Severe winter storms in the southeastern United States kill three people and leave 310,000 others without power.
New Zealand's government passes an amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 to allow chronic and terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis without facing the possibility of prosecution.
In a third trial, former Blackwater private military contractor Nicholas Slatten is convicted on one count of first-degree murder over the 2007 mass shooting.
Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton (Mark Anthony Myrie) is released from a U.S.
The Government of the United Kingdom is found to be in contempt of parliament for the first time in history. The motion, which passed by 311 to 293 votes in the House of Commons, was triggered by Theresa May's government failing to publish its legal advice on its Brexit withdrawal plan.
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is sentenced to seven years in prison after being found guilty of corruption.
Two people died while 18 others are injured when a tank truck caught fire and exploded in the city of Rieti, Italy.
The Donald J. Trump Foundation agrees to dissolve under judicial supervision while a lawsuit in the state of New York is ongoing.
highest ranking military officer in the United States
votes to ultimately ratify the United Kingdom's Brexit withdrawal agreement
67th edition of the international beauty pageant
Representatives from 196 nations agree on a rulebook to implement the Paris Agreement for climate change mitigation.
football stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
In response to a roadside bombing that killed three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian tour guide the previous day, Egyptian police kill 40 suspected militants.
Myanmar's military announces it will resume "clearance operations" in Rakhine State after a recent spike in attacks by unidentified assailants. In the past week, two Rakhine fishermen and a teenager were found murdered after they were reported missing, while two Maramagyi villagers were kidnapped and stabbed but managed to escape their abductors.
environment department of the Government of Canada
vehicle-ramming attack in the United States
In the United Kingdom, a man is tasered by police at the gates of the Palace of Westminster. The area is placed on lockdown.
cabinet official of the French government
The Mayor of Skagway, Alaska, Monica Carlson, as well as her mother, are killed after being struck by a tour bus in Washington, D.C.
armed conflict between the First Philippine Republic and the United States
Prime Minister Theresa May announces the deferral of the meaningful vote on the UK's negotiated withdrawal agreement from the European Union that was scheduled for tomorrow.
God of War is named Game of the Year at The Game Awards annual awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Urjit Patel, resigns abruptly.
Eleven people die, including five hostages, as armed police battle robbers who had tried to raid two banks in Milagres, Ceará, Brazil.
A French man is detained in Barcelona, Spain, upon entering the Sagrada Familia with a suitcase containing ammunition.
The Afghan health ministry says that yesterday's attack by a suicide bomber and three gunmen on a government building in Kabul killed at least 43 people. No group has claimed responsibility.
Russian cargo vessel MV Kuzma Minin runs aground and then is refloated off Gyllyngvase, Cornwall, and taken to anchor in Falmouth Bay for inspection, according to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's My Step Alliance bloc wins 70.4% of the vote.
A cyberattack disrupts distribution of newspapers published by Tribune Publishing.
overview of notable events of 2018 in spaceflight
At least 281 people are killed and over 1,000 injured when a tsunami triggered by Krakatoa's eruption hits the coast near Indonesia's Sunda Strait.
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
The gunman is identified as an undocumented immigrant.
The Taliban claims responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 12 people, including 8 civilians in Kabul.
Polish President Andrzej Duda signs into law the bill, passed by the Parliament of Poland three weeks ago, reinstating the Supreme Court judges who had been forced out of their jobs when legislation to lower the judges's mandatory retirement age was enacted in July. This addresses one of the issues that has been in dispute with the European Union.
Soldiers from North Korea and South Korea peacefully cross the Korean Demilitarized Zone for the first time since it was created in 1953.
Street battles between anti-government protesters and riot police in Sudan leave at least 19 people dead, including two policemen, as well as hundreds injured. Amnesty International puts the death toll at 37.
164 countries adopt the non-binding Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Marrakech, Morocco.
Former Archbishop of Kinshasa Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya also leaves the Council for unrelated reasons.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces seize control of Hajin, the last major town held by ISIL in Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both
Both are accused of covering up child sexual abuse scandals.
U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will quit his post at the end of the year.
He had been tried and found not guilty of the crimes in 1987, but the acquittal was quashed as new evidence in the form of DNA was now available.
Six people are killed and dozens more injured in a human stampede as frantic concertgoers try to exit a packed Lanterna Azzurra club in Corinaldo in Ancona Province, Marche, Italy, after pepper spray is reportedly fired inside the club.
Voters in Bangladesh head to the polls to elect 299 representatives to parliament. Seventeen people were killed in deadly clashes between supporters and opponents of the country's ruling party.
At least 13 miners, eleven Poles and two Czechs, are killed and 10 injured in a methane explosion in a coal mine in Karvina, Czech Republic.
On the sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, the school is evacuated due to a bomb threat. It is not believed to be connected with the 2018 Bitcoin bomb threats.
United Nations Climate Change conference
dtstart: 2018-12-31 00:00:00 Time: 6:02 a.m. (Yekaterinburg Time)
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
At least 19 people are killed as armed group linked to West Papua Liberation Organization attacks construction workers at Trans Papua road project in Nduga Regency, Papua, Indonesia.
major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C.
In field hockey, Belgium wins the title, defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in a sudden death shootout. After regular playing time, the score was 0–0.
Pope Francis removes Australian prelate George Pell and Chilean prelate Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa from the Council of Cardinal Advisers. Both are accused of covering up child sexual abuse scandals. Former Archbishop of Kinshasa Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya also leaves the Council for unrelated reasons.
Presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Tolls are scrapped for the Severn crossing bridges connecting England and South Wales, making travel across the River Severn free for all commuters for the first time in 800 years.
American former attorney and former Republican official
The coalition government of Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves the Knesset and sets early elections for April.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
head of the Department of the Interior in the United States government
Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as Head of Government of Mexico City, becoming the first woman and first Jewish person to serve as Mexico City's mayor.
Russell Bishop is convicted of the murder of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows.
Scientists from the University of Geneva announce that a previously-known Neptune-sized exoplanet, HAT-P-11b, has a slowly-escaping helium atmosphere.
federal subject of Russia, republic of Russia
Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg wins the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or.
The three men suspected of causing an explosion at a shop in Leicester in February are convicted of murder.
Bahrain announces it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, Syria, a day after the UAE made the same decision.
chief executive of the Mexican state of Puebla
unicameral national legislature of Israel
Three people are injured after being stabbed in an attack at Manchester Victoria station.
U.S. President Donald Trump issues an executive order freezing federal workers' pay raise in 2019, excluding that of military personnel.
Iranian politician and cleric (1948-2018)
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make an unannounced post-Christmas visit to troops at the Al Asad Airbase in Iraq, their first visit to a combat zone since taking office.
Soyuz MS-09 lands safely on the steppe in Kazakhstan.
A motion of no confidence is passed by the National Assembly of Guyana with a vote of 33–32, triggering early elections scheduled for 2019.
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Andalusia
public health emergency of international concern
U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive memorandum to re-establish the United States Space Command.
On 8 December, six people died when someone fired the spray inside a nightclub, causing a stampede.
Chérif Chekatt, the perpetrator of an attack in Strasbourg, France, two days ago, which killed two and wounded 14, is found and killed by French police.
eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System
The Nikkei index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange drops 5% to below 20,000, its lowest level since September 2017.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
Over 300 people have died of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the World Health Organization is concerned the outbreak is not being contained.
Thousands of students at the University of Tirana in Albania demonstrate against tuition fees. The government appeals for calm.
The chief financial officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested on 1 December in Vancouver, Canada. She faces extradition to the United States. Huawei says she faces unspecified charges.
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
The coalition has been struggling after failing to pass a new bill that would extend the military draft to ultra-Orthodox Jews and the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, leader of one of the parties in the coalition.
Several structures are severely damaged or destroyed.
American conservative weekly opinion magazine The Weekly Standard announces that it will shut down this month after 23 years in print.
North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs
American professional soccer club based in Atlanta
The DRC government gives the European Union 48 hours to recall its envoy in the country after the EU imposed sanctions on 14 Congolese officials.
A man stabs a local government official and a police officer to death in the streets of Longyan, China, then hijacks a bus and drove it into pedestrians, killing eight people and wounding 22 others. Authorities said the perpetrator "took revenge on society" after a dispute with local officials about his father's veteran benefits.
2018–2019 United States federal government shutdown
government shutdown from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019
Death and state funeral of George H. W. Bush
Funeral of 41st President of the U.S George H. W. Bush
Date: May 27, 1964 – present (58 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
lowest remuneration which can be paid legally in a state for working
Protests against Prime Minister Sersch Sargsyan and the government in Armenia
capital and largest city of Arkansas, United States
international airport serving Moscow, Russia
Simcha Rotem, the last surviving fighter of the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, also a participant in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, dies at the age of 94.
Berber people of the Sahara desert with a nomadic pastoralist lifestyle
President Trump describes the resignation as a "nothing event".
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Denmark passes a law that requires new citizens to shake hands with a Danish official at their naturalization ceremony.
The United States Postal Service announces it will suspend regular mail deliveries, retail services and administrative office activity on December 5 as part of President Trump's declared national day of mourning.
class of tetrapods, whose living forms include frogs, toads, salamanders, newts and caecilians
peninsula in Eastern Russia between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs demands that Canada and the United States clarify the reasons behind the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, also asking for her immediate release.
active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy
top level administrative district in Israel
event in which the varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as prime minister, effectively ending the constitutional crisis.
strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra
while preparing to visit the White House.
Two Scandinavian women on a backpacking holiday were found dead in Morocco with cuts to their necks.
Date: 17 November 2018 – present (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
A gunman kills two people and injures 14 others in a mass shooting in Strasbourg, France, during the annual Christmas market.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
125,000 people demonstrate across France, according to the Minister of the Interior, with about 89,000 police officers on duty. 1,385 people are detained. Tear gas and pepper spray are used against the protesters and 135 people are injured.
organized crimes syndicate originating in Sicily, Italy
Two people are arrested by Sussex Police and charged with "criminal use of drones".
In international football, River Plate wins the Copa Libertadores by beating Boca Juniors 3–1 in extra-time (aggregate score 5–3). The final is played at the Bernabéu stadium in Madrid.
regional district of British Columbia, Canada
Carlos Ghosn, formerly the chairman of Nissan, is arrested again on suspicion of shifting personal losses to the company.
Six government officials are killed and 14 others are wounded in an attack in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Two people die and 38 others are hospitalized after a fire erupted in a building in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Ex. President of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
A Frenchman originally from Afghanistan who was wounded and left brain-dead from the attack dies from his injuries.
White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly is set to resign by the end of the month according to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Criminal justice reform in the United States
A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S. air strike in Afghanistan.
Tulare County, California, United States
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
arena, exhibition and convention center in Thailand
The country voted to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979 prior to the New Year’s holiday.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
head of the United States Department of Justice
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
professional sports hall of fame in New York, U.S.
2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference
Space policy of the Donald Trump administration
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) rescue vessel Aquarius 2 ends migrant rescue operations in the Mediterranean Sea, citing sustained attacks on search and rescue by European governments, particularly Italy.
Six government officials are killed and 14 others are wounded in an attack in Balochistan, Pakistan. The BLA claims responsibility.
United States federal government shutdown
Qatar announces that it is withdrawing from OPEC in January 2019, after almost 60 years of membership, to focus on natural gas production.
The final is played at the Bernabéu stadium in Madrid.
largest city in California, United States of America
The Pentagon reports it has begun withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria, with a spokesperson saying that the coalition has liberated ISIL-held territory but also that the campaign is not over.
Congress adjourns for the night before reaching a new budget agreement, starting a partial federal government shutdown that began the next day at 12:00 a.m.
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr asks for a Canadian passport to travel to Saudi Arabia and speak with his sister Zaynab Khadr.
Israel announces an operation to clear Hezbollah tunnels from Lebanon-Israeli border.
Catriona Gray from the Philippines is crowned Miss Universe at the IMPACT Arena in Thailand.
The White House announces that the United States and China agree to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks.
U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis announces his resignation at the end of February 2019.
murder of two girls near Brighton in 1986
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou attends a bail hearing in Vancouver while she awaits extradition to the United States. She is charged by Canadian and American prosecutors with conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions in order to commit evasion of United States sanctions against Iran so as to conduct business with Iran.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
Indian soldiers and counterinsurgency police exchange gunfire with militants in the southern district of Pulwama, resulting in the deaths of one soldier and three militants. The soldiers then opened fire on a crowd of anti-government protesters who gathered after the battle, killing seven civilians and injuring 40 others.
A seven-bench Supreme Court unanimously rules that President Sirisena's dissolution of Parliament on 9 November 2018 was unconstitutional.
North Pacific Ocean, on the coast of southern British Columbia
In the past week, two Rakhine fishermen and a teenager were found murdered after they were reported missing, while two Maramagyi villagers were kidnapped and stabbed but managed to escape their abductors.
Nissan, the company's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, and an aide are indicted on charges that Ghosn underreported about ¥5 billion ($44.5 million) of his income. Ghosn's arrest warrant is renewed.
Volunteer project using software to search for Mersenne prime numbers
legal affairs of Donald Trump in his personal and business life
Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Foreign relations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A car bomb explodes near a police post in Chabahar, Iran. Two police officers are pronounced dead and around 40 people were wounded in the attack. Islamic militant group Ansar Al-Furqan claims responsibility. Iran accuses the perpetrators of being "foreign-backed terrorists".
A Canadian judge denies former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr's request for relaxed bail conditions and a Canadian passport.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the First Step Act, a bipartisan prison and sentencing reform bill, into law.
special district of Colombia of the department of Nariño
Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei who was arrested in Canada for an extradition request from the United States for alleged US sanction violation against Iran, is granted bail with restrictions by a Canadian judge.
After regular playing time, the score was 0–0.
Soyuz MS-11 successfully launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, NASA astronaut Anne McClain, and CSA astronaut David Saint-Jacques for Expedition 58 to the International Space Station.
Irish President Michael D. Higgins signs a bill making abortion legal in the Republic of Ireland for the first time.
The U.S. Congress adjourns for the night before reaching a new budget agreement, starting a partial federal government shutdown that began the next day at 12:00 a.m. EST (05:00 UTC).
A rescue helicopter crashes near the world's longest zipline in the United Arab Emirates, killing four people.
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England, is shut down intermittently since Wednesday night, after drones are seen flying over the airfield. Police believe it is "a deliberate act to disrupt the airport". Hundreds of thousands of passengers are affected.
Five U.S. Marines who were missing after two aircraft collided mid-air off the coast of Japan on December 6 are declared dead.
The lawyers of Bill Cosby file a list of nearly a dozen alleged trial errors as they appeal his sexual assault conviction and three-to-10-year prison term.
Wisconsin Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
matter and radiation in the space between the star systems in a galaxy
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States under the Trump Administration
Two Scandinavian women on a backpacking holiday were found dead in Morocco with cuts to their necks. The bodies were found in an isolated area in the Atlas mountains, near the tourist village of Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi. 13 men are arrested with links to a Jihadist group.
The New York City sky lights up in blue after a transformer in Astoria, Queens, explodes. ,
A powerful tornado touches down near Port Orchard, Washington. Several structures are severely damaged or destroyed.
The body of former President George H. W. Bush arrives on Special Air Mission from Houston to Washington, DC at the Joint Base Andrews.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
Thailand approves marijuana for medical use and research.
The ULA launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying the NROL-71 mission is called off 7 seconds before liftoff time.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accuses United States National Security Advisor John R. Bolton of personally leading a plot to assassinate him, declining to provide evidence.
Russia's FSB state security agency says it has arrested a U.S. citizen "caught spying" in Moscow. According to former CIA officials the arrest was done as a retaliation for the arrest of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina.
Mass murder as a result of arson/Insurance fraud
Chinese multinational technology company
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
The death toll following the tsunami caused by the Anak Krakatau volcano has risen to at least 429, according to Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency.
aviation incident in December 2018 involving a drone
institution of the European Union that encompasses the whole judiciary
The Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 2.9%, its worst performance ever on Christmas Eve.
President Trump announces his nomination of army general Mark A. Milley to succeed marine general Joseph Dunford as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador is sworn in as the 58th President of Mexico.
Three people are injured after being stabbed in an attack at Manchester Victoria station. The attacker shouted "Allah" during the attack. The attack is being treated as a terror-related incident, police have confirmed, and due to concerns over his mental health, the suspect is being held under the Mental Health Act.
A gunman kills four people and injures four others at a Catholic cathedral in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The gunman commits suicide after the attack.
An equipment failure causes a jet bridge at the Baltimore–Washington International Airport to collapse, injuring seven people.
The casket for former U.S. President George H. W. Bush arrives at the National Cathedral.
By a vote of 200 to 117, British Prime Minister Theresa May survives a motion of no confidence within the Conservative Party.
19th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
20 people died and 14 others are injured when a truck carrying mourners returning from a funeral ritual plunged around 400 metres (1,300 feet) onto a river bank in central Nepal.
Iranian political activist Vahid Sayadi Nasiri, who was jailed for his messages on social media, dies after spending 60 days on hunger strike. He was accused of insulting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
team sport version of hockey played on grass or artificial turf with sticks and a round ball
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submits the resignation of his cabinet to King Philippe, after the biggest party in his coalition, the New Flemish Alliance, formally quit on 9 December over the government's support for the Global Compact for Migration. The King is withholding his decision.
complex multimodal regional, national and international hub for passenger and freight traffic
The Catalan police do not consider it an act of terrorism.
They, along with any players elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in January 2019, will be formally inducted at the Hall's facility in Cooperstown, New York on July 21, 2019.
U.S. budget from October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019
The body of missing tourist Grace Millane is found outside of Auckland, New Zealand.
A Document of Resolution was signed last week, officially ending Bieber's ban, so Bieber may now freely return to the country.
Thailand approves marijuana for medical use and research. The country voted to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979 prior to the New Year’s holiday.
December 2018 Time Warner Center bomb threats
Date: 13 December 2018 06:34 local time (03:34 UTC)
A high-speed train crashes at Marşandiz railway station in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least nine people and leaving dozens injured.
2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia
art and archeology museum in Paris, France
Near Marşandiz railway station, Yenimahalle, Ankara Province
Severe windstorms in Vancouver and Vancouver Island damage houses, damage roads, and destroy a 100 year old pier in White Rock, British Columbia. One person stranded on the pier is rescued by helicopter. Several highways were closed due to trees falling.
society in which financial transactions are not conducted with physical banknotes or coins but instead with digital information
An explosion caused by a gas leak devastated a block of flats in Magnitogorsk, Russia, killing 14 people while 27 others are missing.
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The three men suspected of causing an explosion at a shop in Leicester in February are convicted of murder. The explosion destroyed the shop and the flat above it, killing five people. The three men were also convicted of conspiracy with one of the victims to commit insurance fraud.
2020 United States presidential election
A beaver is seen in Northern Italy on camera, a species that has not been seen in the country since 1471.
American political role, appointed by the President
Date: December 3–6, 2018 (state funeral) December 1–30, 2018 (mourning period)
Two Israeli soldiers are killed and two others seriously wounded after a shooting at a bus stop in the Jewish settlement of Giv'at Asaf, West Bank.
Mount Etna erupts, causing the closure of Catania–Fontanarossa Airport in Sicily, Italy.
The Yemeni government disputes this claim.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S.
public transport not funded by fares from passengers
most populous city in the United States of America
Prime Minister Charles Michel says that the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party quits the coalition. N-VA cites its disagreement over the signing of the United Nations Global Compact for Migration. Michel plans to continue with a minority cabinet until the next scheduled election.
Australia formally recognizes West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state but will not move its embassy from Tel Aviv until a peace settlement is reached with the Palestinians.
The FBI raids the house of Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam.
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the country following the yellow vests protests. While refusing to reinstate a wealth tax or back down on the current reform agenda, he promises an increase to the minimum wage and to remove some taxes on low income earners.
The Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina is declared as the winner of the election with Hasina to serve her third consecutive term as Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
North Korea and South Korea hold a ceremony for a project to reconnect rail and road links, although construction cannot start while sanctions over North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs remain in place.
After a 56-day trek, British Army captain Lou Rudd becomes the second person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided, over two decades after the first solo crossing by Norwegian Børge Ousland.
U.S. President Donald Trump and former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton attend the ceremony alongside German chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain's Prince Charles.
President Donald Trump issues an executive order freezing federal workers' pay raise in 2019, excluding that of military personnel.
Arízala was wanted for the murder of two Ecuadorian journalists earlier in the year.
Stage I: Houston, Texas Stage II: • Joint Base Andrews, Maryland • Washington, D.C. Stage III: • Houston, Texas • Spring, Texas • College Station, Texas
The Chaos Computer Club holds their 35th Chaos Communication Congress, a hacker convention, in Leipzig, Germany.
United States military facility and census-designated place in Prince George's County, Maryland
In ice hockey, the National Hockey League announces that its board of governors unanimously approved a new franchise for Seattle. The new team will start play in the 2021–22 season, bringing the league's membership to 32 teams.
The bodies were found in an isolated area in the Atlas mountains, near the tourist village of Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi.
The Court of Justice of the European Union rules that an EU member state's invocation of Article 50 TEU is unilaterally revokable.
An extraordinary session to debate the matter is planned.
The alleged boss of the Cosa Nostra mafia clan is arrested along with 45 suspected accomplices in the province of Palermo, Italy. They are accused of aggravated extortion.
2018 edition of the Men's Hockey World Cup
The Central African Republic, with its civil war, is a close second.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo successfully completes its fourth powered test flight with VSS Unity and reaches space at an altitude of 82.7 km (51.4 mi) but does not breach the 100 km (62 mi) Karman Line.
The gunman commits suicide after the attack.
levy on the total value of personal assets, including owner-occupied housing; cash, bank deposits, money funds, and savings in insurance and pension plans
forces from the country, following U.S. President Donald Trump's unannounced visit to troops stationed at Al Asad Airbase.
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
Date: 22 December 2018 Time: around 21:38 WIB (14:38 UTC)
crime of obstructing the parliament in the carrying out of its functions
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
compulsory levy on energy released from a source
independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for providing postal service
The China National Space Administration successfully launches Chang'e 4 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center which will attempt the first ever robotic landing on the far side of the Moon in 2019.
veteran from World War II, as well as the oldest American man, dies at age 112.
international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020
clade of sauropsid vertebrates that dominated the Mesozoic Era (including birds)
city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Carles Puigdemont calls on Jordi Sànchez and Jordi Turull to end the hunger strike they started on 1 December.
It is reported that a German journalist was kidnapped and imprisoned by the Venezuelan government three weeks ago, with diplomats from both nations denied to see him.
The United States Department of State confirms Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk's resignation, effective December 31.
format that is used for the elimination round of a sports tournament
A UN-brokered ceasefire is agreed upon between the two warring factions in Al Hudaydah, Yemen.
Also, 1,459 people are injured, while 150 are still missing.
Arab-Canadian family noted for their ties to Osama bin Laden
controversial policy of detention for non-punitive reasons
George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Zurabishvili is the first woman in office and the last president to be elected by popular vote.
Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush is laid to rest at his Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.
A meteor, which measured several metres in size, exploded 26km over the Bering Sea, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia.
head of the federal government of Belgium
After a 53-day trek, American professional endurance athlete Colin O'Brady allegedly becomes the first person to cross Antarctica alone and unaided; his claim of being unaided has been disputed, and the first person to really cross Antarctica alone and unaided was Børge Ousland in 1996 and 1997.
The Socialist and current regional President Susana Díaz wins the election, but loses 14 seats.
CNN evacuates the Time Warner Center in New York City during CNN Tonight with Don Lemon after a bomb threat was called into the building.
Environment Canada issues rainfall and wind warnings in Metro Vancouver after severe flash flooding caused minor damage in the area.
The alleged boss of the Cosa Nostra mafia clan is arrested along with 45 suspected accomplices in the province of Palermo, Italy.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Israeli governmental ministry responsible for military and national defense matters'
National Football League franchise in Glendale, Arizona
SpaceX successfully launches CRS-16 on its way to the International Space Station. The first stage crashes into the ocean near Cape Canaveral and is later recovered.
The shooter flees the scene but is identified by police as a known extremist.
Presidents George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Barack Obama, and Bill Clinton attend the ceremony alongside German chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain's Prince Charles.
largest city in British Columbia, Canada
Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel submits the resignation of his cabinet to King Philippe, after the biggest party in his coalition, the New Flemish Alliance, formally quit on 9 December over the government's support for the Global Compact for Migration.
Chang'e 4 successfully enters orbit around the Moon ahead of a historic landing on the far side of the Moon in early 2019.
Ten years after the collapse of Belgian financial group Fortis in the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the prosecutor in Brussels decides to drop the case against seven former directors. The prosecution argues that it found insufficient evidence that they knowingly misled shareholders with over-optimistic company information.
2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change convenes in Katowice, Poland.
self-contained housing unit occupying part of a building
Italian metropolitan city in region of Sicily
NASA's space probe OSIRIS-REx arrives at the asteroid Bennu.
125,000 people demonstrate across France, according to the Minister of the Interior, with about 89,000 police officers on duty.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
A gunman kills two people and wounds seven others in a shooting spree across Tulare County, California. The gunman is identified as an undocumented immigrant.
Salome Zurabishvili takes office as President of Georgia. Zurabishvili is the first woman in office and the last president to be elected by popular vote.
A search and rescue operation is underway for 7 servicemen after an incident involving a US Marine Corp F/A-18 fighter jet and a KC-130 refueling aircraft off the coast of Japan.
A UN-brokered ceasefire is agreed upon between the two warring factions in Al Hudaydah, Yemen. Troops from both sides will withdraw from the port city within three weeks to allow humanitarian aid coming into the country, which has been plagued by war and famine.
mass shooting in the Las Vegas area of Nevada, USA on October 1, 2017
Gatwick Airport in West Sussex, England, is shut down intermittently since Wednesday night, after drones are seen flying over the airfield.
YouTube Rewind 2018 becomes the most disliked YouTube video of all time, with well over 10 million dislikes, achieving the feat in a mere seven days.
Cuba's baseball federation and Major League Baseball reach a deal that will allow Cuban players to compete in the USA without defecting.
Six U.S. air strikes over the weekend kill at least 62 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, according to The Pentagon.
Russians vote to rename the two main airports of Moscow, Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo, after poet Alexander Pushkin and scientist Mikhail Lomonosov, respectively.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
Argentina lifts a travel ban on Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who had been previously banned from the country for his role in the beating of a photographer in November 2013.
rifle that fires a single round each time the trigger is pulled
modular space station in low Earth orbit
Frank Scott Jr. is elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, defeating Baker Kurrus in the runoff. Scott will become the city's first African-American mayor.
election for the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium on 26 May 2019
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 3 days)
Reacting to yesterday's announcement by the United States on the withdrawal of their forces from Syria, France's Defense Minister Florence Parly says on Twitter that ISIL has not yet been driven out of Syria.
The French police union Vigi calls on police officers to begin an indefinite strike on December 8 and join anti-government protesters, noting that "a majority of the French continue to back the movement".
prison and deported back to Jamaica, after serving 7 years of a 10-year drug charge conviction.
Real Madrid's home ground, stadium in Madrid
At least 65,000 people gather in Brussels, Belgium, in a march for more action on protecting the climate.
former White House Chief of Staff and Former United States Marine Corps General
In association football, Croatian midfielder Luka Modrić wins the Ballon d'Or and becomes the first player other than Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award since Kaká in 2007.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes a public apology to the family of Grace Millane, who was murdered in Auckland on 1 or 2 December 2018, saying that "your daughter should have been safe here".
Iraqi politicians from both parliamentary blocs in the Council of Representatives of Iraq demand the withdrawal of U.S.
Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Campinas
city in Brazos County, Texas, United States
meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, located in London, England
Prosecutors in Goiás, Brazil request the preventive detention of medium João de Deus over more than 200 allegations of sexual abuse.
It will be put up for referendum on February 24, 2019.
National Assembly (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
lower house of parliament in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Former Pakistani three time Prime Minister, businessman, corruption master and politician
Tear gas and pepper spray are used against the protesters and 135 people are injured.
Elon Musk opens the 1.6km-long Boring Test Tunnel in Hawthorne, California, which is designed to demonstrate technology that will transport cars at high speeds below the city.
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
Belgium men's national field hockey team
men's national field hockey team representing Belgium
former American conservative opinion magazine
Astronomers announce the discovery of trans-Neptunian object 2018 VG18, the most distant object in the Solar System ever observed at a distance of ~120 AU.
separatist conflict in the region of West Papua
It has 24,862,048 decimal digits, which surpasses the previous record by over 1.5 million digits.
Severe windstorms in Vancouver and Vancouver Island damage houses, damage roads, and destroy a 100 year old pier in White Rock, British Columbia.
A jury finds James Alex Fields guilty of the murder, in the first degree, of Heather Heyer at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Xavier Bettel is sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister. His coalition government plans to make all public transport completely free by next summer, a world's first.
The coalition government of Benjamin Netanyahu dissolves the Knesset and sets early elections for April. The coalition has been struggling after failing to pass a new bill that would extend the military draft to ultra-Orthodox Jews and the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, leader of one of the parties in the coalition.
160 million-year-old fossil anurognathid pterosaurs are discovered that show feathery coverings, suggesting either deep common ancestry with theropod dinosaurs or independent coevolution.
United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019
Russell Bishop is convicted of the murder of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows. He had been tried and found not guilty of the crimes in 1987, but the acquittal was quashed as new evidence in the form of DNA was now available. Bishop had been convicted in December 1990 of the abduction, indecent assault and attempted murder of a seven-year-old girl in February of that year.
The Government of the United Kingdom is found to be in contempt of parliament for the first time in history.
Chinese state media reports a second Canadian national, Michael Spavor, has been detained on suspicion of endangering state security, while the China foreign ministry say two Canadian nationals are detained in the country. The Spavor investigation follows the detention of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig on December 10 and Canada's December 1 arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
At least 69 people are reported dead from flooding caused by Tropical Depression Usman in the Philippines.
the different electoral processes in Spain
Jihadists on motorcycles kill around 42 people in a series of attacks targeting Tuareg camps in Mali.
Two U.S. Marine aircraft from Iwakuni air base crash off the coast of Shikoku, Japan, during a mid-air refueling. One serviceman is rescued by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, while one is found dead and five are still reported missing.
one of the three major Christian communions
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
former Al-Qaeda child soldier and Guantanamo prisoner
international airport serving Catania, Sicily, Italy
A helicopter crash in eastern Sudan kills Al-Qadarif state governor Mirghani Saleh and at least four other officials.
A battle during the Philippine-American War
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
bilateral relations between Australia and Israel
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
international organization of petroleum-exporting countries
Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo head to the polls to determine a successor to incumbent President Joseph Kabila. Elections are also held for the National Assembly and local councils.
While refusing to reinstate a wealth tax or back down on the current reform agenda, he promises an increase to the minimum wage and to remove some taxes on low income earners.
EnviroBuild, a sustainable building materials company, pays $US 25,000 to name a newly discovered limbless amphibian Dermophis donaldtrumpi, after U.S President Donald Trump, in disagreement with his environmental policy.
A French man is detained in Barcelona, Spain, upon entering the Sagrada Familia with a suitcase containing ammunition. The Catalan police do not consider it an act of terrorism.
agency that prepares and evaluates the President of the United States' annual budget to Congress
Future Conservative Party leadership election
Italian commune (comune) in Emilia-Romagna
Chairman of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council and former Chief Justice Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi dies at the age of 70.
Martial law in Ukraine ends a month after an attack on three Ukrainian Navy vessels near the Kerch Strait.
Governor of Puebla Martha Erika Alonso and Senator Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas are among several fatalities in a helicopter crash near Puebla, Mexico.
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko declares the establishment of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, a new branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, separate from the Russian Orthodox Church, after Ukrainian clergy elected Metropolitan Epiphanius I as the head of the new church.
researchers say that the Marburg virus has been found for the first time in West African bats, notably in Egyptian rousette fruit bats in Sierra Leone.
international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation
enclosed movable bridge which extends from an airport terminal gate to an airplane
77th & 85th United States Attorney General
1 Columbus Circle, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
The U.S. Department of Justice issues a final regulation banning the use of bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic rifles to be fired at a rate similar to that of automatic weapons and became infamous following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. It is scheduled to go into effect on March 21, 2019.
archaeological site on the Giza Plateau, Egypt
wife of the President of the United States
time zone observing UTC−05:00 during standard time and UTC−04:00 during daylight saving time
city in St. Charles County, Missouri, United States
Netherlands men's national field hockey team
men's national field hockey team representing the Netherlands
bilateral relations between Philippines and United States
Prosecutors in Goiás, Brazil request the preventive detention of medium João de Deus over more than 200 allegations of sexual abuse. João de Deus became internationally famous in 2013, when his controversial psychic healing methods were broadcast on Oprah Winfrey's show Oprah's Next Chapter.
village in Otsego County, New York, United States
Heather Nauert, a former journalist and the incumbent Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, is proposed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
The Kurdish YPG calls on Syrian government troops to protect Manbij against what it calls a "Turkish invasion".
any object in the Solar System that orbits the Sun at a greater average distance than Neptune
northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C.; largest of the city's four quadrants
She faces extradition to the United States.
A gas blast in a restaurant in Sapporo, Japan, injures 42 people.
Jewish insurgency against Nazi Germany in in German-occupied Poland during World War II
annual Christmas market in Strasbourg, France
President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019
President George H. W. Bush arrives at the National Cathedral.
Jailed Catalan independentists leaders Joaquim Forn and Josep Rull joins Sànchez and Turull in the hunger strike.
Burundi moves its capital from Bujumbura to Gitega.
On the sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, the school is evacuated due to a bomb threat.
The United States Department of State confirms Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Brett McGurk's resignation, effective December 31. President Trump describes the resignation as a "nothing event".
In Major League Baseball, the Hall of Fame announces the first members of its 2019 induction class, with Harold Baines and Lee Smith voted in by one of four special committees. They, along with any players elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America in January 2019, will be formally inducted at the Hall's facility in Cooperstown, New York on July 21, 2019.
Following large protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's planned increases on fuel taxes, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announces that these plans will be suspended for at least six months.
While the United States lauds the decision, criticism has come from both NATO and the neighbouring country of Serbia.
Street battles between anti-government protesters and riot police in Sudan leave at least 19 people dead, including two policemen, as well as hundreds injured.
United States Marine Corps and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force air base in Yamaguchi, Japan
Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Campinas, Brazil
Five Christian monks are tied up and then left injured, one of them seriously, after a robbery at a church in Vienna, Austria.
NASA announces that Voyager 2 entered into the interstellar medium after exiting the heliosphere on November 5.
In ice hockey, the National Hockey League announces that its board of governors unanimously approved a new franchise for Seattle.
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search announces the discovery of a new Mersenne prime, 282,589,933-1. It has 24,862,048 decimal digits, which surpasses the previous record by over 1.5 million digits.
Iraqi politicians from both parliamentary blocs in the Council of Representatives of Iraq demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, following U.S. President Donald Trump's unannounced visit to troops stationed at Al Asad Airbase. An extraordinary session to debate the matter is planned.
A bus crash in Zurich, Switzerland, kills one person and injures 44 others.
President Donald Trump appoints incumbent Office of Management and Budget director Mick Mulvaney as Acting White House Chief of Staff, to replace John F. Kelly at the end of the year.
walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem
Fake bomb threats are sent to dozens of businesses around Canada and the U.S., demanding ransoms in bitcoin. Some of the threats forced evacuations.
Russian political activist, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent
A tribunal in Colombia disqualifies the Brazilian multinational corporation Odebrecht from operating in the country for 10 years amid ongoing investigations against the company for inciting corruption.
The deputy governor of Sweden's central bank, the Riksbank, says that the country is likely to become a cashless society within the next three to five years.
Two U.S. Marine aircraft from Iwakuni air base crash off the coast of Shikoku, Japan, during a mid-air refueling.
small meteor that exploded near the Kamchatka Peninsula on December 2018
Another person was stabbed but survived.
preserved remains or traces of organisms from a past geological age
dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election, at the regular expiry of a term or often specifically referring to a premature end (depending on the constitutional system)
In its second season, Atlanta United FC wins the MLS Cup, defeating the Portland Timbers 2–0 in front of a record crowd of 73,019 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia.
The far-right and anti-immigration Vox enters a legislative chamber after winning 12 seats, for the first time in the history of Spanish democracy.
U.S. Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis announces his resignation at the end of February 2019. Mattis says that his views are not well "aligned" with those of the President.
navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
American commercial sub-orbitable space ship
Four people are killed in a shooting in St. Charles, Missouri, United States.
the murder of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows
national space agency of the People's Republic of China
A powerful tornado touches down near Port Orchard, Washington.
Jamaican reggae artist Buju Banton (Mark Anthony Myrie) is released from a U.S. prison and deported back to Jamaica, after serving 7 years of a 10-year drug charge conviction.
The attacker and his accomplice are later shot dead.
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer succeeds Angela Merkel as the new chairperson of the Christian Democratic Union, one of the major political parties in Germany.
In American football, Larry Fitzgerald of the Arizona Cardinals passes Jerry Rice to become the all-time receptions leader with one team.
president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Protests break out across Sudan over rising prices of bread and fuel, resulting in at least eight deaths.
The Balangiga bells, stolen during the massacre in Balangiga in 1901 during the Philippine–American War, were returned to the Philippines after 117 years under the possession of the United States.
evening or entire day before Christmas Day
principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces
The district, which borders Iran, is now effectively under Taliban control.
process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country
Westminster London SW1A 0AA United Kingdom
2018 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election
lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
American attorney Robert Mueller is set to reveal more details about the Special Counsel investigation as he faces court deadlines in the cases of two men who worked closely with Donald Trump.
Pakistani, Afghan and Chinese officials hold talks in Kabul aimed at ending the region's conflicts.
Yemen's Shiite rebels say they have given control of the port of Hodeida to the coast guard and local administrators. The Yemeni government disputes this claim.
Obama Highway” in honor of former President Barack Obama.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
cabinet whose political party or coalition of parties does not have a majority in the parliament
UEFA confirms that a new annual European football club competition called UEFA Europa League 2 will be introduced in 2021.
Norwegian polar explorer, photographer and writer
Güvercinlik Cd., Bahçekapı Mah., 06797 Etimesgut/Ankara Turkey
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration
United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union
invocation of the EU's withdrawal process for "Brexit"
tragedy happened in Corinaldo, Italy, in 2018
The CENI electoral commission delays the election to 30 December after 80% of the voting machines in the capital were destroyed in a suspected arson last week.
99th season of the National Football League (NFL)
An Italian journalist to the European Parliament who was wounded during a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France, dies of his injuries, raising the death toll to four.
Two police officers are pronounced dead and around 40 people were wounded in the attack.
Potential National Hockey League expansion
Islamic militant group Ansar Al-Furqan claims responsibility.
Three people are left dead in an attack against Libya's Foreign Affairs ministry in Tripoli.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
national intelligence agency of the United States
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Fake bomb threats are sent to dozens of businesses around Canada and the U.S., demanding ransoms in bitcoin.
U.S. researchers say that the Marburg virus has been found for the first time in West African bats, notably in Egyptian rousette fruit bats in Sierra Leone. Marburg is a "cousin" of the Ebola virus disease, which too may be spread by bats.
Baseball Writers' Association of America
largest prime number that is currently known
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
significantly faster advanced rail transport & tech-enhanced infrastructure systems
air strikes over the weekend kill at least 62 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, according to The Pentagon.
The annual Thomson Reuters poll among aid agencies shows that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with its war, hunger and Ebola outbreak, is perceived as the most neglected crisis of 2018. The Central African Republic, with its civil war, is a close second.
At least 23 people are killed and 14 injured in Dang Deukhuri District, Nepal, when a bus carrying students and their teachers returning from a botanical trip runs off a road and plunges 700 meters into a ravine.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
borough of New York City, New York, United States
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
Filipino-Australian model, singer, beauty queen, Miss Universe 2018 (born 1994)
Five people are killed and dozens injured when a train slams into a bus carrying school students in Niš, Serbia.
More than 1,000 aftershocks shake Alaska after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake knocked out power, ripped open roads and splintered buildings in Anchorage.
His coalition government plans to make all public transport completely free by next summer, a world's first.
Baltimore–Washington International Airport
Myanmar's military announces it will resume "clearance operations" in Rakhine State after a recent spike in attacks by unidentified assailants.
International Crisis Group confirm one of it's worker Michael Kovrig is detained in People's Republic of China. Kovrig is a former Canadian diplomat and his detainment come after the China warned Canada of severe consequences if Meng was not released.
Elections are also held for the National Assembly and local councils.
strict or traditionalist Orthodox Judaism
The attack is being treated as a terror-related incident, police have confirmed, and due to concerns over his mental health, the suspect is being held under the Mental Health Act.
conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and rebels
Michael Cohen, the former lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump, is sentenced to three years in prison for making illegal hush money payments to two women with whom Trump allegedly had affairs, and a concurrent sentence of two months for making false statements to Congress about a possible Trump Tower deal in Russia.
weapon that performs all steps necessary to prepare the weapon to fire again after firing
Several Danish municipalities are openly looking for loopholes in the law.
global financial crisis triggered by bursting of the United States housing bubble and the devaluation of housing-related securities
A knife-wielding Palestinian assailant is shot dead in Jerusalem's Old City, after lightly injuring two police officers by stabbing them.
additional period of play to bring a game to a decision
award that honours the best female association football player
city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo votes to create a proper army out of the lightly-armed Kosovo Security Force, with eleven minority Serb deputies boycotting the vote. While the United States lauds the decision, criticism has come from both NATO and the neighbouring country of Serbia.
The Bering Sea, near the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
US Marine Corps general in retirement and former US secretary of defense
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
centre-left political party in Bangladesh
East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship
Troops from both sides will withdraw from the port city within three weeks to allow humanitarian aid coming into the country, which has been plagued by war and famine.
A militant Baloch freedom movement. Balochistan is occupied by Pakistan.
shooting spree in Tulare County, California
Baltimore/Washington International Airport
airport near Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Thousands of students at the University of Tirana in Albania demonstrate against tuition fees.
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
tsunami in coastal regions of Banten and Lampung, Indonesia
Manchester city centre, City of Manchester England
A car bomb near the presidential palace in Mogadishu kills at least 16 people and injures more than 20 others.
Iran accuses the perpetrators of being "foreign-backed terrorists".
Tsunami waves reportedly strike parts of New Caledonia and northern Vanuatu following a magnitude 7.5 earthquake centered near the Loyalty Islands.
method of determining a winner in sports matches which would have otherwise been drawn or tied
North American professional ice hockey topic
The prosecution argues that it found insufficient evidence that they knowingly misled shareholders with over-optimistic company information.
Joining several other Democrats in the race, Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts announces the formation of a presidential exploratory committee for running in the 2020 presidential election.
A bomb explosion outside a busy shopping mall in the city of Cotabato, Philippines, kills 2 people and injures 34 others.
Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
A U.S.-sponsored resolution to condemn Hamas fails to get adopted at the United Nations General Assembly.
city in Alaska, United States of America
census-designated place in Harris County, Texas, United States
southern portion of U.S. state of California
Denmark passes a law that requires new citizens to shake hands with a Danish official at their naturalization ceremony. It is widely believed that the law was made to spite potential Muslim immigrants, who usually refuse to shake hands with people of the opposite gender. Several Danish municipalities are openly looking for loopholes in the law.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
Salome Zurabishvili takes office as President of Georgia.
Armenian citizens vote in the country's first ever snap election and the first one since the Velvet Revolution.
joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing
island in South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province, Indonesia
The annual Thomson Reuters poll among aid agencies shows that the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with its war, hunger and Ebola outbreak, is perceived as the most neglected crisis of 2018.
administering treaties and environmental protocols to reduce CO2 emissions
Date: First phase: 13–22 June 2018 (1 week and 2 days)
maritime warfare branch of Japan's military
head of government of the United Kingdom
upper house of the United States Congress
The draft of a new constitution is approved by the parliament of Cuba. It will be put up for referendum on February 24, 2019.
westernmost region of the African continent
public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
The death toll following the tsunami caused by the Anak Krakatau volcano has risen to at least 429, according to Indonesia's disaster mitigation agency. Also, 1,459 people are injured, while 150 are still missing.
A Polish national who was wounded during a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France, dies of his injuries, raising the death toll to five.
actions to limit climate change in order to reduce the risks of global warming
capital and largest municipality of Spain
Brazilian municipality in the state of Ceará
polar continent in the Southern Hemisphere
National Security Advisor (United States)
species of filamentous virus responsible of hemorrhagic fever
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
monument, circle and neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City
List of governors of the Reserve Bank of India
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)
North American professional ice hockey league
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo head to the polls to determine a successor to incumbent President Joseph Kabila.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 up to 2018
withdrawal agreement from the European Union
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
Seventeen people were killed in deadly clashes between supporters and opponents of the country's ruling party.
ecoregion of plains grasslands without trees
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
Date: 26 October 2018 – 16 December 2018 (7 weeks and 2 days)
A gunman kills two people and injures 14 others in a mass shooting in Strasbourg, France, during the annual Christmas market. The shooter flees the scene but is identified by police as a known extremist. The incident is being treated as an act of terrorism.
second-most populous Islamic denomination
second smallest of the five main islands of Japan
The three men were also convicted of conspiracy with one of the victims to commit insurance fraud.
Argentina lifts a travel ban on Canadian singer Justin Bieber, who had been previously banned from the country for his role in the beating of a photographer in November 2013. A Document of Resolution was signed last week, officially ending Bieber's ban, so Bieber may now freely return to the country.
João de Deus became internationally famous in 2013, when his controversial psychic healing methods were broadcast on Oprah Winfrey's show Oprah's Next Chapter.
conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
One person stranded on the pier is rescued by helicopter.
The incident is being treated as an act of terrorism.
Two buses crash head-on on a highway in Achacachi, Bolivia, leaving at least 17 people dead and 10 injured.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China
Afghanistan’s Electoral Complaints Commission declares all votes cast in Kabul Province to be invalid due to voter fraud and other cases of mismanagement.
A gunman kills two people and wounds seven others in a shooting spree across Tulare County, California.
Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 5 days)
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water
special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Ecuadorian drug trafficker and FARC dissident Walter Arizala is killed in a joint police and military operation near Tumaco. Arízala was wanted for the murder of two Ecuadorian journalists earlier in the year.
Russia's FSB state security agency says it has arrested a U.S.
Four people are killed in a shooting in St. Charles, Missouri, United States. Another person was stabbed but survived. A suspect was arrested soon after. ,
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
A senior Taliban commander, Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, is killed in a U.S.
deadly apartment building collapse attributed to a gas explosion
An explosion caused by a roadside bomb hits a tourist bus in Cairo, Egypt, near the Giza pyramid complex. Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian tour guide are killed, while 12 others are injured.
digital cash system and associated currency
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
flight operation in which one or more aircraft are refueled in flight from another aircraft in flight
Iranian human rights activist and political prisoner
Kovrig is a former Canadian diplomat and his detainment come after the China warned Canada of severe consequences if Meng was not released.
Ecuadorian drug trafficker and FARC dissident Walter Arizala is killed in a joint police and military operation near Tumaco.
architecture designed to minimize environmental and resource impact
In international football, River Plate wins the Copa Libertadores by beating Boca Juniors 3–1 in extra-time (aggregate score 5–3).
American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
Indian soldiers and counterinsurgency police exchange gunfire with militants in the southern district of Pulwama, resulting in the deaths of one soldier and three militants.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2018
Two police officers are injured after a man throws a grenade at them at a shopping centre in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia.
Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America
Flemish nationalist political party in Belgium
major problem limiting international investment
The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search announces the discovery of a new Mersenne prime, 282,589,933-1.
sand- to boulder-sized particle of debris in the Solar System
motorway crossings over the River Severn estuary between England and Wales
Minister of Finance of the State of Israel
any disturbed state of an astronomical body's atmosphere
Bishop had been convicted in December 1990 of the abduction, indecent assault and attempted murder of a seven-year-old girl in February of that year.
She is charged by Canadian and American prosecutors with conspiracy to defraud multiple financial institutions in order to commit evasion of United States sanctions against Iran so as to conduct business with Iran.
organization that seeks to influence government policy and actions and be elected to directly take part on government or legislation
Several highways were closed due to trees falling.
They are accused of aggravated extortion.
ice hockey team in the National Hockey League
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
The Taliban reject peace talks with the Afghan government.
Parts of the Ventura Freeway in Southern California is renamed as “President Barack H. Obama Highway” in honor of former President Barack Obama.
This is the second pepper spray-related incident in the country in three days.
Pope Francis removes Australian prelate George Pell and Chilean prelate Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa from the Council of Cardinal Advisers.
Ten years after the collapse of Belgian financial group Fortis in the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the prosecutor in Brussels decides to drop the case against seven former directors.
The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo votes to create a proper army out of the lightly-armed Kosovo Security Force, with eleven minority Serb deputies boycotting the vote.
13 men are arrested with links to a Jihadist group.
The draft of a new constitution is approved by the parliament of Cuba.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., and its Maryland suburbs, United States
organization in U.S. politics to determine whether someone should run for office
The Pentagon reports it has begun withdrawing U.S.
bridge for which road usage tolls are charged
The attacker shouted "Allah" during the attack.
capital of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Iranian political activist Vahid Sayadi Nasiri, who was jailed for his messages on social media, dies after spending 60 days on hunger strike.
method of non-violent resistance or pressure
Jordi Turull and Jordi Sànchez, jailed Catalan separatist leaders accused of rebellion, start a hunger strike.
various committees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
The motion, which passed by 311 to 293 votes in the House of Commons, was triggered by Theresa May's government failing to publish its legal advice on its Brexit withdrawal plan.
Michel plans to continue with a minority cabinet until the next scheduled election.
U.S. President Donald Trump nominates William Barr to be the new United States Attorney General, a position he held under George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993. Heather Nauert, a former journalist and the incumbent Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, is proposed as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
The Senate of Italy passes the 2019 budget by 167 votes to 78 and three abstentions, following the agreement on December 19 with the European Commission on the size of the structural deficit.
An explosion caused by a roadside bomb hits a tourist bus in Cairo, Egypt, near the Giza pyramid complex.
The Mayor of Skagway, Alaska, Monica Carlson, as well as her mother, are killed after being struck by a tour bus in Washington, D.C. while preparing to visit the White House.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
Huawei says she faces unspecified charges.
Russian serial killer and former policeman Mikhail Popkov is convicted of an additional 56 murders between 1992 and 2007. All of his victims were women.
Mattis says that his views are not well "aligned" with those of the President.
any act committed to defraud an insurance process, when a claimant attempts to obtain some benefit or advantage that one is not entitled to, or when an insurer knowingly denies some benefit that is due
Japan announces its intention to resume commercial whaling in July 2019 after withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission.
capital and most populous city of Russia
Polish President Andrzej Duda signs into law the bill, passed by the Parliament of Poland three weeks ago, reinstating the Supreme Court judges who had been forced out of their jobs when legislation to lower the judges's mandatory retirement age was enacted in July.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
The Afghan National Army abandons the western Shib Koh District after the government failed to resupply troops stationed there. The district, which borders Iran, is now effectively under Taliban control.
2018 bomb threat incidents in the United States, Canada and Australia
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
Major landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre are to shut down amid expected protests this weekend.
The New York City sky lights up in blue after a transformer in Astoria, Queens, explodes.
historic county of England; Celtic nation
The first stage crashes into the ocean near Cape Canaveral and is later recovered.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Eastern Samar
airbase located in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq
United States federal executive department
ongoing split between the Eastern Orthodox patriarchates of Moscow and Constantinople
human settlement in Nazran Urban Okrug, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia
tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France
state highway in Arlington County, Virginia, United States
international climate change conference in Katowice, Poland in December 2018
International Crisis Group confirm one of it's worker Michael Kovrig is detained in People's Republic of China.
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
In field hockey, Belgium wins the title, defeating the Netherlands 3–2 in a sudden death shootout.
In Major League Baseball, the Hall of Fame announces the first members of its 2019 induction class, with Harold Baines and Lee Smith voted in by one of four special committees.
Three Vietnamese tourists and an Egyptian tour guide are killed, while 12 others are injured.
practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property
termination of pregnancy in Republic of Ireland
SpaceX successfully launches CRS-16 on its way to the International Space Station.
Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States
federal government of Belgium (2014-2018)
Former Trump Director of the Office of Management and Budget, White House Chief of Staff
person who collects, writes and distributes news and other information
The Afghan health ministry says that yesterday's attack by a suicide bomber and three gunmen on a government building in Kabul killed at least 43 people.
This addresses one of the issues that has been in dispute with the European Union.
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
N-VA cites its disagreement over the signing of the United Nations Global Compact for Migration.
FARC members continuing to fight since 2016
Richard Arvin Overton, the oldest U.S. veteran from World War II, as well as the oldest American man, dies at age 112. ,
Date: 9 October 2016 – present (6 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army
process of recovering a ship or cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
The new team will start play in the 2021–22 season, bringing the league's membership to 32 teams.
neighborhood in Queens, New York City, United States
gun stocks that can be used to assist in bump firing
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–present)
The two people arrested by police two days earlier are released without charges.
Ecuadorian member of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in Ukraine
Ronnie O'Sullivan wins a record seventh UK Championship snooker title after defeating Mark Allen 10–6 in the final at the Barbican Centre, York.
American broadcast journalist and former government official
The explosion destroyed the shop and the flat above it, killing five people.
capital and largest city of Grand Est; located in the historical region of Alsace
Poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Social issue within the Democratic Republic of the Congo
President Donald Trump signs the First Step Act, a bipartisan prison and sentencing reform bill, into law.
Voters in Bangladesh head to the polls to elect 299 representatives to parliament.
Police believe it is "a deliberate act to disrupt the airport".
A man stabs a local government official and a police officer to death in the streets of Longyan, China, then hijacks a bus and drove it into pedestrians, killing eight people and wounding 22 others.
Scott will become the city's first African-American mayor.
The soldiers then opened fire on a crowd of anti-government protesters who gathered after the battle, killing seven civilians and injuring 40 others.
Nissan, the company's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, and an aide are indicted on charges that Ghosn underreported about ¥5 billion ($44.5 million) of his income.
American centenarian and oldest verified living World War II veteran
Richmond Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington County, Virginia
company providing armed security services
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
South American association football tournament for clubs
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Church bells that had been taken by the United States Army from the Philippines
international incident between Russian and Ukrainian navy
U.S. President Donald Trump nominates William Barr to be the new United States Attorney General, a position he held under George H. W. Bush from 1991 to 1993.
intergovernmental agreement on migration
cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, used by Russia
Marburg is a "cousin" of the Ebola virus disease, which too may be spread by bats.
Chinese state media reports a second Canadian national, Michael Spavor, has been detained on suspicion of endangering state security, while the China foreign ministry say two Canadian nationals are detained in the country.
Hundreds of thousands of passengers are affected.
conflict over the Kashmir region between India, Pakistan and China
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck
President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
In the United Kingdom, a man is tasered by police at the gates of the Palace of Westminster.
mean distance between Earth and the Sun, common length reference in astronomy
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
electroshock weapon sold by Taser International
2018 action-adventure hack and slash video game developed by Santa Monica Studio
Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia
Prime Minister Charles Michel says that the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA) party quits the coalition.
political office of the head of state of Georgia
international governing body for association football in Europe
is elected Mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, defeating Baker Kurrus in the runoff.
Southern half of the Downtown Mall, Charlottesville, Virginia
A car bomb explodes near a police post in Chabahar, Iran.
He was accused of insulting Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Yemen's Shiite rebels say they have given control of the port of Hodeida to the coast guard and local administrators.
municipal arrondissement in Île-de-France, France
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
West Slavic ethnic group native to the Czech Republic
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the country following the yellow vests protests.
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
Xavier Bettel is sworn in for a second term as Prime Minister.
International military intervention against ISIL
North American professional baseball league
President George H. W. Bush is laid to rest at his Presidential Library in College Station, Texas.
active expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family
German politician, former federal minister of defence
events in a specific year or time period
Thirty-three people are hospitalized in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, after pepper spray was fired inside the gym of a school.
unified command of the US Department of Defense
Capital and the second biggest city in Turkey
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
Portion of Jerusalem occupied by Israel in 1967
52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and former Congressman from Montana
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
The U.S. Department of Justice issues a final regulation banning the use of bump stocks, which allow semi-automatic rifles to be fired at a rate similar to that of automatic weapons and became infamous following the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
Amnesty International puts the death toll at 37.
Parts of the Ventura Freeway in Southern California is renamed as “President Barack H.
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
It is not believed to be connected with the 2018 Bitcoin bomb threats.
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station
Neo-Gothic cathedral located in Washington, D.C.
Hinckley Road, Leicester, United Kingdom
21st-century Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Turkish involvement in the Syrian civil war
involvement of Turkey in the Syrian civil war
troops from Syria, with a spokesperson saying that the coalition has liberated ISIL-held territory but also that the campaign is not over.
Authorities said the perpetrator "took revenge on society" after a dispute with local officials about his father's veteran benefits.
railway station in Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK
Thirty-three people are hospitalized in Pavia, Lombardy, Italy, after pepper spray was fired inside the gym of a school. This is the second pepper spray-related incident in the country in three days. On 8 December, six people died when someone fired the spray inside a nightclub, causing a stampede.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou attends a bail hearing in Vancouver while she awaits extradition to the United States.
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver
Russian serial killer and former policeman Mikhail Popkov is convicted of an additional 56 murders between 1992 and 2007.
an election called earlier than expected
It is scheduled to go into effect on March 21, 2019.
price one pays as remuneration for services
act of mass impulse among herd of animals or a crowd of people
The Afghan National Army abandons the western Shib Koh District after the government failed to resupply troops stationed there.
United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
presidential administration of Mexico from 2018 to present
hemisphere of the Moon that always faces away from Earth
the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
impact of a ship on seabed or waterway side
One serviceman is rescued by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, while one is found dead and five are still reported missing.
international airport in West Sussex, England
Two police officers are injured after a man throws a grenade at them at a shopping centre in Nazran, Ingushetia, Russia. The attacker and his accomplice are later shot dead.
Polish lawyer and politician, President of Poland (b. 1972)
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
overview of the links between Trump associates and Russian officials
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
The chief financial officer of Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested on 1 December in Vancouver, Canada.
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
ongoing famine that started during the Yemeni Civil War
2012 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, United States
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
It is widely believed that the law was made to spite potential Muslim immigrants, who usually refuse to shake hands with people of the opposite gender.
section of Jerusalem that remained under Israeli control after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
independent city in Virginia, United States
origin, history and development of conservatism in the United States
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
A gunman kills four people and injures four others at a Catholic cathedral in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
capital and most populous city of France
58th long-term mission to the International Space Station
2018 general election held in Bangladesh
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
head of government of the People's Republic
chemical element with symbol He and atomic number 2; rare gas
According to former CIA officials the arrest was done as a retaliation for the arrest of alleged Russian spy Maria Butina.
bicameral legislature of the United States
directive issued by the President of the United States
advisory role to the Supreme Leader of Iran
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
The Spavor investigation follows the detention of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig on December 10 and Canada's December 1 arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 1 January
measures a stock market to help investors compare stock prices
large unfinished basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain