The Yemeni Ministry of Defense says 300 people were killed and wounded in United Arab Emirates air raids in southern Yemen over the two previous days. The UAE Foreign Ministry has said the "preemptive operation" targeted "terrorist militias".
Murders of Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez
occurred on June 28, 1993 in Calauan, Laguna, Philippines
With around 2 million residents participated in the strikes, thousands of workers announcing their participation, over 200 flights were cancelled, MTR lines halted and the Hang Seng Index dropped sharply.
U.S. officials confirm that an airstrike on an Iranian weapons depot in Amirli, Iraq on July 19 that killed two Iranian military commanders was conducted by Israel. The strike is the first known Israeli attack inside Iraq since Operation Opera in 1981.
Kashmir remains on lockdown, with the internet out and nearly all phone lines severed.
Northwestern Syria offensive (April–August 2019)
group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth and spread
Israel announces that, on 16 August, Nauru officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
independent city in Missouri, United States
U.S President Donald Trump says that he is considering a blockade of Venezuela as the U.S increases pressure on President Maduro to step down.
destroyed Israeli Earth communications satellite
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea
At least seven spectators have died after a flash flood swept across the pitch at a local match in the village of Tizert, Morocco.
Formula 2 racing driver Anthoine Hubert dies in a collision during a race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
A modification of the Volcker rule is approved by the OCC and the FDIC. The new version eases rules on proprietary trading by Wall Street banks. Consumer groups criticize the rule change, claiming that it removes protections from taxpayers.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
town in Tuz Khurtamu district , Salah ad Din Gouverment, Iraq.
New Zealand bans tourists from swimming with bottlenose dolphins, saying dwindling numbers are linked to excessive interaction with tourists, as the animals choose socialising with people over necessary biological functions. Authorities say the species risks "being loved into extinction".
A Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 jet is shot down by rebel forces near the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate, Syria.
The Supreme Court of Thailand upholds death sentences against two migrant workers convicted of murdering two UK tourists and raping one. Rights groups say that the men are scapegoats and tortured into false confessions by police under pressure to solve the crimes, which attracted international attention.
Astronomers led by a team from McGill University in Montreal announce the detection of eight new repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) radio telescope. The astronomers report they also found complex morphologies and downward-drifting sub-bursts in some of the eight new FRBs.
Consulate General of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong
Four Ukrainian Ground Forces soldiers are killed in an attack by pro-Russian separatists, near the village of Pavlopil in the war-torn eastern Donetsk Oblast.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asks Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament until October 14. Following precedent, the constitutional monarch approves the request.
The Congressional Budget Office forecasts a deficit of US$1 trillion next year, up from the previous estimate of $892 billion.
Jalisco New Generation Cartel massacres 19 people, hanging 9 of their desecrated bodies from a bridge in Uruapan.
Russian aircraft leasing firm Avia Capital Services, which has ordered 35 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, sues Boeing in an Illinois court in the first legal action taken by a 737 MAX customer in the wake of the groundings. Avia seek damages and a cancellation of the order, claiming Boeing were fraudulent, breached their contract with Avia, and negligently introduced design flaws to the aircraft and made negligent representations to the Federal Aviation Authority seeking the plane's certification. With nearly 400 jets grounded worldwide since March, lawyers representing Avia say they are discussing the possibility of joining the litigation with other companies.
former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)
U.S. President Donald Trump states on Twitter that he has "hereby ordered" that U.S. companies find an alternative for manufacturing in China and relocate "HOME."
October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts
Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez is diagnosed with a malignant tumor.
group formed of people, factions, states, political parties, militaries, or other parties agree to work together, often temporarily, in a partnership to achieve a common goal
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declares a state of emergency in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to make landfall in the state within days.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given waivers to 31 small oil refineries, freeing them from obligations to blend biofuels into their gasoline.
White House aides admit that President Trump made up a phone call from China last weekend.
Two American Muslim congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, are barred from entering Israel before a planned visit to the country due to their support of the BDS movement, a decision which was encouraged by U.S. President Donald Trump.
National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
The Federal Cartel Office in Germany announced that it will appeal a decision by a regional court that suspended its restrictions on Facebook's activities.
The Al-Qaeda-linked faction Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) acknowledges "a redeployment" south of the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun.
Police continue to investigate for other possible suspects.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
Three super-Earth exoplanets are announced orbiting around the nearby red dwarf Gliese 1061, one of which orbits within the star's habitable zone.
Several hundred people are detained by Russian police at unauthorized protests in Moscow.
Islamist militant group operating in Egypt
Conservative radio host and former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh announces his run for president, becoming only the second Republican to challenge incumbent President Donald Trump.
An Iranian Space Agency Simorgh carrier rocket explodes on the launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in southeastern Iran.
The Maine health department confirms a horse in York County has tested positive for the rare, deadly, potentially transferable to humans, mosquito-borne viral disease Eastern equine encephalitis. Earlier this week, an infected 14-year-old Michigan girl was hospitalized in serious condition, and Ohio officials confirmed an Ashtabula County horse also tested positive. Neither of the horses were vaccinated against EEE.
head of state and government of Argentina
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months, 1 week and 4 days)
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raid late financier billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island, amid an investigation into alleged sex trafficking. The raid comes two days after Epstein's death.
Tarek William Saab strips the parliamentary immunity of the opposition politicians Juan Pablo García, Tomás Guanipa and José Guerra.
Hamas says that on Tuesday night, three Palestinian police officers were killed and several wounded in two separate suicide attacks on police checkpoints. ISIL's affiliate in Gaza, the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, are the suspected perpetrators.
The expanded sanctions are widely criticized as likely to worsen the conditions for people in Venezuela.
A new poll from Consultores 21 suggests that at least 4.7 million Venezuelans are living outside of the country, with the range going up to 6 million — 19% of the nation's entire population in 2017.
The second GPS IIIA satellite is successfully launched by a Delta IV Medium rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It is the last launch of the Delta IV Medium vehicle.
American investor and 39th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, a U.S.-based organization that aims to keep educational materials broadly accessible, has asked the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department to halt a planned merger between two large textbook companies, McGraw-Hill and Cengage, a merger it claims will cause students "irreparable harm".
prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China
One officer was killed, while 80 people were injured.
The Turkish observation post near Murak is encircled by government forces.
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă sacks Minister of Education Ecaterina Andronescu for her controversial comments in a television interview about murdered 15-year-old girl Alexandra Măceșanu, saying she was "taught not to get in cars with strangers".
military exploration beyond the area occupied by friendly forces
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
A United States MQ-9 military drone is reportedly shot down in Yemen's Dhamar Governorate. A Houthi spokesperson claims responsibility and adds that they used a locally-developed missile.
R. Kelly is charged with two counts for engaging in prostitution with a person under 18 in Minnesota.
63 people are killed and 182 wounded in a suicide attack at a wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacker set off explosives among the invitees.
French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses the English Channel on the jet-powered Flyboard Air. The 22-mile (35.4-km) journey took 22 minutes with one refueling stop about halfway to Dover, England.
Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian Civil War
A ninth round of peace talks between the United States and the Taliban starts in Doha, Qatar.
Former President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir appears in court for the first time at a Khartoum court to face corruption charges.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Former Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers Alberto Fernández gains a 15% lead over incumbent President Mauricio Macri in Argentina's primaries.
ceremonial county in England, UK (use Q21694636 for administrative unitary authority)
Therefore, Conte remains Prime Minister.
A gunman opens fire in the home of his ex-wife in Zagreb, Croatia, killing six, including a ten-year-old child.
It is the biggest such event since the 2011 protests.
The two sides meet in the Vatican and discuss bilateral relations, ecclesial life and the future visit of Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The Vietnam — Holy See Joint Working Group first met in 2009. Vietnam, a Communist nation of 97 million, is 7% Catholic.
Brazil bans land clearance fires for 60 days in response to the ongoing disaster.
63 people are killed and 182 wounded in a suicide attack at a wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, experiences widespread looting and violent attacks by rioters focused on foreigners.
After fifteen days of raging fires in the Amazon Forest in Rondônia, thick smoke clouds cover the Brazilian city of São Paulo in darkness.
Venezuelan activist Tamara Sujú visits London to ask the United Kingdom, and specifically Dominic Raab, to pressure the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of torture and human rights abuses by the Nicolás Maduro government.
The Five Star Movement and Democratic Party agree to form a new coalition. The move comes weeks after Deputy Prime Minister and Northern League secretary Matteo Salvini unsuccessfully pushed for a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Therefore, Conte remains Prime Minister.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy announce the discovery of red dwarf star GJ 357 and its three confirmed exoplanets in the Hydra constellation, one of which (GJ 357 d) is highly likely to be a super-Earth planet located in the system's circumstellar habitable zone where life can exist.
airport in Tennessee, United States of America
Sir Declan Morgan, The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, adjourns proceedings until next week.
Five people are confirmed dead and three injured following an accidental rocket explosion on a naval test range near Severodvinsk, Russia on Thursday August 8th.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
The National Crime Agency believes as many as 1,510 teenagers were sexually exploited in the town during the same period.
Earlier in the day, over a thousand Indigenous Brazilian women, representing over 100 ethnic groups, march on Brasília after an overnight occupation of the headquarters of the Ministry of Health's Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health. Protestors chanted against the government's recent attempts at municipalization and privatization of the Indigenous health subsystem, and called for stricter environmental regulations.
Twitter says it has suspended more than 200,000 automated accounts on the social media site that it believes were part of a Chinese government-run campaign to spread misinformation about the protests in Hong Kong.
27th and current prime minister of Denmark
(Office of the Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson asks Queen Elizabeth II to suspend Parliament until October 14.
66 people, including children, have been wounded after a series of ten explosions in restaurants and public squares hit the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its independence from British rule.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
The Iranians accuse the tanker of "smuggling fuel for some Arab countries".
28 people are killed in a bar fire in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, that police believe was caused by an attack by drug cartels.
Protestors chanted against the government's recent attempts at municipalization and privatization of the Indigenous health subsystem, and called for stricter environmental regulations.
An Airbus AS350 helicopter crashes in northern Norway, killing all five Norwegian passengers and the Swedish pilot.
SpaceX space launch site in Boca Chica Village, Texas, United States
Rights groups say that the men are scapegoats and tortured into false confessions by police under pressure to solve the crimes, which attracted international attention.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
China retaliates on the United States' latest tariff decisions by imposing tariffs of up to 25% on some American goods.
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) raids an illegal wildcat miners' site in the state of Pará as the country resumes environmental policing of the rainforest. The suspects escape following a firefight. (New York Post
rocket used to carry payload into outer space
Saudi coalition forces intervene in Aden.
A spokesperson for China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office releases a statement accusing violent protesters that threw petrol bombs at Hong Kong Police officers of being "terrorists", saying that a violent minority within the pro-democracy movement poses "a serious challenge to Hong Kong's prosperity and stability".
Texas Department of Information Resources
violent public disturbance against authority, property or people
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order freezing all assets and interests of the Venezuelan government as contained within the United States, a severe escalation from recent industry sanctions and verbal rhetoric. Twenty-one exceptions are issued, for companies providing services including oil, aid, and telecommunications. The expanded sanctions are widely criticized as likely to worsen the conditions for people in Venezuela.
town and civil parish in Derbyshire, England
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro creates a new government ministry, the Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Trade.
Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa, experiences widespread looting and violent attacks by rioters focused on foreigners. Police are currently outnumbered and many businesses have been set on fire. The riots follow the death of a taxi driver reportedly shot by Nigerian drug dealers after they realized he had seen them complete a drug deal and had also seen their supplier. Bus services are suspended and authorities say the capital is currently unsafe.
The case is being investigated as domestic terrorism given that Patrick Crusius had posted a 4-page white nationalist manifesto titled The Inconvenient Truth on 8chan where he cited a supposed "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and "Simply trying to defend my country from cultural and ethnic replacement" as motivation for the shooting.
U.S. President Donald Trump cancels his September state visit to Denmark because Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says that she has no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland.
The Donald Trump administration is in the process of shifting at least $155 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Homeland Security, in order to fund the return of some migrants to Mexico. The move comes as Tropical Storm Dorian nears hurricane status as it approaches Puerto Rico.
Partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia holds the first round of the presidential election.
The event is dubbed the "Miracle over Ramensk", as only 23 passengers had minor injuries, similar to US Airways Flight 1549.
The volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupts, an event described as "high intensity" by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
Text messages leaked by The Intercept Brasil show that Deltan Dallagnol, former coordinator of Operation Car Wash's prosecution team and anti-corruption public figure, knew that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni was involved in corruption, but chose not to act on it.
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
At least 10 teenagers (age 15 to 18) are injured in a mass shooting at a high school football game at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama.
Several hundred people are detained by Russian police at unauthorized protests in Moscow. The protests occurred because several opposition candidates were disqualified from running in the upcoming Moscow City legislative election.
Multiple bomb blasts hit Bangkok, Thailand, as United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a regional security summit. At least four people are injured.
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
maritime patrol aircraft family by Boeing
Madeleine Westerhout is forced to resign as Director of Oval Office Operations at the White House after leaking private information about the Trump family and White House operations to reporters at a private dinner. Westerhout had allegedly bragged about her personal access to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Hezbollah says two Israeli drones went down in the Moawwad neighborhood of Dahieh (South Beirut), Lebanon, and they did not shoot them. A small reconnaissance drone fell on the roof of the Hezbollah media building, then another drone exploded nearby, causing damage to the building. Residents report a loud blast. The Israeli Army says it does not comment on "foreign reports". The Lebanese Army confirms the drones as Israeli.
8chan is taken offline after San Francisco-based Cloudflare cuts support for the site in response to the perpetrator Patrick Crusius posting his white nationalist manifesto The Inconvenient Truth on the site shortly before killing 22 people and injuring 24 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas which was an anti-Hispanic terrorist attack.
Five people are confirmed dead and three injured following an accidental rocket explosion on a naval test range near Severodvinsk, Russia on Thursday August 8th. The rocket used an experimental nuclear isotope liquid fuel source, causing a brief localized spike in radiation. 9500 nearby residents were evacuated.
He also reiterates rejection of G7 money to assist the efforts unless French President Emmanuel Macron issues him an apology, but after meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera accepts an offer of four firefighting aircraft from Chile.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
US government agency providing deposit insurance
A Syrian Air Force Sukhoi Su-22 jet is shot down by rebel forces near the town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate, Syria. Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadists say they have captured the pilot.
The Texas Department of Information Resources reports that the computer systems of 23 towns in the state were hit by a ransomware attack on August 16. "One single threat actor" is suspected.
List of Donald Trump nominees who have withdrawn
governing body of association football in South America
At least 75 people have been killed and 60 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in Morogoro, Tanzania.
bilateral relations between India and Pakistan
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
selection of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
India releases the final version of the National Register of Citizens for the state of Assam. Up to 1.9 million residents risk losing their citizenship if they are not on the list and can not prove their residency. The move is criticized for disproportionately affecting the local Bengali community.
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
type of nationalism or pan-nationalism which advocates a racial definition of national identity for white people
Syria says it repels the attack and shoots down most of the attackers' rockets.
66 people, including children, have been wounded after a series of ten explosions in restaurants and public squares hit the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, as the country marked the 100th anniversary of its independence from British rule. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings. Even if many bombs exploded and several people were injured, no one died in the attacks.
The Supreme Court of Victoria rejects an appeal made by Cardinal George Pell against a six-year jail sentence for child sexual abuse.
association of female professional golfers in the United States
A truck driver involved in the accident, which killed thirteen when two vehicles collided in California, pleads guilty to 42 crimes including vehicular manslaughter.
A Norwegian delegation arrives in Venezuela to restart dialogues to end the presidential crisis.
The Civil Aviation Authority of South Africa concludes its investigation with a final report indicating the accident was caused by poor maintenance and errors by unqualified pilots.
Lionel Aingimea is sworn in as the President of Nauru, replacing Baron Waqa.
The High Court in Belfast hears a claim under Northern Irish law brought by Raymond McCord, a campaigner for Troubles victims, challenging the constitutionality of suspending the UK Parliament.
The European Space Agency successfully launches the German Aerospace Center-operated EDRS-C laser communication satellite on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
Thousands of school teachers join the 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong.
hill station in Jammu and Kashmir, India
A military judge sets 11 January 2021 as the starting date for the selection of a military jury in the trial of five suspects, among which is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, held in Guantanamo Bay.
The 1949 conventions concern the treatment of the sick, the wounded, prisoners, and civilians in war.
Alleged Israeli airstrikes hit a Iran backed Popular Mobilization Forces convoy near Al-Qa'im, Iraq.
Spanish Olympic medallist Blanca Fernández Ochoa is reported missing.
regulations governing international relations
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says that the United States has "a blueprint" to recover Venezuela's economy if Nicolás Maduro leaves office as the nation's disputed President.
city in Orange County, California, United States
China announces the successful first launch of the Smart Dragon-1 [fr; de] carrier rocket.
The suspect was also inspired by Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
The sleep-deprived driver fell asleep during a temporary halt to traffic; when traffic moved off again he remained stationary and the bus ran into the rear of his vehicle.
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
The case against the UK government is being brought by Members of the Scottish Parliament.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
Turkey claims the convoy was aiming to supply observation posts, while Syria accuses it of carrying weapons and ammunition to rebel groups.
Three people are killed and four others injured in a mass shooting at a house party in Hobbs, New Mexico, U.S.
A car drives into three other cars causing an explosive crash outside the National Cancer Institute Egypt campus in central Cairo, killing 20 people and injuring 47 others. The Interior Ministry says that the car that hit the others contained explosives and was to be used in a terrorist operation. The driver fled the scene before the explosion. The minister accuses the Islamist Hasm Movement of being behind the attack.
Hayat Tahrir al-Sham jihadists say they have captured the pilot.
Suspected Islamist militants launch an attack on a Burkina Faso Armed Forces unit, killing 24 Burkinabé soldiers and wounding 7 others, the heaviest loss for the army in its fight to contain Islamist terrorism.
In an escalation of the ongoing protests, a police officer fires a gun whilst clearing protesters; this is the first time a gun has been fired by a police officer in Hong Kong since 1967.
Israeli forces arrest two Palestinians who are suspected of having killed an Israeli soldier.
a series of explosions in Sri Lanka across multiple cities on Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019
county seat of Midland County, Texas, United States
A modification of the Volcker rule is approved by the OCC and the FDIC.
Indian senior opposition Rajya Sabha MP and former Cabinet Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram is arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of corruption and money laundering during his term as Minister of Finance.
Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment
The rocket attack was claimed by Houthi movement.
The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority announces that it will file a complaint to the United Nations after Honduras' recognition of the disputed city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of the future State of Palestine.
Police are currently outnumbered and many businesses have been set on fire.
The case challenges the lawfulness of current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to Queen Elizabeth II in asking her to suspend the UK Parliament.
census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces all Amazon-region nations except Venezuela will meet to discuss a coordinated response to the disaster. He also reiterates rejection of G7 money to assist the efforts unless French President Emmanuel Macron issues him an apology, but after meeting with Chilean President Sebastián Piñera accepts an offer of four firefighting aircraft from Chile.
2019 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean
warship type designed to fulfill several roles as a fast and maneuverable surface combatant
head of government of the United Kingdom
Archaeologists in Huanchaco, Peru unearth 227 sets of human remains aged between five and fourteen, and believed to be sacrificed over 500 years prior.
In a tit-for-tat move, South Korea removes Japan from its preferred trade list.
movement that believes abortion should be illegal
The uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft successfully docks with the International Space Station on its second attempt, with the Zvezda module. The docking follows the failure of the automated systems aboard the Poisk module with which the spacecraft was originally intended to dock on 24 August. MS-14 carries supplies for the ISS, along with a humanoid robot named Fedor.
India revokes Jammu and Kashmir's special status amidst increased regional tensions. The Indian government moved additional troops into the sensitive area before banning assemblies, closing schools, restricting tourism and announcing a plan to split the state into two union territories.
A severe flood warning has been issued for communities situated along the River Goyt.
The Foreign Ministry of China confirms that United Kingdom consulate in Hong Kong employee Simon Cheng, who was reported missing, is administratively detained for 15 days by Shenzhen police.
The African Union announces the Sudanese military council and the opposition agreed to a constitutional declaration that will pave the way to a new transitional government. It calls for the new government to be headed by six civilians and five generals, and formally places the Rapid Support Forces under military command.
President of the United States Donald Trump announces in a tweet that the United States will impose import tariffs of 10% on US$300 billion worth of Chinese exports starting September 1.
A Court of Session judge refuses to grant an interdict, the Scottish equivalent to an injunction, preventing the upcoming suspension of the UK Parliament. The judge rules there is "no cogent need" for such an emergency measure as the suspension is not scheduled until September 9. However, a full hearing on the lawfulness of the suspension is brought forward to Tuesday. The case against the UK government is being brought by Members of the Scottish Parliament.
American financier Jeffrey Epstein is found dead in his Manhattan jail cell in an apparent suicide while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.
South Korea decides against extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA).
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that U.S. intelligence informed him that China is moving troops to the border with Hong Kong.
web infrastructure and website security company
state of living organisms with very low metabolic activity
head of the United States Department of State
At Kutupalong, the world's largest refugee camp, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, 200,000 people gather peacefully to remember the day, in 2017, when a violent crackdown by Myanmarese security forces compelled 740,000 Rohingya to flee over the border.
At least 24 people die after floods strike across Vietnam. In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops are submerged, mostly in Lam Dong Province. Floods also damage more than 30km of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat and destroy 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish.
scheduled passenger flight from Moscow–Zhukovsky to Simferopol, Crimea
Romanian engineer, professor and politician
Mayor of Mogadishu Abdirahman Abdi Osman dies from injuries he sustained during the 24 July 2019 Mogadishu bombing.
Israeli forces shoot dead four Palestinian militants near the border with Gaza, the Israeli military say.
A mass shooting occurs at a bar in the Oregon Historic District of Dayton, Ohio, United States.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
A Houthi spokesperson claims responsibility and adds that they used a locally-developed missile.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Australia announces its agreement to join the United States' coalition, along with the United Kingdom and Bahrain, to prevent Iran from targeting ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. Australia will deploy a Boeing P-8 Poseidon and a frigate.
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
As many as 50,000 people gathered at ongoing protests in Moscow against the Russian authorities preventing several opposition candidates from running in the election, which turned into a protest against the government in general. It is the biggest such event since the 2011 protests.
Protestors also voice opposition to the government's plan to delegate the administrative and financial management of federal universities and institutes to a privately-held fund.
A mass shooting occurs at a bar in the Oregon Historic District of Dayton, Ohio, United States. Nine people are killed and at least 27 others are injured. The shooter Connor Betts is killed by police.
effective strategy in game theory for the iterated prisoner's dilemma
Khan stated this move is a breach of international law, adding he feared the possibility of ethnic cleansing in the Muslim-majority region.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
English association football club Bury F.C., who were in EFL League One, are expelled from the English Football League (EFL) after a takeover bid to save the club collapses. Fellow EFL League One club and local rivals Bolton Wanderers F.C. are given an extra 14 days to avoid being expelled due to financial difficulty. EFL executive chair Debbie Jevans calls the expulsion of Bury F.C. "one of the darkest days in the league's recent history".
SpaceX executes a successful test of its Starhopper vehicle at Boca Chica.
A U.S. federal judge blocks a Missouri law banning abortions eight weeks after conception from going into effect.
town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England
Armed jihadist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and fighting in the Syrian Civil War
German association football club Chemnitzer FC sacks club captain Daniel Frahn for "openly displaying sympathy for Neo-Nazi groups". Frahn, who is currently unable to play due to injury, watched the club's recent match in the stands with far-right hooligan fans.
Also, the pilgrimage to Machel Mata for yatra, which also began on 1 July, has been suspended.
Atambayev is detained, ending a two-day standoff.
Deputy Prime Minister of Italy Matteo Salvini presents a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana
Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings.
unlawful killing of another human by criminally negligent or murderous operation of a vehicle
A bus carrying volunteer doctors from La Paz towards the north of Bolivia crashed, leaving 14 dead and 21 injured.
Saudi coalition forces intervene in Aden. The Southern Transitional Council says it will not "negotiate under duress" with their coalition partners.
The Human Rights Watch breaks a report on violence around the Colombia—Venezuela border since the Colombian peace process, announcing that there has been an ongoing War in the Catatumbo region [es] since early 2018.
The United Kingdom announces it is joining a United States-led naval mission in the Persian Gulf to protect oil tankers, following several seizures in international waters by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
A Ural Airlines Airbus 321 crash lands in a field near Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow Region, Russia. The event is dubbed the "Miracle over Ramensk", as only 23 passengers had minor injuries, similar to US Airways Flight 1549. Preliminary reports say the aircraft struck a flock of seagulls.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts Seth Moulton announces his suspension of his 2020 presidential campaign.
Lebanese President Michel Aoun accuses Israel of a "declaration of war", and asserts the right of the country to defend itself from aggression in response to Israeli strikes in the Beqaa Valley.
Philippine Department of Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra and Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) Director-General Nicanor Faeldon says that former Calauan Mayor Antonio Sanchez is ineligible under a 2013 law that credits good conduct time allowance (GCTA) for an early release from prison.
The 16th season of Football League One under its current title and the 28th season under its current league division format
Oleksiy Honcharuk becomes the new Prime Minister of Ukraine.
President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018
Border Police announce they have detained an unnamed man who tried to bring a pipe bomb into Samaria Military Court in Salim, Nablus, on the West Bank.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo announces North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regencies as location of the future capital of Indonesia.
disorderly, violent or destructive behaviour perpetrated by spectators at association football events
Indian senior opposition Rajya Sabha MP and former Cabinet Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram is arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on charges of corruption and money laundering during his term as Minister of Finance. Chidambaram says to the Supreme Court that the government is practicing a "politically-motivated vendetta" against him and his son Karti, who is also an opposition MP.
Epstein's attorneys say they will be conducting their own investigation into his death.
Canadian tourist Kristian Lee Baxter, who had been held in Syrian detention since 2018, is released in Lebanon.
phylum of animals, also known as water bears
The judge announces he will consider his position overnight and give his judgement tomorrow at 10:00 local time.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
city in Lea County, New Mexico, United States
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
The town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, England, is evacuated after heavy rain and flooding causes structural damage to the nearby dam at the Toddbrook Reservoir amid fears the dam could collapse.
Astronomers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy announce the discovery of red dwarf star GJ 357 and its three confirmed exoplanets in the Hydra constellation, one of which (GJ 357 d) is highly likely to be a super-Earth planet located in the system's circumstellar habitable zone where life can exist. The discovery was made using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
Le Parisien claims French ex-head of security Yves Bonnet brokered a secret deal with Fatah in the 1980s offering immunity in exchange for no further terror attacks in France.
The ruling military and the civilian opposition formally sign a power-sharing deal establishing a three-year transition period towards the election of a civilian government.
The Interior Ministry says that the car that hit the others contained explosives and was to be used in a terrorist operation.
drainage basin in South America drained via the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean
New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand drops out of the presidential race.
federal law enforcement agency in Russia
China lets its currency drop to its lowest reported level since 2008 and also asks its state-owned companies to halt imports of U.S. agricultural products. In response the U.S. Treasury Department designates China as a currency manipulator.
Lebanese media claims Israeli aircraft targeted a PFLP-GC military site in Qousaya town, making it the second attack in Lebanon since the 2006 war after the alleged attack in Beirut yesterday.
Highest tier Soccer League in United States of America plans to increase the number of teams competing in the League
The Liberal Democrats gain the Brecon and Radnorshire seat from the Conservatives. This marks the first time a seat has changed hands in a by-election triggered by a successful recall petition. The working majority of the Conservative government is reduced to one.
arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
A car bomb goes off in Benghazi, killing three members of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya and two other mission members, and wounding dozens of civilians.
The President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, accepts Conte's resignation and announces that he will start consultations with party leaders.
port city and temporary capital of Yemen
An explosion followed by a fire at a chemical factory in Dhule, India kills at least 12 and injures at least 58.
An Oklahoma district court finds Johnson & Johnson liable for exacerbating opioid addiction in the state, and fines them US$572 million.
An appeals court in Ontario, Canada overturns the terror convictions of Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier, citing an error by the trial judge regarding jury selection. A new trial is expected to take place.
United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division
governing body in the US department of Justice
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Conservative Alejandro Giammattei is elected in the second round of the presidential election and will take office in January 2020.
Office of the United States Trade Representative
A car bombing by the Taliban kills 14 and injures over 150 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
In response to reports that U.S. President Donald Trump expressed interest in the United States acquiring Greenland, Greenland's Foreign Minister Ane Lone Bagger dismisses the idea, noting on Twitter that "a better and more equal partnership with Denmark should be the way forward for a stronger and longer-term free Greenland".
The 22-mile (35.4-km) journey took 22 minutes with one refueling stop about halfway to Dover, England.
Tensions escalate between Indonesia and Pacific Island nations as the situation in the province of West Papua worsens after an Indonesian soldier and a West Papuan are killed in clashes. Vanuatuan Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu said "something must be done", amid calls to invite United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to investigate murders and torture in the area.
Maduro claims that the talks encourage Trump to listen to him; United States sources claim that the talks encourage Maduro supporters to defect.
Turkish military operation in Idlib Governorate
The uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 mission to resupply the International Space Station commences. Its launch is a successful test of a Soyuz spacecraft atop a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, which will replace the Soyuz-FG as the carrier rocket for Soyuz spacecraft starting next year.
The Argentinian Treasury Minister, Nicolás Dujovne, resigns after incumbent President Mauricio Macri's loss in a primary vote saw Argentina's peso fall to record lows.
global international and intergovernmental organization
28 people are killed in a bar fire in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, that police believe was caused by an attack by drug cartels. Mexican media reports that Molotov cocktails were thrown inside.
A suspect Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas was captured alive.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Program that locks files until a sum of money is paid
7101 Gateway West Blvd. El Paso, Texas, United States
She has been a critic of Johnson, himself a Conservative, especially his approach to Brexit.
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
Around 40 people are killed by an American cruise missile strike targeting al-Qaeda-linked militants at a Huras al-Din base in Syria's rebel-held Idlib Governorate, where the Syrian government earlier began a unilateral ceasefire.
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
Lightning strikes on at least two Alaska Airlines planes force them to make emergency landings in Southeast Alaska.
Pakistani militant who was a member of al-Qaeda
The shooter is shot and killed in Odessa.
Scientists at the Spring, Texas, Arch Mission Foundation confirm that tardigrades in a cryptobiotic state were added to the payload of the failed SpaceIL Beresheet lander that crashed on the Moon on 11 April 2019, and may have survived the crash.
Lightning also knocked out electrical service to the state capital, Juneau.
Reactions to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Hamas says that on Tuesday night, three Palestinian police officers were killed and several wounded in two separate suicide attacks on police checkpoints.
Through a spokesman, Lopeti Senituli, for the government, Tonga blames the World Bank over the situation of their schools in Tongatapu, which are still in tents 17 months after Cyclone Gita.
The yuan is pulled down by market pressures due to the slowing economy.
The Syrian Army captures the entire northern Hama-southern Idlib rebel pocket, asserting control over the strategic towns of Kafr Zita, Al-Lataminah and Murak, as well as numerous villages and an archaeological site, following the withdrawal of rebel forces.
The premier-designate reserves the right to accept the mandate, pending further talks with both parties.
ability of courts to review actions by executive and legislatures
effort to cut off supplies from a particular area by force
Belgian Federal Police confirm that fugitive Belgian large weapons smuggler and arms trafficker Jacques Monsieur was arrested in Portugal yesterday.
Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo states that the fires have mostly been extinguished.
Voters in Nauru go to the polls to elect new members of parliament. President Baron Waqa loses his parliamentary seat so he is not able to be re-elected in the office he has been holding since 2013.
illegal trafficking or smuggling of contraband weapons or ammunition
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil against sweeping cuts in the education budget. Protestors also voice opposition to the government's plan to delegate the administrative and financial management of federal universities and institutes to a privately-held fund.
Nine people are killed and at least 27 others are injured.
Colombia grants national citizenship to all children born in the country to Venezuelan parents since August 2015.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
A helicopter and an ultralight airplane plane collide near the town of Inca, on the island of Mallorca, Spain, killing seven people including two children, according to regional government officials.
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) raids an illegal wildcat miners' site in the state of Pará as the country resumes environmental policing of the rainforest.
Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Agnes Chow are arrested, charged and released on bail.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raid late financier billionaire Jeffrey Epstein's private Caribbean island, amid an investigation into alleged sex trafficking.
The attacker set off explosives among the invitees.
United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Six police officers are shot, sustaining non-life threatening injuries, by a gunman in Philadelphia; a seventh officer is injured in a related automobile accident nearby.
Brazil readies its military to fight wildfires in the Amazon rainforest, but does not deploy troops.
President Jair Bolsonaro has called the release of the data "irresponsible and sensationalist".
The strike is the first known Israeli attack inside Iraq since Operation Opera in 1981.
Thirty-seven passengers on a bus over Rio–Niterói Bridge, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are held hostage before police fatally shoot the armed hijacker. After closer inspection, police discover that the hijacker used a fake plastic gun.
Catholic devotion honoring the Incarnation of Christ, usually prayed three times a day
President of Italy Sergio Mattarella tasks demissionary Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with the formation of a new cabinet, a coalition of Five Star Movement and Democratic Party. The premier-designate reserves the right to accept the mandate, pending further talks with both parties.
bicameral legislature of the United States
In a letter sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to U.S. President Donald Trump, Kim apologizes for the testing of short-range missiles. Trump says he expects to meet Kim soon and see a denuclearized North Korea as "one of the most successful countries in the world".
A landslide in south-eastern Myanmar kills 59 people.
Japan announces the removal of South Korea from its list of most trusted trading partners, effective on August 28.
The death toll of the heat wave in Japan rises to 57, while 18,347 others are hospitalized.
Floods hit the states of Karnataka and Kerala in India, resulting in 11 dead and 43,000 people being evacuated.
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
Earlier this week, an infected 14-year-old Michigan girl was hospitalized in serious condition, and Ohio officials confirmed an Ashtabula County horse also tested positive.
"one of the darkest days in the league's recent history".
Archaeologists in Huanchaco, Peru unearth 227 sets of human remains aged between five and fourteen, and believed to be sacrificed over 500 years prior. The discovery is the largest known child sacrifice in history.
Palestinians see East Jerusalem as the capital of the future State of Palestine.
The Liberal Democrats gain the Brecon and Radnorshire seat from the Conservatives.
Poland announces a planned national budget with zero deficit for the first time in 30 years.
At least four people are dead and more than 100 injured after lightning strikes the summit of Giewont in the Tatra Mountains, Poland. Another person is killed in Slovakia.
Frahn, who is currently unable to play due to injury, watched the club's recent match in the stands with far-right hooligan fans.
The Russian Ministry of Defence announces that the six-tonne satellite-controlled reconnaissance drone Altius-U has performed its maiden flight.
In a third trial, Nicholas Slatten is sentenced to life in prison.
13 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Sheikh Othman. The bombing was claimed by Islamic State.
Argentine footballer Lionel Messi is suspended from his national team for three months and fined US$50,000 for criticizing the South American Football Confederation.
United States Space Force facility in Brevard County, Florida
A fire and large explosions at a Russian Armed Forces ammunition dump prompts the mass evacuation of civilians from the nearby city of Achinsk.
The docking follows the failure of the automated systems aboard the Poisk module with which the spacecraft was originally intended to dock on 24 August.
The number of people killed in the collapse of an apartment building yesterday in western Ukraine rose to eight, including one child.
A Garden Grove, California, man stabs and kills four people and wounds two others in a two-hour crime spree at a series of Orange County locations.
terrorist attack against Al-Noor Islamic Center in Bærum, Norway, August 10, 2019
The killing sparked far-right protests and riots in the city.
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
The Jews were then admitted, which caused further tensions on both sides of the dispute.
According to Israel's Interior ministry, U.S.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp declares a state of emergency for several counties in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian, which is expected to make landfall in the upcoming days.
The International Monetary Fund finds that China's currency, the yuan, has been "broadly stable" against other currencies over the last year.
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Nicolás Maduro confirms United States reports that top Venezuelan officials are having secret meetings with members of the Trump administration. Maduro claims that the talks encourage Trump to listen to him; United States sources claim that the talks encourage Maduro supporters to defect.
A French court jails several members of Generation Identity and fines the organisation over an anti-immigration operation in the Alps. They were found guilty of "exercising activities in conditions that could create confusion with a public function". The case was that the operation could be mistaken for a government action.
2019 spree killing in Midland and Odessa, Texas
seaside tourist destination on the Bay of Biscay, France
High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
bilateral relations between Australia and United States
country in Central and Southeastern Europe
city in Collin County, Texas, United States
American far-right and crypto-fascist male-only organization
Taliban fighters storm Kunduz city, apparently killing three civilians and dozens of soldiers.
2001 Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S.
The rocket used an experimental nuclear isotope liquid fuel source, causing a brief localized spike in radiation.
form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy
The Brazilian government through President Jair Messias Bolsonaro is open to accepting financial aid from organizations and foreign countries to help fight fires in the Amazon rainforest on the condition that the funds must be under the country's control.
Kyrgyzstan's security forces storm the compound of former President Almazbek Atambayev on the outskirts of Bishkek for the second time after a failed overnight raid left one officer dead. Atambayev and his loyalists are "putting up severe armed resistance", according to President Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Atambayev is detained, ending a two-day standoff. One officer was killed, while 80 people were injured.
Harland and Wolff, known for constructing several famous ships, including the RMS Titanic and HMS Belfast, collapses into administration. All 130 employees have been given redundancy notices, and the company is expected to cease trading after 158 years.
Matteo Salvini, Italian Deputy Prime Minister, announces the collapse of the coalition government with the Five Stars Movement, opening the possibility of holding a snap election.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Proposals for the United States to purchase Greenland
Evelyn Hernández is acquitted of murder after her newly-born child was found deceased in a toilet. The ruling is being held as a landmark case decision for women's rights in El Salvador, which has one of the strongest anti-abortion laws in Central America.
The judge rules there is "no cogent need" for such an emergency measure as the suspension is not scheduled until September 9.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order freezing all assets and interests of the Venezuelan government as contained within the United States, a severe escalation from recent industry sanctions and verbal rhetoric.
The ownership group, led by several female members of the Taylor family that controls the Enterprise Holdings car rental company, is the first in MLS in which women hold a majority interest.
religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem
South Korea decides against extending the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA). South Korean officials express that the exclusion from Japan's preferred trade list on 12 August eliminated any benefit to maintaining the agreement.
Finland, current chair of the European Union, asks the bloc to contemplate a ban on beef from Brazil in response to the ongoing disaster.
A rally of far-right groups such as the Proud Boys and Patriot Prayer is met by left-wing Antifa in Portland, Oregon.
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
officials confirm that an airstrike on an Iranian weapons depot in Amirli, Iraq on July 19 that killed two Iranian military commanders was conducted by Israel.
The UK releases Grace 1 back to Iran after receiving written assurance that the oil would not be sent to Syria.
seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea
Date: 16 February 1985 – ongoing (37 years, 11 months, 1 week and 4 days)
A peace deal is signed between the leaders of Renamo and the ruling party Frelimo in Mozambique, officially ending a conflict that plagued the country for years.
hybrid legal system of Scotland, containing civil law and common law elements
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
Date: Charges: 1 April 2012 – 31 December 2012 RCMP arrests: 22 April 2013
Philippine government agency in charge of state prisons
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United States
Mitchie Brusco becomes the first skateboarder in history to complete a 1260° (3½-revolution aerial spin) in competition.
Suspected Islamist militants launch an attack on a Burkina Faso Armed Forces unit, killing 24 Burkinabé soldiers and wounding 7 others, the heaviest loss for the army in its fight to contain Islamist terrorism. The army said it had launched a land and air operation in response to the attack.
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
class of organophosphates; classified as weapons of mass destruction
important aspect of the rapidly growing Indian economy
Latin legal term meaning "friend of the court"
Al-Qaeda accuses "treacherous Pakistani forces" of detaining the wife and two other relatives of the group's leader Ayman al Zawahiri for over a year.
strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz
overview of association football played in Germany
A woman was found dead at the house of the suspect.
A gunman opens fire in the home of his ex-wife in Zagreb, Croatia, killing six, including a ten-year-old child. He later committed suicide after a manhunt.
Crowds gather in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to show solidarity and to campaign for the freedom of West Papua, which is under Indonesian control. Meanwhile, churches push the government of Papua New Guinea to take a firm stand on the situation.
international economic conference held in 2019
bilateral relations between Israel and Lebanon
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
American online social media and social networking service
The Court of Session in Edinburgh begins hearing arguments in a case challenging UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend the UK Parliament.
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Research institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
Hindu shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Hamas says it has captured an ISIL cell responsible for Tuesday's suicide bombings that killed three policemen. Hamas says ten are in custody.
Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal
citizens of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The Federal Cartel Office in Germany announced that it will appeal a decision by a regional court that suspended its restrictions on Facebook's activities. The appeal will bring the dispute, over underlying privacy issues, to the attention of the country's highest court.
ceremonial county in East Midlands, England
commune in the metropolis of Lyon, France
Ned Peppers Bar 419 East 5th Street Dayton, Ohio, United States
county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announces all Amazon-region nations except Venezuela will meet to discuss a coordinated response to the disaster.
American lawyer and the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
The Israel Defense Forces say their Air Force strikes multiple Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Aqraba near the Syrian capital Damascus. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims an Iranian attack on Israel using armed drones to be imminent. Syria says it repels the attack and shoots down most of the attackers' rockets.
Pope Francis recalls the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions after his Sunday afternoon Angelus address. The 1949 conventions concern the treatment of the sick, the wounded, prisoners, and civilians in war.
Israeli satellite communications provider operating the Amos satellites
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision
military forces of the Russian Federation
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib sends a letter to Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, asking for permission to visit her elderly grandmother in the West Bank.
prominent business family in the United States
Indonesia cuts off Internet in the provinces of Papua and West Papua amid pro-independence unrest.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis orders law enforcement to handle a criminal probe of Jeffrey Epstein's jail release in the late 2000s.
The Yemeni Ministry of Defense says 300 people were killed and wounded in United Arab Emirates air raids in southern Yemen over the two previous days.
An Iranian Space Agency Simorgh carrier rocket explodes on the launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in southeastern Iran. This is Iran's third failed attempt to reach orbit this year following launches in January and February.
The town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire, England, is evacuated after heavy rain and flooding causes structural damage to the nearby dam at the Toddbrook Reservoir amid fears the dam could collapse. A severe flood warning has been issued for communities situated along the River Goyt.
Media close to the government reports that the Syrian Army enters the northern sector of the town of Khan Shaykhun, following the reported HTS withdrawal.
According to Israel's Interior ministry, U.S. Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib sends a letter to Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, asking for permission to visit her elderly grandmother in the West Bank. Tlaib's request was approved on the condition that she "not advance boycott activities for the duration of her visit". Tlaib later declines to come, saying she won't let Israel impose "oppressive conditions" on her.
2018–2019 protests and radical change of government in Sudan
Multiple bomb blasts hit Bangkok, Thailand, as United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a regional security summit.
Salafi jihadist militant faction during the Syrian Civil War
aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces
United States Government agency dedicated to civil aviation matters
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Taliban fighters storm Kunduz city, apparently killing three civilians and dozens of soldiers. A suicide bomber kills ten municipal police.
California regulators announce a ban on chlorpyrifos, an organophosphate nerve agent used as a pesticide.
armed conflict in Western Asia since 2013
Statistics and causes of suicide in the U.S.
An Oklahoma district court finds Johnson & Johnson liable for exacerbating opioid addiction in the state, and fines them US$572 million. The company announces it will appeal.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
war between Israeli, Lebanese, Syrian, and other forces in Lebanon since 1948
aversion feeling against the Spanish language, Hispanic people, and/or Hispanic culture
2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
ISIL's affiliate in Gaza, the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, are the suspected perpetrators.
The uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 spacecraft successfully docks with the International Space Station on its second attempt, with the Zvezda module.
China, which administers the Kashmir territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract, voices opposition to this "unacceptable" Indian move and, along with Turkey, reaffirms their support for a peaceful resolution.
A suicide bomber kills ten municipal police.
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark expresses surprise at U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt cancellation of his planned visit to her country. Experts on the royal house call the move an act of "disrespect" as illness is not the apparent cause.
part of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom that operates in Scotland
American broadband and telecommunications company
incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle
Press sources report that U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly expressed interest in buying Greenland.
tropical sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located east of Central America, south of the Greater Antilles and north of South America
The Spanish Ministry of Health declares an outbreak of listeriosis in Andalusia as a national health alert after cases are reported in Asturias, Madrid, Catalonia and Extremadura, including one death.
the trade dispute between Japan and South Korea since July 2019
American politician, Governor of Georgia
YPG units withdraw from Tell Abyad and Ras al-Ayn as the first stage of the Northern Syria Buffer Zone agreement enters into effect.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry of Gaza says a 25-year-old man died in hospital there today after being struck by an Israeli bullet during protests at the Gazan-Israeli border yesterday. It further says Israeli soldiers wounded 42 protesters. Israel says Palestinians threw grenades at the fence, damaging a vehicle and injuring a soldier.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns. He criticizes Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, accusing him of sinking the ruling coalition for personal and political gain. The President of Italy, Sergio Mattarella, accepts Conte's resignation and announces that he will start consultations with party leaders.
The Israel Defense Forces say their Air Force strikes multiple Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps targets in Aqraba near the Syrian capital Damascus.
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
Tensions escalate between Indonesia and Pacific Island nations as the situation in the province of West Papua worsens after an Indonesian soldier and a West Papuan are killed in clashes.
An Air China Airbus A330 preparing to takeoff as Flight 183 catches fire during boarding at Beijing International Airport.
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York
federal detention facility in New York City
political and cultural relations between two states
Syrian Air Force warplanes repeatedly strike a Turkish military convoy driving through the rebel-held region of Idlib, reportedly causing several casualties and forcing it to stop.
capital city of New South Wales, Australia
The office of the Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir confirms that she will not meet the Vice President of the United States Mike Pence on his visit in September, citing "prior commitments."
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
The Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority announces that it will file a complaint to the United Nations after Honduras' recognition of the disputed city of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Iran seizes a foreign tanker, reported to be Iraqi, in the Persian Gulf, according to Iranian state media. The Iranians accuse the tanker of "smuggling fuel for some Arab countries".
Colombia grants national citizenship to all children born in the country to Venezuelan parents since August 2015. The measure will be in force for two years.
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Gibraltar authorities reject the request by the U.S.
At least 56 people have been killed and more than a million forced from their homes as Typhoon Lekima hits eastern China.
Illegal immigration to the United States
immigration to the U.S.A. in violation of American law
The shooter Connor Betts is killed by police.
The Airport Authority Hong Kong cancels all departure flights from Hong Kong, effectively locking down Hong Kong International Airport amid ongoing unrest.
The U.S. officially reestablishes Space Command.
President Baron Waqa loses his parliamentary seat so he is not able to be re-elected in the office he has been holding since 2013.
1 Hing Fat Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island
Disputed territory administered by China
An LNA spokesperson says the raid had targeted "Chadian mercenaries".
Thousands of people join protests across the United Kingdom against the suspension of the UK Parliament.
The Department of Health of the Philippines declares a national dengue epidemic in the country, as cases spike to 622 deaths.
As many as 50,000 people gathered at ongoing protests in Moscow against the Russian authorities preventing several opposition candidates from running in the election, which turned into a protest against the government in general.
After Argentine President Mauricio Macri comes second in Argentina's primary elections, the country's peso loses 15% of its value against the US dollar.
Up to 1.9 million residents risk losing their citizenship if they are not on the list and can not prove their residency.
The Federal Statistical Office of Germany discloses that Germany's gross domestic product shrank by 0.1% in the second quarter.
human settlement in Municipal Formation of the City of Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Verizon agrees to sell the social networking site Tumblr to Automattic, owner of WordPress.com, for less than $10 million, less than two years after acquiring the site in 2017.
A man in Bærum, Norway, opens fire in Al Noor Islamic Centre, injuring a congregant.
head of government of the Italian Republic
Six Pakistani men are found guilty of abusing and raping teenage girls between 1998 and 2002 in Rotherham, England. The National Crime Agency believes as many as 1,510 teenagers were sexually exploited in the town during the same period.
Boeing 737 MAX groundings due to safety concerns, after two new airplanes crashed within five months
Its launch is a successful test of a Soyuz spacecraft atop a Soyuz-2 launch vehicle, which will replace the Soyuz-FG as the carrier rocket for Soyuz spacecraft starting next year.
The Syrian Army enters the strategic town of Khan Shaykhun in the Idlib Governorate for the first time since losing control of the town to rebels in 2014, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
SpaceX super heavy-lift reusable launch vehicle
Hong Kong citizens call for a city-wide general strike with various sit-ins in seven districts.
representatives in the Scottish Parliament (1999- )
Three people are killed amidst heavy rains in southwestern Japan. Authorities ask almost one million people to evacuate, warning "unprecedented" levels of rainfall could cause the flooding of rivers, trigger landslides, and submerge houses.
Cesar Sayoc is sentenced to 20 years in prison for sending pipe bombs to CNN and several prominent U.S. Democrats including former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden last year.
president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
The United States formally withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia.
The discovery was made using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
Tropical Storm Dorian is expected to grow stronger as it reaches Puerto Rico, the National Hurricane Center says.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri receives the U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who expresses full support from the U.S. for his re-election in the upcoming Argentine elections.
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
international alliance of academic libraries
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major announces he will join a case brought by anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller seeking judicial review of Parliament's suspension in the High Court under English law. The case challenges the lawfulness of current UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's advice to Queen Elizabeth II in asking her to suspend the UK Parliament. The case is due for a preliminary hearing next Thursday with a full hearing the following day if the High Court approves one.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
After fifteen days of raging fires in the Amazon Forest in Rondônia, thick smoke clouds cover the Brazilian city of São Paulo in darkness. Street lamps had to be lit in the city around 2PM. The fires, suspected to be intentional, are still burning the forest.
intelligence informed him that China is moving troops to the border with Hong Kong.
consolidated city and county in California, United States
government consisting of two or more parties
rights of the palestinian LGBT community
Thirty-seven passengers on a bus over Rio–Niterói Bridge, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are held hostage before police fatally shoot the armed hijacker.
The Five Star Movement and Democratic Party agree to form a new coalition.
Russian state corporation (a non-profit entity type) established in 2007
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan vows to fight India's unilateral decision to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy, including in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council.
A 65-year-old man has since admitted killing Alexandra Măceșanu and another teenage girl who has been missing since April.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 5 days)
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
China condemns Taiwan after President Tsai Ing-wen offered support and asylum to Hong Kong protesters facing prosecution in Hong Kong courts.
A man in Sydney, Australia, stabs and kills one person and wounds another. The motive of the suspect, who was arrested at the crime scene, is unknown.
Gibraltar authorities reject the request by the U.S. to seize the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1. They argue that EU, not U.S. law, is applicable in Gibraltar. The tanker is also renamed.
23rd Governor of Washington, United States
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
resort city in Riverside County, southern California, United States
head of the state and government of Florida
A Syrian man is jailed for manslaughter in relation to a stabbing in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany last year. The killing sparked far-right protests and riots in the city.
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Date: 17 June 2017 Time: about 1:30 a.m. JST
Shibuno, a 20-year-old rookie on the Japan LPGA Tour, was playing outside her home country for the first time, and was also playing for the first time in a major recognized by the U.S. LPGA.
At least 19 Yemeni soldiers are killed by an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attack on a military camp in Abyan, Yemen.
The fires, suspected to be intentional, are still burning the forest.
Vanuatuan Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu said "something must be done", amid calls to invite United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to investigate murders and torture in the area.
SpaceX executes a successful test of its Starhopper vehicle at Boca Chica. The vehicle was raised 150 metres (490 feet) into the air by its methane-fueled Raptor engine. The engine is planned for use on SpaceX's Starship vehicle – a crewed spacecraft capable of interplanetary flight.
Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
Strong tropical cyclone which affected Tonga
Incumbent President Raul Khajimba and oppositor Alkhas Kvitsinia heads to second round on 8th September.
Russian service module of the International Space Station
It calls for the new government to be headed by six civilians and five generals, and formally places the Rapid Support Forces under military command.
German association football club based in Chemnitz
Hundreds of thousands of students, schoolteachers and university professors hold demonstrations across Brazil against sweeping cuts in the education budget.
President Trump announces an increase in the tariffs set to take effect on September 1, October 1 and December 15, from 10% and 25% to 15% and 30%, respectively.
The move comes as Tropical Storm Dorian nears hurricane status as it approaches Puerto Rico.
U.S multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer
tanker designed for the transport of oil
In golf, Japan's Hinako Shibuno wins the year's final major championship by one shot over American Lizette Salas. Shibuno, a 20-year-old rookie on the Japan LPGA Tour, was playing outside her home country for the first time, and was also playing for the first time in a major recognized by the U.S. LPGA.
Preliminary reports say the aircraft struck a flock of seagulls.
President of Italy Sergio Mattarella tasks demissionary Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte with the formation of a new cabinet, a coalition of Five Star Movement and Democratic Party.
Hong Kong citizens call for a city-wide general strike with various sit-ins in seven districts. With around 2 million residents participated in the strikes, thousands of workers announcing their participation, over 200 flights were cancelled, MTR lines halted and the Hang Seng Index dropped sharply. Chief Executive Carrie Lam blamed protesters for "destroying Hong Kong" and rejected their demands.
2019–2026 Sudanese transition to democracy
political transition to democracy following the overthrow of Omar Bashir in 2019
The appeal will bring the dispute, over underlying privacy issues, to the attention of the country's highest court.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says that the United States has "a blueprint" to recover Venezuela's economy if Nicolás Maduro leaves office as the nation's disputed President.
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
American federal government organization
Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present)
Far-right politics in Germany since the defeat of the Nazis in World War II in 1945
airliner series by Airbus, stretched series of the A320 family
Former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper announces that he is suspending his presidential campaign.
Avia seek damages and a cancellation of the order, claiming Boeing were fraudulent, breached their contract with Avia, and negligently introduced design flaws to the aircraft and made negligent representations to the Federal Aviation Authority seeking the plane's certification.
China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology
The army said it had launched a land and air operation in response to the attack.
Meanwhile, churches push the government of Papua New Guinea to take a firm stand on the situation.
Authorities say the species risks "being loved into extinction".
Kidnapping of Alexandra Măceșanu and Luiza Melencu
Yemeni southern separatist movement and organization
Former Prime Minister Sir John Major announces he will join a case brought by anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller seeking judicial review of Parliament's suspension in the High Court under English law.
The Maine health department confirms a horse in York County has tested positive for the rare, deadly, potentially transferable to humans, mosquito-borne viral disease Eastern equine encephalitis.
bilateral relations between Iceland and United States
Israeli organization working on landing a spacecraft on the Moon
ethnic group in the United States with Hispanic or Latin American ancestry
Finland, current chair of the European Union, writes to the body's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, urging the use of the EU's "full toolkit" including foreign and trade policy to counter the use of deliberate fires as a means of deforestation in Brazil.
The organizers claim that at least 1.7 million people join a peaceful rally in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. Protesters spill into nearby streets, with train service intermittently suspended due to the sheer number of people.
city ​​and county seat of Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
A Garden Grove, California, man stabs and kills four people and wounds two others in a two-hour crime spree at a series of Orange County locations. Both injured victims are expected to survive. The motive of the 33-year-old suspect, who was arrested at the last scene, appears to be robbery as well as "anger and hate."
criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations
Hong Kong Other cities worldwide in solidarity
city in Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
August 2018 extreme right-wing riots in Chemnitz, East Germany
High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Hezbollah says two Israeli drones went down in the Moawwad neighborhood of Dahieh (South Beirut), Lebanon, and they did not shoot them.
planet type, with a mass higher than Earth
The Texas Department of Information Resources reports that the computer systems of 23 towns in the state were hit by a ransomware attack on August 16.
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources
At least 24 people die after floods strike across Vietnam.
Israel Defense Forces say the men were armed with assault rifles, anti-tank missiles and hand grenades.
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (State of Palestine)
Chidambaram says to the Supreme Court that the government is practicing a "politically-motivated vendetta" against him and his son Karti, who is also an opposition MP.
The move is criticized for disproportionately affecting the local Bengali community.
The Japan Transport Safety Board concludes its investigation into a fatal collision between USS Fitzgerald and Filipino container ship ACX Crystal. The board's final report concludes distraction and incomplete radar information aboard the US Navy vessel caused the accident.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes
Date: 10 August 2019 Time: ~ 8:30 a.m. EAT (~5:30 UTC) onwards
events in a specific year or time period
Consumer groups criticize the rule change, claiming that it removes protections from taxpayers.
A Libyan National Army airstrike on the southern Libyan town of Murzuk reportedly kills at least 43 people and injures 51 others, according to local officials. An LNA spokesperson says the raid had targeted "Chadian mercenaries".
Portion of Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967
to seize the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1.
emigration of millions of Venezuelans under Chávez and Maduro regime
men's national association football team representing Argentina
lower house of the United States Congress
British transatlantic passenger liner, launched and foundered in 1912
The Office of Inspector General of the Federal Bureau of Investigation releases its final report in which former director James Comey is criticised for his leaking of documents regarding U.S. President Donald Trump.
It is the last launch of the Delta IV Medium vehicle.
zone around the star with strong possibilities for stable liquid water and evolution of life
demilitarized zone running across the Korean Peninsula
Brazil's National Space Research Institute Director-General Ricardo Galvão is dismissed from office as a result of the release of data showing a rise in Amazon deforestation. President Jair Bolsonaro has called the release of the data "irresponsible and sensationalist".
an administrative agency of the State Council of China
Tlaib's request was approved on the condition that she "not advance boycott activities for the duration of her visit".
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
With nearly 400 jets grounded worldwide since March, lawyers representing Avia say they are discussing the possibility of joining the litigation with other companies.
A truck driver involved in the accident, which killed thirteen when two vehicles collided in California, pleads guilty to 42 crimes including vehicular manslaughter. The sleep-deprived driver fell asleep during a temporary halt to traffic; when traffic moved off again he remained stationary and the bus ran into the rear of his vehicle.
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
Atambayev and his loyalists are "putting up severe armed resistance", according to President Sooronbay Jeenbekov.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
Israeli commercial communication satellite
Fellow EFL League One club and local rivals Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo announces North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regencies as location of the future capital of Indonesia. He says government will prepare a bill to submit in the House of Representatives as soon as possible.
All occupants survive without serious injury.
Israeli Defense Forces name three senior Iranian officers and point out that the leader of the Quds Force is in Lebanon "with his family". Amid the campaign for the 17 September legislative election, Israel says Iran is moving to convert Hezbollah's arsenal of what Israel says is more than 100,000 rockets into precision-guided missiles.
overview about prostitution in the United States of America
president of the United States since 2021
Holy See's independent city-state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
holding company of several car rental businesses
The Vietnam — Holy See Joint Working Group first met in 2009.
waves or particles propagating through space or through a medium, carrying energy
The minister accuses the Islamist Hasm Movement of being behind the attack.
The driver fled the scene before the explosion.
Hong Kong police ban a planned Saturday march by the Civil Human Rights Front, saying there is "a high chance that certain violent protesters will hijack this event". The CHRF plans to appeal.
Incidents of American domestic terrorism
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
Israeli forces shoot dead four Palestinian militants near the border with Gaza, the Israeli military say. Israel Defense Forces say the men were armed with assault rifles, anti-tank missiles and hand grenades.
However, a full hearing on the lawfulness of the suspension is brought forward to Tuesday.
Partially recognized Republic of Abkhazia holds the first round of the presidential election. Incumbent President Raul Khajimba and oppositor Alkhas Kvitsinia heads to second round on 8th September.
Sources from the Brazilian government reveal that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro suggested U.S. President Donald Trump visit Argentina in order to back the re-election of President Mauricio Macri.
51 security forces, including Southern Movement commander Munir Al Yafi, are killed and scores wounded in a rocket attack on a military camp near the city of Aden, Yemen.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (born 1957)
sovereign state in northern South America
tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, transmitted by mosquito
crime of killing of a human being by another human being, less serious than murder
escalation on the Israel–Gaza border starting in 2018
oblast and federal subject in the North-West of Russia
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
A cross-party group of over fifty members of the suspended Parliament pledge to carry on meeting in the absence of Parliament.
head of state and head of government of Brazil
ongoing indirect conflict between Iran and Israel
Palestinian-led movement demanding international sanctions against Israel
An Afghan citizen stabs nine in Lyon, France, killing a 19-year-old.
The High Court in Belfast hears a claim under Northern Irish law brought by Raymond McCord, a campaigner for Troubles victims, challenging the constitutionality of suspending the UK Parliament. Sir Declan Morgan, The Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, adjourns proceedings until next week.
Lightning strikes on at least two Alaska Airlines planes force them to make emergency landings in Southeast Alaska. Lightning also knocked out electrical service to the state capital, Juneau.
English-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Japan carries out the first executions this year, hanging Koichi Shoji, 64, who killed two women in 2001, and serial killer Yasunori Suzuki, 50, who killed three women between 2004 and 2005 in Fukuoka Prefecture.
A pan-European nationalist, far-right political movement originating from France
27 August 2019, a fire started in a nightclub in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
political and economic union of 27 European states
organization that sanctions and governs multiple auto-racing sports events
Representative of Indian people in the upper house of the Indian Parliament
Brazil's National Space Research Institute Director-General Ricardo Galvão is dismissed from office as a result of the release of data showing a rise in Amazon deforestation.
Authorities ask almost one million people to evacuate, warning "unprecedented" levels of rainfall could cause the flooding of rivers, trigger landslides, and submerge houses.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
agency that manages the President's personal schedule, private engagements, etc
Israeli riot police clash with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount site in East Jerusalem. With holidays coincidentally falling on the same day (11 August) this year for both Judaism and Islam, some Palestinians began protesting the admittance of Jewish visitors to the site, despite a longstanding agreement barring Jewish visitors. Following the agreement, the Al-Aqsa police barred Jews from the site. Israeli forces then fired rubber bullets and tear gas at people inside. The Jews were then admitted, which caused further tensions on both sides of the dispute.
Major League Soccer, the top level of the men's sport in the U.S., announces that a team in St. Louis, Missouri will become the league's 28th team, most likely in 2022.
The suspects escape following a firefight.
Washington governor Jay Inslee drops out of the presidential primaries to focus on his re-election bid.
56 nautical miles (104 kilometres; 64 miles) southwest of Yokosuka, Japan
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Australia
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
Israeli air strike carried out on 7 June 1981, which destroyed an Iraqi nuclear reactor Osirak
MS-14 carries supplies for the ISS, along with a humanoid robot named Fedor.
conspiracy theory which contends white populations are being replaced, removed, or liquidated
According to Interfax, the governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast dismisses as "complete nonsense" the advice by authorities in Severodvinsk to residents of Nyonoksa to evacuate on August 14.
single engine series of the Ecureuil light helicopter family
India releases the final version of the National Register of Citizens for the state of Assam.
Indian authorities issue evacuation orders for thousands of people, including tourists and Hindu pilgrims heading to the Amarnath Temple for yatra (which has been cancelled) to immediately leave Jammu and Kashmir because of security alerts about possible militant attacks.
constellation straddling the celestial equator
Ruth Davidson steps down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives.
Syrian Air Force warplanes repeatedly strike a Turkish military convoy driving through the rebel-held region of Idlib, reportedly causing several casualties and forcing it to stop. Turkey claims the convoy was aiming to supply observation posts, while Syria accuses it of carrying weapons and ammunition to rebel groups.
Suggesting little intervention by China's central bank, the IMF position is at odds with the designation of China by the U.S.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
death by suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gives a speech wherein he accuses former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe, Uribe's Vice President Francisco Santos Calderón, and Venezuelan politician Lester Toledo [es] of planning to kill him.
Former professional basketball player Mateen Cleaves is acquitted of several sex crimes in a court in his hometown of Flint, Michigan.
strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
At least 22 people are killed and 24 others injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. A suspect Patrick Crusius of Allen, Texas was captured alive. The case is being investigated as domestic terrorism given that Patrick Crusius had posted a 4-page white nationalist manifesto titled The Inconvenient Truth on 8chan where he cited a supposed "Hispanic invasion of Texas" and "Simply trying to defend my country from cultural and ethnic replacement" as motivation for the shooting. The suspect was also inspired by Brenton Tarrant, the perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand.
The Hamas-run Health Ministry of Gaza says a 25-year-old man died in hospital there today after being struck by an Israeli bullet during protests at the Gazan-Israeli border yesterday.
Gibraltar says the United States has applied to seize the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1, which is being held by the United Kingdom territory for an alleged breach of European Union sanctions against Syria.
interior ministry of the Republic of Turkey
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigns.
Italian jurist and politician (born 1964)
conspiracy to commit terrorist acts in and against Canada
Treasury Department designates China as a currency manipulator.
Islamic terrorist and al-Qaeda leader (1951–2022)
Following the agreement, the Al-Aqsa police barred Jews from the site.
Iran seizes a foreign tanker, reported to be Iraqi, in the Persian Gulf, according to Iranian state media.
anti-fascist militant groups in the United States
child sexual abuse scandal in Rotherham, UK, happened between 1997 and 2013
A small reconnaissance drone fell on the roof of the Hezbollah media building, then another drone exploded nearby, causing damage to the building.
The African Union announces the Sudanese military council and the opposition agreed to a constitutional declaration that will pave the way to a new transitional government.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that U.S.
The death of accused sexual trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is ruled a suicide by hanging by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
central bank of the People's Republic of China
A car drives into three other cars causing an explosive crash outside the National Cancer Institute Egypt campus in central Cairo, killing 20 people and injuring 47 others.
Pope Francis sends a video message to the people of Mozambique before his visit to the African country next week. He stresses reconciliation after years of conflict. The Pontiff says that “although I will be unable to travel beyond the capital, my heart reaches out and embraces you all, with a special place for those who live in difficulty.”
Marek Kuchciński, speaker of the Sejm in Poland, announces his resignation after admitting the use of a government jet for 23 personal flights.
separatist conflict in the region of West Papua
After closer inspection, police discover that the hijacker used a fake plastic gun.
English association football club Bury F.C., who were in EFL League One, are expelled from the English Football League (EFL) after a takeover bid to save the club collapses.
regency in East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia
Northwestern Europe; between the Celtic and North Seas
140th season of competitive association football in England
United States Department of Homeland Security
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pope Francis sends a video message to the people of Mozambique before his visit to the African country next week.
List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Syrian civil war
publisher of textbooks, educational software, and training programs
Uruguayan head of state and head of government
He criticizes Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, accusing him of sinking the ruling coalition for personal and political gain.
spaceflight-related events during the year of 2019
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (United Arab Emirates)
The International Monetary Fund finds that China's currency, the yuan, has been "broadly stable" against other currencies over the last year. The yuan is pulled down by market pressures due to the slowing economy. Suggesting little intervention by China's central bank, the IMF position is at odds with the designation of China by the U.S. as a currency manipulator.
American politician, businessman and the 42nd Governor of Colorado
efforts done by the USA to buy Greenland from Denmark
microblogging platform and social networking website
Date: 24 July 2015 – present (7 years, 6 months and 3 days)
All 130 employees have been given redundancy notices, and the company is expected to cease trading after 158 years.
Neither of the horses were vaccinated against EEE.
unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft built by General Atomics
association football club in Bury, Greater Manchester
Saudi Arabia grants women the right to travel without permission from a male guardian, and expands their marriage and custodial rights in a series of royal decrees.
type of monarchy in which power is restricted by a constitution
The Supreme Court of Thailand upholds death sentences against two migrant workers convicted of murdering two UK tourists and raping one.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Georgia
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates
2019 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 2 round
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
According to Interfax, the governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast dismisses as "complete nonsense" the advice by authorities in Severodvinsk to residents of Nyonoksa to evacuate on August 14. This follows the accidental explosion on Thursday of what is speculated to be a nuclear-powered missile. Russian nuclear agency Rosatom says the failed test involved a "nuclear isotope power source" for a liquid-propelled rocket engine.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
lower house of the Indonesia's parliament
A Cessna Citation carrying former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and infant daughter crashes on landing at Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee. All occupants survive without serious injury.
The Lebanese Army confirms the drones as Israeli.
Civil and criminal courts responsible for the administration of justice in Northern Ireland
The Donald Trump administration is in the process of shifting at least $155 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the Department of Homeland Security, in order to fund the return of some migrants to Mexico.
president of Kyrgyzstan from 2017 to 2020
At least five people are killed and 21 others injured in a stampede at a rap concert in Algiers, Algeria.
He stresses reconciliation after years of conflict.
President Trump announces he will not nominate Representative John Ratcliffe to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence when he resigns on August 15, and plans to block Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence Sue Gordon from serving as acting director.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
electric discharge between the atmosphere and the ground
Israeli space probe which failed to land on the Moon in 2019
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
The ruling is being held as a landmark case decision for women's rights in El Salvador, which has one of the strongest anti-abortion laws in Central America.
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas
The death toll of a suicide bombing during a wedding in Kabul, Afghanistan, four days ago, increases to 80.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
51 security forces, including Southern Movement commander Munir Al Yafi, are killed and scores wounded in a rocket attack on a military camp near the city of Aden, Yemen. The rocket attack was claimed by Houthi movement.
upper house of the United States Congress
governing body of the Russian Armed Forces
Chief Executive Carrie Lam blamed protesters for "destroying Hong Kong" and rejected their demands.
The Palestinian Authority bans LGBT activities in the West Bank in anticipation of an upcoming Al Qaws event.
Indian authorities issue evacuation orders for thousands of people, including tourists and Hindu pilgrims heading to the Amarnath Temple for yatra (which has been cancelled) to immediately leave Jammu and Kashmir because of security alerts about possible militant attacks. Also, the pilgrimage to Machel Mata for yatra, which also began on 1 July, has been suspended.
The Court of Session in Edinburgh begins hearing arguments in a case challenging UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend the UK Parliament. The challenge, seeking an interdict, the Scottish equivalent to an injunction, to prevent the move, is being brought by Members of the Scottish Parliament. The judge announces he will consider his position overnight and give his judgement tomorrow at 10:00 local time.
A French court jails several members of Generation Identity and fines the organisation over an anti-immigration operation in the Alps.
Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă sacks Minister of Education Ecaterina Andronescu for her controversial comments in a television interview about murdered 15-year-old girl Alexandra Măceșanu, saying she was "taught not to get in cars with strangers". A 65-year-old man has since admitted killing Alexandra Măceșanu and another teenage girl who has been missing since April.
Bus services are suspended and authorities say the capital is currently unsafe.
ISIL claims responsibility for a terrorist attack against a wedding party in Afghanistan the day prior, which left 63 people dead and over 200 injured.
The move comes weeks after Deputy Prime Minister and Northern League secretary Matteo Salvini unsuccessfully pushed for a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
land force component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
educational science, technology, engineering, and math publisher
military storage facility for ammunition or explosives
robot with its body shape built to resemble that of the human body
Kyrgyzstan's security forces storm the compound of former President Almazbek Atambayev on the outskirts of Bishkek for the second time after a failed overnight raid left one officer dead.
Status of territories occupied by Israel in 1967
Iran denies attacks in southern Syria by Israel hit their installations. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-aligned medium, claims the missiles killed one Iranian and two people from Hezbollah.
SpaceX successfully launches Israeli communications satellite Amos-17 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Laguna
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
one of several Chinese currencies, historical and present; name of currency unit in some east Asian languages
Date: 10 August 2019 approx. 16:00 (CEST UTC+02:00)
Spanish government department responsible for health care, social security and consumers
Three people are killed amidst heavy rains in southwestern Japan.
Israeli riot police clash with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque and Temple Mount site in East Jerusalem.
France bans electric pulse fishing. (AFP via Yahoo! News}
The raid comes two days after Epstein's death.
However, it does not recommend he be prosecuted.
high-energy astrophysical phenomenon manifested as a transient radio pulse lasting only a few milliseconds
telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images
semi-permanent facility for the lodging of an army
city in and county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States
Crowds gather in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to show solidarity and to campaign for the freedom of West Papua, which is under Indonesian control.
Turkey's Ministry of the Interior tweets that 418 people in 29 provinces are detained by police, for suspected links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The authorities have also announced that they "replaced" the mayors of three major southeastern cities.
one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
A man in Bærum, Norway, opens fire in Al Noor Islamic Centre, injuring a congregant. A woman was found dead at the house of the suspect.
Forty-eight members of the US Congress from the Republican Party – eight from the Senate and 40 from the House of Representatives – file a joint amicus brief with the Supreme Court arguing that the Civil Rights Act does not protect LGBT+ people from discrimination. They argue the law "does not prohibit discrimination because of an individual's actions, behaviours, or inclinations".
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
uncrewed orbital spaceflight mission to International Space Station
Iran denies attacks in southern Syria by Israel hit their installations.
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
history and regulations of Indian citizenship
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
Mexican media reports that Molotov cocktails were thrown inside.
capital and most populous city of Russia
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
ongoing and extensive overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and from illegal sources, which began in the United States in the late 1990s, when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management
framework of governance in India, ruled directly by the Government of India
Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
The Israeli Army says it does not comment on "foreign reports".
ban on proprietary trading by commercial banks, whereby deposits are used to trade on the bank's own accounts, although a number of exceptions to this ban were included in the Dodd-Frank law
This follows the accidental explosion on Thursday of what is speculated to be a nuclear-powered missile.
Guyanese-British business owner and activist
The standards of international law for humanitarian treatment in war
executive organ of the Government of Italy
ethnic group native to India and Bangladesh
A man in Sydney, Australia, stabs and kills one person and wounds another.
United States disaster response agency, part of Department of Homeland Security
The United States Trade Representative announces a delay until December 15 on a significant number of products affected by 10% import tariffs announced on August 1 and set to be imposed in September.
Article 370 of the Constitution of India
law granting Jammu and Kashmir autonomous status
overview of the economy in the Federal Republic of Germany
U.S. President Donald Trump states on Twitter that he has "hereby ordered" that U.S.
An appeals court in Ontario, Canada overturns the terror convictions of Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier, citing an error by the trial judge regarding jury selection.
New Zealand bans tourists from swimming with bottlenose dolphins, saying dwindling numbers are linked to excessive interaction with tourists, as the animals choose socialising with people over necessary biological functions.
The Southern Transitional Council says it will not "negotiate under duress" with their coalition partners.
Ruth Davidson steps down as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. She has been a critic of Johnson, himself a Conservative, especially his approach to Brexit.
Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in 12 hours, breaking the previous world record held by India since 2016 of 50 million trees planted in the same time.
Terrorist mass shooting attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
Madeleine Westerhout is forced to resign as Director of Oval Office Operations at the White House after leaking private information about the Trump family and White House operations to reporters at a private dinner.
human settlement in Achinsk Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
overview about the deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest
A Spanish C-101 military jet crashes into the sea near La Manga, killing its pilot.
International sanctions during the Venezuelan crisis
systematic removal of a certain ethnic or religious group
Experts on the royal house call the move an act of "disrespect" as illness is not the apparent cause.
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
Evelyn Hernández is acquitted of murder after her newly-born child was found deceased in a toilet.
federal judge blocks a Missouri law banning abortions eight weeks after conception from going into effect.
The death of accused sexual trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is ruled a suicide by hanging by the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Epstein's attorneys say they will be conducting their own investigation into his death.
Fighters of the Southern Movement capture the port city of Aden from forces loyal to the internationally recognized President of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
No group claimed responsibility for the bombings.
International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark expresses surprise at U.S. President Donald Trump's abrupt cancellation of his planned visit to her country.
Even if many bombs exploded and several people were injured, no one died in the attacks.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
At least seven people are killed and 21 others wounded in a mass shooting in West Texas, between the cities of Midland and Odessa.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
practice of trading financial instruments using a firm's own money
Brecon and Radnorshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards
branch of the militant Islamist group Islamic State (IS), active in Yemen
The vehicle was raised 150 metres (490 feet) into the air by its methane-fueled Raptor engine.
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unit
military junta of Sudan established after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir
Between Patterson Blvd. and Wayne Ave. N to Gates St. and S to U.S. 35, Dayton, Ohio
American lawyer and politician (born 1966)
Harland and Wolff, known for constructing several famous ships, including the RMS Titanic and HMS Belfast, collapses into administration.
At least seven people are killed and 21 others wounded in a mass shooting in West Texas, between the cities of Midland and Odessa. The shooter is shot and killed in Odessa. Police continue to investigate for other possible suspects.
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family
motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
September 2019 Israeli legislative election
Voters in Nauru go to the polls to elect new members of parliament.
series of mail bombing attempts to high profile figures in the United States
form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest
Lebanese Army General and President of Lebanon
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
Earlier in the day, over a thousand Indigenous Brazilian women, representing over 100 ethnic groups, march on Brasília after an overnight occupation of the headquarters of the Ministry of Health's Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health.
A United States MQ-9 military drone is reportedly shot down in Yemen's Dhamar Governorate.
Research center of the Federal Republic of Germany for aerospace and power engineering, transport and security
Twenty-one exceptions are issued, for companies providing services including oil, aid, and telecommunications.
Passengers and crew successfully evacuate, but the aircraft is severely damaged.
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
national law enforcement agency in the United Kingdom
The Japan Transport Safety Board concludes its investigation into a fatal collision between USS Fitzgerald and Filipino container ship ACX Crystal.
The death toll due to the monsoon flooding in southern and western India rises to 147, while hundreds of thousands have been evacuated from their homes.
pyrokinetic engine used for propulsion; for the incendiary weapon, see Q2037215
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
bilateral relations between Denmark and United States
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
A Cessna Citation carrying former NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., his wife and infant daughter crashes on landing at Elizabethton Municipal Airport in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
The motive of the suspect, who was arrested at the crime scene, is unknown.
China announces that it will not immediately retaliate on the latest U.S. import tariffs, but is instead "lodging solemn representations".
An Air China Airbus A330 preparing to takeoff as Flight 183 catches fire during boarding at Beijing International Airport. Passengers and crew successfully evacuate, but the aircraft is severely damaged.
human settlement in Dayton, Ohio, United States of America
Israeli forces then fired rubber bullets and tear gas at people inside.
Airstrikes by Israel against Iran-aligned forces in Iraq
At least four people are dead and more than 100 injured after lightning strikes the summit of Giewont in the Tatra Mountains, Poland.
Australia will deploy a Boeing P-8 Poseidon and a frigate.
flag carrier of the People's Republic of China
pathogenic disease that can be transmitted from one animal species to another (or human)
China lets its currency drop to its lowest reported level since 2008 and also asks its state-owned companies to halt imports of U.S.
Group of Seven leaders hold their yearly meeting in Biarritz, France.
The working majority of the Conservative government is reduced to one.
The authorities have also announced that they "replaced" the mayors of three major southeastern cities.
Westerhout had allegedly bragged about her personal access to U.S. President Donald Trump.
South Korean officials express that the exclusion from Japan's preferred trade list on 12 August eliminated any benefit to maintaining the agreement.
The discovery is the largest known child sacrifice in history.
German association football club Chemnitzer FC sacks club captain Daniel Frahn for "openly displaying sympathy for Neo-Nazi groups".
Date: 30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019 (1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
President Trump announces an increase in the tariffs set to take effect on September 1, October 1 and December 15, from 10% and 25% to 15% and 30%, respectively. The Office of the United States Trade Representative says it will "begin the process of increasing the tariff rate to 30% effective October 1 following a notice and comment period".
They argue the law "does not prohibit discrimination because of an individual's actions, behaviours, or inclinations".
militias and armed volunteer groups affiliated with the Union of Novorossiya
market value of goods and services produced within a country
Head of state of The Republic of Colombia
India revokes Jammu and Kashmir's special status amidst increased regional tensions.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative says it will "begin the process of increasing the tariff rate to 30% effective October 1 following a notice and comment period".
State Committee for National Security (Kyrgyzstan)
The second GPS IIIA satellite is successfully launched by a Delta IV Medium rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
In the south, nearly 3,900 houses and more than 22,000 hectares of crops are submerged, mostly in Lam Dong Province.
status of the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, the Golan Heights, and the Sinai Peninsula
mountain range on the Polish–Slovak border
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
section of Interstate Highway in California, United States
The Argentine government says it has already received "hundreds" of reports of human rights abuses and criminal accusations against the Venezuelan government, days after Argentina invited Venezuelans in the country to file reports against the Venezuelan government.
Vietnam, a Communist nation of 97 million, is 7% Catholic.
Astronomers led by a team from McGill University in Montreal announce the detection of eight new repeating fast radio bursts (FRBs) using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) radio telescope.
The Office of Inspector General of the Federal Bureau of Investigation releases its final report in which former director James Comey is criticised for his leaking of documents regarding U.S. President Donald Trump. However, it does not recommend he be prosecuted.
EFL executive chair Debbie Jevans calls the expulsion of Bury F.C.
Major League Soccer, the top level of the men's sport in the U.S., announces that a team in St. Louis, Missouri will become the league's 28th team, most likely in 2022. The ownership group, led by several female members of the Taylor family that controls the Enterprise Holdings car rental company, is the first in MLS in which women hold a majority interest.
The riots follow the death of a taxi driver reportedly shot by Nigerian drug dealers after they realized he had seen them complete a drug deal and had also seen their supplier.
With holidays coincidentally falling on the same day (11 August) this year for both Judaism and Islam, some Palestinians began protesting the admittance of Jewish visitors to the site, despite a longstanding agreement barring Jewish visitors.
In golf, Japan's Hinako Shibuno wins the year's final major championship by one shot over American Lizette Salas.
Argentine President Mauricio Macri receives the U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who expresses full support from the U.S.
overview of political matters in the United States of America
Israeli Defense Forces name three senior Iranian officers and point out that the leader of the Quds Force is in Lebanon "with his family".
administrative capital of South Africa located in the Gauteng province
The measure will be in force for two years.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
French inventor Franky Zapata successfully crosses the English Channel on the jet-powered Flyboard Air.
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
It further says Israeli soldiers wounded 42 protesters.
border barrier between the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel
The astronomers report they also found complex morphologies and downward-drifting sub-bursts in some of the eight new FRBs.
are given an extra 14 days to avoid being expelled due to financial difficulty.
set of terrorist acts or campaign committed by individuals or groups who profess or claim to profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
List of United States representatives from Illinois
The case was that the operation could be mistaken for a government action.
international intergovernmental economic organization
Office of Inspector General (United States)
oversight division of a United States federal or state agency
county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America
overseas department of France in South America
The organizers claim that at least 1.7 million people join a peaceful rally in Victoria Park, Hong Kong.
head of state and government of the Republic of Indonesia
Following precedent, the constitutional monarch approves the request.
city of the United Kingdom, capital of Northern Ireland
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims an Iranian attack on Israel using armed drones to be imminent.
China announces that it will not immediately retaliate on the latest U.S.
U.S. Presidential election campaign in 2020
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
import tariffs, but is instead "lodging solemn representations".
The new version eases rules on proprietary trading by Wall Street banks.
administrative division (oblast) in central Russia
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan vows to fight India's unilateral decision to revoke Indian-administered Kashmir's autonomy, including in the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. Mr. Khan stated this move is a breach of international law, adding he feared the possibility of ethnic cleansing in the Muslim-majority region.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
This marks the first time a seat has changed hands in a by-election triggered by a successful recall petition.
Forty-eight members of the US Congress from the Republican Party – eight from the Senate and 40 from the House of Representatives – file a joint amicus brief with the Supreme Court arguing that the Civil Rights Act does not protect LGBT+ people from discrimination.
field of physics that deals with the structure and behavior of atomic nuclei
aviation field involving design, regulation, and operation of very lightweight aircraft
network of communication satellites and ground stations
Hong Kong police ban a planned Saturday march by the Civil Human Rights Front, saying there is "a high chance that certain violent protesters will hijack this event".
Russian docking module of the International Space Station
Person in charge at the Civil House of the Brazilian federal government
superior court of the state of Victoria, Australia
Nicolás Maduro confirms United States reports that top Venezuelan officials are having secret meetings with members of the Trump administration.
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
The Indian government moved additional troops into the sensitive area before banning assemblies, closing schools, restricting tourism and announcing a plan to split the state into two union territories.
mountain range in the Western Tatras, Poland
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition-aligned medium, claims the missiles killed one Iranian and two people from Hezbollah.
Ministry of National Education (Romania)
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia
The protests occurred because several opposition candidates were disqualified from running in the upcoming Moscow City legislative election.
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
professional soccer league in the USA and Canada
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
The board's final report concludes distraction and incomplete radar information aboard the US Navy vessel caused the accident.
division of the United States' National Weather Service
Date: 30 April – 31 August 2019 (4 months and 1 day)
In a letter sent by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to U.S. President Donald Trump, Kim apologizes for the testing of short-range missiles.
international relationship between Israel and the United States
At least 22 people are killed and 24 others injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas.
fuel explosion in Tanzania in August 2019
He later committed suicide after a manhunt.
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
protests in Russia against Vladimir Putin between December 2011 and July 2013
for his re-election in the upcoming Argentine elections.
Russian aircraft leasing firm Avia Capital Services, which has ordered 35 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, sues Boeing in an Illinois court in the first legal action taken by a 737 MAX customer in the wake of the groundings.
Russian nuclear agency Rosatom says the failed test involved a "nuclear isotope power source" for a liquid-propelled rocket engine.
A Syrian man is jailed for manslaughter in relation to a stabbing in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany last year.
1621 Virginia Street Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
American politician from Minnesota. Far-left activist
combined military forces of Burkina Faso
13 people are killed by a suicide bomber in Sheikh Othman.
rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong
autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark on world's largest island by the same name
(RSF) are national military troops working under the command of the Commander in Chief
bilateral relations between Argentina and United States
Amid the campaign for the 17 September legislative election, Israel says Iran is moving to convert Hezbollah's arsenal of what Israel says is more than 100,000 rockets into precision-guided missiles.
SpaceX successfully launches Israeli communications satellite Amos-17 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch was provided by SpaceX for free following the destruction of Spacecom's Amos-6 satellite in 2016.
nuclides having the same atomic number but different mass numbers
The bombing was claimed by Islamic State.
Tlaib later declines to come, saying she won't let Israel impose "oppressive conditions" on her.
Turkey's Ministry of the Interior tweets that 418 people in 29 provinces are detained by police, for suspected links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The challenge, seeking an interdict, the Scottish equivalent to an injunction, to prevent the move, is being brought by Members of the Scottish Parliament.
The uncrewed Soyuz MS-14 mission to resupply the International Space Station commences.
This is Iran's third failed attempt to reach orbit this year following launches in January and February.
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
latest phase of the conflict which started after the escalation in 2015
Street lamps had to be lit in the city around 2PM.
Australia announces its agreement to join the United States' coalition, along with the United Kingdom and Bahrain, to prevent Iran from targeting ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz.
The UAE Foreign Ministry has said the "preemptive operation" targeted "terrorist militias".
unmanned guided missile with atmospheric engine and a combat charge
village in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
political preference that leans towards extreme conservatism and anti-socialism
presides over Secretariat of State of the Holy See
A Libyan National Army airstrike on the southern Libyan town of Murzuk reportedly kills at least 43 people and injures 51 others, according to local officials.
gubernatorial election in Washington state
The launch was provided by SpaceX for free following the destruction of Spacecom's Amos-6 satellite in 2016.
conflict over the Kashmir region between India, Pakistan and China
The case is due for a preliminary hearing next Thursday with a full hearing the following day if the High Court approves one.
Protesters spill into nearby streets, with train service intermittently suspended due to the sheer number of people.
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
Pope Francis recalls the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions after his Sunday afternoon Angelus address.
Operator of Hong Kong International Airport
Communication using lasers in outer space
league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales
A Court of Session judge refuses to grant an interdict, the Scottish equivalent to an injunction, preventing the upcoming suspension of the UK Parliament.
unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Hamas says it has captured an ISIL cell responsible for Tuesday's suicide bombings that killed three policemen.
The engine is planned for use on SpaceX's Starship vehicle – a crewed spacecraft capable of interplanetary flight.
unified command of the US Department of Defense
pro-democracy demonstrations and other civil disobedience sparked by a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong
emergency protocol that prevents people or information from leaving an area, usually only initiated by someone in a position of authority
A Ural Airlines Airbus 321 crash lands in a field near Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow Region, Russia.
essential office of an elected members called congress
Brazilian federal autarchy, linked to the Ministry of the Environment, responsible for the preservation and conservation of natural heritage
Six Pakistani men are found guilty of abusing and raping teenage girls between 1998 and 2002 in Rotherham, England.
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
Floods also damage more than 30km of national roads, including the road leading to the tourist city of Dalat and destroy 142 hectares of aquarium farming and 4,300 cages of river-raised fish.
military conflict between Hezbollah and Israeli forces in 2006
The two sides meet in the Vatican and discuss bilateral relations, ecclesial life and the future visit of Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Israel says Palestinians threw grenades at the fence, damaging a vehicle and injuring a soldier.
Proposed United States purchase of Greenland
family of cryogenic methane-fueled rocket engines developed by SpaceX
association football club in Horwich, England
city in Ector County, Texas, United States
Both injured victims are expected to survive.
Hong Kong political faction in favour of universal suffrage
They were found guilty of "exercising activities in conditions that could create confusion with a public function".
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months, 1 week and 4 days)
He says government will prepare a bill to submit in the House of Representatives as soon as possible.
Trump says he expects to meet Kim soon and see a denuclearized North Korea as "one of the most successful countries in the world".
arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union
bilateral relations between Iran and Iraq