At the request of Chadian authorities, French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighter jets strike a convoy of around 40 pickups of an armed group that entered northern Chad from Libya.
The United States' allies France and the United Kingdom say they won't keep their troops in Syria after the United States pulls out.
The United States is discussing exchanging liaison officers with North Korea.
group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow
senior ecclesiastical official of the Catholic Church
Two Long Island Rail Road trains collide into a car in Westbury, New York, United States, killing all three occupants in the car.
Jorge Ramos and five other Univision staff are detained at Miraflores Palace in Caracas shortly after interviewing Nicolás Maduro.
Nationwide protests organised by the French Confédération Générale du Travail union attract over 18,000 people in Paris, including many supporters of the Yellow vest movement.
North and South Korea announce they will launch a joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
Netanyahu retains his defence minister and health minister roles.
A poorly managed vaccination campaign against Dengue Fever
Fourteen people were killed, and fourteen others are injured when an eight-story apartment building collapsed in Istanbul, Turkey.
American former attorney and former Republican official
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
legal designation of the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities
A meteorite strikes near the Cuban town of Viñales, in the western province of Pinar del Río, after sightings of a fireball over the Florida Keys. The last confirmed meteorite to hit Cuba was in 1994.
Republican Politician From North Carolina
An estimated 60 people are trapped underground as shafts give way, while three others are found dead.
Venezuela's interim President Juan Guaidó says he will not rule out seeking the help of the United States military to remove Nicolás Maduro from power.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Ecuador, near the border with Peru. It is relatively deep, with a depth of 152 km (94 mi).
United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is reported to be stepping down from his position in mid-March. ,
An Indian Air Force Mi-17 transport helicopter crashes in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, killing all six IAF personnel onboard and a civilian on the ground.
During a training exercise, a twin-engine aircraft crashes through the roof of a home in Winter Haven, Florida, shortly after takeoff. The pilot was killed. A trainee pilot and eight people in the house suffered minor injuries. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating.
A house fire in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, kills seven children from a Syrian family.
American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)
American-originated sport in which teams compete to score runs by hitting a thrown ball and advancing around bases
The government of Japan approves a bill which officially acknowledges the Ainu as an indigenous people, following a non-binding resolution that was passed in 2008.
U.S. President Donald Trump declares a National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States.
The oilfield, which was formerly under the control of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, was taken over by local tribesmen in December 2018.
Venezuela breaks diplomatic relations with Colombia and expels all of Colombia's diplomats; however, Colombia maintains diplomatic relations with Guaidó's ambassador, Humberto Calderón Berti.
However, Northam later admits to wearing blackface during the same time period for a dance contest, in order to imitate musician Michael Jackson.
head of the United States Department of Justice
A car bomb kills 11 people and injures 10 others in an attack on a mall in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Denny Hamlin wins the 2019 Daytona 500. It is his second win in the event, the first coming in 2016.
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Amy Klobuchar 2020 presidential campaign
2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona
International community is treating it as a human rights issue; a campaign to free al-Araibi and return him to Australia is growing.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
Pope Francis makes a public statement acknowledging that some priests and bishops in the Catholic Church have been sexually abusing nuns.
The incident is being treated as possible arson.
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Massachusetts
The alleged killer, who is later identified as a eunuch, remains at large.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is charged in a prostitution sting in the U.S.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Colombia and Brazil attempt to enter Venezuelan territory. Two trucks are set on fire on the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge.
Sixty Venezuelan National Guard personnel defect to Colombia; three of them defect after smashing a barrier at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border in two armored vehicles, leaving some injured.
Ammunition and a mortar tube was found at the Irish border in County Louth.
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
Former CPD officer Jason Van Dyke, known for the fatal shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald, is allegedly attacked in prison.
call for new elections and the unhindered distribution of humanitarian aid, while Moscow's proposal for a political solution and reaffirmation of the government's role in soliciting assistance failed to gain sufficient support.
military exploration beyond the area occupied by friendly forces
Venezuelan National Guard (GNB) troops open fire on a group of indigenous Pemon protesters that attempted to block a military convoy heading to the Brazil–Venezuela border, killing at least two people and wounding 14 others, several seriously.
Venezuelan opposition deputy Freddy Superlano and his assistant are poisoned at a restaurant in Cúcuta, Colombia. His assistant and cousin, Carlos Salinas, has died while Superlano is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
air warfare branch of France's armed forces
U.S. Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announces that he is running for the office of the presidency in the 2020 presidential election.
German airline Germania declares bankruptcy and ceases operations, cancelling all flights immediately.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee
United States Senator Amy Klobuchar announces her intention to run for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.
The United Nations Security Council rejected rival resolutions on Venezuela by the United States and Russia Thursday. Russia and China vetoed the U.S. call for new elections and the unhindered distribution of humanitarian aid, while Moscow's proposal for a political solution and reaffirmation of the government's role in soliciting assistance failed to gain sufficient support.
Canadian politician, served as Minister of Justice, Attorney General, and Minister of Veterans Affairs
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
The opening round of the Aeroflot Open, an international open chess tournament, is postponed a day after 45 minutes of play as a bomb threat locks down the Moscow hotel hosting the event. Similar threats also shut down cinemas, shopping centres, and theatres; thousands are evacuated.
publication documenting events of a year of a school
A helicopter crashes in Taplejung, Nepal, killing 7 people, including Nepal's culture and tourism minister Rabindra Prasad Adhikari.
Boko Haram suicide bombers and a gunman kill 8 and injure 15 in an attack in Maiduguri, Nigeria. All three attackers were later killed.
In response to the concert, Nicolás Maduro announces a rival concert on the Venezuelan side of the border, and state-owned Venezolana de Televisión reports 150 artists will participate, but no artists are signed.
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld announces the launching of a presidential exploratory committee to run for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Following the announcement of the launch of a joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, North Korea and South Korea announce that they are also interested in marching jointly at the 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as fielding unified teams in some sports.
most populous city in the United States of America
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announces new tax and loan benefits for families as part of his government’s efforts to increase the birth rate in Hungary. The new measures include the expansion of a loan program for families with at least two children and waiving personal income tax for women raising at least four children. Orbán is one of the most outspoken critics of immigration to Europe from the Middle East and Asia.
Champions, portrayed by disabled people, gets the Goya Award for Best Film.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
A collapse of a building damaged by the war in Aleppo, Syria, kills 11 people.
artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles
The Venezuelan Navy closes its maritime borders with the Dutch Caribbean islands of Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire ahead of the planned entry of international humanitarian aid into Venezuela on February 23, which Nicolás Maduro considers a precursor to invasion.
A Swedish district court rejects the application of a European arrest warrant to extradite from Sweden to Poland a Stalinist-era judge, Stefan Michnik, suspected of issuing unlawful death sentences to underground fighters in the 1950s.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is charged with two counts of first-degree solicitation in Florida.
The new measures include the expansion of a loan program for families with at least two children and waiving personal income tax for women raising at least four children.
Earth-crossing asteroid that has an orbital semi-major axis greater than that of the Earth (> 1 AU) but perihelion distance less than the Earth's aphelion distance (q < 1.017 AU)
NASA scientists report the MarCO satellites, two CubeSats in deep space, have lost contact with Planet Earth.
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro supports a proposal by the 2017 Constituent National Assembly to hold early legislative elections, which is seen as an attempt to eliminate the threat posed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly.
British politician and lawyer (born 1978)
Retired IDF Chief Benny Gantz and Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid agree to combine their prime ministerial campaigns in the April 9 Knesset election against incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu.
aircraft designed to carry military cargo and personnel
chief legal officer of the State of Israel
The Taliban kill over 40 people in three separate attacks while Afghan-Taliban peace talks are taking place in Moscow.
A mass shooting inside a nightclub in Cancún, Mexico, leaves five dead and five wounded.
The papal audience commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Cardinal Bea.
Six people are killed by a gas explosion in an abandoned coal mine in Middelburg, South Africa.
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam with other countries
series of armed clashes between India and Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region
Cities in the Seattle metropolitan area receive 10 inches (25 cm) of snow, the most in 70 years.
diplomatic relations between the Hellenic Republic and North Macedonia
continuous series of wars in Afghanistan
Finnish police start to investigate new rapes of two underage girls that had occurred a few days earlier in Oulu, Finland.
France withdraws its ambassador to Italy, for the first time since the Second World War, amid an ongoing verbal row and Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio’s decision to meet with members of the French yellow vest movement.
American retailer Payless ShoeSource files Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to close all of their U.S. stores.
After numerous cost overruns and delays, a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) highway tunnel in Seattle, Washington, U.S., opens to traffic, becoming the largest road tunnel in the contiguous United States.
baseball team in the Cuban National Series
American actor Jussie Smollett is arrested for filing a false police report about an alleged hate crime.
Demonstrators block major roads, highways, train tracks and the entrance to the port of Tarragona.
Four Pakistani police officers are shot dead by a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar splinter group. Three additional officers are injured.
island country in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Payless ShoeSource is closing all its 2,100 stores in America, starting liquidation sales on Sunday.
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
second largest city of Bangladesh, situated at the southwestern part of the country
Venezuelan Air Force general Francisco Yáñez becomes the first high-ranking general to publicly support Juan Guaidó after he denounced the "dictatorship" of Maduro and recognized Guaidó's claim as the nation's legitimate leader.
After announcing that it was canceling its New York City headquarters plans the day before, Amazon announces that it will keep its second headquarters in Virginia.
The 33rd edition of Goya Awards are held in Seville, Spain.
Venezuelan authorities claim that a U.S.-owned air freight company delivered a crate of weapons to the international airport in Valencia to be used in "terrorist actions" against the Maduro government.
2015 American true crime documentary series directed by Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos
MPs in the House of Commons meet to discuss UK Prime Minister Theresa May's latest proposed deal for the state's departure from the European Union. May says if this proposal and a 'no deal' scenario are both rejected by MPs they will be granted a vote on extending the departure deadline beyond the current one of March 29.
The opening round of the Aeroflot Open, an international open chess tournament, is postponed a day after 45 minutes of play as a bomb threat locks down the Moscow hotel hosting the event.
United States Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is reported to be stepping down from his position in mid-March.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
A train collision near Barcelona, Spain, leaves one dead and 100 injured.
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
Three people are killed in Gandhinagar, India, by a serial killer. The alleged killer, who is later identified as a eunuch, remains at large.
Customhouse and Post Office (Washington, D.C.)
1221 31st St., NW., Washington, District of Columbia
An avalanche at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland injures four, one seriously, with fears that up to a dozen skiers may have been hit according to witnesses. 240 rescuers including police and army search the affected piste area. No further victims are immediately found, or missing persons reported.
Date: 14 February – 22 March 2019 (1 month and 6 days)
Two people were shot and injured in two individual attacks in Londonderry.
one of five prizes established by Alfred Nobel
largest Christian church, led by the pope
Thousands of ISIL fighters and their families flee or surrender to the Syrian Democratic Forces, pushing back ISIL control to a square mile in the last ISIL stronghold of Baghuz. It is expected that ISIL still holds several hostages, including British Journalist John Cantlie.
Russian politician and diplomat (born 1967)
National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
Two reported Jaish-e-Mohammed militants, one civilian and four Indian soldiers are killed in a skirmish in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir as police search for suspects in Thursday's suicide attack that killed 40 Indian paramilitary police.
A suspected gas explosion in Taraz, Kazakhstan, kills three people in an apartment block.
Police in Kenya ask a court to allow them to detain three men for 30 days on suspicion of conspiring to aid two Iranian terror suspects to escape.
Flooding is reported throughout Tennessee amid heavy rain. Rain is expected to continue, possibly making the flooding worse.
In a landmark decision, the Constitutional Court of Colombia rules to ban recreational hunting, citing environmental protection concerns.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces the country's major political parties computer networks had been hacked by a "sophisticated state actor."
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Irish human rights lawyer and murder victim (1949-1989)
59th season in franchise history, sixth Super Bowl win
A senior White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity, reveals that the United States government is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela's military urging them to abandon Nicolás Maduro.
act of coercing or physically forcing a person to engage in sexual activity
United States Senator Elizabeth Warren announces her intention to run for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election.
The first ever pictures and videos are taken of the rare species.
At least 24 miners are found dead and dozens are still missing after two mines were flooded two days ago in Battlefields, Zimbabwe.
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
selection of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
The Alliance of American Football kicks off its first season with two games.
Two people are killed and at least five others injured by a suicide car bombing that targeted an African Union Mission base in Somalia.
President of the Southern Baptist Convention J. D. Greear condemns the sexual abuse committed by the clergy, laypersons, and volunteers and calls it "pure evil".
The Philippines Department of Health declares a measles outbreak attributed to the drop in trust in vaccines due to the Dengvaxia controversy.
Steven Avery, a high-profile miscarriage of justice victim subsequently convicted of murder after his release in 2003, is granted a fresh appeal in Wisconsin. Avery, who was suing Manitowoc County officials over his original wrongful conviction when he was arrested for murder, gained international attention as the subject of the documentary Making a Murderer.
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
Jody Wilson-Raybould resigns as Canada's Minister of Veterans Affairs less than one month into her term amid allegations she had been pressured by the Prime Minister's Office to go easy on SNC-Lavalin while she was Minister of Justice.
The all-day event on the Colombian side of the Tienditas Bridge is expected to attract up to 250,000 people.
In American football, the New England Patriots defeat the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII by a score of 13–3.
One surviving female specimen of the Fernandina Galápagos tortoise species, which was thought to be extinct for more than 100 years, is found.
At least 46 members of India's security forces are killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up as a convoy of military vehicles drove on a highway in Jammu and Kashmir.
island sovereign state off of Africa in the Indian Ocean
May says if this proposal and a 'no deal' scenario are both rejected by MPs they will be granted a vote on extending the departure deadline beyond the current one of March 29.
North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un is to arrive in Vietnam on February 25 ahead of the second summit meeting between the two leaders on February 27–28 in Hanoi.
The rover stopped communicating in June 2018 after a Martian dust storm, and attempts to reestablish communications have not been successful.
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan people take to the streets to protest socio-economic and political situation of the country and to demand a better economic situation.
Torres said it was a political persecution of the former Attorney General and presidential candidate Thelma Aldana.
The wreckage of the Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft, which went missing on January 21, 2019, with two people on board, including Cardiff City F.C.
city in Polk County, Florida, United States
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
The Libyan Tobruk-based government has full control of the El Sharara oil field, the largest oilfield in Libya, after it was captured by the Libyan National Army.
Bohemian Rhapsody wins a leading four awards, followed by Black Panther, Green Book, which won Best Picture, and Roma, with three awards each.
FEMA Administrator Brock Long announces his resignation.
29 people were killed in three bomb attacks and a siege that lasted into March 1.
The Venezuelan National Guard blocks off a bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border with a tanker truck. The Venezuelan opposition had been planning to use the bridge to bring humanitarian aid into the country, while President Nicolás Maduro has rejected foreign aid, saying "we're not a nation of beggars".
A fire at Flamengo sports club's youth training camp in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, leaves ten people dead and three injured.
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (2019)
record signing Emiliano Sala, is discovered on the seabed of the English Channel.
bridge connecting Colombia and Venezuela
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
After having been postponed by a week, Nigeria's general election takes place nationwide.
Chris Williamson, a Labour MP, is suspended by his party over comments that Labour had "given too much ground" when responding to criticism over its handling of antisemitism within its ranks.
Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan people take to the streets to protest socio-economic and political situation of the country and to demand a better economic situation. Large competing anti-Maduro and anti-Guaidó rallies are held in Caracas.
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
North Carolina election authorities unanimously order a new election to choose the district's representative to the United States House of Representatives after their investigation determined the Republican candidate's campaign illegally handled absentee ballots, and the candidate, Mark Harris, reverses his position and calls for a new election.
The 91st Academy Awards are presented in Hollywood. Bohemian Rhapsody wins a leading four awards, followed by Black Panther, Green Book, which won Best Picture, and Roma, with three awards each. ,
hate groups over the past four years with a 7% increase in 2018 alone.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
Two aftershocks strike Anchorage, Alaska, the first a magnitude 4.1, and the second a magnitude 3.7, occurring 23 minutes later.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Teva Pharmaceutical settles outstanding cases with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission involving payments from brand-name drugmakers to delay releasing a cheaper version of its product, so-called "pay-for-delay" agreements.
American lawyer and politician (born 1960)
American politician, Governor of Massachusetts (1991-1997)
head of government of the United Kingdom
VLF radio transmitter operated by the United States Navy
Jonathan Cohen has been serving in that position since January 1, 2019, following Nikki Haley's resignation.
unpaid work undertaken freely by individuals as a service to others
A father, his son, and a gas station employee are all killed in Wayne, New Jersey when a driver under the influence swerves his car and hits the father and son’s Chevrolet Camaro.
Washington Governor Jay Inslee declares a state of emergency as a winter storm that could bring up to 8 inches (20 cm) of snow begins to affect the state.
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos publishes an online essay accusing American Media, Inc. owner David Pecker of "extortion and blackmail."
During the State of the Union speech, President Trump announced he will meet with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Vietnam on February 27 and 28.
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations nomination. Jonathan Cohen has been serving in that position since January 1, 2019, following Nikki Haley's resignation.
President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013
communist state in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
In a speech, U.S. President Donald Trump urges the Venezuelan military to abandon Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro or "lose everything".
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe confirms he ordered the probe on U.S. President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice, citing concerns that arose from the dismissal of James Comey.
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
head of the United States Department of State
Two United States military officials tell CNN that the U.S. military has flown reconnaissance flights in international airspace off the coast of Venezuela during the last several days to gather classified intelligence about President Nicolás Maduro.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
The Pakistani Air Force claims it has carried out six airstrikes in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, shooting down one Indian aircraft and capturing one pilot following a dogfight. Pakistani officials claimed that they have shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets. Wreckage of one aircraft fell in Azad Kashmir while the other fell in Indian-administered Kashmir. Indian officials initially rejected that any of their aircraft was shot down and claimed that all of IAF pilots were accounted for. However, later on they acknowledge that one IAF Mig-21 has been shot down and its pilot was captured by the Pakistan Army. India officials also claimed to have shot down one Pakistani Air Force (PAF) jet that violated its airspace. However, Indian officials claim were rejected by Pakistani officials.
The Southern Poverty Law Center reports a 30 percent increase in U.S. hate groups over the past four years with a 7% increase in 2018 alone.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Separatists in Catalonia launch a general strike in protest of the trial of Catalonia independence leaders, with major participation of the educational community. Demonstrators block major roads, highways, train tracks and the entrance to the port of Tarragona.
department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt
In baseball, the Toros de Herrera become the first Panamanian team since 1950 to win the Caribbean Series as they defeat the Leñadores de Las Tunas of Cuba 3-1 in the final.
Venezuelan disputed interim President Juan Guaidó states that he is working to restore ties with Israel, which were broken by Hugo Chávez's anti-Israeli policy, while also weighing whether to relocate the nation's embassy into Jerusalem.
Battle fought in 2019 during the Syrian Civil War involving ISIL and the Syrian Democratic Forces
JAXA's Hayabusa2 space probe successfully lands on Apollo asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
state-sponsored act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
A Jewish Israeli teen is convicted of membership of a terror organisation, arson, and racially aggravated assault. He is the second Jewish person convicted of terror group membership ever in Israel in connection to crimes against Palestinians. His conviction was announced today, but occurred last week in secrecy.
Atlanta-based rapper 21 Savage is taken into custody by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), accusing him of actually being a British national who has been in the United States unlawfully since his visa expired in July 2006.
Large competing anti-Maduro and anti-Guaidó rallies are held in Caracas.
American Olympic alpine skier Lindsey Vonn announces she will retire after the 53rd Alpine Ski World Cup in Sweden, which is currently taking place and will conclude in March.
A summit between Israel and the Visegrád Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) is cancelled following Poland's reaction and withdrawal as a result of Israeli officials' statements on the Holocaust alleging Polish involvement. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will hold bilateral talks with the three prime ministers attending.
At least 27 Iranian Revolutionary Guards are killed after a suicide bombing attack in southeastern Iran. The attack is claimed by Jaish ul-Adl militants.
one of the four Greater Sunda Islands, governed by Indonesia
city in and county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
Four people are killed in a shooting at a home in Solon Township, Kent County, Michigan, United States, with police investigating it as a possible murder–suicide.
Sixteen militants are killed in two different raids in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. A number of weapons and explosives are also found in the raids.
The mission of NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars comes to an end. The rover stopped communicating in June 2018 after a Martian dust storm, and attempts to reestablish communications have not been successful.
United States Air Force C-17s land at Cúcuta near the Colombia–Venezuela border, the aircraft are loaded with humanitarian aid intended for Venezuela.
mountainside developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports
The Attorney General files a request to withdraw immunity to the presidential candidate of National Unity of Hope, former First Lady Sandra Torres, for alleged crimes of illicit electoral financing. Torres said it was a political persecution of the former Attorney General and presidential candidate Thelma Aldana.
Scientists announce that the Megachile pluto (Wallace's giant bee), the world's largest bee, has been rediscovered in North Maluku, Indonesia, after no confirmed sightings since 1981. The first ever pictures and videos are taken of the rare species.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
second highest executive officer and deputy head of state and government of Virginia
A fossil from a new species of tyrannosaur named Moros intrepidus is discovered in the U.S. state of Utah. Scientists are using the find to better understand how Tyrannosaurus rex evolved during the Cretaceous period.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden confirms the election of Finnish writer and poet Tua Forsström as a new member of the Swedish Academy, the body that formally decides the annual winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
entertainment and sports venue located in center city Charlotte, North Carolina
arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
Saudi Arabia signs $20 billion dollars in deals with Pakistan.
state highway in Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Mars One, a private Dutch organization that had claimed it would send humans on a one-way trip to Mars starting in 2024, releases a statement saying it has been declared bankrupt.
A fire in an apartment block in Paris, France, kills ten and leaves over 30 wounded. The incident is being treated as possible arson. A woman was arrested on suspicion of setting the fire.
United Socialist Party of Venezuela congressman and former head of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence Hugo Carvajal defects to the opposition, urging the military to abandon Nicolás Maduro.
Post-match discussion is dominated by Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga's controversial refusal to leave the pitch when head coach Maurizio Sarri attempted to substitute him.
Morrisville, Pennsylvania, United States
Child sexual abuse in the United Kingdom
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
A federal judge rules that the exclusion of women from the Selective Service System is unconstitutional.
naming dispute (1991–2019) between Greece (which has a region named Macedonia) and the Republic of Macedonia, ending with the latter being renamed North Macedonia
association football club in Manchester, England
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Former San Salvador mayor Nayib Bukele of the Grand Alliance for National Unity is elected President of El Salvador with over 50% of the ballots cast.
multinational diversified metals and mining corporation
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro orders the closing of his country's border with Brazil. International humanitarian aid is currently scheduled to enter Venezuela on February 23, under foreign military protection.
Voting is delayed in Nigeria for a week, hours before polling was due to start because of violent incidents in the lead up to the election.
former media project / scam themed around private spaceflight
formal leaders within established religions, as a group
A landslide hits an illegal gold mine in North Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia. An estimated 60 people are trapped underground as shafts give way, while three others are found dead.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Militants attacked an army checkpoint in Sinai Peninsula killing and injuring 15.
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
The death toll rises to 9 as protesters ask for Jovenel Moïse to step down as president of Haiti. The protest started February 7.
Eleven Lima Group member states support a declaration recognizing Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela, while three members of the Lima Group, Guyana, Mexico and Saint Lucia, did not back the declaration.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
Negotiations between the Taliban and the United States
Voters in Cuba approve a new constitution which recognizes private and cooperative businesses, sets term limits for the president, creates the post of prime minister, introduces the presumption of innocence and habeas corpus to the justice system, and affirms an "irrevocable" socialist government.
A Jewish Israeli teen is convicted of membership of a terror organisation, arson, and racially aggravated assault.
American businesswoman, political donor and diplomat
Date: 9 December 2017 – present (5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
American musician R. Kelly is indicted for raping a minor.
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
A fire in an apartment block in Paris, France, kills ten and leaves over 30 wounded.
Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War
Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign
process of verifying information in non-fictional text in order to determine its veracity and factual correctness
Military Intelligence Directorate (Syria)
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom issues an interim report revealing the pilot, David Ibbotson, held only a private pilots licence and could not transport paying passengers within the European Union.
Five people are dead and six others are injured during a mass shooting in Aurora, Illinois. The suspected shooter was later killed by police.
Vietnam tightens security at its rail station on the Chinese border ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's visit to Hanoi for his summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
director of the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers his second State of the Union Address to the 116th United States Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives.
An investigation by Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News found that since 1998, about 380 Southern Baptist church clerics, laypersons, and volunteers have faced credible accusations of sexual abuse and that of those, roughly 220 were convicted of sex crimes or received plea deals, in cases involving more than 700 victims. Many accusers were young men and women, who allegedly experienced everything from molestation to rape and impregnation at the hands of church members.
Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida
January–February 2019 North American cold wave
Avery, who was suing Manitowoc County officials over his original wrongful conviction when he was arrested for murder, gained international attention as the subject of the documentary Making a Murderer.
The location of the magnetic north pole is updated one year early due to its increasingly rapid movement toward Siberia from the Canadian Arctic at a rate of 55 kilometers (34 miles) per year.
The Kremlin announces that Russia, Iran and Turkey will hold their fourth round of talks in Sochi on Thursday with regards to their roles in the Syrian Civil War.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam and top leader of Vietnam
yearly tournament between top winter teams from Puerto Rico, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Venezuela
All 78 inmates escape from a prison in Aquin, Haiti, amid ongoing unrest in the country that has left four people dead.
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)
U.S. President Donald Trump nominates U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft to be the new U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Honda confirms that it will be closing its car plant in Swindon, South West England, because of decreased demand for diesel cars and tougher emissions regulations. The closure in 2021 will result in the loss of about 3,500 jobs.
American military intervention in Somalia (2007–present)
United States military intervention against extremist groups in Somalia
American musician R. Kelly is indicted for raping a minor. A judge in Cook County, Illinois, issues an arrest warrant for Kelly in regard to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
demarcation line between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir
The Abbott of the Montserrat Abbey, in Barcelona, Spain, apologizes for the sexual abuses that a monk did and that came to light two weeks ago.
A winter storm hits Hawaii, depositing snow at record-low elevations at Polipoli State Park, along with massive waves, coastal flooding, and strong winds, resulting in at least one death.
Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
American multinational technology company
Chelonoidis species complex in the Galápagos Islands
Indian Air Force aircraft in a haste dropped their payload which fell near balakot.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating.
The 2019 NBA All-Star Game takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Team LeBron defeating Team Giannis 178–164.
Eight Vale employees from Minas Gerais are arrested over alleged involvement in a dam collapse that killed at least 166 people.
crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
Similar threats also shut down cinemas, shopping centres, and theatres; thousands are evacuated.
Foreign involvement in the Syrian civil war
political, military and operational support to parties involved in the ongoing conflict in Syria
An oversight committee is expected to vote on whether to subpoena Trump administration officials over family separations at the southern border.
capital and most populous city of France
One of the largest tunneling machines in the world and currently used in Seattle, USA
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announces new tax and loan benefits for families as part of his government’s efforts to increase the birth rate in Hungary.
The last confirmed meteorite to hit Cuba was in 1994.
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
The attack is the first time since Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that the Indian Air Force has crossed and attacked Pakistan beyond the line of control. As well as the first time since both countries have acquired nuclear weapons.
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is charged in a prostitution sting in the U.S. state of Florida.
A 15-year-old student has stabbed and killed his teacher and a classmate at a high school in Stolbtsy, Belarus. Two other classmates were also injured.
The Vietnamese Foreign Ministry announces that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will make an official visit to the country in the coming days, ahead of the upcoming summit between him and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi.
Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
He is the second Jewish person convicted of terror group membership ever in Israel in connection to crimes against Palestinians.
British MP Ian Austin quits Labour over a "culture of extremism, anti-semitism and intolerance" within the party under Jeremy Corbyn, becoming the ninth Labour MP to quit this week. However, unlike the others, he will not be joining The Independent Group.
A Boeing 767 on a cargo flight crashes into the Trinity Bay en route from Miami to Houston, killing all three crew members.
The 33rd edition of Goya Awards are held in Seville, Spain. Champions, portrayed by disabled people, gets the Goya Award for Best Film.
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the United States is suspending its role in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, an agreement made in 1987 with the USSR (and, by extension, its successor state Russia) banning both countries from possessing or testing nuclear and conventional intermediate-range missiles, as well as their launchers, citing Russian non-compliance with the treaty.
Sixteen states sue U.S. President Donald Trump, calling his national emergency declaration made last week "unlawful and unconstitutional".
town and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
2017 Constituent National Assembly of Venezuela
Costa resigns as parliamentary private secretary to Scottish Secretary David Mundell, who supports the amendment.
The attack is the first time since Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that the Indian Air Force has crossed and attacked Pakistan beyond the line of control.
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Orbán is one of the most outspoken critics of immigration to Europe from the Middle East and Asia.
members of a religion who are not a part of the clergy
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez calls for a snap general election on 28 April and will dissolve the Cortes Generales on 5 March after failing to approve a government budget.
Following Vladimir Putin's warning that Russia would deploy nuclear missiles in Europe if the United States deploys intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, Putin's ally Dmitry Kiselyov lists what he claims are the targets in the United States, which includes The Pentagon, Camp David, Fort Ritchie, McClellan Air Force Base, and Jim Creek Naval Radio Station. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denies the existence of the target list. ,
Two Afghan journalists are killed by gunmen in an attack on a radio station in Taloqan, Takhar province.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suspends Russia's involvement in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and will now start developing new missiles, in response to the United States' decision to withdraw from the Cold War-era treaty.
61st running of NASCAR's premier event, held at Daytona International Speedway in 2019
The family of Pat Finucane, murdered during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, win a declaration from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom that the investigation into his killing was sufficiently ineffective to amount to a failure of the state's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. The Supreme Court stops short of mandating a public inquiry as requested by the family. Members of the security services are accepted to have colluded with Finucane's murderers, but the scale and nature of collusion is unclear.
A sheriff's deputy is killed and another wounded during a 12 hour standoff in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
international treaty to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms in Europe
Venezuelan opposition leader and interim president Juan Guaidó said Thursday he will return to his country by Monday, and that a dialogue with President Nicolás Maduro won't be possible without discussing elections.
The suspect has been taken into custody.
manufacturer of valves for the potable water, wastewater, power generation and industrial markets
UN Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant
legislative branch of the Libyan government
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
Australian cardinal George Pell is convicted of sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys at Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral. The verdict has been suppressed by a gag order until now. He is the Catholic Church's most senior official to be convicted of a sexual crime in history.
human settlement in California, United States of America
His assistant and cousin, Carlos Salinas, has died while Superlano is in a serious but stable condition in hospital.
United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe says the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, in the Okinawa Prefecture, will still go ahead despite 72% of Okinawan voters rejecting the construction of a new base in a non-binding referendum.
association football club in London, England
expansion of the Mexico–United States barrier under Donald Trump presidencyu
A large-scale natural gas shortage in the U.S. state of Michigan is averted following the compliance of an emergency request from Consumers Energy for state residents to lower thermostats, after a fire at a natural gas compressor station threatened to halt the delivery of gas to consumers. The public's observance of the request resulted in a 10 percent decrease in natural gas usage across the state.
Voters in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa go to the polls in a referendum on the central government's plan to move the Futenma airbase to Henoko in northern Okinawa Island. 72% of voters oppose the plan.
A video posted on social media shows the men with their guns above their heads in a sign of surrender.
The Public Prosecutor General of Germany announces the arrest of two members of the Syrian military intelligence service on charges of crimes against humanity. The arrests happened the day before in the states of Berlin and Rhineland-Palatinate.
Pope Francis pays tribute to Cardinal Augustin Bea (1881-1968) as a pioneer of Jewish-Catholic dialogue.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson rules that political consultant and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller by intentionally lying, about three of five matters, to investigators and the federal grand jury.
Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
A suicide bombing kills the bomber and three police officers in Cairo, Egypt. Two others are injured.
2020 United States presidential election
U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet face-to-face for the first time since their summit last year.
American online social media and social networking service
Peace talks begin in Qatar between the United States and the Taliban.
Boy Scouts of America membership controversies
Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea
defunct offices within the Workers's Party of Korea
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The Taliban kill over 40 people in three separate attacks while Afghan-Taliban peace talks are taking place in Moscow. 12 others were injured.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accuses European Union members of trying to break U.S. sanctions against Iran, and calls on the EU to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
bilateral relations between Israel and Venezuela
The United Kingdom and Switzerland sign a trade continuity agreement to maintain current trade relations post-Brexit.
aerial warfare branch of Venezuela's armed forces
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in an interview with the BBC's Orla Guerin, accuses U.S. President Donald Trump of being openly a white supremacist who is "warmongering against Venezuela", saying that "the Ku Klux Klan is running the White House".
geographical boundary separating Brazil and Venezuela
Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign
campaign by the Vermont Senator to become the 45th President of the United States
Relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma
history of relocation of U.S. MARINE CORPS Air Station in Okinawa, Japan
2018 North Carolina's 9th congressional district election
A trainee pilot and eight people in the house suffered minor injuries.
Two people are killed and at least five others injured by a suicide car bombing that targeted an African Union Mission base in Somalia. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
acts of terrorism commited by Palestinians
1947–1991 tension between the Soviet Union and the United States and their respective allies
An Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps member is killed and five others are injured at an Iranian paramilitary base in Nik Shahr.
intergovernmental organization in the Americas formed in response to the Venezuelan crisis
The trial of Catalonia independence leaders starts at the Spanish Supreme Court.
32 Afghan border security troops are killed by a Taliban attack in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
coast of American states that are on the Gulf of Mexico
hashtag used in October 2017 to denounce sexual assault and harassment
Two United States military officials tell CNN that the U.S.
The United States Department of the Treasury imposes sanctions on governors of four states of Venezuela, all of them members of the ruling United Socialist Party.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
mistreatment under the guise of religion to use unfairly or improperly gain benefit
2018–2019 protests and radical change of government in Sudan
manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment
representatives in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
crime, motivated by prejudice and usually violent
Californian professor Vanessa Tyson accuses Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Justin Fairfax of having sexually assaulted her in 2004.
United States Government agency dedicated to civil aviation matters
election to elect a United States Senator from Arizona in 2020
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
An avalanche at the Crans-Montana ski resort in Switzerland injures four, one seriously, with fears that up to a dozen skiers may have been hit according to witnesses.
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales
constitutional monarchy and monarch of the Kingdom of Thailand
Salafi jihadist terrorist organization based in Pakistan
Thai Princess Ubolratana conveyed a message of thanks to Thais on Saturday morning after King Vajiralongkorn issued a royal announcement late on Friday night saying political involvement by a senior royal is inappropriate.
British politician, UK Defence Secretary
UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to ban the political wing of the Lebanese Islamist movement Hezbollah under counterterrorism legislation.
Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign
Juan Guaidó announces that he will exercise his "duties as president" when he returns to Venezuela from Colombia. Guaidó also stated that he did not see any signs of "broad support" from Russia towards Nicolás Maduro. ,
entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night
commuter rail service in Long Island, New York
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
The Republic of Macedonia officially changes its name to North Macedonia, ending a long-standing naming dispute with neighbouring Greece.
Hoda Muthana, an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State, is banned from entering the United States.
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
Angela Smith (South Yorkshire politician)
North Korean officials arrive in Beijing ahead of the second Trump–Kim summit.
branch of the National Armed Forces of Venezuela
leader of a country or part of a country, usually in republics
Five people are dead and six others are injured during a mass shooting in Aurora, Illinois.
Eight people are rescued from a gold mine that is flooded in Battlefields, Zimbabwe.
At least nine people die after a fire sweeps through more than 200 slum dwellings in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil
the capital of Takhar Province, Afghanistan
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
Timeline of terrorism in Egypt (2013–present)
Colombia asks for intervention from the United Nations to help end the crisis.
principal law enforcement agency of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States
During a training exercise, a twin-engine aircraft crashes through the roof of a home in Winter Haven, Florida, shortly after takeoff.
Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election. Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do".
Bangladeshi special forces shoot and kill an armed man after he attempted to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight heading to Dubai International Airport. All 148 passengers and crew members disembarked safely.
Portuguese bank Novo Banco blocks the transfer of $1.2 billion of Venezuelan government financial assets to Uruguay.
Voters in Moldova go to the polls to elect the new members of Parliament.
NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award
basketball award of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Voters in Senegal assemble to vote for the country's next president.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declares a year-long state of emergency, dissolves his Cabinet and sacks all state governors amid ongoing anti-government protests.
British lawyer and Conservative Party politician (born 1971)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will meet with Vietnamese General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng in Hanoi ahead of talks with U.S. President Donald Trump.
military helps deliver aid to Venezuela.
investigates air accidents in the United Kingdom
Elizabeth Warren 2020 presidential campaign
The attack happened one day before the scheduled election before it was delayed another week.
An investigation by Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News found that since 1998, about 380 Southern Baptist church clerics, laypersons, and volunteers have faced credible accusations of sexual abuse and that of those, roughly 220 were convicted of sex crimes or received plea deals, in cases involving more than 700 victims.
U.S. President Donald Trump agrees to keep about 400 U.S.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints intelligence minister Israel Katz to take over the foreign minister portfolio. Netanyahu retains his defence minister and health minister roles. Israel's parliamentary elections are scheduled for 9 April 2019.
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro supports a proposal by the 2017 Constituent National Assembly to hold early legislative elections, which is seen as an attempt to eliminate the threat posed by the opposition-controlled National Assembly. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence tells a Florida rally that the time for dialogue "had ended" and "all options were on the table."
The Labour Party announces it will support a second referendum on the end of the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union unless Wednesday sees Labour's proposed Brexit deal supported by Parliament.
central agency of the Canadian government
conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and rebels
Shin Bet arrest lawyer Tarek Barghout, an attorney who has represented "terror" suspects, and a Palestinian man named Zakaria Zubeidi for what it calls "their involvement in serious and current terrorist activities."
town in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee permits those North Koreans on its global travel ban list to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, for the second summit meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Ibbotson and Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala both died in the accident.
He served as the first president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.
The attack is claimed by Jaish ul-Adl militants.
The move was requested by the Nicolás Maduro government.
Clashes between demonstrators and Catalan regional police leave three arrested and 20 injured.
municipality and capital city of Belgium
defunct professional American football league
A judge in Cook County, Illinois, issues an arrest warrant for Kelly in regard to 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
British MP Ian Austin quits Labour over a "culture of extremism, anti-semitism and intolerance" within the party under Jeremy Corbyn, becoming the ninth Labour MP to quit this week.
Vermont Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders announces on Vermont Public Radio that he is running for President of the United States as a Democrat in 2020.
Honda confirms that it will be closing its car plant in Swindon, South West England, because of decreased demand for diesel cars and tougher emissions regulations.
miniaturized satellite made up of 10 cm×10 cm×10 cm cubic modules
British MPs will vote on the latest Brexit deal by March 12, according to Prime Minister Theresa May.
A state of emergency is declared in Tennessee amid flooding that has caused landslides and one death.
municipality of Spain, capital of the province of Seville and the autonomous community of Andalusia in Spain
Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
The Spanish government announces that it is breaking off dialogue with the government of Catalonia, escalating the regional crisis.
The summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi abruptly ends earlier than scheduled, with the White House saying no deal has been reached in regards to relations between the two countries and North Korea's nuclear weapons policies and sanctions due to them.
Florida rapper YNW Melly is arrested for allegedly murdering two friends.
The wreckage of the Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft, which went missing on January 21, 2019, with two people on board, including Cardiff City F.C. record signing Emiliano Sala, is discovered on the seabed of the English Channel.
Thousands of ISIL fighters and their families flee or surrender to the Syrian Democratic Forces, pushing back ISIL control to a square mile in the last ISIL stronghold of Baghuz.
Voters in Cuba are asked whether they approve of a new constitution that gives criminal defendants the presumption of innocence, recognizes private property, bans some forms of discrimination, creates a term limit for the president, and restores the position of Prime Minister.
The Libyan Tobruk-based government has full control of the El Sharara oil field, the largest oilfield in Libya, after it was captured by the Libyan National Army. The oilfield, which was formerly under the control of Tripoli-based Government of National Accord, was taken over by local tribesmen in December 2018.
Rain is expected to continue, possibly making the flooding worse.
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
A senior United States administration official says the U.S.
The arrests happened the day before in the states of Berlin and Rhineland-Palatinate.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 5 days)
Golden State Warriors small forward Kevin Durant is named the game's MVP; it is his second All Star MVP award, the first coming in 2012.
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
second month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
The Air Accidents Investigation Branch of the United Kingdom issues an interim report revealing the pilot, David Ibbotson, held only a private pilots licence and could not transport paying passengers within the European Union. Ibbotson and Argentinian footballer Emiliano Sala both died in the accident. Cardiff City FC announce "grave concerns" over Ibbotson's licence.
Cardiff City FC announce "grave concerns" over Ibbotson's licence.
23rd Governor of Washington, United States
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
National Emergency declared by Donald Trump
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for the attack.
Three people have died in southern Bolívar State.
It is believed that 11 soldiers were killed but that has not been confirmed.
bilateral relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
Pakistani officials claimed that they have shot down two Indian Air Force (IAF) jets.
Qatar defeats Japan 3-1 to win the 2019 AFC Asian Cup, earning them their first continental championship title.
coral cay archipelago in Florida, United States of America
piece of solid matter from outer space that has hit the earth
type of court of the United States federal court system
Republican and Democratic leaders call for the resignation of Virginian Governor Ralph Northam after a 1984 yearbook photograph apparently featuring Northam surfaces showing one person wearing blackface and another person wearing Ku Klux Klan attire.
men's national association football team representing Japan
Militants attacked an army checkpoint in Sinai Peninsula killing and injuring 15. It is believed that 11 soldiers were killed but that has not been confirmed. Seven militants also died in the attack.
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
Seven Iranian pilgrims are wounded after their bus comes under attack by unidentified gunmen in central Iraq; one woman is described as being in serious condition.
The House of Commons votes to reject British Prime Minister Theresa May's negotiating strategy with the EU, though this motion has no legal force.
United States Africa Command says a U.S. airstrike has killed 35 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia's central Hiran administrative region.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nigeria reelects President Muhammadu Buhari.
YouTube announces that it will turn off comments on videos featuring children under the age of 18 after reports that a pedophile ring was operating in the comment sections of videos featuring minors, which subsequently led AT&T, Nestlé and Hasbro to suspend advertisements on the website.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrives in Vietnam, ahead of his two-day summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in the capital Hanoi.
official review of events or actions ordered by a government body
parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean
Rikako Ikee, 18-year-old Japanese swimmer who won six gold medals at 2018 Asian Games, announces that she has been diagnosed with leukemia.
one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
At least 17 people are killed in a fire at a hotel in Delhi, India.
Sixty Venezuelan National Guard personnel defect to Colombia; three of them defect after smashing a barrier at the Simón Bolívar International Bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border in two armored vehicles, leaving some injured. A video posted on social media shows the men with their guns above their heads in a sign of surrender.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits his country's embassy in Hanoi on Tuesday in preparation for the summit.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous 9–0 decision, rules the 8th Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, as well as the federal government.
Mauritius claims the archipelago was unlawfully separated from the island nation in 1965.
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia
List of timeline articles about investigations into Donald Trump and Russia
Governor of the U.S. state of Virginia Ralph Northam says he will not resign from office because he does not believe that he appears in a controversial photograph from his 1984 medical school yearbook showing one person wearing blackface and another person wearing Ku Klux Klan attire. However, Northam later admits to wearing blackface during the same time period for a dance contest, in order to imitate musician Michael Jackson.
organized force, possibly armed, other than the regular military
capital and largest city of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada
persistent cold-core low-pressure area that circles one of the poles
capital city of the United Arab Emirates
Richmond Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington County, Virginia
Five were killed by a mother and daughter duo believed to have strangled them including three children.
66 people were killed by gunmen in Nigeria's Kaduna State including 34 victims being either women or children. The attack happened one day before the scheduled election before it was delayed another week.
benefit concert organized by Richard Branson & Bruno Ocampo to raise money for aid in Venezuela
U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney, Michael Cohen, is prepared to testify that Trump was aware of longtime adviser Roger Stone's efforts to make contact with WikiLeaks in advance of its release of damaging information about Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, according to a copy of his public testimony submitted to Congress and obtained by CNN.
The U.S. Senate votes to confirm Trump nominee William Barr as United States Attorney General with a vote of 54–45.
Nine men receive prison terms for raping two vulnerable teenage girls in Bradford over a period of years. A tenth is cleared. The abuse began when the victims were fourteen. The girls were from a children's home.
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
metropolitan area in Washington State, United States
Trump administration family separation policy
Australian cardinal George Pell is convicted of sexually assaulting two 13-year-old choirboys at Melbourne’s St Patrick’s Cathedral.
Francisco José Alcaraz, from Vox, becomes the first far-right politician to become a Senator since the restoration of democracy.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
A Maltese port manager is killed at a fish market in Puntland by Al-Shabaab militants disguised as fishermen.
It is relatively deep, with a depth of 152 km (94 mi).
American multinational toy and entertainment company
most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system
British photojournalist and war correspondent
United Socialist Party of Venezuela congressman and former head of the Directorate General of Military Counterintelligence Hugo Carvajal defects to the opposition, urging the military to abandon Nicolás Maduro. Carvajal says drug trafficking and corruption are commonplace in the government.
Heavy rain hits Rio de Janeiro, leaving three people dead and two missing.
In a 153–140 vote, the Parliament of Greece ratifies the NATO accession protocol for North Macedonia.
lower house of the United States Congress
Amazon cancels its New York City headquarters plans, citing opposition from activists and local politicians.
township in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States
The Tobruk-based Libyan National Army says it has taken control of the El Feel oilfield in Libya's southern Murzuq District.
Sexual abuse cases in Southern Baptist churches
widespread sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
ethnic groups descended from and identified with the original inhabitants of a given region
an election called earlier than expected
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will hold bilateral talks with the three prime ministers attending.
Steven Avery, a high-profile miscarriage of justice victim subsequently convicted of murder after his release in 2003, is granted a fresh appeal in Wisconsin.
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
Four children die after a landslide in Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil.
United States of America v. Joaquín Guzmán Loera
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit Viet Nam
2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit Vietnam
Twin explosions in Idlib, Syria, kill 24 people and injure more than 20.
A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Ecuador, near the border with Peru.
bilateral relations between Russia and Israel
NBA All-Star Weekend takes place at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
military confrontation between India and Pakistan alongside the Bangladesh Liberation War
public utility that provides natural gas and electricity.
Ford Motor Company will stop selling commercial trucks in South America.
American white supremacist terrorist hate group
Indian metropolis and union territory that includes New Delhi
He is the Catholic Church's most senior official to be convicted of a sexual crime in history.
Bruce McArthur is sentenced to life imprisonment for eight murders in Toronto, making him the oldest known sexually motivated serial killer in Canadian history.
point in the Arctic at which Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards, at 86°N 175°E in the Arctic Ocean as of 2019
Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine, Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Federal Member State in northeastern Somalia
prejudicial treatment based on membership of a certain group
highest court of appeal in most of the United Kingdom
Conservative MP Alberto Costa tables an amendment to secure the rights of EU citizens within the UK and UK citizens abroad.
one of the five positions in a regulation basketball game
sovereign state in northern South America
United Kingdom government cabinet minister with responsibilities for Scotland
unicameral national legislature of Israel
iron ore dam failure in Brazil, disaster which occurred on 25 January 2019
Members of the security services are accepted to have colluded with Finucane's murderers, but the scale and nature of collusion is unclear.
combat between aircraft, conducted at close range
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
racist belief that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds
It was bored using Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine.
Hundreds of airline passengers are left stranded throughout Europe following British airline Flybmi's bankruptcy filing.
state of Virginia Ralph Northam says he will not resign from office because he does not believe that he appears in a controversial photograph from his 1984 medical school yearbook showing one person wearing blackface and another person wearing Ku Klux Klan attire.
A sheriff's deputy is killed and another wounded during a 12 hour standoff in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The suspect has been taken into custody.
A fast-moving fire has swept through a historic district of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, killing at least 80 and wounding 50 others.
This brings the total number of The Independent Group MPs to eleven following recent defections from Labour.
The family of pilot David Ibbotson launch a GoFundMe campaign to locate and recover his body, raising thousands of pounds within hours.
warship primarily designed to carry, support, launch, and recover naval aircraft at sea
The Venezuela Aid Live benefit concert takes place on the Colombia–Venezuela border. The all-day event on the Colombian side of the Tienditas Bridge is expected to attract up to 250,000 people.
Several homes have been damaged in an uncontrolled bushfire near the New Zealand city of Nelson.
independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
Trump administration dismissals and resignations
Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, becoming the first pope to visit the Arabian Peninsula.
military confrontation in Aleppo (2012–2016)
(United States Department of the Treasury)
political and economic union of 27 European states
Venezuelan protests related to the presidential crisis
Four Pakistani police officers are shot dead by a Jamaat-ul-Ahrar splinter group.
dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom
province of Indonesia, northern part of the Maluku Islands
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
The air charter business involved, 21 Air, denies the charges.
The Government of the Central African Republic sign a peace deal with 14 rebel groups.
overview about life imprisonment in Canada
walls and fences along the Mexico–United States border
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Australia
Seven Labour Party MPs (Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger, Angela Smith, Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker, Ann Coffey and Mike Gapes) resign from the party, forming a new independent group, in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, and "institutional anti-Semitism" within the party.
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
motion by a deliberative body that isn't law
Constitutional monarchy which governs Japan
borough of New York City, New York, United States
policy intended to deter illegal immigration and to encourage tougher legislation
Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai reports the death toll from Friday's attack in Kajuru is now more than 130, most from the Fulani ethnic group. Nigerian authorities have not identified the gunmen's motive, but they do not believe the attack was related to the upcoming election.
Separatists in Catalonia launch a general strike in protest of the trial of Catalonia independence leaders, with major participation of the educational community.
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert withdraws from consideration for the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations nomination.
The public's observance of the request resulted in a 10 percent decrease in natural gas usage across the state.
in the English Football League Cup Final in the penalties after 120 minutes of goalless draw for their 6th EFL title.
International humanitarian aid is currently scheduled to enter Venezuela on February 23, under foreign military protection.
4100 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Conservative MP Alberto Costa tables an amendment to secure the rights of EU citizens within the UK and UK citizens abroad. Theresa May tells Commons she opposes the amendment; Home Secretary Sajid Javid subsequently supports it, apparently unaware of May's opposition. Costa resigns as parliamentary private secretary to Scottish Secretary David Mundell, who supports the amendment. The government subsequently announces it will support the amendment.
Venezuelan people clash with the Venezuelan National Guard on the Venezuela's border with Colombia and Brazil. Three people have died in southern Bolívar State.
General Confederation of Labour (France)
province of Indonesia, on island of Sulawesi
centre-right political party in El Salvador
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
U.S. President Donald Trump agrees to keep about 400 U.S. troops in Syria.
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign
unsuccessful political campaign for United States presidency
abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another
separates the territories of border between Vietnam and China
The Boy Scouts officially changes its name to Scouts BSA and young women join as official members of the organization for the first time.
Ukraine withdraws from this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, Israel, after Ukrainian entrant Maruv said she refused to be used as a "political tool" after being asked to sign a contract saying she wouldn't hold any concerts in Russia in the lead up to the event.
American Spanish-language free-to-air television network
Caribbean island constituent country of the Netherlands
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest court of the United Nations, rules that the United Kingdom should end its control of the Chagos Archipelago "as rapidly as possible". Mauritius claims the archipelago was unlawfully separated from the island nation in 1965.
The mission of NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars comes to an end.
exhibition basketball game played on February 17, 2019
His conviction was announced today, but occurred last week in secrecy.
The Associated Press and Snopes say they are no longer providing fact-checking services for Facebook.
A helicopter carrying Brazilian journalist and news anchor Ricardo Boechat crashes in São Paulo, killing both Boechat and the pilot.
Scottish solicitor, Conservative politician and UK Government Minister (born 1962)
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says that captured Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be released tomorrow as a gesture of peace.
Northwestern Europe; between the Celtic and North Seas
family of Russian military transport helicopters
Pope Francis's response to sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
Lethapora, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
1801 West International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have taken control of Al-Baghuz Fawqani, following the surrender of the last remaining ISIL militants in the town.
The Southern Poverty Law Center reports a 30 percent increase in U.S.
state of Michigan is averted following the compliance of an emergency request from Consumers Energy for state residents to lower thermostats, after a fire at a natural gas compressor station threatened to halt the delivery of gas to consumers.
77th & 85th United States Attorney General
Amazon.com's future second headquarters in North America
capital and largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria
No further victims are immediately found, or missing persons reported.
The death toll from a North American cold wave caused by a polar vortex rises to at least 21 people.
It is expected that ISIL still holds several hostages, including British Journalist John Cantlie.
The Venezuelan opposition had been planning to use the bridge to bring humanitarian aid into the country, while President Nicolás Maduro has rejected foreign aid, saying "we're not a nation of beggars".
However, unlike the others, he will not be joining The Independent Group.
Eastern Canada Central United States Eastern United States Pacific Northwest Western Canada
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
minister responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada
25-year-old Australian footballer and refugee from Bahrain, Hakeem al-Araibi, is ordered to defend an extradition order back to Bahrain in a Bangkok court, after being detained upon arrival in Thailand for his honeymoon with his wife in November 2018. International community is treating it as a human rights issue; a campaign to free al-Araibi and return him to Australia is growing.
legal principle that one is presumed innocent until proven guilty
Russian President Vladimir Putin states that Russia is militarily ready for "a Cuban Missile-style crisis" if the United States wants one, in relation to new U.S. missile deployments in Europe.
state-organized genocide of Jews by Nazi regime during World War II
Venezuelan interim President Juan Guaidó arrives at the Venezuela Aid Live concert in Cúcuta, Colombia, defying a travel ban placed on him by the Maduro regime.
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Colombia and Brazil attempt to enter Venezuelan territory.
Venezuelan opposition deputy Freddy Superlano and his assistant are poisoned at a restaurant in Cúcuta, Colombia.
Colombia's Immigration Agency says 274 military personnel from different branches of the Venezuela's Armed Forces, Venezuela's National Police, and Venezuela's National Guard have defected to Colombia.
Islamist militia based in the Islamic Maghreb
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest court of the United Nations, rules that the United Kingdom should end its control of the Chagos Archipelago "as rapidly as possible".
A landslide hits an illegal gold mine in North Sulawesi, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
American-led intervention in the Syrian Civil War
government document presenting the government's proposed revenues and spending for a fiscal year
The United Kingdom Minister for Security, Ben Wallace, says he has reason to believe British photojournalist John Cantlie is still alive and is being held hostage by surviving Islamic State militants.
2019 shipping of humanitarian aid to Venezuela
strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates
A roadside bomb blast kills 8 Shiite militiamen and wounds others.
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
kind of extradition within the European Union
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos publishes an online essay accusing American Media, Inc.
American nonprofit legal advocacy organization specializing in civil rights and public interest litigation
It is his second win in the event, the first coming in 2016.
The American Civil Liberties Union and watchdog group Public Citizen announced they will file lawsuits challenging the legality of President Trump’s emergency declaration.
1941 Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment regulating forms of punishment
conflict or strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on an opponent
2019 measles outbreak in the Philippines
act in which an individual kills one or more other persons as well as oneself
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
unsuccessful 2020 United States presidential campaign of Amy Klobuchar
Head of the Council of Ministers of Cuba
first-level administrative division in Venezuela
city in Alaska, United States of America
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Russian President Vladimir Putin that Israel will "continue to take action against Iran in Syria".
At his trial in a Brooklyn federal court, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is found guilty on all 10 counts; the charges include engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, conspiracy to launder narcotics proceeds, international distribution of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other drugs, and use of firearms during the commission of a felony.
upper house of the United States Congress
ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km
German Jesuit priest and scholar and cardinal (1881-1968)
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
Sixteen militants are killed in two different raids in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
A suicide bombing kills the bomber and three police officers in Cairo, Egypt.
Presidential campaign of Senator Elizabeth Warren
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
country retreat of the President of the United States
25-year-old Australian footballer and refugee from Bahrain, Hakeem al-Araibi, is ordered to defend an extradition order back to Bahrain in a Bangkok court, after being detained upon arrival in Thailand for his honeymoon with his wife in November 2018.
Three people are killed in Gandhinagar, India, by a serial killer.
However, Indian officials claim were rejected by Pakistani officials.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appoints intelligence minister Israel Katz to take over the foreign minister portfolio.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System
U.S. court case ruling that male-only military conscription is unconstitutional
Kaduna State governor Nasir el-Rufai reports the death toll from Friday's attack in Kajuru is now more than 130, most from the Fulani ethnic group.
city in Kane County, Illinois, United States
smallest of the five main islands of Japan
continent on the Earth's northwestern quadrant, spanning from the Arctic Archipelago to the Panama Isthmus
official workplace of the President of Venezuela
is willing to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to negotiate an exit to the crisis, as the U.S.
northeast part of Galveston Bay in eastern Texas, United States
Scientists are using the find to better understand how Tyrannosaurus rex evolved during the Cretaceous period.
National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
A wreck at the site of the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands is identified as the WWII-era U.S. Naval aircraft carrier USS Hornet.
association football club in Cardiff, Wales
international airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
82nd season in franchise history, 4th Super Bowl loss
capital and most populous city of Russia
official currency of the United Kingdom and other territories
city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
contemporary armed groups that fight on behalf of or as part of the Iraqi government
military transport aircraft series by Boeing
The death toll rises to 9 as protesters ask for Jovenel Moïse to step down as president of Haiti.
Nine men receive prison terms for raping two vulnerable teenage girls in Bradford over a period of years.
air warfare branch of Pakistan's armed forces
airstrike conducted by the Indian Air Force
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
United States disaster response agency, part of Department of Homeland Security
think tank and left-wing advocacy group
Military head of state of Nigeria, 1983–1985 and President of Nigeria since 2015
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
India claims that the incident was an airstrike on an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot in retaliation to the Pulwama attack days earlier.
American broadcast journalist and former government official
Carvajal says drug trafficking and corruption are commonplace in the government.
person who presents news during a news program
The family of pilot David Ibbotson launch a GoFundMe campaign to locate and recover his body, raising thousands of pounds within hours. Footballer Emiliano Sala's body was recently found in the wreckage and recovered two weeks after the plane first went missing.
centrist political party in the United Kingdom
sexual exploitation of minors in the United Kingdom
The Trump administration weighs softening demands ahead of the second summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi.
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
A Burkinabé military operation reportedly kills 146 jihadists after the Al-Qaeda-linked militants killed 14 people in other attacks.
sudden, drastic flow of snow down a steep slope
Retired NASA astronaut Mark Kelly announces that he will run for the 2020 United States Senate special election in Arizona.
psychiatric disorder paraphilia characterized by a sexual attraction to prepubescent children
legal order restricting making public of information or comments
municipality in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands
Manchester City F.C. defeat Chelsea F.C. in the English Football League Cup Final in the penalties after 120 minutes of goalless draw for their 6th EFL title. Post-match discussion is dominated by Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga's controversial refusal to leave the pitch when head coach Maurizio Sarri attempted to substitute him.
34th Prime Minister of Norway, 13th Secretary-General of NATO
practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments
A summit between Israel and the Visegrád Group (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) is cancelled following Poland's reaction and withdrawal as a result of Israeli officials' statements on the Holocaust alleging Polish involvement.
64th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
Pope Francis pays tribute to Cardinal Augustin Bea (1881-1968) as a pioneer of Jewish-Catholic dialogue. The papal audience commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Cardinal Bea. "He remains a model and a source of inspiration for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue". He served as the first president of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity.
ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant
expendable weapons or weapon components dispersed from a weapon system, such as bombs, missiles, mines and projectiles
United States Africa Command says a U.S.
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
October 1962 confrontation between the Soviet Union, Cuba and the United States
A fossil from a new species of tyrannosaur named Moros intrepidus is discovered in the U.S.
meeting between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump
The family of Pat Finucane, murdered during The Troubles in Northern Ireland, win a declaration from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom that the investigation into his killing was sufficiently ineffective to amount to a failure of the state's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights.
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
second-largest city in Florida, United States of America
Scientists announce that the Megachile pluto (Wallace's giant bee), the world's largest bee, has been rediscovered in North Maluku, Indonesia, after no confirmed sightings since 1981.
Three British MPs – Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston and Heidi Allen – defect from the Conservative Party to The Independent Group, citing their opposition to Brexit and the party's adoption of UKIP policies. This brings the total number of The Independent Group MPs to eleven following recent defections from Labour.
motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
India officials also claimed to have shot down one Pakistani Air Force (PAF) jet that violated its airspace.
Theresa May tells Commons she opposes the amendment; Home Secretary Sajid Javid subsequently supports it, apparently unaware of May's opposition.
Sexual abuse scandal in Southern Baptist churches
American man convicted of murder and previously wrongly convicted of rape
However, later on they acknowledge that one IAF Mig-21 has been shot down and its pilot was captured by the Pakistan Army.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denies the existence of the target list.
award ceremony for Spanish films of 2018
part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
largest Protestant Christian denomination in the United States
annual award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Sulu
The Venezuelan National Guard blocks off a bridge on the Colombia–Venezuela border with a tanker truck.
U.S. President Donald Trump lands in Vietnam's capital for the summit.
position in the United States Department of Justice
Portuguese bank Novo Banco blocks the transfer of $1.2 billion of Venezuelan government financial assets to Uruguay. The move was requested by the Nicolás Maduro government.
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
The United Nations Security Council rejected rival resolutions on Venezuela by the United States and Russia Thursday.
In Brussels, an accession protocol for joining NATO is signed between Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, and Nikola Dimitrov, foreign minister of the Republic of Macedonia.
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
2018–2019 season of the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup
event in which the varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
main coed program of the Boy Scouts of America for ages 11 to 17
type of muscle car manufactured by Chevrolet
A train crash and subsequent fire kills at least 25 people at Ramses Station in Cairo, Egypt.
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Vietnam
Pakistan reports that Indian military aircraft violated their airspace near Muzaffarabad and were intercepted by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) military aircraft. Indian Air Force aircraft in a haste dropped their payload which fell near balakot. India claims that the incident was an airstrike on an alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Balakot in retaliation to the Pulwama attack days earlier. ,
inaugural and only season of the Alliance of American Football (AAF)
Games of the XXXV Olympiad, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Wreckage of one aircraft fell in Azad Kashmir while the other fell in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro
Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
senior United States government position in the Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Supreme Court stops short of mandating a public inquiry as requested by the family.
A woman was arrested on suspicion of setting the fire.
The Attorney General of Israel Avichai Mandelblit says that after more than two years of investigations he has decided to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (top leader) since 2011
Lawyer, former official of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
"He remains a model and a source of inspiration for ecumenical and interreligious dialogue".
MPs in the House of Commons meet to discuss UK Prime Minister Theresa May's latest proposed deal for the state's departure from the European Union.
legal protection for detained people to argue in court that they are being held illegally
Footballer Emiliano Sala's body was recently found in the wreckage and recovered two weeks after the plane first went missing.
The Venezuela Aid Live benefit concert takes place on the Colombia–Venezuela border.
train accident in Egypt on 27 February 2019
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
Nigerian authorities have not identified the gunmen's motive, but they do not believe the attack was related to the upcoming election.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Five soldiers and three militants die in an attack that also injured several others in Patikul, Sulu, in The Philippines.
After numerous cost overruns and delays, a 1.8-mile (2.9 km) highway tunnel in Seattle, Washington, U.S., opens to traffic, becoming the largest road tunnel in the contiguous United States. It was bored using Bertha, the world's largest tunnel boring machine.
how human sexual behavior interact with, and are regulated by, laws
those who serve as part of an organized armed military force
Several European Union states, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal and Spain, officially recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela after Nicolás Maduro rejects the European ultimatum to call a new snap election.
The closure in 2021 will result in the loss of about 3,500 jobs.
Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
cultural and political alliance in Central Europe
The suspected shooter was later killed by police.
Date: 3 July 2013 – present (9 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Many accusers were young men and women, who allegedly experienced everything from molestation to rape and impregnation at the hands of church members.
institution under which Catalonia self-government is organized, actually as an autonomous community of Spain
in homo sapiens, when nuclei of sperm & egg fuse to form a diploid cell, known as a zygote
Two trucks are set on fire on the Francisco de Paula Santander International Bridge.
railway facility where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers and/or freight
Democratic New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announces that he is running for the office of the presidency in the 2020 presidential election.
annual awards for cinematic achievements
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
bilateral relations between United States and Venezuela
A winter storm is expected to bring up to 12 inches (30 cm) of snow to the Midwestern and Northeastern United States in the upcoming days.
portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country
Pakistan reports that Indian military aircraft violated their airspace near Muzaffarabad and were intercepted by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) military aircraft.
National Football League franchise in Foxborough, Massachusetts
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro orders the closing of his country's border with Brazil.
Seven militants also died in the attack.
List of ambassadors of the United States to Canada
large spatial-scale model of the Earth's magnetic field
240 rescuers including police and army search the affected piste area.
opposition to some or all movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native
Kurin District, Sistan-Baluchestan, Iran
Venezuelan authorities claim that a U.S.-owned air freight company delivered a crate of weapons to the international airport in Valencia to be used in "terrorist actions" against the Maduro government. The air charter business involved, 21 Air, denies the charges.
ethnic group in the Sahel from Senegal, east to Cameroon
chemical compound; opioid most commonly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects
airstrike has killed 35 al-Shabaab militants in Somalia's central Hiran administrative region.
Other European Union countries, such as Greece and Ireland, stop short of recognizing Guaidó, while Italy's leading coalition party, the 5 Star Movement, declares that it is not "for the EU to tell another nation what to do".
Joan Ryan becomes the eighth MP to quit the Labour Party and join The Independent Group, citing a "culture of anti-Jewish racism" within the party as the reason for her departure.
A large-scale natural gas shortage in the U.S.
military has flown reconnaissance flights in international airspace off the coast of Venezuela during the last several days to gather classified intelligence about President Nicolás Maduro.
As well as the first time since both countries have acquired nuclear weapons.
At least 27 Iranian Revolutionary Guards are killed after a suicide bombing attack in southeastern Iran.
capital city of North Santander, Colombia
conviction and punishment of a person for a crime they did not commit
A meteorite strikes near the Cuban town of Viñales, in the western province of Pinar del Río, after sightings of a fireball over the Florida Keys.
American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1952)
Date: 10 December 2012 – present (10 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 2 days)
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
island in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands
Voters in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa go to the polls in a referendum on the central government's plan to move the Futenma airbase to Henoko in northern Okinawa Island.
statutes that govern right to hunt and fish
Henry Pratt Company, 641 Archer Ave, Aurora, Illinois, United States
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
city in Ohio, United States; county seat of Hamilton County
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
city in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland
The 91st Academy Awards are presented in Hollywood.
All 148 passengers and crew members disembarked safely.
United States government investigative agency for civil transportation accidents
Bangladeshi special forces shoot and kill an armed man after he attempted to hijack a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight heading to Dubai International Airport.
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
state of equal ease of access to resources and opportuni ties regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
tensions between the United States and China or Russia post-1991
machine used to excavate circular tunnels through a variety of soil and rock strata
Juan Guaidó announces that he will exercise his "duties as president" when he returns to Venezuela from Colombia.
Indian officials initially rejected that any of their aircraft was shot down and claimed that all of IAF pilots were accounted for.
The Attorney General files a request to withdraw immunity to the presidential candidate of National Unity of Hope, former First Lady Sandra Torres, for alleged crimes of illicit electoral financing.
Flooding is reported throughout Tennessee amid heavy rain.
Finnish writer who writes in Swedish, born 1947
maritime warfare branch of Venezuela's military
American multinational nonprofit news agency
66 people were killed by gunmen in Nigeria's Kaduna State including 34 victims being either women or children.
Egyptian Transport Minister Hisham Arafat consequently resigns.
Japan's national aero-space agency as JAXA
The 2019 NBA All-Star Game takes place in Charlotte, North Carolina, with Team LeBron defeating Team Giannis 178–164. Golden State Warriors small forward Kevin Durant is named the game's MVP; it is his second All Star MVP award, the first coming in 2012.
Egyptian Transport Minister Hisham Arafat consequently resigns. Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accepts the resignation.
A 15-year-old student has stabbed and killed his teacher and a classmate at a high school in Stolbtsy, Belarus.
The government subsequently announces it will support the amendment.
A number of weapons and explosives are also found in the raids.
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
civil war taking place in Somalia since 1991
bilateral relations between Italy and France
supreme constitutional court of Colombia
city and largest settlement in the City of Bradford district, Yorkshire, England
US federal government agency that maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription
The abuse began when the victims were fourteen.
component which maintains a setpoint temperature
List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
Russian President Vladimir Putin states that Russia is militarily ready for "a Cuban Missile-style crisis" if the United States wants one, in relation to new U.S.
The verdict has been suppressed by a gag order until now.
last & 3rd period of the Mesozoic Era, 145-66 million years ago
The Public Prosecutor General of Germany announces the arrest of two members of the Syrian military intelligence service on charges of crimes against humanity.
The Pakistani Air Force claims it has carried out six airstrikes in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, shooting down one Indian aircraft and capturing one pilot following a dogfight.
separatist/religious insurgency being waged against the government of Iran
Israel's parliamentary elections are scheduled for 9 April 2019.
Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly accepts the resignation.
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
application of the United States Bill of Rights
Indian reserve force assisting the State/Union Territories in police operations to maintain law and order and counter insurgency
Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
Guaidó also stated that he did not see any signs of "broad support" from Russia towards Nicolás Maduro.
2014 police shooting of a black teenager in Chicago, Illinois, United States
American retailer Payless ShoeSource files Chapter 11 bankruptcy with plans to close all of their U.S.
administrative division of the Federal Republic of Germany
conflict over the Kashmir region between India, Pakistan and China
Argentine association football player (1990-2019)
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
American politician and activist (born 1941)
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
town and municipality in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
A senior United States administration official says the U.S. is willing to meet with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to negotiate an exit to the crisis, as the U.S. military helps deliver aid to Venezuela.
Three British MPs – Anna Soubry, Sarah Wollaston and Heidi Allen – defect from the Conservative Party to The Independent Group, citing their opposition to Brexit and the party's adoption of UKIP policies.
Boko Haram suicide bombers and a gunman kill 8 and injure 15 in an attack in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Date: 27 February 2019 around 08:00 am (CAT)
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
Venezuelan people clash with the Venezuelan National Guard on the Venezuela's border with Colombia and Brazil.
General Directorate of Military Counterintelligence
form of theatrical make-up used predominantly by non-black performers to represent a caricature of a black person
arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union
Iraqi insurgency since the defeat of ISIL
material or logistical assistance for people in need
Following Vladimir Putin's warning that Russia would deploy nuclear missiles in Europe if the United States deploys intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe, Putin's ally Dmitry Kiselyov lists what he claims are the targets in the United States, which includes The Pentagon, Camp David, Fort Ritchie, McClellan Air Force Base, and Jim Creek Naval Radio Station.