Ukraine and Turkey sign an agreement improving aviation co-operation.
The Federal Aviation Administration announces mandatory ultrasonic inspections on fan blades fitted to CFM56-7B engines of which around 8,000 are flying worldwide.
Another asteroid, 2018 GY3, which had passed 301,000 kilometres (187,000 mi) from Earth on April 10, is identified as the lost asteroid 2008 GY21, which had passed similarly close to Earth in 2008.
Tanzania's Communications Regulatory Authority issues a two week deadline for bloggers, Internet TV shows, and other online content creators and distributors to register with the government.
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority
A motorcycle bomb kills at least eight and injures at least seven at a market in Shindand, Afghanistan.
Police in Germany release six men suspected of plotting a terror attack at yesterday's Berlin Half Marathon, one of whom was linked to Anis Amri, after failing to find evidence to substantiate their suspicions.
On the anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre, thousands of students across the United States walk out of school to protest against school shootings.
The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor launches to the International Space Station to monitor and research thunderstorms.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
List of Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign endorsements
Persons and organizations that have endorsed Trump publicly in the United States and it's territories
X-ray/γ-ray detectors on the International Space Station to observe the upper atmosphere in order to study sprites, jets and elves and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in connection with thunderstorms
The U.S. Department of Justice announces it intends to appeal yesterday's ruling that an unnamed detained ISIL suspect in the custody of U.S.
The Iraqi Interior Ministry announces the arrest of six alleged Islamic State fighters including one woman in Mosul.
A report shows German crime rates fell by 10% in 2017, with crimes by foreigners down 22.8% amid controversy over crimes by migrants. Murder, drug offences, and burglaries were among the categories to rise.
Sixteen survivors use anti-terror legislation to sue Google, Twitter and Facebook, alleging the firms "provided support and resources" to the Islamic State.
overview of notable events of 2018 in spaceflight
The Dutch Court of Appeal increases the sentence of a man who twice attempted to travel to Syria from 31 months partially suspended to 40 months. The man was previously convicted of preparing terrorist crimes and trying to participate in a terrorist organisation.
Texas senator Ted Cruz said he will support Donald Trump in the 2020 elections.
An international team researching a plastic-consuming bacterium discovered in 2016 at a Japanese landfill site announce the accidental synthesis of an artificial enzyme that breaks down plastics more efficiently than the bacterium. The team suggest the molecule could be used for environmentally sound plastics disposal.
United States-funded international broadcaster
Ahead of formal talks on the formation of a coalition government, Five Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio states he is willing to enter government with the Democratic Party and League but not with former President Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.
It concludes the fire would have not spread beyond a single flat and all 71 victims would have survived had refurbishment not been performed, and that victims may also have survived had they sought refuge behind fire doors protecting waste chute rooms on each floor.
Worthing Magistrates Court fines the Church of Scientology £14,000 and orders it to pay £2,566 in costs for polluting the River Medway in West Sussex, England, with raw sewage.
A poorly managed vaccination campaign against Dengue Fever
A fire in a building housing the Portuguese, Tunisian, Argentinian and Belgian embassies in Stockholm, Sweden injures 14 people. A man is arrested on suspicion of arson.
German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer rejects claims that yesterday's car attack was an act of either Islamic or far-right terrorism, saying the attacker was not politically motivated.
Door-to-door sales firm Kleeneze, which employs around 5,000 people, collapses into administration after 95 years.
United States Defense Secretary James Mattis and South Korea Defense Minister Song Young-moo say they are committed to "a diplomatic resolution that achieves complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" of North Korea, according to a Pentagon spokesperson. Mattis repeats the United States' "ironclad" commitment to defend its ally South Korea "using the full spectrum of U.S. capabilities."
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
United States top collegiate-level basketball tournament
Belgian Vérandas Willems–Crelan cyclist Michael Goolaerts crashes during the race in France and subsequently dies in hospital.
transnational Sunni Islamist organization
writing or drawing etched, scratched, scribbled, or sprayed (often, but not always illicitly) on a wall or other surface in a public place
ISIL claims responsibility for the deaths of four Christians in Quetta, Pakistan on April 2nd.
American former attorney and former Republican official
Reza Pahlavi, former crown prince and son of Iran's last Shah, asked authorities for access to the body of Reza Shah, through trusted doctors and scientific experts. He also added his grandfather must ultimately be buried again in Iran, in a manner that respects the wishes of their family and the Iranian people.
Thousands of people throughout Spain protest the court's verdict.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
American film and television production company
Iraq claims airstrikes on Thursday in Syria killed 36 Islamic State militants.
A truck collides with a bus in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, India, killing at least seven people with at least 25 more injured.
A Gol Transportes Aereos Boeing 737-800 passenger jet takes off over the top of an Air Force Embraer C-95 Bandeirante that was blocking the runway at Brasilia International Airport.
Syrian state media, Syrian Arab News Agency, reports missile strikes have targeted military sites in the Hama Governorate and Aleppo Governorate.
The Norfolk Southern Railway sues two staff members involved in a train collision last month in Georgetown, Kentucky, that derailed 13 cars and injured four.
Former President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva surrenders to police following a two-day stand-off at a steelworkers' union building in São Bernardo do Campo.
Mattis repeats the United States' "ironclad" commitment to defend its ally South Korea "using the full spectrum of U.S.
An overnight prison riot kills seven police officers in Amatlán de los Reyes, Veracruz, Mexico.
Christian festival and holiday the resurrection of Jesus Christ
French judges clear the Tarnac Nine, accused of performing an anarchist terror sabotage in a controversial trial, of wrongdoing and describe the existence of a terror group as a "fiction".
The government put the number of people killed in two days of protests at 10.
Russian Federal Security Service head Alexander Bortnikov says the FSB has foiled six terror attacks in 2018 so far, including plots targeting polling stations and a shopping centre.
2018 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
A Syrian military source cited by pro-Syrian government news outlet Al-Masdar News says that an Israeli F-35 killed more than 30 soldiers yesterday in an attack that completely destroyed the Syrian government's Brigade 47 missile base in Hama.
global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in Florida, United States
The Nicaraguan Centre for Human Rights says the death toll from ongoing anti-government protests has reached 38.
United States officials state that Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo met with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
President Donald Trump signs an order sending the National Guard to patrol the Mexico–United States border in response to Congress's failure to pass tightened border security measures.
Police launch an investigation after Robert McClenaghan, a convicted ex-Irish Republican Army bomber, claims online to have planted a large number of bombs during the Troubles.
The Nepalese Accident Investigation Commission concludes its investigation, finding the plane stalled after the flight crew lost situational awareness and began a rapid ascent to avoid terrain whilst still configured for landing.
Protests against Prime Minister Sersch Sargsyan and the government in Armenia
The plant was codeveloped with India and is due to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within weeks.
Police raid two homes in West Yorkshire and detain two men suspected of "being concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism".
An oxygen cylinder explodes at a Burger King restaurant in Yerevan, Armenia, resulting in at least nine injuries.
The proposed airport is abandoned but the activists refuse to leave their community.
Reporter Ángel Gahona is shot dead during a live broadcast from Bluefields, Nicaragua, while reporting on antigovernment protests.
In Lima, Peru, a 36-year-old man gets on a public transport bus and sets fire to the passengers, after spraying them with gasoline, leaving 10 people injured. The most affected, a 22-year-old young woman, was seriously injured and believed to be the target of the attack.
United States and weapons of mass destruction
Vasily Nebenzia, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, tells the UN Security Council the United Kingdom has created a "fake story" and says Russia has "told our British colleagues that you are playing with fire and you will be sorry." UK representative to UN Karen Pierce tells the Security Council UK actions "stand up to any scrutiny" and compares Russian requests to join the investigation to an arsonist investigating their own fire.
South Carolina authorities announce that a riot yesterday at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, Lee County, killed seven inmates and wounded seventeen others.
Synthetic cannabis containing rat poison kills three and injures over 100 across the United States according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
A US federal judge rules the Department of Defence cannot transfer an unidentified ISIS suspect with US-Saudi dual citizenship to an unnamed foreign country.
At a summit in Baku, India and Azerbaijan discuss cooperation in areas including counterterrorism, agriculture, infrastuctural development, women's rights, and trade.
Around 20 armed robbers attack a police station with guns and a bank with dynamite in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria. The shooting kills nine and the explosion kills seven.
Amnesty International and Justice for Iran accuse Iran of building over at least seven mass graves in six provinces containing thousands of bodies from executions of suspected Mujahedeen-e Khalq towards the end of the 1980-88 war.
Sir Mark Sedwill, national security advisor to the United Kingdom, says Russian intelligence targeted Yulia Skripal's email account.
An unidentified civilian is jailed for three and a half years for terror offences connected to banned neo-Nazi group National Action. Acquitted Finnish national Mikko Vehvilainen, a serving soldier in the British Army, is jailed alongside him for a weapons offence, receiving 12 months.
attack on a street in the German capital of Berlin
overview of crime in the Republic of Turkey
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds a press conference in Vinnytsia announcing the end of the anti-terror operation in Donbass in May.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announces the six-month closure of the island of Boracay in the Philippines, starting April 26.
impeachment of the former S. Korean president
His mausoleum was destroyed after 1979 Revolution.
List of people indicted in the International Criminal Court
B’Tselem accuses Liberman in response of "a deep contempt for basic moral principles" and reiterates its call for IDF personnel to refuse to carry out "manifestly illegal orders".
A photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a companion star that survived the explosion of a supernova in galaxy NGC 7424.
international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
President Lenín Moreno orders military operations on the Colombian border to catch the murderers, offering a reward of US$100,000.
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
Police questioning two men suspected of plotting terror attacks in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire are granted an extension until April 10 to detain the suspects.
It is confirmed runner Matt Campbell, a former MasterChef semifinalist, died in hospital after collapsing during yesterday's London Marathon. The race was the hottest since the annual event began.
airline based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Bill Cosby is found guilty of three counts in regard to an aggravated sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in a retrial. He faces a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a fine of up to $25,000 on each count.
tall structure used to support an overhead power line
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attends the funeral of bodyguard Brigadier General Sherif Ismail el-Morshedy, killed in action in Nineveh against Saraya al-Salam.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
The port resumes limited operations despite the ongoing blaze and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission starts an investigation despite being unable to board the vessel.
Actress Natalie Portman, who was born in Jerusalem, pulls out of the upcoming Genesis Prize (worth 1 million USD) ceremony in Israel over "recent events in Israel". The Genesis Prize Foundation says it is worried the event will become politicised.
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
standing committee of the United States Senate
An International Committee of the Red Cross aid worker is shot dead in Taizz Governorate, Yemen. The United Nations condemns the attack.
Former FBI Director James Comey doesn’t believe Donald Trump should be impeached, despite saying that he’s “morally unfit” to be president.
Stratolaunch announce plans to test fly the world's largest plane this year.
Eight people, including a juvenile and a caretaker for a local temple, go on trial in Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir, accused of abducting an eight-year-old girl, keeping her captive, sexually abusing her, and murdering her in a high-profile case that has already been the subject of nationwide protests and pretrial Supreme Court proceedings.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
A bomb explodes outside the Arun III Hydroelectric Power Plant in Tumlingtar, Nepal.
All Bon-Ton department stores are expected to close by August.
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months, 1 week and 4 days)
term with several distinct principal meanings and numerous synonyms around the world
principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland
The new Eurostar service estimated at three hours and 41 minutes arrived six minutes behind schedule.
terrorism in the region of United Kingdom
Palestinian video journalist and photographer from the Gaza Strip
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department arrest Joseph James DeAngelo in connection to the Golden State Killer case.
Legal history of euthanasia in Australia
Tuleyev himself lost a young relative in the fire, but had faced protests in the aftermath.
The Public Attorney's Office filed the criminal charges against former Health Secretary Janette Garin and other executives from Sanofi Pasteur and Zuellig Pharma Corporation, the manufacturer and distributor of dengue vaccine called Dengvaxia.
Police arrest five suspects over a firebombing of a bus in Limpopo, South Africa that killed six people.
The FBI raid the office, hotel room and home of U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyer and spokesperson Michael Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to pornographic-film actress Stormy Daniels.
Rose Acre Farms recalls around 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina after 22 people fell ill with suspected Salmonella braenderup.
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warns Israel to use "extreme caution" as further protests are held at the Gazan border. Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, killing at least seven Palestinians.
town in Kathua District, Jammu and Kashmir, India
A further two people are seriously injured.
terrorism motivated by right-wing and far-right ideologies
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
Israeli troops shoot dead ten Palestinians near the Israel–Gaza barrier, including a Palestinian journalist, as protests continue.
UK retailer Conviviality, owner of Bargain Booze, says it intends to appoint administrators within ten days.
The United States says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has indicated willingness to discuss denuclearisation.
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
2017 U.S. law sanctioning Iran, North Korea and Russia
Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert resigns at the request of National Security Advisor John R. Bolton.
officials say the United States is considering a multinational military response against Syrian government forces, with experts saying that France, the United Kingdom, and Middle Eastern allies would be considered to help.
non-destructive material testing using ultrasonic waves
It is their sixth title in a row and their 28th German title overall.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
Zambian diplomatic relations with other countries
Irish republican revolutionary military organization
A leaked draft report by fire investigators BRS Global for the Metropolitan Police reveals new details of mistakes in the construction and refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in London. As well as flammable cladding the report finds errors in window and cavity installation. It concludes the fire would have not spread beyond a single flat and all 71 victims would have survived had refurbishment not been performed, and that victims may also have survived had they sought refuge behind fire doors protecting waste chute rooms on each floor.
Hamas later dismantles the tent and orders all present to leave.
Firefighters commence efforts to seal the ship to suffocate ongoing fires.
On a Saint Petersburg Metro train between Sennaya Ploshchad and Tekhnologichesky Institut stations, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran
An Israeli military officer states IDF snipers are targeting the legs of protestors and deaths are largely the unintentional result of protestors bending over, missing shots, and the subsequent rounds ricocheting from intended targets.
Video footage appears to show McGregor throwing a hand truck through a window of the Khabib Nurmagomedov team bus.
A further two Palestinian protestors die, bringing the death toll at the Israeli-Gazan border to 34 since March 30.
The British government issues a statement saying it is "highly likely" the Assad regime used chemical weapons on its own people, and that since such an action could not go unchallenged, Britain would work with United States and France to coordinate an international response, without specifying what measures the United Kingdom would take.
The Sohag Criminal Court in Egypt sentences 35 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment and imposes prison terms on 155 more. Separately, a military court sentences four more to life imprisonment, imposes prison terms on two others, and acquits 13.
Two Chinese crewmen aboard MV Feng Hui Hai are overcome by coal gas in Jamnagar, India after a voyage from Indonesia.
Human Rights Watch claims there was no evidence of any threat to Israeli soldiers and calls the killings 'unlawful' and 'calculated'.
German authorities arrest six men aged 18 to 21 suspected of planning a terror attack on today's Berlin Half Marathon.
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game
men's college basketball tournament game
Pittsburgh Police prepares large riot gears for a potential protest if Donald Trump fires Robert Mueller.
is an overlay network within the Internet that can only be accessed with specific software, configurations, or authorization
An International Committee of the Red Cross aid worker is shot dead in Taizz Governorate, Yemen.
ceremonial county in England, UK (use Q21694636 for administrative unitary authority)
The U.S. State Department confirms the U.S. has completed a delivery of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine.
American lawyer and political advisor (born 1950)
Syria claimed that five of the missiles are intercepted by the Syrian Air Defense Force.
The Parliament of Zimbabwe summons ex-President Robert Mugabe over an alleged theft of diamonds.
Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, invites bids for oil and gas exploration at Northeast Newfoundland Slope, a protected marine area that was closed to fishing in December.
The Chinese captain of MV Ever Juder is charged in connection with an oil pipeline rupture and fire that killed five.
Thailand expresses its interest in hosting the planned summit meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
SAPO arrests three in the greater Stockholm area suspected of plotting a terror attack.
Law and Justice's Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of ex-President Lech, calls off Marches of Remembrance held in Warsaw every month since the disaster, saying they are not needed owing to the new monument.
Moon and Kim agree to officially end the Korean War and the Korean conflict overall.
The Democratic National Committee file a lawsuit against Russia, the Donald Trump administration, and WikiLeaks alleging that the former conspired to interfere in the 2016 United States elections.
Deputy tourism and antiquities minister Qais Hussein Rashid unveils a United Nations-brokered plan for "re-constructing touristic, archaeological and heritage sites" damaged by ISIL in Mosul.
American multinational banking and financial services company
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons takes samples from the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria.
Japan activates a 2,100-member Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, its first marine force since World War II.
Several administration officials say the governments of the United States and North Korea have begun secret, direct talks with each other.
Israel opens fire again, with the Gaza Health Ministry claiming one Palestinian was killed and 233 injured as protesters torched tyres and Israeli flags.
Tunisia reopens its embassy in Tripoli, Libya. The embassy has been closed since the kidnap of ten staff in 2015.
air warfare branch of Botswana's military forces
Armed bandits storm a mining site in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, killing 26 people, including 16 illegal gold miners.
The police bomb group moved out to an apartment in Rosenhoff, Oslo, when informed that there might be explosives in the apartment.
Former President of Andalusia and ex-Minister of Health and Labour José Antonio Griñán declares before the court as a key in the ERE corruption scandal.
An improvised explosive device goes off prematurely in Wardaka, Baghlan, Afghanistan, killing nine insurgents and injuring five more.
Investigators say Trump Tower, where a man died in a fire yesterday, had no working smoke alarms.
A car bomb targeting a military base in the Nadali District of Helmand, Afghanistan, kills six including two soldiers.
Tajikistan announces that it will participate in the Expo 2020 in Dubai.
bat species to officially recover from the imminent threat of extinction.
Several people are trapped and require rescue, with two dying en route to hospital.
A day after a woman and her family tried to burn themselves in protest alleging she was raped by a local official and her husband murdered whilst in custody, six policemen are arrested in Unnao, India.
Beverley Folk Festival in England collapses into administration.
Biologists at the University of Melbourne announce plans to clone the extinct thylacine (Tasmanian tiger).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs the measure.
U.S. House District in Southeast Wisconsin
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
An Iraqi judge hands a death sentence to an ISIL member who acted as a judge deciding on marriages in Mosul.
most populous city in the United States of America
city in the region of Finland Proper, Finland
Former President of the Community of Madrid, ex-Mayor of Madrid and ex-Minister of Justice Alberto Ruiz Gallardón is imputed by his role in Lezo Operation corruption scandal.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he will visit the United Kingdom on July 13.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
entertainer Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial begins.
Elmira Medynska, the partner of Russian whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy, tells his inquest at the Central Criminal Court in London he seemed nervous and had been unwell prior to his death. The inquest is attempting to determine if Perepilichnyy had been murdered.
Two buses collide head-on in Luton, England, resulting in thirteen people injured.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the United States will quit the agreement if its "flaws" can't be fixed.
The Basque separatist terrorist group ETA apologises to "every victim" of its actions.
Polish Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro announces plans for a change to national self defence law to allow people to use more force than their attacks, and orders prosecutors to abandon proceedings against a businessman who shot at a getaway car containing fleeing robbers.
A 35-year ban on movie theaters ends in Saudi Arabia with Marvel Studios' Black Panther being the first film to show.
A bus collides with a train near Armyansk, Crimea, killing five people and injuring four others.
Israeli border police officer Ben Deri receives a 9-month sentence for fatally shooting Palestinian teen Nadeem Nawara in 2014. Deri was convicted of causing the unarmed boy's death by negligence. No charges were brought over the shootings of two other teens, one of whom also died. The court heard Deri used live ammunition without authorisation.
city of Peru, capital of La Libertad region
The man was previously convicted of preparing terrorist crimes and trying to participate in a terrorist organisation.
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
scandal involving unconsented use of personal information on Facebook for political advertising
international organization responsible for its namesake competitions
Donald Trump meets with French president Emmanuel Macron to discuss the Iran nuclear deal along with economics and trading.
Russian professional mixed martial artist
Israeli Defence Forces deny reports three Palestinians fired upon in Gaza yesterday by an Israeli tank had opened fire on Israeli soldiers and hardware, but says they planted two bombs made from plastic drinks bottles and containing an explosive liquid near the border fence.
Protests enter a second week, with the death toll from last week's clashes at the Israeli-Gazan border rising to 19. Hamas organisers direct participants to stay well back from the border fence to prevent further violence.
The manual recount of the votes begin for the 2016 vice presidential candidates, former Senator Bongbong Marcos and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo.
court in London and one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court
Astronomers detect light from 14 colliding galaxies. Due to the distances involved, the light comes from events which occurred around 12 billion years ago.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Moon and Kim agree to officially end the Korean War and the Korean conflict overall. Kim becomes the first North Korean leader to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone since the war. , ,
A passenger jet suffers an uncontained engine failure during a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas.
The US National Transportation Safety Board criticizes Tesla over the carmaker's release of investigative information regarding the fatal crash of a Model X in California.
The Islamic State ambushes a member of al-Hashd al-Shaabi on Neft Khana road, near Khanqeen, northeast of Baquba, Iraq.
project to demonstrate various space debris removal technologies
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
island in New York, United States of America
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons rejects a Russian request for a joint investigation.
largest city in British Columbia, Canada
Militants disguised as United Nations troops attack two military bases near Timbuktu, Mali, using rockets and two car bombs. At least one soldier at the bases, used by France and the UN, is killed and more than twelve others are wounded.
internal organ used in the male reproductive system
A prosecutor asks the International Criminal Court to decide if it has jurisdiction over Rohingya deportations from Myanmar to Bangladesh, saying they may constitute a crime against humanity.
Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war
South Korea stated that Kim is willing to give up his nuclear weapons if the United States vows not to attack.
The European Space Agency releases the largest-ever 3D map of stars in our galaxy from the Gaia spacecraft.
Political elections for public offices in Azerbaijan
Former President of Andalusia and ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Manuel Chaves González declares before the court as a key figure in the ERE corruption scandal.
Its co-founders Michael Lacey and James Larkin were also charged with 93 counts of human trafficking.
Pieces on Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement feature prominently.
An al-Hashd al-Shaabi statement claims the group launched missiles over the Syrian border at Islamic State militants preparing to launch an international assault, killing and injuring dozens of militants.
specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
Iraq's Oil Ministry brings forward the proposed date for awarding oil exploration contracts for new fields offshore and near the Iranian and Kuwaiti borders to April 15.
A British man reported last month to be suffering what doctors called the "worst-ever" super-gonorrhoea is said by Public Health England to have been cured.
Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2020
Sennaya Ploshchad (Saint Petersburg Metro)
metro station in Saint Petersburg, Russia
The UK Department of Transport rejects a call by road safety campaign NGO Brake for tougher legislation on licencing for commercial drivers in response to a crash that killed eight last year.
The United Nations reports the discovery of five "likely" mass graves in Blukwa Centre and Maze/Waliba in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo.
NASA's TESS exoplanet space telescope, whose launch was initially delayed, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket. The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Around 2,500 police armed with tear gas launch a raid in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, France, in a bid to force the removal of 250 activists who have occupied the site of the proposed Aéroport du Grand Ouest for ten years to prevent its construction. The proposed airport is abandoned but the activists refuse to leave their community.
2018 Algerian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 crash
Green Bay Packers wide receiver Trevor Davis is arrested after making a bomb joke at Los Angeles International Airport.
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
Eight more people are injured, some critically.
city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States
Thousands are left without power and flights are grounded after a powerful storm hits Auckland, New Zealand.
Salisbury District Hospital says poisoned spy Sergei Skripal is no longer critically ill, responding well to treatment, and "improving rapidly".
Ahmed Abu Hussein, aged 24, becomes the second journalist killed while covering protests at the Israel–Gaza border.
A court in Tajikistan sentenced a 71-year old woman to 12 years in prison after having links to the Islamic State group.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are considering replacing the U.S.
The President of the Community of Madrid, Cristina Cifuentes, resigns after the discovery of a video of her stealing anti-aging cream in a supermarket and after several weeks of controversy after it came to light that she obtained her master's degree fraudulently.
The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq declares an end to major combat operations against ISIL in Iraq and closes the Coalition Forces Land Component Command headquarters. The U.S.-led coalition says in a statement that it would transition "from supporting and enabling combat operations to the training and development of self-sufficient Iraqi security-related capabilities".
Indonesia announces the capture of MV STS-50, a stateless vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing, and her crew following a chase. MV STS-50 previously evaded capture in Mozambique and escaped after being detained in China. Following the ship's detention Indonesia launches a slavery investigation into working conditions on board.
Democratic National Committee v. Russian Federation
Initial investigations primarily blamed errors on the flight crew but Poland is conducting a new investigation with a new report expected to claim Russian air traffic controllers purposely misled the jet about its location before it was destroyed in an explosion.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a Foreign Ministry ceremony commemorating the nation's sixteen diplomats killed in service, states security services are prepared to foil possible attacks on diplomats by Iran.
Protestor Azzam Aweida, 15, dies of injuries sustained when the Israeli Defence Forces shot him yesterday.
A Palestinian man launches a stabbing attack in the West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim and is shot by a civilian.
He also added his grandfather must ultimately be buried again in Iran, in a manner that respects the wishes of their family and the Iranian people.
military forces in Syria with a regional Arab force.
A fire in a circuit board factory in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, kills seven people including five firefighters.
The Israeli Government rejects calls for an inquiry, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likening criticism by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to an April Fool's Day joke.
Mohammed Haydar Zammar, a recruiter for the September 11 attacks, is arrested in Syria.
Oil exploration ship MV Ocean Geos catches fire after an explosion on board off Kuala Baram, Indonesia. Of the crew, 37 are evacuated including two injured and one more remains missing. Four firefighting tugs are in attendance.
In response to a Yesh Din petition to the Israeli High Court calling for a ban on the use of live rounds to prevent protestors breaching the border fence, the Israeli government says its rules of engagement meet local and international law, that intelligence used to justify decisions will be submitted to the court, and that the protests are considered part of the ongoing conflict with Hamas.
Afghan and Pakistani forces exchange cross-border fire on the Durand Line, killing two Pakistan Army troops and injuring five others.
The Palestinian Authority asks the United Nations to investigate.
occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945)
official designations given to various groups of indigenous people in India
Israel says he was carrying an AK-47 and explosive devices including grenades, and accused Hamas of "playing with fire".
UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces that henceforth April 22 will be marked nationally as Stephen Lawrence Day to commemorate the black teenager murdered 25 years ago in a racist assault.
The trial of Guatemalan ex-ruler Efraín Ríos Montt, accused of genocide during the civil war in the 1980s, ends abruptly with the defendant's death.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada concludes pilot disorientation was the most likely cause of a plane crash that killed former Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice and three others. The TSB asks Transport Canada to mandate cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders on all commercial and private business aircraft.
state of Oklahoma dismisses charges against seven detainees over a prison riot that killed four at Cimarron Correctional Facility in 2015.
the conversion of wind energy into a useful form
Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah, who plays for Liverpool and is currently the top scorer in the Premier League with 31 goals, is named PFA Players' Player of the Year, while Manchester City winger Leroy Sané wins PFA Young Player of the Year.
Failed suicide bomber Kurnia Widodo tells a court in Jakarta he believes imprisoned cleric Aman Abdurrahman is ISIL's Indonesian leader.
Around 500 experts from over 70 countries meet in Paris to start a two-day counterterror conference discussing methods of cutting financing to Al-Qaeda and ISIL.
Water shortages caused by a burst pipe in Thessaloniki, Greece, enter a fifth day.
An alleged arson attack kills 18 in a karaoke lounge in Qingyuan, China.
European countries occupied by the military forces of Nazi Germany
A funeral is held for journalist Yasser Murtaja, shot at the fence wearing a press jacket covering tyre burnings by protestors yesterday. Israel denies targeting journalists intentionally and says it is investigating.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
Erin Energy, a Texas company specialising in African offshore oil deposits with licences to explore off Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, and Kenya, files for bankruptcy protection.
South Korea national security adviser Chung Eui-yong visits Washington, D.C.
fear, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims in general
It is the fourth such incident this week.
Shin Bet and the Israeli Defence Forces announce the arrests of eleven suspected members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group off the Gazan coast suspected of planning an attack on the Israeli Navy.
decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans
association football club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
High-speed railway service connecting London with France, Belgium & The Netherlands
Italian authorities say a major terror alert in Rome last week was for an innocent man whose fiancé had made false, anonymous accusations to the Italian embassy in Tunisia.
mass shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
One of the police officers died from his injuries the next day.
Medically assisted suicide became legal in the state of Hawaii.
According to the Toronto Police Service, the driver, who fled the scene, was later arrested.
The world's oldest known spider, a trapdoor spider known as "Number 16", dies of a wasp sting at the age of 43.
overview of the foreign relations of Uzbekistan
The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues an emergency Airworthiness Directive for CFM56-7B jet engines.
At a meeting of the OPCW, 17 of the 41 countries abstain from a vote on not allowing Russia to participate in the inquiry. 15 countries vote in favour and six against. Three countries were not present at the meeting.
A Vietnamese court sentences six high-profile Brotherhood for Democracy activists to prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the government, with the longest sentence handed to human rights lawyer Nguyễn Văn Đài.
A Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet crashes near the Greek island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea while intercepting a Turkish aircraft that had violated Greek airspace. The pilot is reported dead.
A man drives a van into a group of people in Münster, Germany, killing two and injuring 30. The driver then shoots and kills himself.
Cairo Criminal Court adds 2,833 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters including ex-President Mohamed Morsi on an official list of terrorists for three years.
Somalia seizes US$9.6 million from three bags arriving on a Royal Jet flight from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in the midst of diplomatic tensions between the nations.
trial against a right-wing terrorist organization in Germany
A man fatally stabs his ex-wife and his one-year-old daughter at a crowded subway platform in central Hamburg, Germany.
intermontane valley in Jammu and Kashmir, bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas
List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters
According to the New York City Fire Department, the building had no sprinklers.
involves the interaction of infrared radiation with matter
Djibouti grounds all flights at a US military base in the country after two accidents in two days. The base is used for counterterror operations in Yemen and Somalia.
international governing body of association football
Former director of the Mossos d'Esquadra Pere Soler, former Lt. Teresa Laplana, and former General Secretary of Catalan Ministry of the Interior Cèsar Puig are charged with one count of sedition and one of criminal organitsation.
A special investigatory committee from the Missouri House of Representatives releases a report on Governor Eric Greitens's alleged invasion of privacy and sexual misconduct.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Yemeni Vice President Lt. Gen Ali Mohsen Saleh says a plot to overthrow the internationally recognised government by Iran and Houthi rebels has been foiled.
A car bomb targeting a military official in Benghazi, Libya kills one and injures two. The official survives.
The owners of the Dutch ship MV FWN Rapide announce the ship was attacked by pirates last night while sailing from Ghana to Nigeria and 12 of the crew abducted.
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee releases a preliminary report detailing the circumstances of a collision between two passenger planes on a runway at Kuala Namu International Airport last year.
The editor of Citylife Chiang Mai apologises to Chiang Mai's governor after being threatened with criminal charges for sharing on Facebook a painting by a student that depicted historic kings in anti-pollution masks.
Protestors give thanks to actress Natalie Portman, who last week drew criticism from Israel after refusing to accept the Genesis Prize from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
act of coercing or physically forcing a person to engage in sexual activity
Eight missiles are launched at the Syrian T4 air base in Homs Governorate, reportedly by Israeli F-15s.
explicit portrayal of sexual acts and intercourse in media
Human Rights Watch calls the attack a war crime and says both Russia and Syria may bear criminal responsibility.
Syrian Arab Air Force base in Homs Governorate, Syria
Research Institute with public library and museum
Three bombs explode in Sungai Kolok, Narathiwat, Thailand, injuring four people.
A car bomb in Limbadi, near Vibo Valentia, Calabria, kills local politician Matteo Vinci and leaves his elderly father critically injured.
A joint letter from more than 200 NGOs urge South Korean president Moon Jae-in to discuss North Korean human rights at the April 27 summit.
part of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Greek mainland, the Turkish mainland, Crete, and Rhodes
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
Israel's Defence Forces, Border Police, and Shin Bet jointly arrest nineteen suspected terrorists, fifteen of them Hamas members detained for links to Gazan Hamas activist Khaled al-Din Hamed, in Ramallah. Troops disable a Hamas printing press and seize money and a car.
U.S. stocks drop by about 2 percent in light of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff statement yesterday concerning Chinese imports.
military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization
largest type of black hole; usually found at the centers of galaxies
Israel launches an investigation into a video appearing to show soldiers cheering as a Palestinian man is shot by an Israeli sniper through the Gazan border fence.
U.S. President Donald Trump warns Russia and Iran for backing Bashar al-Assad and calls him "Animal Assad".
Environmental policy of the European Union
South Korean officials say that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated during his summit meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he would close the country's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in May.
In response to the suicide of a student, protestors attack Crossroads Higher Secondary School in Pampady, India, and clash with police.
Local officials say the death is non-suspicious but Novy Dens chief editor and international monitor OSCE both say he may have been murdered.
Syrian government fighters remove the last rebels from Douma, completing the Syrian government's recapture of former rebel stronghold Eastern Ghouta.
Hamas accuses the Palestinian Authority of performing a bombing against its own Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah. Hamdallah escaped injury when his convoy was bombed during a visit to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip last month.
The New York Times wins the most with three.
province of Indonesia, on the island of Borneo
List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2018
A bomb explodes in a voter registration centre in Kabul killing at least 30 people and injuring approximately 50.
Incumbent Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is declared the winner, with 97% of the vote and a 41% turnout.
Aman Tuleyev, who resigned as governor of Kemerovo Oblast after a shopping centre fire killed 64 people there, is elected speaker of the regional legislature.
bilateral relations between Israel and Ghana
New research suggests the Almahata Sitta meteorites are evidence of a lost additional planet in the Solar System.
German prosecutor requests permission to extradite Carles Puigdemont to Spain.
It is unclear who carried out the strikes.
It is revealed a recent airstrike mounted by Israel against an airbase in Syria targeted an Iranian Tor missile air defence system.
interfere in the 2016 United States elections
A bus crash in North Hwanghae, North Korea, kills 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans.
A report into the partial collapse of an Edinburgh school reveals similar construction errors in nineteen other public buildings in the city.
human settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada
Gazans launch a kite carrying a firebomb over the Israeli border near Kibbutz Kissufim, starting a fire in a field.
Liberian warlord Mohammed "Jungle Jabbah" Jabbateh is sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for immigration offences. Jabbateh lied to authorities about his role in the Liberian Civil War.
Two more Palestinian protestors, aged 18 and 20, die from wounds sustained in clashes at the Israeli–Gazan border. Both were shot by Israeli troops.
Chinese prototype space station in orbit from 2011 to 2018
The death toll from a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday rises to 57, with the number of wounded reaching 119.
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
Israel announces sanctions on the owners of fourteen bus companies, and their families, in response to the firms transporting Palestinian protestors to the Gaza-Israel border.
sociopolitical financial transfer proposal
The United Arab Emirates says Qatari jet fighters intercepted a passenger plane heading to Bahrain and flew dangerously close to it.
A fire in a Bangkok apartment building kills three and injures 60.
A bridge linking Babat, Lamongan, and Widang, Tuban, in East Java, Indonesia, collapses. Several vehicles fall into the Bengawan Solo River, killing at least two truckers.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces the departure of National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton.
Israeli forces shoot and wound a Palestinian near Khan Younis. Local medical personnel report he has a bullet lodged in his head.
2017–18 Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball team
Four elephants are killed after being hit by a freight train near a Bagadihi Forest Range area in Jharsuguda district in the Indian state of Odisha.
The Israeli Defence Forces say a bomb exploded near one of their construction vehicles near the Gazan border. In response, the IDF launches attacks on Hamas positions within the Gaza Strip.
President Harry Truman in response to the United States' airstrikes in Syria.
2017–18 United States political sexual scandals
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
ISIL agrees to hand over control of Yarmouk Camp in southern Damascus to the Syrian Army in return for safe passage to ISIL-held territory in the Syrian Desert, bringing the predominantly Palestinian refugee district under government control for the first time since 2012.
Two serving soldiers are cleared of terror offences related to banned neo-Nazi group National Action. A civilian is convicted.
terrorist incident in Afghanistan in 2018
Police say an improvised explosive device exploded overnight at a Unicredit bank in Bologna, with the bomber leaving behind graffiti criticising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
last crown prince of the former Imperial State of Iran
Iraqi security services announce the arrests of 20 suspected Islamic State militants in raids in Nineveh.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake, the strongest in the region in four years, takes place near Santa Cruz Island off the coast of California, being felt as far as Riverside.
Danish prosecutors seek a life sentence for Peter Madsen, accused of murdering a Swedish journalist on board his self-built submarine. Psychiatric evidence describes Madsen as presenting "psychopathic traits" and a "high risk" of offending further.
A van strikes a group of pedestrians in Toronto, Canada, killing ten and injuring sixteen.
Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, announces that he will not seek re-election to his seat from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in the November mid-term election. Ryan has been Speaker since October 2015.
A study has been revealed that WASP-104b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet, has been discovered as one of the darkest exoplanets ever seen.
Intersection of Saskatchewan Highway 35 and Saskatchewan Highway 335 near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Former major of the Mossos d'Esquadra Josep Lluís Trapero is charged with two counts of sedition and one of criminal organisation.
The Parliament of Portugal passed a new law, by a 109 vote margin, making it easier for people to change their legal gender. Portuguese citizens from the age of 16 will now be able to change their gender and name in documents without the need of a medical report.
Viktoria Skripal, a cousin of Yulia, states the poisoned pair suffered food poisoning rather than an attack with a nerve agent. Hours later she is denied a visa to visit her relatives in hospital.
Football matches across Russia are marked with silence from fans throughout the first half to commemorate the dead.
China's People's Liberation Army says the nation's J-10C fighter jets have entered combat service.
His last resignation was rejected by the City Council.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
Authorities in Ukraine announce the arrest of a suspected terrorist in connection with a 2017 Kiev attack that killed two and wounded three including MP Ihor Mosiychuk.
A state of emergency is declared in New South Wales, Australia, as a bushfire continues to burn out of control. More than 500 personnel from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and the Australian Defence Force are tackling the bushfire, which has torn through the Holsworthy Barracks and threatens the suburbs of Sydney.
The most affected, a 22-year-old young woman, was seriously injured and believed to be the target of the attack.
UFC mixed martial arts event scheduled for April 7, 2018
Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre
countermeasure that involves defending oneself from harm
Opposition demonstrations in Antananarivo, Madagascar, turn violent. Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana says one died and seventeen were injured but opposition Parliamentarian Hanitra Razafimanantsoa, who supports ex-President Marc Ravalomanana, says two were shot dead and two babies at a nearby hospital killed by tear gas.
A wall collapses onto playing children in Doornfontein, South Africa, killing three.
Three members of the Swedish Academy leave their seats after failing to oust another member whose husband is accused of sexual misconduct including raping young female writers.
Elmira Medynska, the partner of Russian whistleblower Alexander Perepilichnyy, tells his inquest at the Central Criminal Court in London he seemed nervous and had been unwell prior to his death.
Four new Hot Jupiter exoplanets are discovered: HATS-39b, HATS-40b, HATS-41b and HATS-42b.
1986 strike fighter aircraft model by McDonnell Douglas
Iraqi authorities say an unexplained explosion in Mutaibija, on the border of Diyala and Salahuddin, killed an alleged senior member of the Islamic State.
city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett calls al-Batsh a terrorist and says no burial will be permitted in Gaza.
Police in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, charge a man with several crimes under the Terrorism High Risk Offenders Act.
Donald Trump presidential campaign endorsements, 2020
A bomb explodes at a football match between Bulgarian rivals Levski Sofia and CSKA at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, injuring two police officers, one seriously.
Hamas says Palestinian engineer Fadi al-Batsh, shot dead on his way to a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today, was an important member. Hamas does not ascribe responsibility for the killing but the victim's relatives allege Israeli involvement. Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett calls al-Batsh a terrorist and says no burial will be permitted in Gaza.
T-Mobile US and Sprint agree to merge in a deal valued at US$146 billion. The merger is subject to approval from regulators.
fourth branch of Saudi Arabia's Armed Forces.
ECOWAS military intervention in the Gambia
military intervention in the Gambia by several West African countries
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
Russia requests for the United Kingdom to release "every possible element of evidence" proving Russian involvement and requests the Executive Council of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to call a special session tomorrow.
Carles Puigdemont is released on bail, following the German judge's decision that he cannot be extradited for rebellion. However, proceedings for misuse of public funds are being considered against Puigdemont.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman bars 110 Palestinians from entering Israel to attend a joint Israeli-Palestinian Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv.
A judge in the U.S. state of Oklahoma dismisses charges against seven detainees over a prison riot that killed four at Cimarron Correctional Facility in 2015.
Twenty-three people are injured, including sixteen Chinese tourists.
Inmates at E Wing of HMYOI Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, riot, injuring four prison officers.
The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, says conduct by both Israel and Hamas may amount to war crimes and warns anybody violating international law may face prosecution.
The Israel Defense Forces detain two alleged terrorists attempting to cross the Gaza border into Israeli territory armed with a knife and a grenade.
One person dies and at least 20 are injured.
Grodno and Brest regions, Belarus Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
French judges clear the Tarnac Nine, accused of performing an anarchist terror sabotage in a controversial trial, of wrongdoing and describe the existence of a terror group as a "fiction". Defence lawyers had accused ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's government of misusing counterterror law.
Nikolas Cruz, the accused suspect of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, is due to be in court.
Liberian warlord Mohammed "Jungle Jabbah" Jabbateh is sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for immigration offences.
Two underground trains collide in Duisburg, Germany, injuring at least 35.
The Government of Ecuador says that the three Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebel members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on 26 March have been murdered. President Lenín Moreno orders military operations on the Colombian border to catch the murderers, offering a reward of US$100,000.
Scientific studies have offered evidence that a geothermal plant may have caused the earthquake in South Korea.
Palestinian Islamist terror organization
A shooting at YouTube headquarters wounds four.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
C.D. Guadalajara wins the Champions League title, their first since 1962, by winning in a penalty shootout over Toronto FC.
Several vehicles fall into the Bengawan Solo River, killing at least two truckers.
Clashes in South Kashmir[disambiguation needed], India, kill two civilians, three soldiers, and 13 militants.
A helicopter crash in Istanbul kills five and injures seven.
A second March for Science is held with various rallies happening internationally.
In Newport, Wales McCauley Cox drove his car into a crowd outside a nightclub and intentionally hit and injured 4 people before he fled the scene.
The Alberta Transportation Ministry suspends operations by Adesh Deol Trucking Ltd pending investigation into a crash with a bus which killed 15 people.
international border between the two countries in North America
Around 40 people are injured after two passenger trains collide in Salzburg, Austria.
Lawyers representing two of the three defendants in a Kansas case alleging a Christian extremist plot to bomb a mosque tell jurors the FBI manipulated and encouraged the actions of the accused.
process of encoding information, which is conversion of the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext
Two dragon boats capsize in the Taohua river in Guilin, China, resulting in at least 17 deaths.
Mitt Romney says that he won't commit to supporting Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
motorway in central England connecting London and Leeds
Spiritual Guru and convicted child rapist
warship type designed to fulfill several roles as a fast and maneuverable surface combatant
barquentine built 1912, used by Sir Ernest Shackleton on a South Pole expedition
head of government of the United Kingdom
Protestors begin burning tyres at the border.
Miguel Díaz-Canel is named the new President of Cuba. It is the first time in six decades that a Castro family member is not leading Cuba.
Chief Administrative Officer; Head of the UN Secretariat
Fourteen people are killed in 36 hours in Cancún, Mexico, in the worst spate of violence in the city since 2004.
Killings by law enforcement officers in the United States in April 2018
annual celebration commemorated on April 1 by playing practical jokes and spreading hoaxes
An F-15K fighter jet crashes on a mountainside in Chilgok, South Korea.
List of journalists killed during the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Fred and Cindy Warmbier, the parents of detained American student Otto Warmbier, files a lawsuit against North Korea government, stating that Otto was "tortured and murdered", and also claimed that the DPRK "intentionally destroyed" their son's life.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman asks Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to probe NGO B’Tselem for "incitement to disobedience" for asking Israeli troops at the border to refuse orders.
Russia calls for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council as it considers supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman calls Gazan journalist Yasser Murtaja, shot dead by Israel while covering border protests, as a "Hamas terrorist" engaged in intelligence gathering against the Israeli military.
The Taliban destroy an electricity pylon in Doshe, Baghlan, Afghanistan, overnight. The pylon carries imported power from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and its destruction causes widespread blackouts across several provinces and in capital Kabul.
bilateral relations between China and India
The International Criminal Court rejects a petition to investigate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for war crimes. The petition by Japanese families of alleged victims was turned down because the alleged wrongdoing predates Japan's 2007 joining of the ICC.
former largest, online marketplace for buying and selling sex
Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals
Puigdemont calls for the opening of dialogue with Spain.
Search and rescue operations end after a crewman missing after a fire broke out aboard drillship MV Geo Technical in the South China Sea yesterday is found dead on the vessel. A gas leak discovered today was hampering the efforts.
Eight people go on trial in Navarra, Spain, accused of terrorism after an alleged attack on two Civil Guards in a controversial case with the prosecution seeking a total 375 years imprisonment for the defendants.
In an interview, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko calls the poisoning a provocation and states that the Russian government suspects British intelligence agencies of being behind the incident.
second largest egg producer in the United States
air defence branch of the Syrian military
The Arab League summits in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, their first meeting since the Qatar diplomatic crisis, focused on Jerusalem and Iran.
A Botswanan CF-5 fighter jet crashes in Gaborone, killing the pilot.
American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
After failing to contact the aircraft, local authorities scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to intercept it.
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad accuses the United Kingdom of faking evidence of a chemical weapons attack in Douma.
Israel's ambassador to Ghana denies ever issuing Mubarak with permission to enter the Occupied Palestinian Territories, calling Mubarak a "propaganda machine" and claims it's a "complete lie".
Cracks are discovered in the core of Hunterston B nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The Office for Nuclear Regulation is investigating to determine if the reactor is now too dangerous to restart.
communist state in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
Hamas fighter Thaer Nayef al-Zaraei of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades dies in a tunnel collapse in the Gaza Strip.
List of people executed in the United States in 2018
The first ever direct train from London to Amsterdam departs from St Pancras railway station.
Jet pilot Andy Hill, accused of eleven counts of manslaughter over a 2015 crash at Shoreham Airshow in England, makes an initial Magistrates' Court appearance.
A passenger jet suffers an uncontained engine failure during a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas. One passenger is killed. The aircraft diverts to Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush dies at age 92.
Lawyers representing Ayanle Hassan Ali, accused of three attempted murders in a 2016 Toronto knife attack on Canadian soldiers, say he should be acquitted entirely of allegations the charges had a terrorist motive and found not criminally responsible for the underlying offences on the grounds of his mental health.
Ferry operator DFDS has discontinued their Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service.
The port city of Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia declares a state of emergency in response to an ongoing oil spill fire off the coast.
A Crown Court in England jails Daryll Rowe for life with a minimum of 12 years for deliberately infecting five men with HIV and attempting to infect five more. He is the first person convicted of deliberate HIV transmission in the United Kingdom.
head of the United States Department of State
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach
The UK House of Lords approves amendments to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill in defiance of the government, adding requirements for Parliament to have a final say on negotiations with the European Union and provisions for the families of existing migrants to join them in the UK.
one of the six constituencies (kjördæmi) of Iceland
Israeli border police officer Ben Deri receives a 9-month sentence for fatally shooting Palestinian teen Nadeem Nawara in 2014.
Abderrahman Bouanane goes on trial in a courtroom set up within a prison in Turku, Finland, accused of two murders and eight attempted murders in an alleged terror attack.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports the aircraft departed with ice on it before losing height shortly after takeoff.
The U.S. Geological Survey's Hawaiian Volcano Observatory states that Kīlauea is showing unusually high activity and that a new vent could form.
Locals claim the explosion was from the Israeli Defence Forces shelling Hamas.
Police arrest a 78-year-old man in London on suspicion of murder after he allegedly killed a burglar during a fight in his home.
Australia says it will prevent the departure of a ship due to carry 65,000 sheep to the Middle East next week unless the operators can reassure the government of the animals' welfare. The government launched an investigation yesterday after a video depicting conditions on the ship emerged.
Separately, authorities discover an unidentified corpse in Mosul thought to be connected.
South Korean president Moon Jae-in suggests that U.S. president Donald Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to help denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Israel holds services remembering 23,646 Israeli soldiers and 3,134 civilians killed in the conflict.
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
private university in Baltimore, Maryland
A mass grave containing burnt bodies is found in al-Tarabisha, Anbar.
Indonesia announces the capture of MV STS-50, a stateless vessel wanted by Interpol for illegal fishing, and her crew following a chase.
Judges from the United States meet with counterparts in Malaysia to discuss strategies for prosecuting terrorists.
A bus crash in Makomero, Tanzania, kills 12 people and injures 46.
At Eskişehir Osmangazi University, central Turkey, a research assistant shoots and kills four staff members. Media report that three people are wounded and that the shooter has turned himself in to police.
legislative body of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
The Court of Cassation in Egypt upholds life sentences for three Muslim Brotherhood leaders including Mohamed Badie and five-year terms for fourteen others.
BBC Pashto reporter Ahmad Shah is shot dead in the eastern province of Khost.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Sweden hosts the United Nations Security Council in Backåkra where the Syrian conflict is discussed by diplomats at a rare meeting outside the UN's New York headquarters.
MV Symphony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship at 206,912 tonnes, begins its first voyage with paying passengers.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
Police across the nation arrest a total of 29 alleged coup participants on suspicion of terrorism.
Hamas claims Israeli forces fatally shoot a 25-year-old man at the border fence near Bureij.
marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
A Central Criminal Court judge sentences Dutch-Somali terror convict Aweys Shikhey to eight years with an extended licence of four years.
Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, London, United Kingdom
British supermarkets Asda and Sainsbury's agree terms on a £13 billion merger, which could form the largest UK supermarket company.
A fire at the Perseus shopping centre in western Moscow kills at least one person and injures at least six others.
The U.S. State Department confirms the U.S.
state-sponsored act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
A fire breaks out on the roof of a hospital in Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul, and spreads down the outside to ground level. Minister of Health Ahmet Demircan say all patients have been evacuated and transferred to hospitals elsewhere by ambulances.
Transport Accident Investigation Commission
Prosecutors in the United States had kept their identities secret following the war in exchange for access to data gleaned from the project.
Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer
diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States of America
A KLM Boeing 777 flying from Atlanta, Georgia to Amsterdam, Netherlands encounters severe turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean causing injuries to four occupants.
Japanese law prohibits aircraft from descending below 150 feet in non-residential areas.
Italian police arrest a Bosnian driver driving a van loaded with weapons bound for Barcelona.
An explosion near the Israel–Gaza border fence kills at least four Palestinians. Hamas says terrorists from Islamic Jihad were killed. Locals claim the explosion was from the Israeli Defence Forces shelling Hamas. Israel denies any involvement.
The Parliament of Portugal passed a new law, by a 109 vote margin, making it easier for people to change their legal gender.
Nepalese investigators release their preliminary report into the disaster.
Egyptian news site Masr al-Arabia says its offices were raided and a journalist arrested in response to the republication of an article by The New York Times alleging irregularities in the nation's recent Presidential election.
At a meeting of the OPCW, 17 of the 41 countries abstain from a vote on not allowing Russia to participate in the inquiry.
Wells Fargo bank is fined US$1 billion by the United States government for mishandling of mortgages and automobile loans. Wells Fargo is also ordered to reimburse customers who were overcharged.
Kenyan runners Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot win the men's and women's events respectively. The event was the hottest since the inaugural race in 1981 with temperatures hitting 23.2 °C (73.8 °F).
Fire and Emergency New Zealand announce they hope the fire aboard Korean ship FV Dong Won 701 is extinguished seven days after catching light in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand. Firefighters say they plan to board the vessel tomorrow to confirm.
Police release on bail a suspected terrorist arrested yesterday at Gatwick Airport after he arrived on a flight from Morocco.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
Mount Iō in northern Japan erupts for the first time in 250 years, together with nearby Mount Kirishima
Russian frigate Yaroslav Mudry passes through the English Channel, and is shadowed by Royal Navy coastal defence ship HMS St Albans.
transport accident investigation agency of New Zealand
Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi calls for international intervention to "protect Palestinians".
one of the four Greater Sunda Islands, governed by Indonesia
sovereign state (1919–1922) and a republic of the Soviet Union (1922–1991); one of the founding members of the UN in 1945
Protests enter a third week, with thousands taking part.
South Korea states that North Korea has expressed a desire to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula without attaching preconditions such as withdrawing US troops.
A helicopter crashes in Sulawesi, Indonesia, killing one and injuring nine.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
An Italian judge says a mafia clan has been plotting the murder of Spia.it journalist Paolo Borrometi. Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni voices his support to the journalist.
The fire onboard South Korean ship FV Don Wong 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its third day. At least four vessels – MV Searuby, MV San Granit, MV Longview Logger and MV Jeppesen Maersk – are delayed from arriving.
Strong winds from a storm cause two of the Taj Mahal's minarets to collapse. No injuries are reported
Fifteen members of Turkey's Republican People's Party quit and join the İyi Party, allowing the İyi Party to satisfy eligibility requirements such as having 20 lawmakers in Parliament for upcoming elections.
Representatives of Russia and Israel meet in Moscow to discuss the Middle East, particularly recent developments in Syria and Gaza.
Colombian investigators release their final report on the 2016 disaster, which killed 71 including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team. The report blames mismanagement leading to fuel exhaustion, noting the aircraft departed without adequate fuel.
Indian guru Asaram Bapu is sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape of a child.
The pilot escapes via ejection and is hospitalised.
rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy
city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem launches a campaign calling on soldiers to refuse orders at the border.
social-democratic political party in Turkey
2018 United States gun violence protests
A light aircraft and a small jet collide on a runway at Marion Municipal Airport, Indiana, United States. Two are killed and five more survive.
Tajikistan foreign minister Sirodjidin Aslov meets with Bangladesh State Minister of Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam.
The EAD expands on previous orders requiring ultrasonic testing to search for metal fatigue in fan blades.
A study reveals that WASP-104b, a hot Jupiter exoplanet, is darker than charcoal and absorbs 99% of light.
A man with a knife kills seven children and wounds twelve more in Mizhi, Shaanxi, China.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
The opposition call the move a "power grab".
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals partly overturns the acquittal of Serb radical nationalist Vojislav Šešelj and finds him guilty of crimes against humanity during the Yugoslav Wars. He is not detained as he served more than eleven years in the court's custody, and takes to Twitter to declare himself "proud of my war crimes" and "ready to repeat them".
presidential election held in Montenegro
Heads of state and government from across the Americas meet in Lima, Peru, for the Eighth Summit of the Americas.
Destruction of cultural heritage by the Islamic State
monuments destroyed by the Islamic State
Jet engine manufacturer CFM International calls for heightened checks of its CFM56-7B after a Boeing 737 passenger died in an accident this month.
The names of 3,607 employees of Unit 731, a Japanese military medical experimentation unit associated with war crimes during World War II, are released. Prosecutors in the United States had kept their identities secret following the war in exchange for access to data gleaned from the project.
Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets attack an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria near the city of Hajin in coordination with the Syrian Armed Forces.
The Ports Minister states that Pakistan has seized an Indian fishing vessel in connection with the alleged plot.
Two Chinese crewmen aboard MV Feng Hui Hai are overcome by coal gas in Jamnagar, India after a voyage from Indonesia. Another crewman is hospitalised.
city and administrative center of Smolensk Oblast in central Russia
Pro-same-sex marriage candidate Carlos Alvarado of the Citizens' Action Party defeats conservative candidate Fabricio Alvarado of the National Restoration Party in the second round of voting to become the new President of Costa Rica.
Egypt, citing humanitarian reasons, opens the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula for three days.
Two deputies are shot dead at a Chinese restaurant in Trenton, Florida, in what appears to be a targeted killing. The gunman was found dead outside the restaurant.
Nikolas Cruz, the accused suspect of the shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School, is due to be in court. The hearing is expected to deal with several procedural issues, possibly including the setting of an initial trial date.
The annual Pulitzer Prizes, which celebrate US journalism, are awarded. The New York Times wins the most with three. Pieces on Donald Trump and the #MeToo movement feature prominently.
German manufacturer Bavaria Yachtbau is expected to collapse into administration.
Newly released documentation reveals Benjamin Morrow, a man killed by an explosion on March 5 in his home in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, possessed white supremacist literature, five guns with ammunition, boxes of binary explosives, jars of explosive TATP, and a small explosives manufacturing laboratory.
The Palestinian Authority pays salaries to its West Bank staff but not to staff in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, amid growing disputes between the two groups.
FIFA hands a lifetime ban to Marco Polo del Nero, President of the Brazilian Football Confederation, for taking bribes.
South Korea ceases loudspeaker broadcasts directed at soldiers over the North Korean border ahead of a planned meeting later this week between leaders Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong Un.
arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
British multinational facilities management and construction services company
Three men are convicted in Kansas of plotting a mosque bombing.
The ongoing blaze, which broke out yesterday, has injured three people.
More than 400 injuries are ascribed to gas inhalation.
He was considered the most senior Houthi official in Sana'a.
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
In response, the IDF launches attacks on Hamas positions within the Gaza Strip.
state highway in Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility.
The new government of the Gambia accuses ex-President Yahya Jammeh's supporters of assisting and sheltering foreign militants (the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance).
Amnesty International makes a fresh call for an arms embargo against Israel, claiming "malicious tactics" and "murderous" attacks on Gazan civilians justify one.
United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for various investigations from space
The US Navy concludes its investigation into the October crash of a T-45C Goshawk military training jet in Tennessee that killed both on board, concluding pilot error caused the accident.
A survey commissioned by Water New Zealand reveals sanitary sewer overflows increased by 379% across the nation in 2017.
The Indiana Pacers defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98–80 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference first-round series in Cleveland, snapping LeBron James' personal streak of 21 consecutive wins in the first round.
A school bus plunges into a gorge in the foothills of the Himalayas, in Himachal Pradesh, India, killing three adults and at least 27 children.
Five alleged members of British neo-Nazi group National Action go on trial in Birmingham charged with inciting racial hatred at Aston University. National Action is a banned terror group.
Rose Acre Farms recalls around 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina after 22 people fell ill with suspected Salmonella braenderup. It is the largest recall of eggs in the United States since 2010.
Police release two men detained for terrorism in Dewsbury, saying they are confident no terrorism offences can be charged.
List of first overall National Football League Draft picks
A report reveals that 2017 saw over ten thousand new businesses in the technology sector throughout the United Kingdom, with all areas seeing growth over 2016.
Tanker ships MT Crystal Sunrise and MT Astro Saturn collide off Singapore, causing damage to both vessels and a butane leak.
Millions of Azerbaijanis vote in the presidential elections.
The athletic therapist for the Humboldt Broncos, Dayna Brons, dies from injuries sustained in the crash, raising the death toll to 16.
Date: 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days)
Rashid pleads not guilty to planning and encouraging terrorism, distributing terrorist material, and breaching a notice issued under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.
government agency overseeing stock exchanges
The leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany and France agree on their support for the Iran nuclear deal as the best way to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons.
system of pressure-sensitive instruments that is most often used in aviation
David W. Goodall, an Australian scientist aged 104, announces his intention to travel assisted by Exit International to Switzerland to end his own life. Goodall is not terminally ill but says his quality of life has deteriorated with age.
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
The death toll from yesterday's suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, rises to at least 70, according to the White Helmets group. The Syrian government and Russia deny the allegations of a chemical attack.
Jet engine manufacturer CFM International calls for heightened checks of its CFM56-7B after a Boeing 737 passenger died in an accident this month. The CFM56-7B is one of the most commonly used engines worldwide.
Backpage CEO Carl Ferrer pleads guilty to conspiracy and money laundering and agrees to assist in the prosecution of other Backpage employees, including co-founders Michael Lacey and James Larkin, who were charged with several counts of human trafficking on April 6 after the site was seized by the FBI.
Russia accuses the United Kingdom of withholding information on the investigation into the murder of Russian exile Nikolay Glushkov, which is being probed by counterterrorism officers.
Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide
Republican Senators Ron Johnson and Bob Corker opt not to commit to endorsing Donald Trump in the 2020 elections.
Police say a bombing took place in Barawe, Lower Shabelle, Somalia, at a football stadium yesterday, the first time a stadium in the country has been targeted, killed up to five spectators.
The International Maritime Organisation commences meetings in London aimed at reducing emissions in the shipping industry, which are presently unregulated. The 1997 Kyoto Protocol made the IMO responsible for controlling ship emissions.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi invites Chinese President Xi Jinping to an informal summit next year as he began an ice-breaking visit to China on Friday in which the giant neighbors are seeking to re-set troubled ties.
Dozens of people in the Syrian city of Douma are reported killed in an apparent chemical weapons attack.
association football club in Manchester, England
December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California
Scientists say that they have identified genes that cause deadly heart condition pulmonary arterial hypertension which kills 50% of those affected within five years.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Military scientists at Porton Down state they are uncertain of the source of the nerve agent used, but are "completely confident" it was a Novichok agent.
The U.S. State Department orders the families of U.S.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan calls 15 peaceful anti-war protestors arrested last month at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul terrorists and says they will not be allowed to complete their education.
Around 10,000 people are evacuated from central Berlin, Germany, while bomb disposal experts defuse a 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) World War II–era British bomb at a construction site.
The sermon is alleged to have caused two suicide bombers to launch a May 2017 attack that killed three policemen in East Jakarta.
A double decker tourist bus collides with low-lying tree branches in Żurrieq, Malta, killing two adults with six others being critically injured.
Gazans launch a kite carrying a firebomb over the Israeli border near Kibbutz Kissufim, starting a fire in a field. It is the fourth such incident this week. Local authorities alert residents to be vigilant for potential repeat attacks.
Brazilian federal judge Sérgio Moro orders the arrest of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by late Friday to begin serving a 12-year sentence for corruption.
The United Nations Security Council meets amid concerns of military strikes in Syria by the United States and its allies following a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria last weekend, with the United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, accusing Russia of lies and covering for the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which she said had used chemical weapons at least 50 times in the past seven years of warfare, and the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, blaming the United States, France and the UK for escalating tensions.
An explosion strikes a major weapons depot linked to Hezbollah and Iran in Mount Azzan, near Aleppo, Syria. Local media and Sky News reports an unidentified jet attacked the site, possibly as part of Western coalition airstrikes in the region, but al-Mayadeen denies any airstrike happened and said controlled explosions were carried out at the site yesterday.
military operations of the Syrian Civil War involving chemical weapons
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews riot outside the Israel Defense Forces draft office in Jerusalem after rumours emerge of a female draft dodger being arrested in Har Nof. Police open fire with water cannons and stun grenades.
Ahmed Abu Hussein, aged 24, becomes the second journalist killed while covering protests at the Israel–Gaza border. Hussein was hospitalized in Gaza after being shot by Israeli Defence Forces two weeks prior while wearing a press jacket.
Police in Mahikeng, Northwest Province, South Africa, fire rubber bullets as protestors against corruption and public service provision riot. President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves a Commonwealth summit in London to attend the scene.
The death toll from yesterday's oil well explosion and fire in Pasir Putih, Aceh, Indonesia, reaches 22.
South Africa's Winnie Madikizela-Mandela OLS, also known as Winnie Mandela dies.Winnie Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, and the ex-wife of Nelson Mandela and a well respected ANC Stalwart.
SpaceX's scheduled launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is delayed until April 18.
Seven Myanmar Army soldiers are convicted of murder and sentenced to ten years in prison for their participation in the execution of ten Rohingyas in Inn Din.
The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia meet in Ankara. They declare their commitment to achieving a "lasting ceasefire" in Syria.
The high-profile crime led to the Metropolitan Police being labeled "institutionally racist".
global international and intergovernmental organization
Former Malawian President Joyce Banda announces she is to return from three years of exile amid a corruption scandal.
The Libyan National Army claims to have launched airstrikes destroying dozens of vehicles in Sadada allegedly used by Al-Qaeda linked militants.
Millions of Guatemalans are summoned to participate in a referendum in which they will determine if they submit to the International Court of Justice the territorial, insular and maritime dispute with Belize.
Iran's central bank officially switches from using the U.S. dollar to the euro in its international transactions.
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
Israel denies targeting journalists intentionally and says it is investigating.
The death toll from flash floods in the Dead Sea, Israel, reaches fourteen including ten teenage hikers with a lorry driver still missing. Three youth workers connected to the hike are arrested. Two Palestinian children are reported to have also died in the West Bank.
Four mass graves are found in Gasabo, Rwanda, thought to date back to the 1994 genocide. Around 3,000 people from the area remain missing. Houses are demolished to access the graves.
Gazan journalists hold a protest against the shooting death of Yasser Murtaja at the border, which they face with their mouths taped shut.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Indian politician and former army general
boat or ship used to catch fish on a body of water
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
international organization based in The Hague
Botswanan President Ian Khama retires from office.
Cardinal Angelo Amato, acting on behalf of Pope Francis, beatifies Hanna Chrzanowska in Kraków, Poland.
Date: 9 December 2017 – present (5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Israel foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman warns that the country will hit Tehran if Iran attacks Tel Aviv.
volunteer-based firefighting agency in New South Wales, Australia
List of terrorist incidents in the Netherlands
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills Yemen's Supreme Political Council president Saleh Ali al-Sammad. He was considered the most senior Houthi official in Sana'a.
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
Date: 20 October 1962 – present (60 years, 3 months and 7 days)
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fines Altaba US$35 million for failing to disclose its 2014 data breach in a timely manner.
A bus crashes in rain and poor visibility at the Mporokoso-Luwingu junction in Zambia, killing four and injuring 41.
The British Transport Police reject claims by entertainer Olly Murs of a cover-up of a possible terror incident in London in November.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman launches an investigation after a burglar dies from burns suffered in a fire in his cell at HMP Risley in England.
The annual Pulitzer Prizes, which celebrate US journalism, are awarded.
October 2017 announcement by which Catalonia declared their independence and founded the Catalan Republic
Ali Abu Hassan, a Hebron University student from Palestine, is convicted of planning a terror attack against light rail in Jerusalem using pipe bombs containing nails coated in rat poison. He is found guilty of attempted murder, manufacturing weapons, and an immigration offence.
The port city of Balikpapan, Borneo, Indonesia declares a state of emergency in response to an ongoing oil spill fire off the coast. The spill and fire killed four fishermen and is releasing toxic fumes. The slick currently extends to around seven square miles and marine fauna including protected species are being affected.
A court in Somaliland jails poet Nacima Qorane for three years for bringing the state into contempt by writing a poem calling for reunification with Somalia.
A fire breaks out on South Korean fishing vessel FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand. Ten fire crews and a tug are in attendance. At least three are hospitalised and the ship is evacuated.
South Korea is expected to open a press center and online platform in preparations for the summit with North Korea.
ocean-going, barge-derived, floating landing platform
A researcher at Cisco's Talos security group acknowledges "several incidents in multiple countries" involving the use of their Smart Install protocol.
Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Petah Tikva resident Zohar Zuaretz is indicted on counterterror charges for far right social media posts in which he spoke of killing Arabs.
Mount Kirishima in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. It is the first time it has erupted since 1768.
Salisbury District Hospital says poisoned spy Sergei Skripal is no longer critically ill, responding well to treatment, and "improving rapidly". His daughter was previously revealed to have regained consciousness.
suicide committed by someone with assistance from another person or persons, typically in regard to people suffering from a severe physical illness
Astronomers report the discovery of MACS J1149 Lensed Star 1, nicknamed Icarus, the farthest known star at 9 billion light-years away.
Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump are told by FBI special counsel Robert Mueller the President is considered to be more than a witness but is not under criminal investigation.
cites multiple reasons, including Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and military engagements in Ukraine, Crimea, and Syria, among others.
Facebook states that people running popular pages will now have to verify their identity as part of its continued efforts to stem fake news and propaganda.
Experimental satellite RemoveDEBRIS arrives at the International Space Station ahead of a planned mission removing orbital debris.
A special investigatory committee from the Missouri House of Representatives releases a report on Governor Eric Greitens's alleged invasion of privacy and sexual misconduct. ,
Local authorities in Goa, India, issue a terror alert for the West Coast for fishing vessels, resorts, barges, and offshore casinos.
American politician and businessman (born 1947)
Nine children are killed and another is reported missing.
The aircraft join a warship already deployed by the United Kingdom.
The leaders of Iran, Turkey and Russia meet in Ankara.
In Newport, Wales McCauley Cox drove his car into a crowd outside a nightclub and intentionally hit and injured 4 people before he fled the scene. He claimed he was trying to stop a fight but was found guilty and sentenced for causing grievous bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury through dangerous driving and causing actual bodily harm. Teens Benjamin Thomas and Callum Banton pleaded guilty to affray for their part in starting the brawl which preceded the attack.
Gazan hospitals declare a state of emergency owing to the thousands injured.
For the men's division, Yuki Kawauchi of Japan became the first Japanese person to win since 1987.
The missile test is considered to be successful.
Three Syrian nationals are arrested in Saarland suspected of terror links.
A ship due to carry 65,000 sheep to the Middle East fails an Australian Maritime Safety Authority inspection after docking in Fremantle, Western Australia and is denied permits for the voyage. The government is investigating newly emerged footage of conditions on the ship, where thousands of sheep died during a similar voyage last year.
A report commissioned by the UK states terrorists and extremists are increasingly turning to Bitcoin, the dark net, and encrypted communications apps in a bid to evade detection.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and praises the nation's efforts to combat terrorism, reversing his previous stance that Qatar funded terrorists at a "high level". Qatar and its neighbours are presently disputing the level and nature of terrorism in Qatar.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says the PA will take no further responsibility for the Gaza Strip unless Hamas hands over full control.
Marathon Oil purchases Andeavor for $23.3 billion, creating the biggest oil refining firm in the United States.
Authorities appeal for information on four more suspects.
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum company
municipality in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Authorities charge Ahmed Kunba with several attacks including a drive-by shooting in the West Bank settlement of Havat Gilad that killed one, shooting at a bus, and trying to infiltrate the West Bank settlement of Dotan.
He is not detained as he served more than eleven years in the court's custody, and takes to Twitter to declare himself "proud of my war crimes" and "ready to repeat them".
asteroids in the outer reaches of the Solar System
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
Search and rescue operations continue for three children missing after an SUV crashed off a cliff and into the sea in California, killing five. The Mendocino County Sheriff says the crash was deliberate and a crime.
International military intervention against ISIL
A bomb explodes at a football match between Bulgarian rivals Levski Sofia and CSKA at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia, injuring two police officers, one seriously. It is the second time a match between the two has seen an explosion, with a similar incident killing a man in 2000.
international non-governmental organization
Russian investigative journalist Maxim Borodin falls from a window in Yekaterinburg and dies. Local officials say the death is non-suspicious but Novy Dens chief editor and international monitor OSCE both say he may have been murdered.
The roof of a partially-constructed building collapses in Lahore, Pakistan.
island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
This marks the first time since the Cuban Revolution that the country is not led by a member of the Castro family.
Thirteen children are killed after their school bus collides with a train in the Uttar Pradesh, India.
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)
David W. Goodall, an Australian scientist aged 104, announces his intention to travel assisted by Exit International to Switzerland to end his own life.
SAPO arrests three in the greater Stockholm area suspected of plotting a terror attack. SAPO says the case has an international connection; local media reports one of the detainees is an Uzbekistani citizen.
In Lima, Peru, a 36-year-old man gets on a public transport bus and sets fire to the passengers, after spraying them with gasoline, leaving 10 people injured.
Rebel fighters start evacuating from Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, and head to Idlib Governorate on government buses.
Following recent attacks in Manchester and London, The Sunday Times says a leaked Home Office report reviewing the attacks proposes a new strategy increasing information sharing on terror suspects from MI5 to other organisations before they are considered to require surveillance. Also included are harsher sentences for terror offences, and additional attention on "communities where the threat from terrorism and radicalisation is highest".
Irish boxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
Three men plead not guilty to arson and manslaughter in connection to the deaths of five people in an explosion at a shop in Leicester, England.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
aerial warfare branch of Iraq's armed forces
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
As Israel marks Memorial Day followed immediately by Independence Day a truck driver is arrested at a checkpoint at the Reihan Crossing in the West Bank suspected of being on his way to launch a terror attack. The truck's contents were marked as supplies for communities on the border but were actually explosives. Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman orders the checkpoint closed. Henceforth only humanitarian cases will be allowed passage at Israel's discretion.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake, the strongest in the region in four years, takes place near Santa Cruz Island off the coast of California, being felt as far as Riverside. No injuries are reported.
Doctors at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, perform the world's first successful transplant of a penis and scrotum from a deceased donor to a U.S.
Yemen accuses Iran of arming Houthi rebels with drones in violation of United Nations sanctions to allow the militants to launch attacks on Saudi Arabia. Iran supports the Houthis but denies arming them.
Football team FC Bayern Munich win the competition. It is their sixth title in a row and their 28th German title overall.
human-created waste that has deliberately or accidentally been released in a lake, sea, ocean or waterway
Following the ship's detention Indonesia launches a slavery investigation into working conditions on board.
Pascal Blasio makes an initial court appearance charged with causing an explosion likely to endanger life in connection to a 2017 blast that injured 31 in New Ferry, England.
The Sohag Criminal Court in Egypt sentences 35 alleged Muslim Brotherhood members to life imprisonment and imposes prison terms on 155 more.
Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)
A total of 40 deaths and 1,511 injuries are listed.
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
Northeast of the village of Porton near Salisbury, in Wiltshire, England
The U.S.-led coalition says in a statement that it would transition "from supporting and enabling combat operations to the training and development of self-sufficient Iraqi security-related capabilities".
President of the Government of Catalonia
head of government of the Generalitat of Catalonia
allotrope of carbon often used as a gemstone and an abrasive
American social news aggregation website and discussion portal
The family of a man killed in California when his Tesla Model X crashed with the Autopilot engaged says they intend to sue the carmaker. His wife further says he had complained of flaws in the vehicle's behaviour and predicted his death in a collision with the barrier his car ultimately hit.
A court in Istanbul issues a warrant for the seizure of MV Vitaspirit, a Maltese tanker that crashed into a historic waterfront mansion on the Bosphorus on April 7, until the mansion's owners receive US$50 million.
Syrian state media, Syrian Arab News Agency, reports missile strikes have targeted military sites in the Hama Governorate and Aleppo Governorate. It is unclear who carried out the strikes.
The UK identifies the substance as a Novichok nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia.
Russian authorities say nine insurgents who were planning to launch an attack next month have been killed in a gunfight in Derbent, Dagestan.
The parents of Ayşe Deniz Karacagil, killed in Raqqa, Syria, after she joined the Kurdistan Workers' Party, are acquitted of a terrorism propaganda charge for attending her funeral.
A Turkish court convicts and sentences thirteen Cumhuriyet journalists accused of supporting terrorist organisations. The newspaper is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
city and county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States
The U.S. Senate votes 50–49 to confirm Jim Bridenstine as administrator of NASA.
A civilian vehicle hits an unexploded landmine in Arsal, Lebanon. Three occupants die.
Russia accuses the United Kingdom of withholding information on the investigation into the murder of Russian exile Nikolay Glushkov, which is being probed by counterterrorism officers. Glushkov had political asylum and was wanted in Russia for embezzlement from Aeroflot.
The Egyptian Army kills four suspected terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula.
crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
elder son and heir of Charles III of the United Kingdom
The Saudi-led Arab Coalition says the Saudi Arabian Navy repelled an attack by Iran and Houthis against a Saudi-flagged oil tanker in the Red Sea.
2018 Guatemalan territorial dispute referendum
municipality in Mexican state of Nuevo León
A study in Nature shows species which are visually unusual or attractive go extinct at higher rates.
Prominent New York LGBT and environmental lawyer David Buckel commits suicide by setting himself on fire with petrol in Prospect Park. He leaves and circulates a suicide note indicating his death is in protest against the use of fossil fuels.
Iran supports the Houthis but denies arming them.
The FBI offers a US$10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of mechanic Mauro Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, who is accused of triggering the 1996 disaster by mispackaging oxygen cylinders that caught fire in the DC-9's hold. He fled justice in 1999.
trainer aircraft series by McDonnell Douglas
Twin suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 25 people, including prominent Agence France-Presse photographer Shah Marai and three Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists who were covering the first bombing. ISIL's Afghan branch claims responsibility.
Date: 24 December 2014 – 18 April 2018 (3 years, 1 month and 3 days)
Cardinal Angelo Amato, acting on behalf of Pope Francis, beatifies Hanna Chrzanowska in Kraków, Poland. Chrzanowska dedicated her life to helping the sick and homeless and had worked with Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, who led her funeral services before he became Pope John Paul II.
capital and most populous city of France
An explosion in Idlib kills more than a dozen, including civilians and children.
The Indonesia People's Representative Council convenes a meeting to discuss the ongoing oil spill in Balikpapan Bay, East Kalimantan.
Three Syrian nationals are arrested in Saarland suspected of terror links. Two are suspected of fighting with the Islamic State in Syria.
Brazil surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the record for the largest wave ever surfed.
highland in Pahang and Selangor, Malaysia
The Police Service of Northern Ireland says it was firebombed at a march in Londonderry to commemorate a Troubles attack, calling the assaults an "attempt to kill or maim" officers.
Four are killed and twelve more injured.
U.S. President Donald Trump officially signs the anti-human trafficking act into law.
France claims that a Russian military plane made a low pass over the warship Aquitaine off the Lebanese coast, claiming the aircraft was in deliberate breach of international law.
Second-highest position of the Government of Spain
naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces
A gas leak discovered today was hampering the efforts.
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and North Korea
Notre Dame wins the 2018 NCAA Tournament over Mississippi State 61–58, with the deciding points coming on a dramatic 3-point shot by Arike Ogunbowale just before the final buzzer.
Thousands of pro-European Union supporters of Open Britain, the European Movement and Britain for Europe demonstrate across the United Kingdom calling for a referendum on the final terms of the UK's planned exit from the European Union.
former armed Basque terrorist group (1959–2018)
global union federation of journalists' trade unions
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agree to hold military drills for the first time.
The election of the candidates for Attorney General of Guatemala and successor of Thelma Aldana has concluded and 14 candidates have obtained the necessary qualifications to participate. President Jimmy Morales will appoint the Attorney General in the coming days.
President Donald Trump announces that he will visit the United Kingdom on July 13.
The British Transport Police reject claims by entertainer Olly Murs of a cover-up of a possible terror incident in London in November. Murs reported hearing gunfire but investigations found no evidence of weapons use.
border crossings between Israel and Gaza Strip
Basque separatist group ETA announces its dissolution in May.
Matteo Ciacci of Civic 10 and Stefano Palmieri of Future Republic take office as the Captains Regent of San Marino.
The Syrian Army, along with what is believed to be Iranian-backed militias, took control villages east of the Euphrates river near the city of Deir ez-Zor that were under the control by Kurdish-led forces in a rare clash with the Syrian Democratic Forces.
The Embassy of Russia in London releases a list of 14 questions over the attack, including a question on possible French involvement.
Chinese diplomat Wang Yi will travel to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-un following the summit.
Polish politician, former President of the European Council, and former Prime Minister of Poland
annual race in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Two rush hour bombings hit Kabul, killing four and injuring five.
The Egyptian military says 14 terrorists attacked a Sinai military base today, with four of them blowing themselves up and killing eight soldiers.
A court in Radom, Poland, hands a six-month suspended prison term and a 10,000 zloty fine to a Russian pilot who caused a security scare during Pope Francis's 2016 visit for World Youth Day.
Former President of Bolivia, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, is found responsible of the death of 60 demonstrators during protests in October 2003.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes near Tarija, Bolivia, and is felt as far as São Paulo, Brazil, approximately 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) away. There are no reports of major damage or casualties.
Ten people are killed in Nicaragua as anti-government protests over pension reforms enter their fourth day.
gendarmerie branch of Spain's armed forces
NASA announces that the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will be launched from Cape Canaveral on April 16.
Glasgow Sheriff Court sentences HMP Barlinnie prison officer Brian Johnstone to three years imprisonment for repeatedly sexually assaulting two inmates in the showers and their cells between 2013 and 2016.
association football club in West Bromwich, England
The treatment of and laws concerning non-human animals in Australia
city in and county seat of Douglas County, Wisconsin, United States
The Indian Army rejects Chinese categorisations of its patrols in Asaphila near the disputed Arunachal Pradesh border as "transgressions", and accuses China of damaging Indian roadlaying equipment.
Saskatchewan politicians seek a redesign of the intersection where the crash occurred, which was also previously the scene of a six-death crash in 1997.
Local authorities in Goa, India, issue a terror alert for the West Coast for fishing vessels, resorts, barges, and offshore casinos. The alert states a fishing vessel may be used to launch a terrorist attack. The Ports Minister states that Pakistan has seized an Indian fishing vessel in connection with the alleged plot.
municipality in the province of Gelderland, Netherlands
Fire and Emergency New Zealand rejects a proposal to tow the vessel out to sea as too dangerous.
An initial report on a collision between container ships MV Tolten and MV Hamburg Bay near Karachi, Pakistan, that caused millions of rupees in damage and lost cargo last month suggests errors by MV Toltens captain caused the collision and better tug provision by Karachi Port would have prevented it.
United States Space Force facility in Brevard County, Florida
Police in Quetta, Pakistan, say gunmen shot at Shiites in the city, killing two and injuring one in the latest of a string of attacks on Shiites.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, calls for an investigation into comments by UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
United States Federal Prosecutors file a request to sentence Enrique Marquez, who purchased rifles used in a 2015 terror attack in California, to 25 years in prison.
Southwest Airlines cancels 128 flights in addition to 40 cancelled yesterday as it inspects the CFM56-7B engines mounted to its Boeing 737 fleet following a fatal accident.
Alabama executes 83-year-old Walter Moody via lethal injection, who assassinated United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit judge Robert Smith Vance on December 16, 1989.
The United States Air Force tests a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile test is considered to be successful.
United States senators question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the various controversies the social network is dealing with, including recent disclosures concerning Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data. ,
MV Vitaspirit, a 225-meter cargo ship, crashes into a 200-year-old historic coastal mansion on the outskirts of Istanbul, Turkey after an engine failure during a voyage from Russia to Saudi Arabia.
hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
The Israeli Defence Forces releases footage of a man fatally shot yesterday during an apparent attempt to breach the Gazan border fence. Israel says he was carrying an AK-47 and explosive devices including grenades, and accused Hamas of "playing with fire".
The White House criticizes China's decision to place tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S. imports including pork and wine which was in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to introduce tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium imports.
Uzbekistan agrees to formally join the Turkic Council following a meeting between Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Tashkent.
Bulgarian association football club from Sofia
The court orders them deported after release, their computer equipment seized, and their social media presences deleted.
A fire breaks out on South Korean fishing vessel FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons states it agrees with UK authorities on their analysis of the identity of the toxic chemical used against the Skripals.
Police announce they will expand Project Servator to cover London. Project Servator involves the deployment of hundreds of armed counterterror officers in a bid to rapidly swarm potential terrorists.
international armed conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995
Alabama executes 83-year-old Walter Moody via lethal injection, who assassinated United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit judge Robert Smith Vance on December 16, 1989. Moody is the oldest prisoner to be executed in the US since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976.
U.S. President Donald Trump pardons former Vice-President Dick Cheney's Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who was convicted of lying about leaks to the media.
A coach carrying British Muslim pilgrims on an Umra trip from Mecca to Medina crashes near Al Khalas, Saudi Arabia.
The Metropolitan Police in London launches a war crimes investigation into five men wanted in Rwanda for alleged massacres in 1994. A United Kingdom court previously refused to extradite the men over concerns they may not receive a fair trial.
Due to the distances involved, the light comes from events which occurred around 12 billion years ago.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi resigns from his post after eight months in the office. His last resignation was rejected by the City Council.
As expected, the regular-season schedule for the 2018 NFL season is released, with the defending champions Philadelphia Eagles hosting the Atlanta Falcons in the league's season opener on September 6.
Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)
South Korean government ministry responsible for military and national defense affairs
The suspected shooter, who was also attempting to shoplift merchandise, was arrested soon after.
Tamer Abu Daqqa, a resident of Khan Younis, Gaza, claims he is the man shown on an unauthorised video taken by an Israeli soldier being shot by a sniper through the border fence.
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba and President of Cuba
A communal toilet collapses in Bhandup, Mumbai, India. Several people are trapped and require rescue, with two dying en route to hospital.
diplomatic crisis between several Arab League countries and Qatar
An air traffic control system failure in Europe delays up to 15,000 flights, according to the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation.
Indian lawmakers approve capital punishment for men who rape children under the age of 12. Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs the measure.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Israel launches airstrikes on Hamas ships in Gaza's port and a Hamas building in Deir al-Balah in response to the ongoing, and sometimes violent, protests.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman says the nation will maintain its tactics at the Gazan border of shooting anybody who approaches the fence, and calls on Hamas to cease hostilities in exchange for aid.
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
Police say a firebombing of a bus in Driekop, South Africa, killed six people.
A van strikes a group of pedestrians in Toronto, Canada, killing ten and injuring sixteen. According to the Toronto Police Service, the driver, who fled the scene, was later arrested.
The United States, France, and the United Kingdom target chemical weapon sites and other Syrian military sites with missile strikes on early Saturday morning Syrian time (EET), in response to the Douma chemical attack.
Russia denies interfering with the site of a chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, and says a nine-member Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons team currently waiting in Damascus will be allowed to visit on Wednesday.
passenger ship used for pleasure voyages
The Egyptian Military said 14 militants were killed in the attack.
city in south east Wales, United Kingdom
2001 Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)
parliamentary position of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Japanese supercentenarian Masazo Nonaka is confirmed as the world's oldest living man.
National Action is a banned terror group.
As Israel marks Memorial Day followed immediately by Independence Day a truck driver is arrested at a checkpoint at the Reihan Crossing in the West Bank suspected of being on his way to launch a terror attack.
The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences nineteen Russian women, six Azerbaijani women, and four Tajikistani women to life in prison for membership to ISIL.
A suicide bomber injures six Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi, Anbar. The soldiers were combing a building hit by a separate bombing yesterday that killed five and injured seven including a politician.
South Korea president Moon Jae-in announces that he will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in mid-May.
The Bangladeshi International Crimes Tribunal sentences former National Security Intelligence director general Wahidul Haque to prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War when Haque was a Pakistani Army general. The convictions relate to the deaths of 500–600 unarmed Bengalis and Santals in Rangpur.
UK media regulator Ofcom launches investigations into RT over possible breaches of impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning. Ofcom warns producer TV Novosti it may be forced to cease UK broadcasting.
overview of censorship in the United Kingdom
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
2017–18 Philippine dengue vaccination controversy
Firefighters contain a fire on FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand. The ongoing blaze, which broke out yesterday, has injured three people.
In an interview, Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom Alexander Yakovenko calls the poisoning a provocation and states that the Russian government suspects British intelligence agencies of being behind the incident. , ,
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
The U.S. government releases a report by Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz that accuses former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe of improperly authorizing a media disclosure and "lack of candor" concerning this disclosure.
Twitter announces the suspension of 1.2 million terror-linked accounts since 2015.
family of encrypting ransomware discovered in 2016
The shooting kills nine and the explosion kills seven.
A bus overturns near the village of Vakarel, Bulgaria, killing six people and injuring 20.
Ukrainian ecology minister Ostap Semerak warns of a major nuclear disaster if pro-Russia separatists go forward with a plan to flood a mine where a small nuclear weapon was tested in the 1970s. Semerak appeals for international assistance to prevent the flooding.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes near Tarija, Bolivia, and is felt as far as São Paulo, Brazil, approximately 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) away.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand announce they hope the fire aboard Korean ship FV Dong Won 701 is extinguished seven days after catching light in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand.
Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel
A car bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq, kills and injures several civilians. The blast follows a bombing at Hor Rajab, Baghdad, earlier in the day that wounded one civilian.
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman declares the Iliya Institute, a Jerusalem community centre, to be a terror organisation operating on behalf of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
The Israel Defense Forces say they shot dead three Palestinians in two incidents yesterday. The IDF says one was killed trying to breach the Israeli-Gazan border fence while a second was wounded and arrested. They say the second incident saw two men shot dead after bypassing the fence and throwing explosives at IDF soldiers.
Tesla Inc. withdraws from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board's probe of a fatal Model X crash in California. Tesla had drawn the NTSB's ire by releasing information publicly about its view of the case and about the car's Autopilot feature, something the Board does not allow during active investigations.
B’Tselem alleges Israeli forces have been firing on tents around 400 metres back from the border housing protestors including the elderly and children, and attacked peaceful protestors with tear gas.
Congressman, American medical doctor, former Obama,Trump Physician to the President
Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance
systematic or threatened use of violence to create a general climate of fear
process of creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles an extinct species, or breeding population of such organisms
capital city of Odesa Oblast in southern Ukraine
Scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China state that North Korea's nuclear test site, the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site at Mount Mantap, would have collapsed just minutes after the country performed its sixth nuclear test and opened up a hole of up to 656 feet (200 m) in diameter. It has been one of the possible reasons given for North Korea agreement to suspend nuclear and missile tests.
UK media regulator Ofcom launches investigations into RT over possible breaches of impartiality rules in its coverage of the poisoning.
Scottish YouTuber Mark "Count Dankula" Meechan is fined £800 for a racially aggravated offence under the Communications Act for a video of a pug dog responding to Nazi slogans. Protests are held outside Airdrie Sheriff Court and English Defence League ex-leader Tommy Robinson sits in court to support Meechan.
The IDF says the female shepherd, detained in the disputed Shebaa region, was quickly repatriated.
Ukrainian ecology minister Ostap Semerak warns of a major nuclear disaster if pro-Russia separatists go forward with a plan to flood a mine where a small nuclear weapon was tested in the 1970s.
American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea
The Israel Defense Forces arrest a suspected Hamas member caught tampering with equipment at the Karni Crossing on the Israeli-Gazan border.
Eyewitnesses and officials say an Afghan airstrike targeted a madrasa being used as a meeting place by the Taliban in Kunduz during a graduation ceremony, with casualties including civilians.
Soviet military intelligence officer convicted of spying for the United Kingdom
protected areas of seas, oceans, estuaries or large lakes
The United States designates the Milli Muslim League and Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir, both Pakistani groups, as terrorist organisations.
Russian investigative journalist Maxim Borodin falls from a window in Yekaterinburg and dies.
The Israeli Defence Forces releases footage of a man fatally shot yesterday during an apparent attempt to breach the Gazan border fence.
Militants disguised as United Nations troops attack two military bases near Timbuktu, Mali, using rockets and two car bombs.
Malaysia announces the arrest of six alleged Islamic State members accused of plotting to abduct and murder police and assault places of worship. Authorities appeal for information on four more suspects.
List of nuclear weapons tests of North Korea
public elective office; head of state and head of government of Bolivia
United States Space Force Base located in Santa Barbara County, California
The United States imposes sanctions on twelve Russian owned companies, a Russian arms exporter, and a bank. The U.S. cites multiple reasons, including Russian meddling in the 2016 elections and military engagements in Ukraine, Crimea, and Syria, among others.
Mokgweetsi Masisi is inaugurated as the fifth President of Botswana.
Bone remains of more than 140 children and about 200 young llamas were found in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, near the Chan Chan citadel, according to a National Geographic publication. This discovery, which would date from the time of the little-known Chimú pre-Columbian civilization (about 550 years ago), would be, for researchers, the largest mass sacrifice of children in the American continent.
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the opposition Labour Party, calls for an investigation into comments by UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Johnson is facing criticisms he overstated the strength of evidence against Russia, an accusation he calls "lamentable" and accuses Corbyn of sympathizing with Russia.
The lesser long-nosed bat, once on the brink of extinction, is removed from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds. It is the first U.S. bat species to officially recover from the imminent threat of extinction.
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria)
men's association football top division of Bulgaria
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States
International police organization (founded 1923)
The U.S. State Department orders the families of U.S. diplomats in Nicaragua to leave amid riots by protestors against proposed pension changes. President Daniel Ortega has scrapped the changes but further protests are nonetheless anticipated.
Colorado Party candidate Mario Abdo Benítez is elected President of Paraguay.
retail conglomerate VF Corporation, revealing the sale price as NZ$288 million.
Staff claim they were fired for their opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump.
South Korean shipbuilding firm Sungdong collapses into receivership after surviving on government aid for eight years.
class of organophosphates; classified as weapons of mass destruction
urban area on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, England
A court in Pamplona, Spain, convicts a group of five men on charges of sexual abuse at the festival of San Fermín in 2016, clearing them of charges of gang rape.
A Myanmar police captain testifies in court that he and his colleagues were ordered by their superiors to entrap two Reuters journalists, who were arrested on 12 December 2017 for "possessing state secrets" under a colonial-era law. The journalists had been working on a report documenting the massacre at Inn Din.
Bill Cosby is found guilty of three counts in regard to an aggravated sexual assault of a woman in 2004 in a retrial.
Ambassador to the United Nations for Palestine Riyad Mansour says diplomats will ask the UN to probe the violence.
Russia sends landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov, chartered civilian vessel MV Alexander Tkachenko, and transport ship Orsk to Syria laden with military equipment.
Flash floods strike a class hiking trip in the Nahal Tzafit riverbed in the Dead Sea, Israel.
Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Nate join the list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.
No charges were brought over the shootings of two other teens, one of whom also died.
The inquest is attempting to determine if Perepilichnyy had been murdered.
former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
In Los Angeles, SpaceX announced that they will build a massive rocket named BFR capable of sending humans to Mars.
authority of the Commonwealth government of Australia responsible for regulation and safety oversight of Australia's shipping fleet and management of Australia's international maritime obligations
American online social media and social networking service
In the United States, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The bill passes 14–7.
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
defunct offices within the Workers's Party of Korea
Makhosi Khoza, leader of South Africa's African Democratic Change party, resigns just five months after the party formed.
The 9th International Conference on the Holy City of Jerusalem begins, with Israel denying access to the Palestinian Authority-hosted conference to a number of foreign invitees including a party of thirteen Indians, two buses containing academics, and Ghanan MP Ras Mubarak.
French police arrest three men and three women accused of involvement in the 2016 Magnanville stabbing by an ISIL supporter. Local media reports the detainees include police major Maryline Bereaud and her daughter.
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
President of the Regional Government of Andalusia
Brazil surfer Rodrigo Koxa breaks the record for the largest wave ever surfed. The wave occurred off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal and measured 24.4 meters (80 feet).
Palestinian political and militant organization
head of state and of government of Turkey
city in the Palestinian National Authority
The city of Toruń in Poland wins the right to host the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships, defeating Apeldoorn in the Netherlands.
The UK Airprox Board reveals a Red Arrows jet came within 100ft of collision with a civilian plane last year.
metropolitan and ceremonial county in England
Following the bankruptcy of UK engineering outsourcing firm Carillion, the Official Receiver reveals more than half of the roughly 20,000 employees have found new jobs.
marketing, logistics and refining company
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
Swedish DJ and record producer (1989–2018)
civil jet aircraft designed to transport executives and other VIPs
Search and rescue operations end after a crewman missing after a fire broke out aboard drillship MV Geo Technical in the South China Sea yesterday is found dead on the vessel.
Hundreds protest the Wednesday fatal shooting of Saheed Vassell by police in Brooklyn, New York, after a pipe he was holding was mistaken for a gun.
He and 21 of his crew are detained in Balikpapan, Indonesia after the ship's anchor was dropped in a prohibited area.
Andrea Nahles is elected as the first female leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
British police service which polices railways and light-rail systems
Hamas says Palestinian engineer Fadi al-Batsh, shot dead on his way to a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today, was an important member.
The initial finds were made by amateur treasure hunters in January and the total haul is the largest of its type.
More than 500 personnel from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Fire and Rescue NSW and the Australian Defence Force are tackling the bushfire, which has torn through the Holsworthy Barracks and threatens the suburbs of Sydney.
American lawyer and the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Party leader Meral Akşener, who defected from the Nationalist Movement Party, will run against incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the presidency.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein asks Israel to refrain from using lethal force as protests enter their fifth week. The Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, including use of live ammunition.
intentional act of causing one's own death
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
acts of terrorism commited by Palestinians
Israeli forces shoot and wound a Palestinian near Khan Younis.
Israeli lawmakers Yuval Steinitz and Oren Hazan accuse Jerusalem-born actress Natalie Portman of antisemitism and seek to revoke her citizenship with Hazan calling her a "little hyprocrite liar" after she decides not to travel to Israel and accept the US$2 million Genesis Prize.
The Chinese captain of MV Ever Juder is charged in connection with an oil pipeline rupture and fire that killed five. He and 21 of his crew are detained in Balikpapan, Indonesia after the ship's anchor was dropped in a prohibited area. The dragging anchor struck and ruptured the pipe.
He is found guilty of attempted murder, manufacturing weapons, and an immigration offence.
The Mendocino County Sheriff says the crash was deliberate and a crime.
The United Nations suspends Miriam Maluwa as director of the UNAIDS programme in Ethiopia.
The slick currently extends to around seven square miles and marine fauna including protected species are being affected.
hydrogen bomb test by North Korea on 3 September 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman both praise the military response, with Liberman accusing Murtaja of "putting himself in danger" by operating a drone.
watercraft designed to conduct or support amphibious warfare operations
Saudi Arabia lifts a ban on imports of frozen guava from Egypt.
Acquitted Finnish national Mikko Vehvilainen, a serving soldier in the British Army, is jailed alongside him for a weapons offence, receiving 12 months.
He leaves and circulates a suicide note indicating his death is in protest against the use of fossil fuels.
At a United Nations donor conference nations pledge US$2 billion in aid for Yemen, with almost half coming from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
Colombian investigators release their final report on the 2016 disaster, which killed 71 including most of the Associação Chapecoense de Futebol team.
On the first anniversary of the attack Russia's Investigative Committee releases a statement saying they have identified all participants, have eleven suspects in custody, and have almost concluded their investigation.
A Yemeni human rights group files a war crimes complaint against Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Paris as the prince visits France.
Indian Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh travels to Iraq to reclaim the bodies of 38 workers abducted in Mosul by ISIL in 2016 after they were found in a mass grave near Badush last month.
Firefighters reopen the sealed Korean fishing ship FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, in a bid to finally extinguish the fire that broke out on April 9.
A Turkish court convicts and sentences thirteen Cumhuriyet journalists accused of supporting terrorist organisations.
The International Maritime Organisation announces agreements to reduce shipping emissions by 50% of 2008 levels by 2050, and to ban heavy fuel oil from the Arctic.
Richard Grenell is confirmed as the U.S.
hashtag used in October 2017 to denounce sexual assault and harassment
Officials announce the arrests in Iraq of two men suspected of plotting terror attacks for Islamic State in Australia.
administrative jurisdiction within the United Kingdom
The summit is considering to take place at the Peace House at the DMZ, where the North-South Korea summit was also held.
Parliament that exercises the legislative power of the Government of Catalonia
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Pripyat, Chernobyl Raion, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine)
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The fire onboard South Korean ship FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its fourth day.
Air Force F-16 crashes at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas.
dtstart: 2017-06-14 00:00:00 Time: 00:54 BST (first emergency call)
The crew received mismatching airspeed information prior to the crash near Moscow.
Brenna Spencer, a female supporter of Donald Trump, goes viral after carrying a handgun in her pants while taking a photo.
Facebook suspends AggregateIQ, a Canadian data firm, over concerns about possible data misuse. AggregateIQ was used by the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
fire at the Zimnyaya Vishnya Mall in the Russian city of Kemerovo on March 2018, killed officially at least 64 people, mostly children
crime, motivated by prejudice and usually violent
Ofcom warns producer TV Novosti it may be forced to cease UK broadcasting.
continent on the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres
eldest child of William, Prince of Wales, and Catherine, Princess of Wales
Ryan has been Speaker since October 2015.
United States Government agency dedicated to civil aviation matters
bilateral relations between Russia and Latvia
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
The aircraft diverts to Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
A judge in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, orders the release of a Proactiva Open Arms migrant search and rescue ship detained in Pozzallo since arriving there on March 18 carrying over 200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea.
meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
Ex-MI5 agent Jeremy Fleming gives his first public speech as head of GCHQ, revealing the United Kingdom launched a "major offensive cyber-campaign" against Islamic State.
A shooting at YouTube headquarters wounds four. The gunwoman takes her own life.
small Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near Kastellorizo
A double-decker sightseeing bus collides with a car in Hamburg, Germany, leaving eleven injured.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko holds a press conference in Vinnytsia announcing the end of the anti-terror operation in Donbass in May. It will be replaced with a military force.
The Mezhegei coal mine in Tuva, Siberia, Russia, suffers a collapse. A total of 79 miners are rescued but one remains missing.
Israel says the men were refused transfers because they were involved in violence.
Poland releases a new report on the disaster, which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczyński, rejecting previous findings and claiming instead air traffic controllers in Smolensk, Russia, gave the jet erroneous information prior to two explosions destroying the jet in midair.
The governments of the United States and South Korea begin their Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military drills.
criminal proceeding in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present
Troops disable a Hamas printing press and seize money and a car.
U.S. President Donald Trump warns Syria's government that the U.S. is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria were to carry out new chemical attacks.
The Milwaukee Bucks announces Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be a part owner of the franchise.
psychological response to a terrifying, traumatic, or surprising experience
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
It is the largest recall of eggs in the United States since 2010.
The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approves the sale of clothing company Icebreaker to U.S. retail conglomerate VF Corporation, revealing the sale price as NZ$288 million.
Former President of South Korea Park Geun-hye is sentenced to 24 years in prison and an ￦18 billion fine for bribery, coercion, and abuse of power, among other charges.
Turkmenistan bans the import of bikinis, shorts, and swimsuits.
The driver then shoots and kills himself.
The German daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that last year’s visit of the Vietnamese public security minister and his entourage to Slovakia was used to cover for the abduction of a dissident Vietnamese entrepreneur Trịnh Xuân Thanh who had previously emigrated to Germany.
A lorry carrying five circus elephants crashes in Albacete, Spain, killing one elephant.
Alek Minassian appears in court in Toronto charged with ten murders and thirteen attempted murders.
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant opens its doors to tourism.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe praises North Korea's statement that it would suspend nuclear and missile tests, but he also states the results must lead to verifiable denuclearization.
Waffle House 3571 Murfreesboro Pike, Antioch, Nashville, Tennessee
A military pilot is killed when his F-7 fighter jet crashes into a paddy field in Kyunkone, central Myanmar.
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)
The Israeli Defence Forces state one of their jets opened fire on a man near the Gazan border yesterday, saying the individual was an armed terrorist.
2017–18 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team
Jet Airways of India orders 75 Boeing 737 Max jets.
weakening of a material caused by repeatedly applied loads
Three Palestinians are killed and over 300 hurt according to the Hamas-run health ministry as thousands protested. The Israeli army says that hundreds of rioters tried to infiltrate Israel, attempted to start fires in a number of ways, and attacked the security fence with explosive devices, grenades, and rocks.
Metropolitan Police arrest a suspected terrorist at Gatwick Airport after he arrives on a flight from Morocco.
The FBI offers a US$10,000 reward for information leading to the capture of mechanic Mauro Ociel Valenzuela-Reyes, who is accused of triggering the 1996 disaster by mispackaging oxygen cylinders that caught fire in the DC-9's hold.
Politics of the Palestinian National Authority
political system of the Palestinian National Authority
TESS is designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method and is 400 times more powerful than the Kepler space observatory.
American multinational technology company
school or college, often providing an Islamic education
attack at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin on 19 December 2016
Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones announces his plans to step down this autumn.
In a new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis mentions Satan or the Devil twelve times.
Iraqi politician and Prime Minister of Iraq
Pope Francis uses his Easter address to call for peace between the peoples of Israel and Palestine in response to the clashes.
Reuters reports the United States' planned meeting this spring with Gulf Arab leaders is postponed because of the ongoing dispute between Qatar and other U.S. allies in the Middle East.
head of state and head of government of Sierra Leone
capital and most populous city of the Netherlands
Slumber Tsogwane is endorsed and elected the 9th Vice President of Botswana by Parliament in a 35-1 vote.
Malian alleged Islamic extremist war criminal Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud makes an initial appearance before the International Criminal Court accused of demolishing shrines in Timbuktu, rape, torture, and sexual enslavement.
AggregateIQ was used by the Vote Leave campaign during the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum.
Date: 22 September 1980 – 20 August 1988 (7 years, 10 months, 4 weeks and 1 day)
The Kenya Film Classification Board bans the lesbian romance film Rafiki saying it intends to "promote lesbianism".
2013–2018 British political consulting firm
The Presidential election begins in Montenegro, with Milo Đukanović of the hegemonic Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro and independent candidate Mladen Bojanić being the favorites in the polls.
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
It is confirmed runner Matt Campbell, a former MasterChef semifinalist, died in hospital after collapsing during yesterday's London Marathon.
The British Board of Film Classification issues draft guidelines outlining how it plans to enforce planned blocks on online pornography unless it comes with age verification systems.
The 9th International Conference on the Holy City of Jerusalem begins, with Israel denying access to the Palestinian Authority-hosted conference to a number of foreign invitees including a party of thirteen Indians, two buses containing academics, and Ghanan MP Ras Mubarak. Israel's ambassador to Ghana denies ever issuing Mubarak with permission to enter the Occupied Palestinian Territories, calling Mubarak a "propaganda machine" and claims it's a "complete lie".
Marking the country's 50th anniversary of independence, Swaziland's King Mswati III officially renames the country the Kingdom of eSwatini.
The ETA killed more than 800 people in its 40-year history, committing terrorists attacks throughout Spain.
Proxima Centauri b, an Earth-like exoplanet, is hit with a deadly superflare.
One pilot is killed and another is missing, presumed dead.
315,000 demonstrators in Barcelona demand the freedom of jailed separatist leaders and freedom of speech.
A car bomb targeting a military official in Benghazi, Libya kills one and injures two.
The death toll from flash floods in the Dead Sea, Israel, reaches fourteen including ten teenage hikers with a lorry driver still missing.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference at the White House. Merkel states she believes that there can be a bilateral trade deal between the European Union and the United States.
The Syrian government and Russia deny the allegations of a chemical attack.
2018 Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey
motion picture technology owned and developed by South Korean company CJ 4DPLEX
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein asks Israel to refrain from using lethal force as protests enter their fifth week.
in England and Wales, a lower court which holds trials for summary offences and preliminary hearings for more serious ones
capital city of New South Wales, Australia
award for achievements in journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States
Trump instructs officials to consider a further $100 billion of tariffs against China in addition to the $50 billion worth of US tariffs already proposed on hundreds of Chinese imports.
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
The United Nations places sanctions on a North Korean ship for conducting fuel transfers in breach of UN sanctions.
stocks drop by about 2 percent in light of U.S.
Counterterror forces in Ninevah arrest and charge four suspected Islamic State members over a fatal bombing at a market in regional capital Mosul last year. Separately, authorities discover an unidentified corpse in Mosul thought to be connected.
The Metropolitan Police in London launches a war crimes investigation into five men wanted in Rwanda for alleged massacres in 1994.
The Genesis Prize Foundation says it is worried the event will become politicised.
Prince Albert II of Monaco arrives in Edinburgh to launch an international conference of oceanographers and environmental experts to discuss the global marine environment, including oceanic acidification and plastic pollution, as well as the local creation of Marine Protected Areas in Scotland.
Reza Pahlavi, former crown prince and son of Iran's last Shah, asked authorities for access to the body of Reza Shah, through trusted doctors and scientific experts.
A Palestinian youth is shot and injured at the border near al-Awdeh after approaching the border fence.
Europol announces a coalition comprised of seven European nations and the United States this week launched a cyberattack against ISIL propaganda websites, taking a number of them down.
The charges, the first terrorism crimes ever charged in Finland, relate to a stabbing in Turku's main market square.
Iohannis says Dăncilă did not consult him before endorsing a plan to move Romania's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
The report blames mismanagement leading to fuel exhaustion, noting the aircraft departed without adequate fuel.
The roof of a partially-constructed building collapses in Lahore, Pakistan. Three are killed and two more injured.
Abdeslam is being held in France awaiting trial for the 2015 attacks.
The High Court in Glasgow sentences Banff resident Connor Ward to life in prison with a minimum term of six years for plotting an anti-Islamic terror attack against mosques in Aberdeen.
Russian state-controlled television network
Illegal immigration to the United States
immigration to the U.S.A. in violation of American law
Bouanane is charged with two counts of terror-related murder and eight counts of attempted murder with a terror-related motive.
UK Independence Party leadership election, 2018
FIFA hands a lifetime ban to Marco Polo del Nero, President of the Brazilian Football Confederation, for taking bribes. He is also fined one million Swiss francs.
The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues an emergency Airworthiness Directive for CFM56-7B jet engines. The EAD expands on previous orders requiring ultrasonic testing to search for metal fatigue in fan blades. It mandates testing on engines that have reached 30,000+ flights, believed to cover 352 US engines and 681 engines worldwide.
A bus carrying US tourists crashes near Los Ramones, Mexico.
The move comes as MV Awassi Express is detained in Fremantle undergoing ventilation upgrades mandated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority after video emerged of 2,400 sheep dying on board during a voyage last August.
Ronny Jackson withdraws as nominee for United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Three US Navy SEALs go on trial in San Diego accused of war crimes.
99th season of the National Football League (NFL)
A storm blasts central US with heavy snow, winds, and hail, forcing flight cancellations, creating treacherous road conditions and killing at least three people.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an order sending the National Guard to patrol the Mexico–United States border in response to Congress's failure to pass tightened border security measures.
ceremonial county in England, United Kingdom
president Donald Trump should receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to help denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
An international team researching a plastic-consuming bacterium discovered in 2016 at a Japanese landfill site announce the accidental synthesis of an artificial enzyme that breaks down plastics more efficiently than the bacterium.
Following recent attacks in Manchester and London, The Sunday Times says a leaked Home Office report reviewing the attacks proposes a new strategy increasing information sharing on terror suspects from MI5 to other organisations before they are considered to require surveillance.
national intelligence agency of the United States
regency in East Java Province, Indonesia
The Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia, Roger Torrent, announces the investiture session of Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol for Friday, April 13.
Simicska was a former supporter of Orbán until he fell out with the Prime Minister in 2015.
They say the second incident saw two men shot dead after bypassing the fence and throwing explosives at IDF soldiers.
partnership among the Nile riparian states
The death toll from tainted alcohol in Jakarta and West Java, Indonesia, reaches at least 82.
United Nations cultural authority UNESCO awards imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid the 2018 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, drawing criticism from Egypt. Abu Zeid faces the death penalty.
A communal toilet collapses in Bhandup, Mumbai, India.
The Viacrucis del Migrante caravan of mostly Central American migrants is stopped by Mexican authorities.
Israel extends the area fishermen from southern Gaza are allowed to operate in from six miles offshore to nine miles offshore for three months. Restrictions remain unaffected in northern Gaza.
A report reveals that 2017 saw over ten thousand new businesses in the technology sector throughout the United Kingdom, with all areas seeing growth over 2016. Scotland saw a 77% increase with 440 new firms.
It is the city's third major industrial fire this year.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to her and the Duke's third child and second boy; the child is fifth in line to the British throne.
Abderrahman Bouanane goes on trial in a courtroom set up within a prison in Turku, Finland, accused of two murders and eight attempted murders in an alleged terror attack. The charges, the first terrorism crimes ever charged in Finland, relate to a stabbing in Turku's main market square. Bouanane is charged with two counts of terror-related murder and eight counts of attempted murder with a terror-related motive.
strict or traditionalist Orthodox Judaism
is "locked and loaded" to strike again if Syria were to carry out new chemical attacks.
The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approves the sale of clothing company Icebreaker to U.S.
Eurocontrol warns airlines to operate with care over the Mediterranean Sea owing to planned airstrikes in Syria.
A United States F-16C fighter jet crashes during a landing attempt at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
German network of concentration and extermination camps in occupied Poland during World War II
A flaw, called the "Ghost in the Locks" exploit, is reported with hotel keycard systems created by the Swedish lock company Assa Abloy.
escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, due to the rapidly improved nuclear weapons capability of North Korea
municipality in Spain, capital of Navarre and main municipality of the historical Kingdom of Navarre
association football club in Munich, Germany
Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO of Reddit, says racism is allowed on the website.
The same pipeline was previously attacked in December.
2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
Israeli Defence Forces deny reports three Palestinians fired upon in Gaza yesterday by an Israeli tank had opened fire on Israeli soldiers and hardware, but says they planted two bombs made from plastic drinks bottles and containing an explosive liquid near the border fence. The suspects were not injured.
US Marine Corps general in retirement and former US secretary of defense
Member states of the Nile Basin Initiative hold their annual meeting in Khartoum after a two-year hiatus.
Kenyan runners Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot win the men's and women's events respectively.
Scientists using infrared spectroscopy data from the Gemini North telescope have established the presence of hydrogen sulfide in the clouds of Uranus.
It is the first time in six decades that a Castro family member is not leading Cuba.
A police operation in nine commercial premises of the district of La Victoria, in Lima, Peru, managed to seize two tons of pharmaceutical and natural products with an expired shelf life, without sanitary registration, and allegedly falsified. The police officers in charge of this raid on informed that now they will continue to find the whereabouts of all the people involved in the commercialization of this merchandise.
the central bank of the Republic of Iraq
ritualistic and political suicide method
An armistice agreement was reached, ending armed conflict, in 1953.
2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin
bilateral relations between United states and France
A 13-year-old boy is rescued after falling into a sewer and becoming trapped for 12 hours in Los Angeles.
Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentences ten Islamic extremists to between eight and twelve years in prison for a plot to launch attacks against Barcelona landmarks and behead a hostage on camera. The cell was convicted yesterday.
reserve force of the United States Army and Air Force
third largest island in the world by area, located in Southeast Asia
A suicide bombing in a restaurant in Galkayo, Somalia, kills three military officials and two soldiers. Eight more people are injured, some critically. al-Shabaab claims responsibility.
Protest leader Nikol Pashinyan is detained by police shortly after a televised meeting with Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan who stormed out after three minutes, claiming he was being blackmailed to resign.
shooting in YouTube headquarters in 2018
2006 multi-role combat aircraft family by Lockheed Martin
Extremist Muslim preacher Kiki Muhammad Iqbal is sentenced to nine years for inciting terrorism for a sermon he gave last year at a mosque in Bandung. The sermon is alleged to have caused two suicide bombers to launch a May 2017 attack that killed three policemen in East Jakarta.
Glushkov had political asylum and was wanted in Russia for embezzlement from Aeroflot.
Conservative media site RedState fires most of its staff and its owner Salem Media Group freezes the site, stating they could "no longer support the entire roster of writers and editors". Staff claim they were fired for their opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Basque separatist terrorist group ETA apologises to "every victim" of its actions. The ETA killed more than 800 people in its 40-year history, committing terrorists attacks throughout Spain.
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
county seat of Dallas County, Texas, United States
The first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs begins.
83rd annual meeting of National Football League franchises to select newly eligible players
The Israel Defense Forces say they shot dead three Palestinians in two incidents yesterday.
Yulia Skripal is released from hospital. Russia says it will view any resettlement efforts by the United Kingdom as "abduction."
The Central Criminal Court in London jails Kane Gamble, 18, for two years for unlawfully accessing CIA, FBI and United States Department of Justice databases and phone and email accounts of senior US intelligence officials.
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
This discovery, which would date from the time of the little-known Chimú pre-Columbian civilization (about 550 years ago), would be, for researchers, the largest mass sacrifice of children in the American continent.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
He is the first person convicted of deliberate HIV transmission in the United Kingdom.
Voters in Anchorage, Alaska, United States, reject a proposed amendment to the city charter which would have restricted public restroom use to the gender appearing on the user's birth certificate.
A suicide attack on a foreign military convoy in Kandahar kills at least eleven nearby children and wounds sixteen including five Romanian soldiers.
material of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids
American politician, former NASA administrator
An Iranian helicopter crashes into the Persian Gulf whilst evacuating an unwell oil worker. Two people die.
A suicide bombing in a restaurant in Galkayo, Somalia, kills three military officials and two soldiers.
German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior
Underwater engineering firm Subsea 7 begins negotiations to acquire offshore company McDermott International, offering US$2 billion for it.
government consisting of two or more parties
In golf, American Patrick Reed wins the 2018 Masters Tournament held in Augusta, Georgia.
International Egyptian Presidential Elections
One petrol bomb-carrying kite is flown over the border adorned with a swastika.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern bans future offshore oil and gas exploration in New Zealand, leaving existing permits untouched.
Polish politician, democratic oppositionist, ministry of justice, president of Poland (1949-2010)
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain
The death toll from a fireworks factory explosion in Vellore, India, rises to four.
second-most populous Islamic denomination
Pulse Nightclub 1912 S. Orange Avenue Orlando, Florida, U.S.
The British Board of Film Classification issues draft guidelines outlining how it plans to enforce planned blocks on online pornography unless it comes with age verification systems. The blocks were initially planned to come into force this month.
An appeals court in Turkey hands opposition Peoples' Democratic Party MP Burcu Çelik Özkan a sentence of more than seven years in prison for terrorism propaganda. She had previously received a six-year sentence for pro-Kurdistan Workers' Party activity, but the case has been retried following an appeal.
Project Servator involves the deployment of hundreds of armed counterterror officers in a bid to rapidly swarm potential terrorists.
Amber Rudd resigns as the United Kingdom's Home Secretary amid controversy over the threatened deportation of Windrush generation immigrants.
A bus crash in Slanic Prahova, Romania, injures 23 Israeli tourists.
supernatural entity that is a personification of evil and enemy of a god or gods and/or humankind
diplomatic relations between China and North Korea
A former MP from Poland's Samoobrona party is charged with spying for Russia and China.
President Ilham Aliyev receives 86% of the vote and is re-elected for another seven-year term.
Afghan journalist and photographer (1977-2018)
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gives a public address alongside his impeached successor Dilma Rousseff in São Bernardo do Campo, saying he will comply with an arrest warrant and begin a 12-year term for corruption after two failed appeals to have the warrant withdrawn. He maintains his innocence.
Syrian minister of foreign affairs and expatriates
The Syrian Army, along with what is believed to be Iranian-backed militias, took control villages east of the Euphrates river near the city of Deir ez-Zor that were under the control by Kurdish-led forces in a rare clash with the Syrian Democratic Forces. The territory was later recaptured by U.S.-backed forces in a counter-attack spearheaded by the YPG with help from U.S.-led coalition jets that took off from American bases in northern Syria. The U.S. military says in a statement that the "coalition used established deconfliction channels to de-escalate the situation".
A French military jet accidentally drops an inert bomb on a car factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France.
football match between Manchester United and Manchester City
capital city of Vinnytsia Oblast in western Ukraine
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
An airstrike hits a wedding procession in Bani Qa'is District in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah Governorate, killing between 22 and 33 people, according to Yemeni health officials.
The Royal Saudi Air Defense intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen over the Saudi capital Riyadh that caused panic among residents. Houthis say they fired several Burkan-2 missiles at targets in Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Aramco oil facilities. Separately, Saudi Air Defenses shoot down two Houthi-operated Qasef-1 drones near the border.
In a new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis mentions Satan or the Devil twelve times. Warning against Catholic media transgressing the eighth commandment, he calls to "see how the unguarded tongue, set on fire by hell, sets all things ablaze."
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 5 days)
Three 4DX locations are expected to open in Riyadh and other major Saudi Arabia cities.
As well as flammable cladding the report finds errors in window and cavity installation.
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
military says in a statement that the "coalition used established deconfliction channels to de-escalate the situation".
Semerak appeals for international assistance to prevent the flooding.
Bacterial infection of the small intestine
The truck's contents were marked as supplies for communities on the border but were actually explosives.
United States energy developer Invenergy files for arbitration against Poland with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law over a dispute following construction of four wind power projects in the country. Invenergy claims Polish authorities are ignoring binding rulings by local courts.
Virgin Galactic successfully tests VSS Unity, the first test since an October 2014 crash destroyed a previous version, VSS Enterprise.
head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
German police defuse a parcel bomb in Berlin.
Daqqa rejects Israeli claims he was a ringleader of violence and says he was assisting wounded Palestinians.
mountain in Shiretoko National Park, Hokkaido, Japan
A total of 79 miners are rescued but one remains missing.
Spain's Audiencia Nacional sentences ten Islamic extremists to between eight and twelve years in prison for a plot to launch attacks against Barcelona landmarks and behead a hostage on camera.
city in east-central Poland (Masovian Voivodeship)
Around 20 armed robbers attack a police station with guns and a bank with dynamite in Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria.
An asteroid, 2018 GE3, sized between 37 and 138 metres (121 and 453 ft) passes 193,000 kilometres (120,000 mi) from Earth, possibly the largest known asteroid to ever pass that close in observational history.
Conservative media site RedState fires most of its staff and its owner Salem Media Group freezes the site, stating they could "no longer support the entire roster of writers and editors".
The Central Bank of Iraq holds a currency auction, raising US$174,367,874.
classification agency of films, advertisements and music videos in Kenya
Minister of Finance of the State of Israel
head of state and head of government of Guatemala
South Korea national security adviser Chung Eui-yong visits Washington, D.C. and meets with his U.S. counterpart John R. Bolton.
Eight people go on trial in Navarra, Spain, accused of terrorism after an alleged attack on two Civil Guards in a controversial case with the prosecution seeking a total 375 years imprisonment for the defendants. The defence claims the incident was nothing more than a bar brawl and Amnesty International describes the charges as "inappropriate".
attack using van in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 7 April 2018
ancient Assyrian city, capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
material created to influence or persuade
List of ambassadors of Russia to the United Kingdom
Former director of the Mossos d'Esquadra Pere Soler, former Lt.
false or misleading information presented as news
The New Orleans Pelicans became the first No.
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
University of Science and Technology of China
The Mary River turtle, which is endemic to the Mary River in south-east Queensland, Australia, is added to the Zoological Society of London's list of endangered species.
List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, April 2018
plea to insanity of crimnal actions used in a court system
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Appellate Court reviewing district court cases from Georgia, Alabama, and Florida
It will be replaced with a military force.
Voters in Hungary go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the Fidesz Party led by Viktor Orbán achieving a super-majority for the third election in a row.
bilateral relations between United States and Syria
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz says the nation will oppose European Union budget rules set to be introduced on May 2 by the European Commission. The proposals would see funding in the 2021-2027 budget cut for countries where democratic principles and the rule of law are deemed under threat.
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
astronomical object so massive, that anything falling into it, including light, cannot escape its gravity
Pope Francis comforts a crying boy in San Paolo della Croce, Rome, by telling him his recently-deceased father, an atheist, will have ascended to heaven on the basis his father had "a good heart".
The European Commission reveals it has received notice from France that the nation intends to extend passport checks, normally not carried out at Schengen Area borders, for six months beyond the present April 30 expiry date.
International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)
Of the crew, 37 are evacuated including two injured and one more remains missing.
commercial or utilitarian large motor vehicle
Turkish public university located in İstanbul
The United States Supreme Court rejects a case brought by foreign nationals under the Alien Tort Statute attempting to sue the Arab Bank over terror attacks in Israel.
82 paintings at a museum dedicated to Étienne Terrus in Elne, France, are revealed as forgeries.
1978–1979 revolution that overthrew the monarchy
capital city of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria
The European Commission rules Poland's logging operations in the Białowieża Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site, are a violation of international law.
underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
North Korea leader Kim Jong-un announces that North Korea will suspend its missile and nuclear tests and has agreed to shut down its nuclear test sites.
Eight missiles are launched at the Syrian T4 air base in Homs Governorate, reportedly by Israeli F-15s. Syria claimed that five of the missiles are intercepted by the Syrian Air Defense Force. Reports stated that 14 soldiers were killed in the strike, including 4 Iranian Revolution Guards.
He warns that Iran would likely exit the deal if it doesn't benefit Iran.
board to support and connect electronic components
A grenade explodes in Moyale, Ethiopia, killing three people and injuring dozens.
Local authorities alert residents to be vigilant for potential repeat attacks.
Rival Hamas and Fatah members clash in the Gaza Strip at a tent set up by the family of Mohammed Ayoub, 14, to receive condolences on his death in the protests. Hamas later dismantles the tent and orders all present to leave.
President Daniel Ortega has scrapped the changes but further protests are nonetheless anticipated.
law enforcement agency in Titusville, Florida
theft of assets entrusted to another person by the person that the assets were entrusted to
town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England
Iraqi security forces kill six suspected terrorists and seize guns and explosives in an operation targeting Islamic State in Anbar.
Libyan terrorists bomb an oil pipeline near Mrada, causing an explosion and fire.
NASA/ESA space telescope (launched 1990)
The attacker is hospitalised, as are three Israelis who suffered shock.
Continuous dominance of a single political party in elections
Unidentified militants attack Kuru-kuru and Jarkuka in Zamfara, Nigeria, killing dozens.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
1961 intercontinental ballistic missile family by Boeing
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons states it agrees with UK authorities on their analysis of the identity of the toxic chemical used against the Skripals. The UK identifies the substance as a Novichok nerve agent, of a type developed by Russia.
Capital of the department of Tarija, Bolivia
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel
Adalah and Al Mezan say Gazan doctors had to amputate the legs of two young protestors wounded by Israeli fire after Israel refused permission for their transfer to Ramallah in the West Bank for treatment.
device that uses chemicals to harm or kill people
United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds
National Transportation Safety Committee
biological and chemical warfare research and development unit in the Kwantung Army of the Imperial Japanese Army (1935-1945)
Russian investigators say the flight crew received indications of a failure in the heating for the pitot-static system, which measures parameters including airspeed. The crew received mismatching airspeed information prior to the crash near Moscow. All 71 on board died.
Two Israeli men wearing kippahs are attacked in Berlin, Germany.
All Bon-Ton department stores are expected to close by August. At the time of announcement, the company operated 256 stores under its own name and the Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates.
magisterial document written by the pope
United Nations cultural authority UNESCO awards imprisoned Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid the 2018 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, drawing criticism from Egypt.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada reports the aircraft departed with ice on it before losing height shortly after takeoff. The December 17 crash killed one and injured fifteen.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
An Iranian Revolutionary Court begins a trial of eight alleged Islamic State members accused of involvement in gun and suicide bomb attacks that killed eighteen in Tehran.
An oil well catches fire in Ranto Peureulak, East Aceh Regency, Indonesia, killing ten people.
United States Senator Dick Durbin visits Venezuela to negotiate the release of Joshua Holt, who has been detained for two years awaiting trial on a weapons charge. The United States has been critical of his prosecution.
German logistics company and division of Deutsche Post
Israel's Defence Forces, Border Police, and Shin Bet jointly arrest nineteen suspected terrorists, fifteen of them Hamas members detained for links to Gazan Hamas activist Khaled al-Din Hamed, in Ramallah.
Reports emerge Palestinian cyclist Alaa Al-Daly, 21, had his leg amputated after being shot by an Israeli sniper on the first day of the protests and as a result can no longer compete in the upcoming Asian Games.
city and headquarters of Unnao District in Uttar Pradesh, India
A member of Iran's Expediency Council calls on the European Union, Russia and China to support the deal and guarantee economic and banking relations with Iran. He warns that Iran would likely exit the deal if it doesn't benefit Iran.
An Islamic State member is sentenced in Vienna to nine years in prison, among others for instigating a 12-year-old boy to commit a Christmas market bombing in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
threat of tariffs worth up to $50 billion.
Use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Civil War
The United States Senate votes 57–42 to confirm former CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State.
Centres for Disease Control and Prevention
municipal police force in the United States
8,500 prisoners are granted amnesty in Myanmar by President Win Myint.
It is the second time a match between the two has seen an explosion, with a similar incident killing a man in 2000.
capital city of the United Arab Emirates
Richmond Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington County, Virginia
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
Protests are held outside Airdrie Sheriff Court and English Defence League ex-leader Tommy Robinson sits in court to support Meechan.
Facebook increases its estimate of the number of affected users to 87 million.
He faces a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment and a fine of up to $25,000 on each count.
combined Field Training Exercise (FTX) conducted annually by the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and the United States Armed Forces
Deri was convicted of causing the unarmed boy's death by negligence.
President of the Brazilian Football Confederation
The fire onboard South Korean ship FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its fourth day. The port resumes limited operations despite the ongoing blaze and the Transport Accident Investigation Commission starts an investigation despite being unable to board the vessel.
An improvised explosive device damages a shopfront in Limassol, Cyprus.
A Central Criminal Court judge sentences Dutch-Somali terror convict Aweys Shikhey to eight years with an extended licence of four years. Shikhey received international attention for fantasy chats with a Kenyan online about murdering David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth II, Jews, and football fans.
The Palestinian Authority says an Egyptian delegation presently visiting Gaza City has asked Hamas to call off the Great March of Return.
The Commonwealth Games Federation places India under formal investigation for doping.
A bomb explodes in a voter registration centre in Kabul killing at least 30 people and injuring approximately 50. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility.
Allegations of sexual abuse by American film producer Harvey Weinstein
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals partly overturns the acquittal of Serb radical nationalist Vojislav Šešelj and finds him guilty of crimes against humanity during the Yugoslav Wars.
Chinese space station Tiangong-1 crashes into the South Pacific Ocean near Tahiti.
Indonesian government agency responsible for investigating land, sea and air accidents
The change follows a fire aboard the MV Finlandia Seaways a day before.
Rather than the official £35–39 billion estimate, the watchdog says that figure misleadingly included £7.2 billion earmarked directly for private hands and did not include up to £3 billion in budget contributions and £2.9 billion in European Development Fund payments.
Russian authorities say a Kamov Ka-29 belonging to the Baltic Fleet crashed late yesterday whilst attempting to land on a ship, killing two people.
Houses are demolished to access the graves.
city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
MV STS-50 previously evaded capture in Mozambique and escaped after being detained in China.
Sajid Javid becomes the United Kingdom's Home Secretary following the resignation of Amber Rudd over the Windrush scandal. He is the first Home Secretary from an ethnic minority background.
Merkel states she believes that there can be a bilateral trade deal between the European Union and the United States.
overview about the suspension of accounts on Twitter and a list of notable ones
Syrian state media SANA reports that the Syrian Air Defense Force has intercepted several missiles fired at Shayrat Airbase in the Homs Governorate. The U.S. denies any involvement.
The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court jails two Egyptians and a Saudi for fifteen years each and fines them for promoting terrorist ideologies online. The court orders them deported after release, their computer equipment seized, and their social media presences deleted.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are considering replacing the U.S. military forces in Syria with a regional Arab force.
Some users criticize his position, while others praise Huffman for defending free speech.
Inmates at E Wing of HMYOI Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, riot, injuring four prison officers. A woman claiming to be an inmate's partner says the riot was in response to the inmates being housed en masse in solitary confinement without association with other prisoners for at least a week.
Elliott Broidy resigns as deputy financial chairman of the U.S. Republican National Committee following reports that he negotiated a $1.6 million payoff with a Playboy Playmate over claims he had impregnated her.
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
ISIL terror suspect Husnain Rashid appears before Woolwich Crown Court in London. Rashid pleads not guilty to planning and encouraging terrorism, distributing terrorist material, and breaching a notice issued under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. The charges include an allegation he posted details of Prince George's school and encouraged an attack against him.
area of 27 European states without mutual border controls
Korean Workers' Party chairman Kim Jong-un has reportedly told Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping that he is willing to resume six-party talks.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold announces his resignation from Congress.
form of pardon which obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense for a class of people
Egypt invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo in a bid to halt violent protests at the Israeli-Gazan border.
Bone remains of more than 140 children and about 200 young llamas were found in the Peruvian city of Trujillo, near the Chan Chan citadel, according to a National Geographic publication.
The police officers in charge of this raid on informed that now they will continue to find the whereabouts of all the people involved in the commercialization of this merchandise.
Fire and Emergency Service of New Zealand
events in a specific year or time period
Poland's ruling Law and Justice unveils a new monument on the eighth anniversary of the disaster, which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczyński near Smolensk, Russia. Initial investigations primarily blamed errors on the flight crew but Poland is conducting a new investigation with a new report expected to claim Russian air traffic controllers purposely misled the jet about its location before it was destroyed in an explosion.
The government is investigating newly emerged footage of conditions on the ship, where thousands of sheep died during a similar voyage last year.
Capital and the second biggest city in Turkey
The event was the hottest since the inaugural race in 1981 with temperatures hitting 23.2 °C (73.8 °F).
Suspect Salah Abdeslam and a co-defendant are convicted of attempting to murder police officers and terror offences in Belgium, with each receiving a 20-year sentence.
Federal territory and capital city of Malaysia
The case sparked an Interpol manhunt and diplomatic tensions.
municipality of Malaysia in Pahang Darul Makmur
An alleged arson attack kills 18 in a karaoke lounge in Qingyuan, China. A suspect is arrested.
April 2018 vehicular ramming attack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Finnish government decides not to expand a small two-year trial of universal basic income.
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
It is announced that Admiral Harry B. Harris may be nominated as the new U.S.
A transport and a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior ice hockey team collide north of Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada, en route to a play-off game against the Nipawin Hawks, killing 15 people.
United Kingdom government ministerial department
Scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China state that North Korea's nuclear test site, the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site at Mount Mantap, would have collapsed just minutes after the country performed its sixth nuclear test and opened up a hole of up to 656 feet (200 m) in diameter.
Search and rescue operations continue for three children missing after an SUV crashed off a cliff and into the sea in California, killing five.
A mummified body is found at Shahr-e Rey which Iranian media reports possibly belongs to former country's king, Reza Shah. His mausoleum was destroyed after 1979 Revolution.
The United States has been critical of his prosecution.
Maluwa is a key witness in allegations of sexual assault against a programme director, Luiz Loures.
South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham states that he will support Trump in the 2020 elections.
The 1997 Kyoto Protocol made the IMO responsible for controlling ship emissions.
4th largest city in Russia, administrative center of Ural Federal District
USS Portland, a new United States naval ship costing $1.6 billion, arrives and docks in Portland, Oregon, ahead of being formally commissioned later this month.
Hungarian businessman Lajos Simicska shuts down daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet after 80 years in print, and Lánchíd Rádió in response to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán winning a third consecutive parliamentary supermajority.
Defence lawyers had accused ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy's government of misusing counterterror law.
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
The WWF describes Germany's rivers as being in a state "bordering on critical" after it emerges more than 90% do not meet European Union standards for cleanliness and ecological quality.
South Korea and the United States suspend their Foal Eagle military exercises. Furthermore, they also finish parts of the Key Resolve exercises.
An appeals court in Turkey hands opposition Peoples' Democratic Party MP Burcu Çelik Özkan a sentence of more than seven years in prison for terrorism propaganda.
Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor appears in court and is released on bail after being charged with assault and criminal mischief.
area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different agents
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
political association of mostly former British Empire territories
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 11 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Archaeologists announce the discovery of a treasure haul potentially linked to 10th Century Danish King Harald Bluetooth in Rügen, Germany.
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
The fire aboard Korean ship FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its fifth day. Fire and Emergency New Zealand rejects a proposal to tow the vessel out to sea as too dangerous. Firefighters commence efforts to seal the ship to suffocate ongoing fires.
A police operation in nine commercial premises of the district of La Victoria, in Lima, Peru, managed to seize two tons of pharmaceutical and natural products with an expired shelf life, without sanitary registration, and allegedly falsified.
An Ilyushin Il-76 jet carrying Russian diplomats and their families who were expelled from the United States as a reaction to the poisoning arrives at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport.
British-born Australian botanist and ecologist (1914-2018)
international airport in West Sussex, England
the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy
city in and county seat of Imperial County, California, United States
SAPO says the case has an international connection; local media reports one of the detainees is an Uzbekistani citizen.
mountain in North Korea famous for nuclear testing
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
county seat of Riverside County, California, United States
branch of medicine devoted to mental disorders
bilateral relations between Russia and Israel
A suicide bomber injures six Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi, Anbar.
regional intergovernmental political and economic union consisting of many Arab states of the Persian Gulf
Extremist Muslim preacher Kiki Muhammad Iqbal is sentenced to nine years for inciting terrorism for a sermon he gave last year at a mosque in Bandung.
United Kingdom government cabinet minister heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Nigerian investigators release a final report finding the disaster occurred because of an unidentified engine malfunction which was mismanaged by the crew leading to a stall.
volcano observatory located at Uwekahuna Bluff on the rim of Kīlauea
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews riot outside the Israel Defense Forces draft office in Jerusalem after rumours emerge of a female draft dodger being arrested in Har Nof.
The wave occurred off the coast of Nazaré, Portugal and measured 24.4 meters (80 feet).
The United States imposes sanctions on twelve Russian owned companies, a Russian arms exporter, and a bank.
capital city of Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland
The Islamic State ambushes a member of al-Hashd al-Shaabi on Neft Khana road, near Khanqeen, northeast of Baquba, Iraq. The militants execute him.
A fire in a circuit board factory in Taoyuan City, Taiwan, kills seven people including five firefighters. It is the city's third major industrial fire this year.
Australia says it will prevent the departure of a ship due to carry 65,000 sheep to the Middle East next week unless the operators can reassure the government of the animals' welfare.
South Korean politician Ahn Hee-jung is indicted on accusations he repeatedly raped his aide Kim Ji-eun, who previously accused him publicly of sexual abuse.
Danish inventor and submariner Peter Madsen is convicted of the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall and sentenced to life in prison.
island in the Baltic Sea off the Pomeranian coast of Germany
The embassy has been closed since the kidnap of ten staff in 2015.
ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen
The election of the candidates for Attorney General of Guatemala and successor of Thelma Aldana has concluded and 14 candidates have obtained the necessary qualifications to participate.
UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt writes to social media firms including Google and Facebook giving them until the end of the month to come up with ways to counter online bullying, underage usage, and unhealthy amounts of interaction online. He says they will face new legislation if they do not comply.
A Piper PA-24 Comanche crashes after takeoff in Scottsdale, Arizona, killing all six people aboard.
Scottish athlete Callum Hawkins collapses twice and strikes his head.
The Palestinian National Council, the legislative arm of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, convenes for the first time in nine years in Ramallah. The agenda includes voting in a new eighteen-member PLO Executive Committee, transforming the Palestinian Authority into a state with its own institutions and monetary system, and cessation of ties with Israel. Gazan rivals Hamas are not invited.
Houthis say they fired several Burkan-2 missiles at targets in Saudi Arabia, including Saudi Aramco oil facilities.
Swedish musician Avicii dies in Oman at the age of 28.
The UK Audit Office rejects a Treasury estimate of the cost of leaving the European Union that was repeated by Prime Minister Theresa May. Rather than the official £35–39 billion estimate, the watchdog says that figure misleadingly included £7.2 billion earmarked directly for private hands and did not include up to £3 billion in budget contributions and £2.9 billion in European Development Fund payments.
province in China, whose capital is Xi'an
Firefighters contain a fire on FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand.
American investment company, formerly known as Yahoo Inc.
A bus and a truck collide near Winterthur, Switzerland, injuring 15.
First Lady of the United States (1989—1993)
Fifteen members of Turkey's Republican People's Party quit and join the İyi Party, allowing the İyi Party to satisfy eligibility requirements such as having 20 lawmakers in Parliament for upcoming elections. Party leader Meral Akşener, who defected from the Nationalist Movement Party, will run against incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the presidency.
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
A Palestinian man launches a stabbing attack in the West Bank settlement of Ma'aleh Adumim and is shot by a civilian. The attacker is hospitalised, as are three Israelis who suffered shock.
Scotland's Parliament approves a bill devolving authority for social care payments. The bill arranges staggered introduction with complete devolution by 2021 and formation of a new agency to administer it.
sovereign state in northern South America
A man is arrested on suspicion of arson.
Henceforth only humanitarian cases will be allowed passage at Israel's discretion.
Palestinians who were expelled from their country
Tamer Abu Daqqa, a resident of Khan Younis, Gaza, claims he is the man shown on an unauthorised video taken by an Israeli soldier being shot by a sniper through the border fence. Daqqa rejects Israeli claims he was a ringleader of violence and says he was assisting wounded Palestinians.
absence of belief in the existence of deities; the opposite of theism
American automotive, energy storage and solar power company
Israel celebrates the 70th anniversary of its existence as a Jewish state.
Firefighters say they plan to board the vessel tomorrow to confirm.
crime of killing of a human being by another human being, less serious than murder
Villanova beats Michigan 79–62 to win the NCAA men's basketball championship.
term for the quality of the various domains in human life and general well-being of individuals and societies
escalation on the Israel–Gaza border starting in 2018
T-Mobile US and Sprint agree to merge in a deal valued at US$146 billion.
professional basketball team from Indianapolis, Indiana
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility
The United Nations suspends Miriam Maluwa as director of the UNAIDS programme in Ethiopia. Maluwa is a key witness in allegations of sexual assault against a programme director, Luiz Loures. Loures is accused of attacking colleague Martina Brostrom in a lift and is due to leave his post today. Brostrom today said she has no confidence the UN will deliver justice as it reopens its investigation.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
racist belief that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds
A woman claiming to be an inmate's partner says the riot was in response to the inmates being housed en masse in solitary confinement without association with other prisoners for at least a week.
The United States warns Turkey of consequences if pastor Andrew Brunson isn't freed.
field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket
Gerard Batten is elected unopposed as the leader of the UK Independence Party, having been interim leader of the party since previous leader Henry Bolton was overthrown in a vote of no confidence in February.
The spill and fire killed four fishermen and is releasing toxic fumes.
Puigdemont is in preventive detention in Germany since his March 25 arrest under a European Arrest Warrant on the grounds of risk of absconcion.
star exploding at the end of its stellar lifespan
A 53-metre (174 ft) tower collapses the wrong way during demolition in Vordingborg, Denmark, severely damaging many buildings, including a cultural centre.
A fire breaks out at the 50th floor of the New York Trump Tower, killing one resident and injuring four firefighters. According to the New York City Fire Department, the building had no sprinklers.
Baltic language, official in Latvia and the European Union
head of state and head of government of Brazil
Two are suspected of fighting with the Islamic State in Syria.
history and listing of economic sanctions imposed on North Korea
Amid anti-government protests, Armenia's National Assembly swears in former President Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister. The opposition call the move a "power grab".
A light aircraft and a small jet collide on a runway at Marion Municipal Airport, Indiana, United States.
A woman goes on trial in England accused of murdering a man who was voluntarily euthanised in Belgium after she allegedly attacked him with acid. Prosecutors say medical evidence indicates "he could not bear to live in that condition."
Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro
Oil exploration ship MV Ocean Geos catches fire after an explosion on board off Kuala Baram, Indonesia.
A statue honouring comfort women, sex slaves raped by Japanese World War II soldiers, in Manila, Philippines, is removed less than five months after it was installed.
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
Football team Manchester United lose 1-0 to West Brom, handing rivals Manchester City the Premier League title.
UK government military science park in Wiltshire, England
bilateral relations between Libya and Tunisia
department store, founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Libyan terrorists bomb an oil pipeline near Mrada, causing an explosion and fire. The same pipeline was previously attacked in December.
city and federal state in the North of Germany
largest city in California, United States of America
Police evacuate Mont Saint-Michel abbey, a major tourist site, and launch a house-by-house search for a possible terrorist after a visitor is heard shouting "I'm going to kill a cop." The suspect is not found.
political and economic union of 27 European states
Acting on a tipoff about a planned attack, authorities in Shariff Aguak detain two suspected would-be bombers and disable an improvised explosive device.
bicameral legislature of the Arab Republic of Egypt
government agency in England, United Kingdom
consolidated city-county in Richmond County, Georgia, United States
38th annual mass participation marathon race in London
The first ever direct train from London to Amsterdam departs from St Pancras railway station. The new Eurostar service estimated at three hours and 41 minutes arrived six minutes behind schedule.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
official name for territory where the War in Donbass takes place
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
The White House criticizes China's decision to place tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S.
The International Federation of Journalists, Norwegian Refugee Council, and Committee to Protect Journalists criticise Israeli authorities for shooting dead Yaser Murtaja during his coverage of the protests last week. The IFJ calls Murtaja's death murder and its general secretary accuses Israel of "fabricating lies" to support the killing.
official currency of the Republic of India
Yulia Skripal is released from hospital.
A bus carrying US tourists crashes near Los Ramones, Mexico. One person dies and at least 20 are injured.
At least three are hospitalised and the ship is evacuated.
A judge in Ragusa, Sicily, Italy, orders the release of a Proactiva Open Arms migrant search and rescue ship detained in Pozzallo since arriving there on March 18 carrying over 200 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea. Catania prosecutors requested the Spanish ship's detention alleging involvement in illegal immigration after Proactiva refused to hand the migrants over to Libya.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and de facto leader of China
Offenders executed in the United States in 2018
2010 air crash near the city of Smolensk, Russia
A United States F-16C fighter jet crashes during a landing attempt at Lake Havasu City Municipal Airport, Lake Havasu City, Arizona. The pilot escapes via ejection and is hospitalised.
The High Court in Glasgow jails corrupt juror Catherine Leahy for six years in the first case of its kind in Scotland.
A leaked draft report by fire investigators BRS Global for the Metropolitan Police reveals new details of mistakes in the construction and refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in London.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
IfNotNow members were blockading a local politician, and have previously chained themselves to the Israeli consulate.
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran says hackers attacked its networks, leaving an image of US flags on screens.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
2000s series of murders by neo-Nazis in Germany
Suspect Salah Abdeslam and a co-defendant are convicted of attempting to murder police officers and terror offences in Belgium, with each receiving a 20-year sentence. Abdeslam is being held in France awaiting trial for the 2015 attacks.
Shikhey received international attention for fantasy chats with a Kenyan online about murdering David Cameron, Queen Elizabeth II, Jews, and football fans.
Serzh Sargsyan resigns as Armenia's prime minister after eleven days of large street protests against him.
incurable disease unable to be treated that will almost certainly result in the patient's death
California Highway Patrol says a crash that left five dead and three children missing after a car fell off a cliff into the sea may have been intentional.
Russian investigators say the flight crew received indications of a failure in the heating for the pitot-static system, which measures parameters including airspeed.
Desiree "Desi" Linden becomes the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years. For the men's division, Yuki Kawauchi of Japan became the first Japanese person to win since 1987.
state of Florida, according to Titusville Police Department.
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack on a military base in the Sinai peninsula, Egypt, yesterday that killed eight soldiers and injured fifteen.
However, proceedings for misuse of public funds are being considered against Puigdemont.
Governor Aman Tuleyev of Russia's Kemerovo Oblast resigns over the disaster last week at the Winter Cherry complex. Tuleyev himself lost a young relative in the fire, but had faced protests in the aftermath.
​Nine people have died amid violent protests involving tens of thousands of protesters from the SC/ST caste groups across India.
overview about the methods of detecting exoplanets
ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
Legal guidelines specific to England and Wales regarding imprisonment until death
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
Anonymous U.S. officials say the United States is considering a multinational military response against Syrian government forces, with experts saying that France, the United Kingdom, and Middle Eastern allies would be considered to help.
Vanuatu plans another evacuation from Ambae Island due to volcanic activity from Manaro Voui.
layer of gases surrounding the planet Uranus
A partially naked man shoots and kills four people at a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee.
conference of the National Basketball Association
refugee camp in Deir al-Balah Governorate
scientific agency of the United States government
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Police open fire with water cannons and stun grenades.
A report shows German crime rates fell by 10% in 2017, with crimes by foreigners down 22.8% amid controversy over crimes by migrants.
outline of the history and status of same-sex marriage in Costa Rica
A coach carrying British Muslim pilgrims on an Umra trip from Mecca to Medina crashes near Al Khalas, Saudi Arabia. Four are killed and twelve more injured.
Flash floods strike a class hiking trip in the Nahal Tzafit riverbed in the Dead Sea, Israel. Nine children are killed and another is reported missing.
The Government of Ecuador says that the three Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped by rebel members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia on 26 March have been murdered.
New York police arrest members of Jewish group IfNotNow during a protest against Israeli actions.
Right-wing terrorism in the United Kingdom
Far-right terrorism in the United Kingdom
marathon running race held in London, United Kingdom
a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed
Explosion of a star 8 to 45 times the mass of the Sun
watercraft designed to move other watercraft
The Israeli army says that hundreds of rioters tried to infiltrate Israel, attempted to start fires in a number of ways, and attacked the security fence with explosive devices, grenades, and rocks.
Four firefighting tugs are in attendance.
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada concludes pilot disorientation was the most likely cause of a plane crash that killed former Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice and three others.
A bus crash in North Hwanghae, North Korea, kills 32 Chinese tourists and four North Koreans. A further two people are seriously injured.
overview of the various high-speed rail systems in Europe
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
President Jimmy Morales will appoint the Attorney General in the coming days.
European Commission President Donald Tusk testifies in Warsaw about the disaster which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczynski.
Pakistan's Interior Ministry removes chief prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar from the case, which concerns the murders of 166 people. The Interior Ministry said Azhar did "not take the government line". Seven alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba members have been facing charges since 2009 but nobody has yet been convicted in Pakistan.
American serial killer, rapist, burglar and former police officer
U.S. President Donald Trump warns Syria's government that the U.S.
A bus crashes near Genting Highlands in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia, hitting a car and a barrier.
6 seed (or lower) to sweep its first-round series since the NBA switched from its best-of-five format in 2003 after their 131–123 game 4 win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
Cuban president Raúl Castro prepares to step down as Miguel Díaz-Canel is elected as his successor. This marks the first time since the Cuban Revolution that the country is not led by a member of the Castro family.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asks Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă to resign. Iohannis says Dăncilă did not consult him before endorsing a plan to move Romania's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
bilateral relations between United States and Nicaragua
Three youth workers connected to the hike are arrested.
A warehouse in Cirebon, Indonesia, collapses onto a neighbouring arts centre where teenagers were preparing for a dance show.
A fire in a building housing the Portuguese, Tunisian, Argentinian and Belgian embassies in Stockholm, Sweden injures 14 people.
In ice hockey, the Las Vegas Golden Knights became the first NHL franchise to complete a 4-game sweep in the postseason during their inaugural season after their victory over the Los Angeles Kings.
former US American telecommunication company
sovereign state in southern Europe, enclaved within Italy
Jet Airways withdraws from the race to acquire debt-ridden state-owned Air India.
The European Union says it is optimistic a two-year dispute with Poland's ruling Law and Justice over proposed judicial reforms will be resolved by mid May. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been engaged in talks on the issue with the European Commission.
abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another
Law enforcement and counter-terrorism agency of the Swedish government
Adalah and Al Mezan say Gazan doctors had to amputate the legs of two young protestors wounded by Israeli fire after Israel refused permission for their transfer to Ramallah in the West Bank for treatment. Israel says the men were refused transfers because they were involved in violence.
Opposition demonstrations in Antananarivo, Madagascar, turn violent.
The United States National Transportation Safety Board declares metal fatigue caused a fan blade failure that killed a passenger on April 16, the same issue behind a similar accident on another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in 2016. The Federal Aviation Administration announces mandatory ultrasonic inspections on fan blades fitted to CFM56-7B engines of which around 8,000 are flying worldwide.
Iraq sentences seven foreign women for links to Islamic State. Three Azerbaijanis and one Kergyz receive death sentences while two Russians and a French women receive life sentences.
The Israel Defense Forces detain one of two Lebanese shepherds who they say crossed the United Nations-patrolled border between the two nations. Lebanon calls the detention an "abduction". The IDF says the female shepherd, detained in the disputed Shebaa region, was quickly repatriated.
Teresa Laplana, and former General Secretary of Catalan Ministry of the Interior Cèsar Puig are charged with one count of sedition and one of criminal organitsation.
industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
Jet pilot Andy Hill, accused of eleven counts of manslaughter over a 2015 crash at Shoreham Airshow in England, makes an initial Magistrates' Court appearance. He indicates he will deny the charges and the case is transferred to Crown Court.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
Moody is the oldest prisoner to be executed in the US since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976.
American global apparel & footwear company
An explosion occurs in the Husky Oil Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. Five people are reportedly injured. Local residents have been ordered to evacuate.
major city in Greater Manchester, England, UK
county in northwestern California, United States
A car bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq, kills and injures several civilians.
Djibouti grounds all flights at a US military base in the country after two accidents in two days.
major data breaches which occurred at Yahoo!
List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump
An Iranian helicopter crashes into the Persian Gulf whilst evacuating an unwell oil worker.
town and comune in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy
Loures is accused of attacking colleague Martina Brostrom in a lift and is due to leave his post today.
Six alleged members of banned neo-Nazi group National Action appear before the Central Criminal Court. Two, including the group's alleged leader, are charged with plotting the terrorist murder of MP Rosie Cooper.
event for young people organized by the Catholic Church
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Russian MPs call for sanctions against Latvia in response to plans to make Latvian mandatory for all students in secondary schools in the country, which is a quarter ethnic Russians.
Scotland's Parliament approves a bill devolving authority for social care payments.
International Committee of the Red Cross
Northwestern Europe; between the Celtic and North Seas
German police defuse a parcel bomb in Berlin. It is thought to be the fourth device sent by a blackmailer targetting DHL.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman orders the checkpoint closed.
A court in Radom, Poland, hands a six-month suspended prison term and a 10,000 zloty fine to a Russian pilot who caused a security scare during Pope Francis's 2016 visit for World Youth Day. The Russian had flown from the Czech Republic to compete in an international aerobatics competition and unknowingly violated a no-fly zone imposed for the papal visit. After failing to contact the aircraft, local authorities scrambled two F-16 fighter jets to intercept it.
Three US Navy SEALs go on trial in San Diego accused of war crimes. Prosecutors allege the trio tortured unidentified detainees in Village Stability Platform Kalach in Chora, Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
A warehouse in Cirebon, Indonesia, collapses onto a neighbouring arts centre where teenagers were preparing for a dance show. At least seven people die, six of them children.
An Israeli Defence Forces investigation clears a sniper who fired a single bullet through the Gazan border fence, striking a Palestinian, but criticises a second soldier who filmed the incident and cheered.
Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
chief of staff position within the Office of the Vice President of the United States
UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt writes to social media firms including Google and Facebook giving them until the end of the month to come up with ways to counter online bullying, underage usage, and unhealthy amounts of interaction online.
The Mezhegei coal mine in Tuva, Siberia, Russia, suffers a collapse.
Hungarian businessman Lajos Simicska shuts down daily newspaper Magyar Nemzet after 80 years in print, and Lánchíd Rádió in response to Prime Minister Viktor Orbán winning a third consecutive parliamentary supermajority. Simicska was a former supporter of Orbán until he fell out with the Prime Minister in 2015.
Prosecutors in Minnesota say nobody will be charged over the death of Prince, who accidentally overdosed on counterfeit fentanyl pills.
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Travis Reinking, suspected of shooting and killing four people in a Waffle House restaurant in Antioch, Tennessee, is captured following a police manhunt.
skullcaps worn by Jewish, mostly men, especially during prayer and religious study
United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
use of technological force within cyberspace
A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter carrying US Marines crashes near El Centro, California killing four people.
means of attempting to prevent the recreational use of prohibited drugs
Reuters reports the United States' planned meeting this spring with Gulf Arab leaders is postponed because of the ongoing dispute between Qatar and other U.S.
financial institution that accepts deposits
Israeli Defence Forces fire shells at Palestinians on foot near the border fence, saying the men had crossed the fence before reentering the Gaza Strip near Gaza City.
Police announce they will expand Project Servator to cover London.
city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
young Offender Institution in Buckinghamshire, England
Iraq conducts a series of air strikes against an ISIL target in Syria.
UK Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn of Labour asks to see "incontrovertible evidence" before accepting Russia was responsible. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson responds, saying it is "quite extraordinary" to question Russian involvement.
The race was the hottest since the annual event began.
overview about Poland in the European Union
List of retired Atlantic hurricane names
county seat of Lamar County, Texas, United States
Two Palestinian children are reported to have also died in the West Bank.
Richard Grenell is confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to Germany.
YouTube headquarters 901 Cherry Avenue San Bruno, California, U.S.
The European Union approves a total ban on neonicotinoids,suspected of harming bees, which is expected to come into force by the end of 2018.
Rebels in Qalamoun begin to evacuate after agreeing to surrender the region to Syria's government.
bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and United States
The Taliban destroy an electricity pylon in Doshe, Baghlan, Afghanistan, overnight.
Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush declines further medical treatment for serious ongoing health issues.
Ukraine detains a Russian ship in Odessa suspected of illegally extracting sand.
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman asks Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to probe NGO B’Tselem for "incitement to disobedience" for asking Israeli troops at the border to refuse orders. B’Tselem accuses Liberman in response of "a deep contempt for basic moral principles" and reiterates its call for IDF personnel to refuse to carry out "manifestly illegal orders".
Hours later she is denied a visa to visit her relatives in hospital.
Islamic State claim responsibility for bomb attacks on al-Hashd al-Shaabi in Asdeira, Salahuddin, Iraq that killed at least ten.
Gambian lawyer and judge, Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (2012–2021)
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
The Bangladeshi International Crimes Tribunal sentences former National Security Intelligence director general Wahidul Haque to prison for crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War when Haque was a Pakistani Army general.
Steve Huffman, co-founder and CEO of Reddit, says racism is allowed on the website. Some users criticize his position, while others praise Huffman for defending free speech.
Also included are harsher sentences for terror offences, and additional attention on "communities where the threat from terrorism and radicalisation is highest".
combustible fuel containing hydrocarbons formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, examples being coal, petroleum and natural gas
The agenda includes voting in a new eighteen-member PLO Executive Committee, transforming the Palestinian Authority into a state with its own institutions and monetary system, and cessation of ties with Israel.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu requests that Cuba recall its ambassador, Nelson Pages Vilas, for allegedly expressing support for a new opposition party.
The convictions relate to the deaths of 500–600 unarmed Bengalis and Santals in Rangpur.
Douma is the last rebel stronghold in Eastern Ghouta.
The European Union says it is optimistic a two-year dispute with Poland's ruling Law and Justice over proposed judicial reforms will be resolved by mid May.
state-organized genocide of Jews by Nazi regime during World War II
German prosecutor requests permission to extradite Carles Puigdemont to Spain. Puigdemont is in preventive detention in Germany since his March 25 arrest under a European Arrest Warrant on the grounds of risk of absconcion.
Scottish athlete Callum Hawkins collapses twice and strikes his head. Journalists, fellow athletes, and Commonwealth Games Scotland criticise a delay in him receiving medical assistance.
Archaeologists announce the discovery of a treasure haul potentially linked to 10th Century Danish King Harald Bluetooth in Rügen, Germany. The initial finds were made by amateur treasure hunters in January and the total haul is the largest of its type.
Greek soldiers fire warning shots at a Turkish helicopter over the Aegean Sea after it approaches the island of Ro.
2017–18 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team
The New Orleans Pelicans became the first No. 6 seed (or lower) to sweep its first-round series since the NBA switched from its best-of-five format in 2003 after their 131–123 game 4 win over the Portland Trail Blazers. Anthony Davis scored 47 points and Jrue Holiday 41 points during the win.
Japan lodges a formal complaint after footage appears on YouTube of a US F-16 fighter jet based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori flying at high speed and low altitude through mountains in an apparent breach of regulations. Japanese law prohibits aircraft from descending below 150 feet in non-residential areas.
administrative division (voblasć) in Belarus
naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
Egyptian politician, 8th Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills Yemen's Supreme Political Council president Saleh Ali al-Sammad.
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon
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
Two buses collide head-on in Kuwait, killing fifteen oil workers from India, Egypt, and Pakistan.
pastor Andrew Brunson goes on trial in Turkey facing espionage and terrorism charges that carry a maximum prison term of 35 years.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia, Roger Torrent, announces the investiture session of Jordi Sànchez i Picanyol for Friday, April 13. Sànchez, who has been imprisoned since October 2017 accused of sedition, was nominated again for President de la Generalitat on April 7.
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warns Israel to use "extreme caution" as further protests are held at the Gazan border.
Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen hits a mechanic during a pit stop. The mechanic receives multiple leg fractures.
Around 2,500 police armed with tear gas launch a raid in Notre-Dame-des-Landes, France, in a bid to force the removal of 250 activists who have occupied the site of the proposed Aéroport du Grand Ouest for ten years to prevent its construction.
The family of a man killed in California when his Tesla Model X crashed with the Autopilot engaged says they intend to sue the carmaker.
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
Bahrain says a recently-discovered offshore oilfield in its territorial waters contains 80 billion barrels of petroleum.
kind of extradition within the European Union
lower house of the Indonesia's parliament
exercises executive authority in the State of Israel
Puerto Rico experiences an island-wide blackout after an excavator accidentally downs a transmission line.
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
An explosion near the Israel–Gaza border fence kills at least four Palestinians.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
upper house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The mechanic receives multiple leg fractures.
turbine engine unexpectedly stops producing power due to a malfunction other than fuel exhaustion
Hamdallah escaped injury when his convoy was bombed during a visit to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip last month.
2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game
Israeli authorities release 207 African migrants from Saharonim Prison after a Supreme Court ruling ordering their release amid deportation negotiations.
The Dutch Court of Appeal increases the sentence of a man who twice attempted to travel to Syria from 31 months partially suspended to 40 months.
products, including soybeans and Boeing aircraft in reaction to a previous U.S.
Palestinians riot along the Israel-Gaza border fence, burning tyres and flying flaming kites across the border to set Israeli fields ablaze; Israel Defence Forces soldiers respond with tear gas and live fire, killing four Palestinians, including a 15-year-old, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
right to communicate one's opinions and ideas and right to speak
The Israeli Defence Forces claim an improvised explosive device was set off near the Gazan border with possible Palestinian casualties and other protestors attempted unsuccessfully to fly a kite carrying a firebomb over the border fence.
South Korean former politician and rapist
Three people are shot and critically wounded, two of them Dallas Police officers and the other a security guard, at a Home Depot in Dallas, Texas. The suspected shooter, who was also attempting to shoplift merchandise, was arrested soon after. One of the police officers died from his injuries the next day.
Jabbateh lied to authorities about his role in the Liberian Civil War.
Senate votes 50–49 to confirm Jim Bridenstine as administrator of NASA.
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and United States President Donald Trump hold a telephone conversation discussing the incidents.
The proposals would see funding in the 2021-2027 budget cut for countries where democratic principles and the rule of law are deemed under threat.
terrorist acts by groups or individuals who profess Christian motivations or goals
The Conseil National des Barreaux, which represents French lawyers, calls for nationwide action to protest proposed legal reforms by Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet.
Invenergy claims Polish authorities are ignoring binding rulings by local courts.
The territory was later recaptured by U.S.-backed forces in a counter-attack spearheaded by the YPG with help from U.S.-led coalition jets that took off from American bases in northern Syria.
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
The IDF says one was killed trying to breach the Israeli-Gazan border fence while a second was wounded and arrested.
Strong winds from a storm cause two of the Taj Mahal's minarets to collapse.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and praises the nation's efforts to combat terrorism, reversing his previous stance that Qatar funded terrorists at a "high level".
The journalists had been working on a report documenting the massacre at Inn Din.
one of the Ten Commandments (Exod. 20:16)
Facebook suspends AggregateIQ, a Canadian data firm, over concerns about possible data misuse.
city in Alaska, United States of America
U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert resigns at the request of National Security Advisor John R. Bolton.
The police bomb group moved out to an apartment in Rosenhoff, Oslo, when informed that there might be explosives in the apartment. One person was found slightly injured.
Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
The Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, including use of live ammunition.
The summit is expected to set the tone for the North Korea–United States summit later this year.
The Interior Ministry said Azhar did "not take the government line".
Penalty shoot-out (association football)
method used in association football to decide the winner of a drawn match
The hearing is expected to deal with several procedural issues, possibly including the setting of an initial trial date.
He indicates he will deny the charges and the case is transferred to Crown Court.
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
In American football, the National Football League starts its draft for the 2018 season, with the Cleveland Browns selecting Baker Mayfield with the first overall pick.
systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group
upper house of the United States Congress
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate
city and capital of West Java Province, Indonesia
The first stage of the rocket successfully landed on SpaceX's autonomous spaceport drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Teens Benjamin Thomas and Callum Banton pleaded guilty to affray for their part in starting the brawl which preceded the attack.
polar region on the Earth's northern hemisphere
Date: 13 November 1960 – 29 December 1996 (36 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says he is willing to use state law to block livestock export ships on animal welfare grounds. The move comes as MV Awassi Express is detained in Fremantle undergoing ventilation upgrades mandated by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority after video emerged of 2,400 sheep dying on board during a voyage last August. MV Maysora left the port last week despite inspectors reporting water troughs that were empty or filled with faeces.
Portuguese citizens from the age of 16 will now be able to change their gender and name in documents without the need of a medical report.
U.S. entertainer Bill Cosby's sexual assault retrial begins. As he enters the court a topless woman with the words Women's Lives Matter written on her body charges him and is arrested.
condition whereby untreated sewage is discharged into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities
mass extrajudicial killing of Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
The European Commission announces plans to force tech companies worldwide that provide services within the European Union to supply data on their users in counterterror investigations.
Cracks are discovered in the core of Hunterston B nuclear power station in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
A French military jet accidentally drops an inert bomb on a car factory in Nogent-sur-Vernisson, France. Two are injured and gendarmes evacuate 150.
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Australia and Canada deploy surveillance aircraft to Japan to monitor ship-to-ship transfers between North Korean vessels that bypass United Nations sanctions. The aircraft join a warship already deployed by the United Kingdom.
Israeli authorities release 207 African migrants from Saharonim Prison after a Supreme Court ruling ordering their release amid deportation negotiations. The migrants had refused to leave the country voluntarily.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces that henceforth April 22 will be marked nationally as Stephen Lawrence Day to commemorate the black teenager murdered 25 years ago in a racist assault. The high-profile crime led to the Metropolitan Police being labeled "institutionally racist".
Tunisia reopens its embassy in Tripoli, Libya.
residential tower in London known for the 14 June 2017 fire
Committees for the Defense of the Republic
capital of the Punjab province, Pakistan
China threatens tariffs of 25% on the import of 106 U.S.
bilateral relations between Ukraine and United States
The UK Audit Office rejects a Treasury estimate of the cost of leaving the European Union that was repeated by Prime Minister Theresa May.
The Civil Guard arrests one woman and warrants a man from the Committees for the Defense of the Republic, focused on the defense of Catalan Republic, accused of terrorism and sedition.
top institution of the U.S. Democratic Party
She had previously received a six-year sentence for pro-Kurdistan Workers' Party activity, but the case has been retried following an appeal.
digital cash system and associated currency
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Spanish NGO, the aim of which is to save lives at sea
site for the disposal of waste materials by burial
American man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank missile
A military helicopter crashes in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, United States kills both pilots.
Asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2018
rights of LGBT people by country or territory
An Israeli Defence Forces investigation clears a sniper who fired a single bullet through the Gazan border fence, striking a Palestinian, but criticises a second soldier who filmed the incident and cheered. Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman says Israel has the world's most moral army and soldiers occasionally "let out some tension".
Spanish government department responsible for health care, social security and consumers
full-size crossover utility vehicle developed by Tesla Motors
The terror trial of Beate Zschäpe hears closing arguments in Germany. In addition to a series of murders, Zschäpe stands accused of bombings and bank robberies.
Russia’s first floating nuclear power plant, the Akademik Lomonosov, sets sail across the Baltic Sea from St. Petersburg.
city in Broward County, Florida, United States
astronomical survey and observing program aimed at discovering and tracking trans-Neptunian objects
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs releases a detailed breakdown of Palestinian casualties since March 30 by date, age, gender, and injury. A total of 40 deaths and 1,511 injuries are listed. More than 400 injuries are ascribed to gas inhalation.
activity to dispose of and render safe explosive munitions and other materials
Three countries were not present at the meeting.
An Egyptian court jails three Muslim Brotherhood members for life and 36 others for ten years each for terror offences. Fourteen others are acquitted.
president of the United States from 1945 to 1953
A Myanmar police captain testifies in court that he and his colleagues were ordered by their superiors to entrap two Reuters journalists, who were arrested on 12 December 2017 for "possessing state secrets" under a colonial-era law.
overview of the economy of the United Kingdom
A bomb explodes outside the Arun III Hydroelectric Power Plant in Tumlingtar, Nepal. No group claimed credit for the attack. The plant was codeveloped with India and is due to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within weeks.
Astronomers detect light from 14 colliding galaxies.
founding and sole ruling party of North Korea
military force charged with police duties among civilian populations
Mount Kirishima in Kyushu, Japan, erupts.
Israel Defense Forces announce the destruction of a Gaza-Israel tunnel thought to belong to Hamas, with Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman claiming it to be the longest tunnel found to date.
Christian extremist terrorism in the United States
A flaw, called the "Ghost in the Locks" exploit, is reported with hotel keycard systems created by the Swedish lock company Assa Abloy. The company states that they began deploying a patch in February.
bilateral relations between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
SpaceX's scheduled launch of NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is delayed until April 18. TESS is designed to search for exoplanets using the transit method and is 400 times more powerful than the Kepler space observatory.
UK Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn of Labour asks to see "incontrovertible evidence" before accepting Russia was responsible.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
Astronomers from the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS) announce the discovery of ~80-kilometre (50 mi) asteroid 2015 KE172, a detached object orbiting 44–222 times the distance from Earth to the Sun.
device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
State Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi politician
Five alleged members of British neo-Nazi group National Action go on trial in Birmingham charged with inciting racial hatred at Aston University.
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
Representative Blake Farenthold announces his resignation from Congress.
Nabi Tajima, the world's oldest person, dies at age 117 in southern Japan.
The team suggest the molecule could be used for environmentally sound plastics disposal.
Chrzanowska dedicated her life to helping the sick and homeless and had worked with Cardinal Karol Wojtyła, who led her funeral services before he became Pope John Paul II.
aerobatics display team of the Royal Air Force
A bus crashes near Genting Highlands in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia, hitting a car and a barrier. Twenty-three people are injured, including sixteen Chinese tourists.
capital and most populous city of Russia
official currency of the United Kingdom and other territories
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson responds, saying it is "quite extraordinary" to question Russian involvement.
An arrest warrant is issued for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Conor McGregor after he was involved in a melee at a press conference at the Barclays Center in New York City ahead of UFC 223. Video footage appears to show McGregor throwing a hand truck through a window of the Khabib Nurmagomedov team bus.
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
city in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Six alleged members of banned neo-Nazi group National Action appear before the Central Criminal Court.
Ahmed Aboul Gheit, head of the Arab League, asks the International Criminal Court for an investigation.
Nigerian investigators release a final report finding the disaster occurred because of an unidentified engine malfunction which was mismanaged by the crew leading to a stall. The resulting crash killed fifteen.
top institution of the U.S. Republican Party
city in Kemerovo Oblast in the Asiatic part of Russia
Ex-MI5 agent Jeremy Fleming gives his first public speech as head of GCHQ, revealing the United Kingdom launched a "major offensive cyber-campaign" against Islamic State. He also criticises Russia for actions such as launching the NotPetya virus and the poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, both actions Russia denies involvement in.
American actor Brad Pitt announces that he will produce a film about the allegations of sexual misconduct against American film producer Harvey Weinstein.
typically an urban form of public transport using steel-tracked fixed guideways
region and former province in the western Netherlands
A court of cassation is a high instance court that exists in some judicial systems.
The names of 3,607 employees of Unit 731, a Japanese military medical experimentation unit associated with war crimes during World War II, are released.
Chinese license built version of Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-21 Fighter-interceptor
message left behind before a person commits suicide
military aircraft crash in which 257 people including civilian passengers were killed
ethnic group native to India and Bangladesh
head of state and head of government of Costa Rica
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
He is also fined one million Swiss francs.
Armenian native population around the world
chain of department stores in the United States
The petition by Japanese families of alleged victims was turned down because the alleged wrongdoing predates Japan's 2007 joining of the ICC.
Kim becomes the first North Korean leader to cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone since the war.
non-profit organization advocating legalization of voluntary euthanasia and assisted suicide
sovereign city-state on the French Riviera
overview of crime in the United Arab Emirates
overview of immigration to the United States
specialized UN agency concerned with legal and regulatory aspects of maritime activity
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
The alert states a fishing vessel may be used to launch a terrorist attack.
European Commission President Donald Tusk testifies in Warsaw about the disaster which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczynski. Tusk was Prime Minister at the time. He is locked in disputes with Law and Justice over the crash.
Egypt opens the Rafah Crossing into the Gaza Strip for three days, saying it is to be used by students, those requiring medical assistance, and people with permits to enter Egypt.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 crashes at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas.
political grouping of the Chimú culture that ruled the northern coast of Peru beginning around 850 and ending around 1470
A ship due to carry 65,000 sheep to the Middle East fails an Australian Maritime Safety Authority inspection after docking in Fremantle, Western Australia and is denied permits for the voyage.
effects of climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand
Japan lodges a formal complaint after footage appears on YouTube of a US F-16 fighter jet based at Misawa Air Base in Aomori flying at high speed and low altitude through mountains in an apparent breach of regulations.
Bahraini state media reports the discovery of the nation's largest known deposit of oil and gas in an offshore field.
The new body replaces the National Council to Combat Terrorism and Extremism created by Presidential decree by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2017.
Iran reveals several new missiles on Islamic Republic of Iran Army Day, including the new air missile defense system Kamin-2.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation is investigating to determine if the reactor is now too dangerous to restart.
Qatar and its neighbours are presently disputing the level and nature of terrorism in Qatar.
The death toll from a Malawi cholera epidemic reaches 30.
currency of Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Turkish public university located in Eskişehir
fighter aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
Separately, Saudi Air Defenses shoot down two Houthi-operated Qasef-1 drones near the border.
Millions of Azerbaijanis vote in the presidential elections. President Ilham Aliyev receives 86% of the vote and is re-elected for another seven-year term.
Three Palestinians are killed and over 300 hurt according to the Hamas-run health ministry as thousands protested.
The base is used for counterterror operations in Yemen and Somalia.
junior ice hockey team from Humboldt, Canada
Elliott Broidy resigns as deputy financial chairman of the U.S.
series of wars and ethnic conflicts that took place on the lands of the former Yugoslavia
Irish firm Smyths Toys agrees to buy 93 Toys R Us stores in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland plus four related online shops.
Three people are shot and critically wounded, two of them Dallas Police officers and the other a security guard, at a Home Depot in Dallas, Texas.
The newspaper is critical of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Psychiatric evidence describes Madsen as presenting "psychopathic traits" and a "high risk" of offending further.
Tekhnologichesky Institut (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Admiralteysky District Saint Petersburg Russia
Islamic State releases a video showing the shooting executions of two men, said to be election "advocators" from al-Tarmiyah, Iraq.
fascist, antisemitic, nationalist, anti-communist, totalitarian ideology of the regime that ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
Four mass graves are found in Gasabo, Rwanda, thought to date back to the 1994 genocide.
The pylon carries imported power from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, and its destruction causes widespread blackouts across several provinces and in capital Kabul.
A study published to the journal Nature finds dozens of potential stellar mass black holes in the Galactic Center, suggesting there may be as many as 20,000 orbiting the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*.
The man has dual U.S.-Saudi Arabian citizenship.
Hamas says terrorists from Islamic Jihad were killed.
The TSB asks Transport Canada to mandate cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders on all commercial and private business aircraft.
Brazilian municipality in the state of São Paulo
Viktoria Skripal, a cousin of Yulia, states the poisoned pair suffered food poisoning rather than an attack with a nerve agent.
The bill arranges staggered introduction with complete devolution by 2021 and formation of a new agency to administer it.
an L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end
abrupt reduction in lift of aeroplane wing due to flow separation
List of ambassadors of the United States to South Korea
Amid anti-government protests, Armenia's National Assembly swears in former President Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Maguindanao del Sur
It is announced that Admiral Harry B. Harris may be nominated as the new U.S. Ambassador to South Korea.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has been engaged in talks on the issue with the European Commission.
New York police arrest members of Jewish group IfNotNow during a protest against Israeli actions. IfNotNow members were blockading a local politician, and have previously chained themselves to the Israeli consulate.
German prosecutors charge an unidentified 94-year-old ex-Auschwitz guard with aiding and abetting 13,335 murders when he was nineteen.
ceremonial county of England (use Q21694746 for administrative unitary authority)
Botswanan President Ian Khama retires from office. Mokgweetsi Masisi is inaugurated as the fifth President of Botswana. ,
Sànchez, who has been imprisoned since October 2017 accused of sedition, was nominated again for President de la Generalitat on April 7.
United States energy developer Invenergy files for arbitration against Poland with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law over a dispute following construction of four wind power projects in the country.
A funeral is held for journalist Yasser Murtaja, shot at the fence wearing a press jacket covering tyre burnings by protestors yesterday.
Yemen accuses Iran of arming Houthi rebels with drones in violation of United Nations sanctions to allow the militants to launch attacks on Saudi Arabia.
Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus, Syria
At Eskişehir Osmangazi University, central Turkey, a research assistant shoots and kills four staff members.
In addition to a series of murders, Zschäpe stands accused of bombings and bank robberies.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
A woman goes on trial in England accused of murdering a man who was voluntarily euthanised in Belgium after she allegedly attacked him with acid.
Two are injured and gendarmes evacuate 150.
Separately, a military court sentences four more to life imprisonment, imposes prison terms on two others, and acquits 13.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
sexual misconduct scandals involving the 115th Congress and other government and political figures
Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, announces that he will not seek re-election to his seat from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district in the November mid-term election.
multi-sport event in Gold Coast, Australia
Kashmir Valley, Chenab Valley, Pir Panjal range , Jammu and Kashmir, India
The CFM56-7B is one of the most commonly used engines worldwide.
military strikes by US, UK, France against government sites in Syria
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
diplomats in Nicaragua to leave amid riots by protestors against proposed pension changes.
North Korea and South Korea announce that they are planning to officially end the Korean War by writing a peace agreement.
Radovan Karadžić starts his appeal against his conviction for genocide and other wartime crimes at the UN court at The Hague.
military service branch specialized in amphibious warfare
national police agency of Myanmar (Burma)
Catania prosecutors requested the Spanish ship's detention alleging involvement in illegal immigration after Proactiva refused to hand the migrants over to Libya.
city in Mohave County, Arizona, United States
governing body of association football in Brazil
administrative division in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The terror trial of Beate Zschäpe hears closing arguments in Germany.
Miguel Díaz-Canel is named the new President of Cuba.
Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea
South Africa's head of state and head of government
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
has completed a delivery of FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine.
Donald Trump is considering a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson.
An al-Hashd al-Shaabi commander announces the deaths of 90 Islamic State members in Kirkut, Iraq.
Carles Puigdemont is released on bail, following the German judge's decision that he cannot be extradited for rebellion.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
ISIL's Afghan branch claims responsibility.
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz says the nation will oppose European Union budget rules set to be introduced on May 2 by the European Commission.
Governor Aman Tuleyev of Russia's Kemerovo Oblast resigns over the disaster last week at the Winter Cherry complex.
armistice signed July 27, 1953 ending hostilities in Korean War
U.S. pastor Andrew Brunson goes on trial in Turkey facing espionage and terrorism charges that carry a maximum prison term of 35 years.
At least one soldier at the bases, used by France and the UN, is killed and more than twelve others are wounded.
The migrants had refused to leave the country voluntarily.
He claimed he was trying to stop a fight but was found guilty and sentenced for causing grievous bodily harm with intent, causing serious injury through dangerous driving and causing actual bodily harm.
advisory role to the Supreme Leader of Iran
federal authorities led by the FBI seize the personal ad website Backpage in an effort to stop alleged human trafficking, including that of minors.
A court in Kuwait sentences a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death in absentia for the murder of their Filipino maid. The case sparked an Interpol manhunt and diplomatic tensions.
The Egyptian Parliament approves a draft law creating the 18-member Supreme Council for ‎Combating Terrorism and Extremism. The new body is headed by the President and is expected to also contain the Prime Minister, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the defence and interior ministers. The new body replaces the National Council to Combat Terrorism and Extremism created by Presidential decree by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in 2017.
Local media and Sky News reports an unidentified jet attacked the site, possibly as part of Western coalition airstrikes in the region, but al-Mayadeen denies any airstrike happened and said controlled explosions were carried out at the site yesterday.
mass shooting at gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida
The fire onboard South Korean ship FV Don Wong 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its third day.
agency responsible for firefighting, rescue and hazmat services in the major cities, metropolitan areas and towns across rural and regional New South Wales, Australia
association football club in Liverpool, England
A United Kingdom court previously refused to extradite the men over concerns they may not receive a fair trial.
Two buses collide head-on in Kuwait, killing fifteen oil workers from India, Egypt, and Pakistan. Six people are injured.
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
Recognition of same-sex unions in Costa Rica
He is locked in disputes with Law and Justice over the crash.
anatomical male reproductive structure that consists of a suspended sack of skin
Prominent New York LGBT and environmental lawyer David Buckel commits suicide by setting himself on fire with petrol in Prospect Park.
An Italian judge says a mafia clan has been plotting the murder of Spia.it journalist Paolo Borrometi.
region of desert, semi-desert and steppe of the Middle East; in parts of Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
Issues about human rights in DPRK (North Korea)
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
problem affecting internal combustion engines
The International Criminal Court rejects a petition to investigate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for war crimes.
He says they will face new legislation if they do not comply.
individual not affiliated to any political party
military settlement between North and South Korea
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
2018 UK Independence Party leadership election
Demise of right wing nationalist political party
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Syrian state media SANA reports that the Syrian Air Defense Force has intercepted several missiles fired at Shayrat Airbase in the Homs Governorate.
service provided for the purpose of preventing collisions between aircraft, and on the manoeuvring area between aircraft and obstructions; and expediting and maintaining an orderly flow of air traffic
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Protests enter a second week, with the death toll from last week's clashes at the Israeli-Gazan border rising to 19.
ice hockey team in Nipawin, Saskatchewan
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
aviation accident in which two or more aircraft come into contact during flight
List of ministries of transport by country
type of ministry responsible for transport
Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL
The Scott Polar Research Institute announces a mission planned for 2019 to search for Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's famed lost ship Endurance, which sank in 1914 leading to a multi-year rescue operation.
Ali Abu Hassan, a Hebron University student from Palestine, is convicted of planning a terror attack against light rail in Jerusalem using pipe bombs containing nails coated in rat poison.
An explosion strikes a major weapons depot linked to Hezbollah and Iran in Mount Azzan, near Aleppo, Syria.
Julius Maada Bio is sworn in as President of Sierra Leone.
South Korean president Moon Jae-in suggests that U.S.
series of terrorist attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015
Hamas does not ascribe responsibility for the killing but the victim's relatives allege Israeli involvement.
The defence claims the incident was nothing more than a bar brawl and Amnesty International describes the charges as "inappropriate".
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
diplomatic position in the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Danish prosecutors seek a life sentence for Peter Madsen, accused of murdering a Swedish journalist on board his self-built submarine.
The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq declares an end to major combat operations against ISIL in Iraq and closes the Coalition Forces Land Component Command headquarters.
The U.S. Department of Justice announces it intends to appeal yesterday's ruling that an unnamed detained ISIL suspect in the custody of U.S. troops in Iraq cannot be transferred to an unnamed foreign nation. The man has dual U.S.-Saudi Arabian citizenship.
Local medical personnel report he has a bullet lodged in his head.
National Football League franchise in Cleveland, Ohio
The International Maritime Organisation commences meetings in London aimed at reducing emissions in the shipping industry, which are presently unregulated.
city in Dodge County, Wisconsin, United States
An explosion occurs in the Husky Oil Refinery in Superior, Wisconsin.
cross-border shellings that have occurred since 1949, lately since mid-2003
imports including pork and wine which was in retaliation to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to introduce tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminium imports.
city in Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Indonesia
Poland's ruling Law and Justice unveils a new monument on the eighth anniversary of the disaster, which killed 96 including then-President Lech Kaczyński near Smolensk, Russia.
Anthony Davis scored 47 points and Jrue Holiday 41 points during the win.
Rebel fighters start evacuating from Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, and head to Idlib Governorate on government buses. Douma is the last rebel stronghold in Eastern Ghouta.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda
Date: June 16, 2015 – January 20, 2021 (5 years, 7 months and 4 days)
Goodall is not terminally ill but says his quality of life has deteriorated with age.
A mummified body is found at Shahr-e Rey which Iranian media reports possibly belongs to former country's king, Reza Shah.
The blocks were initially planned to come into force this month.
capital city of Western Australia, Australia
The Palestinian National Council, the legislative arm of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation, convenes for the first time in nine years in Ramallah.
Wells Fargo is also ordered to reimburse customers who were overcharged.
Hamas accuses the Palestinian Authority of performing a bombing against its own Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah.
Lawyer, former official of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
police department in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
MV Maysora left the port last week despite inspectors reporting water troughs that were empty or filled with faeces.
An Ilyushin Il-76 military plane crashes shortly after take-off from Boufarik Military Airport in Algeria, killing all 257 passengers on board.
United States top collegiate-level basketball tournament for 2018
Date: 30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019 (1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Voters in Hungary go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the Fidesz Party led by Viktor Orbán achieving a super-majority for the third election in a row. ,
Cuban president Raúl Castro prepares to step down as Miguel Díaz-Canel is elected as his successor.
Rival Hamas and Fatah members clash in the Gaza Strip at a tent set up by the family of Mohammed Ayoub, 14, to receive condolences on his death in the protests.
identity politics on caste system lines in India
militias and armed volunteer groups affiliated with the Union of Novorossiya
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bangladesh)
DFDS says it is no longer profitable to operate the route.
inability of a person to correctly determine their body position in space
At least seven people die, six of them children.
The company states that they began deploying a patch in February.
Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal says the government will contest a court ruling allowing MML's participation in upcoming elections this year.
Ferrari Formula One driver Kimi Räikkönen hits a mechanic during a pit stop.
The court heard Deri used live ammunition without authorisation.
Hamas organisers direct participants to stay well back from the border fence to prevent further violence.
city in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
act with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on a second party
instrument in outer space for observing distant space objects
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs releases a detailed breakdown of Palestinian casualties since March 30 by date, age, gender, and injury.
2017–18 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
first minister for the Canadian province of Alberta
prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China
The Egyptian Parliament approves a draft law creating the 18-member Supreme Council for ‎Combating Terrorism and Extremism.
talks and activities of attempted approaches into the possible impeachment of Donald Trump
Israeli governmental ministry responsible for military and national defense matters'
The IFJ calls Murtaja's death murder and its general secretary accuses Israel of "fabricating lies" to support the killing.
organization independent of any government, usually created to aid those in need
city in San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California
province of Indonesia, on island of Java
airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area
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
international news agency headquartered in Paris
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack on a military base in the Sinai peninsula, Egypt, yesterday that killed eight soldiers and injured fifteen. The Egyptian Military said 14 militants were killed in the attack.
neighborhood in southeastern Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
first of golf's four major championships in 2018
At least four vessels – MV Searuby, MV San Granit, MV Longview Logger and MV Jeppesen Maersk – are delayed from arriving.
The International Federation of Journalists, Norwegian Refugee Council, and Committee to Protect Journalists criticise Israeli authorities for shooting dead Yaser Murtaja during his coverage of the protests last week.
electrically neutral entity consisting of more than one atom (n > 1); rigorously, a molecule, in which n > 1 must correspond to a depression on the potential energy surface that is deep enough to confine at least one vibrational state
teacher, expert, counsellor, spiritual guide, often in Hindu, Jain, Buddist or Sikh traditions
international European track and field athletics indoor competitions
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
2018 mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, US
Twin suicide bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, kill at least 25 people, including prominent Agence France-Presse photographer Shah Marai and three Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalists who were covering the first bombing.
bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Egypt
function and history of the British monarchy
They declare their commitment to achieving a "lasting ceasefire" in Syria.
Date: 9 December 2016 – 21 January 2017 (1 month, 1 week and 5 days)
Bombardier announces an increase in range for the Global 7000 business aircraft to 7,700 nautical miles, surpassing the Gulfstream G650 as the longest-range private jet.
English men's association football top league
law enforcement agency in California, USA
tariffs imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump
troops in Iraq cannot be transferred to an unnamed foreign nation.
American home improvement supplies retailing company
Police clash with KKE protestors in Athens, Greece, firing tear gas as the crowd uses angle grinders in an attempt to topple a statue of former U.S. President Harry Truman in response to the United States' airstrikes in Syria. Three protestors are injured.
Police clash with KKE protestors in Athens, Greece, firing tear gas as the crowd uses angle grinders in an attempt to topple a statue of former U.S.
The Israel Defense Forces detain one of two Lebanese shepherds who they say crossed the United Nations-patrolled border between the two nations.
federal city in and former capital of Russia
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Republic of Tajikistan
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
It mandates testing on engines that have reached 30,000+ flights, believed to cover 352 US engines and 681 engines worldwide.
There are no reports of major damage or casualties.
unplanned event that has the potential to cause, but does not actually result in human injury, environmental or equipment damage
town on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
border barrier between the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel
North York City Centre, North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The fire aboard Korean ship FV Dong Won 701 in the Port of Timaru, New Zealand, enters its fifth day.
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gives a public address alongside his impeached successor Dilma Rousseff in São Bernardo do Campo, saying he will comply with an arrest warrant and begin a 12-year term for corruption after two failed appeals to have the warrant withdrawn.
building in Joint Security Area, Panmunjom
bus crash in Saskatchewan, Canada, on April 6, 2018
He is the first Home Secretary from an ethnic minority background.
District in its namesake division in Bangladesh
chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom
simultaneous citizenship of multiple countries by the same person
Media report that three people are wounded and that the shooter has turned himself in to police.
military sexual slavery system designed and implemented by Japan Empire from early 1930s until the end of World War II, or the victims who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military
Mauna Kea Access Rd, Hawaii, U.S. Cerro Pachón, Chile
wife of the President of the United States
violent uprising in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Pakistan's Interior Ministry removes chief prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar from the case, which concerns the murders of 166 people.
Indian lawmakers approve capital punishment for men who rape children under the age of 12.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Ali Najafi resigns from his post after eight months in the office.
Journalists, fellow athletes, and Commonwealth Games Scotland criticise a delay in him receiving medical assistance.
Four people, all British nationals, are killed in a head-on collision with a pick-up truck in the U.S. state of Florida, according to Titusville Police Department.
consolidated city-county in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, and the state capital of Tennessee
town in Lee County, South Carolina, United States
United States Senator Dick Durbin visits Venezuela to negotiate the release of Joshua Holt, who has been detained for two years awaiting trial on a weapons charge.
The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre states 80% of the deceased Palestinians, including journalist Yasir Murtaja, are terrorists.
Lebanon calls the detention an "abduction".
American commercial sub-orbitable space ship
United States-based oil and natural gas exploration and production company
specific political action meant to exemplify and catalyse revolution
The death toll from yesterday's suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria, rises to at least 70, according to the White Helmets group.
military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
reaction engine which generates thrust by jet propulsion
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
French police arrest three men and three women accused of involvement in the 2016 Magnanville stabbing by an ISIL supporter.
Criminal transmission of HIV in the United Kingdom
Iran's Tasnim News Agency denies reports that yesterday's missile attack in Hama and Aleppo Governorate hit an Iranian military base and says that no Iranian soldiers were killed in the attack.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
South Korea president Moon Jae-in announces that he will meet U.S.
Brostrom today said she has no confidence the UN will deliver justice as it reopens its investigation.
A photograph from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals a companion star that survived the explosion of a supernova in galaxy NGC 7424. This brings strong evidence to a theory according to which Type IIb "stripped-envelope" supernovae are due to stellar companions capturing hydrogen from the progenitor star's envelope before its explosion.
The Royal Saudi Air Defense intercepts a ballistic missile fired from Yemen over the Saudi capital Riyadh that caused panic among residents.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
President Cyril Ramaphosa leaves a Commonwealth summit in London to attend the scene.
instrument for European Union aid for development cooperation outside the EU
Prosecutors allege the trio tortured unidentified detainees in Village Stability Platform Kalach in Chora, Uruzgan, Afghanistan.
Wells Fargo bank is fined US$1 billion by the United States government for mishandling of mortgages and automobile loans.
social confrontation in Bolivia reaching its peak in 2003
series of nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union and Russia
An unidentified civilian is jailed for three and a half years for terror offences connected to banned neo-Nazi group National Action.
Malaysia announces the arrest of six alleged Islamic State members accused of plotting to abduct and murder police and assault places of worship.
China threatens tariffs of 25% on the import of 106 U.S. products, including soybeans and Boeing aircraft in reaction to a previous U.S. threat of tariffs worth up to $50 billion.
Local media reports the detainees include police major Maryline Bereaud and her daughter.
The lesser long-nosed bat, once on the brink of extinction, is removed from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds.
President Donald Trump’s tariff statement yesterday concerning Chinese imports.
national space program of the People's Republic of China
ISIL terror suspect Husnain Rashid appears before Woolwich Crown Court in London.
South Korea and the United States suspend their Foal Eagle military exercises.
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
organization with the purpose of creating an independent State of Palestine
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
It is thought to be the fourth device sent by a blackmailer targetting DHL.
Explosion on a train in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 2017
Saudi Arabian city and capital of the Makkah province
Furthermore, they also finish parts of the Key Resolve exercises.
The December 17 crash killed one and injured fifteen.
American politician and accountant (born 1955)
The gunman was found dead outside the restaurant.
courts with higher status than some of other courts, sometimes refer to supreme court
Four people, all British nationals, are killed in a head-on collision with a pick-up truck in the U.S.
A Hellenic Air Force Mirage 2000-5F fighter jet crashes near the Greek island of Skyros in the Aegean Sea while intercepting a Turkish aircraft that had violated Greek airspace.
Gen Ali Mohsen Saleh says a plot to overthrow the internationally recognised government by Iran and Houthi rebels has been foiled.
Minister of Health Ahmet Demircan say all patients have been evacuated and transferred to hospitals elsewhere by ambulances.
damaged offshore oil pipeline in Indonesia
A fire breaks out at the 50th floor of the New York Trump Tower, killing one resident and injuring four firefighters.
railway station terminus in London, England
intentional or reckless infection of a person with the human immunodeficiency virus
United States Ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump
The blast follows a bombing at Hor Rajab, Baghdad, earlier in the day that wounded one civilian.
United States government investigative agency for civil transportation accidents
air warfare branch of Brazil's armed forces
A bridge linking Babat, Lamongan, and Widang, Tuban, in East Java, Indonesia, collapses.
diplomatic mission of Russia in the United Kingdom
Israel extends the area fishermen from southern Gaza are allowed to operate in from six miles offshore to nine miles offshore for three months.
airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
A man drives a van into a group of people in Münster, Germany, killing two and injuring 30.
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
Israeli Defence Forces open fire again, killing at least seven Palestinians.
city in San Mateo County, California, US
blue supergiant, the most distant star detected at 9 billion light years from Earth
There is universal suffrage for all citizens age 18 and over. Before the 1989 revolution, the Communist Party of Romania was enshrined as the only legal political party and the leading force in Romanian society.
aircraft class designed to engage other aircraft in air-to-air combat
regional command of the Russian (and formerly Soviet) Navy
1950–1953 war between North and South Korea
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
international airport serving Moscow, Russia
2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Three Azerbaijanis and one Kergyz receive death sentences while two Russians and a French women receive life sentences.
American pornographic actress and director
Reactions to the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana says one died and seventeen were injured but opposition Parliamentarian Hanitra Razafimanantsoa, who supports ex-President Marc Ravalomanana, says two were shot dead and two babies at a nearby hospital killed by tear gas.
British film classification organization
hockey team of the National Hockey League
He also criticises Russia for actions such as launching the NotPetya virus and the poisoning of Yulia and Sergei Skripal, both actions Russia denies involvement in.
Republican National Committee following reports that he negotiated a $1.6 million payoff with a Playboy Playmate over claims he had impregnated her.
International organization to which Turkic sovereign states are members
Italian politician and media tycoon (born 1936)
It is the first time it has erupted since 1768.
4th president of the Republic of Azerbaijan
decommissioned nuclear power station near the city of Pripyat, Ukraine, known by Chernobyl disaster
Authority order for the implementation of safety measures on aircraft
Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
A school charter bus traveling illegally on a parkway on Long Island, New York, collides with a bridge. Dozens of students are injured.
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan says he is willing to use state law to block livestock export ships on animal welfare grounds.
scandal involving Donald Trump and pornographic actress Stormy Daniels around sexual relations and an alleged hush payment by lawyer Michael D. Cohen in 2016
Date: 6 April 1992 – 14 December 1995 (3 years, 8 months, 1 week and 6 days)
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis asks Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă to resign.
The United States Air Force tests a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
head of state and head of government of Burma
Ten fire crews and a tug are in attendance.
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
government releases a report by Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz that accuses former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe of improperly authorizing a media disclosure and "lack of candor" concerning this disclosure.
body coordinating national security policy
vice president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
15 countries vote in favour and six against.
destroyed mausoleum in Ray, former Iranian national heritage site
Scotland saw a 77% increase with 440 new firms.
the highest official of each federal subject of Russia, colloquially referred to as the title governor
Murder–suicide in California, United States
Sajid Javid becomes the United Kingdom's Home Secretary following the resignation of Amber Rudd over the Windrush scandal.
List of ambassadors appointed by Donald Trump
26th season of the top English association football professional league
Murder, drug offences, and burglaries were among the categories to rise.
The dragging anchor struck and ruptured the pipe.
administrative divison (voblasć) in Belarus
The Scottish government seeks urgent talks between DFDS and Transport Secretary Humza Yousaf.
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
The soldiers were combing a building hit by a separate bombing yesterday that killed five and injured seven including a politician.
An F-15K fighter jet crashes on a mountainside in Chilgok, South Korea. One pilot is killed and another is missing, presumed dead.
Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy
Police in Mahikeng, Northwest Province, South Africa, fire rubber bullets as protestors against corruption and public service provision riot.
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
The new body is headed by the President and is expected to also contain the Prime Minister, the speaker of the House of Representatives, and the defence and interior ministers.
Scottish YouTuber Mark "Count Dankula" Meechan is fined £800 for a racially aggravated offence under the Communications Act for a video of a pug dog responding to Nazi slogans.
A state of emergency is declared in New South Wales, Australia, as a bushfire continues to burn out of control.
human rights situation in Egypt pertaning to the rights assured by the constitution
Seven alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba members have been facing charges since 2009 but nobody has yet been convicted in Pakistan.
summit between Korean peninsula leaders Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in
Johnson is facing criticisms he overstated the strength of evidence against Russia, an accusation he calls "lamentable" and accuses Corbyn of sympathizing with Russia.
Local residents have been ordered to evacuate.
The Israeli Defence Forces say a bomb exploded near one of their construction vehicles near the Gazan border.
A member of Iran's Expediency Council calls on the European Union, Russia and China to support the deal and guarantee economic and banking relations with Iran.
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in September 2017
Counterterror forces in Ninevah arrest and charge four suspected Islamic State members over a fatal bombing at a market in regional capital Mosul last year.
distinctive architectural feature of mosques
rights claimed for women and girls worldwide
conflict that led to the independence of the majority-Bengali country
Tesla had drawn the NTSB's ire by releasing information publicly about its view of the case and about the car's Autopilot feature, something the Board does not allow during active investigations.
Hussein was hospitalized in Gaza after being shot by Israeli Defence Forces two weeks prior while wearing a press jacket.
territorial, insular and maritime dispute
A school charter bus traveling illegally on a parkway on Long Island, New York, collides with a bridge.
A fire breaks out on the roof of a hospital in Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul, and spreads down the outside to ground level.
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
The United States National Transportation Safety Board declares metal fatigue caused a fan blade failure that killed a passenger on April 16, the same issue behind a similar accident on another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in 2016.
United States federal executive department
capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan
A Crown Court in England jails Daryll Rowe for life with a minimum of 12 years for deliberately infecting five men with HIV and attempting to infect five more.
Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
Political party (Founded in 1947, with a paramilitary and a political wing, it is no longer officially recognized as a political party ; since the early 1980s principal movement for the independence of the Casamance.)
Two deputies are shot dead at a Chinese restaurant in Trenton, Florida, in what appears to be a targeted killing.
Date: 24 December 1989 – 2 August 1997 (7 years, 7 months, 1 week and 2 days)
municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government
Doctors at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, perform the world's first successful transplant of a penis and scrotum from a deceased donor to a U.S. soldier injured in Afghanistan. The testicles are not transplanted.
An Egyptian court jails three Muslim Brotherhood members for life and 36 others for ten years each for terror offences.
The Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran says hackers attacked its networks, leaving an image of US flags on screens. A researcher at Cisco's Talos security group acknowledges "several incidents in multiple countries" involving the use of their Smart Install protocol.
His daughter was previously revealed to have regained consciousness.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the decision to end the war a blessing.
anti-submarine helicopter family by Kamov
Restrictions remain unaffected in northern Gaza.
Two more Palestinian protestors, aged 18 and 20, die from wounds sustained in clashes at the Israeli–Gazan border.
Football team FC Bayern Munich win the competition.
American four-seat or six-seat, low-wing monoplane built 1956-1972
Around 3,000 people from the area remain missing.
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
agreement between North and South Korea on ending the Korean War and the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula
The merger is subject to approval from regulators.
Deputy head of state and head of government of the Philippines
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
head of state and of government in Zimbabwe
geometrical figure and ancient religious icon in the cultures of Eurasia (卐 with • on each box) represents peace and harmony.
cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, the second largest city of France
A civilian vehicle hits an unexploded landmine in Arsal, Lebanon.
Ferry operator DFDS has discontinued their Rosyth – Zeebrugge ferry service. DFDS says it is no longer profitable to operate the route. The change follows a fire aboard the MV Finlandia Seaways a day before. The Scottish government seeks urgent talks between DFDS and Transport Secretary Humza Yousaf.
part of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
city in and county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States
Puerto Rico-related events during the year of 2018
Spanish government department for justice and legal affairs
Actress Natalie Portman, who was born in Jerusalem, pulls out of the upcoming Genesis Prize (worth 1 million USD) ceremony in Israel over "recent events in Israel".
At the time of announcement, the company operated 256 stores under its own name and the Bergner's, Boston Store, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers nameplates.
effect of total control in a battlespace
stabbing attack carried out on 13 June 2016 in France
Italian global banking and financial services company
head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic
Guatemalan territorial dispute referendum, 2018
former de facto President of Guatemala, army general, genocida and former president of Congress (1926-2018)
measure used to restrict access to digital content by age
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
Two, including the group's alleged leader, are charged with plotting the terrorist murder of MP Rosie Cooper.
Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni voices his support to the journalist.
skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
commune in Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris agglomeration, France
prison operated by the Scottish Prison Service and located in the residential suburb of Riddrie
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
An arrest warrant is issued for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight champion Conor McGregor after he was involved in a melee at a press conference at the Barclays Center in New York City ahead of UFC 223.
border crossings between Egypt and Gaza Strip
A court in Kuwait sentences a Lebanese man and his Syrian wife to death in absentia for the murder of their Filipino maid.
former First Minister of Wales (born 1967)
Turkic people, constituting the bulk of the population living in Azerbaijan, as well as in northwestern Iran
large biological molecule that acts as a catalyst
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
any crime that involves a computer and a network
138th season of competitive association football in England
United States Defense Secretary James Mattis and South Korea Defense Minister Song Young-moo say they are committed to "a diplomatic resolution that achieves complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization" of North Korea, according to a Pentagon spokesperson.
Date: 7 April 2013 – 14 April 2018 (5 years and 1 week)
Murs reported hearing gunfire but investigations found no evidence of weapons use.
European Space Agency astrometric mission
Several U.S. federal authorities led by the FBI seize the personal ad website Backpage in an effort to stop alleged human trafficking, including that of minors. Its co-founders Michael Lacey and James Larkin were also charged with 93 counts of human trafficking.
His wife further says he had complained of flaws in the vehicle's behaviour and predicted his death in a collision with the barrier his car ultimately hit.
Defence Minister Avigdor Liberman says Israel has the world's most moral army and soldiers occasionally "let out some tension".
NASA's TESS exoplanet space telescope, whose launch was initially delayed, is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 rocket.
Desiree "Desi" Linden becomes the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years.
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
human-powered watercraft traditionally made in the Pearl River delta region of China's Guangdong Province
American radio broadcaster and media company
development history of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft
Earthquake in South Korea, November 2017
The Russian had flown from the Czech Republic to compete in an international aerobatics competition and unknowingly violated a no-fly zone imposed for the papal visit.
North Korea and South Korea announce that they are planning to officially end the Korean War by writing a peace agreement. An armistice agreement was reached, ending armed conflict, in 1953. U.S. President Donald Trump called the decision to end the war a blessing. ,
school shooting at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States on 20 April 1999
Iraq sentences seven foreign women for links to Islamic State.
The Abu Dhabi Federal Appeal Court jails two Egyptians and a Saudi for fifteen years each and fines them for promoting terrorist ideologies online.
Two serving soldiers are cleared of terror offences related to banned neo-Nazi group National Action.
As he enters the court a topless woman with the words Women's Lives Matter written on her body charges him and is arrested.
province of Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra
illness resulting from food that is spoiled or contaminated by pathogenic bacteria, viruses, parasites or toxins
It has been one of the possible reasons given for North Korea agreement to suspend nuclear and missile tests.
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
Land-based branch of the Military of Myanmar
Australia and Canada deploy surveillance aircraft to Japan to monitor ship-to-ship transfers between North Korean vessels that bypass United Nations sanctions.
The charges include an allegation he posted details of Prince George's school and encouraged an attack against him.
South Korean Minister of National Defense, retired Admiral
The government launched an investigation yesterday after a video depicting conditions on the ship emerged.
List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
presumably extinct species of carnivorous marsupial last known in Tasmania, Australia
countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump hold a joint press conference at the White House.
This brings strong evidence to a theory according to which Type IIb "stripped-envelope" supernovae are due to stellar companions capturing hydrogen from the progenitor star's envelope before its explosion.
In the United States, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
scheduled international passenger flight by US-Bangla Airlines
Iraqi insurgency since the defeat of ISIL
United States senators question Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the various controversies the social network is dealing with, including recent disclosures concerning Cambridge Analytica's use of Facebook data.
National Transportation Safety Board's probe of a fatal Model X crash in California.
Armenia Armenian diaspora: Glendale, California, Moscow, Milan Marseille, Toronto, Montreal, Sochi, Brussels, Vancouver, Athens, London, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Chicago, São Paulo