A French Army soldier shoots and wounds a man armed with a knife who was trying to enter an underground shopping area near the Louvre in Paris. The museum was evacuated.
Casey Affleck wins the Best Actor for his role in Manchester by the Sea, which also won Best Original Screenplay.
cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station
cities close their doors after activists called on immigrants to stay home from work, avoid shopping or eating out, and skip classes Thursday for #ADayWithoutImmigrants, to protest the President's immigration reforms and highlight the immigrant community's contributions to the United States.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
American-born panda Bao Bao arrives in China.
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
One reactor was taken offline and five people were affected by fumes.
At least 13 people, including six police officers, are killed and 85 are injured after a bomb explodes at a protest rally in Lahore, Punjab.
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło is injured in a car crash in her hometown, Oświęcim, Poland. Mrs. Szydło is in good condition in a Warsaw hospital.
overview of contemporary Afghan politics
South Korea's Agricultural Ministry confirms a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm in Boeun County. This is the first instance of this disease in the country since March 29, 2016.
Nearly five hundred African migrants swarm the border of Spain from Morocco.
Aboard Air Force One, President Trump tells reporters he is considering issuing a revised policy banning citizens of certain countries traveling to the United States.
International Committee of the Red Cross
The Turkish government lifts the ban prohibiting female army officers from wearing a Hijab. The military is the last Turkish institution to end the ban.
The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL after months of fighting.
Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2, Malaysia
Leila de Lima, senator and critic of the Philippine Drug War, is charged by Philippines justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II of alleged drug-related crimes.
international quasi-judicial body established to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
A suicide bomber kills at least seven people outside a bank in Lashkargah.
Florida International University College of Law
A report alleges that the German BND has been spying on journalists in Afghanistan.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Twelve people are injured, four critically, after an SUV hits the Gulf Shores High School Band during the Gulf Shores, Alabama, Mardi Gras parade. The vehicle, in the parade behind the band, accelerated when the 73-year-old driver's foot slipped off the brake pedal onto the gas.
77th United States Secretary of the Treasury
Also allowed in were ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, and Fox News.
global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in Florida, United States
The Coast Guard has discovered a debris field, but no sign of the crew.
Philip Bilden, nominee for Secretary of the Navy, withdraws his name from consideration.
The Royal Thai Government has fired Police General Jumpol Manmai for "extremely evil" misconduct and political interests which threatened national security.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
federal appellate court for the western U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II marks her 65th anniversary as sovereign, making her the only British monarch to commemorate a Sapphire Jubilee.
Voters in Uttar Pradesh cast ballots in Phase 1 of the state's 2017 elections, with Phase 7, the final poll, to be held on 8 March. This will be an important test of India's November policy change that removed 86 percent of the cash then in circulation.
British-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever rejects a US$143 billion takeover from Kraft Heinz, saying the deal had no financial or strategic merit.
About 330 people with alleged links to last year's coup attempt stand trial at a prison outside Ankara on charges of murder and attempting to overthrow the government, the largest trial to date.
According to Tokyo Electric Power Company, radiations levels within one of the reactors of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011, are at its highest level since experiencing a meltdown, with a reading of 530 sieverts an hour.
political party in Australia (2016-2019)
An explosion kills one and injures at least 30 people, mostly police officers preparing for the weekly anti-bullfighting protests in Bogotá, Colombia. Bullfighting resumed last month after a four-year lull, per a Supreme Court order. Responsibility has not been determined.
The 89th Academy Awards are held in Los Angeles, California.
In an apparent hate crime, an Indian engineer is shot dead and another injured in Olathe, Kansas.
Democrat Congressman Jerrold Nadler files a Resolution of Inquiry motion aimed at clarifying Donald Trump's relationship to Russia as well as potential conflicts of interest arising from his businesses.
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's government creates a temporary visa for thousands of Venezuelans whose country is mired in a deep economic crisis. Visa holders will be able to study, work, and receive health services in Peru for a year. "This is part of our migratory policy that aims to build bridges not walls", says Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the global transfer of weapons between 2012 and 2016 has been higher than any other five-year period since the end of the Cold War, with the Middle East increasing its weapon imports by 212%, second only to India, who accounted for 13% of the world's imports.
Princess Cristina of Spain is acquitted of fraud but her husband is convicted.
Cameroon wins the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with a 2–1 victory over Egypt.
The United States Department of the Treasury eases some sanctions on the Federal Security Service (FSB), allowing for limited transactions with the intelligence agency. The sanctions were put in place last year by Barack Obama over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
A suspected drunken driver plows his car into a crowd watching the Krewe of Endymion parade at the New Orleans Mardi Gras.
head of the United States Department of Justice
The Trump White House bars The New York Times, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News, The Hill, the Daily Mail, BBC, Politico, and BuzzFeed from a Friday press "gaggle." Generally conservative, mostly new, outlets were permitted entry, such as Breitbart News, One America News Network, and The Washington Times. Also allowed in were ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg News, and Fox News. Time magazine and the Associated Press could have attended but chose not to in protest. The White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents the press corps, quickly rebuked the White House’s actions. [permanent dead link]
The United States Department of the Treasury announces new sanctions against Iran in response to the latter's recent ballistic missile test. Thirteen people and twelve entities with ties to Iran have been affected.
Azerbaijani government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
Donald Trump, the President of the United States, agrees to continue the One China Policy after a discussion with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
U.S. President Donald Trump names Florida International University College of Law Dean and former National Labor Relations Board member Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of Labor. The President's initial nominee, Andy Puzder, withdrew his nomination yesterday.
Conservative Political Action Conference
forms one half of the executive branch of the government of Romania
A 73-year-old man was killed and two other people injured.
Per the Afghan government's request, the United Nations drops sanctions against Hezb-e Islami party leader and former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
Demonstrations spread to the second city of Belarus—Gomel—where 2,000 march against a 2015 tax law.
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months, 1 week and 4 days)
A total of 21 combatants die in a three-week offensive by the government against the Communist Party of the Philippines.
The Gambia withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2013 under Yahya Jammeh, who considered it a "neo-colonial institution".
Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations
the person who represents the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Clashes erupt between Nagorno-Karabakh separatists and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
More than 600,000 people protest in dozens of cities in Romania and diaspora against Grindeanu Government.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.
intentional deception made for unfair or unlawful gain or damaging or depriving a victim
U.S.-backed SDF forces on two fronts meet up northeast of Raqqa, encircling a pocket of villages still held by ISIS.
Budapest withdraws its bid, leaving Paris and Los Angeles as the two candidate cities for hosting the 2024 competition.
The female suspect had been spotted online saying she wanted to either leave for the Syria-Iraq conflict or mount an attack in France, and recorded a video in which she pledged allegiance to ISIL.
Cyclone Dineo kills seven and destroys twenty-thousand homes in Mozambique.
globular cluster in the constellation Tucana
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
At least 17 people are killed with dozens injured in a crowd stampede at a football stadium in Uíge, Angola.
A Sabal Trail Transmission Pipeline protester who was seen firing a high powered rifle at the pipeline construction site in Florida was chased by police until his car crashed.
former Director of the Idaho Democratic Party
The National Liberation Army releases former congressman Odin Sanchez, who had been held hostage by the rebel group since April 2016, paving the way for peace talks to begin between the rebels and the Colombian government next week in Ecuador.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
capital city of Mogilev Region in eastern Belarus, on the Dnieper River
Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
Zealandia comes closer to being recognized as a continent.
second largest island of the Philippines
United Kingdom's national weather service
Kraft Heinz drops its bid to buy Unilever for US$143 billion. Unilever rejected the idea last Friday but Kraft Heinz still expressed interest in finding an agreement.
It is expected to be signed later this year.
Tens of thousands of people march through Moscow, Russia, to commemorate the two-year anniversary of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov's assassination.
The U.S. Justice Department tells the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that it won't be seeking further action by the court since this executive order will soon be replaced by a different one. Justice added they expect the Ninth Circuit ruling will be vacated once the new executive order is issued.
art and archeology museum in Paris, France
Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, withdraws from consideration to be Secretary of Labor in President Donald Trump's cabinet.
earthfill embankment dam in Oroville, California
Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have launched an operation to regain control of western Mosul from ISIL militants.
The European Parliament unanimously approves visa-free regime in the Schengen zone for Georgia.
climatic phenomenon occurring in the Pacific Ocean
Bullfighting resumed last month after a four-year lull, per a Supreme Court order.
short- or long-term loss of the electric power to an area
most populous city in the United States of America
An airstrike hits a tunnel in the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border, killing at least two people and injuring five more. It is unclear who launched the airstrike.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
national intelligence and law enforcement agency of Ukraine
In Hong Kong, over 16 were injured, and an incoherent man was charged with arson after an alleged firebomb attack on a rush hour Hong Kong metro commuter train.
2016–17 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
cyclone season in the South-West Indian Ocean
In a second round of voting, Tom Perez is elected Chair of the DNC with 235 votes.
The Hershey Company announces it will cut about 15 percent of its global workforce (~2,700 jobs) to return its international businesses to profitability as quickly as possible. The layoffs will have a greater impact on the international workforce.
Russian track and field athlete Mariya Savinova is banned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport from partaking in any sporting events for four years and is stripped of her gold medal that she won in the 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics for doping between 2010 and 2013.
Heavy rains continue today with flash floods likely as the storm moves to eastern Texas and southern Louisiana.
Eastern Sports Club's manager Chan Yuen-ting becomes the first woman to coach a male football club in a top-flight continental competition with managing team against Guangzhou Evergrande in the AFC Champions League.
The Patriotic Union kept all eight seats during the election.
The Hershey Company announces it will cut about 15 percent of its global workforce (~2,700 jobs) to return its international businesses to profitability as quickly as possible.
any covering for the head; element of clothing which is worn on one's head
The United Nations Human Rights Council releases a report detailing mass atrocities by the military and police forces against Myanmar's Rohingya minority, including gang-rapes, mass killings, and possible ethnic cleansing, which could amount to crimes against humanity.
The protestors in the area of the Dakota Access Pipeline are evicted, clearing the way for the oil pipeline through Canada and the United States to be built.
U.S. cabinet member and head of the U.S. Department of Labor
An Egyptian Army raid in central Sinai kills at least 14 ISIL militants.
one of the ten wards in Sapporo city, Japan
Seattle-based Amazon.com says it will create 15,000 new full-time jobs across Europe by the end of 2017, increasing its European workforce by approximately 30 percent.
truck bomb detonated below the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik says he was detained at Dulles Airport earlier this week because he had visited Iran in 2014.
The Obama Administration and Bush Administration had failed to publicly disclose up to thousands of lethal airstrikes the U.S. made in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria against ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban via U.S. Army helicopters and drones.
An air raid on a funeral in a village north of Sana'a kills at least eight women and children. The Houthis blames the Saudi-led coalition for the attack.
This is taken by some as a reference to the Standing Rock Sioux and other groups opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Trump's travel ban remains suspended as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denies the Justice Department's request to stay the ruling which blocks major portions of the executive order.
diplomatic relations between Montenegro and Russia
political protests against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
South Africa's North Gauteng High Court rules the government's decision last October to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was unconstitutional, and instructs the government to revoke its notice of withdrawal.
The vehicle, in the parade behind the band, accelerated when the 73-year-old driver's foot slipped off the brake pedal onto the gas.
Late Saturday, the Justice Department files a request to "immediately stay" Friday's court ruling.
Former HBOS manager Lynden Scourfield and other bankers and consultants are found guilty of corruption and abuse of power in stealing £245 million from the bank and small businesses in a loans scam, which was spent on personal luxuries. Scourfield was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
Severe flooding following five days of incessant rain causes landslides that have killed 13 people in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara Province.
According to a report released by Malegapuru William Makgoba, 94 mentally ill patients in South Africa died from starvation, dehydration and diarrhea between March and December 2016 because of a "reckless" government attempt to save money by transferring the patients from a specialized institution to care centres with "invalid licenses".
Citing unnamed U.S. officials, The Washington Post reports that U.S. President Donald Trump berated Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Trump claimed it was "the worst call by far" and criticized a refugee settlement deal organised between the Turnbull Government and the Obama administration in late 2016.
The European Union pledges to give the Gambia €225 million in aid to assist the country following the departure of former president Yahya Jammeh, whose 22 years of misrule left the country "virtually bankrupt".
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, airstrikes on the rebel-held city of Idlib kill at least 26 people, with the death toll expected to rise.
Project Jonah reports that 75 percent of the more than 400 stranded whales are dead.
Donald Trump announces he will not attend the 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner, following recent friction between his administration and various news organizations.
Venezuela bans CNN en Español, CNN's 24-hour Spanish language television channel, after accusing it of spreading propaganda.
Syrian rebels and Turkish troops enter al-Bab, with Syrian troops also approaching the town, prompting heavy clashes with ISIL militants.
The layoffs will have a greater impact on the international workforce.
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
best screenplay not based upon previously published material
Date: 20 January – 9 March 2017 (1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
At least eight homes are destroyed as a wildfire rages out of control in the Port Hills, in the southern outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand. A pilot died when his helicopter crashed while fighting the fire.
Voting takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, to elect a new Chair of the Democratic National Committee.
An official blames Al-Shabaab, though the group denies having any involvement.
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, during a visit to the Gambia, announces that the West African nation is to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations following talks with Gambian President Adama Barrow. The Gambia withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2013 under Yahya Jammeh, who considered it a "neo-colonial institution".
Voters head to the polls to select the National Assembly and a new president with former vice-president Lenín Moreno facing off against former bank president Guillermo Lasso, and six other opposition candidates. There will be an April 2 runoff unless the leader receives 40 percent of the votes and is at least 10 percentage points ahead of the others. In addition, there's a tax haven referendum.
At least three Pakistan Army soldiers are killed by the Indian Army, while separate clashes kill three Indian Army soldiers and one suspected militant, at the Line of Control.
Cigna announces that it has terminated its merger with Anthem, a deal that was blocked by a U.S. federal judge last week. In addition, Cigna sues Anthem for the $1.85 billion reverse termination fee, and for more than $13 billion in additional damages. Anthem says Cigna has no right to terminate the merger, a deal which in January was extended to April 30, 2017.
A pilot died when his helicopter crashed while fighting the fire.
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Authorities in the state of Pennsylvania discover the Seoul virus, a member of the Hantavirus family, in a contained scientific breeding-facility for rats.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin signs into law the decriminalization of domestic violence.
Hundreds of right-wing activists gather to protest the court-ordered demolition of the Israeli settlement Ofra, which was built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank.
At the Munich Security Conference, a truce between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian army, per the Minsk Protocol, takes effect Monday. Pending a permanent political agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin orders that civil registration documents issued in separatist-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine be temporarily recognized. Ukrainian authorities say this violates provisions in the Minsk agreement. This is the third such agreement because the previous two in 2014 and 2015 were violated. Low-level fighting and artillery fire never fully stopped.
A warrant of arrest is to be served on Philippines opposition leader and senator Leila de Lima.
Moonlight wins Best Picture, moments after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner. It also won Best Adapted Screenplay.
More than 10,000 people are left homeless after a fire ravages a densely populated neighborhood of the Philippines capital Manila.
Jihadist militant group in the Philippines
Multiple suicide bombers kill at least six people near a district court in Charsadda. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.
President Donald Trump names United States Army Lt.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, in a telephone call, discuss strengthening the two countries' strategic partnership with particular attention to the conflict in the Donbass, a Ukrainian region that borders Russia.
A leaked memo from House Republicans reveals cutting provisions from Obamacare such as Medicaid expansions and subsidies for health insurance.
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
spectacle in which bulls are fought by humans
French President François Hollande reproaches U.S. President Donald Trump for his disparaging comments about Paris at Friday's Conservative Political Action Conference, noting that allies should have more respect and support for each other.
In a second round of voting, Tom Perez is elected Chair of the DNC with 235 votes. Perez names Congressman Keith Ellison Deputy Party Chair.
Flooding occurs across parts of Indonesia, including the capital Jakarta, due to torrential downpours over the last few days. Thousands of homes have been flooded and schools were forced to close. However, there are no reports of injuries yet.
A motorcade carrying prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord, is attacked by unidentified gunmen in Tripoli. There were no injuries reported.
Brazilian President Michel Temer deploys the Brazilian Army to the southeastern state of Espírito Santo, where a police strike has led to a wave of violence and looting, including dozens of murders in the state capital, Vitória.
Negotiators reach a preliminary deal on capping mobile phone intercarrier (wholesale) tariffs.
16 people dead in northern India after a truck carrying villagers to church overturned on a mountain road.
The Met Office issues travel warnings for parts of Wales, Scotland and England as Storm Doris, described as a “weather bomb”, brings gales, heavy rain and snow to the United Kingdom. At least one person is killed.
Six Afghan Red Cross workers are shot dead by suspected ISIL militants in the northern Jowzjan Province. Two other Red Cross workers are reportedly abducted.
44th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2009-2017)
The cave squeaker (Arthroleptis troglodytes), a critically endangered species of frog, is located and captured for the first time since 1962. Scientists announce plans to breed.
American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants
Syrian rebels, with backing from the Turkish Armed Forces, advance on ISIL-held al-Bab, capturing the outskirts of the town.
Romanian Justice Minister Florin Iordache resigns after losing the support of Prime-Minister Sorin Grindeanu.
A lawyer for the Justice Department, in a federal court in Virginia, says 100,000 visas have been revoked this week. A State Department spokesperson says the actual number is fewer than 60,000.
Adele wins the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Hello" and Album of the Year for 25. Chance the Rapper wins the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. David Bowie wins four posthumous awards, two for his final studio album Blackstar and two for its title track.
Philippine vice president Leni Robredo defends her fellow Liberal party-mate Leila de Lima who was arrested for alleged drug trafficking. Robredo calls de Lima's arrest political harassment.
The Alaska Aces ice hockey team announce that the 2016–17 ECHL season will be the team's last after 28 seasons of play, following a downturn in the Alaskan economy and sagging ticket sales.
According to officials, at least 11 people, mostly police officers, are killed outside a mosque in Jowzjan Province in an ambush by militants. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
President Donald Trump names United States Army Lt. General H. R. McMaster as National Security Advisor and says that U.S. Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who has been the acting NSA, will remain as the NSC's Chief of Staff.
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, in Paris, France
Citing court rulings and privacy laws, the United States Department of Agriculture stops making its records of animal abuse available to the public online, which makes them available exclusively through Freedom of Information Act requests. It has not yet been revealed whether another Agency will now be responsible for the keeping and public hosting of such records.
Twelve people are injured, four critically, after an SUV hits the Gulf Shores High School Band during the Gulf Shores, Alabama, Mardi Gras parade.
Yemen reassesses its permission to the United States to run special operations ground missions against suspected terrorist groups because of the civilian deaths in the January 29 raid. Earlier reports indicated permission had been suspended.
annual political conference attended by conservatives in the United States
The Trump administration signals that it plans a crackdown on U.S states that legalize the use of cannabis.
1992 superhero film directed by Tim Burton
26th United States National Security Advisor
unmanned aerial vehicle that is usually armed
Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump's visa ban.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
A bus traveling to Chile overturns in Argentina's Mendoza Province, killing at least 19 people.
According to the United Nations, the Congolese military has killed at least 101 people, including over 30 women, in the last five days while fighting Kamwina Nsapu rebels in Kasaï-Central.
1 of 43 administrative arrondissements of Belgium
A major blizzard hits the northeastern United States, cancelling more than 2,400 flights.
Voters in Switzerland approve a referendum that makes it easier for third-generation immigrants to become citizens.
The man was injured before he was arrested.
The United Nations and various humanitarian groups call on the international community to help prevent a possible famine in Somalia as rising food prices and drought have left over six million people at risk of starvation.
Executive Office of the President of the United States
The Justice Department plans to expand the use of private prisons.
At least 13 people, including six police officers, are killed and 85 are injured after a bomb explodes at a protest rally in Lahore, Punjab. The Pakistani Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility.
series of protests in Venezuela beginning in 2014
Malaysia recalls its ambassador from North Korea amid an ongoing dispute over the alleged assassination of Kim Jong-nam by North Korean agents in the country.
narrow sand spit and nature reserve at the northern end of the Golden Bay in New Zealand
In retaliation for the recent travel ban, Iran bars the United States' athletes from the 2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle tournament to be held in Kermanshah.
2017 Mexico–United States diplomatic crisis
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service issues an emergency warning for a bush fire located to the east of Dunedoo in New South Wales, Australia. The warning comes amidst "unprecedented" fire conditions across the region, deemed to be worse than the conditions precipitating the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria.
JCC (YMHA) North-American community organization for Jews
Mexican Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray Caso rejects and condemns the United States's new plan on deporting undocumented immigrants, stating that Mexico cannot "accept unilateral decisions imposed by one government on another."
Nagorno-Karabakh constitutional referendum, 2017
denial, dismissal, or unwarranted doubt about the scientific consensus on the rate and extent of global warming
Beginning in Minsk, spreading through Belarus, including Gomel, Mogilev, Vitebsk, Grodno and Brest.
General H. R. McMaster as National Security Advisor and says that U.S.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
The Pakistani Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility.
The United States Senate, in a 52 to 47 vote, confirms the nomination of Jeff Sessions as United States Attorney General.
The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film.
A rebel commander is killed by a bomb in eastern Ukraine while three Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed in fighting. At least 33 people have been killed in fighting over the past week.
A small plane crashes in a residential area of Riverside, California, killing at least three people, all of whom were passengers on the plane. No one on the ground was injured.
southern portion of U.S. state of California
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
Multiple tornadoes tear through New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other parts of southeastern Louisiana, injuring at least 20 people; no deaths have been reported.
One person is killed and 20 are injured when a passenger train derails near Leuven, Belgium.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes 14 kilometers (8 miles) northwest of Surigao City on the Philippines island of Mindanao and kills four people, injures more than 100 others, and damages multiple buildings. ,
Ukrainian authorities say this violates provisions in the Minsk agreement.
Peruvian politician and economist; Prime Minister (2005–06), President (2016–18)
westernmost region of the African continent
and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads, President Trump declined, stating that this treaty is a bad deal for the United States.
Armenia and the European Union agree on a new pact to boost ties between the two. It is expected to be signed later this year. This comes after Armenia rejected an Association Agreement in 2013.
President of the Senate Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu notifies the Constitutional Court claiming a judicial conflict of a constitutional nature between the Government of Romania and the Public Ministry, through the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA).
French National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen leaves before her scheduled meeting in Beirut with Lebanon's top Sunni Muslim religious leader, Grand Mufti Abdellatif Deryan, following her refusal to accept the offered headscarf to cover her hair. Le Pen's aides had been informed earlier about the traditional, religious need for a headscarf for this meeting.
2017 ceremony awarding film works of 2016
U.S. immigration suspension legal challenges
Legal challenges to U.S. immigration suspension order
American political strategist and former White House Press Secretary and Communications Director for President Donald Trump
A jury finds in favor of video game publisher ZeniMax Media after the trial of its copyright lawsuit against Oculus and Facebook, regarding virtual reality coding.
The Guatemalan army blockades a ship from the Dutch NGO Women on Waves that provides material for abortions.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia will honor the agreement to accept refugees from Central America even though the U.S.
head of the United States Department of State
Date: 8 August 2016 – c. 2019 (c. 3 years)
The Trump administration releases a new memo that sets the policy for the deportation of undocumented migrants accused of any crime.
The week-long 2017 Asian Winter Games open at Sapporo Dome in Japan with more than 2,000 athletes from 31 countries, including North Korea, participating.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
annual song competition held among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union
The filing contained no legal arguments.
Thousands of people are urged to evacuate in and around the vicinity of Yuba City due to the impending failure of an emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in Northern California.
Turkish police arrest over 800 people with alleged links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
football stadium in London, England, UK, inaugurated in March 2007
There will be an April 2 runoff unless the leader receives 40 percent of the votes and is at least 10 percentage points ahead of the others.
A rebel commander is killed by a bomb in eastern Ukraine while three Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed in fighting.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
The accident did not cause a radioactive leak.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
The Syrian Government's Tiger Forces reaches the front lines with the Syrian Democratic Forces south of Manbij after capturing territory from ISIL, east of al-Bab.
A Sabal Trail Transmission Pipeline protester who was seen firing a high powered rifle at the pipeline construction site in Florida was chased by police until his car crashed. The suspect was shot and killed by a deputy after he tried to engage police in a gunfight.
Gunmen attack a Vietnamese vessel near Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, killing at least one sailor and abducting seven others, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. Abu Sayyaf militants are suspected of being behind the attack.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231
United Nations Security Council resolution
The Iditarod Trail Committee announces the race's March official start has been moved from the Anchorage area northeast to Fairbanks, Alaska, due to low-snow conditions in the Alaska Range.
state-sponsored act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that militants attacked two Syrian Armed Forces bases in Homs, killing at least 42 people, including a senior intelligence officer.
According to the Afghan Interior Ministry, Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund, a senior Taliban commander, is killed in a U.S. airstrike in Kunduz Province.
association football club in Southampton, England
Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of Kim Jong-il, is assassinated in Malaysia after two unidentified women reportedly poisoned him at Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
the 10th and current president of the Federal Republic of Somalia
Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem announce the discovery of another cave that used to have Dead Sea Scrolls.
According to the United Nations, as many as 96 families have been displaced by criminal gangs who are filling the vacuum left by FARC rebels in Colombia after the latter signed a peace deal with the government last year.
Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia
Iranian Minister of Defence Hossein Dehghan confirms Iran tested a new missile, claiming that the test did not violate the 2015 nuclear deal nor UN resolution 2231.
Incumbent Australian Senator Cory Bernardi defects from the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia to establish his own minor party, the Australian Conservatives.
Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XIX
directly elected parliament of the European Union
2010 nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation
The Liechtenstein general election, 2017 took place in Liechtenstein resulting in a Progressive Citizens' Party and Patriotic Union coalition government under Prime Minister Adrian Hasler. The election left the Progressive Citizens' Party with only nine seats, one less than the previous election. The Patriotic Union kept all eight seats during the election. Gaining stature in the Landtag of Liechtenstein the Free List or FL held on to all three seats but rose 1.5%pp. With the Independents gaining one seat from the previous election leaving them at five.
Donetsk People's Republic commander Mikhail Tolstykh, better known by his nom de guerre "Givi", is killed in a bomb blast in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast.
Cigna announces that it has terminated its merger with Anthem, a deal that was blocked by a U.S.
SpaceX delays the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida due to a technical issue. The Falcon 9 will resupply the International Space Station.
Hekmatyar is granted immunity in exchange for his abandoning violence and supporting the Constitution of Afghanistan.
With the Independents gaining one seat from the previous election leaving them at five.
The High Court of Australia rules that Rod Culleton was ineligible for election as a candidate for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party in Western Australia in the Federal election and is ineligible to serve in the Senate of Australia.
With 95.3 percent of votes counted, Moreno received 39.21 percent of valid votes and Lasso had 28.34 percent.
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
A State Department spokesperson says the actual number is fewer than 60,000.
Gaining stature in the Landtag of Liechtenstein the Free List or FL held on to all three seats but rose 1.5%pp.
Shakir a tourist visa while considering HRW's appeal on the work visa.
city and county seat of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States and the largest city in the state
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
body that exercises supreme executive authority in Turkey
Drones that are used to transport passengers
British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser agrees to buy U.S.
The Netflix "documentary" The White Helmets, a film about the Syrian Civil War, wins the Best Documentary Short.The cinematographer Khaled Khatib who is himself a member of the rebel-aligned group couldn't attend the ceremony because officials from the Department of Homeland Security discovered "derogatory information" about him.
A power outage plunges the Belgian capital of Brussels into darkness.
The Abu Sayyaf militant group beheads their German hostage Jurgen Kantner in Indanan, Philippines.
UK parliamentary by-election in the Copeland constituency on 23 February 2017
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
made in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria against ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban via U.S.
largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
Viola Davis wins the Best Supporting Actress for her role in Fences.
A fire at the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in northwest France caused an explosion in a "non-nuclear" part of the station. One reactor was taken offline and five people were affected by fumes. The accident did not cause a radioactive leak.
Retail chain JC Penney announces plans to close between 130 and 140 stores, as well as 2 distribution centers, amid sagging store sales.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Police cancel a scheduled appearance of right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos on UC Berkeley due to hundreds of violent protesters on campus.
American music award for excellent albums
Two separate bombings take place in Pakistan, killing at least seven people. A suicide bomber kills five people at the administrative headquarters in the Mohmand Agency tribal district while the other kills two people at a hospital in Peshawar. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility for the first attack.
underground political party in the Philippines
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice upholds the 13-year, 9-month-plus prison term of Popular Will party founder Leopoldo López for inciting violence, via "subliminal messages," at the 2014 anti-government protests where 43 people were killed.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Gunmen attack a Vietnamese vessel near Tawi-Tawi, Philippines, killing at least one sailor and abducting seven others, according to the Philippine Coast Guard.
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
United States Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor
Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, dies in his federal prison cell in Butner, North Carolina.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
The U.S. Senate confirms, 51-49, Congressman Mick Mulvaney to head the Office of Management and Budget.
Visa holders will be able to study, work, and receive health services in Peru for a year.
volunteer-based firefighting agency in New South Wales, Australia
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
Severe storms, from the weather system that hit Southern California Friday, reach southwest Texas injuring several people and damaging at least 100 homes with one confirmed tornado in San Antonio. Heavy rains continue today with flash floods likely as the storm moves to eastern Texas and southern Louisiana.
Date: 16 October 2016 – 20 July 2017 (9 months and 4 days)
The ISIL-affiliated Syrian opposition group Jaysh Khaled bin Waleed overwhelms Tahrir al-Sham and Southern Front militants, capturing the towns of Tasil and Saham al-Jawlan, along with two other villages and a hill in Daraa Governorate.
The United Arab Emirates announces at the World Government Summit that its planned passenger drone will begin operations in July.
Four alleged extremists planning terror attacks in Azerbaijan are killed in a shootout with the country's security forces; one suspect is arrested. The State Security Service says the group was connected to an unspecified religious extremist group abroad.
Kraft Heinz drops its bid to buy Unilever for US$143 billion.
The spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.
airlines that they should board travelers who had been blocked by the executive order addressed in Judge Robart's ruling.
American worldwide food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and Heinz
57th season in franchise history; fifth Super Bowl win
This potentially sets up his return to Afghanistan, which is part of the country's peace deal with its second largest militant group, signed in September 2016.
A report by Amnesty International states that between 5,000 and 13,000 people, most of them civilians, were hanged at the military-run Sednaya Prison near Damascus between September 2011 and December 2015.
The Syrian Army recaptures the strategic town of Tadef from ISIL, south of al-Bab, securing key transportation routes in eastern Aleppo Governorate.
2017 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle
The International Committee of the Red Cross announces it will be temporarily halting some of its operations in Afghanistan after gunmen killed six of its workers yesterday.
A Houthi missile attack on a Yemeni military camp near the port city of Mocha kills Major General Ahmed Saif al-Yafei, Yemen's deputy chief of staff, and several others.
geographical and cultural region of France
In a referendum held yesterday in the breakaway state of Nagorno-Karabakh (a region long claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia), 87.6% of voters approve changing the country's governance system from semi-presidential to full presidential, therefore abolishing the position of prime minister.
Former Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is elected President of Germany.
Following the court's suspension of the travel ban, Iran allows visas for the United States men's freestyle wrestling team to compete in the 2017 World Cup.
The United Nations says humanitarian agencies are setting up in these older sections of the city where, already, food and fuel supplies are dwindling, running water is scarce, and electricity in many neighborhoods is unreliable for the estimated 800,000 civilians.
Verizon Communications agrees to buy the core business at Yahoo Inc. for $4.48 billion. Completion of this July 2016 deal had been delayed because of two data breaches Yahoo disclosed last year.
Mexican cabinet member responsible for foreign policy
The Trump administration plans to increase the budget of the United States Armed Forces by more than 9%.
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)
At least 11 people, all belonging to the same family, are killed in a grenade attack on their home in Laghman Province, according to provincial officials.
men's national association football team representing Cameroon
city in Northern California and the county seat of Sutter County, California, United States
Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, United States
demarcation line between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir
aerial warfare branch of Iraq's armed forces
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Japanese electric utility holding company
West Point graduate, billionaire businessman, and philanthropist Vincent Viola withdraws his name from consideration as Secretary of the Army because of Defense Department rules concerning his family businesses.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
American multinational technology company
A charter plane crashes into a Direct Factory Outlets shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia, shortly after taking off from Essendon Airport, killing the five people on board.
international airport in Selangor, Malaysia
Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
political, military and operational support to parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria
The U.S. Senate votes, along party lines (49-43), to not let Senator Elizabeth Warren participate in the debate about Senator Jeff Sessions's nomination to be the Attorney General in President Donald Trump's Cabinet because she violated Senate rule XIX when she was reading letters from the late Coretta Scott King and the late Senator Ted Kennedy that were critical of Sen. Sessions, thereby impugning his character.
After Swedish police arrest a suspect on drug-related charges, rioting occurs in Rinkeby, a suburb of the Swedish capital Stockholm.
Mark Zuckerberg publishes a new mission statement for his website, Facebook, including the development of artificial intelligence to identify potential tragic events such as suicides before they occur.
Coalition troops take control of the strategic Yemeni port city of Mocha after driving out Houthi forces.
At the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome, Italy, Pope Francis says that developmental needs have to be reconciled with the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories. This is taken by some as a reference to the Standing Rock Sioux and other groups opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
capital and most populous city of France
United Nations officials announce the creation of a new team in Geneva to investigate possible war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide during the Syrian Civil War in order to prepare for future prosecutions of those responsible.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
List of United Kingdom by-elections (2010–present)
The Ronald Gardenswartz Jewish Community Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico is evacuated for the second time this year following a bomb threat, after a wave of threats against Jewish institutions in the United States.
As many as fifty thousand people gather in Manila for a march organized by the Philippine Catholic Church to protest the Philippine Drug War.
city and county seat of Butte County, California, United States
Following diplomatic mediation by the European Union and the United States, minority Serbs tear down a concrete wall in Mitrovica. The city's majority Albanians regarded the wall as a provocation.
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
commission of an unlawful act in an official capacity, which affects the performance of official duties
Over 70,000 people are evacuated from Thessaloniki, Greece, as authorities attempt to defuse a World War II-era unexploded ordnance, which was discovered last week.
city and capital of the Vitebsk region in northeastern Belarus
A car bomb explodes in a Shi'ite neighbourhood in Baghdad, killing at least 48 people. ISIL claimed responsibility for the bombing.
has postponed interviews with asylum seekers in a camp at the Pacific island of Nauru.
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
statutory office and the head of the U.S. Department of the Navy
Anthem says Cigna has no right to terminate the merger, a deal which in January was extended to April 30, 2017.
An agreement is reached between Mongolian government representatives and the International Monetary Fund and other international partners on a three-year, $5.5 billion economic stabilization package.
Yannick Jadot drops out in an effort to boost Benoît Hamon.
U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz proposes a bill to eliminate the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
city and capital of Hrodna region in western Belarus
city in Alameda County, California, United States
Iran marks its 38th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution with nationwide rallies and ceremonies. The ceremony also contains some anti-Trump protests.
Roaming charges on voice and data calls for consumers within the EU are expected to be terminated on June 15, 2017.
According to officials, at least 11 people, mostly police officers, are killed outside a mosque in Jowzjan Province in an ambush by militants.
Former HBOS manager Lynden Scourfield and other bankers and consultants are found guilty of corruption and abuse of power in stealing £245 million from the bank and small businesses in a loans scam, which was spent on personal luxuries.
overview of the status of women in Russia
The Trump administration decides to not immediately appeal the Ninth Circuit's decision, which continues the travel ban suspension, to the Supreme Court.
Permanent Representative to the United Nations
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
bilateral relations between Australia and United States
Speculation about Donald Trump's Cabinet
This comes after Armenia rejected an Association Agreement in 2013.
The Iraqi Air Force strikes ISIL targets inside Syria for the first time in response to recent bombings in Baghdad.
South Korea's Agricultural Ministry confirms a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a dairy farm in Boeun County.
O.J.: Made in America wins the Best Documentary Feature.
Tom Brady, the quarterback for the New England Patriots, wins his fourth Most Valuable Player award, the most won by any player.
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
The Indian Space Research Organisation launches a record 104 satellites in single mission.
Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu announces that his government will scrap its proposed decree of decriminalizing some graft offenses on Sunday.
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
Negotiators reach a preliminary deal on capping mobile phone intercarrier (wholesale) tariffs. Roaming charges on voice and data calls for consumers within the EU are expected to be terminated on June 15, 2017.
Israel denies entry to Omar Shakir, a researcher for Human Rights Watch and an American citizen, because the organization engages in so-called Palestinian propaganda.
Many in the international community believe that such settlements are illegal but Israel disputes that.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
unauthorized Israeli settlement mostly in the "Judea and Samaria Area" (Area C of the West Bank)
land warfare branch of Brazil's military forces
A Montenegrin prosecutor accuses Russian authorities of being involved in the October 2016 coup plot in order to halt Montenegro's accession to NATO. Russian officials dismiss the allegations as "absurd."
French President François Hollande reproaches U.S.
Malaysian police claim that Kim Jong-nam, half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed by VX nerve agent, a toxin used almost exclusively for chemical warfare.
Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is ordered to stand trial for alleged campaign finance fraud during his failed 2012 presidential election campaign.
Twelve Afghan National Police officers are killed in a Taliban "infiltration attack" in the southern Helmand Province.
2015 murder of a Russian opposition politician
According to a United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan inquiry, 18 civilians in Helmand Province were killed in coalition air raids last Thursday and Friday, with locals and Afghan officials claiming that the death toll is higher.
land warfare branch of France's military
At least 47 ISIL militants have been killed by Turkish and U.S.-led bombing raids by fighter jets on the town of al-Bab in the last 24 hours, with the Turkish Armed Forces attacking 135 other ISIL targets in northern Syria.
Amnesty International releases a report criticizing the rise of populist leaders such as Donald Trump of the United States, Viktor Orbán of Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey.
Democratic National Committee chairmanship election, 2017
class of organophosphates; classified as weapons of mass destruction
Severe storms in southern California prompt flash flood warnings over most of southern and central California, toppling trees and power lines, and delaying over 300 flights from Los Angeles International Airport. Since the largest El Nino of 1997-98 and 2009-10.
republic with separation of powers into executive, judicial and legislative branches
Romanic language originating in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula
American online social media and social networking service
Also that day, the Constitutional Court rejected two pleas made by President Iohannis and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (CSM) that claimed an institutional conflict between the Parliament, respectively the CSM on one hand, and the Government on the other, in a move that surprised the critics of the PSD-led cabinet and the protesters.
Four suspected militants, two Indian Army soldiers, and one civilian are killed in clashes in a village in southern Jammu and Kashmir.
The White House cautions Israel that building new settlements or expanding existing settlements in the West Bank, "... may not be helpful in achieving (peace)."
Up to seven suicide bombers blow themselves up after failing in an attempt to attack a camp for displaced people near Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Heavy snow and avalanches kill dozens of people in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, while Kabul International Airport is closed due to snow and ice on the runway.
2017 Nagorno-Karabakh constitutional referendum
A car bomb explodes near a checkpoint outside Mogadishu, wounding at least four Somali soldiers.
A suicide bombing at the Supreme Court of Afghanistan in Kabul kills at least 20 people and injures 41 others, 10 of whom are in critical condition.
Afghan politician, mujahid and drug trafficker (born 1949)
François Bayrou drops out in an effort to boost Emmanuel Macron.
SpaceX announces that it will take two space tourists on an orbit of the Moon in 2018.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the U.S. is still planning on carrying through with the refugee resettlement deal.
The United States sanctions Vice President of Venezuela Tareck El Aissami for allegedly "playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking". The sanctions freeze his assets in the U.S. and bar him from entering the country.
district in the south-central Banaadir region of Somalia
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
American daily newspaper based in El Segundo, California covering the Greater Los Angeles area
Two radio journalists are shot dead and a co-worker injured in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, while presenting the show "Milenio Caliente" on Facebook Live. Three people were arrested.
rights and discrimination protection of transgender individuals in the United States
1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies
The Trump administration revokes Obama-era orders on protection of gender identity under Title IX.
Israel announces it will build an entirely new settlement in the West Bank for the first time in about twenty years.
The sanctions freeze his assets in the U.S.
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for the missing F/V Destination, a Seattle-based fishing vessel operating near St. George, Alaska, with a six-member crew.
Salafi jihadist militant faction during the Syrian Civil War
crime, motivated by prejudice and usually violent
continent on the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres
The World Food Programme (WFP) and other United Nations agencies declare that there is a famine in parts of Unity State, South Sudan, with 100,000 facing starvation and another million on the brink of famine.
Also that day, the Constitutional Court rejected two pleas made by President Iohannis and the Supreme Council of the Magistracy (CSM) that claimed an institutional conflict between the Parliament, respectively the CSM on one hand, and the Government on the other, in a move that surprised the critics of the PSD-led cabinet and the protesters. The next day it rejected the final plea made by the Ombudsman on reasons of inadmissibility.
native american reservation in Dakota, United States
A helicopter from the Saudi-led coalition bombs a vehicle outside Aden International Airport, wounding at least three Yemeni soldiers.
President Donald Trump for his disparaging comments about Paris at Friday's Conservative Political Action Conference, noting that allies should have more respect and support for each other.
Millions of residents in the Chilean capital Santiago are left without access to running water after the Maipo River is contaminated by flooding and landslides.
The United Nations drop sanctions on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar after his Hezb-e Islami faction and the Afghan government reached a deal in September.
The United States Senate, in a 52 to 47 vote, confirms physician and U.S. Representative Tom Price to be Secretary of Health and Human Services.
The Islamabad High Court indefinitely bans the celebration of Valentine's Day in Pakistan.
La La Land 's director Damien Chazelle wins the Oscar for Best Director and Emma Stone wins the Best Actress.
wife of Azerbaijan's president Ilham Aliyev, Vice President of Azerbaijan and Head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation
1,134-mile-long (1,825 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States
A police sniper accidentally fires his weapon while changing position and injures two people during a speech by French President François Hollande in Villognon.
Pending a permanent political agreement, Russian President Vladimir Putin orders that civil registration documents issued in separatist-held areas of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine be temporarily recognized.
Somali politicians gather inside a high-security compound at Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu to elect a President for the country, with current president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud running for a second term.
Iran defeats the United States to take the gold medal in freestyle wrestling's World Cup.
Mexico states that it will reject third-country deportees.
188,000 people were reported to be evacuated.
airport in Essendon Fields, Victoria, Australia
The United Nations drop sanctions on Gulbuddin Hekmatyar after his Hezb-e Islami faction and the Afghan government reached a deal in September. Hekmatyar is granted immunity in exchange for his abandoning violence and supporting the Constitution of Afghanistan.
At least eight homes are destroyed as a wildfire rages out of control in the Port Hills, in the southern outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand.
At least 25 people are killed by snowstorms and avalanches in northern Afghanistan as heavy snow continues to hit the country.
German police shoot a man, who was trying to escape after apparently driving into a group of pedestrians in a central square in Heidelberg.
branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS, active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
American broadband and telecommunications company
China's Ministry of Commerce suspends all coal imports from North Korea until the end of 2017, as part of international sanctions against North Korea over its ballistic missile program.
Iraqi politician and Prime Minister of Iraq
With a 52–46 vote, the U.S. Senate confirms Attorney General of Oklahoma Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Breaking with party lines, Republican Susan Collins opposed the nomination, while Democrats Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Manchin supported Pruitt, who has been described as a climate change denier with a history of criticizing the agency he now leads.
Unknown gunmen storm a hotel in Bosaso, leaving at least four guards and two militants dead. It is unclear who carried out the attack. An official blames Al-Shabaab, though the group denies having any involvement.
An act to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Following diplomatic mediation by the European Union and the United States, minority Serbs tear down a concrete wall in Mitrovica.
At the Munich Security Conference, a truce between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian army, per the Minsk Protocol, takes effect Monday.
American content platform and production company
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility for the first attack.
Volunteers are working to save the remaining live pilot whales beached at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island.
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
The Liberal Party of the Philippines, the party of vice president Leni Robredo and detained senator Leila de Lima, formally becomes the opposition after its members and its ally from the Akbayan party are ousted from key positions in the Senate.
The parent company of Burger King announces plans to purchase Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, operator of the Popeyes chicken restaurant chain in a US$1.8 billion deal.
collective term for the operation of mobile telephone devices
A motorcade carrying prime minister Fayez al-Sarraj of the internationally recognized Government of National Accord, is attacked by unidentified gunmen in Tripoli.
An explosion kills one and injures at least 30 people, mostly police officers preparing for the weekly anti-bullfighting protests in Bogotá, Colombia.
officials accuse Firtash of being involved in a scandal where he allegedly paid US$18.5 million in bribes for a permit to mine titanium in India, something Firtash denies.
political journalism company based in Arlington County, Virginia
1996 live-action and animated film directed by Joe Pytka
Hundreds of right-wing activists gather to protest the court-ordered demolition of the Israeli settlement Ofra, which was built on private Palestinian land in the West Bank. Israeli police are evacuating nine homes in the settlement, despite hunger strikes and people barricading themselves inside.
A suspected drunken driver plows his car into a crowd watching the Krewe of Endymion parade at the New Orleans Mardi Gras. Dozens are injured, with 28 people, including a child and a police officer, taken to seven hospitals, five in critical condition.
According to Myanmar's military, it has ended its "clearance operation" against the country's Rohingya minority in Rakhine State, which the United Nations says may amount to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity.
Following last month's manslaughter conviction, Israeli soldier Elor Azaria is sentenced to 18 months in prison by a military court for, during a violent incident, his deadly shooting of the wounded, unarmed, prone Palestinian Abdel Fattah al-Sharif, who had stabbed a soldier last March in Hebron.
Adele wins the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Hello" and Album of the Year for 25.
The Falcon 9 will resupply the International Space Station.
The United States Senate, in a 53–47 vote, confirms Steven Mnuchin to be Treasury Secretary.
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Illegal immigration to the United States
immigration to the U.S.A. in violation of American law
The Movie Premiere of The Lego Batman Movie
eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il . Nacio en 1971 múrio en 2017. Cheh ! Il était connue pour ça mocheté
In addition, there's a tax haven referendum.
nuclear power plant located at Flamanville, Manche, France
The justice department says it will not file for an emergency stay on Friday night.
Philip Bilden, nominee for Secretary of the Navy, withdraws his name from consideration. Mr. Bilden says his business interests created complications.
A judge in Peru issues an arrest warrant for former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly receiving US$20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a contract deal to build a transoceanic highway between Brazil and the Peruvian coast.
Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong Donald Tsang is sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption, becoming the highest officeholder in Hong Kong's history to be convicted.
British journalist Milo Yiannopoulos resigns from his post as technology editor at Breitbart news, after controversy around his statements regarding underage sex.
Six Afghan Red Cross workers are shot dead by suspected ISIL militants in the northern Jowzjan Province.
Zootopia wins the Best Animated Feature.
SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, placing a Dragon spacecraft in orbit and recovering the launcher's first stage.
2016 documentary film directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
Turkish police arrest over 400 suspected ISIL members in raids across the country.
New strong evidence supporting the existence of an intermediate-mass black hole is announced.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holds a hearing, by telephone, for the U.S. Justice Department and plaintiffs (states of Washington and Minnesota) arguments whether or not to reinstate the travel ban suspended on Friday by U.S. District Court Judge James Robart. Judge Michelle Friedland states the court will work to deliver its decision quickly.
The Turkish government dismisses more than 4,400 public servants from their jobs in the latest purge within the country following a failed coup attempt last year.
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Israel announces it will build an entirely new settlement in the West Bank for the first time in about twenty years. Many in the international community believe that such settlements are illegal but Israel disputes that. The settlement program is illegal under international law.
At least seven people have been killed in the Bangli Regency of Bali after a landslide caused by torrential rain.
2017 Democratic National Committee chairmanship election
At least 34 people are killed after a tour bus, carrying mostly local elderly tourists, overturns on a freeway in Taipei, Taiwan.
United Kingdom banking and insurance company
purchase of one company (the target) by another
A high court in Kenya blocks a government bid to close the Dadaab refugee camp and repatriate over 260,000 Somali refugees back to Somalia. The government said it will appeal against the ruling.
British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser agrees to buy U.S. baby formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition for $16.6 billion.
The United States Senate, in a 56–43 vote, confirms Rex Tillerson's nomination as United States Secretary of State.
Series of protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
British journalist Milo Yiannopoulos's invitation to speak at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference is rescinded, and publication of his book Dangerous by Simon & Schuster is cancelled after a video is posted allegedly containing statements of his condoning sexual relations with boys as young as thirteen.
phenomenon in which a whale becomes stuck on a beach, often causing the whale's death
Time magazine and the Associated Press could have attended but chose not to in protest.
Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
terrorist mass shooting that occurred at a nightclub in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey, on 1 January 2017
bilateral relations between United states and France
men's national association football team representing Egypt
Since the largest El Nino of 1997-98 and 2009-10.
SpaceX delays the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida due to a technical issue.
Clashes erupt between Nagorno-Karabakh separatists and Azerbaijani forces in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense confirmed casualties on its side while the separatist forces claim to have no casualties. Both sides blame each other for the flareup in fighting.
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
Abdulkadir Masharipov is charged with murder in relation to the shootings in Istanbul that killed 39 people and is remanded in custody.
airport in Dulles, Virginia serving the Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
A runoff presidential election, between former vice-president Lenín Moreno and former bank president Guillermo Lasso, is scheduled for Sunday, April 2 since no candidate gained at least 40 percent of the vote in Sunday's poll. With 95.3 percent of votes counted, Moreno received 39.21 percent of valid votes and Lasso had 28.34 percent.
At least 70 people are killed and more than 150 injured in suicide bombing at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Shrine in Sehwan, Sindh, Pakistan; 50 of the injured are in critical condition, medical emergency has been declared in the hospitals of Hyderabad, Dadu and Jamshoro.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
Flooding occurs across parts of Indonesia, including the capital Jakarta, due to torrential downpours over the last few days.
National Security Advisor (United States)
Israel passes the Regulation Law which retroactively legalizes 4,000 housing units in 16 settlements on Area C West Bank occupied Palestinian territories.
permission to take a job within a foreign country
Austins Bar and Grill Olathe, Kansas, US
Date: 6 November 2016 – 20 October 2017 (11 months and 2 weeks)
The government of Prime Minister of Romania Sorin Grindeanu survives a no-confidence motion over proposed decriminalisation of certain corruption offences, with 161 MPs voting in favor of the motion, short of the 232 votes needed for it to pass.
A herd of Plains bison are successfully reintroduced to the Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, more than 100 years after they were nearly hunted out of existence.
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2017 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, India
Pakistan's most revered Sufi shrine dedicated to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
Aetna and Humana terminate their proposed merger that had been blocked last month by a U.S.
Emma Stone, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis and Dev Patel win in their respective acting categories.
The man set fire to himself and others with a flammable liquid for an unspecified personal reason, but officials found no evidence of a terrorist motive.
award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
second-most populous Islamic denomination
Two other Red Cross workers are reportedly abducted.
The federal government notifies the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that it will appeal Judge Robart's ruling that has halted enforcement of the executive order.
In addition, Cigna sues Anthem for the $1.85 billion reverse termination fee, and for more than $13 billion in additional damages.
diplomatic relations between China and North Korea
The appeal of the Trump administration is denied as the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said it would not block a lower-court ruling that brought the president's executive order to a halt.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 4 days)
Legal challenges to the Trump travel ban
multi-purpose arena in Los Angeles, California, United States
Retired United States Army general Keith Kellogg subsequently becomes acting National Security Advisor until a permanent replacement is appointed.
French police arrest three men and a 16-year-old girl found with bomb-making materials in a Montpellier flat. The female suspect had been spotted online saying she wanted to either leave for the Syria-Iraq conflict or mount an attack in France, and recorded a video in which she pledged allegiance to ISIL.
Two separate bombings take place in Pakistan, killing at least seven people.
Kurt Busch wins his first Daytona 500, in the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series event to contain stages within the race.
Idlib Governorate clashes (January–March 2017)
Sessions, thereby impugning his character.
According to Afghan Police, eight of their forces have been killed by the Taliban at a checkpoint in Faryab Province.
Hatred towards the Jewish people within the US
An Afghan diplomat is shot dead at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.
Turkmen politician and president of Turkmenistan (2006–2022)
An overnight Pakistani counter-terrorism raid kills five members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, which has claimed responsibility for recent deadly terrorist attacks.
Abdulkadir Masharipov is charged with murder in relation to the shootings in Istanbul that killed 39 people and is remanded in custody. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has claimed responsibility for the shootings.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
President of the People's Republic of China
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
federal governmental agency within the United States
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
news division of the American Broadcasting Company
1978–1979 revolution that overthrew the monarchy
California Department of Water Resources
When Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the January telephone conversation with President Donald Trump, raised the possibility of extending the 2010 New START treaty that caps U.S. and Russian deployment of nuclear warheads, President Trump declined, stating that this treaty is a bad deal for the United States.
town in Granville County, North Carolina, United States
Ethnic conflict in the Kasaï region of the DRC
A suicide bomber detonates a pick-up truck full of explosives at a busy street in northern Baghdad, killing at least nine people.
Robredo calls de Lima's arrest political harassment.
Israeli security forces begin evicting people from the illegal Amona, Mateh Binyamin, outpost built on private Palestinian-owned land near Ramallah in the central West Bank.
persecution of an individual or group within society for political reasons, for the purpose of restricting or preventing their ability to take part in the political life of a society
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
Former Trump Director of the Office of Management and Budget, White House Chief of Staff
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
At least eight Yemeni soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing at a military camp in Zinjibar.
A car bomb explodes in the Syrian village of Sousian, north of al-Bab, killing at least 60 people.
geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
capital of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil
At the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome, Italy, Pope Francis says that developmental needs have to be reconciled with the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories.
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Houthis blames the Saudi-led coalition for the attack.
In Hong Kong, over 16 were injured, and an incoherent man was charged with arson after an alleged firebomb attack on a rush hour Hong Kong metro commuter train. The man set fire to himself and others with a flammable liquid for an unspecified personal reason, but officials found no evidence of a terrorist motive.
The government said it will appeal against the ruling.
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
Iraqi Police forces enter the Mosul International Airport and capture the runway from Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
The Department of Homeland Security says it has stopped enforcing the executive order per Judge James Robart's ruling in State of Washington v.
Millions of residents in the Chilean capital Santiago are left without access to running water after the Maipo River is contaminated by flooding and landslides. At least four people have died in the floods.
head of the United States Department of Education
Charing Cross, The Mall, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
area of 27 European states without mutual border controls
The State Security Service says the group was connected to an unspecified religious extremist group abroad.
With a 52–46 vote, the U.S. Senate confirms Attorney General of Oklahoma Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
events in a specific year or time period
diplomatic relations between Georgia and European Union
Capital and the second biggest city in Turkey
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocks health insurer Anthem Inc.'s proposed $54 billion merger with rival Cigna because it would have exacerbated an already highly concentrated market and likely raised prices.
Thousands of people are urged to evacuate in and around the vicinity of Yuba City due to the impending failure of an emergency spillway at Oroville Dam in Northern California. 188,000 people were reported to be evacuated.
Thousands of homes have been flooded and schools were forced to close.
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
city that does not support the practice of bullfighting
lower house of the United States Congress
head of government of Norway and the most powerful person in Norwegian politics
Volunteers are working to save the remaining live pilot whales beached at Farewell Spit on New Zealand's South Island. Project Jonah reports that 75 percent of the more than 400 stranded whales are dead.
Mahershala Ali wins the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight.
President Donald Trump berated Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
Voters in Turkmenistan go to the polls for an election, with current president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow expected to win another term.
The State Department activates visas that had been previously suspended because of this order.
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center, placing a Dragon spacecraft in orbit and recovering the launcher's first stage. The spacecraft will resupply the International Space Station.
zone around the star with strong possibilities for stable liquid water and evolution of life
political association of mostly former British Empire territories
A small plane crashes in a residential area of Riverside, California, killing at least three people, all of whom were passengers on the plane.
The U.S. Justice Department tells the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that it won't be seeking further action by the court since this executive order will soon be replaced by a different one.
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
Venezuela's Supreme Tribunal of Justice upholds the 13-year, 9-month-plus prison term of Popular Will party founder Leopoldo López for inciting violence, via "subliminal messages," at the 2014 anti-government protests where 43 people were killed. Yesterday, United States President Donald Trump met with López's wife, Lilian Tintori, and called on Venezuela to release López immediately.
Voting takes place in Atlanta, Georgia, to elect a new Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Candidates include Sally Boynton Brown, Keith Ellison, Jehmu Greene and former United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.
Activists say U.S.-led coalition aircraft has destroyed the main pipeline supplying the de facto ISIL capital Al-Raqqah with water.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
county seat of Riverside County, California, United States
The settlement program is illegal under international law.
United Kingdom government cabinet minister heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Several new species of tiny frogs are discovered in India.
2017 Essendon Airport Beechcraft King Air crash
At least six people are killed in a bomb blast in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Moonlight wins Best Picture, moments after La La Land was mistakenly announced as the winner.
Candidates include Sally Boynton Brown, Keith Ellison, Jehmu Greene and former United States Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.
Azerbaijani First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, who is widely considered to be in line to succeed her husband, is named vice president.
minister in the Federal Republic of Germany
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency tells U.S. airlines that they should board travelers who had been blocked by the executive order addressed in Judge Robart's ruling.
Adama Barrow is officially sworn in as the Gambia's new President.
Date: 15 December 2013 – 22 February 2020 (6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day)
A Montenegrin prosecutor accuses Russian authorities of being involved in the October 2016 coup plot in order to halt Montenegro's accession to NATO.
North Korea test fires a ballistic missile over the Sea of Japan.
combined military forces of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
opposition faction in the Syrian Civil War
July 2016 attempted military junta coup in Turkey
sovereign state in northern South America
celestial body directly orbiting a star or stellar remnant
United Nations branch related to food-assistance
crime of killing of a human being by another human being, less serious than murder
Romanian protests against political corruption
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
Michael T. Flynn resigns as National Security Advisor following controversy over his alleged contacts with Russian officials. Retired United States Army general Keith Kellogg subsequently becomes acting National Security Advisor until a permanent replacement is appointed.
The resignations come less than a week after a military general and the Minister of Labour resigned in protest of President Salva Kiir Mayardit's alleged approval of atrocities against civilians not belonging to the Dinka group.
Rival fighters between Tahrir al-Sham and Jund al-Aqsa clash in Syria's northern Idlib Governorate, killing "dozens" according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
French police arrest three men and a 16-year-old girl found with bomb-making materials in a Montpellier flat.
head of state and head of government of Brazil
The New England Patriots defeat the Atlanta Falcons 34–28, in the first game in Super Bowl history to go into overtime.
history and listing of economic sanctions imposed on North Korea
de facto state, considered internationally to be part of Ukraine, 2014–2022
"This is part of our migratory policy that aims to build bridges not walls", says Interior Minister Carlos Basombrio.
Ability of a mobile network operator to automatically receive or make calls in an other foreign network, to send and receive data, or to have access to other cellular network services
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer says the U.S.
43rd presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2001-2009)
the 800 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The warning comes amidst "unprecedented" fire conditions across the region, deemed to be worse than the conditions precipitating the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria.
Protesters in South Africa rally against immigration.
city and federal state in the North of Germany
largest city in California, United States of America
political and economic union of 27 European states
British-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever rejects a US$143 billion takeover from Kraft Heinz, saying the deal had no financial or strategic merit. Nevertheless, Kraft is still interested in finding agreement; it has until March 17 to make a final bid under UK takeover rules.
The Supreme Court ordered residents to leave the area last year.
U.S. President Donald Trump names Florida International University College of Law Dean and former National Labor Relations Board member Alexander Acosta to be Secretary of Labor.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
English singer-songwriter and actor (1947–2016)
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski's government creates a temporary visa for thousands of Venezuelans whose country is mired in a deep economic crisis.
special municipality and capital city of Taiwan
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
Breaking with party lines, Republican Susan Collins opposed the nomination, while Democrats Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Manchin supported Pruitt, who has been described as a climate change denier with a history of criticizing the agency he now leads.
alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election
The Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense confirmed casualties on its side while the separatist forces claim to have no casualties.
NASA and the European Southern Observatory announce the discovery of four new Earth-like planets in the Goldilocks zone of the star TRAPPIST-1, in addition to the three discovered there last year.
overview of roaming regulations in the European Union
Keith Kellogg, who has been the acting NSA, will remain as the NSC's Chief of Staff.
policy of only recognizing one state of China
effective provisional control of a certain power over a territory
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar
A high court in Kenya blocks a government bid to close the Dadaab refugee camp and repatriate over 260,000 Somali refugees back to Somalia.
Shifa Gardi, a prominent female reporter for Rudaw Media Network, is killed by a roadside bomb while reporting on the battle for Mosul.
Chance the Rapper wins the Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Date: 18 January – 5 March 2017 (first phase)23 August 2017 – 10 August 2019 (second phase)
Date: 20 February 1988 – present (34 years, 11 months and 6 days)
In response to yesterday's bombing at the Shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar that killed 88 people, the Pakistan Army claims to have killed more than 100 terrorists and arrested many others.
American conservative pay television news channel
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
The Supreme Court of the Philippines allows the electoral protest of defeated candidate Bongbong Marcos against Philippine vice president Leni Robredo to continue.
The White House cautions Israel that building new settlements or expanding existing settlements in the West Bank, "...
Voters head to the polls to select the National Assembly and a new president with former vice-president Lenín Moreno facing off against former bank president Guillermo Lasso, and six other opposition candidates.
association football club and multi-sport club in Hong Kong
This is the third such agreement because the previous two in 2014 and 2015 were violated.
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
A runoff presidential election, between former vice-president Lenín Moreno and former bank president Guillermo Lasso, is scheduled for Sunday, April 2 since no candidate gained at least 40 percent of the vote in Sunday's poll.
Joseph Clancy, Director of the United States Secret Service, announces his retirement effective March 4.
bilateral relations between Lebanon and France
customs service of the United States since 2003
baby formula maker Mead Johnson Nutrition for $16.6 billion.
industrial region in southeastern Ukraine and southwestern Russia
At least three soldiers of the Turkish Armed Forces are accidentally killed by a Russian airstrike near al-Bab in northern Syria.
Manchester United beat Southampton 3–2 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2016–17 EFL Cup.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
Multiple suicide bombers kill at least six people near a district court in Charsadda.
computer-simulated environment simulating physical presence in real or imagined worlds
field of computer science and engineering practices for intelligence demonstrated by machines and intelligent agents
In a surprise result, former Prime Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed is chosen as President.
The California Department of Water Resources orders residents near Oroville Dam to evacuate, including low-lying levels of Oroville, after an emergency spillway severely eroded.
Thousands of supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gathered in the capital to demand an overhaul of the country's electoral system.
A judge in Peru issues an arrest warrant for former President Alejandro Toledo for allegedly receiving US$20 million in bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction company, in exchange for a contract deal to build a transoceanic highway between Brazil and the Peruvian coast. Toledo denies any wrongdoing.
Trump claimed it was "the worst call by far" and criticized a refugee settlement deal organised between the Turnbull Government and the Obama administration in late 2016.
Prime Minister of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
capital of Louisiana, United States and seat of East Baton Rouge Parish
high school in Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, Alabama
Iraq Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says U.S.-backed Iraqi forces have launched an operation to regain control of western Mosul from ISIL militants. The United Nations says humanitarian agencies are setting up in these older sections of the city where, already, food and fuel supplies are dwindling, running water is scarce, and electricity in many neighborhoods is unreliable for the estimated 800,000 civilians.
United States Department of Homeland Security
1801 West International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
Hundreds of restaurants and other businesses in U.S. cities close their doors after activists called on immigrants to stay home from work, avoid shopping or eating out, and skip classes Thursday for #ADayWithoutImmigrants, to protest the President's immigration reforms and highlight the immigrant community's contributions to the United States.
An overnight Pakistani counter-terrorism raid kills five members of the banned Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, which has claimed responsibility for recent deadly terrorist attacks. Four militants escaped.
The Department of Homeland Security says it has stopped enforcing the executive order per Judge James Robart's ruling in State of Washington v. Trump. The State Department activates visas that had been previously suspended because of this order.
The President's initial nominee, Andy Puzder, withdrew his nomination yesterday.
Aetna and Humana terminate their proposed merger that had been blocked last month by a U.S. federal judge. Aetna announces it will pay Humana the $1 billion fee for calling off the agreement.
German police storm a refugee center in Hamburg after a knife-wielding man barricades himself in a room with a pregnant woman believed to be his partner. The man was injured before he was arrested.
Nevertheless, Kraft is still interested in finding agreement; it has until March 17 to make a final bid under UK takeover rules.
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
Battle for the city of al-Bab in the Aleppo Governorate, in 2016–17
capital and largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for the missing F/V Destination, a Seattle-based fishing vessel operating near St. George, Alaska, with a six-member crew. The Coast Guard has discovered a debris field, but no sign of the crew.
An Austrian court grants a United States request to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash. U.S. officials accuse Firtash of being involved in a scandal where he allegedly paid US$18.5 million in bribes for a permit to mine titanium in India, something Firtash denies.
former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Congressman of Georgia
The Salesman directed by Asghar Farhadi won Best Foreign Language Film. Farhadi and other film crew did not attend the ceremony in protest of Donald Trump's visa ban. First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi.
British multinational company producer of health, hygiene and home products
This is the first instance of this disease in the country since March 29, 2016.
German police shoot a man, who was trying to escape after apparently driving into a group of pedestrians in a central square in Heidelberg. A 73-year-old man was killed and two other people injured. Police do not believe terrorism is involved.
A car bomb explodes in the Wadajir District of Mogadishu, killing at least 20 people and injuring 50 more.
At least four Palestinians are injured following Israeli air strikes in Gaza that were reportedly in response to rockets launched into southern Israel by Hamas.
film category of the Academy Awards (Oscars)
This will be an important test of India's November policy change that removed 86 percent of the cash then in circulation.
Joint offensive by Iraqi government forces with allied militias to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL
Twenty-one organizers for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine, resign en masse after claiming they were completely blocked from making decisions about the show. Despite the setback, the European Broadcasting Union insists that the event must go on.
insurance that covers the whole or a part of the risk of a person incurring medical and healthcare expenses
Michael T. Flynn resigns as National Security Advisor following controversy over his alleged contacts with Russian officials.
The next day it rejected the final plea made by the Ombudsman on reasons of inadmissibility.
Multiple tornadoes tear through New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other parts of southeastern Louisiana, injuring at least 20 people; no deaths have been reported. The severe weather also delivers heavy rain and hail in Mississippi and Alabama.
expulsion of the people from a place or country
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant has claimed responsibility for the shootings.
A Philippine court orders the arrest of Duterte critic and Liberal senator Leila de Lima. She later voluntarily turned herself in the next day
The White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents the press corps, quickly rebuked the White House’s actions.
use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes in Russia
Four alleged extremists planning terror attacks in Azerbaijan are killed in a shootout with the country's security forces; one suspect is arrested.
Director of the United States Secret Service
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
aircraft class designed to attack ground targets with lift provided by a powered rotor
U.S. federal statute also known as Obamacare
executive department of the U.S. federal government
The federal government notifies the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that it will appeal Judge Robart's ruling that has halted enforcement of the executive order. The filing contained no legal arguments.
the largest of the parades participating in the New Orleans Mardi Gras
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
Yesterday, United States President Donald Trump met with López's wife, Lilian Tintori, and called on Venezuela to release López immediately.
lost or discarded explosive devices or material
additional period of play to bring a game to a decision
two wild fires during February of that year
famine in South Sudan caused by instability and war
The New South Wales Rural Fire Service issues an emergency warning for a bush fire located to the east of Dunedoo in New South Wales, Australia.
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (1994—2011)
city in Alaska, United States of America
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
American politician and businessman (born 1947)
United States Executive Order limiting refugees from Muslim-majority countries
systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group
upper house of the United States Congress
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
combined military forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate
Despite the setback, the European Broadcasting Union insists that the event must go on.
armed conflict between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Israel Defense Forces
Two radio journalists are shot dead and a co-worker injured in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, while presenting the show "Milenio Caliente" on Facebook Live.
The suspect was shot and killed by a deputy after he tried to engage police in a gunfight.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
Israeli security forces begin evicting people from the illegal Amona, Mateh Binyamin, outpost built on private Palestinian-owned land near Ramallah in the central West Bank. The Supreme Court ordered residents to leave the area last year.
American conservative cable television news channel
The Alaska Aces ice hockey team announce that the 2016–17 ECHL season will be the team's last after 28 seasons of play, following a downturn in the Alaskan economy and sagging ticket sales. [permanent dead link]
land force component of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
police force in Punjab province, Pakistan
capital of the Punjab province, Pakistan
bilateral relations between Ukraine and United States
SI unit of equivalent dose of ionizing radiation
top institution of the U.S. Democratic Party
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło is injured in a car crash in her hometown, Oświęcim, Poland.
mostly submerged mass of continental crust containing New Zealand and New Caledonia
Thirteen people and twelve entities with ties to Iran have been affected.
Armenia and the European Union agree on a new pact to boost ties between the two.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
David Bowie wins four posthumous awards, two for his final studio album Blackstar and two for its title track.
Severe storms, from the weather system that hit Southern California Friday, reach southwest Texas injuring several people and damaging at least 100 homes with one confirmed tornado in San Antonio.
Voters in Uttar Pradesh cast ballots in Phase 1 of the state's 2017 elections, with Phase 7, the final poll, to be held on 8 March.
At least four skiers are killed in an avalanche at the Tignes resort in France.
German police storm a refugee center in Hamburg after a knife-wielding man barricades himself in a room with a pregnant woman believed to be his partner.
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Malaysia
More than 4.9 million people in South Sudan are in need of aid due to a famine.
Violence erupts at a protest rally in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least four protesters and one police officer. Thousands of supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gathered in the capital to demand an overhaul of the country's electoral system.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
capital and most populous city of Russia
official currency of the United Kingdom and other territories
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
It has not yet been revealed whether another Agency will now be responsible for the keeping and public hosting of such records.
Violence erupts at a protest rally in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least four protesters and one police officer.
act of mass impulse among herd of animals or a crowd of people
several genera of rodents with common names similar to "rat"
infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals and caused by apthovirus
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
Justice added they expect the Ninth Circuit ruling will be vacated once the new executive order is issued.
security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
national referendums held in Switzerland in 2017
city and administrative centre of Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
American music award for excellent songwriting
chemical element with symbol Ti and atomic number 22
When Russian President Vladimir Putin, during the January telephone conversation with President Donald Trump, raised the possibility of extending the 2010 New START treaty that caps U.S.
lawsuit challenging Executive Order 13769
Israeli settlement in Binyamin which was evacuated by the Israeli government
The Turkish government lifts the ban prohibiting female army officers from wearing a Hijab.
constituent political entity of the United States of America
town in the Lesser Poland province, Poland
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
The U.S. Senate confirms, via Vice President Mike Pence's unprecedented tie-breaking vote, Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education.
Tom Brady, the quarterback for the New England Patriots, wins his fourth Most Valuable Player award, the most won by any player. Brady joins Charles Haley as the only players to be on five Super Bowl-winning teams.
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
Mahershala Ali wins the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Moonlight. He is the first Muslim American to win the award.
team sport played on ice using sticks, skates, and a puck
United Nations body tasked with the promotion of human rights
head of the United States Department of the Treasury
systematic removal of a certain ethnic or religious group
Le Pen's aides had been informed earlier about the traditional, religious need for a headscarf for this meeting.
sudden, drastic flow of snow down a steep slope
2005 superhero film by Christopher Nolan
Twenty-one organizers for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine, resign en masse after claiming they were completely blocked from making decisions about the show.
The United States Department of the Treasury eases some sanctions on the Federal Security Service (FSB), allowing for limited transactions with the intelligence agency.
Later, the Israel government would grant Mr.
psychiatric disorder paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to prepubescent children
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
city in Donetsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine
The United States Department of the Treasury announces new sanctions against Iran in response to the latter's recent ballistic missile test.
county seat of Johnson County, Kansas, United States
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Australia)
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
He is the first Muslim American to win the award.
Unilever rejected the idea last Friday but Kraft Heinz still expressed interest in finding an agreement.
Severe storms in southern California prompt flash flood warnings over most of southern and central California, toppling trees and power lines, and delaying over 300 flights from Los Angeles International Airport.
Both sides blame each other for the flareup in fighting.
sale of goods or merchandise to retailers rather than end consumers
Brady joins Charles Haley as the only players to be on five Super Bowl-winning teams.
warrant issued by a judge or magistrate on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual, or the search and seizure of an individual's property
national police agency of Myanmar (Burma)
A Philippine court orders the arrest of Duterte critic and Liberal senator Leila de Lima.
American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
holiday observed on February 14 to celebrate love and friendship
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
Bilden says his business interests created complications.
referendum in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
2014 animated film by Phil Lord and Chris Miller
American politician and member of the United States House of Representatives
14th Administrator of the EPA; former Attorney General from Oklahoma
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
pattern of behavior which involves the abuse of one family member by another
second-largest city in Texas, United States
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin dies suddenly in New York City. He would have turned 65 on Tuesday.
DNC Chair and 26th United States Secretary of Labor
NATO-led training, advisory, assistance, and counter-terror mission in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
chief spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States government
An airstrike hits a tunnel in the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border, killing at least two people and injuring five more.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals holds a hearing, by telephone, for the U.S.
ISIL claimed responsibility for the bombing.
fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym)
Szydło is in good condition in a Warsaw hospital.
Labour's Gareth Snell holds off UKIP's leader Paul Nuttall to win the Stoke-on-Trent Central by-election, while Conservative Party candidate Trudy Harrison wins the Copeland by-election, the first gain for a governing party since 1982.
Israel denies entry to Omar Shakir, a researcher for Human Rights Watch and an American citizen, because the organization engages in so-called Palestinian propaganda. HRW's Sari Bashi said, "This Israeli government has been narrowing the space for democratic activity," by closing the country off to critics. Later, the Israel government would grant Mr. Shakir a tourist visa while considering HRW's appeal on the work visa.
annual award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, during a visit to the Gambia, announces that the West African nation is to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations following talks with Gambian President Adama Barrow.
However, there are no reports of injuries yet.
form of Protestantism commonly associated with the teachings of Martin Luther
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Date: 6 November 2016 – 23 February 2017 (3 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Senate votes, along party lines (49-43), to not let Senator Elizabeth Warren participate in the debate about Senator Jeff Sessions's nomination to be the Attorney General in President Donald Trump's Cabinet because she violated Senate rule XIX when she was reading letters from the late Coretta Scott King and the late Senator Ted Kennedy that were critical of Sen.
Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran)
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
federal service academy in West Point, New York, United States
illicit act of giving or promising money or gifts that alters the behavior of a person in power; illicit act of a person in power deciding based on money or gift received or promised
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
megathrust earthquake off the east coast of Japan
news division of the American television and radio service CBS
Dutch pro-choice non-profit organization created in 1999 by Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, in order to bring reproductive health services, particularly non-surgical abortion services, to women in countries with restrictive abortion laws
Yemen reassesses its permission to the United States to run special operations ground missions against suspected terrorist groups because of the civilian deaths in the January 29 raid.
Police do not believe terrorism is involved.
plaintiffs (states of Washington and Minnesota)
Metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Alaska
unrecognised de-facto state in South Caucasus
most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States under the Trump Administration
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense or survival
Philippine vice president Leni Robredo defends her fellow Liberal party-mate Leila de Lima who was arrested for alleged drug trafficking.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups
American business-focused daily newspaper
Completion of this July 2016 deal had been delayed because of two data breaches Yahoo disclosed last year.
United States social health care program for families and individuals with limited resources
system of government in which a president exists alongside a prime minister and a cabinet
Donetsk People's Republic commander Mikhail Tolstykh, better known by his nom de guerre "Givi", is killed in a bomb blast in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast. DPR officials blame the Security Service of Ukraine for the attack.
The Liechtenstein general election, 2017 took place in Liechtenstein resulting in a Progressive Citizens' Party and Patriotic Union coalition government under Prime Minister Adrian Hasler.
province of Indonesia, western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands
The military is the last Turkish institution to end the ban.
The severe weather also delivers heavy rain and hail in Mississippi and Alabama.
500 and 1000 Indian rupee banknote demonetisation in November 2016
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
American far-right news and opinion website
city in Switzerland and capital of its canton
A lawyer for the Justice Department, in a federal court in Virginia, says 100,000 visas have been revoked this week.
severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least 56 km/h (35 mph) and lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically three hours or more
The Obama Administration and Bush Administration had failed to publicly disclose up to thousands of lethal airstrikes the U.S.
is still planning on carrying through with the refugee resettlement deal.
HRW's Sari Bashi said, "This Israeli government has been narrowing the space for democratic activity," by closing the country off to critics.
At least 33 people have been killed in fighting over the past week.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says Australia will honor the agreement to accept refugees from Central America even though the U.S. has postponed interviews with asylum seekers in a camp at the Pacific island of Nauru.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu
airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area
West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, a part of the State of Israel Capital, in the status of belligerent occupation, supported by international public law and the High Court of Justice of Israel
United States, especially North Dakota, the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, the Missouri River, the Mississippi River, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois
form of dishonesty or criminal offense undertaken by a person or organization entrusted with a position of authority, to acquire illicit benefit or abuse power for one's private gain
The Trump White House bars The New York Times, CNN, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Daily News, The Hill, the Daily Mail, BBC, Politico, and BuzzFeed from a Friday press "gaggle." Generally conservative, mostly new, outlets were permitted entry, such as Breitbart News, One America News Network, and The Washington Times.
According to the Afghan Interior Ministry, Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund, a senior Taliban commander, is killed in a U.S.
Abu Sayyaf militants are suspected of being behind the attack.
A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes 14 kilometers (8 miles) northwest of Surigao City on the Philippines island of Mindanao and kills four people, injures more than 100 others, and damages multiple buildings.
city of Belarus, capital of Brest Region
temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company or employer, which may be due to economic conditions of a specific employer or in society as a whole
officials, The Washington Post reports that U.S.
Unknown gunmen storm a hotel in Bosaso, leaving at least four guards and two militants dead.
American broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C.
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the European Union
(Reuters via U.S. News and World Report)
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency tells U.S.
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
The United Kingdom's House of Commons backs the Brexit bill by 498 votes to 114.
The Met Office issues travel warnings for parts of Wales, Scotland and England as Storm Doris, described as a “weather bomb”, brings gales, heavy rain and snow to the United Kingdom.
agency that prepares and evaluates the President of the United States' annual budget to Congress
daily tabloid newspaper in New York City
Citing court rulings and privacy laws, the United States Department of Agriculture stops making its records of animal abuse available to the public online, which makes them available exclusively through Freedom of Information Act requests.
annual conference on international security policy in Munich, Bavaria, Germany
National Football League franchise in Foxborough, Massachusetts
Per the Afghan government's request, the United Nations drops sanctions against Hezb-e Islami party leader and former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar. This potentially sets up his return to Afghanistan, which is part of the country's peace deal with its second largest militant group, signed in September 2016.
Justice Department and plaintiffs (states of Washington and Minnesota) arguments whether or not to reinstate the travel ban suspended on Friday by U.S.
A fire at the Flamanville Nuclear Power Plant in northwest France caused an explosion in a "non-nuclear" part of the station.
international sanctions against North Korea
French National Front presidential candidate Marine Le Pen leaves before her scheduled meeting in Beirut with Lebanon's top Sunni Muslim religious leader, Grand Mufti Abdellatif Deryan, following her refusal to accept the offered headscarf to cover her hair.
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (South Korea)
2017 Turkmenistani presidential election
Iran marks its 38th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution with nationwide rallies and ceremonies.
intergovernmental organization and observatory in Chile
Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metres
Dozens are injured, with 28 people, including a child and a police officer, taken to seven hospitals, five in critical condition.
independent agency of the United States Government
alliance of public service media entities
Ground warfare branch of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces
1969–present insurgency by the New People's Army
Polish politician, former Prime Minister of Poland, member of European Parliament
legal concept regulating rights of a creative work
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
former United States Senator from North Dakota
Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
court order to temporarily suspend the execution of a court judgment or other court order
An Austrian court grants a United States request to extradite Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash.
It is unclear who carried out the attack.
sport involving various running, jumping and throwing disciplines
A car bomb explodes in a Shi'ite neighbourhood in Baghdad, killing at least 48 people.
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
Low-level fighting and artillery fire never fully stopped.
Upper house of the Parliament of Australia
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
Iranian-American engineer and entrepreneur
2008 superhero film directed by Christopher Nolan
public university in Berkeley, California
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Two top level officials overseeing South Sudan's military courts resign from their posts, accusing the government of interfering in the court's moves to discipline soldiers accused of rape and murder.
A French Army soldier shoots and wounds a man armed with a knife who was trying to enter an underground shopping area near the Louvre in Paris.
bushfires that occurred in February 2009 in Victoria, Australia
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
manufactured food designed and marketed for feeding of infants
Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Former Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik says he was detained at Dulles Airport earlier this week because he had visited Iran in 2014. A Lutheran minister, Mr. Bondevik was in Washington for meetings associated with the National Prayer Breakfast.
Freedom of Information Act (United States)
1967 US statute regarding access to information held by the US government
city and administrative centre of Gomel region in southeastern Belarus
international relationship between Israel and the United States
DPR officials blame the Security Service of Ukraine for the attack.
a head covering or veil worn in public by some Muslim women
La La Land wins five awards. I, Daniel Blake wins Best British Film. Emma Stone, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis and Dev Patel win in their respective acting categories.
American multinational nonprofit news agency
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
association football club in Manchester, England
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
15,000 fragments of about 850 scrolls from ancient Judaism
Earlier reports indicated permission had been suspended.
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
The election left the Progressive Citizens' Party with only nine seats, one less than the previous election.
supreme constitutional court of Colombia
The city's majority Albanians regarded the wall as a provocation.
official United States presidential aircraft
Canadian–American multinational fast food holding corporation
The sanctions were put in place last year by Barack Obama over alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Organizaton of the press corps to the President
Two top level officials overseeing South Sudan's military courts resign from their posts, accusing the government of interfering in the court's moves to discipline soldiers accused of rape and murder. The resignations come less than a week after a military general and the Minister of Labour resigned in protest of President Salva Kiir Mayardit's alleged approval of atrocities against civilians not belonging to the Dinka group.
Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin dies suddenly in New York City.
series of agreements to stop the war in Donbas
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
Aetna announces it will pay Humana the $1 billion fee for calling off the agreement.
It is unclear who launched the airstrike.
person or group of people that are the final users of products and or services; one who pays something to consume goods and services produced
supreme and fundamental law of South Africa
Scourfield was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
President of Somalia; PDP Chairman; educator; civic, academic, and political activist
South African immunologist and physician
General Directorate of Security (Turkey)
Verizon Communications agrees to buy the core business at Yahoo Inc.
superior court of law in Gauteng, South Africa
uniformed police force responsible for the enforcement of civil law in Iraq
conflict over the Kashmir region between India, Pakistan and China
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
bilateral relations between the neighboring countries in North America
A suicide bomber kills five people at the administrative headquarters in the Mohmand Agency tribal district while the other kills two people at a hospital in Peshawar.
efforts to form a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian people
Bondevik was in Washington for meetings associated with the National Prayer Breakfast.
Judge Michelle Friedland states the court will work to deliver its decision quickly.
At least four people have died in the floods.
primary national police force in Afghanistan
Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
The ceremony also contains some anti-Trump protests.
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
The United States sanctions Vice President of Venezuela Tareck El Aissami for allegedly "playing a significant role in international narcotics trafficking".
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
First Iranian in space Anousheh Ansari and scienist Firouz Naderi attended in place of Farhadi.
United States space launch site in Florida
city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Surigao del Norte
Hundreds of restaurants and other businesses in U.S.
virtual reality technology subsidiary of Meta Platforms (formerly Oculus VR)
original song written and composed by Adele and Greg Kurstin
2017 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle
media company based in Rockville, Maryland, United States
Perez names Congressman Keith Ellison Deputy Party Chair.
Oslo II division of the West Bank under full Israeli control
American professional wrestling promotion
international airport serving Kabul, Afghanistan
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
auto race held annually in Daytona, Florida, United States
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality
The cave squeaker (Arthroleptis troglodytes), a critically endangered species of frog, is located and captured for the first time since 1962.
Israeli police are evacuating nine homes in the settlement, despite hunger strikes and people barricading themselves inside.
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
An air raid on a funeral in a village north of Sana'a kills at least eight women and children.
39th mission of the PSLV space-rocket program