At least 83 people are killed and 178 injured in a series of bombings in the Damascus suburb Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate. ISIL again claims responsibility.
senior ecclesiastical official of the Catholic Church
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
Southern California Gas Company caps, at least temporarily, the natural gas leak that started last October and has forced thousands to flee their homes.
Former Governor of Florida Jeb Bush suspends his campaign following a disappointing finish in the South Carolina primary.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
Maldives jails opposition leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla for terrorism. It is claimed that he urged the overthrow of the government in a speech.
Cyclone Winston heads towards Fiji at Category 5 strength. It is expected to make landfall on Saturday.
al Shabaab militants claim to have captured the port of Merca (Marka) after African Union and Somali Armed Forces withdraw.
Cross-border shelling from Yemen kills a Saudi Arabian border guard in the Jizan Region.
Syria condemns Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, and demands, in letters to the United Nations Secretary-General and the Security Council President, UN action on these violations of Syrian sovereignty.
terminate the contract of England international footballer Adam Johnson after he pleads guilty to two charges relating to child sexual abuse.
Emergency warnings are issued after bushfires threaten the Victorian towns of Mount Bolton and Addington northwest of Ballarat as well as the town of Somerville, Victoria, on the Mornington Peninsula.
family of languages and dialects indigenous to North Africa
court-ordered correctional supervision in the community; either community sentence (alternative to incarceration) or parole
The Polynesian state of Tonga declares a Zika virus epidemic with two confirmed cases and 265 suspected cases.
Vice President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016
combined coal and oil power plant and natural-gas power plant in Great Britain
international quasi-judicial body established to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration
Clashes break out and turn into a riot in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on the pretext that the police try to close down illegal food vendors.
political movement in Iran to change the system to include more freedom and democracy
Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister of Russia, says that Russia's bombing campaign will continue until terrorist organisations like ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra are defeated; the Syrian opposition's High Negotiations Committee has voiced outrage at an ongoing government offensive backed by Russian air power and called for a halt to air strikes against civilians, among other demands.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blasts the United States over its support for Syrian Kurdish groups which Turkey considers to be terrorists.
Royal Air Force Typhoons intercept two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bombers heading towards UK airspace over the North Sea.
small mobile medical unit, or mini hospital, that temporarily takes care of casualties on-site
coal-mining town in the Komi Republic, Russia
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announces his resignation. President Francois Hollande says he will nominate Fabius to lead the country's Constitutional Council.
Voters in the American state of South Carolina go to the polls for the South Carolina primary for the Republican Party with Donald Trump winning and Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio in a close race for second.
scrap a controversial £77 ticket pricing plan for the 2016–17 season following a backlash by the club's supporters and a mass walkout during last week's game with Sunderland A.F.C.
Philippine security forces kill as many as 42 ISIL-linked militants, and captures their stronghold in the predominantly Muslim Lanao del Sur province.
The 2016 Brit Awards are held at The O2 in London with James Bay, Adele, Tame Impala, Justin Bieber, Bjork, and Coldplay all winning their respective categories.
F-22 stealth fighters, escorted by other U.S.
Chadian politician, former and final Prime Minister of Chad
Russia's Finance Ministry sues Ukraine in London's High Court of Justice over a $3 billion debt. Payment was due December 21, 2015. Negotiations between Kiev and Moscow have not reached an agreement. Over the last 6 months Ukrainian government officials repeatedly stated they refuse to pay the debt.
U.S. airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit an ISIS radio station and kill 29 militants.
Authorities say at least 19 people have been killed in the three-day demonstrations.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proclaims Turkey's right to launch operations in Syria against “terrorist organizations.” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu tells reporters, "The only thing we expect from our U.S. ally is to support Turkey with no ifs or buts."
Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars wins the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey's Incirlik Air Base ahead of a planned ground invasion of Syria.
Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, announces she will resign in July when her appointment ends.
Queen consort of Bhutan as the wife of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Hamas reports it has executed one of its commanders, Mahmoud Eshtewi, for “moral and behavioral violations.” Human Rights Watch, contacted by Eshtewi’s family, had been monitoring the case.
autoimmune disease that causes the immune system to attack part of the peripheral nervous system
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.1 earthquake strike in Oklahoma, the state's third strongest quake, northwest of Oklahoma City. No damage or injuries are reported. Oklahoma has recently experienced a surge in seismic activity, leading to calls for the governor to make changes to oil- and gas-drilling regulations.
At least 15 people are killed and 58 injured after rockets reportedly fired by rebels hit pro-government neighborhoods in the southern city of Daraa.
Police acknowledge that an earlier report that a 14-year-old girl died is incorrect; she is alive, but "severely, gravely" injured.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of South Dakota
The United States sends more troops to Afghanistan's southern Helmand province to shore up security forces who are facing sustained attacks from the Taliban.
A federal appeals court rules in favor of Samsung on several issues arising out of that company's long-running patent dispute with Apple, overturning a $120 million jury verdict in Apple's favor in 2014.
Łukasz Kamiński, head of the Institute of National Remembrance says a newly found document, seized this week from the house of Poland's last communist-era interior minister, Czesław Kiszczak, suggests that former Polish President Lech Wałęsa was an informant for the Polish People's Republic's secret security service during the 1970–76 period.
Richland Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Seven Libyan National Army soldiers are killed fighting ISIL militants in Benghazi.
2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician
Thirty-six people are believed to have died at a coal mine where a methane gas ignition triggered three explosions and the collapse of the mine in Vorkuta, Russia.
The executive of Ukraine, consisting of the prime minister and cabinet ministers.
Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a warning not to approach it. The volcano, located in the southern Kagoshima Prefecture, is situated 50km from the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
The Revenant wins best film with lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio winning the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
The Syrian Army, backed by the Russian Air Force, says it has captured the town of Kinsabba in the northwest Latakia Governorate.
Billy Kenoi, the mayor of Hawaii's Big Island, declares a state of emergency to deal with the growing outbreak of dengue fever, which is spread by infected mosquitoes.
Three Palestinian assailants are shot dead in separate attacks on Israeli security forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is named MVP. Newton becomes the first black quarterback to win the award outright (Steve McNair shared the award in 2004 with Peyton Manning).
The European Parliament adopts a resolution calling for the introduction of an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, saying the United Kingdom, France and other EU governments should no longer sell weapons to a country accused of targeting civilians in Yemen.
Australian icebreaker, Aurora Australis, runs aground in Antarctica with 68 people on board. There are no reports of injuries. The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) said blizzard conditions are hampering attempts to assess damage.
Australian electronics retailer Dick Smith, placed in administration by creditors in January, will close 301 stores in Australia and 62 in New Zealand with nearly 3000 people to lose their jobs.
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
North American professional sports league
Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported that 14 people were killed and 484 injured.
Almost all of those killed have been recovered from the rubble from this building; the 100-plus missing are likely buried in the debris.
Jocelerme Privert is elected as the interim President of Haiti pending elections later this year.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention rules that Julian Assange is being arbitrarily detained.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
The Syrian Army, backed by the Russian Air Force, takes control of the town of Ratyan in the Aleppo Governorate, after defeating Al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham fighters.
John Kerry, the United States Secretary of State, says that a meeting of 17 ministers in Munich has agreed to a ceasefire within a week and delivery of humanitarian assistance beginning immediately.
Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a shooting outside an Orlando, Florida nightclub.
New York businessman Donald Trump wins the Republican Party primary while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic Party primary.
At least 13 killed in a hotel fire in Erbil, Iraq.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says one of its soldiers was recently killed while fighting the Houthis in Yemen.
2016 Republican Party presidential candidates
selection of Republican US presidential candidate
Center for Strategic and International Studies
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes
The 2016 Brit Awards are held at The O2 in London with James Bay, Adele, Tame Impala, Justin Bieber, Bjork, and Coldplay all winning their respective categories. Adele won four awards in total.
One person is killed, and two are seriously injured when a construction crane collapses in Lower Manhattan's Tribeca district.
The 2016 NBA All-Star Game is held in Toronto, Canada, with the Western Conference All-Stars defeating the Eastern Conference All-Stars 196 to 173.
The United Nations reports that civilian casualties reached a record level in 2015; at least 3,545 non-combatants were killed and 7,457 injured.
city in South Korea, capital of Gangwon Province
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
A roadside bomb hits a military convoy, killing six Turkish Army soldiers in the southeast Diyarbakır Province.
At least six people are killed and more than 30 injured in a twin suicide attack in Cameroon near the border with Nigeria.
United Kingdom's national weather service
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority
an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health
Protesters rally against Islam and immigration in several European cities amid growing tensions over the massive influx of asylum-seekers to the continent.
Adair Turner former head of the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority, warns against the growth of peer-to-peer lending, telling the BBC that the practice will cause grave losses over the next five to ten years.
American football player and coach (1927-2015)
The People's Republic of China charges Zhao Liping, former Police Chief for Inner Mongolia with murder, bribery and possession of fire arms and explosives.
This makes Sanders the first Jewish and the first self-described democratic socialist to win a U.S.
Asked to assess the chances of the ceasefire deal succeeding, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says 49 percent while German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says 51 percent
The French president François Hollande reshuffles his cabinet, bringing in three ministers from two green parties, Europe Ecology – The Greens and Écologistes !; former Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Ayrault is named as the new Foreign Minister replacing Laurent Fabius who resigned earlier in the week.
Voters in Jamaica go to the polls for a general election, with the Jamaican Labour Party, led by Andrew Holness, winning a narrow victory.
The bodies of nine Indian Army soldiers killed in an avalanche on the Siachen Glacier will be transported to Delhi.
Apple Inc. says it will appeal a court order to create a backdoor for an iPhone 5C belonging to Syed Farook who conducted the 2015 San Bernardino attack.
land combat and transportation vehicles which are designed for or are significantly used by military forces
Voters in Comoros go to the polls for a presidential election with 25 candidates standing.
most populous city in the United States of America
China's State Council announces that Liu Shiyu, who had been chairman of the Agricultural Bank of China Limited, will replace Xiao Gang as head of the China's Securities Regulatory Commission.
Twin brothers are killed and six others injured in a sledding accident on an Olympic bobsledding course at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.
Hashim Thaçi is elected the President of Kosovo by the Parliament amid violent protests.
A new study by scientists from 14 research institutions, that is published in the March 2016 Global Change Biology Journal, finds all U.S. forests are threatened by drought and climate change.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
The jewels of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos are to be auctioned. Valued at $21 million (USD), they were seized by the government when her husband Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown.
A Turkish soldier is killed following a clash on the Syria–Turkey border with an armed group trying to enter Turkey illegally.
Two ISIL suicide bombers attack a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people.
University of British Columbia’s Michael Brauer reports new research shows more than 5.5 million people die prematurely every year from air pollution, the world's fourth highest risk factor for death.
Al-Qaeda militants take control of the southern Yemeni town of Ahwar in the Abyan Governorate.
A pregnant woman is reported with the Zika virus in Spain - the first case in Europe.
Two suicide bombers kill 70 people and injure more than 100 others at a crowded market in Sadr City, Iraq. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
Republican Party voters, in precinct gatherings, hold the Nevada caucuses with Donald Trump winning, Marco Rubio coming second, and Ted Cruz finishing in third place.
Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu wins the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant.
The French defense ministry declined to comment, citing a policy not to comment on special forces' activities.
The French data protection authority and the independent watchdog CNIL cite Facebook for breaching privacy laws by the collection and transfer of 30 million users' Internet data, and by tracking non-users. Companies are no longer protected by the International Safe Harbor pact that was ruled illegal last October.
A car bomb kills two policemen at a checkpoint in Russia's republic of Dagestan.
American politician and former Governor of Virginia
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda says tomorrow’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be peaceful, and urges all registered citizens to vote.
asset management company based in Canada
Russia has announced that it will ask permission to fly unarmed surveillance planes over the United States citing the Open Skies Treaty.
An attack by suspected Islamist militants on a MINUSMA base in the town of Kidal, northern Mali, kills at least five United Nations peacekeepers and injures 30 others.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan gives birth to a son, the heir apparent of the Bhutanese throne.
Bosnia and Herzegovina formally applies to join the European Union.
Twelve nations, including the United States, sign the deal at SkyCity Auckland in Auckland, New Zealand.
most senior politician within the Labour Party in the United Kingdom
In the[United States, the South Dakota legislature passes a bill requiring students, even those identifying as transgender, to use the school bathroom corresponding to their sex at birth.
Israeli politician, prime minister of Israel
Salva Kiir, the President of South Sudan, appoints rebel leader Riek Machar as Vice President in a bid to end a two year civil war.
association football club in Sunderland, England
At an event hosted by Center for Strategic and International Studies, Foreign Minister Wang Yi expresses China's concerns that the planned deployment of the THAAD missile defense system and the X band radar for which the South Korea and the United States have started talks to secure its approval in order to counter the growing threat of North Korea's weapons capabilities could jeopardize the country's "legitimate national security interests." At the Pentagon, Harry Harris, the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, said that if China wanted to prevent consideration of the THAAD system's deployment, it should lean on Pyongyang saying, "If China wanted to exert a lot of influence on somebody to prevent THAAD from being considered going into Korea, then they should exert that influence on North Korea."
airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan hit an ISIS radio station and kill 29 militants.
Voters in the state of New Hampshire go to the polls for the first primary election in this year's presidential cycle.
Ministry of Ecological Transition (France)
Japan puts its military on alert to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it following an announcement by North Korea of a planned "Earth observation launch".
continuous series of wars in Afghanistan
Water supply is restored to the Indian city of Delhi as repairs are made to the vital Munak canal after the Jat reservation agitation is resolved.
Police say "investigations show that he has been trained militarily in Syria".
a financial account maintained by a bank or other financial institution
A report by the Taiwanese Defense Ministry states that China has placed surface-to-air missiles on the disputed Woody Island. Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen called on all parties to "exercise self-control based on the principle of peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea," while Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of the US Pacific Fleet, said that such a move would be "a militarization of the South China Sea in ways" that Mainland China's leader Xi Jinping had pledged not to make.
The United Arab Emirates pulls its troops out of Yemen amid mounting casualties among its forces battling Shia Houthi militants and rising tensions with local fighters in Aden, southern Yemen, which escalated yesterday when Aden International Airport was stormed by local pro-government gunmen. The airport has now been closed.
The World Health Organization declares the spread of the Zika virus a global public health emergency requiring an urgent, united response.
Greece claims that Macedonia has closed its borders to migrants from Afghanistan.
bilateral relations between Iran and Russia
Three people die in Colombia after contracting the Zika virus and developing Guillain–Barré syndrome.
Pakistan arrests 97 people allegedly involved in terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who were allegedly plotting a variety of attacks including a plan to get Daniel Pearl's killer out of prison.
Zika virus outbreak in the Americas (2015–present)
The Vatican commission on sexual abuse announces that Peter Saunders, a sexual abuse survivor from the U.K., is suspended from commission proceedings. "I am not leaving my position," Saunders said, adding only the person who appointed him, the Pope, can dismiss him.
Turkish Air Force base near Incirlik, Turkey
The death toll from the earthquake rises to 94 with 550 people injured, and at least 30 more missing and believed buried in the apartment complex rubble in Tainan.
Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a general election. Exit polls indicate that the ruling coalition of Fine Gael party led by Enda Kenny and the Labour Party will fall short of re-election with 34% of the vote between them.
85th season in the history of the National Football League
Two men are sentenced to death for the murder of Tibetan religious leader Akong Rinpoche, his nephew and his driver in 2013.
port city in the southern Lower Shebelle province of Somalia
A shootout in Abingdon, Maryland results in the deaths of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies and the suspected gunman. ,
series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines in 1986 that overthrew Ferdinand Marcos
There are no reports of damage or injuries.
At an event hosted by Center for Strategic and International Studies, Foreign Minister Wang Yi expresses China's concerns that the planned deployment of the THAAD missile defense system and the X band radar for which the South Korea and the United States have started talks to secure its approval in order to counter the growing threat of North Korea's weapons capabilities could jeopardize the country's "legitimate national security interests." At the Pentagon, Harry Harris, the commander of U.S.
Operation Enduring Freedom – Philippines
A Taliban suicide bomb attack outside a police office in central Kabul kills at least 9 people.
In the last two days, the Syrian Army captured positions at the Hama and Raqqa provincial border, and is set to move against the Islamic State in the Raqqa Governorate, according to a Syrian military source.
Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports Russian airstrikes on several rebel-held neighborhoods in the city of Aleppo, kills at least 21 civilians.
The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service state that the three people missing since a decommissioned turbine hall partially collapsed at Didcot A power station in Oxfordshire, England, yesterday are unlikely to still be alive.
legal procedure by which the police commence search of an entity's property and confiscate any relevant evidence
Jat ,Jatt and Jutt are Social group of India and Pakistan
The Nikkei reports that Japan's Sharp Corporation has accepted a 700 billion Japanese yen ($6.2 billion) takeover bid from Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union
international organization of petroleum-exporting countries
Denny Hamlin wins the 2016 Daytona 500 by 0.011 seconds, the closest margin in the history of the race, and the 13th-closest in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series history.
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested while trying to obtain copies of the official election results.
A suicide bomber kills at least 26 and injures nearly 50 in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar Province near the border with Pakistan.
Martin O'Malley is suspending Presidential Campaign after Iowa Vote.
largest Christian church, led by the pope
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Turkey says its military shelled Kurdish PYD positions in Azaz, in northern Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the Menagh Military Airbase and a nearby village, recently captured by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces group, were also hit.
Egyptian authorities order the closure of the Egyptian branch of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), a prominent NGO that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats torture victims. Amnesty International condemns the closure of the Nadeem centre, saying the NGO gives a lifeline to hundreds of victims of torture and families of people subjected to enforced disappearances.
China says it expects to lay off 1.8 million state workers in the coal and steel sectors, or about 15 percent of the industries' workforce, as part of efforts to reduce industrial overcapacity.
international governing body of association football
district and town in Balıkesir Province, Turkey
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
A series of shootings in and near the American town of Hesston, Kansas, results in at least four deaths, including the shooter, at an Excel Industries building, with up to 20 people injured. The shooter is Cedric Ford, a convicted felon. [permanent dead link]
Colombian authorities are investigating the discovery of at least 100 dismembered bodies in a sewer system underneath La Modelo prison in Bogotá.
National Football League Defensive Player of the Year Award
earth observation satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016
Ted Cruz wins the Republican caucus; this makes him the first Hispanic person to win an Iowa caucus. Fox News Latino
Turkish Air Force jets bomb Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) bases in Iraqi Kurdistan just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan blamed Kurdish militants for the 2016 Ankara bombing.
The government shuts down social media at the request of the electoral commission which says it is a security matter.
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) reportedly take control of the Menagh Military Airbase in the northern Aleppo Governorate after Ahrar ash-Sham, Levant Front and Free Syrian Army fighters withdraw amid Russian airstrikes.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe assigns all diamond mining operations to the newly formed, government-run Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company, and orders eight foreign diamond mining companies from the country.
diplomatic relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Austria
Clashes break out and turn into a riot in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong on the pretext that the police try to close down illegal food vendors. Nearly 90 police officers are injured.
The United States will present the draft resolution, resulting from yesterday's meeting with China, to the United Nations Security Council expanding sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear program.
Voters in Niger go to the polls for a general election.
South Korea's intelligence agency claims that North Korea is preparing for another nuclear test.
Discrimination against non-binary people
part of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Greek mainland, the Turkish mainland, Crete, and Rhodes
The B-21 is designed to replace the aging fleet of B-1 Lancer and B-52 bombers.
district in Bangladesh's Rangpur Division
The campus is on lockdown, but there is no active shooter situation any longer.
The LIGO Scientific Collaboration experiment announces the first direct observation of gravitational waves.
American businesswoman and politician (born 1954)
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière strongly criticizes Austria's decision to put a daily cap on the number of refugees the country can accept. Austria has set a limit of dealing with 80 asylum applications a day, while letting thousands of others transit to Germany. Maiziere said this sends "the wrong signal" and is "unacceptable".
One person is killed and seven others are injured in a shooting outside a Rochester, New York sports bar.
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Four policemen are killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in Kandahar, Afghanistan. [permanent dead link]
Fiji's known casualties are 42 dead, one missing, and more than 100 injured. Authorities say five percent of the country (45,245 people) is staying in evacuation centers and about 80 schools have been damaged. UNICEF reports at least 120,000 of Fiji's children have been affected. The current identified destruction is more than $1 billion. About 80 percent of the plantations were damaged, especially sugar fields. However, tourism's infrastructure has escaped serious damage.
Storm Imogen is set to impact the British Isles with 80mph winds and heavy rain.
A planned refugee shelter is set on fire in Bautzen, German state of Saxony.
Tainan mayor William Lai warns the death toll probably will exceed 100. "There are more fatalities than those pulled out," he said.
The President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe declares a state of disaster in most rural parts of the country due to a prolonged drought.
The United States Department of State releases the final batch of emails recovered from the private server of former Secretary of State and Democratic Party front runner in the race for the nomination for the 2016 presidential election.
The NIS warning covered a large number of possible targets, including "subways, shopping malls, exhibition centers, power plants" as well as possible cyber attacks.
The volcano, located in the southern Kagoshima Prefecture, is situated 50km from the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant.
A report by two Israeli human rights groups, B'Tselem and HaMoked, states dozens of Palestinian detainees at the Shin Bet's Shikma interrogation facility in Ashkelon have been subjected to mistreatment, and in some cases torture. The report examined affidavits and personal accounts from 116 Palestinians held for security reasons at the facility between August 2013 and March 2014.
county seat of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
Storm Imogen is set to impact the British Isles with 80mph winds and heavy rain. The United Kingdom's Met Office issues warnings for South West England, particularly the Cornish coast due to large waves, and South Wales.
petroleum-derived liquid used primarily as a fuel
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda says tomorrow’s presidential and parliamentary elections will be peaceful, and urges all registered citizens to vote. Seven candidates are vying to unseat President Museveni, who has been in office since 1986.
The earthquake toppled two high-rise buildings in the city of Tainan with at least 160 people rescued and many more trapped inside.
However, tourism's infrastructure has escaped serious damage.
United States congressional elections, 2016
The United States and Russia broker a truce which is due to come into effect on midnight 27 February.
Leonardo DiCaprio wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in The Revenant.
South Korea's National Intelligence Service warns that North Korea is currently planning a "terrorist attack" on South Korea, saying Kim Jong-un himself gave the order to North Korea's State Security Department to make preparations for attacks. The NIS warning covered a large number of possible targets, including "subways, shopping malls, exhibition centers, power plants" as well as possible cyber attacks.
Protesters demanding a $15 minimum wage stormed the venue in front of local and national media prior to the start of the sixth debate, this one between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Comoros authorities are counting ballots from Sunday's incident-free, presidential primary on Grande Comore island.
At least one person has been killed and three people remain missing following the partial collapse of a decommissioned turbine hall at Didcot A Power Station in Oxfordshire, England.
The United States deploys an additional Patriot missile battery to South Korea in response to North Korea's recent rocket launch.
2015–2016 wave of violence in Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Tara Air Flight 193 crashes in western Nepal, killing all 23 people on board.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Three Americans abducted last month in Baghdad are freed by the Iraqi National Intelligence Service.
Date: 16 April 2009 – 19 December 2017 (8 years, 8 months and 3 days)
Venezuela, facing an economic crisis, raises the price of gasoline for the first time in 20 years.
John McAfee, creator of the anti-virus software McAfee, Inc.
A train derails near the Dutch town of Dalfsen with reports of at least one death and several injured.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announces its induction class of 2016, consisting of eight figures: players Brett Favre, Kevin Greene, Marvin Harrison, Orlando Pace, Ken Stabler, and Dick Stanfel; coach Tony Dungy; and owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr., to be inducted as a contributor. The induction ceremony will take place on August 6 at the Hall of Fame complex in Canton, Ohio.
Voters in Uganda go to the polls for a general election to elect a new President of Uganda as well as for parliamentary and local elections. The Presidential race with eight candidates including incumbent Yoweri Museveni and seven challengers is tipped to be the closest in the nation's history.
United Nations special envoy Staffan de Mistura says, assuming the ceasefire holds, he will reconvene formal peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, March 7.
upper house of the California State Legislature
They said that the French forces, along with American and British teams, are setting up an operations room inside Benina International Airport in Benina.
Italian author and philosopher Umberto Eco dies at the age of 84.
Several tents and wooden shacks were set on fire by migrants.
Center-rigth political party in South Africa
Ali's request for transparent booths was rejected last week.
At least 14 people are killed and 32 wounded in battles in the eastern city of Benghazi, most in the Boatni neighborhood, between the Libyan National Army and Islamist militants.
According to exit polls, Bolivian voters reject a constitutional amendment that would have permitted President Evo Morales to stand for a fourth term in office.
A man shoots six people dead at an education centre in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia.
Voters in Iran go to the polls for an Islamic Consultative Assembly and Assembly of Experts elections.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States.
Following the United States Supreme Court's denial of North Carolina's request to use the current district map, the state's legislature meets the deadline for a court-ordered reapportionment of its congressional voting districts.
Italian refugee documentary Fire at Sea, directed by Gianfranco Rosi, wins the 66th Berlin International Film Festival's Golden Bear award for best film.
Ten people are killed and more than 40 injured when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up near a Pakistani security forces truck in Quetta, Pakistan.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
The South Korean Navy fires warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat after it crossed the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea and entered South Korean-controlled waters.
drops Manny Pacquiao as an endorser after his remarks about LGBT people.
cantata by Salieri, Mozart and Cornetti (identity unknown), libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte
One Indian soldier, buried in the snow for six days, is rescued from last week's Siachen Glacier avalanche, however the other nine soldiers from the army post in the Himalayan region of Kashmir didn't survive. [permanent dead link]
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
The Syrian Army and its allies capture the town of Ataman, near the city of Daraa.
At least five policemen are killed in an attack on a police station in Aden.
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
Two female suicide bombers kill more than 58 people at a camp for displaced people in Dikwa, Nigeria.
Four people are killed after a minibus hit a landmine near a Ukrainian military checkpoint in the Donetsk Oblast.
Large entertainment district in London, England
Chief Administrative Officer; Head of the UN Secretariat
Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu says Turkey will continue to target Kurdish YPG fighters in Syria near its border, despite mounting pressure to stop the attacks.
In Cairo, thousands of doctors protest against police impunity following the assault, allegedly by Egyptian police officers, of two doctors in a hospital last week. Protests here are rare since enactment of a law limiting demonstrations to those with prior police approval. Another protest is planned across all hospitals for February 20.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission orders manufacturers of self-balancing scooters (hoverboards) to ensure their products meet safety standards or face recall, or seizure at ports.
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
refugees and displaced persons from the ongoing conflict
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
2011–2019 external impact of the Syrian Civil War
association football section of multi-sports club Fenerbahçe SK
A suicide bomb attack in Syria's capital Damascus kills at least 10 people. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
head of the United States Department of State
An Indonesian Air Force plane on a routine training flight crashes into a house in the city of Malang in the East Java province, killing four people and injuring one.
FIFA's Court of Arbitration for Sport denies presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan's request to postpone Friday's presidential election. Ali's request for transparent booths was rejected last week.
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Wasco, California, about 25 miles northwest of Bakersfield. There are no reports of damage or injuries.
Date: 19 July 2012 – 22 December 2016 (4 years, 5 months and 3 days)
Protests and revolutions in the Arab world in the 2010s
According to Indian Police, at least one person is killed and up to 20 people injured during, what became violent, protests by the Jat agricultural community in Rohtak, India, for a 10 percent increase in the number of their caste quota (affirmative action).
The Maryland House of Delegates and Senate override Governor Larry Hogan's veto of a bill extending felons' voting rights to those who have not completed the terms of their probation or parole. The law goes into effect March 10, 2016.
South Korea shuts off the supply of electricity and water to the Kaesong Industrial Region.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
All of the victims are Filipino workers.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Ovalle in Chile's central region.
A 12-year old girl, who was not shot, is alive.
A Scud missile fired from Yemen is intercepted over Saudi Arabia. The missile's target is believed to have been the King Khalid Air Base, near the city of Khamis Mushait.
football stadium in London, England, UK, inaugurated in March 2007
heavy bomber aircraft designed to drop large amounts of ordnance
At least 13 killed in a hotel fire in Erbil, Iraq. All of the victims are Filipino workers.
A man is killed and three other employees are injured following a suspected meteorite strike in a garden outside the Bharathidasan Engineering College in Tamil Nadu, India.
department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
South Korea starts withdrawing its nationals from the Kaesong Industrial Region in protest to recent actions by North Korea.
A report by Dame Janet Smith finds that management at the BBC staff knew of complaints against Jimmy Savile but did not advise senior management due to a "culture of fear".
marriage of persons of the same sex or gender
The United Nations Security Council condemns North Korea's long-range missile launch, a violation of numerous U.N. resolutions.
China has announced it will back a United Nations resolution to make North Korea "pay the necessary price" for the recent rocket launch.
defunct real estate company from New York City
European Union leaders unanimously agree on reforms aimed at keeping the United Kingdom in the 28-nation bloc before the country's scheduled 23 June 2016 referendum on continuing EU membership.
At least five people are reported dead and entire villages have been flattened after Cyclone Winston hits Fiji.
The U.S. Senate confirms the nominations of the ambassadors to Norway and Sweden, and of two State Department officials once Senator Ted Cruz lifted his months-long hold on the nominations because of his objection to the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA).
spiritual master in Kagyu school, who brought tibetan buddhism in Europe (1940-2013)
Saudi air defenses intercept a Scud missile fired from Yemen as it headed towards the city of Khamis Mushait, in the southwestern 'Asir Region.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) says it is ready to deploy ground troops to Syria as part of an international coalition to fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, if said coalition was led by the United States.
National Intelligence Service (South Korea)
Air Kasthamandap Flight 9N-AJB, from Nepalgunj headed to the Jumla District, crashes in a field in the Kalikot District mountains in northern Nepal, killing the two pilots and injuring all nine passengers, one seriously.
A man is killed and three other employees are injured following a suspected meteorite strike in a garden outside the Bharathidasan Engineering College in Tamil Nadu, India. Witnesses say they saw a mysterious object fall from the sky. If confirmed, this would be the first recorded fatality from a meteorite strike.
Exit polls indicate that the ruling coalition of Fine Gael party led by Enda Kenny and the Labour Party will fall short of re-election with 34% of the vote between them.
Five adults and one child are found stabbed to death in the Chicago neighborhood of Gage Park in the U.S.
Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria. At least ten people are dead, one person is missing and presumed dead, about 80 are injured, and 17 are seriously or critically injured. The rescue is difficult – resembling a mountain-type rescue – because of a nearby river and a steep incline and a curve in the tracks; rescue helicopters had to be used. It is one of Bavaria's and Germany's deadliest-ever railroad accidents. Human error is being examined as a possibility.
second largest sheriff's office in Maryland, United States
highest court in the U.S. state of Maryland
American author Harper Lee dies at the age of 89.
State Council of the People's Republic of China
chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States government public health agency
At least three people are killed and more than 50 hospitalized from a 50-plus-car pileup amid strong winds and a whiteout along, the now closed, I-78 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the U.S. More than 70 people are in a shelter at Jonestown Fire Station.
2016 United States presidential election
President Francois Hollande says he will nominate Fabius to lead the country's Constitutional Council.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
political division that is directly overseen by the United States federal government
The main Syrian opposition group says a temporary truce is possible if the Syrian government's allies, including Russia, "halt all fighting" in the war-torn country. A pause in Russian bombardments appears unlikely.
A man fatally stabs 14 family members before taking his own life in the Indian city of Thane.
Jim Gilmore suspends his campaign for the Republican Party nomination.
Republican candidate Ted Cruz fires campaign spokesman Rick Tyler who posted incorrect information on Twitter about candidate Marco Rubio.
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) said blizzard conditions are hampering attempts to assess damage.
"I am not leaving my position," Saunders said, adding only the person who appointed him, the Pope, can dismiss him.
North Korea brings forward the date of a potential satellite launch to as early as tomorrow.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
Médecins Sans Frontières reports that an air strike has destroyed a hospital in the Idlib Governorate of northwest Syria, with seven people killed and at least eight people missing, presumed to be dead.
Three people are stabbed, including one person critically wounded, and several people are arrested after a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally in Anaheim, California turns violent.
Former California state senator Leland Yee is sentenced to five years imprisonment in a U.S. Federal prison after being convicted of corruption.
Ansar Dine, a militant Islamist group linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claims responsibility for yesterday's attack on a United Nations base in Kidal, northern Mali, that killed six UN peacekeepers, all from neighboring Guinea.
area for semi-permanent and mobile homes
Pope Francis calls for a worldwide ban on the death penalty and urges Christian leaders to work to stop executions as part of the church's Holy Year of Mercy.
Following the United States Supreme Court's denial of North Carolina's request to use the current district map, the state's legislature meets the deadline for a court-ordered reapportionment of its congressional voting districts. Congressional primaries are rescheduled to June 7, 2016, from March 15.
A Hindu priest is hacked to death and two devotees, who tried to intercede, are wounded in a temple in the Panchagarh District in northern Bangladesh.
historic county of England; Celtic nation
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) reports three people are found alive in the rubble of a hospital in northwest Syria hit by Russian airstrikes Monday.
At least 37 people die in the Indian state of Gujarat after a passenger bus plunges off a bridge over the Purna River.
capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria Founder ottoman empair
All four remaining occupiers leave the refuge and surrender.
Type of astronomy involving observation of gravitational waves
A shootout in Abingdon, Maryland results in the deaths of two Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies and the suspected gunman.
Nike, Inc. drops Manny Pacquiao as an endorser after his remarks about LGBT people.
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
Witnesses say they saw a mysterious object fall from the sky.
Brie Larson wins the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Room.
The United Nations mission in Mali confirms that the Malian armed forces had retaken a UN Police base in Timbuktu from unknown assailants that attacked it earlier in the day.
North Korea launches a long range rocket that critics claim is a test of banned technology for a long range missile that could hit the United States.
The Constitutional Court of Colombia rules on banning all mining activities in the Páramo ecosystems due to environmental concerns.
major bank in the People's Republic of China
Germany calls for a no-fly zone in northern Syria which could, among other things, reduce the number of displaced Syrians. Similar requests have been made by Turkey and others throughout the 5-year-old war. Russia rejects this strategy without Syria's consent.
port city and temporary capital of Yemen
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Christchurch in New Zealand. The St. John ambulance service says that several people suffered minor injuries from falls as they ran from the quake but there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
A snow storm in the United States is affecting multiple regions in Colorado, California and elsewhere, with more than 70,000 people in southern California losing power.
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
British-American programmer and businessman (1945–2021)
person who collects, writes and distributes news and other information
largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
association football club in Manchester, England
December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California
Vice President of Taiwan, Taiwanese politician, doctor
CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye tells NBC News no hoverboard currently on the market meets these standards.
Three people die after a tornado hits the town of Waverly, Virginia.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
national referendums held in Switzerland in 2016
American music award for excellent albums
Preliminary results shows that Pervasive Coalition of Reformists has won a majority in Tehran district and some other big cities, as Principlists Coalition won seats in smaller cities.
European Union observers state that the election was held in an "intimidating atmosphere".
A suicide bomber kills at least 13 recruits at a Yemeni Army base run by forces loyal to ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in the southern port city of Aden. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility for the attack.
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
global international and intergovernmental organization
Three South Korean army soldiers die after a Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopter crashes in the city of Chuncheon, Gangwon Province.
nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary working residents
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
human settlement in Los Angeles, California, United States of America
American physician and politician (born 1963)
Voters in the Central African Republic go to the polls for the second round of voting in the presidential election, a runoff between former prime ministers Anicet-Georges Dologuélé (1999–2001) and Faustin-Archange Touadéra (2008–13).
Democratic candidate Martin O'Malley suspends his campaign.
storage and delivery agent of information or data
movement aiming to remove Vladimir Putin from his offices
More than 70 people are in a shelter at Jonestown Fire Station.
Iran holds talks with Russia over buying an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system.
Australian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
One person has died and hundreds of people have been evacuated after heavy rain in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces that he will visit Cuba next month becoming the first American president to visit Cuba since 1928.
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum withdraws from the race.
Authorities are concerned about its potential use by Islamic State, or the like, to develop a dirty bomb weapon.
A pregnant Australian woman in the state of Queensland tests positive for the Zika virus.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says his country is willing to accept some asylum seekers from the Middle East and Asia, currently in detention camps on impoverished Pacific island nations.
Clashes break out inside the Calais jungle camp in the port city of Calais between migrants and riot police as officials attempted to evict hundreds of migrants from the southern section of the camp.
Jason Dalton is charged with six counts of murder in Kalamazoo County, Michigan.
A curfew of 6pm is introduced with power out in many areas of Fiji.
Italian classical composer and conductor (1750-1825)
The Maryland Court of Appeals rules the state's Public Information Act does not apply to abortion clinic license applicants' names, denying the Maryland Coalition for Life's appeal which had noted that courts in Illinois, Kansas and Minnesota have ordered these names released.
At least 71 people are killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Ghana.
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
A Hindu priest is hacked to death and two devotees, who tried to intercede, are wounded in a temple in the Panchagarh District in northern Bangladesh. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
is permitted in 12 authorized categories, which does not include tourism.
2016 United States House of Representatives elections
House elections for the 115th U.S. Congress
South Korea warns North Korea of "searing consequences" if it doesn't abandon plans to launch a long-range rocket that violates United Nations Security Council resolutions that prohibits the country from engaging in any ballistic activities.
In the United States, a 14-year-old shoots two students, who were hospitalized in stable condition, in the Madison Local School cafeteria. Two other teenagers are injured, none seriously. The southwestern Ohio school, which had practiced for such an event, immediately went into lockdown; Tuesday classes are cancelled.
The suspect in the murder investigation of former Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands Els Borst admits to have assassinated her citing political motivations.
Australian government policy concerning asylum seekers
policy of promoting members of groups that have previously suffered from discrimination
Russian intervention in the Syrian Civil War
List of ambassadors of the United States to India
list of diplomats of the United States to India
Police raid Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change party headquarters and fire tear gas at the FDC supporters.
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)
lower house of the Maryland General Assembly
tradition of weather prediction observed in the US and Canada on Feb. 2
Following yesterday's Constitutional Court of Turkey ruling that their rights had been violated, two Turkish journalists, jailed on terrorism charges, are released after 92 days in prison.
The cold snap continues in the northeastern United States with record lows forecast in major cities like New York City and Philadelphia.
German police arrest two Algerian men suspected of having links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and planning terror attacks in the country. One of the men detained, reported to be aged 35, had been living in a refugee shelter in the town of Attendorn, east of Cologne. Police say "investigations show that he has been trained militarily in Syria".
Basic People's Congress division in Cyrenaica, Libya
aerial warfare branch of Iraq's armed forces
virtual network extending a single private network across a public network like the Internet, appearing to users as a private network
Date: February 7, 2016 Duration: September 10, 2015 – January 3, 2016
the practice and process of applying Islamic doctrine to personal life and society
Russia's Ministry of Defence accuses Turkey of preparing a military incursion into northern Syria, saying it had registered "a growing number of signs of hidden preparation of the Turkish Armed Forces for active actions on the territory of Syria".
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
A 4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes near Wasco, California, about 25 miles northwest of Bakersfield.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
sovereign state in West Africa and North Africa
American multinational technology company
A suicide bomber kills at least 13 people and injures 19 in Afghanistan's Parwan province. The Taliban claims responsibility.
Republican Party presidential candidate Carly Fiorina suspends her campaign following a disappointing finish in the New Hampshire primary.
United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Northern Aleppo offensive (February 2016)
naval warfare branch of South Korea's military
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
person killing in multiple locations in a short time
ground warfare branch of Turkey's military
Spotlight wins the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Hungary is to hold a referendum on whether to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants.
Date: 19 July 2012 – 3 February 2016 (3 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
political, military and operational support to parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria
At least 22 people have been reported to have been infected with the Zika virus in the U.S.
A report by the Taiwanese Defense Ministry states that China has placed surface-to-air missiles on the disputed Woody Island.
The French data protection authority and the independent watchdog CNIL cite Facebook for breaching privacy laws by the collection and transfer of 30 million users' Internet data, and by tracking non-users.
White supremacists in the U.S. state of New Hampshire create a super PAC to support U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican presidential nominee, was the first winner of Jewish heritage, but was a Christian.
The death toll from the Taiwan earthquake rises to 38 with more than 100 people missing.
(Press Association via Irish Independent)
Officials of FIFA meet in Zürich for the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress to select a new President of FIFA to replace Sepp Blatter.
Senior Libyan military officials say French special forces are on the ground in Benghazi helping Libyan National Army troops fight ISIL militants.
REIT Rouse Properties for about $2.8 billion.
The gunmen were reportedly dressed as police officers and armed with AK-47s.
United States President Barack Obama hosts a two-day summit in Rancho Mirage, California with leaders of the ASEAN member states, including democratically-elected Benigno Aquino III of the Philippines and Joko Widodo of Indonesia as well as autocratic rulers such as Hun Sen of Cambodia and Najib Razak of Malaysia.
Freedom of information in the United States
head of government of Turkey (1920 - 2018)
United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
Polish government-affiliated research institute with lustration prerogatives and prosecution powers
In the United States, Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow which according to tradition signals an early spring.
attack by artillery fire or by dropping bombs from aircraft
He noted that Pope Paul VI, "in a difficult situation in Africa, permitted nuns to use contraceptives in cases of rape".
Yahoo Inc. says that it has created a committee of independent directors that will explore strategic alternatives, notably the sale of its core internet business.
Central African Republic general election
gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
English association football player (born 1987)
2016 bombing in Ankara, Turkey by Kurdish separatists
2016 United States presidential election in Iowa
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
A Daallo Airlines operated commercial plane, bound for Djibouti, makes an emergency landing at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, following an unexplained explosion that left a gaping hole in its fuselage.
Iran says that it plans to increase its crude oil output until it achieves pre-sanction levels, although that contravenes OPEC efforts to restrain output.
Two German intelligence officers are suspected of having given money to Al Qaeda in 2010.
Counting of votes begins in Iran after polling hours in yesterday's election were extended by six hours due to a heavy turnout.
most populous city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
The Vatican commission on sexual abuse announces that Peter Saunders, a sexual abuse survivor from the U.K., is suspended from commission proceedings.
formal change to the text of the written constitution of a nation or state
award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2015
21st-century primate of the Russian Orthodox Church
public health emergency of international concern
Two police officers are killed after a bomb explodes in Helmand Province.
"There are more fatalities than those pulled out," he said.
Early Assembly of Experts results show that Principlists won the majority, as Reformists won 14 out of 16 seats in Tehran, although some of them also had the support of conservatives.
The rocket reportedly falls into waters southwest of Jeju Island.
Insurgent group based in India and Pakistan
urgent movement of people away from the threat or actual occurrence of a hazard
A Libyan Air Force MiG-23 is shot down over the city of Benghazi as it conducted airstrikes on Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries positions in the coastal city.
The FBI, in armored vehicles, closes to within 50 yards (40 meters) of the last four anti-government militants occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Negotiations to end the standoff without violence continue.
Two suicide bombers kill at least 24 people and injure 112 others at a market in northern Cameroon.
air warfare branch of Indonesia's military
Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu confirmed the deployment in Adana near the Syria–Turkey border, but said the numbers had not been confirmed.
Colombian authorities are investigating the discovery of at least 100 dismembered bodies in a sewer system underneath La Modelo prison in Bogotá. Officials say the practice of killing, dismembering, and tossing body parts into drains might have also happened at prisons in other cities, e.g., Popayán, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla. The victims include inmates, visitors, and others.
Al-Shabaab militants storm a Somali Youth League hotel in Mogadishu. At least 14 are reportedly killed.
imprisonment or confinement of groups of people without trial
A suicide bomber kills at least 13 people and injures 19 in Afghanistan's Parwan province.
part of Earth that lies south of the equator
Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton is named MVP.
Turkey says its military shelled Kurdish PYD positions in Azaz, in northern Syria.
The public received about 60 percent of the 17,000 tons of water South Korea pumped north each day.
infrastructure that conveys sewage or surface runoff
Russia's Finance Ministry sues Ukraine in London's High Court of Justice over a $3 billion debt.
mathematical and experimental techniques employed in the natural sciences; more specifically, techniques used in the construction and testing of scientific hypotheses
The ruling can not be appealed to federal courts.
capital and largest city of the Czech Republic
At least 40 people are killed and 58 others injured following a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate. ISIL claim responsibility for the attack.
Loud explosions and gunfire are heard in a building where Kashmiri forces are fighting Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militants in a standoff that has claimed the lives of five soldiers and one civilian.
The terrorist group's Sinai Peninsula Branch claimed responsibility shortly after the incident.
The St. John ambulance service says that several people suffered minor injuries from falls as they ran from the quake but there were no immediate reports of serious damage.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
peninsula and region of Victoria, Australia
India imposes a curfew in some parts of Kashmir following a general strike being called by separatists to protest the death of two protesters.
A group of Islamic terrorists exchange fire with Indian Armed Forces troops for the second consecutive day in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Prime Minister of the Central African Republic
person's private sense of, and subjective experience of, their own gender
Date: 30 September 2015 – present (7 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Twitter claims to have closed down 125,000 accounts linked to ISIL.
Voters in Ireland will go to the polls on February 26 after the President dissolves the current Dail or parliament.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) bans its citizens from traveling to Lebanon, just hours after Saudi Arabia issued a warning to its citizens to leave Lebanon in retaliation for Lebanon choosing to side with Iran in the Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict and Hezbollah's influence on the Lebanese government.
upper house of the Maryland General Assembly
American global computer security software company
The European Union and the United States advise interim Macedonian Prime Minister Emil Dimitriev to postpone elections scheduled for April 24, 2016.
The United Kingdom Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority gives licensing rights to the Francis Crick Institute to genetically modify human embryos to study the early stages of embryo development though still needs the approval of a local research ethic board.
Date: 1–16 February 2016 (2 weeks and 1 day)
indirect conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
South Korean opposition lawmakers' anti-terrorism bill filibuster, which stops all other legislative business, extends its world record to 115 hours Sunday afternoon, easily besting Canada's 58-hour session in 2011. The major issue is giving South Korea's intelligence agency powers to monitor private communications. This parliamentary session is set to end March 11, with elections on April 13.
Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan's request
Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)
The Assembly of the Union for Myanmar meets with Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy having the majority for the first time.
2015 murder of a Russian opposition politician
ground-launched missile designed to attack aerial targets
The death toll from the earthquake rises to 59 with 76 missing.
Karakoram, Ladakh (controlled by India, claimed by Pakistan)
UK nuclear programme for development, procurement and operation of Trident nuclear weapons
Jat protesters reach an agreement with the Indian government on increased reservations similar to those authorized for economically disadvantaged lower castes.
List of nuclear weapons tests of North Korea
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
public elective office; head of state and head of government of Bolivia
An Iraqi Air Force helicopter is shot down by ISIL near Amiriyah Fallujah, Al Anbar Governorate, killing at least one crew member and injuring another.
National Football League Coach of the Year Award
Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
Harney County, Oregon (30 mi (48 km) south of Burns, Oregon)
Sunderland A.F.C. terminate the contract of England international footballer Adam Johnson after he pleads guilty to two charges relating to child sexual abuse.
Filipina politician and author (1945-2016)
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.1 earthquake strike in Oklahoma, the state's third strongest quake, northwest of Oklahoma City.
The United Nations Security Council, via resolution 2268, endorses the truce which has been agreed to by nearly 100 rebel factions. The ceasefire does not apply to military actions against terrorist organizations, such as ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in Syria).
Congressional primaries are rescheduled to June 7, 2016, from March 15.
A yellow fever outbreak has killed 37 people in Angola since December 2015.
extended period when a region notes a deficiency in its water supply
Australian politician, 16th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
The new president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, makes a $6.5 billion cash offer to holdout creditors to settle liabilities arising out of a 2002 default.
A report by two Israeli human rights groups, B'Tselem and HaMoked, states dozens of Palestinian detainees at the Shin Bet's Shikma interrogation facility in Ashkelon have been subjected to mistreatment, and in some cases torture.
China reports first case of Zika virus disease in a man who had traveled to Venezuela.
Hillary Clinton narrowly wins the Democratic caucus; this makes her the first woman to win an Iowa caucus.
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
American online social media and social networking service
The death toll from Cyclone Winston in Fiji rises to 29.
Four U.S. F-22 stealth fighters, escorted by other U.S. and South Korean jets, flew low over the Osan Air Base in a show of force following North Korea's recent rocket launch. The Yonhap news agency reported two of these stealth planes will be deployed in South Korea "for a while."
Water restrictions, implemented after protesters damaged the water station's New Delhi feed, remain in effect while engineers repair the equipment.
men's national association football team representing England
Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries
head of state and of government of Turkey
Violent clashes broke out between police and local protesters in Hong Kong
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
A dangerous cold snap hits the northeastern United States with the city of Boston, Massachusetts, to face its coldest Valentine's Day in four decades.
List of notable tornadoes occurring in 2016
DotGovs, a hacker group that released data on almost 10,000 Department of Homeland Security employees yesterday, publish contact information for 20,000 FBI employees.
Austria has set a limit of dealing with 80 asylum applications a day, while letting thousands of others transit to Germany.
Southern Island belonging to South Korea
The government shuts down social media at the request of the electoral commission which says it is a security matter. Many Ugandans access Twitter and Facebook via a Virtual private network (VPN) which masks a user's location.
First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines
unofficial, customary title of the host or hostess of Malacañang Palace
Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 28 people and injuring 61 others. Authorities believe a car bomb caused the blast. A senior Turkish security source says initial signs indicate that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are responsible.
suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq
Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert starts a 19-month prison sentence for bribery and obstructing justice. In the last decade, he was found or admitted guilty in four different corruption investigations.
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2008 to 2016
In what is seen as a major boost for the "Vote Leave" campaign, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announces he will be campaigning for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols
North Korea reportedly executes Ri Yong-gil, Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army on charges of corruption, according to South Korean media.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports the Menagh Military Airbase and a nearby village, recently captured by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces group, were also hit.
At least two Turkish Army soldiers are killed in clashes with Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) insurgents in the southeast Şırnak Province.
glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas
1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) take control of Al-Shaddadah and a nearby oilfield in Syria's north-east Al-Hasakah Governorate following heavy clashes with ISIL militants.
street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Morocco suspends contact with the European Union over a European court ruling that invalidates the bloc's farm trade deal with Rabat, and saying it should exclude the disputed Moroccan-controlled territory of Western Sahara.
The Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service state that the three people missing since a decommissioned turbine hall partially collapsed at Didcot A power station in Oxfordshire, England, yesterday are unlikely to still be alive. If confirmed, this would raise the death toll to four.
Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in Havana, Cuba. It is the first time that the heads of the Roman Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church have ever met.
agreement over prices between participants on the same side in a market
The first case of the Zika virus has been diagnosed in South Africa.
At least three people are killed and more than 50 hospitalized from a 50-plus-car pileup amid strong winds and a whiteout along, the now closed, I-78 near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the U.S.
born 1973; Filipino actor, host and comedian
Warner/Chappell Music agrees to return $14 million collected in copyright fees for the song Happy Birthday to You which a federal judge ruled in September belongs in the public domain.
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
A series of explosions over several days at a mine attributed to a methane leak
5th First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party
South Korea's military says the rocket released an object into orbit.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Turkish Air Force helicopters struck a group of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters in southeast Turkey, killing nine militants, according to security sources.
List of border incidents involving North and South Korea
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 3 days)
territorial division made or used for elections
organization that pools contributions from members and donates those funds to campaign for or against candidates, ballot initiatives, or legislation
English DJ and media personality (1926–2011)
charitable organisation providing ambulance and healthcare services in New Zealand
Houston Texans defensive tackle J. J. Watt is named Defensive Player of the Year for the third time in four years. Watt joins Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor as the only three-time winners of the award.
capital of the Colombian department of Santander
NATO, during a two-day meeting, considers request from Turkey and Greece to monitor migrant transit in the Aegean Sea and to combat human traffickers squeezing refugees onto unsafe boats.
The President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, in an address to the Finnish parliament (Eduskunta), says the current flow of migrants into Europe threatens the continent's Western values and that the UN's Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is outdated, saying "All estimates predict that the flow of people will increase this year. This is challenging the ability of Western democracies to help and also challenging the very structures underlying the idea of Europe".
Americans of ancestry from black ethnic groups of Africa
The report examined affidavits and personal accounts from 116 Palestinians held for security reasons at the facility between August 2013 and March 2014.
Philippine security forces kill as many as 42 ISIL-linked militants, and captures their stronghold in the predominantly Muslim Lanao del Sur province. Three Philippine Army soldiers were also killed during the fighting.
Evgeny Lebedev, the owner of the British national newspaper, The Independent, announces that as of March 2016, the 29-year-old paper will only publish online with print editions coming to an end.
A Libyan Air Force MiG-23 is shot down over the city of Benghazi as it conducted airstrikes on Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries positions in the coastal city. A Tobruk-based military source said the pilot survived having parachuted to safety, but his whereabouts were not immediately clear.
human settlement in Harvey County, Kansas, United States of America
Iraqi Armed Forces announce the complete recapture of the city of Ramadi in western Iraq's Anbar Province from the Islamic State, along with the reopening of the Ramadi-Baghdad road.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
Counting begins of the votes cast yesterday with exit polls indicating that the existing coalition will not gain enough votes to govern without reaching a deal with other parties.
peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California
Pope Francis indicates that contraceptives could be allowed, as the "lesser of two evils" vis-à-vis the sin of abortion, in addressing the life-threatening problem the Zika virus presents. He noted that Pope Paul VI, "in a difficult situation in Africa, permitted nuns to use contraceptives in cases of rape".
Military vehicles explode outside a Turkish Armed Forces barracks in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 28 people and injuring 61 others.
In the[United States, the South Dakota legislature passes a bill requiring students, even those identifying as transgender, to use the school bathroom corresponding to their sex at birth. It now moves to Governor Dennis Daugaard for his approval or veto.
The southwestern Ohio school, which had practiced for such an event, immediately went into lockdown; Tuesday classes are cancelled.
There is no evidence the hacker(s) took any personal information.
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth's northeastern quadrant
All four members of the British indie band Viola Beach and their manager die in a road accident near Stockholm, Sweden.
Clashes break out inside the Calais jungle camp in the port city of Calais between migrants and riot police as officials attempted to evict hundreds of migrants from the southern section of the camp. Several tents and wooden shacks were set on fire by migrants.
The Syrian cessation of hostilities truce is in effect, as of midnight, Saturday, local Syrian time (10:00 p.m. UTC Friday/5:00 p.m. EST Friday).
United Nations investigators accuse the Government of Syria of "extermination" in its jails and detention centres.
Tainan mayor William Lai warns the death toll probably will exceed 100.
15th President of the Philippines (2010-2016)
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
South Korea's National Intelligence Service warns that North Korea is currently planning a "terrorist attack" on South Korea, saying Kim Jong-un himself gave the order to North Korea's State Security Department to make preparations for attacks.
Suspected Islamist militants attack a customs post in the town of Mopti, central Mali, killing two civilians and a customs officer.
branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS, active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation
Two Serbian embassy staff abducted in Libya in November 2015 are believed to have been among dozens killed in yesterday's U.S. airstrike on an ISIL camp in Sabratha, according to Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić.
Protests in Bahrain that started on February 14, 2011
Latvian parliament approves the new government of Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis following the resignation of Laimdota Straujuma in early December.
Swift is the first female artist to win the award twice.
Macedonian police use tear gas after hundreds of migrants frustrated with long delays broke a gate on the border with Greece and temporarily cross the border.
Another protest is planned across all hospitals for February 20.
The induction ceremony will take place on August 6 at the Hall of Fame complex in Canton, Ohio.
leader of a country or part of a country, usually in republics
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
volcano and island located in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan
Five people are killed in an avalanche that buried 17 Czechs in Austria.
U.S. President Barack Obama participated in the meeting.
variable or factor associated with an increased risk of disease or infection, with the association being frequently correlational and not necessarily causal
corporation operating in multiple countries
The Ukrainian military retakes control of the strategic village of Shyrokyne.
2015 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Jat protesters shut down 70% of Delhi's water supply meaning the Indian city could run out of water by the end of the weekend. At least nine people are killed in fighting.
formally combined military forces of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan from 1997–2001
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Fifteen thousand Syrians mass at the border with Turkey as a result of the Syrian Government offensive in the Aleppo Governorate.
earthquake caused by human activity (artificial lakes, mining, waste disposal wells, groundwater extraction, fracking etc.)
Kalamazoo County, Michigan, authorities say last evening's shooting spree resulted in six deaths with two others seriously wounded. Each victim was shot multiple times. Police acknowledge that an earlier report that a 14-year-old girl died is incorrect; she is alive, but "severely, gravely" injured. The suspect, a 45-year-old man who is an Uber driver without a prior criminal record, was taken into custody without a struggle.
The death toll in Fiji rises to 42 and is expected to rise further as relief teams reach remote islands.
At least 30 people are killed in an airstrike on a market near the Yemeni capital Sana'a.
About 80 percent of the plantations were damaged, especially sugar fields.
multi-role combat aircraft family by Eurofighter
Two Serbian embassy staff abducted in Libya in November 2015 are believed to have been among dozens killed in yesterday's U.S.
Immigration Minister John McCallum says Canada has reached its target of resettling 25,000 Syrian refugees under its program started in November 2015.
United States Air Force warplanes carry out airstrikes on ISIL in western Libya, near the Tunisian border, reportedly killing at least 38 people.
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
William C. Dudley is reappointed as the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for another five years.
A series of shootings in and near the American town of Hesston, Kansas, results in at least four deaths, including the shooter, at an Excel Industries building, with up to 20 people injured.
New refugee camps go up near the Syria–Turkey border after Turkey blocks thousands of refugees from entering the country.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière strongly criticizes Austria's decision to put a daily cap on the number of refugees the country can accept.
A Hellenic Navy helicopter crashes while taking part in a military exercise in the Aegean Sea, near the Greek island of Kinaros, three Greek naval airmen are feared dead.
Filipino Senate candidate and boxer Manny Pacquiao calls LGBT people "less than animals" when asked about his opposition to same-sex marriage, prompting condemnation from prominent Filipino LGBT figures such as Aiza Seguerra, John Lapus and Vice Ganda. Pacquiao later apologizes.
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, capture another rebel-held village near Aleppo, according to a Russian source. In the last two days, the Syrian Army captured positions at the Hama and Raqqa provincial border, and is set to move against the Islamic State in the Raqqa Governorate, according to a Syrian military source.
Two passenger trains collide in the German town of Bad Aibling in the state of Bavaria.
The draft is now headed to the full 15-member council.
Stuart Robert representing the Liberal Party, Australia's Minister for Veterans' Affairs and for Human Services, resigns for breaching ministerial standards during his 2014 business trip to China while Assistant Minister for Defence.
A senior Turkish security source says initial signs indicate that the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are responsible.
bilateral relations between Austria and Greece
The death toll from Saturday's earthquake in Taiwan rises to 41 with 109 people missing.
British peer and missing murder suspect (born 1934)
South Korea's opposition holds a parliamentary filibuster, the first in the National Assembly since 1969, to block the current anti-terrorism bill that would expand National Intelligence Service powers. The opposition plans to continue until March 11, when the session is scheduled to end.
Wei Hong is removed as the Governor of China's Sichuan province due to perceived disloyalty to the Communist Party.
A gunman from a rural area near Belfair, Washington (U.S.), kills four members of his family, including two children, and, after a multi-hour standoff with police, also kills himself.
The opposition plans to continue until March 11, when the session is scheduled to end.
Orbán used the meeting to call for Russia's relations with the EU to "return to normal", saying "We all are interested in normalizing relationship between Russia and Europe" while Putin described Hungary as an "old and faithful partner".
Cyclone Winston heads towards Fiji at Category 5 strength.
The death toll in Fiji rises to at least 17 as authorities continue to assess the damage.
international organisation of Southeast Asian countries
China's Securities Regulatory Commission
American political controversy surrounding Hillary Rodham Clinton's conduct while Secretary of State
Israel claims its forces shot dead five Palestinian attackers in three separate incidents.
Kosovo opposition lawmakers twice disrupt today's session of parliament by tossing tear gas into the chamber to protest recent changes giving the country's Serb minority greater powers, and demanding the government’s resignation and snap elections.
A Virginia police officer is killed during her first day on the job (and another two are wounded) in a domestic related shooting in Lake Ridge, Virginia.
Philippine political economist and social-democratic politician
1989 by Taylor Swift wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Swift is the first female artist to win the award twice.
sudden release of energy through high temperatures and gas expansion
group of postcode districts in central London, England
countries with an originally European shared culture
president of Argentina from 2015 to 2019
Seven people are killed and another injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County in the American state of Michigan. A 45-year-old man was later arrested in the city of Kalamazoo.
Voters in the American state of Nevada take part in Democratic Party caucuses, with Hillary Clinton winning against Bernie Sanders.
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. Obama made similar statements during his first presidential campaign in 2007 and had previously stated that the camp would be closed by 2010.
The United States Air Force unveils the Northrop Grumman B-21 long-range strategic bomber at the Air Force Association’s annual Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida. The B-21 is designed to replace the aging fleet of B-1 Lancer and B-52 bombers.
arrangement in which fear of retribution is pervasive
high-altitude wet tundra in South America
It is claimed that he urged the overthrow of the government in a speech.
According to exit polls, Bolivian voters reject a constitutional amendment that would have permitted President Evo Morales to stand for a fourth term in office. His current term expires in 2020.
French authorities give up to 1000 migrants, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, until 8 p.m. local time on 23 February to leave the Calais jungle camp. Those who refuse to leave will be forcibly removed by police.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Christchurch in New Zealand.
Protests here are rare since enactment of a law limiting demonstrations to those with prior police approval.
Barnaby Joyce is elected as the new leader with Fiona Nash elected as the new deputy leader.
A gunman from a rural area near Belfair, Washington (U.S.), kills four members of his family, including two children, and, after a multi-hour standoff with police, also kills himself. A 12-year old girl, who was not shot, is alive.
The FBI, in armored vehicles, closes to within 50 yards (40 meters) of the last four anti-government militants occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
National Security Advisor (United States)
district and town of Hatay Province, Turkey
American football player, coach, and team owner (1895-1983)
The earthquake death toll rises to 116. Tainan's disaster response office says search and rescue operations have ended. The last body was found yesterday. Ninety-six, of the 289 people rescued, remain hospitalized.
The Government of Honduras declares a state of emergency with 3,649 suspected cases of the Zika virus in the past three months.
says it will appeal a court order to create a backdoor for an iPhone 5C belonging to Syed Farook who conducted the 2015 San Bernardino attack.
power to unilaterally stop an official action
ISIL militants cut off the Syrian Army's main supply route to the city of Aleppo and capture the village of Khanasir, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army
consolidated city and county in California, United States
Taiwan authorities arrest three construction company executives of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building, which collapsed Saturday, on suspicion of negligent homicide. Almost all of those killed have been recovered from the rubble from this building; the 100-plus missing are likely buried in the debris.
The Libyan National Army says it has taken control of the town of Ajdabiya and several areas of Benghazi following heavy clashes with Islamist militant groups.
American natural gas utility company in California
Walden Bello, a socialist candidate for the Philippine Senate, files a petition that may disqualify boxer Manny Pacquiao for violating election rules regarding publicity.
The Japanese government says no rocket debris fell on Japanese territory and there are no reports of damage.
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
Irish politician and head of government (born 1951)
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
covert method of bypassing authentication or encryption in a computer
The ceasefire does not apply to military actions against terrorist organizations, such as ISIL and Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Qaeda in Syria).
parliamentary procedure permitted in the U.S. Senate
second-most populous Islamic denomination
If confirmed, this would be the first recorded fatality from a meteorite strike.
city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Officials of FIFA meet in Zürich for the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress to select a new President of FIFA to replace Sepp Blatter. Gianni Infantino is elected with a majority of votes in the second round of voting.
President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992
The President of the United States Barack Obama announces plans to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's foreign minister, foresees to supply surface-to-air missiles to the "moderate opposition", so changing the power balance "like they did in Afghanistan".
multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California, United States
Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem on independence day.
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
Al-Shabaab militants storm a Somali Youth League hotel in Mogadishu.
Former President of FIFA Sepp Blatter and suspended President of UEFA boss Michel Platini lose their appeals against being banned from all football related activities but the period of the ban is reduced from eight to six years.
head of state and of the executive branch of government of the State of Maryland, United States
prejudicial treatment of people who do not identify as male or female
head of the state and government of Florida
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Serbia closes its southern border with Macedonia to migrants from countries not affected by war as part of measures to prevent illegal immigration.
February 2016 North American storm complex
Daniel Bryan announces that he will retire from WWE.
The campaign period for the election begins in what international media dubs as a "cliffhanger" between five candidates: Jejomar Binay, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Rodrigo R. Duterte, Grace Poe, and Mar Roxas.
The death toll from yesterday's earthquake in Taiwan rises to at least 29, with at least 120 trapped under collapsed buildings in Tainan, while 198 people have been rescued.
Kizza Besigye, the main opposition presidential candidate, is "briefly" arrested after the polls close in Naguru, trying to get into a police command center in the capital Kampala.
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested again just before a planned press conference.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Ovalle in Chile's central region. No injuries or damage have been reported.
airstrike on an ISIL camp in Sabratha, according to Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić.
A huge fire engulfs the under-construction Abu Dhabi Plaza in Astana, Kazakhstan.
At least two people are dead and 30 injured after a suspected tornado hits a trailer park near the village of Convent, Louisiana. At least one other person has died in the Deep South of the United States.
says that it has created a committee of independent directors that will explore strategic alternatives, notably the sale of its core internet business.
American football player and coach (born 1955)
Syrian government forces, backed by Russian air strikes, capture another rebel-held village near Aleppo, according to a Russian source.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
Dubai says that it will continue with its Mall of the World project, despite the financial pressures created by falling oil prices.
air warfare branch of Turkey's armed forces
piece of solid matter from outer space that has hit the earth
Uber, in San Francisco, California (U.S.), federal court, says it will pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits over misleading background check information.
Eleven prison inmates are killed in Papua New Guinea while trying to break out of Buimo jail in Lae as part of a 90 person jail break.
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
parliamentary procedure where debate over a proposed piece of legislation is extended, allowing one or more members to delay or entirely prevent a vote on the proposal
Greece recalls its ambassador to Austria in response to Austria's hosting of a meeting with Balkan states, to which Greece was not invited, about European migrant crisis policies that would make it harder for migrants to head north across Europe. Greece's foreign ministry called the move an "unfriendly act." More than 100,000 migrants have entered the EU illegally so far in 2016, nearly all of them arriving in Greece.
Ed Sheeran wins the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for "Thinking Out Loud".
The Syrian Army, backed by Russian airstrikes, recaptures the town of Khanasir from ISIL militants in the Aleppo Governorate.
United States National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agree on a draft resolution that would expand United Nations Security Council sanctions following North Korea's latest nuclear test. U.S. President Barack Obama participated in the meeting. The draft is now headed to the full 15-member council. [permanent dead link]
The law goes into effect March 10, 2016.
American politician and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
United States House of Representatives election
Israeli–Palestinian conflict (2015–present)
Seven people are killed and another injured in multiple shooting incidents in Kalamazoo County in the American state of Michigan.
One person is killed and six others injured in an explosion at JCG Farms, an American feed mill near Atlanta, Georgia.
Kalamazoo County, Michigan, authorities say last evening's shooting spree resulted in six deaths with two others seriously wounded.
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
A "state of natural disaster" is declared for the next 30 days with Cyclone Winston classified as the strongest storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere.
Germany is considering sending troops to Tunisia to help train the Tunisian Army in the fight against Islamist militants, particularly ISIL who control territory in neighboring Libya. [permanent dead link]
Russian scientist, statesman and liberal politician (1959-2015)
Qatar and Kuwait join Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in asking its citizens to leave or avoid travel to Lebanon.
Based on the commission's rules, Pacquiao's wife, Jinkee Pacquiao, may substitute.
Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak. At least 22 people have been reported to have been infected with the Zika virus in the U.S. territory.
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
artificially established forest, farm or estate, where crops are grown for sale
Puerto Rico declares a state of emergency due to the ongoing Zika virus outbreak.
Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year.
city in Orange County, California, United States
Ukraine bans Russian cargo trucks from transiting its territory after Russia's Ministry of Transport barred Ukrainian cargo trucks because armed groups had been blocking some Russian trucks from entering Ukraine.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
List of members of the United Nations Security Council
disaster management actions including elements such as warning, evacuation, search and rescue, providing immediate assistance, assessing damage, continuing assistance, the immediate restoration or construction of infrastructure
to comply with a court order to help the FBI hack a phone used by an attacker in the 2015 San Bernardino attack.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
district and town of Diyarbakır Province in Turkey
Senior Libyan military officials say French special forces are on the ground in Benghazi helping Libyan National Army troops fight ISIL militants. They said that the French forces, along with American and British teams, are setting up an operations room inside Benina International Airport in Benina. The French defense ministry declined to comment, citing a policy not to comment on special forces' activities.
international treaty promoting openness and transparency of military forces and activities
The shooter is Cedric Ford, a convicted felon.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
organization whose primary purpose is research
Jat protesters shut down 70% of Delhi's water supply meaning the Indian city could run out of water by the end of the weekend.
A suicide bomber strikes a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan killing five civilians and wounding nine others.
human settlement in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
coalition and electoral list affiliated with the Iranian reform movement
village in Mariupol Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
This is challenging the ability of Western democracies to help and also challenging the very structures underlying the idea of Europe".
maritime facility where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo
North Korean state media confirms that Ri Myong-su is the new chief of the General Staff Department of the Korean People's Army replacing Ri Yong-gil who was executed.
Filipino Senate candidate and boxer Manny Pacquiao calls LGBT people "less than animals" when asked about his opposition to same-sex marriage, prompting condemnation from prominent Filipino LGBT figures such as Aiza Seguerra, John Lapus and Vice Ganda.
works outside the scope of copyright law
strategic bomber aircraft family by Rockwell, later Boeing
Doctors without Borders reports three people were killed and at least six others injured in Friday's airstrikes, source not identified, that hit the Tafas field hospital in Dara'a Governorate near the Jordanian border.
first in a process for deciding the general election candidates for each political party
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
Tainan's disaster response office says search and rescue operations have ended.
Two al-Shabaab suicide bombers kill at least 40 people in the Somali town of Baidoa.
The Syrian Army and its allies break a three-year rebel siege of two Shi’ite towns in northwest Syria, Nubl and Al-Zahraa.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Orbán used the meeting to call for Russia's relations with the EU to "return to normal", saying "We all are interested in normalizing relationship between Russia and Europe" while Putin described Hungary as an "old and faithful partner".
Russia's Ministry of Defence accuses Turkey of preparing a military incursion into northern Syria, saying it had registered "a growing number of signs of hidden preparation of the Turkish Armed Forces for active actions on the territory of Syria". Tens of thousands of Turkish troops are active on the border of Syria involved in fighting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan
city and county seat of Kern County, California, United States
city in and county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States and Pennsylvania federated state capital city
The United States Air Force unveils the Northrop Grumman B-21 long-range strategic bomber at the Air Force Association’s annual Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Florida.
and former CEO, offers to unlock an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino attacker Syed Farook for the FBI for free after Apple Inc.
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
Chinese authorities arrest 21 people involved in the Ezubao online finance scheme accused of allegedly defrauding 900,000 people of 50bn yuan ($7.6bn; £5.3bn) in a Ponzi scheme.
John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, wanted for murder since 1974, is officially declared dead so that his son can inherit the title.
Four American journalists are charged by Bahrain for "unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings." The state-run Bahrain News Agency said all were released "pending further investigations." Freelance reporter Anna Day and a film crew, who were covering the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprisings, are scheduled to fly to Dubai tonight.
administrative territorial entity of the United Kingdom
international governing body for association football in Europe
Médecins Sans Frontières reports at least 18 people are killed, including two MSF South Sudanese staff members, and dozens injured.
The United States and Cuba sign an agreement restoring commercial air traffic between the two countries for the first time in 50 years. The U.S. Department of Transportation immediately opened bidding for as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights per day to Havana and nine other destinations. Travel from the U.S. is permitted in 12 authorized categories, which does not include tourism.
prison located in Monterrey, northern Mexico
capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia
air warfare branch of Libya's armed forces
legislative, executive and judiciary authority of India
International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
China reportedly deploys several J-11 and Xian JH-7 fighter jets to the disputed Woody Island in the South China Sea.
Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian asset manager, agrees to buy the U.S. REIT Rouse Properties for about $2.8 billion.
Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés
national French data protection authority
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
American politician from Arizona (1909–1998)
Crews rescue 48 people from two Cannon Mountain tram cars stuck this afternoon about 40 feet off the ground in New Hampshire sub-zero temperatures in the White Mountains.
events in a specific year or time period
Obama made similar statements during his first presidential campaign in 2007 and had previously stated that the camp would be closed by 2010.
At the 52nd Munich Security Conference in Germany, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO and Russia are "not in a cold-war situation but also not in the partnership that we established at the end of the Cold War" while the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says tensions between Russia and NATO have sent the world spiralling into a "new Cold War", blaming U.S.
Capital and the second biggest city in Turkey
Federal territory and capital city of Malaysia
Pope Francis indicates that contraceptives could be allowed, as the "lesser of two evils" vis-à-vis the sin of abortion, in addressing the life-threatening problem the Zika virus presents.
Counting of votes begins in Iran after polling hours in yesterday's election were extended by six hours due to a heavy turnout. Reports indicate that reformist candidates are doing well in the early count.
provisional release from prison, with certain conditions such as probation in some states
Two Turkish Army soldiers are killed in a Kurdistan Workers' Party ambush in the southeast Diyarbakır Province.
Swiss citizens vote on four referenda, including one, proposed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, that would automatically expel foreigners who commit two minor crimes. Current law calls for deportation of non-citizens convicted of murder or sexual violence.
Watt joins Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor as the only three-time winners of the award.
UEFA charges Dmitri Tarasov and his football club Lokomotiv Moscow with improper conduct after Tarasov, following Lokomotiv Moscow's loss to Fenerbahçe S.K., pulled off his team's jersey to reveal an undershirt that was emblazoned with a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer trading as Foxconn
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces take control of Tell Rifaat in the Aleppo Governorate after pushing back mostly Islamist rebel fighters, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
an election called earlier than expected
fire service serving the county of Oxfordshire, England
At the 52nd Munich Security Conference in Germany, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says that NATO and Russia are "not in a cold-war situation but also not in the partnership that we established at the end of the Cold War" while the Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says tensions between Russia and NATO have sent the world spiralling into a "new Cold War", blaming U.S. and European leaders for the souring of relations with Russia. He also rejected accusations that Russian warplanes have bombed civilians in Syria, saying it is "just not true".
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
unincorporated community in Harford County, Maryland
In American football, the Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers 24–10 in Super Bowl 50. Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller is named as the game's Most Valuable Player.
subrange of the Appalachian Mountains in New Hampshire and Maine, United States
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
head of the government of Greater London
Japan's Sakurajima volcano erupts prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a warning not to approach it.
United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
All schools in the country are closed for the week.
Slovenia announces that it will be clamping down on the number of migrants that it will allow to enter the country.
Xenophobic mob blocks a refugee bus in Clausnitz, German state of Saxony.
Ministry of State Security (North Korea)
A group of Islamic terrorists exchange fire with Indian Armed Forces troops for the second consecutive day in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir, India. At least five soldiers and one civilian have been killed.
A drone strike in Yemen's Shabwah Governorate kills six suspected Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula militants.
Austrian composer of the Classical period
unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
The United Nations Security Council, via resolution 2268, endorses the truce which has been agreed to by nearly 100 rebel factions.
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
Indian metropolis and union territory that includes New Delhi
capital of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon
A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year.
Pakistani authorities hang Mumtaz Qadri for his role in the murder of reformist Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer in 2011.
Gunmen attack a Malian military checkpoint in the town of Léré, near the Mauritanian border with Mali, killing at least three soldiers and wounding two others.
minister in the Federal Republic of Germany
Date: 19 July 2012 – ongoing (10 years, 6 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Because of the risk of Zika virus infection, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends pregnant women consider not traveling to Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics in August, and/or for the 2016 Summer Paralympics the following month.
Negotiations to end the standoff without violence continue.
Date: 15 December 2013 – 22 February 2020 (6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day)
A Turkish soldier is killed following a clash on the Syria–Turkey border with an armed group trying to enter Turkey illegally. The Turkish military says the clash occurred in the Yayladağı district of the Hatay Province.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility for the attack.
Form of warfare involving radiation poisoning
Over the last 6 months Ukrainian government officials repeatedly stated they refuse to pay the debt.
opposition faction in the Syrian Civil War
sovereign state in northern South America
tropical disease caused by the dengue virus, transmitted by mosquito
The death toll from the earthquake rises to 113 with four people still in the rubble of the Weiguan Golden Dragon high-rise tower in Tainan.
In American football, the Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers 24–10 in Super Bowl 50.
general term for rules or controls, including delegated legislation and self-regulation within an organisation
Capital of the Colombian department of Cauca
Taiwan authorities arrest three construction company executives of the Wei-guan Golden Dragon Building, which collapsed Saturday, on suspicion of negligent homicide.
The United States and France call on Turkey to stop shelling the YPG in northern Syria.
region comprising the westernmost states of the United States
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
Sunni jihadist organization in Pakistan and Afghanistan
lowest remuneration which can be paid legally in a state for working
process of extracting gold from the ground
cultural and geographic subregion in the Southern United States
The Parliament of Australia considers the Turnbull Government's proposed legislation to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use.
division of the Australian Government Department of the Environment which undertakes science programs and research projects to contribute to an understanding of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
American politician, 62nd governor of Maryland
Kizza Besigye, the main opposition presidential candidate, is "briefly" arrested after the polls close in Naguru, trying to get into a police command center in the capital Kampala. Besigye, who's challenged President Musveni in the last three elections, has been repeatedly arrested, roughed up, or confined to house arrest during that time.
A Libyan Air Force MiG-23 fighter jet crashes due to a "mechanical failure", while conducting airstrikes on Islamic State-controlled areas in the eastern city of Derna.
The rescue is difficult – resembling a mountain-type rescue – because of a nearby river and a steep incline and a curve in the tracks; rescue helicopters had to be used.
Prosecutors settled a similar lawsuit with competitor Lyft in 2014.
Fiji's known casualties are 42 dead, one missing, and more than 100 injured.
aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
refused to comply with a court order asking it to unlock the device.
military confrontation in Aleppo (2012–2016)
census-designated place in Mason County, Washington (state), USA
largest city in California, United States of America
The United Arab Emirates pulls its troops out of Yemen amid mounting casualties among its forces battling Shia Houthi militants and rising tensions with local fighters in Aden, southern Yemen, which escalated yesterday when Aden International Airport was stormed by local pro-government gunmen.
political and economic union of 27 European states
Dow Chemical agrees to pay $835 million to settle a decade-long, price-fixing, class-action dispute.
The jewels of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos are to be auctioned.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Human error is being examined as a possibility.
Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell
American football quarterback (1973-2009)
Hundreds of evacuation centres are activated in Fiji as Cyclone Winston makes landfall in Fiji's outer islands and heads towards islands with higher population.
is to cut 7,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, including over a thousand jobs in the United Kingdom.
Authorities in the Chinese city of Tianjin after an inquiry into the explosions last year found that the chemical plants were too close to residential areas.
The major issue is giving South Korea's intelligence agency powers to monitor private communications.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as vice-chair of the Democratic National Committee and endorses Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
Cardinal George Pell, the third most senior person in the Roman Catholic Church, gives evidence to the Royal Commission in Rome dealing with his time as a priest in the Australian cities of Ballarat and Melbourne.
The United Kingdom's Met Office issues warnings for South West England, particularly the Cornish coast due to large waves, and South Wales.
field of activity involving utilization of the atmosphere and outer space
Celebrations are held to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines that led to the downfall of dictator Ferdinand Marcos' 21-year reign, and the rise of President Corazon Aquino.
The final results of the run-off are not expected for several weeks.
French authorities give up to 1000 migrants, mostly Syrians and Iraqis, until 8 p.m.
The U.S. President Barack Obama announces a plan to tax crude oil $10 a barrel in order to fund infrastructure spending, according to a White House statement.
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
As of 2016, North Korea refuses to recognize the so-called Northern Limit Line, that was drawn up at the end of the Korean War.
Fighting occurs between Shilluk and Dinka youths at a United Nations peacekeeping compound in the city of Malakal which lasts around three hours.
groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania that celebrates Groundhog Day
List of heads of government of the Central African Republic
Games of the XXXI Olympiad, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Reports indicate that reformist candidates are doing well in the early count.
seventh-generation smartphone by Apple Inc, released in 2013
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating 14 cases where the Zika virus may have been sexually transmitted.
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
maritime warfare branch of Greece's military
Australia issues a security alert, warning that terrorists may be planning attacks in and around the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. It also recommended that Australians avoid travel to the coastal region of eastern Sabah, where the beaches and islands are popular with foreign tourists.
city in and county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States
A large rally, with estimated counts ranging from 7,500 to 100,000, honors former deputy prime minister and opposition leader Boris Nemtsov on the first anniversary of his assassination near the Kremlin.
Thousands protest outside the Japanese parliament in Tokyo against the relocation of a U.S. military base on Okinawa Island.
scientific agency of the United States government
New York businessman Donald Trump wins the Republican Party primary while Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wins the Democratic Party primary. This makes Sanders the first Jewish and the first self-described democratic socialist to win a U.S. presidential primary. Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Republican presidential nominee, was the first winner of Jewish heritage, but was a Christian.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Panthers head coach Ron Rivera is named Coach of the Year.
North Korea launches a long range rocket that critics claim is a test of banned technology for a long range missile that could hit the United States. South Korea's military says the rocket released an object into orbit.
The South Korean Navy fires warning shots at a North Korean patrol boat after it crossed the Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea and entered South Korean-controlled waters. As of 2016, North Korea refuses to recognize the so-called Northern Limit Line, that was drawn up at the end of the Korean War.
The Turkish military says the clash occurred in the Yayladağı district of the Hatay Province.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says that Turkey has shelled areas held by the Kurdish YPG militia group in Syria's Aleppo Governorate for the second successive day with two YPG fighters reportedly killed.
Twin bomb blasts hit the Syrian city of Homs with at least 57 people reportedly killed and more than 100 injured. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
simplest organic molecule with one carbon atom and four hydrogen
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
The presidency rotates between the nation’s three semi-autonomous islands, which also held gubernatorial elections.
Charlot Salwai is elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu following the January snap election. Salwai takes office the same day.
Four policemen are killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Tunisia completes the construction of a 200km (125 mile) barrier along its border with Libya, intended to keep out terrorists trained in Libya.
Albert Pahimi Padacké is appointed Prime Minister of Chad, replacing Kalzeubet Pahimi Deubet.
Two people are killed on the campus of Independence High School in Glendale, Arizona, near Phoenix.
Three miners are missing but dozens have been rescued following a gold mine collapse in South Africa.
abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni is declared the winner of the Presidential election with 60% of the vote. European Union observers state that the election was held in an "intimidating atmosphere".
Maldives jails opposition leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla for terrorism.
lawyer to appeal and the State Council of Higher Courts and the Supreme Military
At least 52 inmates are killed in a riot and fire at Topo Chico prison in Monterrey, Mexico.
presidential candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Opposition leader Kizza Besigye is arrested again just before a planned press conference. Police raid Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change party headquarters and fire tear gas at the FDC supporters. Partial results from the electoral commission show a lead for incumbent president Yoweri Museveni.
Partial results from the electoral commission show a lead for incumbent president Yoweri Museveni.
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
He also rejected accusations that Russian warplanes have bombed civilians in Syria, saying it is "just not true".
deadly earthquake centered north of Pingtung City, Taiwan
geopolitical and cultural region of Southeast Europe
Haiti delays Carnival celebrations over concern that anti-government protests might turn violent.
United States Department of Homeland Security
Voters in Iowa go to Democratic and Republican Party caucuses in the first formal stage of the U.S. elections.
45th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
Voters in South Carolina go to the polls for the Democratic Party primary. Hillary Clinton won.
The discontinuance of electricity and water into the Kaesong area impacts area residents who lose their steady supply of water. The public received about 60 percent of the 17,000 tons of water South Korea pumped north each day.
Russia rejects this strategy without Syria's consent.
Comoros authorities are counting ballots from Sunday's incident-free, presidential primary on Grande Comore island. The presidency rotates between the nation’s three semi-autonomous islands, which also held gubernatorial elections. Provisional results are due Wednesday. Then, on April 10, 2016, the three leading candidates will vie in a runoff.
independent public inquiry concerning child sexual abuse and Australian institutions
United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system
A United States Air Force operated MQ-9 Reaper drone crashes at the Kandahar Airfield in southern Afghanistan.
Date: 15 January 2002 – February 24, 2015
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Maiziere said this sends "the wrong signal" and is "unacceptable".
Canada Olympic Park bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
Jat protesters reach an agreement with the Indian government on increased reservations similar to those authorized for economically disadvantaged lower castes. Authorities say at least 19 people have been killed in the three-day demonstrations. Protest leaders call for reopening blockaded roads in the northern state of Haryana. Water restrictions, implemented after protesters damaged the water station's New Delhi feed, remain in effect while engineers repair the equipment.
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
National Football League franchise in Houston, Texas
The United States Department of Justice files a motion to compel Apple Inc. to comply with a court order to help the FBI hack a phone used by an attacker in the 2015 San Bernardino attack.
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu accuses Russia of acting as a "terrorist organization" in Syria, saying "If Russia continues behaving like a terrorist organization and forcing civilians to flee, we will deliver an extremely decisive response".
The Parliament of Australia considers the Turnbull Government's proposed legislation to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use. The bill is expected to pass.
Two Hamas militants die after a tunnel they were digging from the Gaza Strip into Israel collapses.
Two months after Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry ruled out terrorism in Flight 9268's crash, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi admits an ISIS bomb downed the Russian passenger jet. The terrorist group's Sinai Peninsula Branch claimed responsibility shortly after the incident.
Experts confirm the discovery of a lost Spanish settlement in Florida from an expedition led by Tristan de Luna.
Date: 24 July 2015 – present (7 years, 4 months and 6 days)
Swiss citizens vote on four referenda, including one, proposed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, that would automatically expel foreigners who commit two minor crimes.
Pacific Ocean theater-level component command of the United States Navy
Uber, in San Francisco, California (U.S.), federal court, says it will pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits over misleading background check information. Prosecutors settled a similar lawsuit with competitor Lyft in 2014.
The debate series PiliPinas Debates 2016 kicks off in Cagayan de Oro.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft built by General Atomics
city and state capital of Oklahoma, United States
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Chris Christie 2016 presidential campaign
Several Sangin security force members are killed by Taliban suicide attacks, using captured military Humvee vehicles, in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
2015–16 Central African general election
2015–16 elections in Central African Republic
Negotiators for the European Commission and the United States agree on a pact protecting data transfers across the North Atlantic by companies such as Google and Amazon, imposing on such companies certain privacy shield obligations.
After more than 200 years, Mozart's and Salieri's lost cantata Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia is discovered in Prague.
30 miles (48 km) south of Burns, Harney County, Oregon, United States
At least two people are dead and 30 injured after a suspected tornado hits a trailer park near the village of Convent, Louisiana.
Islamist militia based in the Islamic Maghreb
Ashraf Rifi resigns as the Minister for Justice for Lebanon in protest at Hezbollah domination of the government which he claims is harming relations with Arab nations.
prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival
Referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union which took place on 23 June 2016
land warfare branch of the United Arab Emirates' military
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
election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office
Dow Chemical agrees to pay $835 million to settle a decade-long, price-fixing, class-action dispute. Dow states that the uncertainty about the U.S. Supreme Court makeup following Justice Antonin Scalia's death means there is an "increased likelihood for unfavorable outcomes for business involved in class action suits." The urethane chemicals case, from 2005, was against a number of companies; Dow had been the only defendant not to settle.
China's state owned ChemChina offers to buy Swiss pesticide and seed manufacturer Syngenta for $43 billion.
strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
6801 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, California
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says a tentative ceasefire agreement reached with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is now being presented to the opposing forces.
and South Korean jets, flew low over the Osan Air Base in a show of force following North Korea's recent rocket launch.
At least nine people are killed in fighting.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
southernmost part of the island of Manhattan in New York City, United States
measurement weight range for combat sports
Walden Bello, a socialist candidate for the Philippine Senate, files a petition that may disqualify boxer Manny Pacquiao for violating election rules regarding publicity. Based on the commission's rules, Pacquiao's wife, Jinkee Pacquiao, may substitute.
The owners of Liverpool F.C. scrap a controversial £77 ticket pricing plan for the 2016–17 season following a backlash by the club's supporters and a mass walkout during last week's game with Sunderland A.F.C. at Anfield.
French association football player, manager and executive
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
land warfare branch of South Korea's military
person in a country not having citizenship
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
Thousands protest outside the Japanese parliament in Tokyo against the relocation of a U.S. military base on Okinawa Island. Residents cite noise, pollution, and crime as reasons for not wanting a new base built.
Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
eastern portion of the Southern United States
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
health care facility, for individual buildings use hospital building, for organizations use medical organization
explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
German police arrest two Algerian men suspected of having links to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and planning terror attacks in the country.
A truce is in effect, as of midnight. Russian Air Force attacks on opposition positions were reported to have been intensified before the truce took effect.
Australia issues a security alert, warning that terrorists may be planning attacks in and around the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
upper house of the United States Congress
governing body of the Russian Armed Forces
American politician and lawyer (born 1971)
Ninety-six, of the 289 people rescued, remain hospitalized.
The current identified destruction is more than $1 billion.
An al Qaeda affiliate has freed Jocelyn Elliott, an Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso along with her husband.
presence of dangerous substances in the atmosphere
If confirmed, this would raise the death toll to four.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan proclaims Turkey's right to launch operations in Syria against “terrorist organizations.” Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu tells reporters, "The only thing we expect from our U.S.
Three Philippine Army soldiers were also killed during the fighting.
Date: 9 February 2016 06:47 CET (05:47 UTC)
Al-Hasakah Governorate, Raqqa Governorate, Aleppo Governorate, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
Topo Chico (prison), Nuevo León State, Northern Mexico
statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland
festive season which occurs immediately before Lent
It also recommended that Australians avoid travel to the coastal region of eastern Sabah, where the beaches and islands are popular with foreign tourists.
8th President of the International Federation of Association Football
Iraqi authorities are searching for 10 grams of iridium-192, a radioactive material stolen from a Weatherford International oilfield services facility near Basra in November 2015.
North Korea says it will freeze all South Korean assets and equipment at the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Park.
Those who refuse to leave will be forcibly removed by police.
Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company Bombardier Inc.
Authorities say five percent of the country (45,245 people) is staying in evacuation centers and about 80 schools have been damaged.
one of seven open Gates in Jerusalem's Old City Walls
top institution of the U.S. Democratic Party
The U.S. Department of Transportation immediately opened bidding for as many as 110 U.S.-Cuba flights per day to Havana and nine other destinations.
The Maryland Court of Appeals rules the state's Public Information Act does not apply to abortion clinic license applicants' names, denying the Maryland Coalition for Life's appeal which had noted that courts in Illinois, Kansas and Minnesota have ordered these names released. The ruling can not be appealed to federal courts.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
José Ignacio Peralta is sworn in as Governor of Colima.
Germany calls for a no-fly zone in northern Syria which could, among other things, reduce the number of displaced Syrians.
human settlement in United States of America
legal restriction that limits the number of terms an officeholder may serve in a particular elected office
ski area in New Hampshire, United States
Filipino television presenter, endorser, actor, and recording artist
American professional wrestling and entertainment company
Protest leaders call for reopening blockaded roads in the northern state of Haryana.
smallest of the five main islands of Japan
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key says his country is willing to accept some asylum seekers from the Middle East and Asia, currently in detention camps on impoverished Pacific island nations. Presently, 267 refugees in Australia for medical treatment, some accompanied by a relative, are set to be returned to Nauru’s detention camp. Australia is hesitant about the offer, concerned that it could encourage people smugglers.
Mike Huckabee 2016 presidential campaign
Officials are counting ballots from Sunday's presidential election.
Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march.
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
practice of lending money without going through a traditional financial intermediary
capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany
Two people are killed on the campus of Independence High School in Glendale, Arizona, near Phoenix. The campus is on lockdown, but there is no active shooter situation any longer.
territory where aircraft aren't allowed to fly over
International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles
process for U.S. companies to comply with the EU Directive on the protection of personal data
No injuries or damage have been reported.
local time on 23 February to leave the Calais jungle camp.
Two other teenagers are injured, none seriously.
entertainment complex and casino in Auckland, New Zealand
one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
Japan's NHK news reports the rocket passed over the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-1 on penalties at Wembley Stadium to win the 2015–16 Football League Cup.
capital and most populous city of Russia
national constitutional ruling body of France
Timeline of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
national meteorological service of Japan
method of preventing human pregnancy or birth
bilateral relations between India and United States
It is the first time that the heads of the Roman Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church have ever met.
The Maryland House of Delegates and Senate override Governor Larry Hogan's veto of a bill extending felons' voting rights to those who have not completed the terms of their probation or parole.
Australian psychedelic rock musical proyect
Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey's Incirlik Air Base ahead of a planned ground invasion of Syria. Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu confirmed the deployment in Adana near the Syria–Turkey border, but said the numbers had not been confirmed.
Voters in Ireland go to the polls for a general election.
Pope Francis meets with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow in Havana, Cuba.
List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
group of football players (any type of football)
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
township in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States
Germany is considering sending troops to Tunisia to help train the Tunisian Army in the fight against Islamist militants, particularly ISIL who control territory in neighboring Libya.
Japan's NHK news reports the rocket passed over the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe, condemns the launch and says, "We absolutely cannot allow this. We will take action to totally protect the safety and well-being of our people". The Japanese government says no rocket debris fell on Japanese territory and there are no reports of damage. The rocket reportedly falls into waters southwest of Jeju Island.
American music award for excellent songwriting
Many Ugandans access Twitter and Facebook via a Virtual private network (VPN) which masks a user's location.
South Korea's opposition holds a parliamentary filibuster, the first in the National Assembly since 1969, to block the current anti-terrorism bill that would expand National Intelligence Service powers.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission orders manufacturers of self-balancing scooters (hoverboards) to ensure their products meet safety standards or face recall, or seizure at ports. CPSC Chairman Elliot Kaye tells NBC News no hoverboard currently on the market meets these standards.
In the last decade, he was found or admitted guilty in four different corruption investigations.
sovereign state in Oceania, situated on an archipelago
sexual assaults made by English media personality Jimmy Savile
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
The death toll in Fiji rises to at least 17 as authorities continue to assess the damage. All schools in the country are closed for the week. A nationwide curfew remains in effect.
2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
5th Iranian Assembly of Experts election
American criminal and former Democratic California State Senator
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
atom that has excess nuclear energy, making it unstable
state in the western and central peninsular region of India
ground warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment
This parliamentary session is set to end March 11, with elections on April 13.
A suicide bomb attack in Syria's capital Damascus kills at least 10 people.
sudden, drastic flow of snow down a steep slope
Economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and other nations
Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
Ministry of National Defense (Republic of China)
Defense ministry of the Republic of China located in Taipei, Taiwan.
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee suspends his campaign.
fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or other areas
Officials are counting ballots from Sunday's presidential election. The final results of the run-off are not expected for several weeks.
(Reuters via The Australian Financial Review)
26-year-old Alex Buckner is identified by Phoenix police as the shooter, who was killed in a gunfight with police.
Taiwanese President-elect Tsai Ing-wen called on all parties to "exercise self-control based on the principle of peaceful resolution of disputes in the South China Sea," while Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of the US Pacific Fleet, said that such a move would be "a militarization of the South China Sea in ways" that Mainland China's leader Xi Jinping had pledged not to make.
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
We will take action to totally protect the safety and well-being of our people".
2016 level crossing collision in the Netherlands
neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, United States
Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign
effort by the former Maryland Governor to become the 45th President of the United States
34th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary-General of NATO
division of Christianity into two large parts
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
Supreme Court makeup following Justice Antonin Scalia's death means there is an "increased likelihood for unfavorable outcomes for business involved in class action suits." The urethane chemicals case, from 2005, was against a number of companies; Dow had been the only defendant not to settle.
aerospace and transportation manufacturer in Canada
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
Filipino actor singer and Chairman of the National Youth Commission
Besigye, who's challenged President Musveni in the last three elections, has been repeatedly arrested, roughed up, or confined to house arrest during that time.
A pause in Russian bombardments appears unlikely.
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
Economic policy of the Nicolás Maduro administration
The discontinuance of electricity and water into the Kaesong area impacts area residents who lose their steady supply of water.
February 2016 North American winter storm
Western United States, Central United States, Southeastern United States, Northeastern United States
two perpetrators of a terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California, on December 2, 2015
dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area
66th Berlin International Film Festival's
Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
official deputy of the head of government of the Netherlands
A Scud missile fired from Yemen is intercepted over Saudi Arabia.
At least ten people are dead, one person is missing and presumed dead, about 80 are injured, and 17 are seriously or critically injured.
Seven candidates are vying to unseat President Museveni, who has been in office since 1986.
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
holiday observed on February 14 to celebrate love and friendship
opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London (3rd theatre on the site, opened 1858)
Two months after Egypt's Civil Aviation Ministry ruled out terrorism in Flight 9268's crash, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi admits an ISIS bomb downed the Russian passenger jet.
head of government and of the Council of Ministers of France
Presently, 267 refugees in Australia for medical treatment, some accompanied by a relative, are set to be returned to Nauru’s detention camp.
Clashes between local tribal forces and Sudanese fighters in Libya's southeastern Cyrenaica region around the town of Kufra leaves around 30 dead.
Greece's foreign ministry called the move an "unfriendly act." More than 100,000 migrants have entered the EU illegally so far in 2016, nearly all of them arriving in Greece.
Companies are no longer protected by the International Safe Harbor pact that was ruled illegal last October.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
Newton becomes the first black quarterback to win the award outright (Steve McNair shared the award in 2004 with Peyton Manning).
Pipe bombs were discovered on their bodies.
method of electronically exchanging digital messages between people over a network
55th Governor of New Jersey, former U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey
The Parliament of Algeria considers a new constitution imposing term limits for the President and recognising Amazigh as an official language.
association football club in Liverpool, England
formal text adopted by a United Nations body
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
member of the U.S. Supreme Court other than the chief justice
decision to sell more F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
Financial Services Authority (United Kingdom)
John McAfee, creator of the anti-virus software McAfee, Inc. and former CEO, offers to unlock an iPhone that belonged to San Bernardino attacker Syed Farook for the FBI for free after Apple Inc. refused to comply with a court order asking it to unlock the device. McAfee said "It will take us three weeks," with access to a super-computer in an article published by the Business Insider.
1947–1989 country of the Warsaw Pact and Eastern Bloc
ban on entering public areas such as streets or squares at certain times
civilian who does not take a direct part in hostilities during war
massive natural gas leak in southern California
city in Merseyside, England, United Kingdom
Wei Hong is removed as the Governor of China's Sichuan province due to perceived disloyalty to the Communist Party. [permanent dead link]
process of identification of a person, for security concerns
self-employed worker with no committed employer
aircraft main body which is the primary carrier of crew, passengers, and payload
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at age 79.
city in Riverside County, California, United States
Houston Texans defensive tackle J. J. Watt is named Defensive Player of the Year for the third time in four years.
President Barack Obama announces a plan to tax crude oil $10 a barrel in order to fund infrastructure spending, according to a White House statement.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey
Oklahoma has recently experienced a surge in seismic activity, leading to calls for the governor to make changes to oil- and gas-drilling regulations.
Gianni Infantino is elected with a majority of votes in the second round of voting.
Greece recalls its ambassador to Austria in response to Austria's hosting of a meeting with Balkan states, to which Greece was not invited, about European migrant crisis policies that would make it harder for migrants to head north across Europe.
Officials say the practice of killing, dismembering, and tossing body parts into drains might have also happened at prisons in other cities, e.g., Popayán, Bucaramanga and Barranquilla.
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
One Indian soldier, buried in the snow for six days, is rescued from last week's Siachen Glacier avalanche, however the other nine soldiers from the army post in the Himalayan region of Kashmir didn't survive.
National Football League franchise in Denver, Colorado
Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors
Commission of the Holy See for the safeguarding of minors.
1989 by Taylor Swift wins the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
partially recognized country in southeastern Europe
town in Sussex County, Virginia, United States
Polish general and politician (1925-2015)
A shooting at a boxing match weigh-in between Jamie Kavanagh and Antonio João Bento in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, leaves one person dead and two others injured. The gunmen were reportedly dressed as police officers and armed with AK-47s.
bicameral national legislature of Australia
city in Stark County, Ohio, United States
A suicide bomber strikes a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan killing five civilians and wounding nine others. [permanent dead link]
Voters in South Carolina go to the polls for the Democratic Party primary.
In Cairo, thousands of doctors protest against police impunity following the assault, allegedly by Egyptian police officers, of two doctors in a hospital last week.
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad quits the ruling United Malays National Organisation due to concerns over "corruption" under current PM Najib Razak.
football stadium, home of Liverpool F.C.
state that is a participant in the treaties of the European Union (EU)
Similar requests have been made by Turkey and others throughout the 5-year-old war.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
and European leaders for the souring of relations with Russia.
Kalamazoo, Richland Township and Texas Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.
type of equal subjects of the Russian Federation
armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups
UNICEF reports at least 120,000 of Fiji's children have been affected.
city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Misamis Oriental
human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
India summons the U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma over the U.S. decision to sell more F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
Dow states that the uncertainty about the U.S.
Australian icebreaker, Aurora Australis, runs aground in Antarctica with 68 people on board.
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
Ugandan physician, politician and former military officer in the Uganda People's Defence Force.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announces its induction class of 2016, consisting of eight figures: players Brett Favre, Kevin Greene, Marvin Harrison, Orlando Pace, Ken Stabler, and Dick Stanfel; coach Tony Dungy; and owner Edward DeBartolo, Jr., to be inducted as a contributor.
city in Switzerland and capital of its canton
The Syrian cessation of hostilities truce is in effect, as of midnight, Saturday, local Syrian time (10:00 p.m.
cases of corruption by officials and associates connected with FIFA
process of allocating the political power of a set of constituent voters among their representatives in a deliberative body
A family of five falls victim to a murder-suicide in Phoenix, Arizona. 26-year-old Alex Buckner is identified by Phoenix police as the shooter, who was killed in a gunfight with police.
organization independent of any government, usually created to aid those in need
The University of California, Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyber-attack on a system that stores Social Security and bank account numbers. There is no evidence the hacker(s) took any personal information.
province of Indonesia, on island of Java
armed occupation of a US federal protected area in Oregon in 2016
Australia is hesitant about the offer, concerned that it could encourage people smugglers.
At least 27 migrants die in a shipwreck in the Aegean Sea when a boat capsizes in the Turkish bay of Edremit, near the Greek island of Lesbos.
Iraqi authorities are searching for 10 grams of iridium-192, a radioactive material stolen from a Weatherford International oilfield services facility near Basra in November 2015. Authorities are concerned about its potential use by Islamic State, or the like, to develop a dirty bomb weapon.
Canadian multinational aerospace and transportation company Bombardier Inc. is to cut 7,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years, including over a thousand jobs in the United Kingdom.
part of the Battle of Aleppo and the Syrian Civil War
Brookfield Asset Management, a Canadian asset manager, agrees to buy the U.S.
It is one of Bavaria's and Germany's deadliest-ever railroad accidents.
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
bilateral relations between Russia and Hungary
disputed maritime demarcation line between North and South Korea
bomber aircraft developed by Northrop Grumman
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
The United States Department of Justice files a motion to compel Apple Inc.
Fighting occurs between Shilluk and Dinka youths at a United Nations peacekeeping compound in the city of Malakal which lasts around three hours. Médecins Sans Frontières reports at least 18 people are killed, including two MSF South Sudanese staff members, and dozens injured.
Warren Truss, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party of Australia.
sovereign state situated on an archipelago in the Indian Ocean off the eastern coast of Africa
homicide caused by the negligence of another
Current law calls for deportation of non-citizens convicted of murder or sexual violence.
capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States
At least 40 people are killed and 58 others injured following a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate.
Ted Cruz wins the Republican caucus; this makes him the first Hispanic person to win an Iowa caucus.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan.
United States National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agree on a draft resolution that would expand United Nations Security Council sanctions following North Korea's latest nuclear test.
Nuclear power plant in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert starts a 19-month prison sentence for bribery and obstructing justice.
set of terrorist acts or campaign committed by individuals or groups who profess or claim to profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
Warren Truss, the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, announces his resignation as the leader of the National Party of Australia. Barnaby Joyce is elected as the new leader with Fiona Nash elected as the new deputy leader.
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
annual conference on international security policy in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
major mountain range spanning the borders between India, Pakistan, and China
A family of five falls victim to a murder-suicide in Phoenix, Arizona.
opposition to some or all movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native
chief executive of the Mexican state of Colima
United States Air Force base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea
McAfee said "It will take us three weeks," with access to a super-computer in an article published by the Business Insider.
Senator of the Republic of The Philippines
county seat of Monroe County, New York, United States
state of New Hampshire create a super PAC to support U.S.
Two suicide bombers kill 70 people and injure more than 100 others at a crowded market in Sadr City, Iraq.
Russian Air Force attacks on opposition positions were reported to have been intensified before the truce took effect.
an unofficial title of the top leader of China, usually the General Secretary or Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
Egyptian authorities order the closure of the Egyptian branch of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT), a prominent NGO that documents alleged human rights abuses and treats torture victims.
legal concept regulating rights of a creative work
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
association football club in Moscow, Russia
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Cambodian politician and former military commander of Cambodia
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni is declared the winner of the Presidential election with 60% of the vote.
India summons the U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma over the U.S.
It now moves to Governor Dennis Daugaard for his approval or veto.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
special administrative industrial region of North Korea
right-wing religious conservative political faction in Iran
Amnesty International condemns the closure of the Nadeem centre, saying the NGO gives a lifeline to hundreds of victims of torture and families of people subjected to enforced disappearances.
accession process of new countries to the European Union
A shooting at a boxing match weigh-in between Jamie Kavanagh and Antonio João Bento in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, leaves one person dead and two others injured.
The main Syrian opposition group says a temporary truce is possible if the Syrian government's allies, including Russia, "halt all fighting" in the war-torn country.
American diplomat, policy advisor, and public official
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan. Taiwan's official Central News Agency reported that 14 people were killed and 484 injured.
A Tobruk-based military source said the pilot survived having parachuted to safety, but his whereabouts were not immediately clear.
Voters in Uganda go to the polls for a general election to elect a new President of Uganda as well as for parliamentary and local elections.
Then, on April 10, 2016, the three leading candidates will vie in a runoff.
The United States and Cuba sign an agreement restoring commercial air traffic between the two countries for the first time in 50 years.
public university in Berkeley, California
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Hellenic Republic of Greece with other countries
Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
Tens of thousands of Turkish troops are active on the border of Syria involved in fighting the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
FIFA's Court of Arbitration for Sport denies presidential candidate Prince Ali bin Al Hussein of Jordan's request to postpone Friday's presidential election.
At least one other person has died in the Deep South of the United States.
President of the Central African Republic
Russian-British lord and newspaper owner
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
1950–1953 war between North and South Korea
It is expected to make landfall on Saturday.
2016 mass shooting in Jizan Province, Saudi Arabia
American football linebacker, Pro Football Hall of Famer
personalisable song traditionally used to commemorate birthdays
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
borough in central Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Valued at $21 million (USD), they were seized by the government when her husband Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown.
tensions between the United States and China or Russia post-1991
termination of a pregnancy in the United States
polar continent in the Southern Hemisphere
company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight
Saudi diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (born 1962)
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius announces his resignation.
refugee and migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France
American multinational nonprofit news agency
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
Category 5 South Pacific cyclone in 2016
oil field in Los Angeles County, California
standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities and processes, etc.
Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzō Abe, condemns the launch and says, "We absolutely cannot allow this.
Residents cite noise, pollution, and crime as reasons for not wanting a new base built.
political party in Switzerland (SVP/UDC)
The missile's target is believed to have been the King Khalid Air Base, near the city of Khamis Mushait.
United States Department of Transportation
U.S. federal executive department overseeing highways, railroads, aviation, transit, and other modes of transportation
supreme constitutional court of Colombia
supreme authority within a territory, as well as external autonomy from other states
law enforcement service in North Macedonia
In the United States, a 14-year-old shoots two students, who were hospitalized in stable condition, in the Madison Local School cafeteria.
American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Hawaii
Kasarvadavali area, Thane, Maharashtra, India
train crash in Bavaria, Germany, 9 February 2016
political movement of paramilitary groups in the US
capital of the canton of Zürich, Switzerland
A suicide bomber kills at least 13 recruits at a Yemeni Army base run by forces loyal to ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi in the southern port city of Aden.
military actions against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The victims include inmates, visitors, and others.
census designated place in Prince William County, Virginia, United States
ISIL claim responsibility for the attack.
One of the men detained, reported to be aged 35, had been living in a refugee shelter in the town of Attendorn, east of Cologne.
Three Palestinian assailants launch a shooting and stabbing attack near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, killing one policewoman and seriously injuring another, and lightly injuring a civilian, before being shot and killed by other security forces at the scene.
Chinese police chief and politician (1951-2017)
Authorities believe a car bomb caused the blast.
sovereign state in South Asia, situated on an archipelago in the Arabian Sea
capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan
military and political conflict in northern Syria
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
The University of California, Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyber-attack on a system that stores Social Security and bank account numbers.
Twin bomb blasts hit the Syrian city of Homs with at least 57 people reportedly killed and more than 100 injured.
live entertainment theatre in Los Angeles, California, United States
head of government of Russia, leads the executive branch in Russia
The Presidential race with eight candidates including incumbent Yoweri Museveni and seven challengers is tipped to be the closest in the nation's history.
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
South Korean opposition lawmakers' anti-terrorism bill filibuster, which stops all other legislative business, extends its world record to 115 hours Sunday afternoon, easily besting Canada's 58-hour session in 2011.
Three Palestinian assailants launch a shooting and stabbing attack near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, killing one policewoman and seriously injuring another, and lightly injuring a civilian, before being shot and killed by other security forces at the scene. Pipe bombs were discovered on their bodies.
latest phase of the conflict which started after the escalation in 2015
head of state and of government in Zimbabwe
Aliso Canyon Oil Field, Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, California
Charlot Salwai is elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu following the January snap election.
The suspect, a 45-year-old man who is an Uber driver without a prior criminal record, was taken into custody without a struggle.
city in and county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States
American politician in Arkansas (born 1955)
4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia (1981–2003, 2018–20)
international airport serving Kandahar, Afghanistan
United States presidential election in Iowa, 2016
96th season in the history of the National Football League
conflict over the Kashmir region between India, Pakistan and China
American football player and coach (1962-2020)
The President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö, in an address to the Finnish parliament (Eduskunta), says the current flow of migrants into Europe threatens the continent's Western values and that the UN's Convention relating to the Status of Refugees is outdated, saying "All estimates predict that the flow of people will increase this year.
American politician and activist (born 1941)
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
group of people involved in some phase of the making of a film
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
human settlement in Municipal Formation of the City of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia
National Football League Most Valuable Player Award
award given by various entities to the American football player
person or organization that has a right to a benefit
public research university in British Columbia, Canada
capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq
emergency protocol that prevents people or information from leaving an area, usually only initiated by someone in a position of authority
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
At least 83 people are killed and 178 injured in a series of bombings in the Damascus suburb Sayyidah Zaynab, Rif Dimashq Governorate.
Carly Fiorina 2016 presidential campaign
Central African general election, 2015–16
complaint procedures and oversight for police behavior
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
At least five soldiers and one civilian have been killed.
Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller is named as the game's Most Valuable Player.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
Negotiations between Kiev and Moscow have not reached an agreement.
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
request to return a product after the discovery of safety issues or product defects that might endanger the consumer or put the maker/seller at risk of legal action
semiannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
A 45-year-old man was later arrested in the city of Kalamazoo.