employee of the United States embassy in Dhaka and the editor of Bangladesh's first and only LGBT magazine
Mayor of London and cabinet member Boris Johnson says that U.S. President Barack Obama is "inconsistent and hypocritical" in persuading the British people to remain in the European Union.
SpaceX launches a NASA cargo run to the International Space Station, and in a spaceflight first, successfully lands its reusable main-stage booster on an autonomous spaceport drone ship.
Australian mining and materials company Arrium goes into voluntary administration with 7,000 jobs under threat in Australia, including 1,000 at the Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia.
Ansar Dine, an Islamic extremist group claims responsibility for kidnapping three International Committee of the Red Cross staffers this weekend in Abeïbara in northeastern Mali.
This increase in tiger numbers, after declining for a century, was primarily in India, Russia, Nepal, and Bhutan.
Five people have been killed in two separate shootings in the American town of Appling, Georgia.
Republic of the Congo presidential election, 2016
Date: Main phase: 17 May 1980 – December 2000 Low-level resurgence: 22 June 2002 – present
97th season in the history of the National Football League
Two people are burned alive amid xenophobic riots in Lusaka, Zambia. The riots started after rumours spread that Rwandans were behind recent ritual killings in the city. More than 250 people have been arrested after more than 60 Rwandan-owned shops were looted in two days of violence.
the institution in charge of all electoral processes that take place in Venezuela
At least 245 people are reportedly injured following a head-on collision between two commuter trains in San José, Costa Rica.
The final leg of the Philippine presidential debate series is held in Dagupan.
2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces the creation of a new National Guard, which he said would fight terrorism and organized crime.
census designated place in Maryland, United States
Russia says it intercepted a U.S. Air Force plane approaching its border over the Baltic Sea on Friday because the aircraft had turned off its transponder which is needed for identification. The Pentagon says the U.S. RC-135 was flying a routine route in international airspace when the Russian SU-27 fighter intercepted it in an "unsafe and unprofessional" way.
North Korea fires another ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korean officials. This occurred while world leaders are attending the annual Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., where North Korea is on the agenda for discussion. [permanent dead link]
The death toll from Saturday night's earthquake in Ecuador rises to 262 with more than 2,500 people injured.
The Syrian Army and its allies launch an offensive south of Aleppo.
The Taliban's Qatar office confirms its leaders are in Pakistan to talk about Afghan refugees and the release of prisoners. The representative did not say if the delegation will discuss the peace process.
The Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association, in response to the potential backlash from Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant's signing of the known-as religious freedom bill which permits denial of services because of religious belief, will distribute decals that say "Everyone's Welcome Here." Mike Cashion, MHRA director, says the bill "created a level of controversy" that affects Mississippi's image.
Yemeni and United Arab Emirates troops capture the seaport of Mukalla from al Qaeda. The Saudi Arabia led coalition claims to have killed more than 800 militants.
North Korea deploys one or two intermediate-range ballistic missiles on its east coast, possibly preparing for launch on or around Friday, the anniversary of the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-sung, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a French-sponsored international conference to continue peace negotiations that have stalled since 2014 in settling the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, saying that direct talks were the only way to resolve the decades-long conflict. France wants to immediately recognize a Palestinian state without discussion over its borders or security issues.
economic model of price determination in microeconomics
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Tawi-Tawi
At least 13 people die in a collision between a taxi and truck in the South African city of Bloemfontein.
Valeant, a Canada based pharmaceutical company, says it has received new notices of default from its bondholders.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe warns that the situation in Eastern Ukraine is worsening. Chief monitor for Ukraine Ertuğrul Apakan says that "during the past weeks, the OSCE has registered the highest number of cease-fire violations in months" and warned that artillery and mortars banned under Minsk II "are being used again in increased numbers."
Thousands of people protest in Whitehall calling on British Prime Minister David Cameron to resign over his financial affairs and his handling of them in relation to revelations made by the leak of the Panama Papers.
The Islamic State claims responsibility for the blast at the security checkpoint in a northern district that killed nine and injured 28 others.
A senior Burundian Army general, Athanase Kararuza, an ethnic Tutsi and security advisor to Burundi Vice-President Gaston Sindimwo, is shot dead by heavily armed men in the capital Bujumbura.
The Iraqi Army recaptures the western town of Hīt, Al Anbar Governorate, after driving out hundreds of ISIL militants.
Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange gunfire for the third successive day after an escalation of a dispute over the boundaries between Azerbaijan and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Musician Prince dies at his home at Paisley Park in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen, Minnesota.
junior commissioned military officer, equivalent of the NATO OF-1a rank
The Los Angeles Times reports that close to 500,000 California voters, who wanted to register as an Independent but checked the American Independent Party box instead, may be ineligible to vote in the state's Democratic and Republican primaries.
Authorities in China sentence Huang Yu, a computer technician from Sichuan who worked for a government department which handled state secrets, to death for leaking more than 150,000 classified documents to an unidentified foreign power. The documents in question covered secrets ranging from the ruling Communist Party to military and financial issues.
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Developers announce their intention to build a new tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to surpass the Burj Khalifa as the tallest structure in the world. The project is expected to be roughly $1bn (£710m) and scheduled to be completed for the Dubai Expo trade fair in 2020.
Hedge fund impresario Bill Ackman faces skeptical questioning from investors after his Pershing Square fund loses big on both Herbalife and Valeant Pharmaceuticals.
The Carver County, Minnesota Sheriff's office conducts an autopsy on Prince to determine cause of death.
Authorities in Ukraine recover four Dutch Golden Age paintings stolen from a museum in the Netherlands a decade ago.
Thousands of victims have received no compensation, nor public recognition nor an apology.
A bomb explosion in Jerusalem set two buses on fire and injured 21 people with ball bearing and nails.
Bongbong Marcos, the son of dictator Ferdinand Marcos and top vice presidential candidate, defends Duterte's remarks about rape.
Bombardments by both sides have killed nearly 250 people since April 22.
international organization of states in the Americas
Voters in Chad go to the polls for the first round of voting in a presidential election with incumbent President Idriss Déby favoured to win a fifth term.
The Armenian-American community responds with outrage after the The Wall Street Journal publishes an ad denying the Armenian Genocide.
This comes as a political storm erupted this week over reports that the Turkish consulate asked Turkish organizations in the Netherlands to forward emails and social media posts which insult Erdoğan or Turkey.
North Korea claims to have successfully tested the engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the resulting smoke
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician
Belgian Minister of Transportation Jacqueline Galant resigns in the wake of the recent bombings that shook Brussels last March. Galant resigned amid accusations her ministry ignored EU criticism of security at Belgium's airports.
Saudi-led air strikes kill at least ten al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in southern Yemen.
In the United States, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signs an executive order restoring the rights of an estimated 200,000 convicted felons to vote and run for office.
A German train controller, who was operating the tracks where two trains collided on February 9 near the town of Bad Aibling, Bavaria, is arrested on possible manslaughter charges.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that twenty air strikes have hit the northern areas of Aleppo. Bombardments by both sides have killed nearly 250 people since April 22.
The executive of Ukraine, consisting of the prime minister and cabinet ministers.
Mexico City authorities declare a pollution alert after smog rose to 1.5 times acceptable limits the day before implementation of the City's new, temporary air quality program that will keep one-fifth of the city's cars at home every weekday.
organization that provides reproductive health services in the United States and internationally
religious message of salvation or thanks
Pakistani Taliban militants, in two attacks, kill seven police officers who were guarding medical workers administering polio vaccinations in Karachi.
A large explosion is reported in the Afghan capital Kabul a week after the Taliban declared the start of their annual spring offensive. The target was an Afghan government security compound with at least 28 people reported killed and more than 200 others injured. ,
Cyclone Zena, now a category 3 storm, heads for Fiji, where a tropical depression already dumped up to 12 inches of rain on the western and northern parts of Fiji's largest and most populous island, Viti Levu, triggering major flash flooding that's killed at least two people. The archipelago is still recovering from category 5 Cyclone Winston that killed 44 people in February.
The refugees were on their way to Germany via bus before being stopped at the border.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
Bongbong Marcos admits that his family is blocking forfeiture of 200 masterpiece paintings sought by the government saying that the works were not subject of a court order case. The artworks, accumulated during the administration of his father, Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos are believed to be part of the family's alleged ill-gotten wealth.
Category 3 South Pacific cyclone in 2016
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
Members of OPEC meet in Doha, Qatar, amid uncertainty in the markets and the outcome of the meeting.
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Colombia becomes the fourth state in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage.
Azerbaijan calls a unilateral ceasefire in its fight with ethnic Armenians one day after 30 soldiers died.
Mitsubishi admits that its fuel efficiency tests broke Japanese rules for about 625,000 "ultrasmall" vehicles sold in Japan.
signalling device to control competing flows of traffic
United Nations Security Council members are considering a draft resolution that would restore the UN mission in Western Sahara to full functionality. Last month, Morocco expelled 75 UN staffers.
A painting, Judith Beheading Holofernes, believed to be from Italian painter Caravaggio, is discovered in an attic in the French city of Toulouse.
Israeli security forces arrest 18 Palestinians on the West Bank for alleged terrorism related offences.
2016 presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, US Senator from Texas
Former and final Chief Minister of the island Lisle Snell said he seeks to have Norfolk Island added on the UN's list of Non-Self-Governing Territories and be given the rights that are accorded under the terms and conditions of being on the list.
More than 100 are feared dead in an early summer heatwave in India which has forced the closure of schools.
The meeting in Doha, Qatar, of the world's top oil producers, from both OPEC and non-OPEC countries, fails to agree on an output freeze. Oil analysts say the failure was due to Iran's non-participation, and Saudi Arabia linking its cooperation to Iran's inclusion. Oil prices drop in early Asian trading and on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
A severe heat wave grips Malaysia as much of Southeast Asia struggles with unusually hot and dry weather created by the El Niño season. Temperatures in Malaysia soared above 37°C, prompting more than 250 schools to close.
Under pressure from the Chinese delegation, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister Kris Peeters ejects the Taiwanese delegation from a symposium of the OECD Steel Committee; it was the first such incident since Taiwan joined the OECD Steel Committee in 2005.
institution of the European Union defining the EU's general political direction and priorities and consisting of heads of state or government of the EU's member states
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
labels on tobacco products warning of the negative impacts
Spanish figure skater Javier Fernández defends his world title after making a stunning comeback from behind Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu, who was ahead by 12 points, to win gold.
Hundreds more are thought to be buried under the rubble.
At least 15 people are killed and 20 injured following a road accident in the Pakistani city of Faisalabad.
The government of North Korea announces its ruling Workers' Party of Korea will hold a party congress on May 6, the first in nearly 40 years.
Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016
Beninese businessman Patrice Talon is sworn in as the new President of Benin.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
A mosque under refurbishment in Mogadishu, Somalia, collapses, killing at least 15 people and injuring around 40. Hundreds more are thought to be buried under the rubble.
The Associated Press wins the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for documenting the use of slave labor in Southeast Asia to supply seafood to American tables.
1-2 Nakajima-chō, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Bongbong Marcos admits that his family is blocking forfeiture of 200 masterpiece paintings sought by the government saying that the works were not subject of a court order case.
John Kerry informs Russia that under the rules of engagement the plane that flew over the USS Donald Cook on April 13th could have been shot down.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott declares nine counties in the southeastern part of the state disaster areas.
The resolution asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present options within 15 days for the deployment of UN police in order to monitor the security situation, promote respect for human rights and advance the rule of law.
In American football, Twitter wins the bidding contest over Amazon, Verizon, and others, for streaming rights to 10 of 16 National Football League (NFL) regular season Thursday Night Football Games, ones that will also be telecast by either CBS or NBC. The league streamed one game last year with Yahoo!. Verizon, meanwhile, already owns the mobile rights to all NFL games which are available to subscribers via a mobile app; the 10 NFL games on Twitter will be free.
2016 Republican Party presidential candidates
selection of Republican US presidential candidate
2015–16 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
A Russian Su-27 jet intercepts a United States Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane while in international airspace over the Baltic Sea. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says, "We condemn this kind of behavior. It is reckless. It is provocative. It is dangerous."
The Kuwait Oil Workers Union ends their three-day strike that had cut Kuwait's crude production by nearly half. [permanent dead link]
A U.S. drone strike reportedly kills a key Al-Shabaab leader, Hassan Ali Dhoore, and two other militants, near the town of Jilib, Somalia, according to several U.S. officials.
The European Union announces it is considering imposing sanctions on Macedonia's leaders for reneging on an agreement last year to investigate corruption in the ruling class and issuing an amnesty instead to those involved.
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs
standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
The legislation also bans movies produced by Russia after 1991 if they "glorify the work of government bodies" of Russia, citing such movies to be a threat to national security.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier apologizes that, for decades, German diplomats failed to act on abuses at Colonia Dignidad, the secretive German enclave in Chile whose story is told in the movie Colonia.
The Associated Press reports a government-sponsored committee of 27 companies/trade associations, set up by the U.S. FAA in February, on Friday submitted recommendations that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas, and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones.
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir impose a curfew around the capital of Srinagar, Handwara, and neighbouring villages as protests turn violent.
2015-2016 season of the National Basketball Association
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
The Prime Minister of Madagascar Jean Ravelonarivo and his cabinet resign from office with no explanation given.
second largest island of the Philippines
American multinational banking and financial services company
Egypt tries 237 activists, who face jail terms of up to three years, arrested for protesting without permits against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. Thousands demonstrated this month following the Sisi government's decision to hand over two uninhabited islands in the Straits of Tiran to Saudi Arabia. Human Rights Watch says at least 382 had been arrested.
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Ecuador, near the town of Muisne. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami alert for coastal areas of Ecuador and Colombia. At least 42 people are reported dead with deaths reported in the cities of Manta, Guayaquil and Portoviejo.
also plans to give Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which are fighting ISIL on the ground, more than $400m (£280m; €350m) in assistance.
U.S. officials report President Obama will announce plans to send as many as 250 more U.S. troops to Syria to help fight ISIL militants. The troops are likely to include special operations forces and medical or intelligence support personnel, an official added. The decision is scheduled to be announced around noon tomorrow in Hanover, Germany, during the President's farewell tour of Europe.
capital city of German federated state Baden-Württemberg
North Korean mobile medium-range ballistic missile
Six other sailors, including one who was shot, were not taken by ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf militants.
A judge rules against a gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case.
climatic phenomenon occurring in the Pacific Ocean
China's National Space Administration says it is working on a program to land a rover on Mars by 2020.
A military spokesman said there had been 29 shelling incidents around Mariupol.
gun that uses compressed air to launch projectiles
John Kerry, along with the other Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers, laid wreaths at Japan's Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum to the victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack. Kerry is the first Secretary of State to visit the memorial. Then-U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was previously the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the memorial, in 2008. The Hiroshima foreign ministers meeting is part of the preparations for the 42nd G7 summit the end of next month at Japan's Kashiko Island, Shima, Mie Prefecture.
At least 45 people are killed and another 34 hospitalized following heavy rains and flash floods in the northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The U.S. Treasury Department announces new regulations to curb tax-avoiding corporate inversions, i.e., where U.S. companies slash their tax bills by claiming a new tax home overseas, though their core operations and management remain in the United States. The pending $160 billion merger of Pfizer Inc. and Allergan, Plc could be cancelled because of these new rules.
A Russian oil tanker catches fire in the Caspian Sea, killing at least one crew member. A total of 10 crew members were evacuated from the ship, which was in the territorial waters of Turkmenistan when the fire broke out. It was unclear what caused the blaze.
According to the government of Ethiopia, the death toll from a raid carried out by attackers from South Sudan has risen to 208 from a figure of 140 a day earlier, with 108 children being kidnapped in the process. Ethiopian forces killed 60 of the attackers and says it would cross the border into South Sudan to pursue the assailants if necessary.
most populous city in the United States of America
events of March to May 2016, resulting in a minority government
U.S. President Barack Obama rules out deploying U.S. ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems.
The Japanese Red Cross says that 250,000 people have been asked to leave their homes due to further tremors.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Rockets fired by ISIL from northern Syria hit the Turkish town of Kilis killing four people, most of them children.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits off the coast of the Vanuatu island of Malakula, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) to issue a tsunami warning for the coasts of New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, which was later cancelled.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announces that the International Criminal Court will conduct a preliminary examination of the violence in Burundi over the past year that has killed hundreds, and forced hundreds of thousands to flee abroad.
Australian media reports that a deal has been reached on an alleged kidnapping case against Tara Brown and the Australian 60 Minutes crew.
Belize accuses Guatemala of "amassing" troops on the disputed Belize–Guatemala border following the death of a teenage Guatemalan boy in a shooting incident apparently involving Belize Defence Force soldiers. Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales called the shooting a "cowardly and excessive attack" that merits the "total condemnation of the Guatemalan state".
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson temporarily steps down amid allegations his family attempted to hide millions in an offshore account.
A helicopter crashes near Baltimore–Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland. However, no fatalities are reported.
Peace talks are set to start later this month.
German police report an apparent deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in Essen while a wedding was being celebrated, has injured three people, one in serious condition.
American politician and lawyer, Louisiana
A Britten-Norman Islander light aircraft crashes in the Papua New Guinea town of Kiunga resulting in the deaths of all twelve people on board.
Puerto Rican baloncesto player (1934-1972)
The United Kingdom's Foreign Office issues a travel advisory for gay people concerning travel to parts of the United States due to new legislation in North Carolina and Mississippi.
In American college basketball, the Villanova Wildcats defeat the North Carolina Tar Heels 77–74.
The Warriors can still break the record; on Wednesday, they host the Memphis Grizzlies in their final regular season game.
location of suspected Viking settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Voters in Djibouti go to the polls for the first round of voting in a presidential election with current President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh winning a fourth term in office.
Those made homeless climbs to over 23,500.
Rodrigo Duterte apologizes for making remarks about rape.
Former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is suspended by the Labour Party for claiming that Adolf Hitler was a Zionist.
American intercity passenger rail operator
campaign for the 2016 United States presidential election
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Nigeria's army says it has arrested Khalid al-Barnawi, a leader of the Boko Haram splinter group Ansaru.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea rules that Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island breaches the right to personal liberty under the constitution.
international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby
men's college basketball tournament game
Slovakia's newly-formed coalition government gains a vote of confidence as the legislature approves its program manifesto, 79-61.
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron admits he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust, Blairmore Holdings Inc., set up by his late father. Cameron says he divested himself of his shares, for £31,500 (US$44,300), before becoming prime minister in 2010.
North Korea accuses South Korea of kidnapping its citizens and demands their immediate return after Seoul's Ministry of Unification said 13 of them had defected to South Korea from China, where they worked in a Pyongyang-operated restaurant. China says that the 13 people, a male manager and 12 young female employees, had legitimate passports and had freely exited China.
4th President of South Africa (2009–2018)
capital city of Virginia, United States of America
Spain's King Felipe VI announces an unprecedented, repeat parliamentary election for June 26, 2016, since none of the country's political parties has been able to form a government.
A fire occurs at a Hindu temple in the Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala.
Al-Nusra Front militants shoot down a Syrian Arab Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jet and capture its pilot in the northern Aleppo Governorate.
A leak of 11.5 million documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca reveals details of shell companies used by 12 current or former world leaders including President of Russia Vladimir Putin whose aides allegedly shuffled billions of dollars.
The 2016 United States women's college basketball national championship will be decided when two former Big East Conference foes meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis at 8:30 p.m.
A record 175 states sign the United Nations climate agreement in New York on opening day. The agreement will enter into force once 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global emissions formally join it.
In basketball, the Golden State Warriors, the top seed in the ongoing NBA playoffs, announce that the NBA's reigning MVP, Stephen Curry, will miss at least two weeks with a sprained MCL.
British Prime Minister David Cameron releases his tax records in an effort to remove discussion about his personal wealth from the current political discourse.
The referendum fails to exceed the 50% turnout level necessary to make the results binding; turnout was recorded at 31.2%.
city in and county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Voters in the U.S. state of Wisconsin go to the polls for a primary election with Ted Cruz winning the Republican Party contest and Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic Party primary. ,
A mosque under refurbishment in the Somalian capital Mogadishu collapses during Friday prayers resulting in at least 15 deaths.
The Associated Press reports a government-sponsored committee of 27 companies/trade associations, set up by the U.S.
Samoan authorities prepared for Severe Tropical Cyclone Amos which is forecast to make landfall later tonight.
2016 Chester, Pennsylvania train derailment
In basketball, the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors team sets a new NBA record for regular season wins with 73 wins this season.
More than 400 migrants, mostly from Somalia, drown in the Mediterranean Sea while traveling from Egypt to Italy.
IUCN Red List category (species of organisms facing a very high risk of extinction)
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil rejects a bid by the Attorney General to suspend a vote in the parliament to begin impeachment procedures against the President Dilma Rousseff.
Five people are dead and five are in hospital after taking ecstasy at an Argentine version of the Time Warp Festival featuring electronic music acts.
Spain commemorates the 400th anniversary of the death of its most famous author Miguel de Cervantes.
France's National Assembly votes to adopt a non-binding resolution to lift European Union sanctions against Russia, applied after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans, as well as center-right and far-left groups voted in favor of lifting the sanctions, while the ruling Socialist Party and The Greens voted against the resolution.
They are current Vice President Mohamed Ali Soilihi, who won the first round, former coup leader Azali Assoumani and Governor of Grande Comore Mouigni Baraka.
Mugesera was known for describing Tutsis as "cockroaches" and called for their extermination in a speech in 1992 and is said to be a precursor to the Rwandan genocide.
Inter-ethnic violence after the disputed 2007 presidential election
Rockets fired by ISIL from northern Syria hit a poor neighborhood and a mosque in the Turkish city of Kilis, killing one person and injuring 26 others.
poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations
British cosmologist Stephen Hawking and Russian venture capitalist and physicist Yuri Milner announce " Breaktrough Starshot," a $100 million effort to plan a trip to the sun's closest stellar neighbor, Alpha Centauri, via developing nanotechnology that would put the craft within the star system roughly 20 years after leaving Earth.
According to officials from the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, one of their soldiers was killed overnight by Azerbaijani troops.
Voting begins for the second round of an election in the Comoros with a tight race expected between three candidates.
The Tripoli-based government asked the United Nations Security Council yesterday to blacklist the tanker.
President of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
head of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, second in line of presidential succession
The New York Post, a daily newspaper controlled by media magnate Rupert Murdoch, makes a u-turn and endorses Donald Trump for President of the United States.
Guam is currently on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in need of decolonization.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, in a majority vote, ordered an "indefinite" halt in the war crimes trial of Croatian Serb rebel leader Goran Hadžić, who is terminally ill with brain cancer and declared "unfit to stand trial." Hadžić was charged with 14 war crimes and crimes against humanity for his role in the 1991–95 war in Croatia.
The People's Republic of China urges North Korea to abide by a United Nations Security Council resolution that bans the North from conducting ballistic missile tests, two days after Pyongyang claimed it conducted a test from a submarine.
Five others, including the pilot, are hospitalized.
The Supreme Court decided two cases where businesses appealed the previous rulings, finding for the plaintiffs in both. The Court upheld a more than $150 million class action judgment on Walmart's treatment of workers in Pennsylvania, and upheld a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo over allegations the bank imposed excessive overdraft fees.
golf tournament held in Augusta, Georgia, United States
Two separate car bombs kill at least 12 people in Iraq's capital, Baghdad.
Goldman Sachs, the American multinational investment banking firm, launches an FDIC-insured, Internet-based savings bank. The Wall Street institution, whose investment banking account minimums are in the millions, sets a minimum deposit of $1 dollar for GSBank.com.
A suicide bomber blows herself up in the Turkish city of Bursa, injuring at least seven people.
lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic
A warehouse storing chemicals and fuel catches fire in the Chinese city of Jingjiang resulting in an unknown number of casualties.
Aung San Suu Kyi, now the State Counsellor of Myanmar, says she will press for the release of political prisoners and student activists in the country, hinting that a mass amnesty may be imminent, a week after her government took power.
Veteran President of the Republic of the Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso is sworn in for another term after a contentious election.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
The United States announces that it will transfer nine Yemeni detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp to Saudi Arabia.
Iraq's Parliament cancels its third session in a week to discuss political reforms as some MPs dispute the legitimacy of speaker Salim al-Jabouri to chair the meeting.
Australian 60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown and her crew are reportedly facing kidnapping charges in Lebanon following a bungled child recovery attempt.
The Governor of the U.S. territory of Guam Eddie Calvo announces his intention to hold a plebiscite to decide the future political status of the island. Calvo said he hopes to start a successful "education campaign" on the issue before filing a petition to start a referendum. If the plebiscite does take place, voters on Guam would be asked to select which political status they would prefer; independence, statehood, or free association However, the possible vote would be non-binding as any change in political status would require an act of Congress in Washington, D.C.. Guam is currently on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in need of decolonization.
According to Russian ambassador to the United Nations Aleksi Borodavkin, the Syrian Army is preparing to launch an offensive against the ISIL strongholds of Al-Raqqah and the countryside around Deir ez-Zor and that the Russian Air Force will be providing the ground campaign with air support.
The United States Air Force deploys B-52 bombers to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to join operations against ISIL in Syria and Iraq. This is the first time they have been stationed in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
American global cigarette and tobacco company
international organization of petroleum-exporting countries
In the 256-page document, the Pope encourages the clergy to embrace sinners as well as saints, opens the door a bit for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, and stresses that Catholics, with their own informed consciences guided by the light of the Gospel, address tricky moral questions in their life, and not only be guided by dogmatic rules from above.
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the Zika virus causes birth defects like microcephaly.
Ebru Umar, a Dutch journalist of Turkish descent, is arrested in Kuşadası, Turkey, for tweets deemed critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. This comes as a political storm erupted this week over reports that the Turkish consulate asked Turkish organizations in the Netherlands to forward emails and social media posts which insult Erdoğan or Turkey.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces its 2016 induction class, consisting of 10 individuals who will formally enter the Hall on September 9. Zelmo Beaty, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Cumberland Posey, Sheryl Swoopes, and Yao Ming will be inducted as players, Tom Izzo and John McLendon as coaches, Jerry Reinsdorf as a contributor, and Darell Garretson as a referee.
Four million people in the Chilean capital of Santiago were left without tap water as heavy rains triggered landslides.
The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls previously held the record with 72.
He is also being charged with involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks.
largest Christian church, led by the pope
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Russian politician and diplomat (born 1967)
Leaders of the Czech Republic choose “Czechia” as the one-word alternative name of their country to make it easier for companies, politicians and sportsmen to use on products, name tags and sporting jerseys. However, this change must still win cabinet approval before the foreign ministry can lodge the name with the United Nations for it to become the country’s official short name.
Five workers from the company that supplied fireworks to the Puttingal Temple have been detained by Indian police with the death toll rising to 106.
The President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw pardons 83 political prisoners.
The demonstrations voice support for the Liberation Movement to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
A car bomb attack on a Turkish gendarmerie in the town of Hani kills at least two people and injures 50.
In 2015, the Australian government terminated Norfolk Island's self-governing status in response to serious financial issues but without the islanders' or government's consent.
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte says he will set aside the Philippine claim on the Spratly islands and forge better economic relations with China.
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
English poet, playwright, and actor (1564–1616)
Registered Democratic voters in the U.S. state of Wyoming gather, by county, for the Wyoming Democratic caucuses. Bernie Sanders is projected to win.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
US government agency providing deposit insurance
A Ukrainian military spokesman says three of its soldiers were killed by a mortar attack in the country's east, the heaviest toll reported in the region in nearly two months.
Jihadist militant group in the Philippines
2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game
The Ethiopian Army crosses the border into South Sudan with the latter's approval in search of more than 100 children who were kidnapped and spirited across the border in a surprise attack by unknown assailants that also killed 208 people a few days ago.
outstanding work or the greatest work of a person's career
the current and twenty-sixth constitution of Venezuela
Donald Trump is forecast to win the Republican Party primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island and Connecticut based on exit polls and results.
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe warns that the situation in Eastern Ukraine is worsening.
A bomb explosion in Jerusalem set two buses on fire and injured 21 people with ball bearing and nails. Israeli police say they believe the incident was a suicide bombing but no group has claimed responsibility.
smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake
Election to the National Council of the Slovak Republic
Peruvians protest in five cities, including the capital Lima, against the presidential candidacy of Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who exactly 24 years ago this day carried out a coup by shutting down Congress and taking over the courts with the support of the military. Keiko Fujimori is the front runner in Sunday's April 10, 2016, election. Yesterday, Fujimori committed to respect democratic liberties and the rule of law, and to work against corruption, which some opponents have rejected. The Organization of American States says the election could lack credibility unless two recently disqualified candidates are allowed to run.
Armenia will recognize the independence of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from Azerbaijan if military actions there continue, according to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan. Azerbaijan has resorted to an "unprecedented provocation along the entire perimeter of the contact line" with Nagorno-Karabakh, Sargsyan told a meeting with ambassadors from member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, referring to the latest flare-up of the conflict.
Syrian government airstrikes kill 25 people, mostly civilians, in attacks on rebel-held areas near the capital Damascus.
Aid starts to flow in after an earthquake kills over 270 people in Ecuador.
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
A three-storey building collapses in the Indian city of Mumbai, resulting in six deaths and trapping many others.
Tens of thousands of people, mostly Shi'ites, take to the streets of Baghdad, Iraq in a protest calling for Parliament to vote on a cabinet reshuffle. The protest was called for by powerful Shi'te Muslim critic Muqtada al-Sadr. The proposed cabinet reshuffle is aimed at fighting corruption in the midst of divisions between lawmakers that have hampered the work of the government.
Fatalities are reported on both sides of the city.
Brazilian volleyball legend Giovane Gávio starts the relay that will reach the capital Brasilia on May 3 for transport throughout the South American country by 12,000 torchbearers, arriving at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5.
Four Sarawakian Malaysians are kidnapped off the coast of Sabah by suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf, a group linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
A member of the board of the Bundesbank in Germany says that the European Central Bank ought to crack down on the political practice, in EU's member states, by which banks that are no longer viable are nonetheless kept in business, as so-called Zombie banks.
Heavy rain of more than 1 foot (0.30 m) causes major flooding in Houston, Texas, affecting 1,000 homes, causing five deaths and causing power outages for over 100,000 residents.
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
List of chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a French-sponsored international conference to continue peace negotiations that have stalled since 2014 in settling the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, saying that direct talks were the only way to resolve the decades-long conflict.
Two separate car bombs kill at least 12 people in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the blast at the security checkpoint in a northern district that killed nine and injured 28 others. Three people are killed and 11 injured at the second bombing in southern Baghdad that targeted an army convoy; no group has claimed responsibility.
Oceanographers discover an extensive reef system near the Amazon River, estimated to span an area of 3,600 square miles (9,300 km2).
Defending champions The West Indies beat England by 4 wickets in the final in Kolkata.
Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte says he shot a fellow law student at San Beda College. The victim, Octavio Goco, who was also a Lex Talionis fraternity brother of Duterte, survived the assault. Duerte was not allowed to participate in his graduation ceremony.
American businesswoman and politician (born 1954)
2016 United Nations Secretary-General selection
selection for Secretary General of the United Nations
General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Mexico's Secretary of National Defence, apologises for an incident in which two soldiers and a policewoman torture a woman. [permanent dead link]
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
national space agency of the People's Republic of China
Thousands of people protest in the German city of Hanover against the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal. They say the deal would drive down wages, and weaken environmental protection and labour rights.
Hofer and Van der Bellen will compete in the runoff election on May 22, 2016.
Local media reports the deceased are veteran Amtrak workers.
Date: 18 June 2004 – 16 September 2014 (10 years, 2 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
Pachauri is accused of stalking, intimidation and sexual assault of a former employee.
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurs off the coast of Vanuatu with a tsunami warning issued.
Instead of admitting refugees into the country, Australia has been sending them to Nauru or Papua New Guinea.
Attackers in Bangladesh wielding machetes kill Nazimuddin Samad, a liberal blogger.
International monitors from the OSCE report that fighting has intensified in Eastern Ukraine as a second year of a shaky truce begins. The worst of the fighting is located between government-controlled Avdiivka and separatist-controlled Yasynuvata.
town in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea
Rebellious militia in the Republic of the Congo
border clashes starting from 2 April 2016
United States President Barack Obama, at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Saudi Arabia, says the United States will continue to deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab states; joins others in warning the fragile cease-fire in Syria is on the verge of collapse; pledges vigilance about Iran's destabilizing activities in the Middle East; wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights; and, says the U.S.
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
Hong Kong terrestrial television provider Asia Television ceases all broadcasts at midnight, following a 2015 decision by the Hong Kong Government not to renew its television license.
The United States admits it has killed 20 civilians and wounded 11 others in airstrikes in Syria and Iraq between September 10, 2015, and February 2, 2016.
The United States Supreme Court rules that almost $2 billion in frozen Iranian assets must be turned over to American families of people killed in attacks blamed on Iran, including the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon.
all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities
principal assistant of the President of Kenya
Reuters reports that it has seen a draft memorandum generated by the International Monetary Fund that describes the debt owed by Greece to its European partners as "highly unsustainable."
2016 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
United States top collegiate-level basketball tournament for 2016
Syrian government airstrikes, and rockets from Islamist insurgents, hit many neighborhoods in Aleppo. Fatalities are reported on both sides of the city. This continued fighting threatens the truce and peace talks being held in Geneva, Switzerland. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will meet the government delegation Monday, and will sit down with the main opposition High Negotiations Committee later in the week.
A group of United States mayors forms "Mayors Against Discrimination" in the wake of recent discriminatory laws enacted in North Carolina and Mississippi against LBGT individuals. The founding members are city leaders from Honolulu, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.
ISIL militants reportedly execute 175 workers who were captured earlier this week at a cement factory situated to the east of Damascus.
Murder of an Italian graduate student in Egypt
diplomat in Belarus Scott Rauland and Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimer Makey said that their countries are ready to discuss the possible return of their ambassadors.
Republic of the Congo presidential election
The jury in the second inquest for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster reach their verdicts. These will be given at 11:00 BST tomorrow.
Clashes break out between migrants and riot police at the Mòria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after a policeman reportedly hit a minor. The violence occurred as a Greek migration minister was visiting the center. Several refugees/migrants are reported injured.
Another earthquake measuring at 6.7 strikes off the northwest of Vanuatu, the third earthquake in the same region this week. However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the earthquake poses no tsunami threat.
Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines agree on joint naval patrols after an increase of kidnappings by the Abu Sayyaf militants.
local time, the US Geological Survey says, in the same area as the massive earthquake on Saturday.
Dreher Park, West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
The presidential campaigns of Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Governor of Ohio John Kasich announce they will now coordinate strategies to stop fellow Republican Donald Trump from becoming the party's nominee. Cruz's campaign will cut campaigning in Oregon and New Mexico to help Kasich, while the Kasich campaign will give Cruz a "clear path" in Indiana.
unmanned aerial vehicle that is usually armed
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signs Executive Order 73 that addresses some, but not all, troublesome provisions in House Bill 2 that caused businesses, traveling recording stars, etc., to stay clear of the state. The order does expand the state's anti-discrimination employment policy to include LBGT protection, but reiterates that people use the marked facility consistent with "... their biological sex." The American Civil Liberties Union says the order, "... fall(s) far short of correcting the damage done ... (and that)... transgender people are still explicitly targeted by being forced to use the wrong restroom." Equality North Carolina says, "... the order doubles down on the Governor's support for some of the most problematic provisions of HB2."
2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli–Palestinian conflict
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
The states of Oklahoma and Nebraska, having recently suffered a loss in their frontal attack on Colorado's state-legal cannabis policy, launch another litigation strategy to the same end.
The French occupy movement known as Nuit debout enters its ninth day, "March 40," spreading across dozens of French cities and to Belgium, Germany, and Spain.
Hong Kong's June 4th Museum, the first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, is to close down. Organizers say they believe they are being targeted for political reasons. It comes at a time when concerns are growing in Hong Kong that Beijing is tightening its grip on the city.
The proposed cabinet reshuffle is aimed at fighting corruption in the midst of divisions between lawmakers that have hampered the work of the government.
The President of Myanmar Htin Kyaw pardons 83 political prisoners. A total of 282 people accused of political crimes have been released or had charges dropped since the new National League for Democracy government gained power on April 1.
Protests in France turn violent as protesters clash with police, injuring over 20 police officers and resulting in over 120 arrests nationwide. The protests are against a labour law being proposed in the National Assembly, saying it will reduce rights and deepen job insecurity for youth.
More than 30,000 runners participate in the 120th running of the Boston Marathon.
The Pakistani Taliban claims the killing of a Sikh lawmaker, Soran Singh.
This marks the first time in any major North American sports draft that a single school produced the top three selections.
At least three suicide bombers attack a police station in Stavropol, Russia.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band cancels their Sunday night concert in Greensboro, North Carolina, to protest the state's controversial "bathroom bill."
series of protests in Venezuela beginning in 2014
North Korea accuses South Korea of kidnapping its citizens and demands their immediate return after Seoul's Ministry of Unification said 13 of them had defected to South Korea from China, where they worked in a Pyongyang-operated restaurant.
Officials say it will target gang leaders who left the cities because of a government crackdown.
describes the diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Chile
Abu Sayyaf militants, who threatened to kill three foreigners kidnapped from a "high-end" Philippine resort in September 2015, unless they were paid 900 million pesos (17 mil Euros) by midnight today (15:00 UTC), have beheaded one of the hostages, Canadian John Ridsdel. Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had ordered an all-out effort to rescue the hostages, including a Philippine woman, kidnapped by the Daesh-linked group.
Russia says it intercepted a U.S. Air Force plane approaching its border over the Baltic Sea on Friday because the aircraft had turned off its transponder which is needed for identification.
Eight soldiers and three civilians are killed at a military barracks in Cape Verde. The government says it suspects a missing disgruntled soldier is responsible for the incident.
In a second day of severe weather, at least seven people are injured as tornadoes sweep across the Midwestern and Southern part of the United States, with more severe weather expected.
2016 Equatorial Guinean presidential election
Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have discussed using waterboarding if elected.
The presidential campaigns of Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Governor of Ohio John Kasich announce they will now coordinate strategies to stop fellow Republican Donald Trump from becoming the party's nominee.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
type of organized but unincorporated dependent territory of the United States
human settlement in Arona, Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife Province, Spain
It is hoped that this appointment will put an end to the civil war that has plagued the country since late 2013.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
current United States federal appellate court
American attorney and politician (born 1944)
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
Up to 500 people are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean last week, in what would be the deadliest migrant shipwreck in months.
While South Korea prepares for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Associated Press reports the country has covered up widespread human rights violations, including rapes and murders, when it swept so-called vagrants off the streets in the years prior to the 1988 Games in Seoul. Thousands of victims have received no compensation, nor public recognition nor an apology. The AP says two early attempts to investigate were suppressed by senior officials and the current government refuses to revisit the case and is blocking a push by an opposition lawmaker.
nontrinitarian Christian denomination from the Philippines
Francis is expected to visit the Moria detention facility, where he will have lunch with some of the 3,060 men, women, and children there.
overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in Poland
A magnitude-6.1 aftershock has struck off the coast of Ecuador at 3:33 a.m. local time, the US Geological Survey says, in the same area as the massive earthquake on Saturday.
The government of El Salvador unveils and deploys a new heavily armed special forces unit to fight criminal gangs in rural areas of the country. Officials say it will target gang leaders who left the cities because of a government crackdown.
Hundreds of people are evacuated following a large explosion at an oil facility in Coatzacoalcos in southern Mexico.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office confirms German Federal Intelligence Service President Gerhard Schindler will be replaced by Bruno Kahl. Schindler has been widely criticized following the disclosure his agency spied for the U.S. National Security Agency.
Amnesty International says the Nigerian Army killed 350 members of the Islamic Movement and secretly buried them in mass graves in the city of Zaria in Kaduna State.
EU Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini holds the highest-level talks between the EU and Iran in decades to mark a new phase in relations between the two. Both sides are keen to focus on trade, energy and the environment as possible areas of cooperation.
Czech authorities agreed to a request by the German police to take the people back.
Israeli forces kill two Palestinian assailants at a checkpoint in the West Bank.
Osama Krayem, thought to have assisted the bomber at the subway during the 2016 Brussels bombings.
The government of Austria passes a new law that restricts the right of asylum in the country and allows claimants to be rejected directly at the border, a move criticized by rights groups. Officials say they are also considering building a fence at the main border crossing with Italy at the Brenner Pass.
In response to the U.N.-backed Government of National Accord's plea, the United Nations Security Council blacklists the tanker shipping crude oil by the unrecognized rival House of Representatives government in eastern Libya.
taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will
Mainly Chișinău Diaspora: Bucharest, Paris, Vicenza, etc.
low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes
Serbians elect a new parliament under the backdrop of its accession to the European Union.
Philippine president Benigno Aquino III says that the Abu Sayyaf militants plan to kidnap his sister actress Kris Aquino and boxer Manny Pacquiao.
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
At least 14 people have been killed in suicide bombing attacks in Baghdad.
Voters in South Korea go to the polls for a legislative election with the ruling Saenuri Party losing seats in a surprise setback.
Trần Đại Quang is sworn in as the President of Vietnam.
French movement of daily pacific political demonstrations
More than 30,000 runners participate in the 120th running of the Boston Marathon. Two Ethiopian runners win. Adriana Haslett and Patrick Downes, survivors of the 2013 bombing who each lost a leg in the blast, were in the field.
Solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 lands in Mountain View, California after a 62-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii.
The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany rules that an anti-terrorism law is unconstitutional and violates right to privacy.
North Korea sentences South Korean-born American businessman Kim Dong Chul to ten years imprisonment for alleged spying.
2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Baltimore–Washington International Airport
State oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports the death toll has risen to 28 from Wednesday's explosion at Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo's Clorados 3 petrochemical plant in the Gulf port city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz. Some workers are still missing while 18 others remain hospitalized. Officials say the explosion came from an unspecified leak. The plant produces the hazardous industrial chemical vinyl chloride.
head of government of the United Kingdom
Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)
Chief Administrative Officer; Head of the UN Secretariat
field of applied science whose theme is the control of matter on atomic and (supra)molecular scale
NFL selection meeting for new American football players
Public University in Sadarghat, Bangladesh
President Barack Obama says the United States isn't taking North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong's proposal to halt nuclear activity seriously. Pyongyang would "have to do better than that," he added.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposes legalizing marijuana for medical purposes and easing limits for personal use of the drug. He said he would be sending a bill to the Congress to increase the amount users can legally carry from the current five grams to 28 (0.18-1oz). The news comes just two days after he addressed the United Nations General Assembly at a special session on drug policy and is seen as a chance to re-think the current strategy of fighting drug-trafficking, especially in Mexico where the fighting has killed tens of thousands of people.
Several thousand people protest in Valletta, Malta, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat because the leaked Panama Papers connect his Chief of Staff, Keith Schembri, and Health and Energy Minister, Konrad Mizzi, to offshore accounts.
television content transmitted via signals in the air
China denies a Hong Kong port call by the U.S. Carrier Strike Group 3, which includes the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and accompanying vessels.
Mayor of London and cabinet member Boris Johnson says that U.S.
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
refugees and displaced persons from the ongoing conflict
While South Korea prepares for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the Associated Press reports the country has covered up widespread human rights violations, including rapes and murders, when it swept so-called vagrants off the streets in the years prior to the 1988 Games in Seoul.
A trial to determine her innocence is ongoing.
At least 23 people have died and dozens of others have become sick in Karor Lal Esan, central Pakistan, after eating sweets suspected of being contaminated with pesticides.
At least 7,000 people take to the streets of Brussels, Belgium, in a march "against terror and hate." However, turnout was less than half of what was hoped for by organizers.
Three people are killed, and there was one survivor, following the crash of a small plane headed to Angoon in Southeast Alaska, United States.
Swedish prince, son of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir
2014 murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy by Israeli settlers in East Jerusalem
views from religious leaders on a social issue
The government of Austria passes a new law that restricts the right of asylum in the country and allows claimants to be rejected directly at the border, a move criticized by rights groups.
According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile. This comes after what the United States described as the "fiery, catastrophic" failure of the first attempt a few days prior.
Comcast's NBCUniversal acquires Dreamworks Animation for $3.8 billion.
The Philippine peso sinks to become the "worst performing currency in Asia" as a result of a volatile and unpredictable presidential election.
The Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif says that the country's missile program would not be up for discussion. This comes as United States Secretary of State John Kerry said last Thursday that the United States and its allies would only address Iran's concerns in the region if it makes it clear to all involved that it was prepared to cease provocative ballistic missile launches and tests.
national government of the United States
Yasri Khan, a senior member of Swedish Green Party (part of the ruling coalition), who was refusing to shake hands with a female reporter on grounds that it violated his Muslim faith, announces that he is quitting politics.
The Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya shuts its offices in Beirut, Lebanon and dismisses 27 employees in a sudden move reflecting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran.
The death toll rises to seven from Thursday's building collapse in the Canary Islands' southern coastal town of Los Cristianos on the island of Tenerife.
Greece demands an explanation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief.
An inquest into the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 when 96 fans of Liverpool FC were killed finds the fans were illegally killed.
Khadijah, a former Iraqi officer, is believed responsible for the March attack that killed a U.S. Marine in northern Iraq.
head of the United States Department of State
Police forcibly break up a protest in Malé, Maldives, with tear gas and pepper spray and detain multiple journalists.
The European Union proposes offering Ukraine visa-free travel to its members.
According to survivors, at least 70 migrants are missing after their dinghy sank off the coast of Libya. 26 people were rescued by the Italian coast guard.
U.S. college athletic conference, 1979–2013
Due to concerns about an increasingly anti-Mexican climate across the border, Mexico unexpectedly changes two of its top officials responsible for U.S. relations. Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu told local media, "We have been warning that our citizens have begun to feel a more hostile climate. This (anti-Mexican) rhetoric has made it clear that we have to act in a different way so that this tendency being generated doesn't damage the bilateral relationship."
The Pentagon says the U.S. RC-135 was flying a routine route in international airspace when the Russian SU-27 fighter intercepted it in an "unsafe and unprofessional" way.
Saudi domestic and international television broadcaster
Belgian prosecutors hand over Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, to French authorities.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
highest political office in Ecuador; head of state and head of government of Ecuador
process for charging a public official with legal offenses by the legislature(s)
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas, during a newspaper interview, appeals to media to hand over "Panama Papers" data that will help governments around the globe that already have started investigating possible financial wrongdoing by the world's rich and powerful.
mechanical process where a wellbore is drilled below the seabed
North Korea tries and fails to launch the medium range BM25 Musudan missile.
annual song competition held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union
island territory of the United States of America
Czech Minister of the Interior Milan Chovanec says that authorities in Prague will send a group of 25 Iraqi Christians back to Iraq after they tried to move to Germany rather than staying in the Czech Republic. The refugees were on their way to Germany via bus before being stopped at the border. Czech authorities agreed to a request by the German police to take the people back. Chovanec said the 25 Iraqis abused Czech generosity and should go back to Iraq within seven days.
Duerte was not allowed to participate in his graduation ceremony.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz names former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina as his vice-presidential running mate.
Human rights abuse victims during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos stake a claim on auction proceeds from Imelda Marcos' art collection, which includes pieces by Michelangelo, Monet, Van Gogh, and Picasso.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, says he welcomes the tentative truce that started at midnight Yemen time. The truce opens unhindered access for relief aid to all of Yemen. Peace talks are set to start later this month.
It is now the deadliest earthquake in South America this century.
The self-declared National Salvation government, one of the rival governments of Libya, resigns and gives up power to the UN-backed Libyan Presidential Council in Tripoli.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
An ethnic Armenian soldier dies in overnight clashes.
British horse Rule The World wins the 2016 Grand National.
explicit portrayal of sexual acts and intercourse in media
department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
The World Wildlife Fund reports global populations of tigers, an endangered species, are up about 20 percent over the past six years.
parliamentary term referendum in Queensland, Australia
At least five people are killed by floods in the U.S. state of Texas.
Date: 12 March 2016 – 14 April 2016 (1 month and 2 days)
The influential Christian sect Iglesia ni Cristo endorses Grace Poe for president and Bongbong Marcos for vice president.
Czech Minister of the Interior Milan Chovanec says that authorities in Prague will send a group of 25 Iraqi Christians back to Iraq after they tried to move to Germany rather than staying in the Czech Republic.
2016 United States presidential election in Colorado
In a 13-minute audio tape he released Monday, Vice President Temer outlines his administration in the event that President Rousseff is impeached. Temer says he unintentionally sent the tape to lawmakers through an instant messenger app.
generic term for all markets in which trading takes place with capital
A suicide bomber explodes his vest next to a government building in Mardan, Pakistan, killing one person and critically wounding three more.
bilateral relations between Russia and Bolivia
Cameron says he divested himself of his shares, for £31,500 (US$44,300), before becoming prime minister in 2010.
After facing mounting pressure since Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Supreme Court of Crimea officially brands the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People an extremist organization and bans it.
Egypt and Saudi Arabia reach an agreement on the disputed islands of Tiran Island and Sanafir Island, placing the formerly Egyptian-administered islands officially under Saudi Arabian sovereignty.
railway system in the United States of America
work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work
U.S. President Barack Obama rules out deploying U.S. ground troops in Syria and says military efforts alone cannot solve the country's problems. He also said he did not think that ISIL would be defeated in his last nine months of office.
Italy recalls its ambassador to Egypt for consultations in protest over the lack of progress in a probe into the fate of murdered Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni. "We want only one thing, the truth about what happened to Giulio," Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday.
sport and art performed with figure skates on ice
As protesters continue to take to the streets of Skopje, Macedonia, lawmakers confirmed that a snap election will take place on June 5 despite the protesters being angry at President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision to halt investigations into more than 50 public figures, including top politicians embroiled in a wire-tapping scandal. Zoran Zaev, the main opposition leader, vowed to boycott the election.
Last week, Anbang Insurance Group topped Marriott's bid, then withdrew their offer three days later.
Journalists from more than 80 countries have been working with this data.
2004–2014 Houthi rebellion, escalating into the Yemen Civil War
However, some critics claim the creation of the National Guard is linked to the upcoming legislative election this September with them saying that Putin fears unrest, something Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies.
In the 256-page document, the Pope encourages the clergy to embrace sinners as well as saints, opens the door a bit for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, and stresses that Catholics, with their own informed consciences guided by the light of the Gospel, address tricky moral questions in their life, and not only be guided by dogmatic rules from above. Francis also asserts the right to a natural death without aggressive treatment; firmly rejects the death penalty; and reiterates the Church's opposition to same-sex marriage.
portable device to make telephone calls using a radio link
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
current denomination of United States currency
A Pakistani police officer accidentally detonates a grenade in an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, injuring himself and a court assistant.
2016 United States presidential election
American alternative investment firm specialized in private equity, venture capital and credit products
Guillaume Pepy, France's national railway company president, announces armed train marshals, in civilian dress, will be patrolling some passenger trains.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
political division that is directly overseen by the United States federal government
International Committee of the Red Cross
Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled this detention is illegal, and ordered the PNG and Australian governments to immediately take steps to end it.
United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees
Without this measure and debt restructuring, the United States territory would be forced to default as it faces nearly $2.5 billion in bond payments from May through July.
city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
There is concern the technology could be passed on to a third country, such as North Korea.
system of racial segregation based on skin colour common in South Africa
Heavy fighting continues in the north of Afghanistan as Taliban fighters intensify their attacks in several districts around Kunduz in their bid to retake the city. According to a police chief, militants overnight attacked several police checkpoints in the southwest outskirts of the city while government forces repelled a major attack to the east of Kunduz.
A suicide bomber kills 12 new police recruits in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
United States top women's professional basketball league
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
Date: 2 December 2015 – 31 August 2016 (8 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
According to Syrian state television, ISIL militants kidnapped over 300 staff members from a cement factory outside of the city of Al-Dumayr earlier this week and no contact with them has been made since.
Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir impose a curfew around the capital of Srinagar, Handwara, and neighbouring villages as protests turn violent. People began to protest last Tuesday when allegations were circulated by residents in Handwara that an Indian Army soldier tried to sexually assault a teenage schoolgirl.
Yemeni government forces along with Popular Resistance militia kill dozens of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in clashes in southern Yemen. A drone strike kills two others further north, near Ma'rib.
A Japanese Navy submarine makes a port call in the Philippines, the first in fifteen years, in a show of growing military cooperation amid tension triggered by China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea.
Romania is expelled from this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, after its national broadcaster, Romanian Television (TVR) failed to pay outstanding debts dating back to 2007. Ovidiu Anton was due to perform the song "Moment of Silence" at the contest.
Sweden celebrates the 70th birthday of their King Carl XVI Gustaf, whose celebration was attended by fellow European royals, including Denmark's Margrethe II, former King of Spain Juan Carlos I and former Queen of the Netherlands Beatrix.
The incumbent President of Chad Idriss Deby is reelected for a fifth term amid allegations of fraud.
The Verkhovna Rada appoints Volodmyr Groysman as the Prime Minister of Ukraine, replacing Arseny Yatseniuk.
excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm
Unfortunately for the PM, the main Sunday newspapers in the U.K.
American billionaire Carl Icahn, in an interview on the cable network CNBC says he has closed his position in Apple. [permanent dead link]
Israeli civil law, which does not allow anyone under 14 to go to jail, did not affect her imprisonment.
Lin-Manuel Miranda wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the musical Hamilton based on the life of American founding father Alexander Hamilton.
thermal power station where the heat source is a nuclear reactor
Hillary Clinton gains a decisive win (57.6 percent to 42.4 percent) over Bernie Sanders in the Democratic Party primary.
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Mostly in Skopje also in Bitola, Strumica, Kumanovo, Prilep, Kočani, Stip, Tetovo and other cities
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns from office in a televised address. Yatsenyuk said his resignation is to be immediately followed by the formation of a new government. Volodymyr Groysman has taken role as Acting Prime Minister.
supreme court for constitutional matters in South Africa
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko says they will not open up a formal investigation into the doping scandals that were reported by the World Anti-Doping Agency last November, where it documented Russian athletes systematically taking banned performance-enhancing drugs with state support.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) warns Turkey it is preparing to intensify its fight.
List of first overall National Football League Draft picks
international hospitality company in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
The European Union cancels mediation talks on resolving the political crisis in Macedonia after that country's main political opposition, led by Zoran Zaev, declined to take part.
Two days before the one-year anniversary of the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the Bali Nine, member Michael Czugaj is discovered to be in possession of drugs in prison.
In basketball, the WNBA draft is held in Uncasville, Connecticut.
A French Army soldier is killed and three others are injured after their convoy hit a landmine in northern Mali.
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
The European Union accuses Google of abusing the dominance of its Android by preloading its own apps.
President of FIFA Gianni Infantino says a new independent committee will be set up to monitor working conditions at Qatar's 2022 World Cup venues. The move is an attempt by the world football's governing body to ease fears of human rights abuses in the state, where organizations like Amnesty International documented multiple cases of poor working conditions and abuses against migrant workers.
Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $5.06 billion to settle allegations that it sold packages of shoddy mortgages prior to the global financial crisis.. The U.S. Justice Department settlement includes a $2.385 billion civil penalty, and $1.8 billion for distressed borrowers and communities affected by the housing crisis.
overview of law enforcement in the Republic of Turkey
Some workers are still missing while 18 others remain hospitalized.
group of Americans who led the revolution against Great Britain
2016 United States presidential election in California
Right-wing populist political party in South Korea
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Islamist militant organization in Nigeria
person who collects, writes and distributes news and other information
Two weeks after the deadly suicide bombings, Brussels Zaventem International Airport will reopen today with three symbolic flights to Faro, Athens, and Turin. On Thursday, the airport had said it was "technically ready" to resume partial services, but the opening was held up because police unions threatened to strike unless additional security checks were introduced.
North Korea reportedly deploys 300 new multiple launch rocket systems along the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
American founding father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)
A United States Air Force Boeing RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft was intercepted and threatened by a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet in international airspace over the Baltic Sea on Thursday (April 14), according to the United States European Command (EUCOM).
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
The International Criminal Court terminates the case against Kenya's Deputy President William Ruto and ends his trial, saying there is insufficient evidence he was involved in deadly violence that erupted after his country's 2007 presidential election.
2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship Game
A total of 10 crew members were evacuated from the ship, which was in the territorial waters of Turkmenistan when the fire broke out.
overview about bankruptcy in the United States
2016 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses
Azerbaijan has resorted to an "unprecedented provocation along the entire perimeter of the contact line" with Nagorno-Karabakh, Sargsyan told a meeting with ambassadors from member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, referring to the latest flare-up of the conflict.
Kobe Bryant plays his last game in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Date: April 3, 2016 7:50 a.m. EDT (UTC−4)
Later, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center announces the threat has largely passed.
The riots started after rumours spread that Rwandans were behind recent ritual killings in the city.
Thousands of people protest in the German city of Hanover against the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership deal.
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemns the Israeli cabinet meeting held on occupied Syrian-territory and, in letters to both the Security Council and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, calls on the U.N. to condemn Israel's action.
global international and intergovernmental organization
The first criminal charges are laid against three people, two state officials and a municipal official, involved in the Flint water crisis.
ISIL claims responsibility for clashes between militants linked to the group and the Philippine Army that claimed 23 lives.
rectangular container which contains cigarettes
The Samoan Islands and Wallis and Futuna brace for the impact of Cyclone Amos as the Fiji Meteorological Service upgrades the cyclone to a category three storm, with sustained winds as high as 140 km/h at its centre.
1983 bombing of a U.S. Marine Corps barracks
A Hindu man is hacked to death in Tangail district. He is alleged to have made comments against Prophet Muhammad. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong says North Korea is ready to halt nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea.
List of heads of government of Norfolk Island
Date: 1 August 2014 – 9 November 2022 (8 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
The Bunyadi, a London pop-up restaurant where diners will be encouraged to eat in the nude, has a reservation waiting list of more than 13,000 people for its June opening. The restaurant will operate for three months.
Mohamed Abrini, wanted in connection with the 2015 Paris attacks, is arrested in Belgium.
Program that locks files until a sum of money is paid
Peabody Energy, the largest privately-owned producer of coal in the world headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, files for bankruptcy court protection due to high debts and a drop in world prices.
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II
Voters in Peru go to the polls for a general election with Keiko Fujimori and Pedro Kuczynski going through to the second round.
This week, an attack on MedStar Health forced the largest healthcare provider in the Washington, D.C.
In American football, the National Football League starts its draft for the 2016 NFL season with the Los Angeles Rams choosing quarterback Jared Goff with the first pick.
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
bay forming part of Luzon Sea on the west coast of the island of Luzon, Philippines
List of tallest buildings and structures
General Curtis Scaparrotti, the incoming head of the United States military forces in Europe, says he supports a permanent brigade-sized presence of U.S.
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announces its 2016 induction class, consisting of 10 individuals who will formally enter the Hall on September 9.
historical period of the Netherlands, roughly spanning the 17th century
The death toll rises to 570 with 163 people listed as missing.
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake has risen to at least 480 with 1,700 missing.
Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
Republican Party presidential candidates, 2016
The Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull announces that French company DCNS has been awarded a $50 billion contract to build a new fleet of submarines for the Royal Australian Navy with the subs to be built in Adelaide.
legislative authority of the Syrian Arab Republic
reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards signs an anti-discrimination order protecting the rights of gay and transgender people that rescinds one his immediate predecessor, Bobby Jindal, signed that sought to limit same-sex marriage rights and the ability of transgender people to choose which public restrooms they may use.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017
Marco Aurélio Mello, a Supreme Federal Court judge orders Brazil's Chamber of Deputies to start impeachment proceedings against Vice President Michel Temer over charges he helped doctor budget accounting as part of President Dilma Rousseff's administration.
Donald Trump wins by a large margin in the Republican Party primary.
Greece starts deporting migrants to Turkey.
Equatoguinean politician, President of Equatorial Guinea since 1979
Authorities in Panama raid law firm Mossack Fonseca, the source of the data leaked about offshore companies.
ocean-going, barge-derived, floating landing platform
Swedish deputy prime minister Åsa Romson is criticized after referring to the September 11 attacks in New York as mere "accidents".
Spain's King Felipe VI announces an unprecedented, repeat parliamentary election for June 26, 2016, since none of the country's political parties has been able to form a government. The prior election, which was held on December 20, 2015, resulted in a hung parliament. Previously, Spain had been ruled via a two-party system.
West Indies women's national cricket team beat defending champions Australia women's national cricket team by 8 wickets the final in Kolkata.
The dates are meant to commemorate the days of Kyrgyzstan's massive anti-government revolts.
The protest coincides with a visit by representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the island.
The target was an Afghan government security compound with at least 28 people reported killed and more than 200 others injured.
The Golden State Warriors, with today's win at San Antonio, tie the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls NBA regular season record with their 72nd win this season.
Colonel Adilson Moreira of the National Public Security Force, who was in charge of organizing security, in an email to his colleagues reportedly criticizes the President and other senior officials, saying he is ashamed of the country's being led by an "unscrupulous group." Brazilian officials, who earlier received Sports Minister George Hilton's resignation, say the planning for the Olympic Games will not be affected.
China will be banning the export of jet fuel and import of gold, some coal and "rare earth metals" used in high-tech goods.
Colombia's Constitutional Court votes in favor of same-sex marriage, in a 6-3 decision.
The government says it suspects a missing disgruntled soldier is responsible for the incident.
According to Eurostat, the Eurozone's economy grew by 0.6% in the first three months of 2016, faster than what was originally expected, with unemployment falling to 10.2%. This growth suggest that the eurozone's economy is now bigger than it was before the start of the financial crisis of 2007–08.
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
The Parliament of South Africa announces it will debate a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma this coming Tuesday. This comes after Zuma is facing mounting pressure when the Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma violated the constitution by using state funds to renovate his mansion. Yesterday, anti-apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada joined opposition leaders in calling for Zuma's resignation.
The European Union offers to help the fledgling new UN-backed Libyan unity government with assistance in its security sector, managing migration, border management and police capacity building. This comes after Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj appealed to foreign governments for help in fighting ISIL and aid to rebuild the country.
judgment that assists in distinguishing right from wrong
Former slave Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the front of the United States twenty-dollar bill while Alexander Hamilton keeps his place on the ten after the public consultation process.
Two people are burned alive amid xenophobic riots in Lusaka, Zambia.
Paul Ryan, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, rules out seeking or accepting the Republican Party nomination in 2016.
2014 police killing of a black boy in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
time limit for a politician holding a given position (sometimes renewable)
However, the truce appears to be largely holding as members from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are granted unhindered access to give humanitarian aid and personnel across the country.
Slovakia's newly-formed coalition government gains a vote of confidence as the legislature approves its program manifesto, 79-61. The ruling Direction – Social Democracy party, which did not win an absolute majority in March, has joined with the three other parties—Slovak National Party, Most–Híd, and Network—to total 85 of the National Council's 150 seats.
Imee Marcos (daughter of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and sister of vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos), her three sons, and JV Ejercito (son of Manila mayoral candidate Joseph Estrada) are among hundreds of Filipino celebrities and politicians implicated for laundering money in tax havens.
international non-governmental organization
A suicide bomber kills 12 new police recruits in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
The U.S. state of Utah declares pornography a "public health risk" in a move Governor of Utah Gary Herbert says is to "protect our families and our young people". The bill, signed by the governor, does not ban pornography in the state but does call for greater "efforts to prevent pornography exposure and addiction".
AMISOM soldiers kill four Somali civilians in the town of Bulla Marer, southwest of Mogadishu. The AU Mission said scared soldiers opened fire when the car the civilians were driving failed to stop at a roadblock.
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1999 to 2008
Hillary Clinton is forecast to win the Democratic Party primary in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware while Bernie Sanders wins Rhode Island. With her victory, Clinton came close to securing the number of delegates she needs to win the nomination.
Mexican cabinet member responsible for foreign policy
A bus carrying members of the Bharati Gananatya opera troupe crashes into a gorge in India's Odisha state resulting in 25 people killed and 11 injured.
In basketball, the 2015-16 Golden State Warriors team sets a new NBA record for regular season wins with 73 wins this season. The 1995-96 Chicago Bulls previously held the record with 72.
China's Ministry of Commerce says that it is restricting trade with North Korea, in line with the recent sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council last March. China will be banning the export of jet fuel and import of gold, some coal and "rare earth metals" used in high-tech goods.
Former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra K. Pachauri is to face a court in Delhi, India on charges of sexual harassment.
Two firefighters are shot, one fatally and the other is in critical condition, during a welfare check in Temple Hills, Maryland.
Romania is expelled from this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, after its national broadcaster, Romanian Television (TVR) failed to pay outstanding debts dating back to 2007.
A review late last year of some 30 mid-sized U.S.
2015–16 UConn Huskies women's basketball team
American singer; winner of American Idol
Creditors, including 800 sacked workers, vote to place Queensland Nickel into liquidation allowing creditors to pursue its owner, Australian politician Clive Palmer, for costs.
Macedonian police fire tear gas at refugees as they attempted to break through a fence at the Greece-Macedonia border near Idomeni, sparking clashes that injured 200 people.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
A number of people were injured in clashes between police and several thousand protestors in Skopje, Macedonia, with demonstrators breaking into President Gjorge Ivanov's offices.
human settlement in Texas, United States of America
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Greece demands an explanation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to offer more debt relief. Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks published what it said was the transcript of a March 19 conference call of three senior IMF officials discussing tactics to apply pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to reach a deal in April.
the practice and process of applying Islamic doctrine to personal life and society
Japanese affiliate of the International Red Cross
At least 18 soldiers are killed and 52 injured in clashes with Abu Sayyaf militants and allied gunmen in Basilan island, Philippines.
The United States Geological Survey reports the 7.8 magnitude quake was preceded, 11 minutes earlier, by a 4.8 earthquake.
The United States and the United Kingdom issue travel alerts for their citizens to avoid the Sulu Archipelago in the southwestern Philippines where a wave of kidnappings by Abu Sayyaf militants has occurred.
Peruvians protest in five cities, including the capital Lima, against the presidential candidacy of Keiko Fujimori, daughter of imprisoned ex-president Alberto Fujimori, who exactly 24 years ago this day carried out a coup by shutting down Congress and taking over the courts with the support of the military.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
American multinational technology company
The unrecognized House of Representatives, one of the rival governments based in eastern Libya, ships its first cargo of crude oil in defiance of the U.N.-backed authorities in the capital Tripoli in a move that could deepen divisions within the country. The Tripoli-based government asked the United Nations Security Council yesterday to blacklist the tanker.
Developers announce their intention to build a new tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to surpass the Burj Khalifa as the tallest structure in the world.
cultural region in the southeastern and south-central United States
voter not aligned with any political party
Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, against President Robert Mugabe and the deteriorating economy. The rally was banned by the police, however, it went ahead after a ruling by the High Court sanctioned the protest.
Romson made the comments on public television while discussing the resignation of housing minister Mehmet Kaplan who had compared Israel's treatment of Arabs to the Nazis' treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.
Hashim Thaçi is sworn in as the new President of Kosovo.
Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso names former opposition leader Clément Mouamba as prime minister.
People in Ecuador start burying their dead as the death toll from the earthquake passes 500.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
The United States military reports a drone attack killed ISIL rocket expert Jasim Khadijah.
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson refuses to resign after leaked "Panama Papers" tax documents showed he and his wife used an offshore firm to allegedly hide million-dollar investments. "I have not considered quitting because of this matter nor am I going to quit because of this matter," Gunnlaugsson told Icelandic television Channel 2.
Eight family members are murdered in four different locations in Pike County, Ohio.
two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011
The Japanese government announces that it will start testing mileage figures of Mitsubishi Motors vehicles following recent revelations that testing data had been manipulated over a 25-year period.
Amtrak train between New York and Savannah, Georgia
President Rafael Correa states it is the worst disaster in Ecuador in seven decades, and the reconstruction will have a "huge economic impact" on the country.
The opposition Minjoo Party of Korea wins the most seats in the Parliament.
At least two people are killed and five missing after a building collapses in Tenerife in the Canary Islands. [permanent dead link]
ground warfare branch of Turkey's military
The U.S. military warns that the Kabul Attack Network, comprised of fighters from various jihadist groups such as the Taliban and Haqqani networks, is planning attacks on people in the Parwan, Khost, Kabul, and Logar Provinces, Afghanistan, and asks for information from the Afghan public.
generic primary business street of towns or cities
French commune in the Haute-Garonne department, Occitania
The restaurant will operate for three months.
decides to terminate its $160 billion merger with Allergan, Plc as officials in Washington crack down on corporate inversions.
1987 jet airliner family by Airbus including the A318, A319, A320, A321 and ACJ series
The death toll from yesterday's Taliban attack on the National Directorate of Security in Kabul rises to 64, with 347 others wounded, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.
2015 film directed by Florian Gallenberger
2015–16 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
liberal political party in South Korea (2014– )
European Union finance ministers approve a series of measures to tackle tax-evading methods that were exposed by the Panama Papers.
capital and most populous city of France
Two other people were rescued alive, while another may be missing.
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte said that Australia and the United States should go ahead and cut their ties with the Philippines if he was elected president, following critical comments of their ambassadors on his rape remarks.
A second earthquake hits southern Japan with a magnitude of 7.1 killing at least 32 people with the death toll from both earthquakes rising to 42. The new quake traps even more people. In Kumamoto a landslide occurs as well as a bridge collapse. [permanent dead link]
At least two people are killed and seven are injured following an explosion on a bus in Yerevan, Armenia.
The Bunyadi, a London pop-up restaurant where diners will be encouraged to eat in the nude, has a reservation waiting list of more than 13,000 people for its June opening.
President Rafael Correa announces a sales tax increase, and a one-time levy on millionaires as the country deals with the enormous damage from this disaster.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in an op-ed in London's Daily Telegraph, urges Britons to keep the U.K.
external territory of Australia in the South Pacific Ocean, consisting of the island of the same name plus neighbouring islands
bicameral legislature of the United States
He accused Washington of trying to preserve its ability to turn some of its plutonium stockpile back into a form usable for nuclear weapons.
Belgian Minister of Transportation Jacqueline Galant resigns in the wake of the recent bombings that shook Brussels last March.
Search and rescue efforts continue in Nairobi after the collapse of a building yesterday. Kenyan police have confirmed seven deaths so far.
Iraqi officials declare a state of emergency for all of Baghdad after protesters loyal to popular Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed into Iraq’s parliament in the Green Zone. [permanent dead link]
A repeat vote is expected on May 4 in locations where voting irregularities have been found.
far-right political party in the United States
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
United Nations envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura appeals to the United States and Russia to intervene to help revive the failing Syrian peace talks. He stressed fighting needs to decrease for the talks to work, and that won't happen "without some sort of political solution on the horizon."
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia
incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match in 1989
A Myanmar court releases 69 jailed student activists in the first wave of amnesty for the country's political prisoners, with more releases expected.
head of government of Turkey (1920 - 2018)
The U.K. Foreign Office and the U.S. State Department issue travel advisories regarding the Philippine island of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago after a recent kidnapping near Davao City.
bilateral relations between Israel and Syria
Polish politician, former President of the European Council, and former Prime Minister of Poland
annual race in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
fraud on emissions tests using a defeat device from 2009 to 2015 by Volkswagen
Shuafat, East Jerusalem Jerusalem Forest
Equatorial Guinean voters go to the polls with incumbent Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo expected to win as the opposition boycotts the election.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
The drug was used by many Soviet-bloc athletes since the 80s.
National Museum of Natural History, New Delhi
Barakhamba Road, Tansen Marg, New Delhi, India
gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
Xi Jinping, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of China, assures that China will prevent war breaking out between North Korea and South Korea.
Italy recalls its ambassador to Egypt for consultations in protest over the lack of progress in a probe into the fate of murdered Cambridge University student Giulio Regeni.
Voters in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island head to the polls to vote in Democratic and Republican presidential primaries.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk, and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans meet with Syrian refugees at a camp in the southeastern Turkish town of Nizip prior to talks with a delegation led by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. Davutoğlu stresses the importance of implementation of European Union visa liberalization for Turkish citizens in assuring the success of Europe's migrant readmission agreement with his country. Tusk announces that the EU will spend 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) this summer on projects to improve the lives of Syrian migrants.
Philippine officials report four Indonesian sailors were kidnapped last night off the Philippines' southernmost town of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, near Malaysia's Sabah state.
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Clashes break out between migrants and riot police at the Mòria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos after a policeman reportedly hit a minor.
Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson refuses to resign after leaked "Panama Papers" tax documents showed he and his wife used an offshore firm to allegedly hide million-dollar investments.
Capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
In American football, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game suspension imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the Deflategate scandal. The suspension had been stayed due to a lower court ruling.
Turkey says it has deported more than 3,300 foreigners suspected of links to jihadi groups, and barred another 41,000 foreigners from entering the country.
Zelmo Beaty, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Cumberland Posey, Sheryl Swoopes, and Yao Ming will be inducted as players, Tom Izzo and John McLendon as coaches, Jerry Reinsdorf as a contributor, and Darell Garretson as a referee.
President Dilma Rousseff, speaking with teachers and students, says Vice President Michel Temer and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Eduardo Cunha are jointly plotting her downfall.
United Nations Climate Change conference
Pope Francis arrives on the Greek island of Lesbos. Francis is expected to visit the Moria detention facility, where he will have lunch with some of the 3,060 men, women, and children there.
most populous city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
President of Russia Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of reneging on a 16-year-old deal that called for reducing Russia's and the United States' stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium. He accused Washington of trying to preserve its ability to turn some of its plutonium stockpile back into a form usable for nuclear weapons.
Pope Francis arrives on the Greek island of Lesbos.
Norse explorers, raiders, merchants, and pirates
Turkish Armed Forces shell ISIL positions hours after projectiles hit Turkey's Kilis Province.
euphemism for program of systematic torture by U.S government's military
public health emergency of international concern
Following an appeal, 12-year-old Dima al-Wawi is freed from an Israeli prison. She is believed to be the youngest female Palestinian ever imprisoned. Israeli civil law, which does not allow anyone under 14 to go to jail, did not affect her imprisonment. Palestinian residents in the occupied territories are subject to military law that can sentence suspects as young as 12 to prison.
Canada's Minister of Health Jane Philpott says federal legislation to legalize marijuana will be introduced in spring of 2017.
The results, while not official yet, show voters solidly rejecting the approval of the Association Agreement with 61.1 percent and turnout reaching over the 30 percent threshold for the referendum to be valid.
office of the head of state of Afghanistan
2016 severe earthquake centered near Ashkasham, Afghanistan
The Military junta of Thailand gives the Royal Thai Armed Forces broad police-like powers. The military is now allowed to prevent or suppress over 27 types of offenses. The move created an outcry from human rights organizations and prompted the United States to express its concern over the growing influence of the military in the country.
U.S. President Barack Obama, in an op-ed in London's Daily Telegraph, urges Britons to keep the U.K. in the European Union. Tomorrow, Obama is scheduled to have lunch with Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 90th birthday today. He then will hold talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto proposes legalizing marijuana for medical purposes and easing limits for personal use of the drug.
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal rules that opposition's proposed amendment to change the President's term of office from six to four years can not be applied retroactively, thereby ending this attempt to cut short President Nicolás Maduro's time in office.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Cape Verdean police capture a suspect in the murder of eight soldiers and three civilians.
The Court upheld a more than $150 million class action judgment on Walmart's treatment of workers in Pennsylvania, and upheld a $203 million judgment against Wells Fargo over allegations the bank imposed excessive overdraft fees.
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
Drug smugglers convicted in Indonesia in 2005
List of unmanned aerial vehicles-related incidents
country in Central and Southeastern Europe
Six people are arrested in Belgium including:
A heatwave in India has claimed 300 lives in April with daytime cooking banned in some parts of the country to prevent fires which have claimed an additional 80 lives.
The protest was called for by powerful Shi'te Muslim critic Muqtada al-Sadr.
Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro García Padilla announces he declared a state of emergency at the Commonwealth's Government Development Bank yesterday, which allows withdrawals only to fund necessary costs for health, public safety, and education services.
British Prime Minister David Cameron releases his tax records in an effort to remove discussion about his personal wealth from the current political discourse. His initial reluctance to admit he had benefited from his late father's offshore Panama Papers holdings still seems to be affecting the upcoming European Union referendum. Unfortunately for the PM, the main Sunday newspapers in the U.K. tell of a gift of 200,000 pounds ($282,500) from his mother in 2011, suggesting it may have been a way of avoiding inheritance tax.
2001 Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Clashes and air strikes are reported in Yemen despite a fragile truce between the government and Houthis taking effect.
Presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte jokes about an Australian woman being raped and murdered in Davao City.
United Nations envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura appeals to the United States and Russia to intervene to help revive the failing Syrian peace talks.
Yesterday, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a statement that North Carolina House Bill 2, a so-called bathroom bill, "...jeopardizes not only the dignity, but also the actual physical safety, of transgender people."
A Russian Su-27 jet intercepts a United States Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance plane while in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.
capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
The Parliament of Finland holds a debate on whether or not to abandon the Euro as its currency following a petition that garnered enough signatures to force the issue into parliament. This comes as Finland as dealing with a weakening economy but the petition is unlikely to lead to the country leaving the Eurozone.
In basketball, the WNBA draft is held in Uncasville, Connecticut. The top pick is Connecticut's Breanna Stewart, followed by her college teammates Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck. This marks the first time in any major North American sports draft that a single school produced the top three selections.
1990–1991 war between Iraq and American-led coalition forces
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
professional sports hall of fame in New York, U.S.
A group of 13 North Koreans working at a restaurant in an unidentified country defect en masse to South Korea, according to Seoul's Ministry of Unification.
one of the largest cut diamonds in the world, now part of the British Crown Jewels
The government of Malawi declares a state of emergency across the country over worsening food shortages caused by a severe drought that is affecting much of Southern Africa with about 2.8 million Malawians, or 20% of the population, facing food insecurity.
The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack.
The U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs unanimously passes a resolution reaffirming the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances.
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
1984–85 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team
The Health Information Trust Alliance, a nonprofit industry group, warns that hospitals in the United States must prepare for more ransomware attacks. A review late last year of some 30 mid-sized U.S. hospitals found 52 percent were infected with malicious software. This week, an attack on MedStar Health forced the largest healthcare provider in the Washington, D.C. area, to shut down much of its computer network.
Date: 30 September 2015 – present (7 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
At least 42 people are reported dead with deaths reported in the cities of Manta, Guayaquil and Portoviejo.
earthquake which occurred on 16 April 2016
Azerbaijan calls a unilateral ceasefire in its fight with ethnic Armenians one day after 30 soldiers died. The Associated Press reports rebel forces reject Azerbaijan's claims, saying they see no sign the government has stopped fighting.
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
international network of investigative reporters
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is running for Secretary-General of the United Nations, to succeed Ban Ki-moon whose second term expires at the end of this year. Clark, who is the first non-European and fourth woman among the eight announced candidates, was prime minister for nine years (1999–2008) and has been Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme since April 2009. The United Nations Trusteeship Council will begin preliminary meetings with candidates next week in New York City.
More than 250 people have been arrested after more than 60 Rwandan-owned shops were looted in two days of violence.
elevated Automated People Mover (APM) line in Punggol, Singapore
The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signs a presidential decree officially recognizing March 17, March 24, and April 7 as public holidays for Kyrgyzstan. The dates are meant to commemorate the days of Kyrgyzstan's massive anti-government revolts. On March 17, 2002, during anti-government protests in the Aksy District, police killed four protesters, while March 24 and April 7 commemorate the Tulip Revolution of 2006 and the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, respectively.
A court in South Africa rules that the decision in 2009 to drop over 750 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational and called for a review of them. However, the court ruling does not automatically reinstate the charges against Zuma as a legal team must be set up to decide on whether to charge him or not.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
one of four major organizations which sanctions professional boxing bouts
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Amanda Gorely criticizes Philippine presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte regarding his remarks about the rape of an Australian citizen.
legislative branch of the Libyan government
NATO reopens informal talks with Russia for the first time in nearly two years. According to the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg "NATO and Russia have profound and persistent disagreements, today’s meeting did not change that."
These will be given at 11:00 BST tomorrow.
A drone strike kills two others further north, near Ma'rib.
Kerry had departed less than an hour earlier.
Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
The Progressive Party announces it is leaving President Dilma Rousseff's coalition government and that its 47 politicians would support her impeachment.
According to government officials, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette tomorrow will announce criminal charges against two state regulators and a Flint employee in connection with the city's lead-tainted water crisis.
Protests continue against President Gjorge Ivanov in Skopje, Macedonia. Opposition leader Zoran Zaev said he will only take part in EU-brokered negotiations with the government if certain conditions are met.
Seven gunmen in a blue speedboat attacked two Indonesian-flagged tugboats.
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant approves a new law that allows religious groups and private businesses to deny services to gay and transgender people.
weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage
Head of state of the Republic of Armenia
German political activist; founder of Pegida
United States President Barack Obama, at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Saudi Arabia, says the United States will continue to deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab states; joins others in warning the fragile cease-fire in Syria is on the verge of collapse; pledges vigilance about Iran's destabilizing activities in the Middle East; wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights; and, says the U.S. and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid which is impeding the fight against ISIL.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports airstrikes on the village of Deir al-Asafir, Rif Dimashq Governorate, have killed at least 30 people and left dozens more injured.
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake occurs in northern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border with tremors felt in north India.
Rice was a 12-year-old boy who was walking outside a recreation center holding an air pellet gun when he was shot and killed by a Cleveland Police officer on November 22, 2014.
Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)
Last month's agreement between the European Union and Turkey will be implemented Monday as migrants currently on Greek islands will be returned to the Turkish mainland.
Thirteen people were killed when a helicopter carrying offshore workers from Gullfaks B crash landed off the western coast of Norway.
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2016
occurs when money is withdrawn from a bank account and the available balance goes below zero
2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum
Burmese politician and scholar serving as the 9th President of Myanmar
land warfare branch of France's military
Eight soldiers and three civilians are killed at a military barracks in Cape Verde.
India's health ministry orders government agencies to enforce a new rule for larger health warnings that cover 85 percent of a cigarette pack's surface, up from 20 percent now. India's biggest cigarette maker ITC Ltd., part-owned by British American Tobacco, and Godfrey Phillips India Ltd., a partner of U.S.-based Philip Morris International, shut factories on Friday in protest.
A fire occurs at a Hindu temple in the Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. At least 102 people have been killed and hundreds injured.
Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
Two people are killed and 35 injured when a United States Amtrak passenger train on the Palmetto route traveling from New York City to Savannah, Georgia, with 341 passengers and seven crew on board, derails in Chester, Pennsylvania, after striking a backhoe that was on the track. Local media reports the deceased are veteran Amtrak workers. Area hospitals are treating the injured; none in life-threatening condition.
material derived from the tusks and teeth of animals
ligament on the inner side of the knee joint
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
Filipina politician and author (1945-2016)
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States
Heavy rain in Nairobi, Kenya, causes floods killing at least four people.
Philippine officials report four Indonesian sailors were kidnapped last night off the Philippines' southernmost town of Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, near Malaysia's Sabah state. Seven gunmen in a blue speedboat attacked two Indonesian-flagged tugboats. Six other sailors, including one who was shot, were not taken by ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf militants.
President Dilma Rousseff, speaking with teachers and students, says Vice President Michel Temer and Chamber of Deputies Speaker Eduardo Cunha are jointly plotting her downfall. The two men are in line to succeed her if she is impeached.
law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies
The decision is scheduled to be announced around noon tomorrow in Hanover, Germany, during the President's farewell tour of Europe.
Airstrikes that were likely carried out by Syrian government forces kill around 40 people in a crowded market in rebel territory in Syria's Idlib Governorate.
A women's rights group files a lawsuit in the Philippine Commission on Human Rights against Rodrigo Duterte for his rape remarks.
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi sacks Prime Minister and Vice President of Yemen Khaled Mahfoudh Bahah. Hadi named top general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as his new Vice President and appointed Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, a former official in Saleh's General People's Congress as the new Prime Minister.
North Korea threatens a genocide against the United States of America.
extended period when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply
A standoff grew when far-right protesters faced a counter-demonstration, despite protests being banned by local authorities who were fearful of last Sunday's event, in which police forcefully dispersed a right-wing protest with water cannons.
In boxing, Anthony Joshua wins the International Boxing Federation heavyweight championship defeating Charles Martin the defending champion.
A battle rages in the Kunduz Province of Afghanistan as the Taliban launches its spring offensive to capture the city of Kunduz. According to a Taliban spokesperson, several outposts already fell to them but this could not be verified immediately while a police chief says that the security forces were keeping "the situation under control".
The People's Republic of China announces that it will prosecute 357 people for the illegal sale of vaccines.
tell of a gift of 200,000 pounds ($282,500) from his mother in 2011, suggesting it may have been a way of avoiding inheritance tax.
theater and music venue inside the Auditorium Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States
2013 terrorist event in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
American online social media and social networking service
2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team
2016 election for the parliament of Serbia
North Korea is reported to have launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile for the first time.
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
multinational specialty drugs company based in Laval, Quebec, Canada
bilateral relations between United States and Lithuania
In Riyadh, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Saudi Arabia's King Salman sign five agreements, including plans to increase investments, and to cooperate in intelligence sharing.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution setting the stage for the deployment of UN Police to Burundi, where political unrest that has lasted nearly a year killed over 400 people and displaced tens of thousands.
sentiment against people of Mexican descent, Mexican culture, and accents of Mexican or Chicano English
head of state and of government of Turkey
Spanish general election held on 20 December 2015
Chinese state media condemn the action saying that saber-rattling will "lead the country to nowhere".
The Governor of the U.S. territory of Guam Eddie Calvo announces his intention to hold a plebiscite to decide the future political status of the island.
A tornado hits the Uruguayan town of Dolores resulting in at least four deaths and seven injuries.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
However, no tsunami warning was issued and local nuclear power plants reported no problems.
A massive fire severely damages the National Museum of Natural History in the Indian capital New Delhi.
deportation and resettlement campaign of the Ottoman Empire's Armenian population with mass murder
NFL franchise in Inglewood, California, United States
Senior Kurdish and Shi'ite Muslim leaders agree to withdraw from Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, where recent violence has killed more than 10 people.
CIA Director John Brennan, in an exclusive interview to air on NBC News tonight, says the United States intelligence agency will not use harsh, enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, even if ordered by a future president. Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have discussed using waterboarding if elected.
Carrier Strike Group 3, which includes the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) and accompanying vessels.
Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
Pfizer Inc. decides to terminate its $160 billion merger with Allergan, Plc as officials in Washington crack down on corporate inversions. Pfizer will need to pay a $400 million fee to Allergan for expenses relating to the deal.
wife of Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland
Students from Jagannath University in Dhaka, where Nazimuddin Samad studied, protest the killing and tell reporters that police inaction over previous killings contributed to the death of Samad.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Russia postpones a transfer of missile engines to China. There is concern the technology could be passed on to a third country, such as North Korea. China is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary, informal partnership between 34 countries to prevent proliferation of missile delivery systems that could carry weapons of mass destruction.
The Italian referendum proposes repealing the law that allows oil drilling concessions extracting Hydrocarbon within 12 nautical miles of the Italian coast to be prolonged until the exhaustion of the useful life of the fields.
city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine
At least seven people are killed, including five Egyptian Army soldiers, a military officer and a civilian woman in two separate blasts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. ISIL's Sinai branch claimed responsibility for the attacks on several websites.
global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols
American daily newspaper based in El Segundo, California covering the Greater Los Angeles area
In golf, Danny Willett of England wins the 2016 Masters Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club.
According to sources from the Turkish military, they returned fire into Syria, killing 11 ISIL militants, after its artillery near the border town of Karkamış was hit by mortars.
Pfizer will need to pay a $400 million fee to Allergan for expenses relating to the deal.
rights and discrimination protection of transgender individuals in the United States
The Ukrainian Army says eight of its soldiers were wounded in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country during the previous 24 hours. A military spokesman said there had been 29 shelling incidents around Mariupol.
main civil law enforcement agency of France
Saudi Arabia's Council of Ministers announces a broad-based economic reform plan, known as Vision 2030, which will help the oil-reliant state to diversify its economy over the next 14 years.
North Korea fires another ballistic missile off its east coast, according to South Korean officials.
Iraqi security forces free a large number of prisoners from an underground ISIL-operated jail in the city of Hīt. Malallah al-Obeidi, a local official in the Al Anbar Governorate, put the number of freed prisoners at around 1,500, saying most of them were civilians.
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Dennis Hastert is sentenced to 15 months in prison for breaking banking laws in order to make payments to cover sexual misconduct from past decades.
The top pick is Connecticut's Breanna Stewart, followed by her college teammates Moriah Jefferson and Morgan Tuck.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
In the first sign of public discontent with President Sisi's rule, hundreds of people gathered and shouted slogans calling for his overthrow.
At least 15 people have been killed in a landslide in the Tawang District in India's Arunachal Pradesh state.
indoor arena in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Lutz Bachmann, the leader of the German far-right and anti-Islam Pegida movement, goes on trial in Dresden on charges of hate speech.
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 3 days)
manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani endorses Donald Trump for U.S. President, predicting Trump will get more than 50% of the statewide vote.
Mohamed Abrini has reportedly admitted to being the "man in the hat" sought after the Brussels bombings. He is also being charged with involvement in the November 2015 Paris attacks.
representatives in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
A Palestinian wielding an ax attacks an Israeli soldier near Hebron and is shot dead while two 12-year-old Palestinians in Jerusalem are arrested by Israeli Police with three knives concealed in their coats on suspicion of planning to carry out a stabbing attack.
aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, during a visit to Slovakia for talks on the future of NATO, says Russia is more dangerous than the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
continent on the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres
Elizabeth II, queen regnant of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth of Nations, celebrates her 90th birthday.
Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea
United States Government agency dedicated to civil aviation matters
Volodymyr Groysman has taken role as Acting Prime Minister.
land warfare branch of Nigeria's military
At least 23 people are killed and 32 others injured after a bus plunges into a river in southeastern Peru.
right against ex-post facto law and bill of attainder (Sec. 22)
The United States Air Force sends 12 F-15C Eagles and 350 personnel to Iceland and the Netherlands to deter further Russian aggression in Europe.
Saudi Arabia interpreted Lebanon's lack of public solidarity as a sign that it had become beholden to Hezbollah.
Tomorrow, Obama is scheduled to have lunch with Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth, who celebrated her 90th birthday today.
2015–16 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
At least three people have died and scores are thought to be trapped.
A massive fire occurs in a textile factory in the Mumbai suburb of Bhiwandi in India's Maharashtra state. Fifty people are feared trapped.
British doctors go on strike for the first time in the history of the National Health Service.
The move is an attempt by the world football's governing body to ease fears of human rights abuses in the state, where organizations like Amnesty International documented multiple cases of poor working conditions and abuses against migrant workers.
distance travelled by a vehicle compared to volume of fuel consumed
According to a Taliban spokesperson, several outposts already fell to them but this could not be verified immediately while a police chief says that the security forces were keeping "the situation under control".
Armenia will recognize the independence of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic from Azerbaijan if military actions there continue, according to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan.
1965 transport aircraft family by Britten-Norman
continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth's northeastern quadrant
Pope Francis offers refuge to a dozen Syrian Muslims, three families with six children, who faced deportation from Lesbos. The refugees accompanied the Pope on his return trip to Rome.
India launches IRNSS-1G, the seventh and final series of satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (NAVIC).
Kobe Bryant plays his last game in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers. He sets a new points record for a final match scoring 60 against the Utah Jazz.
A Ukrainian court sentences two Russian nationals to 14 years in prison each on charges of fighting alongside Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. Moscow contends that the two Russians were no longer employed by the state when they were captured.
ISIL's Sinai branch claimed responsibility for the attacks on several websites.
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union sue Indiana stating the U.S. state's new abortion law is unconstitutional because it bans the procedure if sought because of genetic abnormalities.
15th President of the Philippines (2010-2016)
Protests continue in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, against President Gjorge Ivanov's decision to suspend an investigation into the alleged corruption of a number of politicians.
dislike of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange
Kenya burns 105 tonnes of elephant ivory and 1.05 tonnes of rhinoceros horn in order to call for a total ban on the ivory trade.
A car bombing in southeastern Baghdad kills at least 19 and injures nearly 50 Shi'ite pilgrims.
The documents in question covered secrets ranging from the ruling Communist Party to military and financial issues.
Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum, 2016
The most striking discovery among them is the 4,800-year-old skeleton of a mother looking down at a child cradled in her arms.
The German cities of Augsburg and Cologne are testing a scheme of traffic lights embedded in the ground to reduce cell phone-texting pedestrian accidents with vehicles that happen when so-called "smombies" step out into the street against the signal.
As protesters continue to take to the streets of Skopje, Macedonia, lawmakers confirmed that a snap election will take place on June 5 despite the protesters being angry at President Gjorge Ivanov’s decision to halt investigations into more than 50 public figures, including top politicians embroiled in a wire-tapping scandal.
explosion and fire after firework celebrations
The United States Air Force lands two of its most advanced fighter jets in Lithuania for the first time in a show of support for the Baltic states which have become worried about Russia's actions in Ukraine.
branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS, active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
A total of 282 people accused of political crimes have been released or had charges dropped since the new National League for Democracy government gained power on April 1.
American broadband and telecommunications company
Voters in mostly government controlled areas of Syria will head to the polls to elect 250 members to the People's Council of Syria.
international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation
Later, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center announces the threat has largely passed. The United States Geological Survey reports the 7.8 magnitude quake was preceded, 11 minutes earlier, by a 4.8 earthquake. Production at the 110,000 barrel-per-day Esmeraldas refinery is suspended as a precautionary measure.
Belgium is to provide iodine pills to all its citizens, around 11 million people, to protect against radioactivity in the event of a nuclear accident at either of Belgium's ageing nuclear power plants, the Tihange Nuclear Power Station and Doel Nuclear Power Station, according to Health Minister Maggie De Block. Germany has recently called for the Belgian government to close the nuclear power plants over safety fears.
Preliminary results indicate the incumbent, pro-EU populists sweeping the election.
international branch of the Occupy Wall Street movement that protests against social and economic inequality around the world
secretive colony founded by Germans in Chile, formerly torture center
At least five people are killed and seven are wounded following a car bomb attack near a government building in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
village in Otsego County, New York, United States
France places Panama back on its list of countries that do not cooperate in catching tax evaders. "France has decided to put Panama back on the list of uncooperative countries, with all the consequences that will have for those who have transactions" with the Central American state, Finance Minister Michel Sapin, told Parliament on Tuesday.
diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Sudan and the United States of America
The officer was attempting to demonstrate a grenade detonator to a judge and said the grenade was defused before pulling the pin.
Production at the 110,000 barrel-per-day Esmeraldas refinery is suspended as a precautionary measure.
At least 24 people are killed, 136 others injured, and eight workers still missing from yesterday's blast at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo. Nineteen people remain hospitalized, with 13 in serious condition. The plant is run by Mexichem under agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national petrochemical company, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on the country's southern Gulf of Mexico coast. Pemex had an earlier fire at the same facility in February 2016 that killed one worker; also that month, an offshore Pemex Gulf platform fire killed two and injured eight.
The Military junta of Thailand gives the Royal Thai Armed Forces broad police-like powers.
The Taliban announces its annual spring offensive to be named "Operation Omari".
corporation operating in multiple countries
U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner condemns Wednesday's "barbaric murder" of Nazimuddin Samad, and says federal officials are considering granting refuge to a select number of Bangladeshi writers who are under "imminent danger" because of their critical views of radical Islamists.
ethnic group native to the Armenian Highlands
bilateral relations between China and Russia
At least 18 people are injured following a collision between two trains at Plymouth railway station in the city of Plymouth, Devon. The crash has caused significant disruption to rail services in South West England.
A Syrian government airstrike near Aleppo kills at least five members of the Syrian Civil Defense rescue organisation. Dozens of people have been killed in Aleppo over the past few days from government airstrikes and opposition bombardment.
award for achievements in journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
People began to protest last Tuesday when allegations were circulated by residents in Handwara that an Indian Army soldier tried to sexually assault a teenage schoolgirl.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A
Fiat Chrysler announces plans to withdraw 1.1 million vehicles worldwide due to problems with the gearshift confusing drivers.
After many delays, Venezuela's electoral council releases petition sheets to the opposition alliance that wants to initiate a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro. Within three days, the petitioners need to collect about 200,000 signatures (1 percent of registered voters) before proceeding to the next step, the collection of 20 million signatures to get the referendum on the ballot.
The United States Army approves 22 soldiers requests to become the service's first female infantry and armor unit officers. Thirteen women will enter the armor branch, and nine others will enter infantry as second lieutenants.
The meeting in Doha, Qatar, of the world's top oil producers, from both OPEC and non-OPEC countries, fails to agree on an output freeze.
The United Nations World Food Programme announces it is stepping up assistance to Ecuador’s most vulnerable areas following an earthquake that killed over 650 people.
According to the opposition, who control the National Assembly, over a million people support its bid to start a referendum on ousting President Nicolás Maduro.
major mountain range in western North America
This continued fighting threatens the truce and peace talks being held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The motion failed by 243 votes to 133. [permanent dead link]
Voting begins for the second round of an election in the Comoros with a tight race expected between three candidates. They are current Vice President Mohamed Ali Soilihi, who won the first round, former coup leader Azali Assoumani and Governor of Grande Comore Mouigni Baraka.
head of municipal government such as a town or city
NBA basketball team season (won championship)
The death toll from yesterday's earthquake rises to nine with eight dead in the town of Mashiki. Eight hundred people have been injured including over 50 seriously injured.
This comes after Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj appealed to foreign governments for help in fighting ISIL and aid to rebuild the country.
A Russian Kamov Ka-27 naval helicopter also made seven passes around the USS Donald Cook, taking pictures of the warship.
Heavy rain pelts earthquake-hit Ecuador causing floods, mostly in the town of Alluriquin in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, killing at least four people and injuring several more.
2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
According to Eurostat, the Eurozone's economy grew by 0.6% in the first three months of 2016, faster than what was originally expected, with unemployment falling to 10.2%.
Eight family members are murdered in four different locations in Pike County, Ohio. Three children, including a four-day-old baby, survived the killings.
Bloomberg News reports Verizon Communications plans a bid for Yahoo Inc.’s Web business, including Yahoo Japan Corp., next week. Google, Time Inc., and private equity funds Bain and TPG are considering bidding for Yahoo’s core business. AT&T Inc., Comcast, and Microsoft Corp. reportedly aren't interested.
U.S. General Curtis Scaparrotti, the incoming head of the United States military forces in Europe, says he supports a permanent brigade-sized presence of U.S. combat troops in Eastern Europe to deter Russia’s expanded and assertive actions.
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says Australia and Papua New Guinea will hold emergency talks next week about asylum seekers Australia has been holding on PNG's Los Negros Island in Manus Province. Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ruled this detention is illegal, and ordered the PNG and Australian governments to immediately take steps to end it. An Iranian refugee detainee remains in critical condition after setting himself on fire yesterday to protest Australia's treatment of refugees while the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was visiting the island.
United Nations Secretary-General selection, 2016
Austria plans to deploy soldiers on its border with Italy to stem an expected increase in migrants trying to get to northern Europe, according to Austrian Defence Minister Hans Peter Doskozil.
part of Manus Province in northern Papua New Guinea
Syrian rebels launch new offensives against government forces in the country's Latakia Governorate and Hama Governorate.
The Parliament of Moldova announces that the country will hold a Presidential election on October 30. A court in early March ruled in favor of having a direct national election to choose a president rather than a vote in parliament, a concession to protesters who have been demonstrating for months against the political elite. This will be the first time since 2001 that the public will choose their country's president directly.
Following heavy pressure from world powers, Yemen's warring factions agree on an agenda for U.N.-backed peace negotiations to continue.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
national movement and ideology for a Jewish state in the Land of Israel
Nineteen people remain hospitalized, with 13 in serious condition.
head of government of the Italian Republic
EE UU based multi-level marketing company
district of Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan
attorney general for the U.S. state of Arizona
The Golden State Warriors, with today's win at San Antonio, tie the 1995–96 Chicago Bulls NBA regular season record with their 72nd win this season. The Warriors can still break the record; on Wednesday, they host the Memphis Grizzlies in their final regular season game.
In rugby union, Allister Coetzee is named as the new coach of the South Africa national rugby team.
The Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea Peter O'Neill states that the Manus Island Regional Processing Centre will be closed following the ruling of the Supreme Court and that he will ask the Australian Government to make alternative arrangements for the asylum seekers detained there.
ISIL claims to have shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23, southeast of Damascus, and captured its pilot. Amaq News Agency, which supports ISIL, gave the pilot’s name as Azzam Eid, from Hama. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was not clear whether the plane had been shot down or crashed because of mechanical failure.
one of the fourteen American Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism
President, predicting Trump will get more than 50% of the statewide vote.
At least five people are killed and seven are wounded following a car bomb attack near a government building in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
city in and county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, United States
In response to an ongoing Supreme Court case regarding the ownership of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, the government of India said it should not try to reclaim it from the United Kingdom. The government argues that the diamond was given to the British as a gift and was not stolen. However, the Supreme Court says it will continue with the case.
Roughly 2,000 people protest in Belgrade against alleged fraud in the country's recent election.
archaeological site, sanctuary of Ancient Greece
Machar was offered the position by President Salva Kiir Mayardit in the hopes of putting an end to the civil war but has repeatedly delayed his return.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin accuses the United States of reneging on a 16-year-old deal that called for reducing Russia's and the United States' stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN ad hoc court located in The Hague, Netherlands
Two security guards are killed while repelling an ISIL attack on the Bayda oil field, near the town of Marada, Libya.
1962–present Moro attacks in Sabah, Malaysia
Thousands of Sudanese students take to the streets around the University of Kordofan in Khartoum and other parts of the country to protest the recent killing of students last Monday.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off the coast of Ecuador, near the town of Muisne.
The United States military reports a drone attack killed ISIL rocket expert Jasim Khadijah. The unmanned airstrike also killed other IS militants and destroyed at least one makeshift drone. Khadijah, a former Iraqi officer, is believed responsible for the March attack that killed a U.S. Marine in northern Iraq.
general officer position within the Pakistan Army charged with command of the Army
North Africa, East Africa and Western Asia
Iran sentences four reformist newspaper journalists to long prison terms for so-called national security crimes.
radioactive chemical element with the atomic number of 94 and symbol Pu
municipality and capital city of Belgium
The protesters accuse Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić of manipulating the results in order to prevent the far-right Dveri party from reaching the 5-percent threshold and gaining seats in the National Assembly.
The top U.S. diplomat in Belarus Scott Rauland and Belarusian Foreign Minister Uladzimer Makey said that their countries are ready to discuss the possible return of their ambassadors. Makey told reporters in Minsk that "there is readiness from both sides for a full normalization of our relations." Belarus recalled its ambassador from Washington in 2008 after the United States imposed sanctions against Belarusian oil giant Belneftekhim following tensions between Minsk and the West.
ritualistic and political suicide method
Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte reneges on his apology and denies a statement by his party, PDP-Laban, which said he was sorry for his rape comments.
The death toll rises to 570 with 163 people listed as missing. Those made homeless climbs to over 23,500.
It comes at a time when concerns are growing in Hong Kong that Beijing is tightening its grip on the city.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Myanmar 396 kilometers (246 miles) north of the capital, Naypyidaw, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Iraqi officials, following arrested IS militants' directions, uncover two mass graves with bodies of about 40 people in Ramadi.
A Myanmar court releases 69 jailed student activists in the first wave of amnesty for the country's political prisoners, with more releases expected. This comes after State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi vowed to push for the release of all the political prisoners in Myanmar.
A Jerusalem district court rejects an insanity plea and convicts Yosef Chaim Ben-David as the ringleader of the terrorist kidnapping and murder of the 16-year-old Palestinian. In November, the court convicted Ben-David's two accomplices, both minors, of murder.
Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil agree to the formation of a Fine Gael-led government.
Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says Pakistan must take military action against Taliban, operating from Pakistan, who are waging an increasingly deadly insurgency across his country.
capital city of Stavropol Krai in North Caucaus, Russia
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says, "We condemn this kind of behavior.
Former Vice President and opposition leader Riek Machar says he will return to the capital Juba on April 18 to form a transitional government with President Salva Kiir Mayardit in the hopes of bringing peace to South Sudan after their acrimonious split ignited more than two years of war.
Authorities in Rwanda jail former politician Léon Mugesera for life.
maritime warfare branch of Japan's military
Reformists taking 39 of the 68 seats, which Principlists won 19 seats.
A state of emergency is declared in six provinces.
form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth potential or demonstrated high growth
At least 18 people are killed after an 80-tonne crane collapses on a temporary structure during a thunderstorm in the city of Dongguan, China.
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
Date: 10 April 2016 Time: 03:30 IST (22:00 UTC on April 9)
The United States deploys F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania's RoAF 86th Air Base, near the Black Sea, in a show of strength and cooperation against Russia.
Despite the LDP's winning margin decreasing from 14% (in 2014) to 2%, this win is seen as a boost for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the upcoming upper house election.
South Korea has determined North Korea is capable of mounting a nuclear warhead on its medium-range Rodong-1 ballistic missile, which could reach all of South Korea and most of Japan, according to a senior government official.
group of reefs, islets, atolls, cays and islands
United States Agency for International Development
United States government civilian foreign aid agency
A six story residential building collapses in Nairobi.
France wants to immediately recognize a Palestinian state without discussion over its borders or security issues.
Rebel leader Riek Machar arrives in the capital Juba and is immediately sworn is as Vice President upon arrival. It is hoped that this appointment will put an end to the civil war that has plagued the country since late 2013.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
2015 musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda about Alexander Hamilton
Five migrants drown off the island of Samos close to Turkey.
diplomatic relations between Australia and Independent State of Papua New Guinea
consolidated city and county in California, United States
straits between Sinai peninsula in Egypt and the Saudi Arabian island of Tiran
government consisting of two or more parties
A six story residential building collapses in Nairobi. At least three people have died and scores are thought to be trapped.
device that emits an identifying signal in response to an interrogating received signal used in air navigation or radio frequency
A suicide bomber kills at least nine people at a Shi'ite mosque in southwestern Baghdad.
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announces, during his trip to Cairo, that a bridge crossing the Red Sea will be built, linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says the bridge will be named after the Saudi monarch. A Saudi–Egypt Causeway project has been in the works for years.
largest city and port in the state of Guerrero, Mexico
broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword
second-most populous Islamic denomination
The two men are in line to succeed her if she is impeached.
The Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif says that the country's missile program would not be up for discussion.
Rebel leader Riek Machar misses an international deadline to return to the capital Juba to take the post of Vice President. Machar was offered the position by President Salva Kiir Mayardit in the hopes of putting an end to the civil war but has repeatedly delayed his return.
Puerto Rican Governor Alejandro García Padilla announces he declared a state of emergency at the Commonwealth's Government Development Bank yesterday, which allows withdrawals only to fund necessary costs for health, public safety, and education services. Without this measure and debt restructuring, the United States territory would be forced to default as it faces nearly $2.5 billion in bond payments from May through July.
bilateral relations between the Philippines and Japan
A bombing kills at least five Turkish soldiers and one special forces police officer in the southeastern city of Nusaybin, near the Syria–Turkey border.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports that North Korea tried to launch a BM25 Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile but was unsuccessful.
diplomatic relations between China and North Korea
The Hiroshima foreign ministers meeting is part of the preparations for the 42nd G7 summit the end of next month at Japan's Kashiko Island, Shima, Mie Prefecture.
An Iranian refugee detainee remains in critical condition after setting himself on fire yesterday to protest Australia's treatment of refugees while the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was visiting the island.
Saturday's earthquake forces Sony to close its plant in the Kumamoto Prefecture. Toyota, Honda, and Nissan also stop work at several plants in the region.
publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom
slogan used by advocates of political equality through various electoral reforms
inflammation of the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids
Mehbooba Mufti, leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, becomes Jammu and Kashmir's first female Chief Minister.
Violent storms cause floods across Uruguay with seven people killed and more than 2,000 left homeless. Four of those were killed by a tornado that struck Dolores. Four million people in the Chilean capital of Santiago were left without tap water as heavy rains triggered landslides. This led to the fouling of the city's water supply.
Thousands of people attended a pro-choice rally outside Parliament of Poland in Warsaw after Jarosław Kaczyński, the leader of the ruling Law and Justice party, backed a call by Polish Catholic bishops for a full ban on abortion.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who previously gave most of the country's 2.8 million state employees Fridays off through May, announces public workers will also have Wednesdays and Thursdays off for at least two weeks as an energy-saving measure. Full salaries will still be paid despite the two-day week.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 4 days)
special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean
series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water
Police forcibly break up a protest in Malé, Maldives, with tear gas and pepper spray and detain multiple journalists. The demonstration was against government moves to introduce a new law to criminalize defamation.
At least two people are killed in a remote part of Peru in an attack by Shining Path guerillas.
Roughly 2,000 people protest in Belgrade against alleged fraud in the country's recent election. The protesters accuse Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić of manipulating the results in order to prevent the far-right Dveri party from reaching the 5-percent threshold and gaining seats in the National Assembly. A repeat vote is expected on May 4 in locations where voting irregularities have been found.
The United States Army approves 22 soldiers requests to become the service's first female infantry and armor unit officers.
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
collection of federal and state government laws, which regulates the conduct and organization of business corporations, generally to promote fair competition for the benefit of consumers
Protests against President Gjorge Ivanov continue in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, after his decision to pardon politicians involved in a scandal.
In Kumamoto a landslide occurs as well as a bridge collapse.
At least 24 people are killed, 136 others injured, and eight workers still missing from yesterday's blast at the major Clorados 3 petrochemical plant of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo.
Zoran Zaev, the main opposition leader, vowed to boycott the election.
county seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States
However, the Supreme Court says it will continue with the case.
Protests erupt in various cities of Venezuela as the country faces increased food and power shortages, forcing the government to ration them, leading to widespread looting and violence.
Archaeologists in Taiwan discover 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in Taichung. The most striking discovery among them is the 4,800-year-old skeleton of a mother looking down at a child cradled in her arms.
prolonged period of excessively hot weather
President Dilma Rousseff loses another key member of the country's 2016 Summer Olympics organization.
multilateral export control regime to prevent the proliferation of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle technology
President Dilma Rousseff loses another key member of the country's 2016 Summer Olympics organization. Colonel Adilson Moreira of the National Public Security Force, who was in charge of organizing security, in an email to his colleagues reportedly criticizes the President and other senior officials, saying he is ashamed of the country's being led by an "unscrupulous group." Brazilian officials, who earlier received Sports Minister George Hilton's resignation, say the planning for the Olympic Games will not be affected.
energy that is collected from renewable sources
The Parliament of Finland holds a debate on whether or not to abandon the Euro as its currency following a petition that garnered enough signatures to force the issue into parliament.
Since 2014, the price of oil has dropped dramatically.
The government of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island announces it is going to take its governance issue to the United Nations. Former and final Chief Minister of the island Lisle Snell said he seeks to have Norfolk Island added on the UN's list of Non-Self-Governing Territories and be given the rights that are accorded under the terms and conditions of being on the list. In 2015, the Australian government terminated Norfolk Island's self-governing status in response to serious financial issues but without the islanders' or government's consent.
During a visit to Baghdad, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces that the United States will be sending more troops to the country to help in the fight against ISIL.
head of state and head of government of Guatemala
A large number of athletes, including grand-slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova, had taken the medication in the past, and have tested positive this year.
"The United States and Romania enjoy a very strong partnership," said Hans G. Klemm, the United States Ambassador to Romania.
Rebel leader Riek Machar arrives in the capital Juba and is immediately sworn is as Vice President upon arrival.
The move created an outcry from human rights organizations and prompted the United States to express its concern over the growing influence of the military in the country.
city in North Carolina, United States of America
Kyoto 3rd district by-election, 2016: The newly formed Democratic Party wrested back the seat from the LDP after their candidate and former MP for the district Kenta Izumi won by a landslide.
According to survivors, at least 70 migrants are missing after their dinghy sank off the coast of Libya.
"France has decided to put Panama back on the list of uncooperative countries, with all the consequences that will have for those who have transactions" with the Central American state, Finance Minister Michel Sapin, told Parliament on Tuesday.
President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001
At least four Turkish Army soldiers are killed and two others are wounded after a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in the southeast Mardin Province.
plea to insanity of crimnal actions used in a court system
Russia and Bolivia meet to discuss how Russian defense firms can help the South American nation's long-term rearmament plan.
According to the United States Department of Defense, an airstrike that hit a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last October did not amount to a war crime because the airstrike was "unintentional" and that those involved would face suspension but not criminal charges. In response to the briefing, a president of the organization which operated the hospital described it as "an admission of an uncontrolled military operation in a densely populated urban area, during which US forces failed to follow the basic laws of war."
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Date: 27 March 2015 – 13 November 2016 (1 year, 7 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Previously, Spain had been ruled via a two-party system.
bilateral relations between United States and Syria
A Maricopa County judge rejects Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich's request to throw out a court challenge prompted by major polling problems during the March primary.
President of the People's Republic of China
Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu told local media, "We have been warning that our citizens have begun to feel a more hostile climate.
During a visit to Iran, Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Renzi signs various bilateral agreements to enhance relations between the two countries, including plans for cooperation between the Italian electricity and gas company Enel and the National Iranian Oil Company.
bilateral relations between United States and Romania
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Miami, Florida, United States
American not-for-profit healthcare organization
individual or organization that owns part of a corporation through shares of its stock
Chinese holding company whose subsidiaries mainly deal with insurance, banking, and financial services
defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football
American politician and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
Taliban offensive in Afghanistan starting in April 2016
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Iraq's Parliament cancels its third session in a week to discuss political reforms as some MPs dispute the legitimacy of speaker Salim al-Jabouri to chair the meeting. Also, protesters gathered in the streets of Baghdad to protest the growing political deadlock in the country.
Yemeni and Saudi-led coalition forces recapture the port city of Al Mukalla from al-Qaeda militants.
American collegiate athletics conference
Italian-American multinational automotive manufacturing (2014-2021)
Riot police violently break up an anti-Sisi protest in Cairo, Egypt.
The European Union proposes offering Ukraine visa-free travel to its members. However, it is still unclear how fast the liberalization process will be dealt with in the European Parliament and European Council, where some EU member states might want to slow down the process.
The Japan Meteorological Agency kept its alert level at 2 on a scale of 5 for Aso following the eruption.
In the past 14 days alone the number of cases of the virus in one district of Suva have jumped from 700 to 5000 cases.
A massive fire occurs in a textile factory in the Mumbai suburb of Bhiwandi in India's Maharashtra state.
Belgium federal prosecutors say two more men have been charged with terrorist offenses linked to last month's Brussels bombing. Also, three people connected to the last year's Paris attacks are in custody.
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
The AU Mission said scared soldiers opened fire when the car the civilians were driving failed to stop at a roadblock.
American football and multipurpose stadium in Houston, Texas
East Flanders (Flemish Parliament constituency)
26 people were rescued by the Italian coast guard.
Juventus win Italy's association football championship for the fifth consecutive time.
2015–16 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team
tanker designed for the transport of oil
Vietnam seizes a Chinese fishing vessel for intruding in its waters and tows the vessel to the port of Hai Phong.
war of independence fought from 1991 to 1995
In the U.S. men's national college basketball tournament semifinals in Houston's NRG Stadium, the Villanova Wildcats thrash the Oklahoma Sooners 95–51, the most lopsided result in men's Final Four history; and in a battle between Atlantic Coast Conference members, the North Carolina Tar Heels defeat the Syracuse Orange 83–66. The title game on April 4 pits the Wildcats, 1985 champions, and the five-time champion Tar Heels.
The Associated Press reports rebel forces reject Azerbaijan's claims, saying they see no sign the government has stopped fighting.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
and Allergan, Plc could be cancelled because of these new rules.
Cyclone Zena, now a category 3 storm, heads for Fiji, where a tropical depression already dumped up to 12 inches of rain on the western and northern parts of Fiji's largest and most populous island, Viti Levu, triggering major flash flooding that's killed at least two people.
Professor Rezaul Karim Siddique is killed in the Bangladeshi city of Rajshahi in an ISIL attack.
He is alleged to have made comments against Prophet Muhammad.
Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam
Prosecutors say the controller had been playing a game on his mobile phone, which led to his making signalling errors.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia
Sharif said he would accept the commission's findings and even resign if called upon.
The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu vows that the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, recognized as part of Syria, will forever stay in the country's hands and called on the international community to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the area.
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Myanmar 396 kilometers (246 miles) north of the capital, Naypyidaw, according to the U.S.
At least 63 people are killed and over 30 are injured as flash floods ravage Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Kashmir and other parts of northwest Pakistan.
Ethiopia claims that members of South Sudan's Murle people have killed 140 people and abducted 39 children.
city in the eastern part of North Macedonia
charity (USAID), who is also an editor for the country's only LGBT magazine, and a friend are hacked to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by suspected Islamist militants.
Oil analysts say the failure was due to Iran's non-participation, and Saudi Arabia linking its cooperation to Iran's inclusion.
At least two people are killed after an oceanfront stretch of an elevated bike lane in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, collapses when it was hit by a strong wave.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
Two weeks after the deadly suicide bombings, Brussels Zaventem International Airport will reopen today with three symbolic flights to Faro, Athens, and Turin.
legal and human rights regarding relations between workers and employers
Yemeni government forces along with Popular Resistance militia kill dozens of Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in clashes in southern Yemen.
Africa's longest serving leader Teodoro Obiang, the President of Equatorial Guinea is declared the winner of the recent election with 93.7 per cent of the vote. His government has been heavily criticised by human rights group.
Solar Impulse 2, a plane powered only by the sun, takes off from Kalaeloa, Hawaii, USA, on the ninth leg of its around-the-world journey.
The government of Panama announces that it is creating an "international panel" to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry. The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif bows to opposition demands that he ask Pakistan's chief justice to set up an independent commission to investigate offshore accounts linked to his family. Sharif said he would accept the commission's findings and even resign if called upon.
District of Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen
American politician and former television host
Protests erupt in various cities of Venezuela as the country faces increased food and power shortages, forcing the government to ration them, leading to widespread looting and violence. According to the opposition, who control the National Assembly, over a million people support its bid to start a referendum on ousting President Nicolás Maduro.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina
Collins-class submarine replacement project
In a letter to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the United States Department of Justice announces it is opening a criminal investigation into tax avoidance schemes exposed by the Panama Papers with U.S.
former naval base in the Philippines used by the United States
Republican front runner Donald Trump says he now has 1001 confirmed delegates for the Cleveland convention in June.
Police in Stuttgart, Germany, arrest at least 400 left-wing demonstrators after they attempted to stop a conference by the Alternative for Germany from being held. The protest grew violent when they began to throw stones and use fireworks against the police.
municipality in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
That means massive border controls on the Brenner Pass, and with soldiers," Doskozil told German daily newspaper Die Welt.
Hundreds of arrests are reported in the U.S. Capitol in response to the Democracy Spring protests.
capital city of the United Arab Emirates
will send an additional 250 troops to fight ISIL in Syria.
The Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya shuts its offices in Beirut, Lebanon and dismisses 27 employees in a sudden move reflecting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. Saudi Arabia interpreted Lebanon's lack of public solidarity as a sign that it had become beholden to Hezbollah.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that twenty air strikes have hit the northern areas of Aleppo.
meeting place of the United States Congress
terrorist attack in Kabul on 19 April 2016
President Heinz Fischer was not eligible to be re-elected.
reconnaissance aircraft family by Boeing
county seat of Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
The Organization of American States says the election could lack credibility unless two recently disqualified candidates are allowed to run.
Tens of thousands of people, mostly Shi'ites, take to the streets of Baghdad, Iraq in a protest calling for Parliament to vote on a cabinet reshuffle.
constitutional institution and the highest office of Spain
contamination by lead of water supply in Flint, Michigan
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan
During a visit to Baghdad, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces that the United States will be sending more troops to the country to help in the fight against ISIL. The U.S. also plans to give Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which are fighting ISIL on the ground, more than $400m (£280m; €350m) in assistance.
Members of OPEC meet in Doha, Qatar, amid uncertainty in the markets and the outcome of the meeting. Since 2014, the price of oil has dropped dramatically. Analysts hope that an agreement to freeze output will reassure global energy markets that the recent recovery in prices is sustainable.
device usually used to quit or be an alternative to tobacco
However, The vote was held amid ongoing insecurity and many of Sudan's 2.5 million displaced people were not registered to vote, with the U.S. State Department warning that the referendum could not be considered credible "under current rules and conditions".
In basketball, the visiting Boston Celtics defeat the Golden State Warriors, snapping the Warrior's 14-month, 54-game home win streak which leaves the San Antonio Spurs with the only undefeated home record this season.
The bill, signed by the governor, does not ban pornography in the state but does call for greater "efforts to prevent pornography exposure and addiction".
multi-purpose arena in Connecticut, United States
aggressive or angry behavior in road traffic
This comes as United States Secretary of State John Kerry said last Thursday that the United States and its allies would only address Iran's concerns in the region if it makes it clear to all involved that it was prepared to cease provocative ballistic missile launches and tests.
political party in Slovakia, established 1989
The order does expand the state's anti-discrimination employment policy to include LBGT protection, but reiterates that people use the marked facility consistent with "...
a storm characterized by the presence of lightning, usually accompanied by strong winds and often produce heavy rain and sometimes snow, sleet, or hail, but some produce little precipitation or no precipitation at all
troops to Syria to help fight ISIL militants.
companies slash their tax bills by claiming a new tax home overseas, though their core operations and management remain in the United States.
Riot police violently break up an anti-Sisi protest in Cairo, Egypt. In the first sign of public discontent with President Sisi's rule, hundreds of people gathered and shouted slogans calling for his overthrow.
The jury in the second inquest for the victims of the Hillsborough disaster reach their verdicts.
The United Nations Security Council condemns today's attack in Kabul by the Taliban.
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies begins debating the impeachment of the President.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani says Pakistan must take military action against Taliban, operating from Pakistan, who are waging an increasingly deadly insurgency across his country. Otherwise, "... we will be forced to turn to the UN Security Council and start serious diplomatic efforts."
investigating possible financial wrongdoing
The new government of Kyrgyzstan is sworn in with Prime Minister Sooronbay Jeenbekov taking the oath of office.
events in a specific year or time period
Schindler has been widely criticized following the disclosure his agency spied for the U.S.
In the United Kingdom, the Royal College of Physicians reports e-cigarettes are "much safer" than tobacco smoking, and should be widely promoted as an option for smoking cessation.
Saturday's earthquake forces Sony to close its plant in the Kumamoto Prefecture.
Hundreds of people take to the streets of Handwara, Jammu and Kashmir after Indian Army soldiers shot dead at least two people during a protest against an alleged case of sexual harassment by an army soldier against a young woman.
bilateral relations between Iran and Italy
Portion of Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967
Staffan de Mistura, U.N. envoy to Syria, says there has been "real but modest" progress in the country's humanitarian situation, despite the shaken ceasefire. Aid convoys have reached 560,000 people in hard-to-reach and besieged areas; six areas still remain off limits. Yesterday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent medically evacuated 515 people from four communities—Zabadani, Madaya, Kfarya, and Foua—besieged by government and rebel groups.
female monarch who rules a country in her own right
A German train controller, who was operating the tracks where two trains collided on February 9 near the town of Bad Aibling, Bavaria, is arrested on possible manslaughter charges. Prosecutors say the controller had been playing a game on his mobile phone, which led to his making signalling errors. The crash resulted in 11 deaths and 85 injuries, 24 serious.
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signs legislation banning all Russian films made after January 1, 2014.
fall(s) far short of correcting the damage done ...
technique used to deter the poaching of elephants
Scientists discover the quantum tunneling of water molecules.
the former legislative authority of Libya
Alaska Airlines announces plans to acquire Virgin America for $4 billion.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claims that the Al-Nusra Front as well as other insurgents have captured the village of Tel el-Ais in a strategic position overlooking the highway between Aleppo and Damascus.
According to the Sudanese electoral commission, more than 97% of voters in Darfur choose to remain as five states rather than form a single region. However, The vote was held amid ongoing insecurity and many of Sudan's 2.5 million displaced people were not registered to vote, with the U.S. State Department warning that the referendum could not be considered credible "under current rules and conditions".
Iran sentences four reformist newspaper journalists to long prison terms for so-called national security crimes. Analysts say this case indicates that President Hassan Rouhani's calls for press freedoms will likey face an unsympathetic hearing from Iran's conservative judiciary.
President and Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1948—1994)
Both Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and Marriott International shareholders approve Marriott's acquisition of Starwood, which will create the world's largest hotelier.
Amaq News Agency, which supports ISIL, gave the pilot’s name as Azzam Eid, from Hama.
city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
company or corporate enity established in an offshore jurisdiction
The project is expected to be roughly $1bn (£710m) and scheduled to be completed for the Dubai Expo trade fair in 2020.
It is unclear if the eruption is related to Saturday’s Kumamoto quake.
His government has been heavily criticised by human rights group.
AMISOM soldiers kill four Somali civilians in the town of Bulla Marer, southwest of Mogadishu.
census-designated place in Bedford County, Virginia, United States
Massive demonstrations in support of the Free Papua Movement take place in various cities in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. The demonstrations voice support for the Liberation Movement to become a full member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
The Colorado Republican Party continues choosing its delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Ted Cruz has swept all of the delegates available so far. The process which began last Saturday (April 2, 2016) will conclude tomorrow.
political association of mostly former British Empire territories
German politician (SPD), federal minister for foreign affairs
The documents expose holdings of 12 current and former world leaders, and 128 more politicians and public officials worldwide.
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
sports division of the NBC television network
The Italian Coast Guard rescues 1,850 in the Strait of Sicily.
German police report an apparent deliberate explosion at a Sikh temple in Essen while a wedding was being celebrated, has injured three people, one in serious condition. Police say there is no indication this was a terrorist incident.
head of the government of Greater London
Jürgen Mossack, co-founder of the Mossack Fonseca law firm, resigns from an honorary, unpaid post on the National Council of Foreign Relations, which advises Panama's government on foreign policy.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
Reuters reports the Friday afternoon truce between Kurdish Asayish forces and pro-Syrian government forces, declared following a three-day outbreak of violence that killed at least 26 people, is holding.
A British brain scan study of Lysergic acid diethylamide shows LSD may be useful in treating mental disorders such as major depressive disorder.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin announces the creation of a new National Guard, which he said would fight terrorism and organized crime. However, some critics claim the creation of the National Guard is linked to the upcoming legislative election this September with them saying that Putin fears unrest, something Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov denies.
China says that the 13 people, a male manager and 12 young female employees, had legitimate passports and had freely exited China.
regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of many Arab states of the Persian Gulf
percentage of a sum of money charged for its use
The results of a referendum last month in the Australian state of Queensland with voters agreeing to plans for a four-year fixed parliamentary term.
component of the criminal justice system of Pakistan
At least two people are killed after an oceanfront stretch of an elevated bike lane in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, collapses when it was hit by a strong wave. Two other people were rescued alive, while another may be missing. The bike lane was among the projects built in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics. No Olympic event will be held on the path.
The Syrian Army retakes control of al-Qaryatayn, Homs Governorate, after driving out ISIL militants.
Princess Sofia of Sweden and Prince Carl Philip announce birth of first son.
Indian metropolis and union territory that includes New Delhi
Volkswagen reaches a deal with the United States government that includes vehicle buybacks and cash compensation.
The government argues that the diamond was given to the British as a gift and was not stolen.
ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen
bilateral relations of Sweden and the USA
Three people arrested yesterday in connection with last year's attacks in Paris are released without charge.
minister in the Federal Republic of Germany
After many delays, Venezuela's electoral council releases petition sheets to the opposition alliance that wants to initiate a recall referendum against President Nicolás Maduro.
prejudicial treatment based on membership of a certain group
procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before their term has ended
Full salaries will still be paid despite the two-day week.
provisional institution serving the purposes of the head of state of Libya
This led to the fouling of the city's water supply.
Gannett, the publisher of the national American daily USA Today as well as 107 daily newspapers, made the offer public since Tribune had not yet responded.
Attacks by Islamic extremists in Bangladesh
Carnival Cruise Lines says it will postpone its first cruise in 50 years from the United States to Havana, if Cuba does not waive its rule and allow Cuban-Americans passengers.
city in and county seat of Marion County, Indiana, United States and the Indiana federated state capital city
multinational professional services brand
Date: 15 December 2013 – 22 February 2020 (6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day)
bilateral relations between Russia and France
city in and county seat of Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States, that is also the capital city of Hawaii
Presidential candidate Miriam Defensor Santiago, who lags in surveys, accuses pollsters of fabricating results by excluding her name in opinion polls.
people associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion
2016 Republic of the Congo presidential election
presidential election in the Republic of the Congo
South Korea announces that a colonel from North Korea's military spy agency defected to the south last year.
Iraqi forces capture the northern part of the ISIL held town of Hīt, west of Baghdad.
Three people are killed and 11 injured at the second bombing in southern Baghdad that targeted an army convoy; no group has claimed responsibility.
sovereign state in northern South America
Following an appeal, 12-year-old Dima al-Wawi is freed from an Israeli prison.
German Federal Intelligence Service President
Last month, Tribune Publishing's winning bid for the Orange County Register was blocked by the U.S. Justice Department because of an antitrust challenge.
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the U.S.
United Nations branch related to food-assistance
However, it is still unclear how fast the liberalization process will be dealt with in the European Parliament and European Council, where some EU member states might want to slow down the process.
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union sue Indiana stating the U.S.
region comprising the westernmost states of the United States
Analysts say this case indicates that President Hassan Rouhani's calls for press freedoms will likey face an unsympathetic hearing from Iran's conservative judiciary.
international airport 11 km northeast of Brussels, Belgium
Deadly floods hit Ethiopia, leaving at least 28 people dead as seasonal rains come early to the country. The majority of these deaths occurred in the city of Jijiga while elsewhere, heavy downpours of rain were reported with more floods expected in the next few days.
Thousands of Sudanese students take to the streets around the University of Kordofan in Khartoum and other parts of the country to protest the recent killing of students last Monday. Security forces opened fire on a peaceful protest, killing many students after they attempted to nominate pro-opposition candidates for their campus elections.
road in the City of Westminster, in central London
The ruling Direction – Social Democracy party, which did not win an absolute majority in March, has joined with the three other parties—Slovak National Party, Most–Híd, and Network—to total 85 of the National Council's 150 seats.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
Indian women's rights activists are barred by angry villagers and local authorities from entering Shani Shingnapur temple despite a court ruling guaranteeing access. Breaking with a centuries-old tradition, the high court in Mumbai ruled women have a fundamental right to enter Hindu temples across the state of Maharashtra, and the government has the responsibility to protect their rights. Bhumata Ranragini Brigade leader Trupti Desai and 25 other supporters were detained by police. All India Mahila Congress President Shobha Oza and Delhi Commission for Women chairwoman Swati Maliwal called the actions of locals and authorities "completely shameful."
List of presidents of the Republic of the Congo
southernmost region of the African continent
Texas (especially the city of Houston), Western United States (Rocky Mountains)
bilateral relations between Australia and the Philippines
International sanctions during the Ukrainian crisis
Mexican police come under attack in a two-hour gunfight in the city of Acapulco, killing one gunman.
major international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom
internal security corps organized along military lines of the Russian Federation
The death toll from the Kenya floods including the Nairobi building collapse rises to fourteen.
Pope Francis offers refuge to a dozen Syrian Muslims, three families with six children, who faced deportation from Lesbos.
head of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Verizon, meanwhile, already owns the mobile rights to all NFL games which are available to subscribers via a mobile app; the 10 NFL games on Twitter will be free.
head of state and head of government of Brazil
Hadi named top general Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar as his new Vice President and appointed Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, a former official in Saleh's General People's Congress as the new Prime Minister.
Iraqi authorities ban Qatar-based satellite television network Al Jazeera from broadcasting in the country and closes its offices in Baghdad, accusing it of violating government guidelines issued in 2014 to regulate media “during the war on terror".
According to the government of Ethiopia, the death toll from a raid carried out by attackers from South Sudan has risen to 208 from a figure of 140 a day earlier, with 108 children being kidnapped in the process.
group of autonomous, Japanese multinational companies
de facto state, considered internationally to be part of Ukraine, 2014–2022
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom
Bradford West MP Naz Shah is suspended from the opposition Labour Party over comments she made on Facebook about Israel.
American multinational technology corporation
Iraqi security forces free a large number of prisoners from an underground ISIL-operated jail in the city of Hīt.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
federal law enforcement organization of the United States
He described ISIL as a very serious threat but said “it is not an existential threat for Europe”.
Dozens of people have been killed in Aleppo over the past few days from government airstrikes and opposition bombardment.
2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
Xulhaz Mannan, a Bangladeshi employee of a U.S. charity (USAID), who is also an editor for the country's only LGBT magazine, and a friend are hacked to death in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by suspected Islamist militants. Guards at the building were also injured.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that airstrikes have killed at least seven people in Aleppo.
Australia commemorates the one-year anniversary of the execution of the ringleaders the Bali Nine.
software program or group of programs designed for end-users
non-state conflicts between rival nomadic tribes taking place in the territories of Sudan and South Sudan
An Iranian asylum seeker self-immolates himself in Nauru to protest Australia's treatment of refugees. The protest coincides with a visit by representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the island. Instead of admitting refugees into the country, Australia has been sending them to Nauru or Papua New Guinea.
At least eight people are reportedly killed as a car bomb explodes at a checkpoint south of Damascus.
political and economic union of 27 European states
2015–16 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
Police in Brussels, Belgium arrest multiple right-wing and anti-racist protesters, with riot squads engaged in a tense confrontation with local youths in the district of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek.
Attorney General Douglas Melendez says authorities interviewed seven employees, and confiscated 20 computers and some documents.
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake has risen to at least 480 with 1,700 missing. Another 2,500 have been injured. President Rafael Correa states it is the worst disaster in Ecuador in seven decades, and the reconstruction will have a "huge economic impact" on the country.
consolidated city-county in Richmond County, Georgia, United States
Ukraine commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Czech Republic)
A Japanese spokesman says 1,500 people have been injured, 80 seriously, since Thursday.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
A Malayan tiger attacks and kills a 38-year-old American zookeeper at the Palm Beach Zoo in Florida.
2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
A new aftershock with a magnitude of 5.4 hits southern Kyushu island. A Japanese spokesman says 1,500 people have been injured, 80 seriously, since Thursday.
Prosecutor Tim McGinty reported in December 2015 that an Ohio grand jury decided not to indict the police officers.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Officials say they are also considering building a fence at the main border crossing with Italy at the Brenner Pass.
The process which began last Saturday (April 2, 2016) will conclude tomorrow.
Taliban militants kill eight people, including a police commander, in an ambush in northern Afghanistan.
Police in Brussels, Belgium arrest multiple right-wing and anti-racist protesters, with riot squads engaged in a tense confrontation with local youths in the district of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek. A standoff grew when far-right protesters faced a counter-demonstration, despite protests being banned by local authorities who were fearful of last Sunday's event, in which police forcefully dispersed a right-wing protest with water cannons.
Taiwan accuses China of "extrajudicial abduction" after 45 Taiwanese acquitted of fraud in Kenya were forcibly deported to China.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and de facto leader of China
Africa's longest serving leader Teodoro Obiang, the President of Equatorial Guinea is declared the winner of the recent election with 93.7 per cent of the vote.
Trent Harmon is declared as the last winner of the American singing competition series, American Idol, which concluded after 15 seasons.
Japan's Mount Aso in the Kumamoto Prefecture erupts sending ash about 100 meters (300 feet) into the air. The Japan Meteorological Agency kept its alert level at 2 on a scale of 5 for Aso following the eruption. It is unclear if the eruption is related to Saturday’s Kumamoto quake.
A second earthquake hits southern Japan with a magnitude of 7.1 killing at least 32 people with the death toll from both earthquakes rising to 42.
insurgency during the War in Afghanistan
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
diplomatic relations between Ukraine and European Union
Whistleblowing site WikiLeaks published what it said was the transcript of a March 19 conference call of three senior IMF officials discussing tactics to apply pressure on Greece, Germany and the EU to reach a deal in April.
Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the United Nations special envoy for Yemen, says he welcomes the tentative truce that started at midnight Yemen time.
King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud announces, during his trip to Cairo, that a bridge crossing the Red Sea will be built, linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Imee Marcos (daughter of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos and sister of vice presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos), her three sons, and JV Ejercito (son of Manila mayoral candidate Joseph Estrada) are among hundreds of Filipino celebrities and politicians implicated for laundering money in tax havens. ,
EU Foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini holds the highest-level talks between the EU and Iran in decades to mark a new phase in relations between the two.
prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China
U.S. Special Envoy to South Sudan Donald E. Booth said that the United States would consider imposing sanctions or an arms embargo on South Sudan's leaders if they fail to form and cooperate in a proposed unity government to end the country's civil war.
Filipino domestic helper Mary Jane Veloso commemorates the first anniversary of her being spared from the death penalty in Indonesia for allegedly smuggling controlled substances. A trial to determine her innocence is ongoing.
Also, protesters gathered in the streets of Baghdad to protest the growing political deadlock in the country.
At least 18 people are injured following a collision between two trains at Plymouth railway station in the city of Plymouth, Devon.
collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
area, to shut down much of its computer network.
Constitutional monarchy which governs Japan
A ballistic missile capable of being launched from submerged submarines
Indian officials report, with 24 deaths today, the heatwave in the eastern state of Odisha has killed 135 people. Temperatures of 105.5°F (40.8°C) were recorded yesterday at 19 locations across the state. Meteorologists say the heat, an after-effect of El Niño, has delayed the traditional April rains.
Both sides are keen to focus on trade, energy and the environment as possible areas of cooperation.
New England Patriots scandal involving deflated game footballs
A drone collides at London's Heathrow Airport with an Airbus A320 carrying 132 passengers and five crew, with no injuries reported.
Games of the XXXI Olympiad, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The Kuwait Oil Workers Union ends their three-day strike that had cut Kuwait's crude production by nearly half.
ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
A passenger train derails near the South Korean city of Yeosu resulting in the death of a railroad engineer and eight people being injured.
Police say there is no indication this was a terrorist incident.
Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet (1475–1564)
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
envoy to Syria, says there has been "real but modest" progress in the country's humanitarian situation, despite the shaken ceasefire.
global network for development of United Nations
Solar Impulse 2, a plane powered only by the sun, takes off from Kalaeloa, Hawaii, USA, on the ninth leg of its around-the-world journey. This portion of the trip will cover 2,542 nautical miles and, in about three days, is scheduled to touch down in Mountain View, California. The journey originated in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on March 9, 2015, and, after another 8,130 nmi, will complete the circle when it lands in Abu Dhabi.
Iran goes to the polls for second round elections in constituencies where no candidate achieved 25 per cent of the vote in February's elections.
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party
South Korea announces that a colonel from North Korea's military spy agency defected to the south last year. Senior-level defections are rare, most being low level operatives.
The demonstration was against government moves to introduce a new law to criminalize defamation.
Davutoğlu stresses the importance of implementation of European Union visa liberalization for Turkish citizens in assuring the success of Europe's migrant readmission agreement with his country.
Keiko Fujimori is the front runner in Sunday's April 10, 2016, election.
ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
scientific agency of the United States government
Duration: October 27, 2015 – April 13, 2016 April 16, 2016 – May 30, 2016 (Playoffs) June 2, 2016 – June 19, 2016 (Finals)
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
During a rally in support of German comedian Jan Böhmermann, outside the Turkish embassy in Berlin, Bruno Kramm, head of the Berlin branch of Germany's Pirate Party, is arrested for “insulting a representative of a foreign state” by quoting a line from the comic’s satirical poem about Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Date: 20 February 1988 – present (34 years, 11 months and 6 days)
Cudell Recreation Center, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
The violence occurred as a Greek migration minister was visiting the center.
grave containing multiple number of human corpses, usually buried anonymously
December 2007 – June 2009 banking emergency in the USA
On March 17, 2002, during anti-government protests in the Aksy District, police killed four protesters, while March 24 and April 7 commemorate the Tulip Revolution of 2006 and the Second Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010, respectively.
missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
The military is now allowed to prevent or suppress over 27 types of offenses.
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
American basic cable and satellite business news television channel
Heavy rain pelts earthquake-hit Ecuador causing floods, mostly in the town of Alluriquin in the Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, killing at least four people and injuring several more. About 300 people have been affected by the floods after a local river burst its banks, engulfing the town with water.
skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
According to the United States Department of Defense, an airstrike that hit a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, last October did not amount to a war crime because the airstrike was "unintentional" and that those involved would face suspension but not criminal charges.
Australian-born American media mogul (born 1931)
The title game on April 4 pits the Wildcats, 1985 champions, and the five-time champion Tar Heels.
Authorities in Rwanda jail former politician Léon Mugesera for life. Mugesera was known for describing Tutsis as "cockroaches" and called for their extermination in a speech in 1992 and is said to be a precursor to the Rwandan genocide.
According to the Sudanese electoral commission, more than 97% of voters in Darfur choose to remain as five states rather than form a single region.
A court in South Africa rules that the decision in 2009 to drop over 750 corruption charges against President Jacob Zuma was irrational and called for a review of them.
2016 United States presidential election in Arizona
United States Commission on Civil Rights
A Russian Air Force Mi-28 attack helicopter crashes near the Syrian city of Homs, killing two pilots.
Le Bourget in the suburbs of Paris, France
territories occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967
States and federal territories of Malaysia
primary administrative division of Malaysia
sovereign state in southern Europe, enclaved within Italy
A Saudi–Egypt Causeway project has been in the works for years.
city of Cleveland, Ohio, agrees to pay $6 million to settle a wrongful death civil rights lawsuit brought by the family of Tamir Rice.
Health authorities in Fiji are urging people to observe strict personal hygiene as the country goes through a massive outbreak of conjunctivitis. In the past 14 days alone the number of cases of the virus in one district of Suva have jumped from 700 to 5000 cases.
Bradford West (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1955 onwards
Yesterday, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent medically evacuated 515 people from four communities—Zabadani, Madaya, Kfarya, and Foua—besieged by government and rebel groups.
American basketball coach and former player
Belize accuses Guatemala of "amassing" troops on the disputed Belize–Guatemala border following the death of a teenage Guatemalan boy in a shooting incident apparently involving Belize Defence Force soldiers.
presidency of the council of EU heads of state or government
state of Wisconsin go to the polls for a primary election with Ted Cruz winning the Republican Party contest and Bernie Sanders winning the Democratic Party primary.
Opposition leader Zoran Zaev said he will only take part in EU-brokered negotiations with the government if certain conditions are met.
Several refugees/migrants are reported injured.
ingestion of food to provide for all organisms their nutritional or medicinal needs
With her victory, Clinton came close to securing the number of delegates she needs to win the nomination.
The national leaders named include Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko, and Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports the first Zika virus related death in the United States, an elderly man in Puerto Rico.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
U.S. officials say unmanned airstrikes in southern Somalia killed about a dozen suspected militants from the al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab on Monday and Tuesday.
They say the deal would drive down wages, and weaken environmental protection and labour rights.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif sets an independent judicial commission to investigate allegations of graft against his family following documents leaked as part of the Panama papers showed his sons owned several offshore accounts.
French impressionist painter (1840-1926)
diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union
France places Panama back on its list of countries that do not cooperate in catching tax evaders.
British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
Belgium federal prosecutors say two more men have been charged with terrorist offenses linked to last month's Brussels bombing.
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States of America (USA)
selection of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2016
An attacker throws a grenade and fires shots outside a sports hall in the small town of Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo, just hours before Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić was due to hold an election rally there. "A hand grenade exploded outside the sports hall but there are no injuries," Besim Hoti, a Kosovo police commander in the area, told Reuters.
ethnic group inhabiting the African Great Lakes region
Makey told reporters in Minsk that "there is readiness from both sides for a full normalization of our relations." Belarus recalled its ambassador from Washington in 2008 after the United States imposed sanctions against Belarusian oil giant Belneftekhim following tensions between Minsk and the West.
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
separatist conflict in the region of West Papua
Law of Israel, influenced by common law and family law, largely based on religious laws
A Royal Norwegian Air Force F-16 fighter jet, taking part in a mock attack on Tarva on April 12, mistakenly opened fire on a control tower with three officers inside, who survived unharmed, according to the Norwegian military.
The Olympic flame is lit outside the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, by Greek actress Katerina Lehou. Brazilian volleyball legend Giovane Gávio starts the relay that will reach the capital Brasilia on May 3 for transport throughout the South American country by 12,000 torchbearers, arriving at Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 5.
experiment carried out to determine the effectiveness, yield, and explosive capability of nuclear weapons
replacement prayer for Dhuhr on Fridays when performed in a mosque in congregation
84th season and 114th championship of top-tier Italian men's football
The World Wildlife Fund reports global populations of tigers, an endangered species, are up about 20 percent over the past six years. This increase in tiger numbers, after declining for a century, was primarily in India, Russia, Nepal, and Bhutan. The third Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation starts Monday in New Delhi, India.
A battle rages in the Kunduz Province of Afghanistan as the Taliban launches its spring offensive to capture the city of Kunduz.
methods of energy production from various sources
The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810As entered service on the Sengkang and Punggol LRT lines, operated by SBS Transit Ltd.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif bows to opposition demands that he ask Pakistan's chief justice to set up an independent commission to investigate offshore accounts linked to his family.
A group of United States mayors forms "Mayors Against Discrimination" in the wake of recent discriminatory laws enacted in North Carolina and Mississippi against LBGT individuals.
The Wall Street institution, whose investment banking account minimums are in the millions, sets a minimum deposit of $1 dollar for GSBank.com.
Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 to 2013
Filipino domestic helper Mary Jane Veloso commemorates the first anniversary of her being spared from the death penalty in Indonesia for allegedly smuggling controlled substances.
El Salvador officials seize documents and equipment during a raid of the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Attorney General Douglas Melendez says authorities interviewed seven employees, and confiscated 20 computers and some documents.
referendum on repealing a law about oil and natural gas drilling
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk resigns from office in a televised address.
The Parliament of South Africa announces it will debate a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma this coming Tuesday.
Kerry is the first Secretary of State to visit the memorial.
family of general aviation kit-planes designed by Lancair
Secretariat of National Defense (Mexico)
officials say unmanned airstrikes in southern Somalia killed about a dozen suspected militants from the al Qaeda-linked group al Shabaab on Monday and Tuesday.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
cabinet ministry of Syria responsible for foreign relations
A suicide bomber kills at least nine people at a Shi'ite mosque in southwestern Baghdad. A second attacker was shot dead by security forces before he could detonate his explosives.
China denies a Hong Kong port call by the U.S.
second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of Brazil
Fighting erupts between unknown assailants and police in the southern part of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, after a disputed Presidential election that brought Denis Sassou Nguesso back to power for a third term. The reason for the clashes is not immediately clear but they have taken place in districts where support for the opposition is strong. The government blames the violence on the Ninjas, a militant group active during the Second Republic of the Congo Civil War.
county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani endorses Donald Trump for U.S.
Brazil's Chamber of Deputies votes overwhelmingly (367-137) in favor of impeachment procedures against President Dilma Rousseff.
association football club in Turin, Italy
Irish tax-registered pharmaceutical company
financial institution whose primary purpose is accepting savings deposits
Human rights activists, lawyers, labor rights groups and other advocates endorse Leni Robredo for vice president.
payments or benefits related to corruption
Mohamed Abrini has reportedly admitted to being the "man in the hat" sought after the Brussels bombings.
Organizers say they believe they are being targeted for political reasons.
Austrians vote in the first round of electing the next president. Preliminary estimates indicate FPÖ's Norbert Hofer won the first round with 36 percent of the vote. Greens' Alexander Van der Bellen, who is supported by the Green Party, garnered 20%, and another independent, Irmgard Griss, took 18.5 percent. President Heinz Fischer was not eligible to be re-elected. Candidates representing the two leading parties, that have ruled for the past 70 years, were eliminated. Hofer and Van der Bellen will compete in the runoff election on May 22, 2016.
The National Assembly of Vietnam approves Nguyễn Xuân Phúc as the country's new prime minister, succeeding Nguyễn Tấn Dũng.
Belgium is to provide iodine pills to all its citizens, around 11 million people, to protect against radioactivity in the event of a nuclear accident at either of Belgium's ageing nuclear power plants, the Tihange Nuclear Power Station and Doel Nuclear Power Station, according to Health Minister Maggie De Block.
Violent storms cause floods across Uruguay with seven people killed and more than 2,000 left homeless.
Representatives of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic in Eastern Ukraine say at least five civilians are killed by artillery fire at a checkpoint in the town of Olenivka, with another 10 injured. Kiev denies the accusation. A local border-guard spokesman says there was an explosion at the checkpoint but he saw no artillery fired from either side, suggesting the blast could have been a bomb.
The International Monetary Fund encourages the move toward negative interest rates because "they help deliver additional monetary stimulus and easier financial conditions."
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United States agree to carry out joint naval patrols to prevent Iranian arms shipments reaching Yemen, the Gulf bloc's secretary general Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said on Wednesday, following a meeting with United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Iran denies it supplies weapons to the Houthis in Yemen.
Date: 24 July 2015 – present (7 years, 4 months and 6 days)
Date: 24 July 2015 – present (7 years, 6 months and 3 days)
“By all evidence, Russia’s activity is a sort of existential threat because this activity can destroy countries,” Waszczykowski told reporters in Bratislava.
United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union
President of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen (1990–2012)
re-election of President Ismail Omar Guelleh
General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Mexico's Secretary of National Defence, apologises for an incident in which two soldiers and a policewoman torture a woman.
South Korea announces plans to reduce the number of immigrants entering the country illegally.
The Taliban's Qatar office confirms its leaders are in Pakistan to talk about Afghan refugees and the release of prisoners.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry condemns the Israeli cabinet meeting held on occupied Syrian-territory and, in letters to both the Security Council and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, calls on the U.N.
Officials say the explosion came from an unspecified leak.
legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity
The death toll from the earthquake passes 650 with over 50 people missing.
state-organized genocide of Jews by Nazi regime during World War II
head of state and of government of Texas
A Hindu man is hacked to death in Tangail district.
Battle of al-Qaryatayn (March–April 2016)
town in Kamimashiki district, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan
international climate change conference in Paris, France in November–December 2015
This comes after Zuma is facing mounting pressure when the Constitutional Court ruled that Zuma violated the constitution by using state funds to renovate his mansion.
The President of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev signs a presidential decree officially recognizing March 17, March 24, and April 7 as public holidays for Kyrgyzstan.
In a 13-minute audio tape he released Monday, Vice President Temer outlines his administration in the event that President Rousseff is impeached.
European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement
A Jerusalem district court rejects an insanity plea and convicts Yosef Chaim Ben-David as the ringleader of the terrorist kidnapping and murder of the 16-year-old Palestinian.
Philippine policies, actions and history in the Spratly Islands
Some Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball players, who are scheduled to play a two-game series the end of May in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to honor Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, are concerned about being exposed to the Zika virus.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Chinese pro-democracy movement and subsequent massacre
African-American abolitionist and humanitarian (1822-1913)
This occurred while world leaders are attending the annual Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C., where North Korea is on the agenda for discussion.
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
Referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union which took place on 23 June 2016
The troops are likely to include special operations forces and medical or intelligence support personnel, an official added.
attorney general for the U.S. state of Michigan
election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office
Another earthquake measuring at 6.7 strikes off the northwest of Vanuatu, the third earthquake in the same region this week.
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
American pornographic actress Amber Rayne dies at the age of 31.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
president of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020
aircraft class designed to attack ground targets with lift provided by a powered rotor
The U.S. company Microsoft has sued the United States, alleging that it has been prevented from disclosing warrants to the company's customers in violation of the company's constitutional rights.
United Nations Secretary-General selection
executive department of the U.S. federal government
In the United States, Gannett Company, Inc., announces that two weeks ago it made an unsolicited, $815 million takeover bid for the Tribune Publishing Company, whose holdings include a number of major newspapers, such as the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. Gannett, the publisher of the national American daily USA Today as well as 107 daily newspapers, made the offer public since Tribune had not yet responded. Last month, Tribune Publishing's winning bid for the Orange County Register was blocked by the U.S. Justice Department because of an antitrust challenge.
Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement
sovereign state comprising ten islands off the Western coast of Africa
form of rail transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles
Five people are killed when a tourist helicopter crashes in the American town of Sevierville, Tennessee.
Carnival Cruise Lines says it will postpone its first cruise in 50 years from the United States to Havana, if Cuba does not waive its rule and allow Cuban-Americans passengers. Current Cuban law does not allow those born on the island to return by sea.
person in a country not having citizenship
global financial crisis triggered by bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of housing-related securities
village in Connecticut, United States of America
Protests continue in Moldova as thousands of anti-government protesters demonstrate in the capital Chișinău despite concessions given to the protesters last month by the government.
Vice-President of the European Commission
Last month, Morocco expelled 75 UN staffers.
Syrian rebels launch new offensives against government forces in the country's Latakia Governorate and Hama Governorate. Several rebel groups earlier announced they were launching a new battle against government forces in response to claimed violations of the cease-fire agreement, further putting a strain on the Syrian peace process.
Area hospitals are treating the injured; none in life-threatening condition.
sports division of the CBS television network
United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron admits he benefited from a Panama-based offshore trust, Blairmore Holdings Inc., set up by his late father.
Yemeni and United Arab Emirates troops capture the seaport of Mukalla from al Qaeda.
Games of the XXIV Olympiad, in Seoul, South Korea
Commissioner of the National Football League
Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea
Thousands demonstrated this month following the Sisi government's decision to hand over two uninhabited islands in the Straits of Tiran to Saudi Arabia.
communist organization labeled as a terrorist group in Peru
Fighting erupts between unknown assailants and police in the southern part of Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of the Congo, after a disputed Presidential election that brought Denis Sassou Nguesso back to power for a third term.
Voters in the U.S. state of New York go to the polls for a primary election with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump expected to win the respective contests for their parties in that state.
Baltimore/Washington International Airport
airport near Baltimore, Maryland, United States
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
defense and maintenance of a state through use of all powers at the state's disposal
Israeli police say they believe the incident was a suicide bombing but no group has claimed responsibility.
The United States deploys F-22 Raptor fighter jets to Romania's RoAF 86th Air Base, near the Black Sea, in a show of strength and cooperation against Russia. "The United States and Romania enjoy a very strong partnership," said Hans G. Klemm, the United States Ambassador to Romania.
groups of citizens empowered by United States federal or state law to conduct legal proceedings
people defecting from North Korea, often to South Korea
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas
state of New York go to the polls for a primary election with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump expected to win the respective contests for their parties in that state.
Two people are killed and 35 injured when a United States Amtrak passenger train on the Palmetto route traveling from New York City to Savannah, Georgia, with 341 passengers and seven crew on board, derails in Chester, Pennsylvania, after striking a backhoe that was on the track.
Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard
The Turkish military say it carried out air strikes in northern Iraq against targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, hitting weapon stores and shelters.
Suspected Shining Path rebels kill three people, two of them Peruvian Army soldiers and the other a driver, in an attack on a vehicle carrying election materials in the remote areas of the country.
FAA in February, on Friday submitted recommendations that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas, and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones.
Rockets fired by ISIL from northern Syria hit a poor neighborhood and a mosque in the Turkish city of Kilis, killing one person and injuring 26 others. Turkish security forces responded by returning fire into Syria.
city in Santa Clara County, California, United States
India's biggest cigarette maker ITC Ltd., part-owned by British American Tobacco, and Godfrey Phillips India Ltd., a partner of U.S.-based Philip Morris International, shut factories on Friday in protest.
systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group
upper house of the United States Congress
condition present at birth regardless of cause; human disease or disorder developed prior to birth
humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate
ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km
The Saudi Arabia led coalition claims to have killed more than 800 militants.
Guamanian politician and former Governor of Guam
medical condition in which the brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes near Kumamoto, Japan, collapsing several buildings killing at least four people and injuring 400.
In the United States, a Lancair IV plane crashes into a car stopped along a highway, 50 miles north of San Diego, California, killing car passenger Antoinette "Toni" Frances Isbelle, a member of the WFTDA's San Diego Starlettes roller derby team.
Archaeologists claim to have discovered a probable Viking settlement in North America on Newfoundland's Point Rosee.
Ovidiu Anton was due to perform the song "Moment of Silence" at the contest.
Philippine presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte says he shot a fellow law student at San Beda College.
The founding members are city leaders from Honolulu, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C.
The Taliban, in a statement claiming responsibility for yesterday's rocket attacks into Kabul, Afghanistan, says the intended target was U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who was in the capital to help defuse a crisis within the unity government.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
An American federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, rules a transgender high school student who was banned from the boys' bathroom can proceed with the lawsuit against the school board.
The documents, 2.6 terabytes of information, were obtained more than a year ago from an anonymous source by the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The Alaska SeaLife Center (Seward, Alaska) announces that 98 percent of the center's heating and cooling now comes from low-cost, alternative energy derived from seawater.
Date: 9 February 2016 06:47 CET (05:47 UTC)
type of unguided rocket artillery system
2015-2016 anti-government protest against Dilma Rousseff
combat troops in Eastern Europe to deter Russia’s expanded and assertive actions.
Volkswagen and United States officials agree in principle on a deal where the automaker could buy back up to 500,000 diesel cars.
Date: 2 July 2014 approx. 4:00 a.m. (IDT, UTC+03:00)
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
global campaign led by the U.S. federal government, of drug prohibition, military aid, and military intervention, with the aim of reducing the illegal drug trade in the United States
The agreement will enter into force once 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global emissions formally join it.
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
2016 Chester, Pennsylvania, train derailment
supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany
El Salvador officials seize documents and equipment during a raid of the local offices of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca.
Six high ranking Pakistan Army officers, including a lieutenant-general and major-general, are sacked by Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif amid corruption allegations within the army.
land force component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
NBA team based in Boston; tied with most NBA Championships
open-source operating system for mobile devices created by Google
state's new abortion law is unconstitutional because it bans the procedure if sought because of genetic abnormalities.
John Kerry, along with the other Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers, laid wreaths at Japan's Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum to the victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
state of Wyoming gather, by county, for the Wyoming Democratic caucuses.
A magnitude-6.1 aftershock has struck off the coast of Ecuador at 3:33 a.m.
archipelago covering 3,030 km² (1,170 sq mi) in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and the wider region of Oceania
The World Anti-Doping Agency advises that WADA-accredited laboratories are currently conducting studies on meldonium excretion rates since existing data is lacking. Meldonium became a banned substance on January 1, 2016. A large number of athletes, including grand-slam tennis champion Maria Sharapova, had taken the medication in the past, and have tested positive this year. The new data will address how long meldonium stays in the body and determine if athletes were provided a reasonable amount of time to adhere to the new restrictions prior to testing. The drug was used by many Soviet-bloc athletes since the 80s.
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopts a resolution setting the stage for the deployment of UN Police to Burundi, where political unrest that has lasted nearly a year killed over 400 people and displaced tens of thousands. The resolution asks Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to present options within 15 days for the deployment of UN police in order to monitor the security situation, promote respect for human rights and advance the rule of law.
Bahraini engineer and retired lieutenant general
President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (born 1949)
At least two people are reported dead following a shooting at Lackland Air Force Base, in the U.S. state of Texas.
The protests are against a labour law being proposed in the National Assembly, saying it will reduce rights and deepen job insecurity for youth.
The prior election, which was held on December 20, 2015, resulted in a hung parliament.
Mitsubishi Motors admits that it has used fuel economy measuring methods that have not complied with Japanese government regulations for 25 years.
The crash resulted in 11 deaths and 85 injuries, 24 serious.
The continuing influence of English dramatist William Shakespeare is celebrated on the 400th anniversary of his death in Stratford-upon-Avon.
The third Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation starts Monday in New Delhi, India.
continent on the Earth's northwestern quadrant, spanning from the Arctic Archipelago to the Panama Isthmus
The 2016 United States women's college basketball national championship will be decided when two former Big East Conference foes meet at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis at 8:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, April 5, 2016. Connecticut topped Oregon State 80–51, and Syracuse claimed an 80–59 win over Washington in Sunday's semifinals. Syracuse (30–7, 13–3 ACC) will be making its first appearance in the NCAA title game. UConn (37–0, 18–0 American), a 10-time national champion and defending champion for the fourth straight season, has won every title game it has played in.
North Korean mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile
Austria plans to deploy soldiers on its border with Italy to stem an expected increase in migrants trying to get to northern Europe, according to Austrian Defence Minister Hans Peter Doskozil. "As the EU's external borders are not yet effectively protected, Austria will soon ramp up strict border controls. That means massive border controls on the Brenner Pass, and with soldiers," Doskozil told German daily newspaper Die Welt.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)
runs the diplomatic relations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (a.k.a. North Korea) with other countries
founding and sole ruling party of North Korea
military force charged with police duties among civilian populations
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will meet the government delegation Monday, and will sit down with the main opposition High Negotiations Committee later in the week.
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan
deputy head of state of the Republic of South Sudan
United States Federal agents are combing three states for 32 cases of commercial grade explosives, about 500 pounds of 2½ to 5 inch aerial shells, stolen from a CSX train traveling from Chicago, Illinois, through Ohio that arrived in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Calvo said he hopes to start a successful "education campaign" on the issue before filing a petition to start a referendum.
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
Hokkaido 5th district by-election, 2016: LDP candidate Yoshiaki Wada staved off the competition from independent candidate Maki Ikeda. Despite the LDP's winning margin decreasing from 14% (in 2014) to 2%, this win is seen as a boost for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the upcoming upper house election.
Archaeologists in Taiwan discover 48 sets of remains unearthed in graves in Taichung.
Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999)
warship type designed for escort duties against smaller vessels
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Council President Donald Tusk, and European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans meet with Syrian refugees at a camp in the southeastern Turkish town of Nizip prior to talks with a delegation led by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
Japanese internet company formed as a joint venture between Yahoo! and SoftBank
Serbians elect a new parliament under the backdrop of its accession to the European Union. Preliminary results indicate the incumbent, pro-EU populists sweeping the election.
Within three days, the petitioners need to collect about 200,000 signatures (1 percent of registered voters) before proceeding to the next step, the collection of 20 million signatures to get the referendum on the ballot.
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says the bridge will be named after the Saudi monarch.
The Vatican suspends PricewaterhouseCoopers' audit of its finances over questions whether proper procedures were followed when the December 2015 contract, reportedly worth $3 million, was enacted.
capital and most populous city of Russia
Syrian government airstrikes, and rockets from Islamist insurgents, hit many neighborhoods in Aleppo.
A record 175 states sign the United Nations climate agreement in New York on opening day.
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
At least five people are killed by floods in the U.S.
However, the court ruling does not automatically reinstate the charges against Zuma as a legal team must be set up to decide on whether to charge him or not.
Meteorologists say the heat, an after-effect of El Niño, has delayed the traditional April rains.
Russia postpones a transfer of missile engines to China.
Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
annexation of Crimea into the Russian Federation in 2014
national meteorological service of Japan
Gian Nicola Berti of We Sammarinese and Massimo Andrea Ugolini of the Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party take office as the Captains Regents of San Marino.
"We want only one thing, the truth about what happened to Giulio," Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Friday.
Swedish deputy prime minister Åsa Romson is criticized after referring to the September 11 attacks in New York as mere "accidents". Romson made the comments on public television while discussing the resignation of housing minister Mehmet Kaplan who had compared Israel's treatment of Arabs to the Nazis' treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.
top institution of the U.S. Republican Party
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force
air warfare branch of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
The unmanned airstrike also killed other IS militants and destroyed at least one makeshift drone.
land warfare branch of Peru's armed forces
UConn (37–0, 18–0 American), a 10-time national champion and defending champion for the fourth straight season, has won every title game it has played in.
A helicopter crashes near Baltimore–Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Maryland.
The unrecognized House of Representatives, one of the rival governments based in eastern Libya, ships its first cargo of crude oil in defiance of the U.N.-backed authorities in the capital Tripoli in a move that could deepen divisions within the country.
Ansar-al Islam, the Bangladeshi branch of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, claims responsibility for yesterday's murder of USAID employee and LGBT activist Xulhaz Mannan and his friend, actor Tanay Majumder.
Xulhaz Mannan, a Bangladeshi employee of a U.S.
China is not a member of the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary, informal partnership between 34 countries to prevent proliferation of missile delivery systems that could carry weapons of mass destruction.
No. 10, Ngai Wong Commercial Building, 11–13 Mong Kok Rd, Mong Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Chovanec said the 25 Iraqis abused Czech generosity and should go back to Iraq within seven days.
The suspension had been stayed due to a lower court ruling.
The new data will address how long meldonium stays in the body and determine if athletes were provided a reasonable amount of time to adhere to the new restrictions prior to testing.
International sanctions during the Russo-Ukrainian War
substance used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces that the U.S. will send an additional 250 troops to fight ISIL in Syria.
Germany has recently called for the Belgian government to close the nuclear power plants over safety fears.
mountain pass at the international border between Austria and Italy
German automotive manufacturing conglomerate
A local border-guard spokesman says there was an explosion at the checkpoint but he saw no artillery fired from either side, suggesting the blast could have been a bomb.
six key foreign policy principles of the United States regarding United States–Taiwan relations
lower house of the National Congress of Brazil
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Guards at the building were also injured.
conventional trust that is formed under the laws of an offshore jurisdiction
ISIL claims to have shot down a Syrian Arab Air Force MiG-23, southeast of Damascus, and captured its pilot.
fighter aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas
governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signs legislation banning all Russian films made after January 1, 2014. The legislation also bans movies produced by Russia after 1991 if they "glorify the work of government bodies" of Russia, citing such movies to be a threat to national security.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who previously gave most of the country's 2.8 million state employees Fridays off through May, announces public workers will also have Wednesdays and Thursdays off for at least two weeks as an energy-saving measure.
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
NATO reopens informal talks with Russia for the first time in nearly two years.
company with few, if any, actual assets or operations
The government of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island announces it is going to take its governance issue to the United Nations.
state in the western and central peninsular region of India
ground warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
British department store chain British Home Stores (BHS) collapses into administration after a last-minute rescue deal fails. The collapse of the retailer, which employs 11,000 people, is the biggest failure on the UK's high street since the collapse of Woolworths Group in 2008.
and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid which is impeding the fight against ISIL.
Human Rights Watch says at least 382 had been arrested.
Date: 4–16 April 2016 (1 week and 5 days)
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues a tsunami alert for coastal areas of Ecuador and Colombia.
officials report President Obama will announce plans to send as many as 250 more U.S.
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
The archipelago is still recovering from category 5 Cyclone Winston that killed 44 people in February.
This comes as Finland as dealing with a weakening economy but the petition is unlikely to lead to the country leaving the Eurozone.
A court in early March ruled in favor of having a direct national election to choose a president rather than a vote in parliament, a concession to protesters who have been demonstrating for months against the political elite.
largest and most populous island of Cape Verde
Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer
a set of heights, that are having ongoing territorial disputes between Israel and Syria
Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Western Asia
West Indies women's national cricket team
The protest grew violent when they began to throw stones and use fireworks against the police.
The deal has cleared the pre-merger antitrust reviews in the United States and Canada; approvals from the European Union and China is pending.
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
A Syrian government airstrike near Aleppo kills at least five members of the Syrian Civil Defense rescue organisation.
The journey originated in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on March 9, 2015, and, after another 8,130 nmi, will complete the circle when it lands in Abu Dhabi.
arrangement made in advance to have a table available at a restaurant
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
generally refers to the spot price of a barrel of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil
British department store chain British Home Stores (BHS) collapses into administration after a last-minute rescue deal fails.
Due to concerns about an increasingly anti-Mexican climate across the border, Mexico unexpectedly changes two of its top officials responsible for U.S.
internal combustion engine with quality rotational frequency governing, internal mixture formation, lean air-fuel-ratio, diffusion flame and compression ignition
Greens' Alexander Van der Bellen, who is supported by the Green Party, garnered 20%, and another independent, Irmgard Griss, took 18.5 percent.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
repeated unwanted sexual attention or advances
unincorporated community and county seat of Columbia County, Georgia, USA
Police in Stuttgart, Germany, arrest at least 400 left-wing demonstrators after they attempted to stop a conference by the Alternative for Germany from being held.
successful 2016 US presidential campaign
principal organ of the United Nations for the administration of trust territories
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
cabinet-level position in the Brazilian government charged with representing the federal government of Brazil in legal proceedings
Bloomberg News reports Verizon Communications plans a bid for Yahoo Inc.’s Web business, including Yahoo Japan Corp., next week.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the al-Nusra Front's spokesperson Abu Firas al-Suri was among 20 militants killed in a suspected Russian airstrike on a village near the city of Idlib in northwestern Syria.
bilateral relations between Austria and Italy
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
A Japanese Navy submarine makes a port call in the Philippines, the first in fifteen years, in a show of growing military cooperation amid tension triggered by China's growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. It was escorted into the former U.S. Naval Base at Subic Bay by two Japanese destroyers on a tour of Southeast Asia.
Meldonium became a banned substance on January 1, 2016.
Law enforcement in the Republic of the Congo
South Africa's head of state and head of government
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
About 400 cases have been confirmed in the Commonwealth.
Analysts say this move exposes the rift between the church’s old guard and supporters of financial reform, and raises questions about the Catholic Church’s commitment to cleaning up its finances.
Both Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide and Marriott International shareholders approve Marriott's acquisition of Starwood, which will create the world's largest hotelier. The deal has cleared the pre-merger antitrust reviews in the United States and Canada; approvals from the European Union and China is pending. Last week, Anbang Insurance Group topped Marriott's bid, then withdrew their offer three days later.
The pending $160 billion merger of Pfizer Inc.
Senior-level defections are rare, most being low level operatives.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
United Nations Security Council members are considering a draft resolution that would restore the UN mission in Western Sahara to full functionality.
He said he would be sending a bill to the Congress to increase the amount users can legally carry from the current five grams to 28 (0.18-1oz).
The worst of the fighting is located between government-controlled Avdiivka and separatist-controlled Yasynuvata.
Impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff
overview of contemporary Afghan politics
Then-U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi was previously the highest-ranking U.S.
The government of El Salvador unveils and deploys a new heavily armed special forces unit to fight criminal gangs in rural areas of the country.
Austrian ministry responsible for military and defence
Representatives of the Russian-backed Donetsk People's Republic in Eastern Ukraine say at least five civilians are killed by artillery fire at a checkpoint in the town of Olenivka, with another 10 injured.
professional body of doctors of general medicine and its subspecialties in the UK
Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $5.06 billion to settle allegations that it sold packages of shoddy mortgages prior to the global financial crisis..
Bhumata Ranragini Brigade leader Trupti Desai and 25 other supporters were detained by police.
law firm and corporate service provider based in Panama
association football club in Liverpool, England
Breaking with a centuries-old tradition, the high court in Mumbai ruled women have a fundamental right to enter Hindu temples across the state of Maharashtra, and the government has the responsibility to protect their rights.
town in Kumanovo Municipality, Macedonia
Mexican police come under attack in a two-hour gunfight in the city of Acapulco, killing one gunman. At the same time, a separate group of gunmen attacked a federal police base in the city.
Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)
Cruz's campaign will cut campaigning in Oregon and New Mexico to help Kasich, while the Kasich campaign will give Cruz a "clear path" in Indiana.
President of FIFA Gianni Infantino says a new independent committee will be set up to monitor working conditions at Qatar's 2022 World Cup venues.
region of the Americas where Romance languages are primarily spoken
Rebel leader Riek Machar misses an international deadline to return to the capital Juba to take the post of Vice President.
municipality in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Syria releases American freelance photographer Kevin Patrick Dawes who was kidnapped in 2012.
security-oriented intergovernmental organization
A new aftershock with a magnitude of 5.4 hits southern Kyushu island.
Indian women's rights activists are barred by angry villagers and local authorities from entering Shani Shingnapur temple despite a court ruling guaranteeing access.
attorney Preet Bharara asking the ICIJ for help.
Pemex had an earlier fire at the same facility in February 2016 that killed one worker; also that month, an offshore Pemex Gulf platform fire killed two and injured eight.
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
The government blames the violence on the Ninjas, a militant group active during the Second Republic of the Congo Civil War.
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
The official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports a mass grave, containing the bodies of beheaded women and children, has been found in the former ISIL-controlled city of Palmyra, recently retaken by the Syrian government.
A Pakistani police officer accidentally detonates a grenade in an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, injuring himself and a court assistant. The officer was attempting to demonstrate a grenade detonator to a judge and said the grenade was defused before pulling the pin.
Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi sacks Prime Minister and Vice President of Yemen Khaled Mahfoudh Bahah.
The United Nations Trusteeship Council will begin preliminary meetings with candidates next week in New York City.
A large explosion is reported in the Afghan capital Kabul a week after the Taliban declared the start of their annual spring offensive.
city in Ecuador, capital of the Manabí Province
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Francis also asserts the right to a natural death without aggressive treatment; firmly rejects the death penalty; and reiterates the Church's opposition to same-sex marriage.
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
Some Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball players, who are scheduled to play a two-game series the end of May in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to honor Pirates Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, are concerned about being exposed to the Zika virus. About 400 cases have been confirmed in the Commonwealth. [permanent dead link]
The death toll from yesterday's earthquake rises to nine with eight dead in the town of Mashiki.
Two unarmed Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-24 jets flew simulated attacks on United States Navy destroyer USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to a U.S.
hospitals found 52 percent were infected with malicious software.
partially recognized country in southeastern Europe
Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)
Philippine constitutional commission for human rights
Six high ranking Pakistan Army officers, including a lieutenant-general and major-general, are sacked by Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif amid corruption allegations within the army. Sharif said corruption had to be uprooted to fight terrorism.
commodity and futures exchange located in New York City, New York, United States
List of ambassadors of the United States to Romania
Former New Orleans Saints defensive end Will Smith is shot dead in a road rage incident.
series of terrorist attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015
foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee
This comes after State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi vowed to push for the release of all the political prisoners in Myanmar.
Health authorities in Fiji are urging people to observe strict personal hygiene as the country goes through a massive outbreak of conjunctivitis.
one of eight wards of the city of Hiroshima
Temperatures of 105.5°F (40.8°C) were recorded yesterday at 19 locations across the state.
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
According to a police chief, militants overnight attacked several police checkpoints in the southwest outskirts of the city while government forces repelled a major attack to the east of Kunduz.
Iran denies it supplies weapons to the Houthis in Yemen.
umbrella term for independence movement for West Papua (the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua), with both militant and nonviolent elements
Four of those were killed by a tornado that struck Dolores.
situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition has an absolute majority of legislators in a parliament or other legislature
The bike lane was among the projects built in preparation for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Former chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Rajendra K. Pachauri is to face a court in Delhi, India on charges of sexual harassment. Pachauri is accused of stalking, intimidation and sexual assault of a former employee.
More than 20 people have been killed in attacks targeting Shiite militias and government forces.
Kenyan police have confirmed seven deaths so far.
At least 102 people have been killed and hundreds injured.
former military government system established following the Six-Day War
city in and county seat of Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, and the capitol of New Mexico
unrecognised de-facto state in South Caucasus
Ebru Umar, a Dutch journalist of Turkish descent, is arrested in Kuşadası, Turkey, for tweets deemed critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
state that is a participant in the treaties of the European Union (EU)
On Thursday, the airport had said it was "technically ready" to resume partial services, but the opening was held up because police unions threatened to strike unless additional security checks were introduced.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
The European Union offers to help the fledgling new UN-backed Libyan unity government with assistance in its security sector, managing migration, border management and police capacity building.
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
city in Donetsk Oblast (province) of Ukraine
Pyongyang would "have to do better than that," he added.
American business-focused daily newspaper
Egypt tries 237 activists, who face jail terms of up to three years, arrested for protesting without permits against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
India's health ministry orders government agencies to enforce a new rule for larger health warnings that cover 85 percent of a cigarette pack's surface, up from 20 percent now.
defunct British retail company (1909–2009)
Yatsenyuk said his resignation is to be immediately followed by the formation of a new government.
proposed structure in the Strait of Tiran
nuclear power station in the south of Belgium
Clark, who is the first non-European and fourth woman among the eight announced candidates, was prime minister for nine years (1999–2008) and has been Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme since April 2009.
The Republican National Committeeman for North Dakota, Curly Haugland, says that the likelihood for outsiders such as Donald Trump to get state electoral votes are slim as the party honor its own elders.
If the plebiscite does take place, voters on Guam would be asked to select which political status they would prefer; independence, statehood, or free association However, the possible vote would be non-binding as any change in political status would require an act of Congress in Washington, D.C..
international women's cricket tournament
capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
The representative did not say if the delegation will discuss the peace process.
Iraqi officials declare a state of emergency for all of Baghdad after protesters loyal to popular Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed into Iraq’s parliament in the Green Zone.
men's national college basketball tournament semifinals in Houston's NRG Stadium, the Villanova Wildcats thrash the Oklahoma Sooners 95–51, the most lopsided result in men's Final Four history; and in a battle between Atlantic Coast Conference members, the North Carolina Tar Heels defeat the Syracuse Orange 83–66.
The deposition process of Dilma Rousseff
The Health Information Trust Alliance, a nonprofit industry group, warns that hospitals in the United States must prepare for more ransomware attacks.
city in Switzerland and capital of its canton
He then will hold talks with Prime Minister David Cameron.
"I have not considered quitting because of this matter nor am I going to quit because of this matter," Gunnlaugsson told Icelandic television Channel 2.
corporate move to a lower tax jurisdiction
Clashes and air strikes are reported in Yemen despite a fragile truce between the government and Houthis taking effect. However, the truce appears to be largely holding as members from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement are granted unhindered access to give humanitarian aid and personnel across the country.
His initial reluctance to admit he had benefited from his late father's offshore Panama Papers holdings still seems to be affecting the upcoming European Union referendum.
aircraft designed to observe enemy forces and facilities and maintain area surveillance
The United States Air Force deploys B-52 bombers to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar to join operations against ISIL in Syria and Iraq.
The plant produces the hazardous industrial chemical vinyl chloride.
The Ukrainian Army says eight of its soldiers were wounded in fighting against Russian-backed separatists in the east of the country during the previous 24 hours.
city in San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California
The plant is run by Mexichem under agreement with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national petrochemical company, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on the country's southern Gulf of Mexico coast.
West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, a part of the State of Israel Capital, in the status of belligerent occupation, supported by international public law and the High Court of Justice of Israel
Leaders of the Czech Republic choose “Czechia” as the one-word alternative name of their country to make it easier for companies, politicians and sportsmen to use on products, name tags and sporting jerseys.
Security forces opened fire on a peaceful protest, killing many students after they attempted to nominate pro-opposition candidates for their campus elections.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810As
Connecticut topped Oregon State 80–51, and Syracuse claimed an 80–59 win over Washington in Sunday's semifinals.
2016 collision between train and backhoe
American politician and convicted criminal
It was escorted into the former U.S. Naval Base at Subic Bay by two Japanese destroyers on a tour of Southeast Asia.
Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's Republicans, as well as center-right and far-left groups voted in favor of lifting the sanctions, while the ruling Socialist Party and The Greens voted against the resolution.
human rights violations in the Philippines
bilateral relations between Poland and Russia
At the same time, a separate group of gunmen attacked a federal police base in the city.
Yemeni politician, diplomat and ambassador to Canada
Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation
scientific study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe
Polish Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski, during a visit to Slovakia for talks on the future of NATO, says Russia is more dangerous than the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). “By all evidence, Russia’s activity is a sort of existential threat because this activity can destroy countries,” Waszczykowski told reporters in Bratislava. He described ISIL as a very serious threat but said “it is not an existential threat for Europe”.
Former Pakistani three time Prime Minister, businessman, corruption master and politician
capital city of the German federated state of Lower Saxony
Médecins Sans Frontières claims that victims of a strike on a hospital include 14 patients and doctors.
television broadcaster in Hong Kong. Now IPP & AP with new investors and management from Malaysia
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
The artworks, accumulated during the administration of his father, Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos are believed to be part of the family's alleged ill-gotten wealth.
American history museum and basketball hall of fame
Yesterday, anti-apartheid veteran Ahmed Kathrada joined opposition leaders in calling for Zuma's resignation.
private Benedictine university in the Philippines
President Barack Obama is "inconsistent and hypocritical" in persuading the British people to remain in the European Union.
bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Ted Cruz has swept all of the delegates available so far.
sovereign state situated on an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa
naval warfare branch of the Australian Defence Force
Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act
Ukrainian Politician, economist, and lawyer
government bond issuer, intragovernmental bank, fiscal agent, and financial advisor of the government of PR
Tusk announces that the EU will spend 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) this summer on projects to improve the lives of Syrian migrants.
In the United States, a Lancair IV plane crashes into a car stopped along a highway, 50 miles north of San Diego, California, killing car passenger Antoinette "Toni" Frances Isbelle, a member of the WFTDA's San Diego Starlettes roller derby team. Five others, including the pilot, are hospitalized.
In response to an ongoing Supreme Court case regarding the ownership of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, the government of India said it should not try to reclaim it from the United Kingdom.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Search and rescue efforts continue in Nairobi after the collapse of a building yesterday.
The Vatican suspends PricewaterhouseCoopers' audit of its finances over questions whether proper procedures were followed when the December 2015 contract, reportedly worth $3 million, was enacted. Analysts say this move exposes the rift between the church’s old guard and supporters of financial reform, and raises questions about the Catholic Church’s commitment to cleaning up its finances.
collective term for U.S. intelligence and security agencies
The victim, Octavio Goco, who was also a Lex Talionis fraternity brother of Duterte, survived the assault.
president of the United States from 1829 to 1837
one of two tsunami warning centers that are operated by NOAA, located on Ford Island, Hawaii
portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country
overview of the CEOs of the National Football League
23rd edition of Winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang, South Korea
country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Palestinian residents in the occupied territories are subject to military law that can sentence suspects as young as 12 to prison.
Hillary Clinton is forecast to win the Democratic Party primary in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Delaware while Bernie Sanders wins Rhode Island.
National Football League franchise in Foxborough, Massachusetts
bilateral relations between Philippines and United States
international intergovernmental economic organization
The death toll from the earthquake passes 650 with over 50 people missing. It is now the deadliest earthquake in South America this century.
voting requirement above 50% for passage
American politician and 55th Governor of Louisiana
Australian version of the U.S. television newsmagazine show 60 Minutes
county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America
In the United States, Gannett Company, Inc., announces that two weeks ago it made an unsolicited, $815 million takeover bid for the Tribune Publishing Company, whose holdings include a number of major newspapers, such as the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times.
bilateral relations between United States and Belarus
Protests in France turn violent as protesters clash with police, injuring over 20 police officers and resulting in over 120 arrests nationwide.
The rally was banned by the police, however, it went ahead after a ruling by the High Court sanctioned the protest.
Also, three people connected to the last year's Paris attacks are in custody.
bilateral relations between the neighboring countries in North America
rights preventing the infringement of personal freedom by other social actors
Thirteen women will enter the armor branch, and nine others will enter infantry as second lieutenants.
political demonstrations nationwide in Macedonia
Around 1,000 people stage a rare public protest in the Kazakh city of Atyrau, rallying against the government's decision to sell land in auctions amid a heavy police presence, though they did not forcibly disperse the rally.
However, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says the earthquake poses no tsunami threat.
Temperatures in Malaysia soared above 37°C, prompting more than 250 schools to close.
Deadly floods hit Ethiopia, leaving at least 28 people dead as seasonal rains come early to the country.
Hokkaido 5th district by-election, 2016: LDP candidate Yoshiaki Wada staved off the competition from independent candidate Maki Ikeda.
This growth suggest that the eurozone's economy is now bigger than it was before the start of the financial crisis of 2007–08.
United Nations list of non-self-governing territories
UN document listing places that are not self-governing and subject to decolonization
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
The World Anti-Doping Agency advises that WADA-accredited laboratories are currently conducting studies on meldonium excretion rates since existing data is lacking.
U.S. political event held in Cleveland, Ohio
official to visit the memorial, in 2008.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
individual whose net worth or wealth is equal to or exceeds one million units of currency
major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States
symbolic head of association of independent states
2016 Japanese House of Councillors election
election for the Japanese House of Councillors held in 2016
Date: 8 December 1962 – present (60 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days)
national state-owned railway company of France
2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says Australia and Papua New Guinea will hold emergency talks next week about asylum seekers Australia has been holding on PNG's Los Negros Island in Manus Province.
About 300 people have been affected by the floods after a local river burst its banks, engulfing the town with water.
Thousands of opposition supporters rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, against President Robert Mugabe and the deteriorating economy.
United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's office confirms German Federal Intelligence Service President Gerhard Schindler will be replaced by Bruno Kahl.
Candidates representing the two leading parties, that have ruled for the past 70 years, were eliminated.
bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and India
American media and entertainment company
Oil prices drop in early Asian trading and on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The news comes just two days after he addressed the United Nations General Assembly at a special session on drug policy and is seen as a chance to re-think the current strategy of fighting drug-trafficking, especially in Mexico where the fighting has killed tens of thousands of people.
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
Protests continue against President Gjorge Ivanov in Skopje, Macedonia.
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
automotive brand; manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
right-wing religious conservative political faction in Iran
The refugees accompanied the Pope on his return trip to Rome.
separates the territories of Austria and Italy
The majority of these deaths occurred in the city of Jijiga while elsewhere, heavy downpours of rain were reported with more floods expected in the next few days.
American hedge fund manager and investor
United States presidential election in California, 2016
2015 apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis
Austrians vote in the first round of electing the next president.
2015–16 Syracuse Orange women's basketball team
city and local government area in Kaduna, Nigeria
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
all about SpaceX reusable launch system development program
Brussels Airport in Zaventem and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels, Belgium
aircraft powered by electric motors as opposed to internal combustion engines
city of the Philippines in the province of Pangasinan
Japan's Mount Aso in the Kumamoto Prefecture erupts sending ash about 100 meters (300 feet) into the air.
American billionaire Carl Icahn, in an interview on the cable network CNBC says he has closed his position in Apple.
company Microsoft has sued the United States, alleging that it has been prevented from disclosing warrants to the company's customers in violation of the company's constitutional rights.
triple star system in the constellation Centaurus, where one of the three stars, Proxima Centauri, being the closest star to the Earth
sanctions against Russia after its annexation of Crimea in early 2014
Saharan village and rural commune in the Abeïbara Cercle of the Kidal Region of north-eastern Mali
process of elimination by an organism of the waste products that arise as a result of metabolic activities
According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, North Korea appears to be preparing a test-launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile.
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is running for Secretary-General of the United Nations, to succeed Ban Ki-moon whose second term expires at the end of this year.
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales called the shooting a "cowardly and excessive attack" that merits the "total condemnation of the Guatemalan state".
Indian officials report, with 24 deaths today, the heatwave in the eastern state of Odisha has killed 135 people.
A second attacker was shot dead by security forces before he could detonate his explosives.
The cause of the blast is being investigated.
A mosque under refurbishment in Mogadishu, Somalia, collapses, killing at least 15 people and injuring around 40.
France's National Assembly votes to adopt a non-binding resolution to lift European Union sanctions against Russia, applied after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Accession of Serbia to the European Union
overview about the accession of Serbia to the European Union
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Abu Sayyaf militants, who threatened to kill three foreigners kidnapped from a "high-end" Philippine resort in September 2015, unless they were paid 900 million pesos (17 mil Euros) by midnight today (15:00 UTC), have beheaded one of the hostages, Canadian John Ridsdel.
Authorities in China sentence Huang Yu, a computer technician from Sichuan who worked for a government department which handled state secrets, to death for leaking more than 150,000 classified documents to an unidentified foreign power.
tensions between the United States and China or Russia post-1991
Hong Kong's June 4th Museum, the first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, is to close down.
city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Galant resigned amid accusations her ministry ignored EU criticism of security at Belgium's airports.
written prose piece in a publication expressing the opinion of an author or entity
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it was not clear whether the plane had been shot down or crashed because of mechanical failure.
bilateral relations between Bangladesh and United States
This comes after what the United States described as the "fiery, catastrophic" failure of the first attempt a few days prior.
Three children, including a four-day-old baby, survived the killings.
The Taliban, in a statement claiming responsibility for yesterday's rocket attacks into Kabul, Afghanistan, says the intended target was U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who was in the capital to help defuse a crisis within the unity government. Kerry had departed less than an hour earlier. No casualties have been reported.
continuous multimedia operated and presented to users by a provider
head of state and head of government of Burma
American multinational nonprofit news agency
An Iranian asylum seeker self-immolates himself in Nauru to protest Australia's treatment of refugees.
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon
bilateral relations between Egypt and Italy
music that mainly employs electronic musical instruments, digital instruments and circuitry-based music technology
CIA Director John Brennan, in an exclusive interview to air on NBC News tonight, says the United States intelligence agency will not use harsh, enhanced interrogation techniques, including waterboarding, even if ordered by a future president.
President of the Republic of the Congo (1997-present, 1979-1992)
Category 5 South Pacific cyclone in 2016
Goldman Sachs, the American multinational investment banking firm, launches an FDIC-insured, Internet-based savings bank.
official, who described it as one of the most aggressive interactions in recent memory.
A Ukrainian court sentences two Russian nationals to 14 years in prison each on charges of fighting alongside Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
However, this change must still win cabinet approval before the foreign ministry can lodge the name with the United Nations for it to become the country’s official short name.
transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined
State oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports the death toll has risen to 28 from Wednesday's explosion at Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo's Clorados 3 petrochemical plant in the Gulf port city of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz.
At least seven people are killed, including five Egyptian Army soldiers, a military officer and a civilian woman in two separate blasts in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
Eight hundred people have been injured including over 50 seriously injured.
state of Utah declares pornography a "public health risk" in a move Governor of Utah Gary Herbert says is to "protect our families and our young people".
supreme constitutional court of Colombia
act passed in the U.S. state of North Carolina in 2016
No Olympic event will be held on the path.
law enforcement service in North Macedonia
A Russian oil tanker catches fire in the Caspian Sea, killing at least one crew member.
train crash in Bavaria, Germany, 9 February 2016
American multinational pharmaceutical corporation
Malallah al-Obeidi, a local official in the Al Anbar Governorate, put the number of freed prisoners at around 1,500, saying most of them were civilians.
Adriana Haslett and Patrick Downes, survivors of the 2013 bombing who each lost a leg in the blast, were in the field.
Austrian-born German politician, dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945
military actions against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Sharif said corruption had to be uprooted to fight terrorism.
A severe heat wave grips Malaysia as much of Southeast Asia struggles with unusually hot and dry weather created by the El Niño season.
rights claimed for women and girls worldwide
Syracuse (30–7, 13–3 ACC) will be making its first appearance in the NCAA title game.
The reason for the clashes is not immediately clear but they have taken place in districts where support for the opposition is strong.
unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the European region
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
Several rebel groups earlier announced they were launching a new battle against government forces in response to claimed violations of the cease-fire agreement, further putting a strain on the Syrian peace process.
Massive demonstrations in support of the Free Papua Movement take place in various cities in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua.
sovereign state in South Asia, situated on an archipelago in the Arabian Sea
process of discontinuing tobacco smoking
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III had ordered an all-out effort to rescue the hostages, including a Philippine woman, kidnapped by the Daesh-linked group.
member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (1921–2021)
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
Temer says he unintentionally sent the tape to lawmakers through an instant messenger app.
Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
The U.S. Justice Department settlement includes a $2.385 billion civil penalty, and $1.8 billion for distressed borrowers and communities affected by the housing crisis.
In November, the court convicted Ben-David's two accomplices, both minors, of murder.
At least two people are reported dead following a shooting at Lackland Air Force Base, in the U.S.
Moscow contends that the two Russians were no longer employed by the state when they were captured.
Heavy fighting continues in the north of Afghanistan as Taliban fighters intensify their attacks in several districts around Kunduz in their bid to retake the city.
anti-submarine helicopter family by Kamov
The league streamed one game last year with Yahoo!.
surgical procedure that consists of a thorough examination of a corpse
This will be the first time since 2001 that the public will choose their country's president directly.
He sets a new points record for a final match scoring 60 against the Utah Jazz.
Google, Time Inc., and private equity funds Bain and TPG are considering bidding for Yahoo’s core business.
The U.S. Treasury Department announces new regulations to curb tax-avoiding corporate inversions, i.e., where U.S.
supreme and fundamental law of South Africa
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
Monte Tchota, Santiago Island, Cape Verde
The Olympic flame is lit outside the Temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece, by Greek actress Katerina Lehou.
Turkish security forces responded by returning fire into Syria.
states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island head to the polls to vote in Democratic and Republican presidential primaries.
latest phase of the conflict which started after the escalation in 2015
head of state and of government in Zimbabwe
person who operates a train on a railroad or railway
The Colorado Republican Party continues choosing its delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
In American football, Twitter wins the bidding contest over Amazon, Verizon, and others, for streaming rights to 10 of 16 National Football League (NFL) regular season Thursday Night Football Games, ones that will also be telecast by either CBS or NBC.
district and town in Diyarbakır Province, Turkey
At least two people are killed and five missing after a building collapses in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
branch of Earth science that studies the ocean
The move follows the leak of millions of documents from law firm Mossack Fonseca, showing it helped some clients evade tax and avoid sanctions.
Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
President Barack Obama says the United States isn't taking North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong's proposal to halt nuclear activity seriously.
Toyota, Honda, and Nissan also stop work at several plants in the region.
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the United States agree to carry out joint naval patrols to prevent Iranian arms shipments reaching Yemen, the Gulf bloc's secretary general Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani said on Wednesday, following a meeting with United States Secretary of Defense Ash Carter.
"A hand grenade exploded outside the sports hall but there are no injuries," Besim Hoti, a Kosovo police commander in the area, told Reuters.
insurgency waged by armed communist groups in Peru
An attacker throws a grenade and fires shots outside a sports hall in the small town of Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo, just hours before Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić was due to hold an election rally there.
drone strike reportedly kills a key Al-Shabaab leader, Hassan Ali Dhoore, and two other militants, near the town of Jilib, Somalia, according to several U.S.
The crash has caused significant disruption to rail services in South West England.
ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces
The truce opens unhindered access for relief aid to all of Yemen.
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
Filipina television and movie personality
article about events in a specific year or time period
Constitutional monarchy of the Netherlands
efforts to form a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian people
primary national police force in Afghanistan
The state of government censorship in Iran
commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris agglomeration, France
Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)
American politician and activist (born 1941)
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signs Executive Order 73 that addresses some, but not all, troublesome provisions in House Bill 2 that caused businesses, traveling recording stars, etc., to stay clear of the state.
This is the first time they have been stationed in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf War in 1991.
legal tradition restraining actions threatening individual privacy
Ethiopian forces killed 60 of the attackers and says it would cross the border into South Sudan to pursue the assailants if necessary.
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Current Cuban law does not allow those born on the island to return by sea.
food from the sea, e.g. fish, shrimp, crab, mussel, seaweed
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
In American football, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady must serve a four-game suspension imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell in the Deflategate scandal.
air warfare branch of Norway's armed forces
China's Ministry of Commerce says that it is restricting trade with North Korea, in line with the recent sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council last March.
substance used to stimulate the production of antibodies and provide immunity against one or several diseases, prepared from the causative agent of a disease, its products, or a synthetic substitute
tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services
The collapse of the retailer, which employs 11,000 people, is the biggest failure on the UK's high street since the collapse of Woolworths Group in 2008.
Equatorial Guinean presidential election, 2016
Analysts hope that an agreement to freeze output will reassure global energy markets that the recent recovery in prices is sustainable.
Preliminary estimates indicate FPÖ's Norbert Hofer won the first round with 36 percent of the vote.
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
UN's list of Non-Self-Governing Territories
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
television content transmitted via signals from orbiting satellites
Yesterday, Fujimori committed to respect democratic liberties and the rule of law, and to work against corruption, which some opponents have rejected.
Carly Fiorina 2016 presidential campaign
census-designated place in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States of America
Special Envoy to South Sudan Donald E. Booth said that the United States would consider imposing sanctions or an arms embargo on South Sudan's leaders if they fail to form and cooperate in a proposed unity government to end the country's civil war.
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
The Parliament of Moldova announces that the country will hold a Presidential election on October 30.
system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work
The government of Panama announces that it is creating an "international panel" to help improve transparency in its offshore financial industry.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Registered Democratic voters in the U.S.
American lawyer and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
The Supreme Court decided two cases where businesses appealed the previous rulings, finding for the plaintiffs in both.
This portion of the trip will cover 2,542 nautical miles and, in about three days, is scheduled to touch down in Mountain View, California.
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Date: 17 December 2001 – 15 August 2021 (19 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
material or logistical assistance for people in need
military service branch concerned with combat by individuals on foot
Indian politician and Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
International monitors from the OSCE report that fighting has intensified in Eastern Ukraine as a second year of a shaky truce begins.