At least one inmate has been badly injured.
Ukraine starts a missile test near Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, while Russia puts its air-defense and naval forces in the region on high alert.
Van Gisbergen is the first New Zealand driver to win a supercars title since Jim Richards.
A Federal appeals court upholds the November 10 lower court order that Michigan must deliver bottled water or provide in-home filtration to all qualified residents affected by lead contamination in the city of Flint.
The South Korean National Assembly begins hearings ahead of an impeachment vote against President Park Geun-Hye.
Defeated dictator Yahya Jammeh vows to contest the election results in The Gambian supreme court. [permanent dead link]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe makes a landmark visit to Naval Station Pearl Harbor in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, offering "sincere and everlasting condolences" to the victims of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese empire on December 7, 1941.
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports a record 259 journalists, 81 in Turkey, are jailed worldwide as of December 1.
Eleven bodies have so far been recovered from the Black Sea from yesterday's military aircraft crash. All 92 people on board died.
A court in Paris finds International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence in a 404 million euro "misuse of public funds" case. The court ruled that Lagarde won't be fined, won't serve any jail time, or receive a criminal record. The IMF Executive Board "looks forward to continuing to work with" her.
Government forces push to capture a Houthi enclave in Bayhan District, on the border between Shabwa and Marib provinces, resulting at least 28 Houthi militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers killed.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blames Taiwan for making the call.
Tsunami warnings are issued for the Pacific region, including Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake east of Papua New Guinea. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later reports the threat has largely passed.
international quasi-judicial body established to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration
University of Washington researchers report, in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology, the discovery of an odontoma — a benign tumor — in the fossil of a 255-million-year old Tanzanian mammal-like saber-toothed gorgonopsia. This is one of the oldest-known tumors ever found.
A United Nations human rights commission in South Sudan claims a "steady process of ethnic cleansing is underway" in the war-torn nation.
Mongolia bans the 14th Dalai Lama from leisure in the country after China cancels a Mongolian loan.
Tests, by a team of international archaeologists, of mummified legs found in QV66 in Egypt's Valley of the Queens indicate they most likely belong to Queen Nefertari, Pharaoh Ramesses II's first and favorite wife.
The Kremlin says almost all communications channels with the United States are frozen. The U.S. State Department says the dialogue with Russia continues despite their differences.
Venezuela swaps its bolivar notes with coins in order to curb hyperinflation.
John F. Kelly is selected as Secretary of Homeland Security.
A seriously injured 12-year-old girl is revived and rescued.
A rock throwing 19-year old Palestinian is killed by IDF troops amid clashes in the West Bank village of Beit Rima.
17th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon
The warring parties reach agreement on a ceasefire, now that the fighting has ended, to allow civilians and the remaining rebel fighters trapped in the besieged Syrian city to evacuate. Five buses will start moving to pick up passengers at 5:00 a.m. EET Wednesday (03:00 UTC).
Russian president Vladimir Putin says a ceasefire has been brokered between the Syrian government and rebel forces. The ceasefire is said to be guaranteed by Russia and Turkey and would exclude UN-denominated terror organizations such as ISIL and al-Nusra. The FSA says it would abide by the truce, while Ahrar al-Sham expresses "reservations".
Date: May 27, 1964 – present (58 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
President Rodrigo Duterte admits in a speech to a group of businessmen that he "personally" killed suspected criminals when he served as Davao City's mayor.
After a meeting with President-elect of the United States Donald Trump, Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group pledges to invest $50 billion in the United States and create 50,000 jobs.
At least 118 HDP officials and supporters are arrested in anti-terrorism raids. HDP rejects any link with either the PKK or Kurdistan Freedom Falcons. ,
A U.S. airstrike in Al-Raqqah, Syria, kills four ISIL leaders, two of which were confirmed to have roles in the November 2015 Paris Attacks.
Two Russian army medics are killed after around a dozen shells hit a mobile hospital in Aleppo.
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) issues final approval for Alaska Airlines to acquire Virgin America, in a US$2.6 billion dollar merger. In exchange for approval, the DOJ requires Alaska Airlines to reduce its partnership with American Airlines.
Non-Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agree to cut oil output which will help increase the price of petroleum products in the world market.
In mixed martial arts, Amanda Nunes defeats Ronda Rousey to retain the Women's Bantamweight title at UFC 207.
India has launched its Resourcesat-2A imaging satellite via its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket.
An attack on a border post near Burkina Faso's border with Mali, leaves at least 12 Burkinabe troops dead and two others missing.
8th Secretary-General of the United Nations
Punggol Point LRT station opened along the West Loop of the Punggol LRT line.
Well drilled in the ground or the seabed to recover hydrocarbons
The United States is to limit military support to Saudi Arabia's military intervention in Yemen amid concerns over rising civilian casualties.
Iranian government approved a bill to switch country's currency from rial to the more commonly used toman. The bill must be approved by the parliament.
Iranian government approved a bill to switch country's currency from rial to the more commonly used toman.
Voters go to the polls in Ghana for the country's presidential elections. It is expected to be a close race between incumbent president John Dramani Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress party and his rival Nana Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party.
An Afriqiyah Airways flight originating from Sabha, Libya, is hijacked and forced to make an emergency landing in Malta. Hijackers threaten to blow up the aircraft with grenades, but the standoff ends peacefully with all hostages released and both hijackers surrendering.
Two people are killed and at least 15 are hospitalized following a 55-vehicle accident, involving a gas tanker explosion, on Interstate 95 in Baltimore, Maryland, as cold air causes rain and wet roads to freeze across the Eastern U.S. Three other deaths are reported from other accidents in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. At least six people have been killed in total on icy roads. ,
impeachment of the former S. Korean president
Cardell Hayes is found guilty of manslaughter by a Louisiana jury in the road rage shooting death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith.
Floods caused by heavy rain over the past week has caused at least 13 deaths in central Vietnam with more heavy rain forecast.
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
Islamist militant group operating in Egypt
An Indonesian military Lockheed C-130 Hercules transport plane crashes in Papua province killing all 13 people on board.
International aid organisations arrive in the Indonesian province of Aceh as the death toll for the earthquake passes 100.
Jones says that 550 workers would actually lose their livelihoods, while other workers were never scheduled to leave.
A federal judge in Michigan, Mark A. Goldsmith, rules that a recount in the Presidential Election vote in that state must begin on Monday, December 5.
Bernard Cazeneuve is announced as the new Prime Minister of France replacing Manuel Valls who is contesting the 2017 French Presidential Election.
head of state and government of Argentina
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months and 4 days)
The Government of Malaysia claims that violence against Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority is "ethnic cleansing" ahead of a march in Kuala Lumpur led by Prime Minister Najib Razak.
The United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power abstains from voting in a 14–0 Security Council decision condemning Israeli settlement of the Palestinian territories.
Kenya threatens to leave the International Criminal Court.
United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2016
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
Yoga, rumba and Nowruz are classified as 'treasures' by UNESCO.
Ethnic violence in South Sudan (2011–present)
Thousands of Indonesians protest in Jakarta for tolerance after a large protest rally against blasphemy on Friday.
President-elect Donald Trump nominates Ben Carson for United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
American singer, songwriter, musician and activist
In West Virginia police officers executing a bailpiece shot and killed a man who "operated a motor vehicle in an aggressive manner" towards officers at a Walmart parking lot.
2016 wildfires that occurred in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
An explosion outside a military camp in southern Yemen kills at least 49 people and injures many more.
German police arrested a 17-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan in the rape and murder case of Maria L.
Sahaj International opens in Kochi in the South Indian state of Kerala.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
Two car bombings kill at least eight people in Fallujah.
Four people have been arrested including the owner of the mine and three managers.
Scientists discover that the Totten Glacier is experiencing rapid basal melt, with deep warm water entering underneath the glacier at the rate of 220,000 cubic meters per second.
Jewish civilian communities built on lands occupied by Israel
The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fines several companies, including Wells Fargo, RBC Capital Markets, and LPL Financial, a combined $14.4 million for record-keeping problems that could have allowed company and customer documents to be altered.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
Carrie Fisher, the actress and writer best known for playing Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, dies following complications from a heart attack.
The former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Fidel Castro died of natural causes at 22:29 (CST) in the evening of 25 November 2016.
integrated energy company based in Fredericia, Denmark
A 23-year-old suspect is apprehended by police.
Protests, with looting, erupt in several Venezuelan states as citizens lack cash for gas, groceries, and Christmas gifts, since the highly used, but now worthless, 100-bolívar notes were removed from circulation, and the substitute 500-bolívar notes are not available because of delays in bank deliveries.
Israel's Foreign Ministry announces that it is "reducing" ties with some of the UN Security Council countries that voted to pass United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334. ,
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
United Kingdom's national weather service
Stephanie Del Valle of Puerto Rico is named as Miss World 2016.
American multinational banking and financial services company
It is discovered that the Limusaurus dinosaur shed its teeth as it matured.
Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, goes on trial in France for alleged negligence as Finance Minister resulting in the loss of hundreds of millions of euros.
Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo resigns her Cabinet post as housing secretary due to major differences in principles and values. Robredo says she is staying on in her elected position as vice president.
A Cessna 525 carrying six passengers goes missing shortly after takeoff from Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport in the United States.
Bolivia's aviation authority suspends the operating license of LaMia.
legislative, executive and judiciary powers of Iran
Leaders from the West African bloc ECOWAS and from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation plead with Gambian long-time President Yahya Jammeh who lost in the recently held elections to step aside or face consequences.
Medical research reveals shrinkage in women’s brains as a result of pregnancy. Loss of gray matter in certain regions of the brain may make the brain more efficient and specialized for child-rearing. There is also evidence of links to long-term changes in brain.
Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren issues a report claiming that 1,000 Russian athletes have been involved in or the beneficiaries of "manipulations to conceal Positive testing". Germany and the United States have called for Russia to be banned from international competition.
Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos receives his award in Oslo, Norway.
An oil tanker explodes on a main highway near Naivasha, Kenya, killing at least 42 people, according to the Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre.
The Ajmer–Sealdah Express operated by Indian Railways derails in northern India killing at least two people and injuring dozens. Twenty four people have been hospitalised.
Indonesia arrests hundreds of protesters in Indonesian Papua.
Pro-Beijing Hong Kong leader CY Leung says he will quit after his term ends.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis designates social-democrat Sorin Grindeanu as the country's new prime minister, after the victory of the centre-left PSD earlier this month.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Fifth Harmony announces Camila Cabello's departure from the group.
The Federal Reserve System raises the benchmark interest rate in the United States to a level between 0.5 and 0.75%. This is the second time in a decade that the Federal Reserve has increased interest rates.
The Bank of Italy says in a statement that the country's treasury will have to put up around 6.6 billion euros to rescue Monte dei Paschi given the European Central Bank's estimate of Monte dei Paschi's capital shortfall.
Clemson defeats Virginia Tech, 42-35, to win the Atlantic Coast Conference title.
2016 United States Senate election in Louisiana
A record number of electors break ranks and do not vote for their assigned candidate. Two electors from Texas vote for John Kasich and Ron Paul. Some of the electors from Washington cast three votes for Colin Powell and one vote for Faith Spotted Eagle. One elector from Hawaii votes for Bernie Sanders.
Gambia's Chief Justice sets January 10, 2017, for the hearing by the Supreme Court, made up of judges from Nigeria and Sierra Leone, of President Yahya Jammeh's ruling party's legal challenge of the December 1 election results.
Date: 19 December 2016 20:02 CET (UTC+01)
Pakistan International Airlines Flight 661
fatal air accident in Havelian, Pakistan
A man is killed and two wounded in a triple shooting in Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans
two approximate mega-regions within China
Bonanza Creek Energy says it plans to file for bankruptcy on or by January 5, 2017 and hopes to exit the process quickly, within the first quarter.
The Iraqi Army bears down on a strategic bridge across the Tigris River in Mosul. Fighting is occurring in the Salam neighbourhood less than 1.5 kilometres from the Tigris.
central bank of the Russian Federation established on July 13, 1990
A bill protecting the rights of LGBT in the Philippines is finally up for debate 17 years after being first introduced in the upper legislature with the 2014 killing of a transwoman as the reason for its urgency.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jointly ban offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic coast.
At least 31 are killed in clashes in Kasai, DR Congo.
The death toll from yesterday's church collapse in Uyo, Nigeria, rises to 160 with the death toll expected to rise further.
German officials offer a reward of up to 100,000 euros ($104,000) for 24-year-old Tunisian asylum-seeker Anis Amri, whose identifying information was found in the truck used in the attack.
U.S. cabinet member and head of the U.S. Department of Labor
chief legal officer of the State of Israel
association football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey
largest city in British Columbia, Canada
ALPHA, a CERN experiment, has observed for the first time the spectrum of antihydrogen.
Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan
Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players
The government states the aedes aegypti mosquito is responsible for spreading the Chikungunya virus in Pakistan's largest city.
American astronaut John Glenn dies at the age of 95.
At least 49 people die in Irkutsk, Russia after consuming hawthorn-scented bath essence as if it were alcohol. The product has been found to contain methanol.
flag carrier airline of the Islamic Republic of Iran
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump calls President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, who then agrees to postpone a United Nations resolution regarding Israel.
former White House Chief of Staff and Former United States Marine Corps General
Paolo Gentiloni becomes the new Prime Minister of Italy.
poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations
2016 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The United States Senate votes 99–0 in favor of a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, the measure will now be sent to President Barack Obama to sign into law. The act was due to expire on December 31, 2016, if not renewed.
Airlines serving the regional hub cancel 87 flights into and out of Sea-Tac airport, due to ice on airport runways.
Ten people have been arrested in relation to the bombings.
The academic Phil Scraton refuses an OBE granted to him by Elizabeth II in her 2017 New Year Honours list for his work on the Hillsborough disaster.
Being forced into opposition a year earlier, by the resignation of Prime Minister Victor Ponta amid the Colectiv nightclub fire tragedy, the Social Democratic Party returns to government following a landslide victory in last Sunday's parliamentary elections.
The Russian Federal Security Service claims to have killed Rustam Asildarov, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's Caucasus Province and four other militants in the Dagestan region. , ,
2016 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak leads a protest rally against the persecution of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority in the predominately Buddhist country, and calls on Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nations to address the Rohingya's plight and end the violence.
A passenger bus carrying 46 people, mostly school groups from Tonga, crashes in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand, approximately 30 kilometers south of the city of Gisborne. Two people died while several were injured, with some still hospitalized.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
President-elect Donald Trump names his former presidential campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as his Counselor to the President.
international organization of petroleum-exporting countries
association football club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
one of five prizes established by Alfred Nobel
largest Christian church, led by the pope
Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament
A record number of electors break ranks and do not vote for their assigned candidate.
Former Prime Minister of Portugal António Guterres is sworn in as the new United Nations Secretary General.
international governing body of association football
United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 19 days)
Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
U.S. national park in Tennessee and North Carolina
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu goes to Moscow for a planned trilateral meeting on Syria, saying "the incident will not impact relations between Turkey and Russia".
Polish protesters block the parliament in order to prevent the possibility of legalizing restrictions on press freedom.
governing body of association football in South America
A volcanic eruption continues on Bogoslof Island near Unalaska, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. The eruption has impacted air transportation routes.
An Afriqiyah Airways flight originating from Sabha, Libya, is hijacked and forced to make an emergency landing in Malta.
As part of an ongoing peace process, the Congress of Colombia approves an amnesty law for thousands of demobilizing FARC rebels. The amnesty does not apply to FARC rebels who have committed war crimes or human rights violations.
independent broker-dealer in the United States
A federal jury orders DuPont to pay $2 million to a man with testicular cancer after finding the company liable for diseases linked to C8, a Teflon-making chemical.
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
town and local government area in Nigeria
Manuel Valls, the Prime Minister of France, announces his candidacy for the Socialist Party nomination. He will step down as PM on Tuesday.
state of harmony characterized by lack of violent conflict and freedom from fear of violence
A monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association. It covers all aspects of medical oncology, radiation oncology, and surgical oncology, as well as subspecialties
The bodies of 21 coal miners are retrieved from an unlicensed coal mine in the Chinese city of Qitaihe in the province of Heilongjiang. Four people have been arrested including the owner of the mine and three managers.
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces advance to eight kilometers (five miles) from the largest prison held by ISIL near the Tabqa Dam.
Interstate Highway on the east coast of the United States from Miami to Maine
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council
Bill English is elected as the leader of the New Zealand National Party and is now the country's Prime Minister. Paula Bennett is elected as English's deputy.
land designation for protecting conservation values
Airlines serving the regional hub cancel 87 flights into and out of Sea-Tac airport, due to ice on airport runways. Among the affected air carriers, Alaska Airlines has cancelled 35 flights.
A riot breaks out inside the G4S-run HM Prison Birmingham in Winson Green, Birmingham, United Kingdom. At least one inmate has been badly injured. The Ministry of Justice says riot police have regained control of the prison.
Denmark's government announces it will be withdrawing its seven F-16 fighter jets from military operations against ISIL in Iraq and Syria from mid-December.
Two bombs, one detonated by a suicide bomber, near the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, kill at least 29 people and injure more than 150 others. Ten people have been arrested in relation to the bombings.
Clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters demanding the resignation of President Joseph Kabila reportedly leave more than 20 people dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Gambian security forces take over the headquarters of the electoral commission as the current president, Yahya Jammeh, refuses to accept the recent election results. ,
unicameral legislature of North Macedonia
fire involving the structural components of a building
petroleum-derived liquid used primarily as a fuel
political and moral philosophy based on liberty, consent of the governed and equality
main railway station in the Swiss city of Zurich
Turkish fighter jets kill 19 suspected Kurdish militants in strikes on the Gara region in northern Iraq.
São Tomé and Príncipe breaks relations with the island country of Taiwan.
all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities
Former boxing world champion Ricky Hatton speaks on British radio about depression and gives an account of past suicide attempts.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
President-elect Donald Trump names Carl Icahn as the Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform.
The President of Gambia Yahya Jammeh states he will not accept the result of the recent defeat a week after conceding defeat to Adama Barrow.
This leaves the selection of a candidate for the French Socialist Party wide open.
U.S. president Barack Obama scraps the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a registration system for Muslim immigrants.
Some of the electors from Washington cast three votes for Colin Powell and one vote for Faith Spotted Eagle.
Failed resupply mission to the International Space Station
An Indonesian police plane, reportedly carrying 13 people, goes missing near Singapore en route to Batam.
The remains of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro are interred beside independence leader José Martí.
Typhoon Nock-ten (Nina) strikes the Philippines.
The president of ECOWAS, Marcel de Souza, says the West African bloc could send troops into The Gambia if Yahya Jammeh refuses to step down from power.
At least seven people are killed and 30 trapped after a pile of waste collapses in a Coal India mine in Jharkhand.
Cuba and the European Union sign an accord in Brussels to normalize relations, formally ending the Common Position which was adopted by the Council of the European Union in 1996.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Date: 16 April 2009 – 19 December 2017 (8 years, 8 months and 3 days)
Russia and the United States will continue talks on Aleppo after talks between the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Following the result of the constitutional referendum, Matteo Renzi will resign from his office as Prime Minister of Italy. With most ballots counted, the "No" vote leads with 60%.
President-elect Donald Trump formally announces ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his choice for United States Secretary of State.
The SOHR and Amaq announce that ISIL has captured an oil field north-west of Palmyra.
The confirmed death toll in Friday night's warehouse fire in Oakland, California rises to 33 with several people still missing.
The country's first school for transgender pupils, it caters for adults who left school early.
A homicide team is investigating his disappearance.
political positions of United States President Donald Trump
Al-Thawrah District, Raqqa Governorate, Syria
California, United States Baja California, Mexico
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
National Amusements announces CBS Corporation and Viacom media companies will not be merging. CBS shares rose 1.8 percent closing in on a nearly 2-1/2 year high while Viacom fell 6.9 percent.
expendable system for launching satellites, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation
American former mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, professional wrestler, and judoka
The Polish government buys the internationally-known Czartoryski collection of art. Based in the city of Kraków and consisting of around 86,000 pieces, this features works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
method of determining a winner in sports matches which would have otherwise been drawn or tied
At least seven people are confirmed to have died in the storm.
annual award for outstanding college football player
Four police officers and one suspect have been killed following a raid on an apartment near Al-Karak in Jordan. Two more suspects have been arrested under suspicions of connections with Sunday's attack in the city by the Islamic State.
A house fire in Akron, Ohio (US), kills four people, including two young girls. One woman safely fled her attic bedroom. A seriously injured 12-year-old girl is revived and rescued.
Republican campaign manager Kellyanne Conway dismisses allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, calling the claims "laughable and ridiculous".
low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes
German police arrested a 17-year-old asylum seeker from Afghanistan in the rape and murder case of Maria L. in Freiburg while a similar case nearby is still under investigation.
municipality and capital of the province of Granada, Spain
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission gives the antitrust go ahead to Abbott Laboratories in its acquisition of St. Jude Medical.
Alaska Airlines cancels 20 flights into and out of Seattle due to inclement weather forecast in the Pacific Northwest area.
The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK) claim responsibility for the bombings.
As many as 80 inmates take over a section of HM Prison Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent.
Chief Administrative Officer; Head of the UN Secretariat
westernmost region of the African continent
Semitic language and lingua franca of the Arab world
Naveed Baloch, the man from Pakistan who was wrongly arrested in the aftermath of the recent attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, gives an interview outlining the conditions in which he was held and reveals he is now in hiding amid fears for his life.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds former FIFA president Sepp Blatter's six-year ban from FIFA affairs. [permanent dead link]
The Hasm Movement claims responsibility for the attack.
The Syrian Army says it is now in full control of the city of Aleppo following the evacuation of the last group of rebels to the Idlib Governorate.
American political strategist and former White House Press Secretary and Communications Director for President Donald Trump
At least 12 people, including 10 children, are killed in a bus crash in Siberia, Russia.
A house fire in Akron, Ohio (US), kills four people, including two young girls.
Dutch populist politician Geert Wilders is convicted for hate speech.
At least 60 are killed in a collapse of a church in Uyo, Nigeria.
List of ambassadors of the United States to Israel
A suicide bomber kills at least 50 soldiers and injures 70 more at a military barracks in Aden, Yemen.
Three people are shot by a gunman at an Islamic centre near the Zürich Hauptbahnhof train station. A manhunt was conducted for the assailant, a 24-year-old Swiss citizen of Ghanaian descent, whose body was found close to the Islamic centre.
Pakistan appoints Lt. Gen. Naveed Mukhtar as the new head of the Inter-Services Intelligence.
The FSA says it would abide by the truce, while Ahrar al-Sham expresses "reservations".
head of the United States Department of State
Date: 19 July 2012 – 22 December 2016 (4 years, 5 months and 3 days)
The Philippine Coast Guard looks for 18 missing sailors from a ship sunk by Typhoon Nock-ten (Nina). At least seven people are confirmed to have died in the storm.
process for charging a public official with legal offenses by the legislature(s)
Irish-American academic, author and diplomat
U.S. President Barack Obama declares the Bears Ears in Utah and Gold Butte area of Nevada as National Monuments. Both are known for the presence of Native American populations and archaeological sites.
At least 18 people die and two more are injured in a bus accident in Hubei, China.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
In motor sport, Shane van Gisbergen of Triple Eight Race Engineering wins his first V8 Supercars Championship.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
national monument in San Juan County, Utah, United States
exotic atom made of an antiproton and positron
Voters in Uzbekistan go to the polls for a presidential election, the first since the death of Islam Karimov who governed the country for 25 years.
stocks closed higher Wednesday with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 notching new records.
Ethiopia officially opens the Omo River Gibe III hydroelectric dam, one of the biggest in Africa, that is predicted to double the country’s electricity output.
U.S., holding that there is no requirement that a tipper receive any pecuniary consideration for a breach of faith in order to predicate the prosecution of the tippee.
Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory find a way to make thinner electrical wires that measure just three atoms wide.
The journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publishes research from the Zoological Society of London that the cheetah population approaches extinction with only 7,100 individuals left alive in the wild as a result of a sudden crash in population.
The airplane was headed towards Khmeimim, Syria.
Amnesty International criticizes a Saudi court decision to impose the death sentence on 15 people in a case involving 32 people including 30 Saudis, one Iranian and one Afghan national in an alleged Iranian spy cell. ,
A shooting in Palilula, Dolj County, Romania, leaves at least three people dead, including the gunman, with two more injured.
A man is charged in Australia for allegedly committing the 20-year old crimes.
The death toll in the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee rises to 14.
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio holds a press conference showing findings from 2 different forensic experts of "9 points of forgery" alleging President Obama's long form birth certificate was forged and also claims to have found the birth certificate used to make the forgery.
Jill Stein, the 2016 presidential candidate for the Green Party, withdraws her lawsuit in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania for a statewide recount of votes in Pennsylvania due to the cost.
unit of digital information equal to 8 bits
Russian airstrikes against ISIS in Palmyra kill 5 people.
State Council of the People's Republic of China
chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China
A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman says these comments raise the possibility that U.S.-China relations could be adversely affected, and that the One-China policy is the political foundation of the ties between the two countries.
portable device to make telephone calls using a radio link
2016 United States presidential election
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights declares that "the battle for Aleppo has reached its end" with a major victory for the Syrian government.
Romanians head to the polls in the country's parliamentary elections. Exit polls show the Social Democratic Party winning by a wide margin. ,
2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season
Floods caused by heavy rain over the past week has caused at least 13 deaths in central Vietnam with more heavy rain forecast. ,
The Egyptian government approves a deal granting two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
Merger talks between Danish oil and gas corporations DONG Energy and Maersk have reached an impasse over valuation.
Twenty four people have been hospitalised.
Heavy flooding kills 14 people in Thailand and badly affects the islands of Samui and Pha Ngan in the Gulf of Thailand.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Makira in the Solomon Islands, causing infrastructure damage, yet no casualties have been reported in the hours following the quake.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission fines U.S. company Qualcomm $852.9 million for alleged antitrust violations for restricting access of its competitors to its patents.
Unknown militants stage a number of attacks across the city of Al-Karak in Jordan, killing five people and injuring at least 10 others.
2016 United States presidential election recounts
Alabama defeats Florida, 54-16, to win their seventh Southeastern Conference championship game.
The U.S. Burlington Electric Department says that a code associated with a broad Russian hacking campaign dubbed "Grizzly Steppe" by the U.S. Government has been detected on a laptop associated with a Vermont electric utility but not connected to the grid.
Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the Christian Governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta, will face prosecution for blasphemy.
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro suspends plans to eliminate the 100 bolívar note from circulation, in a country where much of the population lives on cash, without bank accounts.
U.S. stocks closed higher Wednesday with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 notching new records.
Ethiopia officially opens the Omo River Gibe III hydroelectric dam, one of the biggest in Africa, that is predicted to double the country’s electricity output. Critics are concerned about this dam's impact on locals, on the environment, including Kenya's Lake Turkana, and on neighboring countries.
President of Poland Andrzej Duda and a German diplomat attend.
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak leads a protest rally against the persecution of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority in the predominately Buddhist country, and calls on Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and the United Nations to address the Rohingya's plight and end the violence. Myanmar's president's office said the rally is timed for Malaysian political purposes, and that Malaysia should respect the Association of Southeast Asian Nations's principle on sovereignty.
At least 27 people are killed after drinking toxic alcohol in Pakistan. ,
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
Jill Stein's bid to force a recount of the presidential election results in the state of Pennsylvania is rejected by a federal judge.
John N. Kennedy of the Republican Party defeats Foster Campbell of the Democratic Party to become the junior Senator for Louisiana.
Tupac Shakur, Joan Baez, and most of the members of Pearl Jam are to receive honors in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Italians go to the polls to for a referendum on whether to approve a constitutional law that amends the Constitution of Italy to reform the powers of the Italian Parliament. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who introduced the referendum bill, resigns after exit polls show that the no case is likely to be successful. , ,
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
port city and temporary capital of Yemen
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Chile spurs tsunami warnings.
Turkey suspends another 1,980 teachers and school employees for alleged connections to the coup attempt.
The Korea Fair Trade Commission fines U.S.
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Former world number 1 tennis player Ana Ivanovic announces her retirement at the age of 29.
A bill is introduced into the South Korean National Assembly to impeach President Park Geun-hye.
The People's Republic of China lodges a complaint with the United States after President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaks with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen. The PRC and the United States view Taiwan as a breakaway province.
Romania's centre-left Social Democratic Party won 45% of the seats in both houses of parliament in Sunday's election, and with the expected participation of the liberal centre-right Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party in the coalition government, will hold an outright majority of 250 seats in the 465-seat assembly.
The U.S. State Department says the dialogue with Russia continues despite their differences.
Google and Cuba forge a deal about better access to the Internet for the island.
It is expected to be a close race between incumbent president John Dramani Mahama of the ruling National Democratic Congress party and his rival Nana Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party.
2016 edition of the MLS Cup soccer competition
A panel formed by the Senate of the Philippines concludes that operations under Oplan Tokhang by the Philippine National Police is unconstitutional.
Pope Francis pleads for peace in a Christmas Mass in the Vatican.
semiconductor business of German-based Aixtron because of national security concerns.
The European Union grants visa-free travel for Georgia and Ukraine.
The death toll from yesterday's bombings rises to 38 with 155 injured.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Rebels attack and burn several buses en route to evacuate ill and injured people from the besieged Syrian villages of Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya.
After 35 Russian diplomats are expelled from the United States, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov recommends expelling 35 American diplomats. Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects Lavrov's recommendation and expresses a desire to restore relations between the two countries.
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
international annual celebration of human rights
president Barack Obama scraps the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS), a registration system for Muslim immigrants.
The United States Army Corps of Engineers denies a permit for Energy Transfer Partners planned Dakota Access Pipeline running through North Dakota and will begin exploring alternative routes for the pipeline following weeks of protests.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
President-elect Donald Trump says he sees no reason why the U.S. should continue to abide by the One China policy unless a bargain is reached with Beijing involving trade.
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Party
chemical compound, commonly used as a fuel
array of astronomical telescopes, cameras, and computing equipment which surveys the sky on a continual basis
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences
Afghanistan's first female Air Force pilot Niloofar Rahmani files for asylum in the United States.
Date: 16 October 2016 – 20 July 2017 (9 months and 4 days)
Two activists are arrested in Indonesia for advocating West Papuan independence.
American singer-songwriter, author and poet
At least seven people have been killed and 25 others are injured after an explosion caused by the derailment of a train carrying propane and butane in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino, near Shumen.
astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity
President-elect of the United States Donald Trump is named Time Person of the Year.
Voters in Austria go to the polls to elect a new President in a second round run-off between Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen and Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer. Projections show that Van der Bellen has won with Hofer conceding defeat.
monuments assigned protected status by presidents of the United States
A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad kills at least 27 people and injures over 50.
Authorities say the death toll is now 31, and that 47 of the 60 people injured remain hospitalized.
Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, a staunch defender of Ms.
President-elect Trump announces former Governor of Texas Rick Perry is his choice to be Secretary of Energy.
At least 49 people die in Irkutsk, Russia after consuming hawthorn-scented bath essence as if it were alcohol.
Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) pleads not guilty to charges of blaspheming Islam during a September 27 campaign speech. Ahok is an ethnic Chinese Christian.
Six people die in a fire in a bakery in the Indian city of Pune.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later reports the threat has largely passed.
A train and a bus collide in Tunis, Tunisia, killing 5 and injuring around 52.
Despite criticism by UN Special Envoy for Yemen, 42 cabinet members of the National Salvation Government in Yemen have taken oath and convened its first meeting.
The Israeli Ministry of Transportation orders a bus company in Beersheba to remove Arabic-language advertisements on their buses following complaints from several Jewish residents.
At least 17 are killed in a coal mine explosion in China.
Cuban-American singer, actress and songwriter
Uber suspends tests of its self-driving cars in San Francisco, California, after the California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the registration of the vehicles in the state in response to two red-light violations.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says he is hoping he is wrong stating that the United States "orchestrated, coordinated" the Islamic State's recent capture of Palmyra in order to "give a break to those bandits that are in eastern Aleppo."
Russian President Vladimir Putin rejects Lavrov's recommendation and expresses a desire to restore relations between the two countries.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
international organization which operates the world's largest particle physics laboratory
Pan Pan, the oldest male panda on Earth, dies at the age of 31.
The Russian Central Bank says hackers, who were attempting to steal about 5 billion rubles, did take more than 2 billion ($31 million) this year from member bank accounts.
Polish lawyer and politician, President of Poland (b. 1972)
Former President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is indicted on corruption charges.
crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
Syrian rebels withdraw from the old city of Aleppo.
championship match of Major League Soccer
Six members of one family, including three children, are found dead in Böheimkirchen, Austria. Police suspect a murder-suicide by one of the female relatives.
Five people are killed in a Taliban attack on Afghan Member of Parliament Mir Wali's home in Helmand Province. At least three security guards and two civilians were killed in the assault; Wali and others were injured. The gunmen are holding a number of occupants hostage.
process of estimating what something is worth, used in the finance industry
At least 12 people are killed and 75 others injured as a fire erupts in Karachi's Regent Plaza Hotel. ,
2016 murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey
surprise attack by the Japanese Navy on the US Pacific Fleet in Hawaii
capital and most populous city of France
American Actor George S. Irving, best known for being one of the last members of the original production of Oklahoma! and voicing Heat Miser from The Year Without a Santa Claus, dies at age 94.
Twelve are killed and more than 50 others are injured as a truck rams into a packed Christmas market in Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, Germany. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack.
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fines several companies, including Wells Fargo, RBC Capital Markets, and LPL Financial, a combined $14.4 million for record-keeping problems that could have allowed company and customer documents to be altered.
The eruption has impacted air transportation routes.
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
An explosion outside a military camp in southern Yemen kills at least 49 people and injures many more. The explosion is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest.
United States President Barack Obama blocks China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund's acquisition of the U.S. semiconductor business of German-based Aixtron because of national security concerns. The German Economy Ministry withdrew its approval in October.
incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match in 1989
between Wolayita Zone and Dawro Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region
The Jill Stein-initiated recounts begin in Wisconsin.
Pathfinder-class oceanographic survey ship
Exit polls show the Social Democratic Party winning by a wide margin.
At least 43,000 have been displaced by Wednesday's earthquake in the Indonesian province of Aceh.
gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
Residents of the economically struggling town of Pinos Puente in Granada, Spain, win the El Gordo lottery.
collegiate rules version of American/Canadian football, played by colleges and universities
A Pegasus rocket successfully deploys the CYGNSS hurricane observation satellite constellation for NASA.
As part of an ongoing peace process, the Congress of Colombia approves an amnesty law for thousands of demobilizing FARC rebels.
At least 12 people are killed and 75 others injured as a fire erupts in Karachi's Regent Plaza Hotel.
Myanmar's president's office said the rally is timed for Malaysian political purposes, and that Malaysia should respect the Association of Southeast Asian Nations's principle on sovereignty.
Amidst a concerted effort to persuade electors to choose another candidate, Donald Trump earns the required Electoral College votes to be selected as the next President of the United States.
A news publisher is allegedly killed in the Philippine province of Catanduanes after publishing a story about the controversial drug purge campaign.
The Commission on Human Rights launches an investigation into alleged murders committed by current Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
Six people are arrested in Ankara for alleged involvement in the murder of Andrei Karlov, the Russian ambassador to Turkey.
A Pakistan International Airlines aircraft carrying at least 48 people, including former singer Junaid Jamshed, crashes shortly after taking off from Chitral, Pakistan. ,
Mexico's Coronado Islands become a national reserve.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that suspected Syrian government or Russian warplanes conduct a series of air raids on Oqayrabat and other nearby villages in the Hama Governorate at dawn, killing at least 34 civilians, including 11 children.
poisoning by lead in the body, especially affects the brain
China's People's Liberation Army Navy seizes an underwater drone deployed by USNS Bowditch in the South China Sea; the United States files a formal diplomatic protest and a demand for its return.
colombian airport in Puerto Carreno in the departamento of Vichada
HDP rejects any link with either the PKK or Kurdistan Freedom Falcons.
cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean
The Philippines cabinet of Rodrigo Duterte, through former journalist Martin Andanar, criticizes the Western media's coverage of the Philippine Drug War, particularly that of The New York Times, and urges them to cover the purge more effectively.
Critics are concerned about this dam's impact on locals, on the environment, including Kenya's Lake Turkana, and on neighboring countries.
In the Pac-12 Conference, the Washington Huskies defeat the Colorado Buffaloes 41–10 to win the Pac-12 Football Championship Game. It is the first Pac-12 football title for the Huskies since the conference expanded to 12 schools in 2011.
In Brooklyn New York, 2 brothers were stabbed, 1 fatally in a dispute after a school soccer match.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
As new Libyan production comes on line, the world price of crude oil falls below $55 a barrel.
United Nations Security Council resolution
capital and most populous city of Finland
Police suspect a murder-suicide by one of the female relatives.
Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte accuses the opposition Liberal Party of trying to oust him and install the current vice president Leni Robredo to the presidency.
Carl's Jr./Hardee's executive and minimum wage reform critic Andrew Puzder is selected as United States Secretary of Labor.
The wife and a second man are also detained.
Antonio Guterres, a Portuguese Catholic politician will be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations beginning January 1, 2017. He served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.
The People's Republic of China returns a United States unmanned underwater drone that it seized in the South China Sea last week.
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
A military operation leaves three Turkish soldiers dead and another three wounded in Hakkâri Province, Turkey.
elevated Automated People Mover (APM) line in Punggol, Singapore
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Sixty cities in the People's Republic of China issued smog alerts between December 2 and 4.
epic science fantasy space opera saga and media franchise
Shelling breaks the ceasefire in Aleppo causing disruption to the evacuation of rebels and civilians.
American athletic football program of the nation's army Military Academy
China resumes diplomatic ties with São Tomé and Príncipe two weeks after the African island nation broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
New Zealand National Party leadership election, 2016
United States troops withdraw from Afghanistan, leaving behind 8,400 troops stationed at 4 garrisons (Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram, and Jalalabad).
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
A producer of Al Jazeera is arrested in Egypt.
Opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo wins the presidency.
In association football, CONMEBOL officially awards Chapecoense the 2016 Copa Sudamericana title in the wake of the plane crash that killed almost the entire team.
The explosion is believed to have been caused by a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest.
inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
material derived from the tusks and teeth of animals
Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan
Sam Rainsy, the Cambodian opposition leader, is tried yet again in absentia.
law that promotes or seeks to maintain market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies
Seven insurgents are killed in clashes northern Somalia.
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, warns that "atrocities" have occurred in recent hours in the battle for Aleppo. ,
15th and former Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & 29th and current Sultan of Kelantan
Scott Pruitt is selected as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
region of Eastern Indonesia on the island of New Guinea
Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334
South Korean lawmakers impeach President Park Geun-hye by a 234–56 vote.
2016 New Zealand National Party leadership election
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
2016 Southeastern United States wildfires
Date: 24 August 2016 – 29 March 2017 (7 months and 5 days)
Penn State defeats Wisconsin, 38-31, to win the Big Ten Conference.
The Ministry of Justice says riot police have regained control of the prison.
state-owned broadcaster of the People's Republic of China
Two electors from Texas vote for John Kasich and Ron Paul.
National Security Entry-Exit Registration System
Mali returns two people France deported on the same planes they arrived on.
Eleven bodies have so far been recovered from the Black Sea from yesterday's military aircraft crash.
China's State Council announces details of its intention to ban all ivory trade and processing activities by the end of 2017.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
Authorities add a leap second on December 31 to bring UTC more inline with mean solar time. ,
region on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island
politics that lean to the right of the spectrum, but closer to centre than others
The European Union extends its main Ukraine-related economic sanctions against Russia for six months until mid-2017.
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols
Australian Associated Press reports that Bill English has secured the support of a majority of members of the New Zealand National Party to succeed John Key as the Prime Minister of New Zealand.
Boma, Goma, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Matadi Pretoria, Brussels
military forces of the Russian Federation
United States President-elect Donald Trump holds a telephone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the first known contact between a U.S.
Despite criticism by UN Special Envoy for Yemen, 42 cabinet members of the National Salvation Government in Yemen have taken oath and convened its first meeting. The new government, led by the former governor of Aden Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour, vowed to help UN efforts for peace and stability in the country., , ,
American global health care and medical device products company
Mo Farah and world tennis number one Andy Murray are among those knighted by Elizabeth II in her 2017 New Year Honours list.
Defeated dictator Yahya Jammeh vows to contest the election results in The Gambian supreme court.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
The United States Senate votes 99–0 in favor of a ten-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, the measure will now be sent to President Barack Obama to sign into law.
Union leader Chuck Jones criticizes Donald Trump's announcement of kept jobs saying that the numbers mentioned are lower. Jones says that 550 workers would actually lose their livelihoods, while other workers were never scheduled to leave.
Land (federal state) in southwestern Germany
The International Committee of the Red Cross claims that 25,000 residents of the rebel-held territories have been evacuated from Aleppo as Hezbollah warns remaining residents in the former rebel enclave to leave "as quickly as possible".
The ceasefire is said to be guaranteed by Russia and Turkey and would exclude UN-denominated terror organizations such as ISIL and al-Nusra.
municipality in Sankt Pölten District, Lower Austria, Austria
native american reservation in Dakota, United States
The court ruled that Lagarde won't be fined, won't serve any jail time, or receive a criminal record.
Russia calls the assassin, 22-year old police officer, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a "terrorist".
public research university in Seattle, Washington, United States
At least three first responders are injured battling a 10-alarm fire that's spread to seven buildings in Cambridge, Massachusetts (US).
At least 96 people are killed following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh region. Hundreds of people are injured and several buildings have collapsed. , ,
President-elect Trump announces Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana is his choice to be United States Secretary of the Interior.
criminal proceeding in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present
The German city of Augsburg is evacuated after a World War II-era explosive is discovered in the town. Explosive experts later defused the bomb.
peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California
1,134-mile-long (1,825 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States
At least eight are killed in clashes in Tripoli, Libya.
In Helsinki, Finland, authorities detain an unidentified driver after driving at high speed, and veering for unknown reasons, into a crowd, injuring 7 people. Authorities quickly conclude no evidence points to a deliberate attack.
In Miami Gardens Florida, one was killed and one wounded when a gunman approached and fired at two people in a parked car. Wounded they drove while still being shot at and crashed into two parked cars.
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
Italian Renaissance polymath (1452-1519)
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
American actress Debbie Reynolds has a stroke and dies one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher's death.
Police report 14 suspected criminals, who attacked a police patrol, are killed in a gunbattle with police and Mexican Marines in Veracruz, Mexico. An unknown number fled.
A military police officer who had an affair with the ambassador's wife confesses to the murder.
in Freiburg while a similar case nearby is still under investigation.
2016 season of top-level U.S. college football
American multinational technology company
institution of the European Union representing the member states' governments bringing together national ministers from each EU country to adopt laws and coordinate policies
American multinational oil and gas corporation
Six Pakistani nationals fishing in the Red Sea, off the coast of Mocha in the Taiz Governorate of Yemen, are killed and another six are unaccounted for after a Saudi air raid on a boat carrying 12 Pakistani sailors. ,
President-elect Donald Trump nominates his middle-eastern affairs advisor and former bankruptcy lawyer David Friedman as the next United States Ambassador to Israel.
At least 50 people drown and thousands are left homeless due to flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Burlington Electric Department says that a code associated with a broad Russian hacking campaign dubbed "Grizzly Steppe" by the U.S.
The Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit orders a criminal investigation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged corruption in two different cases.
airbase located south-east of the city of Latakia in Hmeimim, Latakia Governorate, Syria
Macedonian voters elect a new parliament.
The Iraqi Army bears down on a strategic bridge across the Tigris River in Mosul.
Japan ratifies the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
capital city of Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, in eastern Russia
Australian police raid several Melbourne properties and arrest seven Arab Australian men, who were believed to be plotting a terrorist attack on several sites in Melbourne for Christmas Day.
The president of Senegal urges The Gambia's fallen dictator Yahya Jammeh to respect the result of the polls.
Evacuations following the failed ceasefire are once again disrupted by the Syrian forces for reasons withheld. An estimate of 8000 people, mostly civilians, successfully fled the remains of the city.
Police report 14 suspected criminals, who attacked a police patrol, are killed in a gunbattle with police and Mexican Marines in Veracruz, Mexico.
Patti Smith performs in place of Bob Dylan in the Nobel Prize for Literature ceremony.
This is separate from the company's earlier disclosure of a data breach of 500,000 accounts in 2014.
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
Tropical Cyclone Vardah is expected to make landfall in southern India today bringing heavy rain to the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu as well as Andhra Pradesh. At least four people have been killed and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from low lying areas. ,
In motor sport, current Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg announces his retirement. [permanent dead link]
Based in the city of Kraków and consisting of around 86,000 pieces, this features works by Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt
The Ambassador of Greece to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, is reported missing while on vacation in Rio de Janeiro. A homicide team is investigating his disappearance.
Companies shut down production in Beijing and cars are taken off the road after a red alert for smog is issued in northern China. Dozens of cities have closed schools due to the smog.
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Approximately 200,000 Muslims protest in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against the Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy. This is the second mass protest in a month against the minority Christian governor.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility via Amaq News Agency for the truck attack in Berlin, Germany, which left at least 12 people dead and 49 injured.
The plane was traveling to the island of Batam.
Indonesian community groups who have Chinese ancestry line (either fully or partially)
President Muhammadu Buhari announces that the Nigerian Armed Forces have successfully driven out Boko Haram militants from their last stronghold in the Sambisa Forest in northeastern Nigeria.
buildings or sets of buildings erected as common living quarters for groups of soldiers or workers
A suicide bomber kills at least 29 people and injures 50 others in an attack on a police station near Mogadishu's port.
Snow falls in the Sahara desert for the first time in 37 years.
Donald Trump requests Gary Cohn, chief operating officer of investment bank Goldman Sachs, to join his administration as chair of the White House National Economic Council.
American film actor and producer Kirk Douglas, one of the last living movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, celebrates his 100th birthday.
2012 industrial disasters in Karachi and Lahore, Pakistan
Human remains are found in the sea near where an Indonesian police plane carrying 13 people crashed. The plane was traveling to the island of Batam.
Mark A. Goldsmith, a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ends a recount for the state of Michigan after a state court found that Green Party of the United States candidate Jill Stein had no standing to seek a recount.
President-elect Donald Trump names RNC Communications director Sean Spicer as White House Press Secretary, and Jason Miller as the White House Communications Director.
Two people died while several were injured, with some still hospitalized.
Voters go to the polls in Ghana for the country's presidential elections.
At least nine people are killed and 40 are missing in a warehouse fire in Oakland, California. ,
Turkish Air Force jets strike 12 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets in Al-Bab District, killing at least 23 militants.
head of government of the Italian Republic
national intelligence agency of the United States
A body found in a burnt-out vehicle north of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is confirmed to be that of missing Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis. A military police officer who had an affair with the ambassador's wife confesses to the murder. The wife and a second man are also detained.
group of physical, mental and spiritual practices originating from ancient India
Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern told the Associated Press they don't believe additional bodies will be found in the debris.
presidential election, calling the claims "laughable and ridiculous".
international organisation of Southeast Asian countries
Tropical Cyclone Vardah is expected to make landfall in southern India today bringing heavy rain to the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu as well as Andhra Pradesh.
Series of protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
death of a region of brain cells due to poor blood flow
US Marine Corps general in retirement and former US secretary of defense
Advisory body to the President of the Philippines
The PRC and the United States view Taiwan as a breakaway province.
The German Economy Ministry withdrew its approval in October.
Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht and affiliated petrochemical company Braskem plead guilty of violating American foreign bribery laws in connection with the Petrobras deal.
2016 San Pablito Market fireworks explosion
Yahoo! announces that ID information about more than 1 billion accounts may have been hacked in August 2013. This is separate from the company's earlier disclosure of a data breach of 500,000 accounts in 2014.
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announces official names for recently-discovered superheavy elements Nihonium (113), Moscovium (115), Tennessine (117), and Oganesson (118).
Syrian Army officers claim they were executed by rebel forces.
Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)
The German city of Augsburg is evacuated after a World War II-era explosive is discovered in the town.
In association football, CONMEBOL officially awards Chapecoense the 2016 Copa Sudamericana title in the wake of the plane crash that killed almost the entire team. Atlético Nacional, which would have faced Chapecoense in the final and had campaigned for the Brazilians to be awarded the title, receives a fair play award from CONMEBOL.
Soviet Russian musical group; official army choir of the Russian armed forces
Recovery efforts continue in the US city of Oakland, California, after a fire at a music party in a converted warehouse kills at least nine people with dozens missing.
China, with their largest television network China Central Television, announces a new launch of a global media platform extending globally and renaming the network China Global Television Network.
fourth Cyclonic Storm of the 2016 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, striking the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as South India
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirms a 19-meter wave (62.4 feet) recorded on 4 February 2013 in the Atlantic Ocean between Iceland and the United Kingdom is the largest ever on record.
curved stretch of coastline between Point Conception, California and Punta Colonet, Baja California
political ideology within the socialist movement
At least 27 people are killed after drinking toxic alcohol in Pakistan.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
chain of islands in the Northern Pacific
Date: 6 November 2016 – 20 October 2017 (11 months and 2 weeks)
consolidated city and county in California, United States
Satellite images show anti-aircraft guns and missile defence systems being built on artificial islands in the South China Sea; China had previously committed to not militarising its controversial developments in the region.
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853–1895)
John Key resigns as the Prime Minister of New Zealand and leader of the National Party after 8 years as PM and 10 years as party leader due to personal reasons.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 up to 2018
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
United States federal district court in Michigan
The Federal Reserve System raises the benchmark interest rate in the United States to a level between 0.5 and 0.75%.
Among the affected air carriers, Alaska Airlines has cancelled 35 flights.
Musician James Taylor cancels a concert in Manila to protest the ongoing drug war.
List of people received UK government honour in 2017
type of worship service within many Christian denominations
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 4 days)
series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
annual American football game in the USA between the US Military Academy and the US Naval Academy
The United States expels 35 Russian diplomats over the alleged Russian interference during the U.S.'s 2016 presidential election.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The completed recount in Wisconsin verifies Donald Trump as the winner of the state's ten electors.
Government has been detected on a laptop associated with a Vermont electric utility but not connected to the grid.
chemical element with the atomic number of 117
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
The U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) issues final approval for Alaska Airlines to acquire Virgin America, in a US$2.6 billion dollar merger.
The 24-year-old Tunisian who is suspected of driving the truck that smashed through a Berlin market is killed in a shootout in Milan.
Muhammad V becomes the new monarch of Malaysia.
Two juveniles are charged with aggravated arson in relation to the wildfires that claimed 14 lives in the US town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001
Kyrgyzstani constitutional referendum, 2016
American-based fast-food restaurant chain
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
air warfare branch of Turkey's armed forces
astronomical object so massive, that anything falling into it, including light, cannot escape its gravity
At least 15 children are killed by ISIS snipers in Mosul.
American collegiate athletics conference
1305 31st Avenue Oakland, California, U.S.
shooting incident in Imatra, Finland, on 3-4 December 2016
termination of a kind of organism or of a group of species in a population or globally over certain period of time
Aaron Schock, a former U.S. representative from Illinois's 18th congressional district, pleads not guilty on 24 charges including Mail fraud and tax evasion. .
Authorities report the death toll has risen to 36. Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern told the Associated Press they don't believe additional bodies will be found in the debris.
The Polish government buys the internationally-known Czartoryski collection of art.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A body found in a burnt-out vehicle north of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is confirmed to be that of missing Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis.
city in the region of South Karelia in Finland
College Football Bowl Subdivision team; member of Atlantic Coast Conference
2016 Mid-American Conference football season
The United States announces that it will deploy an additional 200 troops to help force the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from Al-Raqqah.
The chief minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, dies of cardiac arrest after being hospitalized since 22 September 2016.
ethnic group native to Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe
In the Philippines, demonstrators call for President Rodrigo Duterte to address extrajudicial killings linked to the Philippine Drug War, ongoing military operations against communist rebels, and the controversial burial of Ferdinand Marcos in the Heroes' Cemetery.
Pyrotechnics is a major industry in Tultepec.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
Indonesian police kill three people in a gunfight south of Jakarta after a bomb is found. Fourteen people are arrested in connection to alleged involvement in plans for suicide bomb attacks.
The bodies of 21 coal miners are retrieved from an unlicensed coal mine in the Chinese city of Qitaihe in the province of Heilongjiang.
California underground warehouse party inferno
A vaccine for the ebola virus is discovered to be 99.78%–99.87% effective.
United States Naval Academy in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season
American politician and former television host
Roscosmos cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 fails to dock with the International Space Station after experiencing a rocket failure. The spacecraft is believed to have mainly burnt up in the atmosphere.
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and Mongolia
At least 56 are killed and 70 wounded in a twin suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria. , , , ,
Two people are killed and at least 15 are hospitalized following a 55-vehicle accident, involving a gas tanker explosion, on Interstate 95 in Baltimore, Maryland, as cold air causes rain and wet roads to freeze across the Eastern U.S.
Professor Scraton wrote Hillsborough: The Truth, first published in 1990 and seen as the definitive account of the disaster.
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
Duration: August 26, 2016 – December 10, 2016
capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947
contamination by lead of water supply in Flint, Michigan
(The Proceeding of the National Academy of Science)
Earlier, the opposition Civic Platform Party stopped parliamentary proceedings on the budget because of new rules on media access.
The Philippine Coast Guard looks for 18 missing sailors from a ship sunk by Typhoon Nock-ten (Nina).
The Pentagon says the drone, used for gathering weather and temperature data, is not armed.
megacity and capital of Tamil Nadu, India
Three women, the Imatra Town Council chairwoman and two local reporters, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Imatra, Finland, a town east of the capital, Helsinki.
American astronaut and politician (1921–2016)
Three women, the Imatra Town Council chairwoman and two local reporters, are shot dead outside a restaurant in Imatra, Finland, a town east of the capital, Helsinki. A 23-year-old suspect is apprehended by police.
militant Kurdish nationalist group in Turkey
inner-city area in the west of the city of Birmingham, England
act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or sacred person or thing
Naveed Mukhtar as the new head of the Inter-Services Intelligence.
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
The Chinese Defense Ministry says it is in talks with the United States about returning an underwater drone taken Thursday from the South China Sea.
area of 27 European states without mutual border controls
With most ballots counted, the "No" vote leads with 60%.
Seven Pakistani crew members on Iranian cargo ship MV Joya, sailing from Egypt to Dubai, UAE, are killed in a rocket attack off Yemen's coast.
Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who introduced the referendum bill, resigns after exit polls show that the no case is likely to be successful.
A man believed responsible for starting a devastating factory fire in Karachi has been arrested in Bangkok.
Four bombs kill two people and injured another seven in Sha'ab, a neighbourhood of Baghdad.
Impeachment process against President Park Geun-hye
Impeachment process against Park Geun-hye
very high and rapidly accelerating inflation
for games played in January 2017 as part of the 2016 season
events in a specific year or time period
Following the result of the constitutional referendum, Matteo Renzi will resign from his office as Prime Minister of Italy.
Heavy flooding kills 14 people in Thailand and badly affects the islands of Samui and Pha Ngan in the Gulf of Thailand. It has also severed the rail link to southern Thailand and Malaysia.
Capital and the second biggest city in Turkey
smallest, shallowest, coldest and northernmost of the world's major oceans
Federal territory and capital city of Malaysia
Former Philippines president and current mayor of Manila Joseph Estrada is hospitalized for pneumonia.
Bill English is elected as the leader of the New Zealand National Party and is now the country's Prime Minister.
during the U.S.'s 2016 presidential election
CBS shares rose 1.8 percent closing in on a nearly 2-1/2 year high while Viacom fell 6.9 percent.
At 19, Jackson is the youngest ever winner of the Trophy.
city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
vigilante group active in Davao City in the Philippines
overview of law enforcement in Indonesia
Twelve are killed and more than 50 others are injured as a truck rams into a packed Christmas market in Breitscheidplatz, Berlin, Germany.
Yahoo! announces that ID information about more than 1 billion accounts may have been hacked in August 2013.
National Economic Council (United States)
United States government agency in the Executive Office of the President
infection caused by the chikungunya virus
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 11 months, 1 week and 1 day)
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
The bodies of over 100 Syrian Army POWs are reportedly found in what was the last rebel held territory of East Aleppo.
An Aerosucre Boeing 727-200 Flight 4544, used as a cargo plane, crashes shortly after takeoff in Puerto Carreno's Germán Olano Airport en route to the Colombian capital Bogota killing five people and injuring one.
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
China opposes any new sanctions against North Korea during a meeting in the United Nations Security Council.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
Kyrgyzstani voters vote for a new constitution.
In motor sport, current Formula One world champion Nico Rosberg announces his retirement.
Three people are shot by a gunman at an Islamic centre near the Zürich Hauptbahnhof train station.
United States government agency that supports entrepreneurs and small businesses
In motor sport, Shane van Gisbergen of Triple Eight Race Engineering wins his first V8 Supercars Championship. Van Gisbergen is the first New Zealand driver to win a supercars title since Jim Richards.
The amnesty does not apply to FARC rebels who have committed war crimes or human rights violations.
2016 military operation of the Syrian Civil War
capital city of Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland
In association football, Toronto FC play Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS Cup final held at Toronto's BMO Field.
sectarian conflict in Rakhine State, Myanmar
Holy See's independent city-state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
Mercosur suspends Venezuela from the South American trading bloc for failing to meet membership requirements on trade and human rights.
entire range and scope of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation
An explosion at a fireworks market in the city of Tultepec near Mexico City, kills at least 29 people and injures at least 70 others.
Linda McMahon is selected as Administrator of the Small Business Administration
genus of beaked herbivorous theropod dinosaur
At least eight are killed in clashes in Tripoli, Libya. ,
Six policemen are killed in a bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Cairo, Egypt.
city in and county seat of Marion County, Indiana, United States and the Indiana federated state capital city
specialised agency of the United Nations for meteorology
Romanians head to the polls in the country's parliamentary elections.
opposition faction in the Syrian Civil War
collegiate athletics conference operating primarily in the southeastern United States
sovereign state in northern South America
13 total deaths were reported in the province in a single day.
At least 21 people are killed in suspected Russian airstrikes on Idlib, Syria.
Explosive experts later defused the bomb.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the United Mexican States
lowest remuneration which can be paid legally in a state for working
A person is sought who left after he accidentally dropped a gun which fired and injured a store employee at a Home Depot restroom in Sunset Hills near St Louis Missouri.
Pakistan releases Indian fishermen caught in its territory as a gesture of goodwill.
Bezeq, an Israeli telecoms company, says that it has received word from the country's telecoms regulator that it will be allowed to end the "structural separation" of its business operations by product (i.e. mobile phone, internet, land lines).
time of human offspring development in mother's body
star exploding at the end of its stellar lifespan
German–Finnish former Formula 1 racing driver
Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) pleads not guilty to charges of blaspheming Islam during a September 27 campaign speech.
A Russian Tu-154 military passenger airplane carrying 92 people including the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Sochi. The airplane was headed towards Khmeimim, Syria. The Russian Armed Forces are actively involved in the Syrian Civil War.
In the Pac-12 Conference, the Washington Huskies defeat the Colorado Buffaloes 41–10 to win the Pac-12 Football Championship Game.
military confrontation in Aleppo (2012–2016)
Hijackers threaten to blow up the aircraft with grenades, but the standoff ends peacefully with all hostages released and both hijackers surrendering.
political and economic union of 27 European states
Federal Trade Commission gives the antitrust go ahead to Abbott Laboratories in its acquisition of St. Jude Medical.
The Ajmer–Sealdah Express operated by Indian Railways derails in northern India killing at least two people and injuring dozens.
Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
conspiracy theories asserting that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen of the United States
François Hollande, the President of France, announces that he will not run in next year's presidential election. This leaves the selection of a candidate for the French Socialist Party wide open.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Kenya National Disaster Operation Centre
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
In the Army–Navy Game in Baltimore, the Army Black Knights beat the Navy Midshipmen 21–17.
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
disease of cellular proliferation that results in abnormal growths in the body which lack the ability to metastasize
overview of the foreign relations of the Republic of China on Taiwan
person who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict
At least 13 people are killed and 56 others are wounded in a car bomb attack on a bus carrying off-duty soldiers in Kayseri Province, central Turkey.
South Korean presidential election, 2017
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
At least three security guards and two civilians were killed in the assault; Wali and others were injured.
Russian president Vladimir Putin says a ceasefire has been brokered between the Syrian government and rebel forces.
policy of only recognizing one state of China
At least 21 people are killed in suspected Russian airstrikes on Idlib, Syria. ,
Opposition candidate Adama Barrow defeats Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, bringing an end to Jammeh's 22-year-rule in the West African nation.
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
Chinese government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
Italians go to the polls to for a referendum on whether to approve a constitutional law that amends the Constitution of Italy to reform the powers of the Italian Parliament.
Cathy McMorris Rogers is selected as United States Secretary of Interior.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
American finance industry self-regulatory organization
An explosion in Kabul leads to several casualties. Afghan police report that the attack was aimed at a member of the National Assembly, Fakori Behishti.
He served as prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.
2016 International V8 Supercars Championship
alkaline lake on the border of Ethiopia and Kenya
A bill is introduced into the South Korean National Assembly to impeach President Park Geun-hye. A vote is expected tomorrow.
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack.
branch of Islamic State active in the Caucasus region
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
clade of sauropsid vertebrates that dominated the Mesozoic Era (including birds)
The Chinese Defense Ministry says it is in talks with the United States about returning an underwater drone taken Thursday from the South China Sea. The Pentagon says the drone, used for gathering weather and temperature data, is not armed.
In the Mid-American Conference, the Western Michigan Broncos defeat the Ohio Bobcats 29–23, remaining unbeaten entering the bowl season and claiming the program's first MAC title since 1988.
town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, rises to 13.
British multinational security services company
man, woman or idea that "most influenced events in the preceding year" chosen by TIME magazine
Iran Air finalises a deal with U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing to purchase 80 jetliners for $16.6 billion.
municipality in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
In al-Bakr district, Mosul, an ISIS mortar shell kills at least three people and wounded another three.
Economic Community of West African States
president of Argentina from 2007 to 2015, vicepresident of Argentina
modular space station in low Earth orbit
Bolivia's aviation authority suspends the operating license of LaMia. Investigation into the crash in Colombia, which killed 71 people, continues.
attack at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin on 19 December 2016
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry announces official names for recently-discovered superheavy elements Nihonium (113), Moscovium (115), Tennessine (117), and Oganesson (118). ,
The funeral of Łukasz Urban, the driver killed in the course of last week's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, takes place in his village of Banie near the German border.
major data breaches which occurred at Yahoo!
Representatives from China and Mexico pledge to deepen ties between their countries as a reaction to Donald Trump's positions on trade.
The Met Office issues warnings for parts of Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland as Storm Barbara prepares to make landfall.
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
prefecture-level city in Heilongjiang, China
river flowing from Turkey through Iraq and Syria
Indonesian president Joko Widodo attends the main event of the rally, Friday mass prayer, easing the tension of protesters.
Turkey probes around 10,000 social media users for allegedly insulting government officials or supporting "terror-related activity."
The gunmen are holding a number of occupants hostage.
The Sounders win 5–4 in a penalty shootout after the game ended scoreless after extra time.
deliberate placement of non-combatants in or around combat targets to deter an enemy from attacking those targets
replacement prayer for Dhuhr on Fridays when performed in a mosque in congregation
In association football, Toronto FC play Seattle Sounders FC in the MLS Cup final held at Toronto's BMO Field. The Sounders win 5–4 in a penalty shootout after the game ended scoreless after extra time. It is the Sounders' first MLS title. ,
The Russian Federal Security Service claims to have killed Rustam Asildarov, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's Caucasus Province and four other militants in the Dagestan region.
An effigy of Marcos was made as a centerpiece of the protest.
One elector from Hawaii votes for Bernie Sanders.
head of state and elective constitutional monarch of Malaysia
2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team
At least 118 HDP officials and supporters are arrested in anti-terrorism raids.
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds an appeals court decision in an insider trading case, Salman v.
federal crimes in the United States that involve mailing or electronically transmitting something associated with fraud
Date: 24 July 2015 – present (7 years, 6 months and 3 days)
Joint offensive by Iraqi government forces with allied militias to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL
An explosion in Kabul leads to several casualties.
Authorities quickly conclude no evidence points to a deliberate attack.
Regulators in the European Union initiate a "public consultation" on Big Data looking at whether more regulation or supervision of the collection of high volumes of information on individuals is appropriate.
Antonio Guterres, a Portuguese Catholic politician will be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations beginning January 1, 2017.
head of state and of government of Texas
Fourteen people are arrested in connection to alleged involvement in plans for suicide bomb attacks.
2016 Indonesian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules crash
25th Administrator of the Small Business Administration and professional wrestling magnate
At least seven people have been killed and 25 others are injured after an explosion caused by the derailment of a train carrying propane and butane in the Bulgarian village of Hitrino, near Shumen. (Reuters)
After 35 Russian diplomats are expelled from the United States, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov recommends expelling 35 American diplomats.
President-elect Donald Trump names retired United States Marine Corps general James Mattis as United States Secretary of Defense.
someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network; mainly practiced by younger computer enthusiasts out of personal interest
At least nine people are killed and 40 are missing in a warehouse fire in Oakland, California.
use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes in Russia
referendum in order to approve the so-called "Renzi-Boschi constitutional reform"
Six policemen are killed in a bomb explosion at a checkpoint in Cairo, Egypt. The Hasm Movement claims responsibility for the attack.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th President of the Philippines
ministerial department of the UK Government
East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship
This is the second mass protest in a month against the minority Christian governor.
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
speech that expresses hatred towards individuals or groups
Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power approves a law banning commemorative statues of late President Fidel Castro, and the naming of public places after him, in accordance with the wishes of Castro, who died last month.
Lamar Jackson of the Louisville Cardinals wins the Heisman Trophy.
should continue to abide by the One China policy unless a bargain is reached with Beijing involving trade.
The warring parties reach agreement on a ceasefire, now that the fighting has ended, to allow civilians and the remaining rebel fighters trapped in the besieged Syrian city to evacuate.
upper house of the United States Congress
International Committee of the Red Cross
humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate
Philippines Vice President Leni Robredo resigns her Cabinet post as housing secretary due to major differences in principles and values.
Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology
In Helsinki, Finland, authorities detain an unidentified driver after driving at high speed, and veering for unknown reasons, into a crowd, injuring 7 people.
Pan-STARRS project releases its first astronomical catalog, consists of 2 petabytes of data collected over four years. An astronomer from collaborating institution also discloses that his group has studied new types of supernova explosions and the disruptions of stars by supermassive black holes from data of this Massive Digital Sky.
National Amusements announces CBS Corporation and Viacom media companies will not be merging.
At least six people have been killed in total on icy roads.
Turkish journalist Ahmet Şık is arrested in Istanbul, allegedly over a social media posting.
JAXA launches the unmanned cargo spacecraft Kounotori 6, also known as HTV-6, from the Tanegashima Space Center to resupply the International Space Station.
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
Companies shut down production in Beijing and cars are taken off the road after a red alert for smog is issued in northern China.
Authorities report the death toll has risen to 36.
United States President-elect Donald Trump holds a telephone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the first known contact between a U.S. president or president-elect with a Taiwanese leader since the United States recognized the People's Republic of China in 1979.
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
Manuel Valls, the Prime Minister of France, announces his candidacy for the Socialist Party nomination.
Northwest Kenya and stick with Southwest Ethiopia
a former President of the Republic of Ghana
automobile capable of traveling without human input
The death toll from the bombings in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, rises to at least 44, according to Health Minister Recep Akdağ.
The act was due to expire on December 31, 2016, if not renewed.
Chief director of Executive ministries in South Korea under order of the President
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Gambian security forces are deployed on the streets of the capital Banjul, following President Yahya Jammeh's rejection of last week's presidential election result.
François Hollande, the President of France, announces that he will not run in next year's presidential election.
As of December 1, the total death toll for the war stands at an estimated 9,758 people according to a United Nations report released today.
constitutional court of the Republic of Korea
Aleppo offensive (November–December 2016)
Australian citizens or residents with ancestry from the Arab world
Carrie Fisher, the actress best known for the role of Princess Leia in the Star Wars franchise, suffers a massive heart attack while on a flight and is rushed to a hospital near Los Angeles International Airport in critical condition.
A court in Paris finds International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence in a 404 million euro "misuse of public funds" case.
online news outlet associated with the so-called Islamic State
A manhunt was conducted for the assailant, a 24-year-old Swiss citizen of Ghanaian descent, whose body was found close to the Islamic centre.
United States President Barack Obama blocks China's Fujian Grand Chip Investment Fund's acquisition of the U.S.
winning candidate of the U.S. presidential election in the time before inauguration
constituent country of the United Kingdom
Ministers of the European Union have given the EU president a mandate to lower charges that mobile phone services can impose on one another for keeping each others' customers connected as the customers "roam," that is, travel about Europe.
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
American actress, singer, and dancer (1932-2016)
Republican campaign manager Kellyanne Conway dismisses allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.
Crowds blocked all Polish parliament exits protesting the Polish ruling Law and Justice Party's allegedly illegal 2017 budget that was approved in a vote outside of the assembly's main chamber. Earlier, the opposition Civic Platform Party stopped parliamentary proceedings on the budget because of new rules on media access. Police have beaten several protesters. According to opposition Civic Platform MP Agnieszka Pomaska, ruling party Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński snatched her phone.
senior staff of the President of the United States in charge of leading the White House's media campaign
capital and most populous city of Russia
Northern Raqqa offensive (November–December 2016)
Wounded they drove while still being shot at and crashed into two parked cars.
Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Germany and the United States have called for Russia to be banned from international competition.
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
2016 resolution condemning Israeli settlements
engineer formation of the United States Army
former air warfare branch of Afghanistan's armed forces
Projections show that Van der Bellen has won with Hofer conceding defeat.
Military head of state of Nigeria, 1983–1985 and President of Nigeria since 2015
In Miami Gardens Florida, one was killed and one wounded when a gunman approached and fired at two people in a parked car.
The journal the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publishes research from the Zoological Society of London that the cheetah population approaches extinction with only 7,100 individuals left alive in the wild as a result of a sudden crash in population. ,
Four police officers and one suspect have been killed following a raid on an apartment near Al-Karak in Jordan.
Voters in Austria go to the polls to elect a new President in a second round run-off between Green candidate Alexander Van der Bellen and Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer.
The IMF Executive Board "looks forward to continuing to work with" her.
sovereign state in Oceania, situated on an archipelago
The Kremlin says almost all communications channels with the United States are frozen.
province in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date(s): October 23, 2016 – December 9, 2016 (EDT)
systematic removal of a certain ethnic or religious group
Groups of U.S. military veterans join the protest as human shields against possible clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement when the United States Army Corps of Engineers' eviction deadline expires on Monday. They are building barracks for shelter in North Dakota's winter weather.
male sex reproductive system cancer that is located in the testicles
The funeral of Łukasz Urban, the driver killed in the course of last week's attack on a Christmas market in Berlin, takes place in his village of Banie near the German border. President of Poland Andrzej Duda and a German diplomat attend.
central banking system of the United States
The CIA has concluded that Russia actively tried to help Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S.
Atlético Nacional, which would have faced Chapecoense in the final and had campaigned for the Brazilians to be awarded the title, receives a fair play award from CONMEBOL.
Lamar Jackson of the Louisville Cardinals wins the Heisman Trophy. At 19, Jackson is the youngest ever winner of the Trophy.
The United States announces that it will deploy an additional 200 troops to help force the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from Al-Raqqah. , ,
sixth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle
list or tabulation of astronomical objects
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
amphibious infantry component of the Mexican Navy
The spacecraft is believed to have mainly burnt up in the atmosphere.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
mass methanol poisoning in Irkutsk, in Siberia
Union leader Chuck Jones criticizes Donald Trump's announcement of kept jobs saying that the numbers mentioned are lower.
Two more suspects have been arrested under suspicions of connections with Sunday's attack in the city by the Islamic State.
successful 2016 US presidential campaign
institution that officially elects the President and Vice President of the United States
Six members of one family, including three children, are found dead in Böheimkirchen, Austria.
Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the Egyptian Coptic Church bombing in Cairo that claimed 25 lives on 11 December.
information assets characterized by such a high volume, velocity, and variety to require specific technology and analytical methods for its transformation into value
head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France
A man believed responsible for starting a devastating factory fire in Karachi has been arrested in Bangkok. [permanent dead link]
South Korean lawmakers impeach President Park Geun-hye by a 234–56 vote. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, a staunch defender of Ms. Park, will serve as acting president. South Korea's Constitutional Court has up to 180 days to render a final decision.
14th Administrator of the EPA; former Attorney General from Oklahoma
Principles, institutions and law of political governance in the Philippines
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
Approximately 200,000 Muslims protest in the Indonesian capital Jakarta against the Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama for alleged blasphemy.
President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau jointly ban offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean and parts of the Atlantic coast.
second largest city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Six Pakistani nationals fishing in the Red Sea, off the coast of Mocha in the Taiz Governorate of Yemen, are killed and another six are unaccounted for after a Saudi air raid on a boat carrying 12 Pakistani sailors.
motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads
The U.S. Supreme Court upholds an appeals court decision in an insider trading case, Salman v. U.S., holding that there is no requirement that a tipper receive any pecuniary consideration for a breach of faith in order to predicate the prosecution of the tippee.
member of the U.S. Electoral College who does not vote for the candidate for whom they had pledged to vote
The CIA has concluded that Russia actively tried to help Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The academic Phil Scraton refuses an OBE granted to him by Elizabeth II in her 2017 New Year Honours list for his work on the Hillsborough disaster. Professor Scraton wrote Hillsborough: The Truth, first published in 1990 and seen as the definitive account of the disaster.
Tokyo breaks ground for the National Olympic Stadium on the site of the stadium used for the 1964 Olympic Games.
In the Philippines, demonstrators call for President Rodrigo Duterte to address extrajudicial killings linked to the Philippine Drug War, ongoing military operations against communist rebels, and the controversial burial of Ferdinand Marcos in the Heroes' Cemetery. An effigy of Marcos was made as a centerpiece of the protest.
The bodies of over 100 Syrian Army POWs are reportedly found in what was the last rebel held territory of East Aleppo. Syrian Army officers claim they were executed by rebel forces.
At least 56 are killed and 70 wounded in a twin suicide attack in northeastern Nigeria.
Sindh Government officials declare a health emergency in Malir, Karachi, as thousands of patients have been affected by the mysterious Chikungunya virus. The government states the aedes aegypti mosquito is responsible for spreading the Chikungunya virus in Pakistan's largest city.
chief spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States government
The Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is killed in a gun attack at an art gallery in Ankara. Russia calls the assassin, 22-year old police officer, Mevlüt Mert Altıntaş, a "terrorist". Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu goes to Moscow for a planned trilateral meeting on Syria, saying "the incident will not impact relations between Turkey and Russia".
extra second inserted or removed to keep civil time in sync with the Earth's rotation
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
Robredo says she is staying on in her elected position as vice president.
American army general and statesman (1937–2021)
killing at least 29 people, claimed by Al Shabaab
part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
fireworks explosion which occurred on 20 December 2016
head of the Department of the Interior in the United States government
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad kills at least 27 people and injures over 50. ,
In the Army–Navy Game in Baltimore, the Army Black Knights beat the Navy Midshipmen 21–17. This marks Army's first win in the rivalry since 2001, ending the longest winning streak for either side in the rivalry's 126-year history.
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
A passenger bus carrying 46 people, mostly school groups from Tonga, crashes in the Gisborne Region of New Zealand, approximately 30 kilometers south of the city of Gisborne.
A riot breaks out inside the G4S-run HM Prison Birmingham in Winson Green, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Holiday originating in Christianity, usually December 25
Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)
Philippine constitutional commission for human rights
Loss of gray matter in certain regions of the brain may make the brain more efficient and specialized for child-rearing.
series of terrorist attacks in Paris, France, on November 13, 2015
An astronomer from collaborating institution also discloses that his group has studied new types of supernova explosions and the disruptions of stars by supermassive black holes from data of this Massive Digital Sky.
The death toll from the wildfire that hit the U.S. town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, rises to 13.
umbrella term for independence movement for West Papua (the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua), with both militant and nonviolent elements
It has also severed the rail link to southern Thailand and Malaysia.
Bezeq, an Israeli telecoms company, says that it has received word from the country's telecoms regulator that it will be allowed to end the "structural separation" of its business operations by product (i.e.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
Human remains are found in the sea near where an Indonesian police plane carrying 13 people crashed.
maritime service branch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Five buses will start moving to pick up passengers at 5:00 a.m.
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)
In exchange for approval, the DOJ requires Alaska Airlines to reduce its partnership with American Airlines.
Capital of the Colombian department of Vichada
Five people are killed in a Taliban attack on Afghan Member of Parliament Mir Wali's home in Helmand Province.
president-elect Donald Trump calls President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt, who then agrees to postpone a United Nations resolution regarding Israel.
city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Israel's Foreign Ministry announces that it is "reducing" ties with some of the UN Security Council countries that voted to pass United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334.
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
2016 mixed martial arts event in Nevada, USA
cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with FIFA
person who has served in the armed forces
An estimate of 8000 people, mostly civilians, successfully fled the remains of the city.
Amnesty International criticizes a Saudi court decision to impose the death sentence on 15 people in a case involving 32 people including 30 Saudis, one Iranian and one Afghan national in an alleged Iranian spy cell.
West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, a part of the State of Israel Capital, in the status of belligerent occupation, supported by international public law and the High Court of Justice of Israel
United States, especially North Dakota, the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, the Missouri River, the Mississippi River, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2016
Three other deaths are reported from other accidents in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C.
Afghan police report that the attack was aimed at a member of the National Assembly, Fakori Behishti.
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
The Russian Armed Forces are actively involved in the Syrian Civil War.
airstrike in Al-Raqqah, Syria, kills four ISIL leaders, two of which were confirmed to have roles in the November 2015 Paris Attacks.
Crowds blocked all Polish parliament exits protesting the Polish ruling Law and Justice Party's allegedly illegal 2017 budget that was approved in a vote outside of the assembly's main chamber.
administrative capital of South Africa located in the Gauteng province
This is one of the oldest-known tumors ever found.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Date: 15 November – 22 December 2016 (1 month and 1 week)
one of two tsunami warning centers that are operated by NOAA, located on Ford Island, Hawaii
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and liberal candidate Moon Jae-in plan to contest the position vacated by Park Geun-hye.
Groups of U.S. military veterans join the protest as human shields against possible clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement when the United States Army Corps of Engineers' eviction deadline expires on Monday.
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
The death toll from yesterday's bombings rises to 38 with 155 injured. Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the bombings.
mosquito species, a vector for diseases including yellow fever and Zika fever
music museum in Cleveland, Ohio, United States
The bill must be approved by the parliament.
county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America
company Qualcomm $852.9 million for alleged antitrust violations for restricting access of its competitors to its patents.
culture of LGBT people in the Philippines
President-elect Donald Trump says he sees no reason why the U.S.
city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
The Ambassador of Greece to Brazil, Kyriakos Amiridis, is reported missing while on vacation in Rio de Janeiro.
overview about the asylum in the United States
island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary
Gambian security forces take over the headquarters of the electoral commission as the current president, Yahya Jammeh, refuses to accept the recent election results.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds former FIFA president Sepp Blatter's six-year ban from FIFA affairs.
Fighting is occurring in the Salam neighbourhood less than 1.5 kilometres from the Tigris.
Puero Rican musician and model, Miss World 2016
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
President Barack Obama declares the Bears Ears in Utah and Gold Butte area of Nevada as National Monuments.
A volcanic eruption continues on Bogoslof Island near Unalaska, in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
An explosion at a fireworks market in the city of Tultepec near Mexico City, kills at least 29 people and injures at least 70 others. Pyrotechnics is a major industry in Tultepec.
The product has been found to contain methanol.
Indian Actress,Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the bombings.
The Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov is killed in a gun attack at an art gallery in Ankara.
Evacuations following the failed ceasefire are once again disrupted by the Syrian forces for reasons withheld.
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
shallow inlet in the western part of the South China and Eastern Archipelagic Seas
At least 96 people are killed following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh region.
There is also evidence of links to long-term changes in brain.
Indonesian police kill three people in a gunfight south of Jakarta after a bomb is found.
Uzbek politician, 1st and former President of Uzbekistan (1938-2016)
city and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States
Sahaj International opens in Kochi in the South Indian state of Kerala. The country's first school for transgender pupils, it caters for adults who left school early.
Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, warns that "atrocities" have occurred in recent hours in the battle for Aleppo.
2016 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
selection of Pennsylvania's presidential electors
international organization that represents chemists in individual countries
international Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark
Al Solban military camp, Aden, Aden Governorate, Yemen
the science and craft of using self-contained and self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions to make heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound
This is the second time in a decade that the Federal Reserve has increased interest rates.
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
United States Secretary of Homeland Security
head of the United States Department of Homeland Security
international relationship between Israel and the United States
A Russian Tu-154 military passenger airplane carrying 92 people including the Alexandrov Ensemble crashes into the Black Sea shortly after takeoff from Sochi.
According to opposition Civic Platform MP Agnieszka Pomaska, ruling party Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński snatched her phone.
They are building barracks for shelter in North Dakota's winter weather.
Games of the XVIII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan
Authorities add a leap second on December 31 to bring UTC more inline with mean solar time.
Dozens of cities have closed schools due to the smog.
head of state and head of government of Burma
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
American multinational nonprofit news agency
international relations between the country of Cuba and the European Union
Japan's national aero-space agency as JAXA
military-operated intelligence service of Pakistan
1943 musical; first musical written by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Sindh Government officials declare a health emergency in Malir, Karachi, as thousands of patients have been affected by the mysterious Chikungunya virus.
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
submersible vehicles that can operate underwater without a human occupant
Medical research reveals shrinkage in women’s brains as a result of pregnancy.
city in King County, Washington State, United States
transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations or their operating units are transferred or combined
supreme authority within a territory, as well as external autonomy from other states
Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy
combined military forces of Burkina Faso
capital of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
military actions against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
representative from Illinois's 18th congressional district, pleads not guilty on 24 charges including Mail fraud and tax evasion.
List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren issues a report claiming that 1,000 Russian athletes have been involved in or the beneficiaries of "manipulations to conceal Positive testing".
Investigation into the crash in Colombia, which killed 71 people, continues.
The death toll from the wildfire that hit the U.S.
United States federal executive department
American stage and film actor (1916-2020)
Both are known for the presence of Native American populations and archaeological sites.
large city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductors
South Korea's Constitutional Court has up to 180 days to render a final decision.
Intermediate appellate court of Pennsylvania
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
Pan-STARRS project releases its first astronomical catalog, consists of 2 petabytes of data collected over four years.
Deputy head of state and head of government of the Philippines
latest phase of the conflict which started after the escalation in 2015
University of Washington researchers report, in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Association Oncology, the discovery of an odontoma — a benign tumor — in the fossil of a 255-million-year old Tanzanian mammal-like saber-toothed gorgonopsia.
At least four people have been killed and tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from low lying areas.
city in and county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States
ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces
Paula Bennett is elected as English's deputy.
A Pakistan International Airlines aircraft carrying at least 48 people, including former singer Junaid Jamshed, crashes shortly after taking off from Chitral, Pakistan.
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
president or president-elect with a Taiwanese leader since the United States recognized the People's Republic of China in 1979.
transfer of power from Barack Obama to Donald Trump
Hundreds of people are injured and several buildings have collapsed.
aircraft manufacturer Boeing to purchase 80 jetliners for $16.6 billion.
One woman safely fled her attic bedroom.
American politician and activist (born 1941)
Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
The People's Republic of China lodges a complaint with the United States after President-elect of the United States Donald Trump speaks with President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen.
It is the first Pac-12 football title for the Huskies since the conference expanded to 12 schools in 2011.
Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil (Bolivia)
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
2016 United States presidential election in Wisconsin
airport in Downtown Cleveland, United States of America
Swain & Haywood counties in North Carolina; Sevier, Blount, & Cocke counties in Tennessee, United States
2016 United States election interference by Russia
Legislative body of the Islamic Republic of Iran
52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and former Congressman from Montana
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
Tsunami warnings are issued for the Pacific region, including Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, following a 7.9 magnitude earthquake east of Papua New Guinea.
province of Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra
do not vote for their assigned candidate
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
This marks Army's first win in the rivalry since 2001, ending the longest winning streak for either side in the rivalry's 126-year history.
Russia and the United States will continue talks on Aleppo after talks between the U.S.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Two bombs, one detonated by a suicide bomber, near the Vodafone Arena in Istanbul, Turkey, kill at least 29 people and injure more than 150 others.
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Roscosmos cargo spacecraft Progress MS-04 fails to dock with the International Space Station after experiencing a rocket failure.
Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System
Earth observation satellite constellation