assault that occurred at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
Rwandan politician, 4th and current President of Rwanda
Autonomous Region of Portugal in the archipelago of Madeira
De facto Chief Justice of the Philippines from 2012 to 2018
Fights break out between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture. One person is killed and several people are injured after a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters.
Navy orders an investigation into its Pacific Fleet following the collision, which is the fourth crash involving a U.S.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Steve Bannon resigns as President Donald Trump's White House Chief Strategist.
The Cabinet of Japan imposes sanctions on various companies in China and Namibia for their business relations with North Korea.
India increases its military alert amid a border standoff with the People's Liberation Army of China at Doklam.
Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton's motion for reconsideration, re-affirming its decision last April upholding the 2015 homicide ruling of the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court; citing the defendant's arguments as mere "rehash of issues".
Hurricane and storm surge watches are issued for Texas and Louisiana as the tropical system Harvey strengthens into a tropical depression and is predicted to bring both heavy rainfall and storm surge.
American multinational banking and financial services corporation
In a suspected terror attack, six French soldiers are injured, three seriously, when a man drives a car into them at a barracks in the Paris suburb of Levallois-Perret.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
instruction to Federal government issued by the President of the United States
A Syrian Army commando unit backed by Russian warplanes and helicopters kills 25 ISIL militants in Central Syria, in the northeast of the Homs Governorate.
political movement in Iran to change the system to include more freedom and democracy
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
The government agency plans to publish the records online after classification.
National Commission of Telecommunications
association football competition in England
The Libyan Navy rescues nearly 500 migrants in three operations in the seas west of the capital Tripoli.
In association football, Paris Saint-Germain sign Neymar from FC Barcelona for a world-record transfer fee of €222 million (£200 million, US$264 million).
Iraqi security forces, along with Shi'ite volunteers and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, launch a ground offensive to take the city of Tal Afar back from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants.
North Korea releases imprisoned Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim on "sick bail."
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
federal appellate court for the western U.S.
Tropical storm Harvey (hurricane earlier this month) makes its second landfall, this time in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The New York Times reports local officials say the death toll since last Friday is now 38. Moving northeast, Harvey is expected to gradually weaken to a tropical depression by tonight.
List of structural failures and collapses
Two transcripts of telephone conversations between U.S. President Donald Trump and foreign leaders are leaked. Trump was shown to disagree with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on 27 January over the proposed border wall, and with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the next day over the resettlement deal of refugees in Nauru and Manus.
Robert E. Lee Monument (Charlottesville, Virginia)
Police issued a warning and evacuation orders after a unknown chemical "haze" leaves over 200 people on Britain's south coast, between the towns of Eastbourne and Birling Gap, suffering irritation to their eyes and throats.
high-energy astrophysical phenomenon manifested as a transient radio pulse lasting only a few milliseconds
At least 36 people die in a bus crash in China's Shaanxi province. The bus was travelling between Chengdu and Luoyang.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington, D.C. to investigate allegations of Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections.
A suicide bombing took place near a Pakistan army truck in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, leaving 15 people dead including 8 soldiers, while injuring 40 others.
Catalan police in the coastal town of Cambrils kill five suspected terrorists in a counter-terror operation to stop a second van attack.
India announces that it is to deport an estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees including 14,000 of those registered with the U.N.
Two impeachment complaints are filed in the lower house of the Philippine Congress against Supreme Court Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno.
Riots erupt in Panchkula and later spread to other parts of the Northern Indian state of Haryana, as well as the state of Punjab and the Indian capital of New Delhi, after a special CBI court found the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of rape.
American-originated sport in which teams compete to score runs by hitting a thrown ball and advancing around bases
islamist militant group based in the Philippines (2012-19)
Defense Secretary James Mattis announces that transgender troops in the military will continue to serve pending the results of a study started in June to assess the Pentagon's ability to fight and win wars.
A Somali man has been shot dead after attacking soldiers with a machete in Brussels, in what prosecutors are treating as a terror attack.
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
Pastor A.R. Bernard becomes the first religious leader to resign from the president's evangelical advisory board.
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
At least 44 are killed in a landslide on a highway in the northern India province of Himachal Pradesh.
Two police officials found guilty of negligence and mistreatment of evidence are sentenced to 17 years in prison.
Criticism of Qatar's largest state-owned media organization
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur
terrorist stabbing attack in Turku, Finland, on 18 August 2017
Gunmen kill 11 worshipers in St Phillip's Catholic Church in the town of Ozubulu in Nigeria's Anambra State.
President of the United States Donald Trump signs the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev calls it a "trade war".
Senate Majority Leader Vicente "Tito" Sotto III has lashed out at UN special rapporteurs headed by Agnes Callamard, in his privilege speech calling them "helicopter experts" for offering "solutions" to a decades-old problem of a country "they are not even familiar with".
President Jacob Zuma survives his eighth no-confidence motion in parliament via a 198–177 secret ballot vote with nine abstentions. The rand fell by 1 percent on the announcement of the outcome.
The Governor of Virginia declares a state of emergency due to the protests.
North American professional sports league
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
2017 U.S. law sanctioning Iran, North Korea and Russia
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs off the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
A mudslide triggered by heavy rain near Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, kills at least 350 people with the death toll expected to rise as high as 500.
Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency of its chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past 6 months, according to a confidential United Nations report on violations of North Korea's sactions.
A suicide bomber attacks a convoy in Afghanistan's Kabul province, killing a Georgian soldier and three civilians and wounding 13 others, including six Resolute Support personnel.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
Much of the facility has been destroyed, and the plant is out of commission.
highly urbanized city in Central Luzon, Philippines
At least 12 people die in the southern Chinese city of Macau as a result of flooding caused by Typhoon Hato. Four more people die in neighbouring Guangdong province.
Unarmed Russian Air Force reconnaissance jets, under the authority provided by international Open Skies Treaty, fly over several Washington, D.C., area government buildings and landmarks as well as the President's residence in Bedminster, New Jersey.
During a press conference at Trump Tower in New York City, which was intended to announce an executive order on infrastructure policy, President Donald Trump defended his August 12 remarks about the Charlottesville rally, placing "blame on both sides" for the incidents at the rally and criticizing what he referred to as the "alt-left," equating them with white supremacists and neo-Nazis on the right.
premier international competition in rugby union for women
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
British politician, Mayor of London (born 1970)
The International Institute for Strategic Studies releases a report arguing that North Korea has acquired a high-performance liquid-propellant engine for its missile program, probably from illicit networks in Russia and Ukraine, likely produced by Yuzhmash facilities. Ukraine denies the allegations.
All 17 members of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, including actor Kal Penn and artist Chuck Close, resign.
ceremonial county in England, UK (use Q21694636 for administrative unitary authority)
Health Minister Lucrecia Hernández Mack and her deputies announce Sunday they have resigned.
Cambodian king, considered by historians to be the most powerful Khmer monarch of all time
chronic infection caused by bacteria Mycobacteria lepræ and lepromatosis
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
A rickety multi-story apartment building collapses in the Indian city of Mumbai resulting in at least 24 deaths with at least 12 people missing.
American multinational banking and financial services company
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
The United States Navy's USS John S. McCain collides with the Liberian-flagged Alnic MC near Singapore.
At least 56 African migrants drown in the Red Sea while traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.
bilateral relations between United States and Pakistan
Results from Saturday's constitutional referendum show Mauritanians have voted to abolish the Senate. Turnout was 53.73%, with 85% of voters supporting the change, according to officials.
Alliance for American Manufacturing president Scott Paul, AFL–CIO president Richard Trumka and the union's former chief of staff Thea Lee resign from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council due to their disagreements with Trump's response to the rally. The three corporate executives join Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, who also resigned from the council in protest the day prior.
The approval makes Novartis the proprietor of the first gene therapy to hit the U.S.
A gravitational wave signal called GW170817 is observed by the LIGO/Virgo-collaboration. A Neutron star collision triggered the gravitational waves which "also created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead".
Sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States military
Date: 23 August 2017 Approx. 02:50 hours (IST)
city in the region of Finland Proper, Finland
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Mexican authorities say two suspected thieves died after a mob beat them and four others in Tlatlauquitepec, Puebla, Mexico.
7.0 Mw earthquake which took place near Zhangzha Town on 8 August 2017
The Taliban insurgency claims responsibility.
Lee Jae-yong (Jay Y. Lee), the vice-chairman of the Samsung Group is sentenced to five years for graft for his involvement in the 2016 South Korean political scandal that led to the impeachment of President of South Korea Park Geun-hye.
At least 17 people, including two Canadians, are reported dead and eight others injured in an attack on a Turkish themed restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
In the same year, The Players Championship will move from May to March.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan was "absolutely unacceptable and irresponsible" and that North Korea has "violated every single U.N. Security Council resolution that we've had, and so I think something serious has to happen."
CJTF–OIR jets destroy a section of road, blocking the path of a convoy carrying ISIL evacuees from the Lebanon–Syria border en route to Abu Kamal in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
The "triple talaq", an Islamic practice allowing men to divorce instantly, is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of India.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Date: 7 July 2017 – 28 July 2018 (1 year and 3 weeks)
2017 edition of the UEFA Women's Championship
largest city in British Columbia, Canada
4th President of South Africa (2009–2018)
The category 1 storm is expected to lose strength as it moves inland through the oil-producing state.
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe appoints Tarō Kōno as Foreign Minister.
At least 11 Afghan civilians are killed and 16 wounded when a NATO helicopter attacked a house where Taliban insurgents had taken shelter in Logar Province, east of Kabul.
At least two people are reportedly killed, and several others wounded in a stabbing in Turku, Finland.
United States President Donald Trump, together with Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, unveils the RAISE Act, a plan that would, if passed, reduce legal immigration to the U.S. by half each year, and implement a "merit-based system" prioritizing skilled workers, instead of the current family-based chain migration system.
British pay TV and telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom
Carl Icahn steps down as special advisor to the President.
Thailand's Supreme Court issues an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who didn't appear in court for the verdict in her negligence trial regarding a rice subsidy program for farmers. The court also issued a statement questioning her attorney's report that she is unwell and a potential flight risk, citing the lack of a physician's certificate. The reading of the verdict has been rescheduled to September 27. Sources within Shinawatra's party Pheu Thai Party have said that she has allegedly fled the country, though not saying where to, in response current prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered the border checkpoints to be closely monitored to prevent Shinawatra leaving the country if she has not already.
Tropical Storm Pakhar hits Hong Kong and Macau with sustained winds of 100 km/h (62 mph) and heavy rain, four days after deadly Typhoon Hato passed through the area.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
official press agency of the People's Republic of China
cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional social institutions and practices
meeting on June 9, 2016 in New York City
city in and county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
List of United States Navy losses in World War II
acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells, its foreign ministry says, as some protest President Donald Trump's accusations that Pakistan is harbouring terrorists.
At least 28 people have been killed and 250 others injured.
Deputy Assistant to the President Sebastian Gorka resigns expressing unhappiness with the direction of the Trump administration’s foreign policy.
The Iraqi Army announces it is in full control of the Iraqi Turkmen city of Tal Afar in the Nineveh Governorate, after eight days of clashes with ISIL militants inside the city.
During a protest in Durham, North Carolina, to show solidarity with the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Confederate monument was pulled down and destroyed; a woman has been arrested and charged in connection with the event.
In rugby union, Celtic Rugby Limited, organiser of the competition formerly known as Pro12, officially announces the addition of two former South African Super Rugby teams, the Cheetahs and Southern Kings, to the now-renamed Pro14 effective with the upcoming 2017–18 season.
The new Constituent Assembly votes to remove Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz, a prominent critic of President Nicolás Maduro, from her post. The move comes hours after troops from the National Guard surrounded her home in Caracas.
ISIL militants and their families, estimated to be around 600 people, begin to leave their strongholds on the Lebanon–Syria border and Qalamun Mountains for the Deir ez-Zor Governorate under Syrian military escort. A ceasefire was reached between warring parties yesterday.
intentional act of swearing a false oath or of falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth
Venezuelan security forces raid a prison in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State, killing at least 37 inmates.
According to a police spokesperson, the body was deliberately mutilated and had metal attached to it so that it would not float.
Renewed clashes between Islamist extremists and the Fatah-supported Joint Palestinian Security Force at the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugees camp, near Sidon, Lebanon, wound three more Palestinians.
A tree falls over at a religious ceremony in Funchal, Madeira, killing at least 12 people and injuring over 50 others.
annual college basketball tournament in Anchorage
FORMOSAT-5, the first satellite fully designed by Taiwan's National Space Organization, is launched into low-earth orbit by SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
An improvised explosive device goes off at a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota. No injuries were reported, and the FBI is investigating the case.
Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve
2017 clashes at the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.
International Institute for Strategic Studies
British research institute (or think tank) in the area of international affairs
A Virginia State Police helicopter monitoring protests crashes, killing two officers onboard.
The United States Senate, in a 92–5 vote, confirms Christopher A. Wray as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Twenty-six bodies of women and children are recovered after three boats carrying ethnic Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar sink in the Naf River in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar District.
List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters
A large fire continues to burn at the Peter Pan Seafoods fish processing plant in Port Moller, Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula.
Qatar restores diplomatic ties with Iran. Tehran welcomes the move.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 19 days)
Two Cuban diplomats are expelled from the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., after an incident in Havana forced U.S. officials to return home.
The Landtag of the Free State of Saxony has lifted the immunity of Frauke Petry, Party Chair in the Alternative for Germany party, opening the way for prosecutors to pursue possible perjury charges against her concerning statements made to a committee of the Saxony parliament about how the party’s campaign for the 2014 election was financed.
CJTF–OIR jets destroy a section of road, blocking the path of a convoy carrying ISIL evacuees from the Lebanon–Syria border en route to Abu Kamal in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The convoy, carrying 308 militants and 331 civilians according to Hezbollah, is now effectively stranded in Syrian government-controlled territory.
The new Constituent Assembly votes to remove Attorney General Luisa Ortega Díaz, a prominent critic of President Nicolás Maduro, from her post.
Air carrier PenAir declares Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States, and ends service to Denver, Colorado, and Portland, Oregon.
landmark building in Manhattan, New York, USA
First lady of Zimbabwe; wife of Robert Mugabe
The Government of Hungary has decided to extend the state of emergency declared last year because of the increased migration to and through the country.
Socorro Flores Liera, Mexico's deputy foreign minister for Latin America and the Caribbean, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Mexico City, that during the first half of 2017, 1,420 Venezuelans have sought asylum in Mexico, a nearly four-fold jump compared to the 361 total Venezuelan asylum applicants for all of 2016, as the result of Venezuela's deepening political and economic crisis.
Hundreds of sympathizers attend the funeral procession of a teenager killed allegedly due to the ongoing drug purge in the Philippines.
At least 14 people are killed in the Indian city of Mumbai as nearly a month's average rainfall fell yesterday during the worst monsoon in years.
A car bomb in Helmand Province kills up to 13 people, including Afghan Army soldiers and civilians, and wounds 18 others, according to government spokesman Omar Zwak.
The Canadian government says at least one of their diplomats in Havana has been treated for hearing loss, following up on yesterday's report that American diplomats had similar injuries.
2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Baleka Mbete, announces that a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be held by secret ballot.
The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports, over the last two days in two incidents, smugglers have thrown 280 migrants from Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa countries into the sea off the coast of Yemen.
Dozens of Rohingya Muslims fleeing renewed violence in Rakhine State are detained by Bangladeshi and Burmese authorities after they attempt to cross the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh. Many were en route to Kutupalong Refugee Camp, a refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, mostly inhabited by Rohingya refugees.
cathedral in Denmark (Church of Denmark)
wastewater generated from domestic greywater and blackwater
electronic mechanism for casting votes and for counting votes
In the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Final, the Netherlands beats Denmark 4–2 for their first UEFA Women's Championship title.
The 50th anniversary of the death of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, the decorated Navy chaplain is commorated with a Mass and documentary premiere. He was killed in 1967 along with ambushed Marines during the Vietnam War.
Chilean lawmakers have approved a bill that would legalize abortion in limited circumstances and end the socially conservative country's status as the last in South America with a blanket ban on the procedure.
ISIL forces raid an Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps base in vast desert spaces of eastern Homs Governorate, Syria, manned by between 12 to 18 fighters, all but one of which are killed.
United Nations Security Council resolution
UN resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council
At least 35 people are killed in an air strike that hit a hotel near a Houthi-run checkpoint north of the Yemeni capital Sanaa.
A 13-year-old girl is killed when a car is deliberately driven into a pizza restaurant's sidewalk cafe in Sept-Sorts, France.
city in Fort Bend and Harris counties, Texas, United States
Israel plans to shut down all of Al Jazeera's operations in the country, alleging support of terrorism.
At a news briefing in London, the CEO of Smartmatic, the Venezuelan-owned multinational company that provided the election system used in Sunday's election, says the number of those participating in the poll was tampered with, off by at least one million.
United States President Donald Trump, together with Senators Tom Cotton and David Perdue, unveils the RAISE Act, a plan that would, if passed, reduce legal immigration to the U.S.
Wells Fargo reports finding an additional 1.4 million potentially fake bank and credit card accounts, bringing the total problematic accounts to approximately 3.5 million.
The 145-year-old Roger B. Taney Monument outside Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland, is removed overnight by authorities. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan called on Wednesday for the monument to be taken down immediately.
Two people are killed and four are hospitalized in a shooting in a library in the U.S. town of Clovis, New Mexico.
At least 14 people are killed in the Indian city of Mumbai as nearly a month's average rainfall fell yesterday during the worst monsoon in years. More than 1,200 people have been killed across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
American attorney and organized labor leader (1949–2021)
Several Confederate monuments are taken down overnight in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, including the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Confederate Women's Monument and the Roger B. Taney sculpture. The Baltimore City Council unanimously voted to remove the monuments on August 14.
A 6th century mosaic dated from the rule of Justinian I is discovered while installing communication cables in Jerusalem's Old City.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
At least 56 African migrants drown in the Red Sea while traveling from the Horn of Africa to Yemen. Human traffickers had forced 300 people aboard two boats into the sea.
The director of the BBC World Service says it is prepared for the North Korean government's reaction over the targeted launch of a radio service on North Korea in September, despite the recent international tensions. The North Korean embassy in London has already told the BBC "in no uncertain terms" that Pyongyang does not want any such service.
state capitol building of the U.S. state of Maryland
Harvey is now a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kmh).
The U.S. Navy orders an investigation into its Pacific Fleet following the collision, which is the fourth crash involving a U.S. Navy ship in the past two years and the second in the past two months.
American politician, businessman, and former U.S. senator from Georgia
city of Baltimore, Maryland's legislative body, with the power to enact all ordinances and resolutions
The United States State Department orders Russia to close the Consulate-General in San Francisco and two other buildings by September 2, 2017, invoking "parity" over a Russian measure in July.
President Donald Trump issues a presidential memorandum that stops funding of sex reassignment procedures for military personnel, and that denies entry of transgender individuals into the military.
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) announces that the 2017 Great Alaska Shootout, a national college basketball tournament, will be the final competition of the 40-year-old series.
2017 Mexico–United States diplomatic crisis
Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital in Baytown, Texas treated 21 first responders for chemical exposure.
statue of the fifth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations
The Canadian government says at least one of their diplomats in Havana has been treated for hearing loss, following up on yesterday's report that American diplomats had similar injuries. U.S. officials say the problems started in the fall of 2016. The Cuban Foreign Ministry says it was informed of the incidents in February and has been investigating since that time.
Spanish police hunting the chief suspect in last Thursday's van attack in Barcelona shoot dead a man to the west of the city who appeared to be wearing an explosive belt.
Flooding in Nepal leaves at least 36 dead and dozens more missing.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
According to the United Nations, the Philippines has the largest increase in HIV/AIDS in the Asia Pacific region with about a 140% increase in cases from 2010 until 2016 possibly causing a 'national emergency.'
Nigerian state television reports that President Muhammadu Buhari is back in the country after a three-month sick leave in Britain.
Downtown Houston has collected about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) of rain with 7 inches (18 cm) recorded in some areas.
the group of batters who have hit 50 or more home runs in a single season
Date: 21 July 2017 – 28 August 2017 (1 month and 1 week)
A series of small explosions occur at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, and according to the company more are expected, after floodwaters shut down the cooling systems that kept the chemicals stable. Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital in Baytown, Texas treated 21 first responders for chemical exposure. Residents living within a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) radius of the plant are evacuated.
Eastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 (482-565)
At least 25 people are killed and 48 are arrested by the Philippine National Police Manila Police District in consecutive anti-drug operations in Manila within 24 hours.
A loose pro-democracy political movement that was created spontaneously during the Hong Kong protests of 2014
The U.S. imposes new sanctions on eight Venezuelan officials, including Secretary of the 2017 Constituent Assembly Adán Chávez - the late President Hugo Chávez's brother, to "deter further democratic backsliding" in the South American country.
motorway in central England connecting London and Leeds
USAID announces the Trump administration dedicated $169 million to feed people facing starvation in Ethiopia and Kenya, adding to earlier assistance for those suffering from drought and conflict in the region.
American media executive, political strategist, and convicted criminal
Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)
U.S. President Donald Trump promises "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if North Korea threatens the United States.
Five transgender United States military personnel sue President Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials over the President's policy change announced late last month banning transgender people from serving in the military. The suit asks the court to prevent the ban from going into effect.
American multinational conglomerate holding company
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
List of airline bankruptcies in the United States
chemical element with symbol Cu and atomic number 29
President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013
The passenger ship Comandante Ribeiro sinks in the Xingu River near Porto de Moz, Brazil, with the loss of at least ten lives.
national government of the United States
web infrastructure and website security company
Grand jury subpoenas have been issued in connection with a June 2016 meeting that included Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and a Russian lawyer.
Arsenal F.C. beat local rivals Chelsea F.C. 1–1 (4–1 on penalties) to win the FA Community Shield.
A ceasefire was reached between warring parties yesterday.
California and San Francisco sue the United States Federal government over its opposition towards sanctuary cities.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
deceptive practice in the stock or commodities markets that induces investors to make purchase or sale decisions on the basis of false information
An explosion kills at least 29 people and injures dozens more at a Shia mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
island territory of the United States of America
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
3M CEO Inge Thulin and Campbell CEO Denise Morrison resign from the American Manufacturing Council in protest of Trump's reaction to the alt-right's actions at Charlottesville, Virginia, bringing the total number of resignations this week to 8.
A landslide in a village along Lake Albert in the Democratic Republic of the Congo leaves at least 60 dead.
Thailand's Supreme Court issues an arrest warrant for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who didn't appear in court for the verdict in her negligence trial regarding a rice subsidy program for farmers.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
The Philippine Catholic Church condemns the killings in the Philippines after anger erupts due to the death of 17-year old Kian Loyd delos Santos.
marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
In anticipation of Hurricane Harvey, residents from Corpus Christi to Galveston, Texas, and workers from Gulf of Mexico oil platforms are evacuating the region.
gravitational wave signal detected by the LIGO observatory on 17 August 2017
The International Criminal Court has ruled that Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is liable for about € 2.7 million in personal damages for the destruction of Timbuktu's heritage sites, and that the victims (including Mali itself and the international community) be paid "individual, collective, and symbolic" reparations. The Trust Fund for Victims is to decide until 16 February 2018 how the amount will be paid (the Court has also recognized that the penniless al-Mahdi would be unable to pay).
Scale for assessing the intensity of tornadoes used in North America
Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
place for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification or burial
A shooting at a motel in Sacramento County, California, leaves a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department deputy dead and two California Highway Patrol officers injured. The suspect is later arrested.
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Columbia University law professor Robert Jackson to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
city in and county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Armed men dressed as soldiers, apparently led by former National Guard captain Juan Carlos Caguaripano, attack a Venezuelan Army base near Valencia, Carabobo, declaring themselves in rebellion against the National Constituent Assembly and President Nicolás Maduro.
President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018
Former Prime Minister of Kenya (2008–2013)
The Supreme Court of the Philippines has junked all petitions against the burial of former President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, re-affirming its earlier ruling on 8 November 2016.
Former Volkswagen engineer James Liang is sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox to 40 months in prison and a $200,000 fine for his role in the decade-long scheme to cheat on federal emissions tests for diesel-powered cars sold in the United States. He is the first company employee sent to prison in the scandal.
Raytheon wins the dismissal of a USD$1 billion whistleblower lawsuit accusing the defense contractor of over billing the U.S. government on a contract for satellite sensors, nearly 18 months after the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit revived the case.
Several streets in Miami and Miami Beach are underwater after Tropical Depression Emily causes 102 to 178 millimetres of rain overnight.
head of state and head of the national executive of Nigeria
Researchers at the Breakthrough Listen initiative announce they have detected 15 new powerful fast radio bursts (FRB) from FRB 121102, located in a dwarf galaxy about three billion light-years from Earth.
class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
Over the past two days, 30 children from Baba Raghav Das Medical College have died, allegedly due to lack of oxygen supply to the wards.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile
The death toll from Hurricane Harvey in the American city of Houston, Texas, rises to three with several more days of heavy rain causing "catastrophic" floods to come.
Negros Occidental reverts back to the Western Visayas region, Negros Oriental back to the Central Visayas region.
American businessperson and board member, former CEO 3M Company
city in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States
International Organization for Migration
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with other countries
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
Venezuela's National Commission of Telecommunications (Conatel) takes Colombian television channels Caracol Televisión and RCN Televisión off air due to their coverage of the 2017 Venezuelan constitutional crisis.
DineEquity announces it will close 160 Applebee's and IHOP restaurants.
American politician and army officer (born 1977)
2nd inauguration of president Hassan Rouhani
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte abolishes the Negros Island Region (first created in 2015 by his predecessor) through Executive Order no.
numbered fleet of the United States Navy
The death toll from Hurricane Harvey reaches 30 as Sylvester Turner, the mayor of Houston, Texas, introduces a curfew to deter looters.
Date: 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days)
A Harris County Flood Control District official says at the height of the flooding, 70 percent of the county’s 1,800 square miles, which includes the city of Houston, was covered with at least 1.5 feet of water, an area larger than the state of Rhode Island.
government agency overseeing stock exchanges
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte abolishes the Negros Island Region (first created in 2015 by his predecessor) through Executive Order no. 38, citing lack of funds to fully establish the region. Negros Occidental reverts back to the Western Visayas region, Negros Oriental back to the Central Visayas region.
collapsed core of a massive star consisting mainly of neutrons
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Mauritanian constitutional referendum, 2017
Brazilian President Michel Temer abolishes the 46,000 km2 National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) ecological reserve, which spans the borders of Amapá and Pará states in northern Brazil. More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed an interest in accessing the area's deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese.
Tropical depression Harvey becomes a hurricane, expected to make landfall on the Texas coast at Category 3, bringing life-threatening storm surge, rainfall, and wind hazards.
overview about bankruptcy in the United States
American semiconductor chip manufacturer
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes west of the Pacific Island of Tonga.
Residents living within a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) radius of the plant are evacuated.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announces, effective in 2019, it will no longer sponsor the Climate Leadership Awards program that honors voluntary corporate actions to combat global warming.
A 2 meter (6.5 feet) tall 12th century sandstone statue of a human figure is unearthed by archaeologists during an excavation of a Khmer Empire-era hospital built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII at Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap Province.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet sends a bill to Congress for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Chile and adoption by same-sex couples, two years after recognizing civil unions for both same-gender and different-gender couples.
A mass burial of victims of the landslide is held in Freetown to free up space in mortuaries. Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead with at least 600 missing.
A fire at the 79-story Dubai Torch Tower in the United Arab Emirates, which forced nighttime evacuations, was under control in a few hours with no serious injuries immediately reported. The building's exterior was still being renovated from a fire in February, 2015, which investigators had blamed, at least in part, to flammable siding, echoing the findings of this past June's Grenfell Tower fire in London.
American stuntwoman Joi 'SJ' Harris is killed in a motorcycle crash in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, while filming for Deadpool 2.
global international and intergovernmental organization
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
Monsoon floods and landslides have killed a total of 74 people in India and Nepal. [permanent dead link]
attack in which militants opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 13 Aug. 2017
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
A white nationalist rally called "Unite the Right" takes place in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Two Cuban diplomats are expelled from the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., after an incident in Havana forced U.S.
The Garden Bridge project is officially abandoned after Mayor of London Sadiq Khan withdraws support.
Former pharmaceutical company executive Martin Shkreli is convicted of three counts of securities fraud in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York.
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
association football club based in Paris, France
Catalan police in the coastal town of Cambrils kill five suspected terrorists in a counter-terror operation to stop a second van attack. The police reported the attackers were wearing explosive vests, however they were later discovered to be fakes.
Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument
International Criminal Court investigation in Mali
The famed clock tower Big Ben chimes for the final time until 2021 before undergoing repairs.
Toronto's Sheraton Cadwell Orchestras closes and its management resigns following public backlash to a fat-shaming email that said only "physically fit and slim" singers would be featured in shows.
The court also issued a statement questioning her attorney's report that she is unwell and a potential flight risk, citing the lack of a physician's certificate.
Iranian MPs approve 16 out of 17 cabinet members nominated by recently re-elected President Hassan Rouhani.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani takes the oath of office to start his second four-year term.
Swiss-American multinational pharmaceutical corporation
The Philippine senate investigates the shooting of a 17-year old male student seemingly connected to the ongoing drug war.
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
A spokesperson later denied the claims as well as clarified that the Philippines has yet to make a request.
Denmark's Prince Henrik announces he won't be buried next to Queen Margrethe II in the Roskilde Cathedral where Danish royals have been buried since 1559. The 83-year-old, French-born Henrik has been dissatisfied with his non-equal role as Prince consort. The 77-year old Margrethe, who had a specially designed sarcophagus made for the couple, accepts Henrik's decision, according to a royal house spokeswoman.
The Women's Rugby World Cup concludes with New Zealand defeating England 41–32 in the final.
Lee), the vice-chairman of the Samsung Group is sentenced to five years for graft for his involvement in the 2016 South Korean political scandal that led to the impeachment of President of South Korea Park Geun-hye.
European association football tournament for women's national teams
A van drives into crowds of people in La Rambla, Barcelona, in what Spanish police are calling a terrorist attack, killing at least 12 people. Two suspects are taken into custody, and ISIL claims responsibility.
A ceasefire brings calm after heavy fighting between Fatah and extremists that left two people dead at the Palestinian refugees camp of Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon.
2017 University of Utah Hospital incident
Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and New Delhi
An English-language Chinese propaganda video from Xinhua, entitled The Spark: 7 Sins of India about the Doklam stand-off involving China, India and Bhutan, goes viral and sparks anger within India.
land warfare branch of Venezuela's military
The Pentagon is considering conducting airstrikes in Marawi, which if approved would later put U.S. troops on the ground to battle the ISIS-affiliated Maute group as well as related Islamist terror groups. A spokesperson later denied the claims as well as clarified that the Philippines has yet to make a request.
Iraqi security forces, along with Shi'ite volunteers and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, launch a ground offensive to take the city of Tal Afar back from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. The city has been isolated from the rest of the ISIL-held territory since the recent Mosul liberation.
Two people are killed and four are hospitalized in a shooting in a library in the U.S.
Irish boxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
The Constitutional Court suspends the order made by President Jimmy Morales to expel the U.N.
This makes Högel the serial killer with the highest known victim count in modern German history.
Date: 19 August 2017 around 5:45 pm (IST)
The opposition National Super Alliance rejects this finding as fraudulent.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
An EF-2 tornado strikes Tulsa, Oklahoma, injuring 30 people and damaging dozens of buildings.
sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa
military conflict in Lebanon from 2014–2017 during the Syrian Civil War
A suicide bomber kills two American troops near the Kandahar International Airport in Afghanistan. The Taliban insurgency claims responsibility.
city and county seat of Clark County, Nevada, United States
In boxing, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeats mixed martial artist Conor McGregor in the 10th round by technical knockout to improve to 50–0, breaking Rocky Marciano's 61-year-old record.
At least 36 people die in a bus crash in China's Shaanxi province.
List of Spanish football transfers summer 2017
set of laws, policies, guidelines and administrative practices "intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination"
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
The OCHR has criticised Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's government for apparent suppression of opposition protests.
Two more Filipino journalists are murdered in a span of two days adding to toll of more than a hundred journalists killed since 2000.
association football club in London, England
Clashes at the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.
capital and most populous city of France
American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. There are no reports of casualties or structural damage to buildings.
Japanese disaster preparedness alert system
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia
The Court of Appeals also upheld the payment of ₱ 4.32 million to Jennifer Laude's family for "loss of earning capacity".
executive branch of the government of Japan
fraud on emissions tests using a defeat device from 2009 to 2015 by Volkswagen
Seven members of the White Helmets are shot dead by unidentified gunmen who stormed their office in rebel-held Sarmin, in northwestern Syria.
The Government of Hungary has decided to extend the state of emergency declared last year because of the increased migration to and through the country. Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács stated that strict border controls were still needed because the "threat of terrorism in Europe has increased".
LIGO and Virgo observatories detect the gravitational wave signal from two merging black holes.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington, D.C.
gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
sale and distribution of illegal narcotics in the Philippines
Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma are seized at their homes overnight by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and taken to Ramo Verde Prison. They had been arrested previously by the Venezuelan government, but were under house arrest at the time of being seized.
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Lower house of the Parliament of South Africa
A suicide bomber kills five people at the entrance of a Kabul Bank subsidiary near the Embassy of the United States in Kabul. The Taliban claims their attack targeted soldiers and police withdrawing their salaries.
Canadian-American professional CrossFit athlete
sports action in which a player moves between clubs
head of state and head of government of Kenya
Voters in Angola go to the polls to elect 220 National Assembly members. The leader of the winning party will become the new president, following the retirement of José Eduardo dos Santos, who has held the role since 1979.
Date: 14 July – 21 October 2017 (3 months and 1 week)
international TV networks division of Paramount Global
upper house of the Mauritanian parliament
Consulate General of Russia, San Francisco
diplomatic mission of Russia in the United States
city in Alameda County, California, United States
The U.S. Air Force awards Raytheon and Lockheed contracts to work on the new Long Range Standoff weapon, the replacement for the AGM-86B air-launched nuclear cruise missile.
2017 Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela
Monsoon floods and landslides have killed a total of 74 people in India and Nepal.
Two Joseon Dynasty-era royal seals which were repatriated last July from the U.S. after being illegally taken out by an American soldier during the Korean War, are on exhibit at the National Palace Museum of Korea.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
upazila in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
They had been arrested previously by the Venezuelan government, but were under house arrest at the time of being seized.
A natural gas explosion at college prep school Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, kills two staff members.
bilateral relations between Australia and United States
The parliament of Papua New Guinea re-elects Peter O'Neill as Prime Minister, ending a chaotic election campaign marred by violence, which analysts fear may continue amid widespread voter unrest.
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announces, during U.S. President Donald Trump's rally in Huntington, he is changing his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican.
It is the first total solar eclipse visible across the entire contiguous United States since the solar eclipse of June 8, 1918.
A dry cargo vessel broke in two in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwest coast, television images showed early on Sunday, while the 11-man crew was rescued. Leonardo, a 114 meters (374 ft)-long dry cargo ship flagged from Mongolia, started buckling and broke in two while on anchor off Istanbul’s Kilyos coast.
series of military utility transport helicopters
The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports, over the last two days in two incidents, smugglers have thrown 280 migrants from Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa countries into the sea off the coast of Yemen. More than 50 refugees have drowned with over 30 people still missing.
At least 32 people are killed in a series of police raids near Manila, Philippines, allegedly due to the ongoing drug war.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
Four more people die in neighbouring Guangdong province.
The director of the BBC World Service says it is prepared for the North Korean government's reaction over the targeted launch of a radio service on North Korea in September, despite the recent international tensions.
The Court of Appeals of the Philippines has junked U.S. Marine Joseph Scott Pemberton's motion for reconsideration, re-affirming its decision last April upholding the 2015 homicide ruling of the Olongapo City Regional Trial Court; citing the defendant's arguments as mere "rehash of issues". The Court of Appeals also upheld the payment of ₱ 4.32 million to Jennifer Laude's family for "loss of earning capacity". Pemberton faces 10 years in prison.
UAA blames economic conditions for the termination of the long running, national competition.
surgical procedures to alter sexual characteristics to match identified gender
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
troops on the ground to battle the ISIS-affiliated Maute group as well as related Islamist terror groups.
New York State-based GateHouse Media announces an agreement to buy 11 U.S. newspapers from Georgia-based Morris Communications. Included in the deal is the Log Cabin Democrat, founded in 1879, and three Alaskan newspapers: the Juneau Empire, the Peninsula Clarion and Homer News. The deal is expected to close on October 2.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, retires from public appearances at the age of 96, after having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.
President Trump announced this policy change via Twitter in late July.
people without work and actively seeking work
women's national association football team representing Denmark
The U.S. Justice Department announces internally that it is to start investigating colleges which have admissions policies that are seen as unfair to Asian Americans.
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
After the shooting of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old student, in the campaign against drugs in the Philippines, thousands of marchers protest in EDSA heeding calls from the Philippine Catholic Church to criticize the drug war.
The North Korean embassy in London has already told the BBC "in no uncertain terms" that Pyongyang does not want any such service.
The wreckage of the USS Indianapolis heavy cruiser, torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 and sunk in 1945 after delivering parts for the Little Boy atomic weapon, is discovered on the floor of the North Pacific Ocean. Only 317 of the U.S. Sailors/Marines who survived the sinking were finally rescued after 4–5 days in shark-infested waters.
Hong Kong opposition activists Alex Chow, Joshua Wong, and Nathan Law are sentenced between six to eight months in prison and barred from holding office until 2022 as the Hong Kong government imposes harsher punishments on the individuals for their role in the Umbrella Movement.
ISIL militants and their families, estimated to be around 600 people, begin to leave their strongholds on the Lebanon–Syria border and Qalamun Mountains for the Deir ez-Zor Governorate under Syrian military escort.
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
More than 20 domestic and multinational firms have expressed an interest in accessing the area's deposits of gold, copper, tantalum, iron ore, nickel and manganese.
Hun Sen gives Laos a six-day ultimatum to withdraw the soldiers or face a military response.
Riots erupt in Panchkula and later spread to other parts of the Northern Indian state of Haryana, as well as the state of Punjab and the Indian capital of New Delhi, after a special CBI court found the Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty of rape. At least 28 people have been killed and 250 others injured.
The South Korean military reports North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles into the sea from its eastern Kangwon province.
2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
India announces that it is to deport an estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees including 14,000 of those registered with the U.N. refugee agency. In the months leading up to the announcement, a string of anti-Rohingya protests had been held in the country.
municipality and city in Madeira Island, Portugal
term used by the United States Department of Defense
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
In anticipation of Hurricane Harvey, residents from Corpus Christi to Galveston, Texas, and workers from Gulf of Mexico oil platforms are evacuating the region. The storm makes landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor as a Category 4 hurricane around 11 p.m. EDT (0300 UTC, August 26) as the strongest storm to hit the United States mainland since 2004. The National Hurricane Center predicts Harvey will linger over Texas for days, dumping 15–25 inches (38–64 cm), and as much as 35 inches (89 cm) of rain on some parts of the state.
List of most expensive association football transfers
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes west of the Pacific Island of Tonga. There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe calls for arrests related to the beating of a black counterprotester by white supremacists during the Unite the Right rally. (The Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Haruo Nakajima, who portrayed the monster Godzilla from 1954 to 1972, dies at the age of 88.
tributary river of the Amazon River in South America
Relations between the United Nations and North and South Korea
North Korea fires a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile which flies 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi), passing over Hokkaido, northern Japan, prompting the activation of the nationwide J-Alert warning system. This is first time since 2009 that a North Korean missile has passed over Japanese territory.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The Cuban Foreign Ministry says it was informed of the incidents in February and has been investigating since that time.
Five people were killed and one seriously injured after a mountain accident on Sunday in the Austrian state of Salzburg.
Voters in Kenya go to the polls to elect the President, as well as members of the National Assembly and Senate.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc has become the largest shareholder of Bank of America by exercising its right to acquire 700 million shares at a steep discount, more than tripling an investment it made six years ago. Bank of America on Tuesday announced the exercise of the warrants, which gave Berkshire, controlled by Warren Buffett, the right to buy the bank’s shares for about $7.14 each. Bank of America shares closed down 14 cents at $23.58 on the same day.
Reformist candidate Mohammad-Ali Najafi is unanimously elected Mayor of Tehran by the city council, ending the 12-year tenure of Principlist Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf.
Armed men dressed as soldiers, apparently led by former National Guard captain Juan Carlos Caguaripano, attack a Venezuelan Army base near Valencia, Carabobo, declaring themselves in rebellion against the National Constituent Assembly and President Nicolás Maduro. At least two people are killed.
The entire Texas National Guard is activated by Texas Governor Greg Abbott for search and rescue operations, as weather forecasters stated that Harvey would move back over the Gulf of Mexico and restrengthen.
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Sichuan in southwest China, killing at least thirteen people and injuring more than 175.
A passenger train collided with a dump truck on the line at Auraiya, India, and was derailed.
USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes the Italian island of Ischia, leaving one person dead and 25 others injured. Italian media report 10 others are unaccounted for after several buildings collapsed in Casamicciola Terme.
A passenger train collided with a dump truck on the line at Auraiya, India, and was derailed. Twenty-five people were injured.
Two trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt, killing at least 41 people and injuring at least 179.
Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials
United States-supported Somali forces shoot and kill 10 Somalis, including three children, in Lower Shebelle's Bariire village near Mogadishu. While the Somalia government reports the other dead were members of the al Shabaab militia, Lower Shabelle deputy governor Ali Nur Mohamed says the victims were all civilians, farm owners, workers and their children. The U.S. Africa Command says they are investigating these civilian casualties reports.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
city in Texas, United States; within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area
overview of the Federal government of Nigeria
Australian immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea
The world's oldest man, Polish–Israeli Yisrael Kristal, who was also recognized as the oldest living Holocaust survivor, dies at age 113 years, 330 days, in Haifa, Israel.
The city has been isolated from the rest of the ISIL-held territory since the recent Mosul liberation.
During one of the meetings of the 50th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum at Manila, the foreign ministers of the member nations issued a communiqué "emphasizing the importance of non-militarisation and self-restraint," ending an impasse regarding the disputes on the South China Sea.
A natural gas explosion at college prep school Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota, kills two staff members. Another nine people were injured, seven of whom are hospitalized, three in critical and four in serious condition.
Iranian conservative politician, professor, and former air force pilot
Transgender personnel in the United States military
A 13-year-old girl is killed when a car is deliberately driven into a pizza restaurant's sidewalk cafe in Sept-Sorts, France. At least 12 other people are injured, four critically. The driver is arrested. Police do not believe the incident was terrorism-related.
Two people in Texas are confirmed dead with many more reported injured. Authorities are unable to visit the hardest hit area so the toll of dead and injured is expected to rise.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2371
ceremonial county in England (use Q21694646 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
The leader of the winning party will become the new president, following the retirement of José Eduardo dos Santos, who has held the role since 1979.
atmospheric phenomenon in which dust, smoke, and other dry particulates obscure the clarity of the sky
Mathew Fraser and Tia-Clair Toomey win the 2017 CrossFit Games in Madison, Wisconsin, and claim the title of Fittest on Earth for individual men's and women's respectively.
15th President of the Philippines (2010-2016)
The United States Navy relieves vice admiral Joseph Aucoin as commander of the United States Seventh Fleet following four collisions in Asia this year that claimed the lives of 17 sailors.
American multinational pharmaceutical company
The South Korean military reports North Korea has fired several short-range projectiles into the sea from its eastern Kangwon province. The U.S. military says three short-range missile launches either exploded on launch or failed in flight.
Accidents and incidents involving the V-22 Osprey
Researchers at the Breakthrough Listen initiative announce they have detected 15 new powerful fast radio bursts (FRB) from FRB 121102, located in a dwarf galaxy about three billion light-years from Earth. FRB 121102 was first detected in 2012, and gained further attention after FRBs were detected from there again in 2015.
American comedian and Muscular Dystrophy Association chairman Jerry Lewis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 91.
South American trade bloc Mercosur will trigger its democratic clause this weekend to suspend Venezuela indefinitely, furthering its past temporary suspension, and not allow the country back until internal political issues have been resolved.
India and China agree to end a two month-long stand-off with the withdrawal of Indian troops.
peninsula in Northeast Africa which juts into the Guardafui Channel
Human traffickers had forced 300 people aboard two boats into the sea.
Oil prices rise in anticipation of Harvey's impact on production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration
environmental policy as enforced by the Donald Trump administration
branch of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela
A United States Army Combat Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes off the coast of Hawaii, with five people on board. A United States Coast Guard-led search for the missing is underway.
controversy generated by fraud perpetrated by Wells Fargo
There are no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
rule that ends a sports event due to an insurmountable lead
An American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission crashes off the coast of Yemen with six aboard, five of whom have been rescued. The search continues for the other U.S. service member.
A sewage leak, due to a single toilet, contaminated about 200 passengers's bags at Nashville International Airport, according to Southwest Airlines.
Government officials in Myanmar report that 12 security personnel (ten policemen, one soldier and one immigration officer) and 59 Rohingya insurgents were killed overnight during coordinated attacks by insurgents on at least 26 police posts and an army base in Rakhine State.
International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
India and China agree to end a two month-long stand-off with the withdrawal of Indian troops. The stand-off began in June after China began constructing a road in the disputed territory of Doklam which is claimed by both China and Bhutan.
one of the districts (gu) of Seoul, Republic of Korea
U.S. forecasting agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
British-born Hungarian American media personality, military and intelligence analyst and former government (born 1970)
The winners of the annual Hugo Awards are announced at the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in Helsinki.
city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
The 145-year-old Roger B. Taney Monument outside Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland, is removed overnight by authorities.
divorce performed by a husband saying the word talaq to his wife thrice, widespread among South Asian Muslims
Twenty three of the twenty six people on board have been rescued.
North Korean mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile
association football club in Barcelona, Spain
has issued indictments for 19 people, including 15 identified as Turkish security officials, for attacking protesters in May 2017.
capital city of South Governorate, Lebanon
Voters in Rwanda go to the polls to elect their president. Paul Kagame, incumbent since 2000, referred to the election as a formality, despite challenges from the Democratic Greens' Frank Habineza and independent Philippe Mpayimana. Kagame is re-elected with 98.66 of the vote.
In golf, American Justin Thomas wins the PGA Championship for his first career major title.
football rivalry between English Premier League football clubs Arsenal F.C. & Chelsea F.C.
natural phenomenon wherein the Sun is obscured by the Moon
Date: May 23 – October 23, 2017 (5 months)
international organisation of Southeast Asian countries
escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, due to the rapidly improved nuclear weapons capability of North Korea
The Constitutional Court suspends the order made by President Jimmy Morales to expel the U.N. anti-corruption commission head.
Air Berlin, Germany's second largest airline, files for bankruptcy protection after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways, chose not to make more financing available.
US Marine Corps general in retirement and former US secretary of defense
medical college in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
maritime warfare branch of Libya's military
Internet firm CloudFlare ceased CDN support for the neo-Nazi, white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after The Daily Stormer claimed that the company supported their cause.
Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year old Grade 11 student, was shot dead by police after trying to escape an antidrug operation in Caloocan.
municipality and capital city of Belgium
He was killed in 1967 along with ambushed Marines during the Vietnam War.
4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)
Fictional giant monster that first appeared in the 1954 Godzilla movie "Gojira".
image made from an assemblage of small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials
Japanese colonial period in Chōsen (Korea), 1910–1945
airport in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Jacinda Ardern is elected the new leader of the Labour Party, after Andrew Little resigns on the back of poor opinion poll performance ahead of the 23 September election.
diplomatic relations between the Republic of South Africa and the Republic of Zimbabwe
university in Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Denmark's Prince Henrik announces he won't be buried next to Queen Margrethe II in the Roskilde Cathedral where Danish royals have been buried since 1559.
List of French football transfers summer 2017
Flooding in South Asia has displaced tens of thousands of people and resulted in an estimated 500 deaths across India, Bangladesh, and Nepal.
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
Teams of United States-based researchers, composed of American, Chinese and South Korean scientists, successfully edit a piece of faulty DNA that causes a deadly form of heart disease from cells in human embryos.
United States Agency for International Development
United States government civilian foreign aid agency
The search for three members of the United States Marines Corps lost in a MV-22 Osprey crash in Shoalwater Bay in the Australian state of Queensland is called off.
The Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Baleka Mbete, announces that a vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma will be held by secret ballot. The vote, to be held on 8 August 2017, will be the eighth vote of no confidence against the president and the first by secret ballot.
city in Harris County, Texas, United States
It made landfall on Texas's eastern coast, the eye striking the town of Rockport, as a Category 4 hurricane.
consolidated city and county in California, United States
Two people in Texas are confirmed dead with many more reported injured.
In the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics swap All-Star point guards, with Isaiah Thomas going to the Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving to the Celtics.
series of clashes on the Lebanon–Syria border
unincorporated community and census-designated place in Calhoun County, Texas, United States
New Zealand announces the stationing of three more non-combat military personnel in Afghanistan, boosting its military commitment to 13.
A large fire continues to burn at the Peter Pan Seafoods fish processing plant in Port Moller, Alaska, on the Alaska Peninsula. Much of the facility has been destroyed, and the plant is out of commission. Power is out in the village.
More than 50 refugees have drowned with over 30 people still missing.
publicly held company that is primarily an internet domain registrar and web hosting company
city in and county seat of Dane County, Wisconsin, United States, and the capital city of Wisconsin
Two police officials found guilty of negligence and mistreatment of evidence are sentenced to 17 years in prison. Five accused TTP militants are acquitted. The main suspect, former president Pervez Musharraf, who now resides in Dubai, is declared a fugitive for having failed to show up in court and has his property confiscated.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 4 days)
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
The main suspect, former president Pervez Musharraf, who now resides in Dubai, is declared a fugitive for having failed to show up in court and has his property confiscated.
19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The election of top leadership of Chinese Communist Party, including General Secretary and Political Bureau members.
presiding officer of a national assembly, legislative body
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Date: 17 June 2017 Time: about 1:30 a.m. JST
head of state and head of government of Guatemala
The Baltimore City Council unanimously voted to remove the monuments on August 14.
Pakistan postpones a visit from U.S. acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells, its foreign ministry says, as some protest President Donald Trump's accusations that Pakistan is harbouring terrorists.
international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons
A former Volkswagen executive pleads guilty to defrauding the United States and violating the Clean Air Act.
An explosion at a South Korean shipyard owned by STX Offshore & Shipbuilding kills four workers.
United States-supported Somali forces shoot and kill 10 Somalis, including three children, in Lower Shebelle's Bariire village near Mogadishu.
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
Australian CrossFit athlete and weightlifter
Rugby Union team based in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Accidents and incidents involving helicopters
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Millions of United States residents and visitors are able to witness a total solar eclipse that crosses through North America. It is the first total solar eclipse visible across the entire contiguous United States since the solar eclipse of June 8, 1918.
Several Confederate monuments are taken down overnight in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, including the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Confederate Women's Monument and the Roger B. Taney sculpture.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Miami, Florida, United States
Far-right protesters and thousands of far-left counter-protesters clash in Berkeley, California, leading to the arrest of at least 14 people.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge suggest that the Chilesaurus may be the so-called "missing link" between the Stegosaurus and the Tyrannosaurus.
The South African Police Service issues a red alert at the country's borders to prevent First Lady of Zimbabwe Grace Mugabe from leaving the country.
imposes new sanctions on eight Venezuelan officials, including Secretary of the 2017 Constituent Assembly Adán Chávez - the late President Hugo Chávez's brother, to "deter further democratic backsliding" in the South American country.
capital city of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria
The vote, to be held on 8 August 2017, will be the eighth vote of no confidence against the president and the first by secret ballot.
Brazilian President Michel Temer abolishes the 46,000 km2 National Reserve of Copper and Associates (Renca) ecological reserve, which spans the borders of Amapá and Pará states in northern Brazil.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Australia Barnaby Joyce is revealed to have unknowingly held dual citizenship with New Zealand since his election, which may have rendered him ineligible for candidacy under section 44 of the Constitution of Australia.
A day after a Russian sponsored ceasefire with a rebel group agreed a halt of fighting in the last opposition enclave in the capital, Syrian government airplanes and artillery strike rebel-held eastern Damascus suburbs and Ghouta with barrel bombs, killing at least five civilians in the towns of Hamouriya and Zalamka with several case of suffocation from rockets filled with chlorine that were fired at the front lines of Jobar and Ain Terma.
county seat of Durham County, North Carolina, United States
Several internet companies, such as domain registrar GoDaddy and video game chat application Discord, shut down services for neo-Nazi, white supremacist, alt-right website The Daily Stormer for violation of terms of service, and in response to this weekend's violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In a video interview posted on the state-run website Uriminzokkiri, the two sons of James Joseph Dresnok (the last remaining American defector to North Korea) have confirmed that their father has died of a stroke last November 2016.
The U.S. economy added over 200,000 jobs last month, dropping the country's unemployment rate to match a previous 16-year low at 4.3%. Wage growth remained below the Federal Reserve Board's target of 3.5%.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
Two British police officers were assaulted with a sword while trying to arrest a man outside Buckingham Palace.
List of Confederate monuments and memorials
administrative division of the Philippines
President Donald Trump promises "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if North Korea threatens the United States.
The US Navy has announced that about a dozen sailors of the USS Fitzgerald are to be disciplined in the aftermath of the collision with a container ship last June, where 7 crew members died.
The United States State Department says at least 16 U.S.
international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities
general term for a period in which a group of people are temporarily dismissed from their duties
Performs the diplomatic relations of the Republic of Cuba with other states
EDT (0300 UTC, August 26) as the strongest storm to hit the United States mainland since 2004.
Date: 20 August – 2 September 2017 (1 week and 6 days)
Downtown Houston has collected about 3.5 inches (8.9 cm) of rain with 7 inches (18 cm) recorded in some areas. Nearly 9 inches (23 cm) was tallied in First Colony early this morning. The National Hurricane Center predicts up to 30 inches (76 cm) of rain and isolated totals as high as 40 inches (100 cm) by the time the storm leaves.
Three suicide bombers kill 27 people and wound 83 near Maiduguri, Nigeria.
The wreckage of the USS Indianapolis heavy cruiser, torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-58 and sunk in 1945 after delivering parts for the Little Boy atomic weapon, is discovered on the floor of the North Pacific Ocean.
Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy
type of jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought
Workers at two British McDonald's restaurants overwhelmingly vote to authorize a strike over working conditions and the use of zero-hour contracts, which would be the first such labor action against the fast-food chain in the U.K.
Paul Kagame, incumbent since 2000, referred to the election as a formality, despite challenges from the Democratic Greens' Frank Habineza and independent Philippe Mpayimana.
capital city of the United Arab Emirates
terrorist attacks in Spain in August 2017
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
Nearly 9 inches (23 cm) was tallied in First Colony early this morning.
The United Nations Security Council votes 15–0 to impose sanctions on North Korea for its intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
FRB 121102 was first detected in 2012, and gained further attention after FRBs were detected from there again in 2015.
Airline bankruptcies in the United States
Empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947
This has not been officially confirmed by the National Weather Service.
The Lebanese Armed Forces launches operation Fajr al-Joroud, and on the first day recaptures 30 km of territory near the Lebanon–Syria border formerly occupied by ISIS militants. Twenty ISIS militants were killed and 10 Lebanese soldiers were wounded.
death of 17-year old Kian Loyd delos Santos
Four gunmen attack a Shiite mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 20 people.
A Neutron star collision triggered the gravitational waves which "also created heavy elements such as gold, platinum and lead".
A United States Coast Guard-led search for the missing is underway.
Harvey is now a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kmh). It made landfall on Texas's eastern coast, the eye striking the town of Rockport, as a Category 4 hurricane. It's the strongest storm to hit the state since 1961. Harvey is expected to maintain tropical storm strength, with heavy rains and flooding, for at least four days.
Government spokesman Zoltán Kovács stated that strict border controls were still needed because the "threat of terrorism in Europe has increased".
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
The convoy, carrying 308 militants and 331 civilians according to Hezbollah, is now effectively stranded in Syrian government-controlled territory.
1974 air-to-surface cruise missile family by Boeing
He is the first company employee sent to prison in the scandal.
United States federal law designed to control air pollution on a national level
Duration: October 17, 2017 – April 11, 2018 April 14 – May 28, 2018 (Playoffs) May 31 – June 8, 2018 (Finals)
The International Institute for Strategic Studies releases a report arguing that North Korea has acquired a high-performance liquid-propellant engine for its missile program, probably from illicit networks in Russia and Ukraine, likely produced by Yuzhmash facilities.
events in a specific year or time period
Kagame is re-elected with 98.66 of the vote.
Cuban diplomatic mission in the capital of the United States
most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system
lake in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Navy ship in the past two years and the second in the past two months.
Portion of Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967
The controversial National Constituent Assembly votes unanimously to assume the powers of the opposition-led National Assembly of Venezuela.
In golf, the PGA of America and the PGA Tour jointly announce that the PGA Championship, currently the last of the four men's major championships to be held each year, will move from its current August date to May effective in 2019. In the same year, The Players Championship will move from May to March.
Millions of United States residents and visitors are able to witness a total solar eclipse that crosses through North America.
Amazonas Governor Liborio Guarulla describes the killings as a "massacre".
President Donald Trump disbands both the Strategic and Policy Forum and American Manufacturing Council in response to the CEO resignations.
Searches are underway for three members of the United States Marine Corps missing after a MV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. Twenty three of the twenty six people on board have been rescued.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
Hindu/Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe calls for arrests related to the beating of a black counterprotester by white supremacists during the Unite the Right rally.
Shortly after Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski called Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro a "dictator" in response to the Venezuelan constitutional crisis, Peru expels Venezuela's ambassador to Peru to protest Venezuela's recent formation of an all-powerful constituent assembly that has been widely condemned as a power grab by Maduro.
former hotel and university building in Turku, Finland
return of art or cultural heritage (often ancient or looted) to their country of origin or (heirs of) former owners
head of the government of Greater London
At Governor Greg Abbott's request, President Trump issues a disaster proclamation for the state, freeing up federal aid for the worst-affected areas.
Sky UK stops broadcasting Fox News in the United Kingdom after 15 years due to low audience figures.
According to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, 30 Laotian soldiers cross the border into Steung Treng Province despite repeated requests for them to leave. Hun Sen gives Laos a six-day ultimatum to withdraw the soldiers or face a military response.
independent city in Virginia, United States
President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
advisory committee to the White House on cultural issues
census designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States
sectarian conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar
human settlement in Muzaffarnagar district, Saharanpur division, Uttar Pradesh, India
government employees and family members based in Cuba showed physical symptoms from the previously reported acoustic attacks.
Harvey is expected to maintain tropical storm strength, with heavy rains and flooding, for at least four days.
Australian Senator Nick Xenophon is discovered to hold dual citizenship with Britain.
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
city in Oklahoma, United States and county seat of Tulsa County
province in China, whose capital is Xi'an
spaceflight-related events during the year of 2017
2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election
annual rugby union competition in Europe and South Africa
sovereign state in northern South America
Footage is released showing police officer Jeff Payne arresting the nurse Alex Wubbels after she refuses his request to draw blood from one of her patients.
Because of a recent pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Marine Corps will ground its flight operations for 24 hours for an operational reset.
Palestinians who were expelled from their country
At least eight people have died in the American state of Texas with 30,000 residents in the city of Houston expected to seek temporary shelter.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
racist belief that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds
service members are killed and five injured.
An IAEA report says Iran remains within key limits set in the 2015 agreement with world powers on development of its nuclear program.
New research suggests that large parts of Southern Asia may be uninhabitable by 2100 due to levels of humidity dangerous to humans.
Killings of Kian delos Santos, Carl Arnaiz and Reynaldo de Guzman
American neo-Nazi and white supremacist news and commentary website
American politician, 62nd governor of Maryland
Investigators are exploring whether some form of sonic attack was directed at diplomats' homes.
head of state and head of government of Brazil
history and listing of economic sanctions imposed on North Korea
North Korean August 2017 missile launch over Japan
study of reducing the emissions produced by motor vehicles
effects of global warming and climate change
Two Joseon Dynasty-era royal seals which were repatriated last July from the U.S.
chemical element, symbol Mn and atomic number 25
Many were en route to Kutupalong Refugee Camp, a refugee camp in Ukhia, Bangladesh, mostly inhabited by Rohingya refugees.
President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he is expelling the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a U.N. anti-corruption commission that is investigating the president's campaign financing.
Venezuelan Constitutional Assembly election, 2017
In the NBA, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics swap All-Star point guards, with Isaiah Thomas going to the Cavaliers and Kyrie Irving to the Celtics. The Celtics also send the Cavaliers forward Jae Crowder, center Ante Žižić, and a 2018 first-round draft pick that they had previously obtained from the Brooklyn Nets.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to destroy acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The approval makes Novartis the proprietor of the first gene therapy to hit the U.S. market.
Sailors/Marines who survived the sinking were finally rescued after 4–5 days in shark-infested waters.
city in and county seat of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, and Maryland federated state capital city
2017–2018 season of the National Basketball Association
social reformer, preacher, and spiritual leader
U.S. President Donald Trump pardons former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Joe Arpaio.
walls and fences along the Mexico–United States border
Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins becomes the newest member of the 50 home run club, reaching the milestone during the Marlins' 6–2 win over the San Diego Padres.
56 nautical miles (104 kilometres; 64 miles) southwest of Yokosuka, Japan
1–1 (4–1 on penalties) to win the FA Community Shield.
insurgency during the War in Afghanistan
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant against Mahmoud al-Werfalli for the war crime of murder following the circulation of several videos in which he appears to oversee the execution of over 30 prisoners.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says five people have died.
collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Nigerian government-owned and partly commercial broadcaster
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar
Venkaiah Naidu elected as India's 13th Vice-President of India.
The 50th anniversary of the death of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, the decorated Navy chaplain is commorated with a Mass and documentary premiere.
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
A train derails near Khatauli, Uttar Pradesh, India, resulting in at least 23 deaths and 156 injuries. ,
Turkish Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., United States
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Pakistan holds a state funeral for German-born Catholic nun Ruth Pfau, known as "Pakistan's Mother Teresa," who devoted her life to eradicating leprosy in the South Asian country.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
The International Criminal Court has ruled that Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi is liable for about € 2.7 million in personal damages for the destruction of Timbuktu's heritage sites, and that the victims (including Mali itself and the international community) be paid "individual, collective, and symbolic" reparations.
She is in Dubai where her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, lives.
disputed territory claimed by both Bhutan and China
Two people die in an earthquake in Leyte, Philippines.
Government of Hassan Rouhani (2017–2021)
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
Tornadoes are reported in Katy and Missouri City, Texas.
Voters in Rwanda go to the polls to elect their president.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is expected to start on October 18, 2017.
(1969–) Hungarian politician and historian
The Kitasuna Little League from the Tokyo, Japan district of Kōtō wins the 2017 Little League World Series, defeating the U.S. champions from Lufkin, Texas 12–2 in a game stopped after five innings due to the LLWS mercy rule. It is the Kitasuna league's third LLWS crown in the last six years, and the 11th title overall for Japan.
marketing strategy that uses existing social networks to promote a product
President of the United States Donald Trump signs the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
place that limits cooperation with national immigration law
According to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, 30 Laotian soldiers cross the border into Steung Treng Province despite repeated requests for them to leave.
A grand jury in Washington, D.C. has issued indictments for 19 people, including 15 identified as Turkish security officials, for attacking protesters in May 2017.
Bank of America on Tuesday announced the exercise of the warrants, which gave Berkshire, controlled by Warren Buffett, the right to buy the bank’s shares for about $7.14 each.
Included in the deal is the Log Cabin Democrat, founded in 1879, and three Alaskan newspapers: the Juneau Empire, the Peninsula Clarion and Homer News.
anti-corruption commission that is investigating the president's campaign financing.
common name of Homo sapiens, unique extant species of the genus Homo, from embryo to adult
Australian immigration detention and offshore asylum processing centre located on Nauru
President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2018 to 2022
The Kenyan electoral commission announces that President Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election. Kenyatta leads ODM candidate Raila Odinga by more than 1.4 million votes. The opposition National Super Alliance rejects this finding as fraudulent.
New York State-based GateHouse Media announces an agreement to buy 11 U.S.
Hurricane Franklin, the Atlantic Ocean's first hurricane of the season, is set to hit Mexico's Gulf state of Veracruz tonight or tomorrow morning. The category 1 storm is expected to lose strength as it moves inland through the oil-producing state.
List of traffic collisions (2000–present)
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
crisis over the eligibility of members of the Parliament of Australia over citizenship
capital of the same named Cambodian province
head of state and head of government of Angola
Section 44 of the Constitution of Australia
This is first time since 2009 that a North Korean missile has passed over Japanese territory.
Date: 3 August 2017 (credential certifying) 5 August 2017 (swearing-in)
The Kenyan electoral commission announces that President Uhuru Kenyatta has won re-election.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc has become the largest shareholder of Bank of America by exercising its right to acquire 700 million shares at a steep discount, more than tripling an investment it made six years ago.
President Donald Trump issues a presidential memorandum that stops funding of sex reassignment procedures for military personnel, and that denies entry of transgender individuals into the military. President Trump announced this policy change via Twitter in late July. Two LGBT rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit two weeks ago arguing this policy change is unconstitutional because it denies transgender service members equal protection and due process.
newspapers from Georgia-based Morris Communications.
At least two people are reportedly killed, and several others wounded in a stabbing in Turku, Finland. Police said they arrested one person after a shootout and had launched a manhunt for other possible attackers.
During combat operations in northern Iraq, two U.S.
A 23-year-old stabs and injures eight people in the Russian city of Surgut, before being killed by police. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
The 83-year-old, French-born Henrik has been dissatisfied with his non-equal role as Prince consort.
after being illegally taken out by an American soldier during the Korean War, are on exhibit at the National Palace Museum of Korea.
bilateral relations between Canada and Cuba
More than 1,200 people have been killed across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.
peninsula extending about 800 km (497 mi) to the southwest from the mainland of Alaska and ending in the Aleutian Islands
capital and largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria
La Rambla, Barcelona and Cambrils, Catalonia, Spain
Results from Saturday's constitutional referendum show Mauritanians have voted to abolish the Senate.
Province in Central Visayas, Philippines
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park
airport in Denver, Colorado, United States
walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem
Twenty ISIS militants were killed and 10 Lebanese soldiers were wounded.
Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy
Several people are dead after two trucks collide with a minibus on the M1 motorway near the town of Newport Pagnell in the English county of Buckinghamshire.
abandoned island lying about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. Abandoned concrete buildings and the surrounding sea wall.
Turnout was 53.73%, with 85% of voters supporting the change, according to officials.
Netherlands women's national football team
women's national association football team representing the Netherlands
Joint offensive by Iraqi government forces with allied militias to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL
One person is killed and several people are injured after a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters.
head of state and of government of Texas
Two transcripts of telephone conversations between U.S.
Rugby Union team based in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
city in and county seat of Galveston County, Texas, United States; port and coastal city
Trump was shown to disagree with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on 27 January over the proposed border wall, and with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull the next day over the resettlement deal of refugees in Nauru and Manus.
The Pentagon is considering conducting airstrikes in Marawi, which if approved would later put U.S.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
Venezuelan security forces raid a prison in Puerto Ayacucho, Amazonas State, killing at least 37 inmates. Amazonas Governor Liborio Guarulla describes the killings as a "massacre".
Bank of America shares closed down 14 cents at $23.58 on the same day.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
There are no reports of casualties or structural damage to buildings.
Venezuelan opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma are seized at their homes overnight by the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and taken to Ramo Verde Prison.
President Donald Trump has ended his planned Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure after only a month, coming a day after two other advisory councils, the Strategic and Policy Forum and the American Manufacturing Council, were scrapped. No reason was given.
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
group of chief executives advising U.S. President Donald Trump
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th President of the Philippines
England's administrative, geographical and political demarcation
city in and county seat of Curry County, New Mexico, United States
Sources within Shinawatra's party Pheu Thai Party have said that she has allegedly fled the country, though not saying where to, in response current prime minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has ordered the border checkpoints to be closely monitored to prevent Shinawatra leaving the country if she has not already.
Hours after Trump made this remark, North Korea says it is "carefully examining" a missile strike against United States territory of Guam.
The National Hurricane Center predicts up to 30 inches (76 cm) of rain and isolated totals as high as 40 inches (100 cm) by the time the storm leaves.
right-wing and far-right ideologies presented as an alternative to mainstream conservatism originating in the United States
in spiral of two black holes around each other, leading to their merger
2017 conflict between the Philippine government and the Maute Group
A dry cargo vessel broke in two in the Black Sea off Turkey’s northwest coast, television images showed early on Sunday, while the 11-man crew was rescued.
Viacom International Media Networks has announced it will no longer pursue a Nickelodeon underwater theme park and resort in Palawan, Philippines.
upper house of the United States Congress
Title usually held by a spouse of a female monarch
prefecture-level city in Henan, People's Republic of China
During combat operations in northern Iraq, two U.S. service members are killed and five injured.
golf tournament held in the United States
Opinion polling for the 2017 New Zealand general election
summary of New Zealand political polling (2014–2017)
flag-carrier airline of the United Arab Emirates
Two suspects are taken into custody, and ISIL claims responsibility.
American conservative cable television news channel
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
NBA team based in Boston; tied with most NBA Championships
It is the Kitasuna league's third LLWS crown in the last six years, and the 11th title overall for Japan.
American chemist, engineer, entrepreneur and businessperson
Two people are killed and 13 wounded during anti-government protests in Togo.
former dictator and 10th President of Pakistan
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Sajikno 34 (Sejongno), Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
continent on the Earth's northwestern quadrant, spanning from the Arctic Archipelago to the Panama Isthmus
Imam Khomeini Hosseinieh, Pasteur Street, Tehran
In golf, the PGA of America and the PGA Tour jointly announce that the PGA Championship, currently the last of the four men's major championships to be held each year, will move from its current August date to May effective in 2019.
defeats mixed martial artist Conor McGregor in the 10th round by technical knockout to improve to 50–0, breaking Rocky Marciano's 61-year-old record.
Rescue efforts are underway with ten sailors reported as missing.
Voters in Mauritania participate in a referendum on whether to amend the Constitution of Mauritania, with the abolition of the Senate and addition of red bands to the flag of Mauritania among the most significant proposed changes. The OCHR has criticised Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's government for apparent suppression of opposition protests.
by half each year, and implement a "merit-based system" prioritizing skilled workers, instead of the current family-based chain migration system.
German-Pakistani physician and member of a religious order
A van drives into crowds of people in La Rambla, Barcelona, in what Spanish police are calling a terrorist attack, killing at least 12 people.
to investigate allegations of Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections.
American investor, entrepreneur and businessman
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)
A suicide bomber kills five people at the entrance of a Kabul Bank subsidiary near the Embassy of the United States in Kabul.
Senior members of the Pheu Thai Party report former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left Thailand last week ahead of the verdict in her negligence trial. She is in Dubai where her brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, lives.
federal territory of Australia, containing the capital city, Canberra
set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year
overview of the foreign relations of Peru
The three corporate executives join Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich and Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank, who also resigned from the council in protest the day prior.
Tornadoes are reported in Katy and Missouri City, Texas. This has not been officially confirmed by the National Weather Service.
President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales announced Sunday he is expelling the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a U.N.
London's Big Ben, atop Elizabeth Tower, will fall silent for four years beginning 21 August while essential repair works are performed.
Because of a recent pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Marine Corps will ground its flight operations for 24 hours for an operational reset. The suspensions will be spread out over the next two weeks.
Wage growth remained below the Federal Reserve Board's target of 3.5%.
38, citing lack of funds to fully establish the region.
No injuries were reported, and the FBI is investigating the case.
security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
Date: 9 October 2016 – present (6 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
overview of immigration to the United States
Military head of state of Nigeria, 1983–1985 and President of Nigeria since 2015
substance used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease
nuclear research sites and processing facilities of Iran
Police said they arrested one person after a shootout and had launched a manhunt for other possible attackers.
armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
sovereign state in Oceania, situated on an archipelago
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
The South African Police Service issues a red alert at the country's borders to prevent First Lady of Zimbabwe Grace Mugabe from leaving the country. She is wanted on charges of "assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm" on a 20-year-old woman in a hotel room in Johannesburg.
The Trust Fund for Victims is to decide until 16 February 2018 how the amount will be paid (the Court has also recognized that the penniless al-Mahdi would be unable to pay).
President Donald Trump has ended his planned Presidential Advisory Council on Infrastructure after only a month, coming a day after two other advisory councils, the Strategic and Policy Forum and the American Manufacturing Council, were scrapped.
A series of small explosions occur at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, and according to the company more are expected, after floodwaters shut down the cooling systems that kept the chemicals stable.
Three so-called GTA gang members are shot dead and four others are wounded, including two guards, at a courthouse in Moscow, Russia, after they attempted to escape.
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes the Italian island of Ischia, leaving one person dead and 25 others injured.
fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or other areas
A rocket hits and injures several people at the Damascus International Fair. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says five people have died.
Former Volkswagen engineer James Liang is sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox to 40 months in prison and a $200,000 fine for his role in the decade-long scheme to cheat on federal emissions tests for diesel-powered cars sold in the United States.
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
Internet firm CloudFlare ceased CDN support for the neo-Nazi, white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after The Daily Stormer claimed that the company supported their cause. The Daily Stormer website had already lost web-hosting services by the domain register GoDaddy and Google
The United States Navy's USS John S. McCain collides with the Liberian-flagged Alnic MC near Singapore. Rescue efforts are underway with ten sailors reported as missing.
Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif goes home after his disqualification by the Supreme Court in the Panama Papers case.
American businessman and convicted felon
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Palawan
internal combustion engine with quality rotational frequency governing, internal mixture formation, lean air-fuel-ratio, diffusion flame and compression ignition
The suspensions will be spread out over the next two weeks.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
imperial Japanese Navy B3 type cruiser submarine
initiative to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first treatment that genetically engineers patients' own blood cells to destroy acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan
Papua New Guinean general election, 2017
The Celtics also send the Cavaliers forward Jae Crowder, center Ante Žižić, and a 2018 first-round draft pick that they had previously obtained from the Brooklyn Nets.
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
city and county seat of Nueces County, Texas, United States
official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch
chemical element with the atomic number of 73
The Lebanese Armed Forces launches operation Fajr al-Joroud, and on the first day recaptures 30 km of territory near the Lebanon–Syria border formerly occupied by ISIS militants.
South Africa's head of state and head of government
district in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division
A headless dismembered torso found washed ashore in Copenhagen two days ago is identified as Kim Wall. According to a police spokesperson, the body was deliberately mutilated and had metal attached to it so that it would not float.
second-largest city in Florida, United States of America
2017 Mauritanian constitutional referendum
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
Professional Golfers' Association of America
American organization of golf professionals
The U.S. Africa Command says they are investigating these civilian casualties reports.
While the Somalia government reports the other dead were members of the al Shabaab militia, Lower Shabelle deputy governor Ali Nur Mohamed says the victims were all civilians, farm owners, workers and their children.
England women's national rugby union team
national team that represents England in international women's rugby union
USS John S. McCain and Alnic MC collision
civil status similar to marriage, most often independent of the gender of partners
final-game of the UEFA Women's Euro 2017
The police reported the attackers were wearing explosive vests, however they were later discovered to be fakes.
Date: 17 June 2011 – 28 August 2017 (6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 4 days)
The reading of the verdict has been rescheduled to September 27.
NATO-led training, advisory, assistance, and counter-terror mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
leukemia that is characterized by over production of lymphoblasts.
425 Avenue of the Americas Manhattan, New York City
fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group
American entrepreneur and philanthropist
Military component for the state of Texas; includes National Guard and State Military
murders of three teenagers in the Philippines by police officers
An improvised explosive device goes off at a mosque in Bloomington, Minnesota.
At least 12 other people are injured, four critically.
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
American businessman and politician, Governor of West Virginia
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
The storm makes landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor as a Category 4 hurricane around 11 p.m.
It's the strongest storm to hit the state since 1961.
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
attack on 27 December 2007 in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
multicellular diploid eukaryote in its earliest stage of development
American lawyer, and current director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
husband of Queen Margrethe II (1934-2018)
President Jacob Zuma survives his eighth no-confidence motion in parliament via a 198–177 secret ballot vote with nine abstentions.
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
A train derails near Khatauli, Uttar Pradesh, India, resulting in at least 23 deaths and 156 injuries.
The University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) announces that the 2017 Great Alaska Shootout, a national college basketball tournament, will be the final competition of the 40-year-old series. UAA blames economic conditions for the termination of the long running, national competition.
island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands
champions from Lufkin, Texas 12–2 in a game stopped after five innings due to the LLWS mercy rule.
writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure
The move comes hours after troops from the National Guard surrounded her home in Caracas.
July–September 2017 flood series in Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Nepal
unsanctioned release of confidential information to news media
overview of television in the United Kingdom
an important sector for Philippine economy.
The National Archives of Korea has received a donation of around 6,000 records showing the forced mobilization of Koreans during Korea's colonial occupation by the Empire of Japan, some of them involving details about the controversial Hashima Island. The government agency plans to publish the records online after classification.
overview of the culture of Toronto, Canada
Military operation of the Syrian Civil War
New Zealand women's national rugby union team
voting style that makes each vote anonymous
2017 boxing match billed as 'The Money Fight'
city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
governing body of the Federal Reserve System
molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses
chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan
watercraft intended to carry people onboard
Two LGBT rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit two weeks ago arguing this policy change is unconstitutional because it denies transgender service members equal protection and due process.
(Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines)
Searches are underway for three members of the United States Marine Corps missing after a MV-22 Osprey crashed off the coast of the Australian state of Queensland.
East Asian use of printing images and impressions in lieu of signatures on documents
Senior members of the Pheu Thai Party report former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left Thailand last week ahead of the verdict in her negligence trial.
She is wanted on charges of "assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm" on a 20-year-old woman in a hotel room in Johannesburg.
Date: 9 August 2017 07:45 (car-ramming), 13:30 (arrest) (UTC+1)
Voters in Mauritania participate in a referendum on whether to amend the Constitution of Mauritania, with the abolition of the Senate and addition of red bands to the flag of Mauritania among the most significant proposed changes.
A fire at the 79-story Dubai Torch Tower in the United Arab Emirates, which forced nighttime evacuations, was under control in a few hours with no serious injuries immediately reported.
Date: 16 June 2017 – 28 August 2017 (2 months, 1 week and 5 days)
Former Pakistani three time Prime Minister, businessman, corruption master and politician
Five transgender United States military personnel sue President Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials over the President's policy change announced late last month banning transgender people from serving in the military.
overview of political matters in the United States of America
Qatar restores diplomatic ties with Iran.
law enforcement agency in California, USA
basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Tropical storm Harvey (hurricane earlier this month) makes its second landfall, this time in the U.S.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Leonardo, a 114 meters (374 ft)-long dry cargo ship flagged from Mongolia, started buckling and broke in two while on anchor off Istanbul’s Kilyos coast.
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
public funeral ceremony held to honour people of national significance
simultaneous citizenship of multiple countries by the same person
Police do not believe the incident was terrorism-related.
battle between MNLA and MOJWA in Gao, Mali
The project, announced last January, attracted controversy due to criticisms from environmentalist groups who fear the resort might destroy the area's marine ecosystem, home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites.
officials say the problems started in the fall of 2016.
single unit of ownership in a corporation, mutual fund, or any other organization
Fights break out between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture.
large Master-Planned Community in Fort Bend County, Texas
The Taliban claims their attack targeted soldiers and police withdrawing their salaries.
2017 Kenya presidential, legislative and gubernatorial elections
diplomatic mission of North Korea to the United Kingdom
The building's exterior was still being renovated from a fire in February, 2015, which investigators had blamed, at least in part, to flammable siding, echoing the findings of this past June's Grenfell Tower fire in London.
A shooting at a motel in Sacramento County, California, leaves a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department deputy dead and two California Highway Patrol officers injured.
Voters in Angola go to the polls to elect 220 National Assembly members.
The Kitasuna Little League from the Tokyo, Japan district of Kōtō wins the 2017 Little League World Series, defeating the U.S.
geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China
Date: 11 August 2017 2:15 p.m. local time (12:15 UTC)
organization aimed at defending the civil rights of LGBTQ+ people
Moving northeast, Harvey is expected to gradually weaken to a tropical depression by tonight.
American investor, real-estate developer, newspaper publisher, and senior advisor to President Donald Trump
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
Hurricane Franklin, the Atlantic Ocean's first hurricane of the season, is set to hit Mexico's Gulf state of Veracruz tonight or tomorrow morning.
Cambodian politician and former military commander of Cambodia
A United States Army Combat Aviation Brigade UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashes off the coast of Hawaii, with five people on board.
proposed pedestrian bridge with a fully landscaped garden, over the River Thames in London
Malian Islamist fighter and war criminal
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2017
small galaxy composed of up to several billion stars
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
bell within the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster in London, England
Viacom International Media Networks has announced it will no longer pursue a Nickelodeon underwater theme park and resort in Palawan, Philippines. The project, announced last January, attracted controversy due to criticisms from environmentalist groups who fear the resort might destroy the area's marine ecosystem, home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites.
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
automotive brand; manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
right-wing religious conservative political faction in Iran
The National Hurricane Center predicts Harvey will linger over Texas for days, dumping 15–25 inches (38–64 cm), and as much as 35 inches (89 cm) of rain on some parts of the state.
edition of the UEFA Women's Championship
An American UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter on a training mission crashes off the coast of Yemen with six aboard, five of whom have been rescued.
The United States State Department says at least 16 U.S. government employees and family members based in Cuba showed physical symptoms from the previously reported acoustic attacks. Investigators are exploring whether some form of sonic attack was directed at diplomats' homes.
The U.S. military says three short-range missile launches either exploded on launch or failed in flight.
The suit asks the court to prevent the ban from going into effect.
The deal is expected to close on October 2.
American sports clothing and accessories company
Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead with at least 600 missing.
President Donald Trump pardons former sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, Joe Arpaio.
The bus was travelling between Chengdu and Luoyang.
1950–1953 war between North and South Korea
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
division of the United States' National Weather Service
Nicolás Maduro's political oppression on the opposition
Investigations concerning Niels Högel, a German nurse already convicted for murdering two of his patients, revealed that the number of people killed while in his care is significantly higher, reaching at least 84, with some estimates being even higher. This makes Högel the serial killer with the highest known victim count in modern German history.
city in Aransas County, Texas, United States
A headless dismembered torso found washed ashore in Copenhagen two days ago is identified as Kim Wall.
The New York Times reports local officials say the death toll since last Friday is now 38.
network of highways owned by the Government of India
Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev calls it a "trade war".
Dozens of Rohingya Muslims fleeing renewed violence in Rakhine State are detained by Bangladeshi and Burmese authorities after they attempt to cross the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
A mass burial of victims of the landslide is held in Freetown to free up space in mortuaries.
1938 Japanese law which put civilian organizations (incl. labor unions) under governmental control, nationalized some industries (e.g. the media), introduced price controls and rationing and provided for unlimited budget to subsidize war production
Alliance for American Manufacturing president Scott Paul, AFL–CIO president Richard Trumka and the union's former chief of staff Thea Lee resign from President Trump's American Manufacturing Council due to their disagreements with Trump's response to the rally.
Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines
an official promise by a person who has been elected to a public office to fulfill the duties of the office according to the law
general election held in Papua New Guinea
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
chemical element with symbol Ni and atomic number 28
ethnic kin of the Turks and the third largest ethnic group in Iraq
The stand-off began in June after China began constructing a road in the disputed territory of Doklam which is claimed by both China and Bhutan.
Italian media report 10 others are unaccounted for after several buildings collapsed in Casamicciola Terme.
American multinational conglomerate corporation
person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities
A gravitational wave signal called GW170817 is observed by the LIGO/Virgo-collaboration.
civil war taking place in Somalia since 1991
Authorities are unable to visit the hardest hit area so the toll of dead and injured is expected to rise.
bilateral relations between Iran and Qatar
Liaquat National Bagh, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
Parliament of the German Free State of Saxony
American multinational pancake house restaurant chain
The rand fell by 1 percent on the announcement of the outcome.
A suicide bomber kills two American troops near the Kandahar International Airport in Afghanistan.
Holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps
In the months leading up to the announcement, a string of anti-Rohingya protests had been held in the country.
park in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
Double equestrian statue formerly installed in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Investigations concerning Niels Högel, a German nurse already convicted for murdering two of his patients, revealed that the number of people killed while in his care is significantly higher, reaching at least 84, with some estimates being even higher.
arrest of nurse by Salt Lake City Police Department in 2017
Another nine people were injured, seven of whom are hospitalized, three in critical and four in serious condition.
1700 Stadium Rd., Charlottesville, Virginia
48 states of the United States (all but Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia
United States federal executive department
member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (1921–2021)
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan
The National Archives of Korea has received a donation of around 6,000 records showing the forced mobilization of Koreans during Korea's colonial occupation by the Empire of Japan, some of them involving details about the controversial Hashima Island.
industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
Wikimedia list of persons by citizenship
President Donald Trump and foreign leaders are leaked.
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
The Commission is responsible for conducting or supervising referenda and elections to any elective body or office established by the Constitution, and any other elections as prescribed by an Act of Parliament
head of government of Russia, leads the executive branch in Russia
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
Market Street Park, bounded by Market, Jefferson, 1st and 2nd streets, Northeast
Kenyatta leads ODM candidate Raila Odinga by more than 1.4 million votes.
A weapon that uses soundwaves to discomfort, capacitate or kill opponents.
legal agreements between a service provider (website, software, etc.) and users
A 23-year-old stabs and injures eight people in the Russian city of Surgut, before being killed by police.
ongoing controversy in the United States
The 77-year old Margrethe, who had a specially designed sarcophagus made for the couple, accepts Henrik's decision, according to a royal house spokeswoman.
economy added over 200,000 jobs last month, dropping the country's unemployment rate to match a previous 16-year low at 4.3%.
At least 12 people die in the southern Chinese city of Macau as a result of flooding caused by Typhoon Hato.
American organization which combats muscular dystrophy
international airport serving Kandahar, Afghanistan
ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces
United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
second-highest constitutional office of India
American heavyweight boxing champion (1923-1969)
bilateral relations between the neighboring countries in North America
A rocket hits and injures several people at the Damascus International Fair.
layer in the Internet ecosystem addressing bottlenecks
skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
therapeutic approach that involves inserting nucleic acids into the patient's cells
civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England
Five accused TTP militants are acquitted.
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan called on Wednesday for the monument to be taken down immediately.
List of people granted executive clemency by Donald Trump
industrial disaster that took place during Hurricane Harvey in Crosby, Texas
part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean; typically includes East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Oceania
Legislative body of the Islamic Republic of Iran
North Korea fires a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile which flies 2,700 kilometres (1,700 mi), passing over Hokkaido, northern Japan, prompting the activation of the nationwide J-Alert warning system.
chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79
2017 proposed bill in the United States Senate, Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
In and around East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific
The Court of Appeals of the Philippines has junked U.S.
Between Market Square and Puutori, central Turku, Finland
overview of the legality and prevalence of abortions in Chile
countryside and suburban area in southwestern Syria
widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
empire extending over large parts of Southeast Asia
directive issued by the President of the United States