U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia, his first of three scheduled foreign trips. Trump signs an arms deal with King Salman worth more than US$100 billion.
Four climbers are found dead on Mount Everest, bringing this season's death toll to 10.
senior ecclesiastical official of the Catholic Church
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
The White House denies the version of events in the memo.
practice of destroying or otherwise abusing the quran for anti-islamic purposes, whether political or religious
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Voters in the Bahamas go to the polls to elect all 39 members of the House of Assembly.
Singer and actress Ariana Grande suspends her Dangerous Woman Tour.
sports teams of Wichita State University
protests in Venezuela against Nicolás Maduro's political oppression
The Office for National Statistics in the United Kingdom states that consumer prices in Britain rose by an annualized 2.7% in April, the highest level of inflation in almost four years.
A controversial piece written in The Atlantic magazine about the Filipino servant caste and the Filipino American family involved in it triggers a debate in both the Philippines and the United States.
British Prime Minister Theresa May faces backlash after accusations emerge that the Conservatives allegedly planned on reducing social welfare spending.
United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism
transnational Sunni Islamist organization
capital and largest city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa
Indian version of the Su-30MK multirole fighter aircraft
An Akron, Ohio fire kills seven people, including five children and two adults.
Protestors set fire to the Ministry of Agriculture headquarters in Brasília amid calls for the impeachment or resignation of Michel Temer as President of Brazil over allegations of corruption.
Representatives of the European Parliament and European Council sign a document formally granting Ukrainians visa-free travel to the European Union.
Protests break out and three travelers are arrested.
Conservative politician Theresa May accuses European Union officials of trying to influence the upcoming elections.
Incumbent Prime Minister Perry Christie of the Progressive Liberal Party concedes defeat to Hubert Minnis of the Free National Movement.
highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival
Irish Taoiseach Enda Kenny announces that he will step down as leader of Fine Gael from midnight, but will remain Taoiseach until a leader is elected.
Candidates Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron face off in a debate.
government of the U.S. state of California
The Supreme Court of India begins hearings on whether oral divorce is a fundamental right of Islam.
Results from yesterday's elections show significant swings towards the Conservative Party and away from the Labour Party.
runs the diplomatic relations of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia with other states
In motorsports, Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Aric Almirola is cut from his vehicle and airlifted to a local hospital with undisclosed injuries after a crash late in the Go Bowling 400 at Kansas Speedway.
Well drilled in the ground or the seabed to recover hydrocarbons
structure, larger than a bus stop, where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers
islamist militant group based in the Philippines (2012-19)
bilateral relations between Philippines and Russia
Sally Yates testifies before the United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism concerning investigations into Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and in the Trump administration.
protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin
A series of earthquakes, the largest registering 6.3, strike near Mosquito Lake, Alaska, near the Alaskan border with British Columbia, Canada. At least one office building and two schools were heavily damaged and evacuated in the Yukon.
A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of People's Republic of China says Taiwan is barred from observing this year’s World Health Assembly because current President Tsai Ing-wen has not endorsed the Beijing view that both sides belong to a single China under the One-China policy; the spokesman further said that the health of people in Taiwan is not being put at risk by Taiwan's inability to attend.
The Crusaders will move from the Horizon League to replace the Wichita State Shockers, departing for the American Athletic Conference on the same date.
subjectively negative words to refer to an ethnic group or person
An Indonesian maritime patrol boat, the KM Hiu Macan 001, intercepts five boats and arrested 55 Vietnamese crew members for allegedly poaching off Natuna Islands, but after an unexpected aggressive intervention by Vietnamese coast guards forces the Indonesian authorities to back off, release the arrested men and return to base empty handed.
The United Nations Human Rights Council conducts a periodic review of the human rights situation in the Philippines.
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
At least 36 people are dead after two buses crash on the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria.
Catholics in Portugal converge in a shrine in Fatima for a visit by Pope Francis.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
officials allegedly leak "sensitive information" to The New York Times.
city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur
The United States military reports that their investigation found 105 civilians were killed and 36 people are still missing from the bombing of a Mosul building on March 17.
Jared Kushner, son-in-law of and Senior Advisor to the President of the United States, is identified as a main focus of investigations into Russian ties by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
A huge turnout estimated at more than 40 million out of 56 million registered voters, led to the vote being extended by several hours to deal with long queues.
In a speech in Munich, Angela Merkel says that Europe must not rely on its former allies.
63rd season of the UEFA club football tournament
Western Digital appeals to arbitration in an effort to prevent its partner Toshiba, from selling its chip-making operation, Toshiba Memory.
The Philippine military announces that it has discovered the bodies of 16 people, believed to have been killed by the ISIL affiliated Abu Sayyaf.
Gianforte is officially charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly body slamming reporter Ben Jacobs from The Guardian; the Missoulian, Billings Gazette, and Independent Record newspapers rescind their endorsements of Gianforte.
A car bomb explosion outside a popular ice cream parlor in central Baghdad kills 13 people and injures 24.
police force of Manchester, England and surroundings
The current French President François Hollande vows to respond to the Macron hack attack.
institution of the European Union defining the EU's general political direction and priorities and consisting of heads of state or government of the EU's member states
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
A suicide bombing attack on a NATO convoy in Kabul kills eight civilians and injures at least 28 people.
North American professional sports league
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, a cholera outbreak has since April 27 killed at least 115 people and left another 8,500 ill across Yemen.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
Irish republican revolutionary military organization
Results of the Juno mission are announced by NASA researchers, revealing new and unexpected information concerning Jupiter's poles, meteorology, and magnetic and gravitational fields.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden
Voters in Iran go to the polls to elect the President of Iran. Final opinion polls continue to predict that the incumbent Hassan Rouhani of the Moderation and Development Party will receive a majority of votes, with the conservative Combatant Clergy Association's Ebrahim Raisi as his main competition.
The Congressional Budget Office predicts that in the next decade, the new health care bill recently approved by the U.S. House of Representatives will reduce the federal deficit by $120 billion and leave 23 million more Americans uninsured, as opposed to current law.
president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
second largest island of the Philippines
The USS Dewey sails within 12 nautical miles of the disputed Mischief Reef in the South China Sea.
The Russian Irkut MC-21 airliner makes its maiden flight.
Date: 12 May 2017 – 15 May 2017 (initial outbreak)
Gunmen open fire on construction workers at Gwadar Port, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people. The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
Severe clear-air turbulence on an Aeroflot flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow to Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok, subjects 27 passengers to injuries including bone fractures.
Police are investigating possible overselling of tickets.
climatic phenomenon occurring in the Pacific Ocean
most populous city in the United States of America
Scientists discover 7.2 million-year-old "pre-human" remains in the Balkans area near Bulgaria and Greece.
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) says they will counter Iraq’s mostly Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMU) militants if the latter enters areas under SDF control, insisting that SDF will never accept the presence of Iran and SDF will never under any circumstances act as a bridge between PMU and the Syria's Assad regime.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
The process was previously delayed by a non-binding referendum where a majority of Dutch voters rejected ratification of the agreement.
Campaigning in the United Kingdom general election is suspended after the bombing at the Manchester Arena.
Prime Minister Theresa May says the government has raised its terrorism threat level to critical, the highest level, which indicates another attack may be imminent.
146 communities are affected and more than 1,500 residents have been evacuated from their homes.
reformist centrist/centre-right political party in Iran
extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth
More than 300,000 people are evacuated in Bangladesh as Cyclone Mora approaches.
2016 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States
As part of an ongoing investigation, British police arrest six people in connection with Monday's deadly explosion, including a 23-year-old man who was taken into custody Tuesday.
international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020
The U.S. Navy SEAL Team Six's raid on an Al Qaeda in Yemen compound in the Ma'rib Governorate kills at least seven militants. SEAL Team Six also suffered unspecified injuries that were treated at the site.
A student is killed amid gunfire in El Tigre, raising the death toll in protests against Nicolás Maduro's government to at least 37 in the past month.
About 1,700 people have been rescued in 15 operations since Tuesday.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
The birthplace of late President Hugo Chávez is burned by protesters as violence and looting spreads through Barinas, Venezuela following the death of a protester.
Scientists confirm that Denmark has its first wild pack of Gray wolves for the first time in 200 years.
Bounded by Florida Ave., Channing, Bryant, North Capitol & 2nd Sts.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
President Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in the island of Mindanao after Maute militants clash with army troops in Marawi, Lanao del Sur.
The World Health Organization (WHO) elects former Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Health Minister Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the international organization's new Director-General succeeding Dr. Margaret Chan, who has been in office since 2006. Tedros is the first African Director-General and the first non-medical doctor; he has a PhD in Community Health from the University of Nottingham.
Lawmakers in the Parliament Assembly of Kosovo vote in a no-confidence motion to remove the government of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa from office, triggering a snap election that is due to take place next month.
summons Turkish ambassador Serdar Kılıç after violence between protesters and Turkish security personnel outside the Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
A young man is shot dead in Valencia, Carabobo, amid ongoing protests against the government of Nicolás Maduro.
A United States Navy SEAL is killed, becoming the first U.S. service member killed in Somalia since 1993, and three others are injured in a gunfight with al-Shabaab militants, west of Mogadishu.
military branch of service primarily concerned with aerial warfare
In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI issued an expression of sorrow after an audience with Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine.
Voters in Montana pick between Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist in the special congressional election to replace Ryan Zinke, who is now President Trump's Secretary of the Interior.
Four militants attack a state television building in Jalalabad, killing at least six people. The militants are also killed after engaging with Afghan police. ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.
association football club based in Sydney, Australia
Guardian Council officially confirmed the result of the election which saw Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani reelected for another four years in office.
lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic
The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Wikimedia Foundation has the legal right to challenge the National Security Agency Upstream program of mass online surveillance.
port city and naval base located in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea
President Donald Trump's proposed budget for fiscal year 2018, titled "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again," has a $2 trillion accounting error over 10 years because it uses the same money twice for two different purposes.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) report deadly explosions at Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, at the end of Ariana Grande’s performance on her Dangerous Woman Tour.
fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet in the Solar System
A Philadelphia-originating Learjet crashes in Carlstadt as it approached Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, killing at least two people.
2014 North Korean cyberattack on Sony Pictures and subsequent document leak
2017 clashes at the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
largest Christian church, led by the pope
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
Moors murderer Ian Brady, one of a pair of killers whose victims from 1963–65 were five children aged between 10 and 17, dies at the age of 79.
Greek railway company, formerly known as TrainOSE
The Dutch Senate approves the European Union's Association Agreement with Ukraine, setting the stage for it to be ratified as early as July, pending royal promulgation.
Police announce charges of attempted murder against 150 protestors from Dhaka University over a protest to restore a statue of Lady Justice outside the Supreme Court.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Voter turnout is predicted to be low as Algerians go to the polls to elect members of the People's National Assembly.
Russia, Iran and Turkey reach an agreement, effective this midnight, to establish four "safe zones" in Syria over which all military aircraft, including Turkish, Russian, and American aircraft, will be barred from flying.
Jihadist militant group in the Philippines
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 26 days)
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 19 days)
the current and twenty-sixth constitution of Venezuela
Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, assisted by Iran, say they cleared ISIL out of several villages north of Ba'aj on the border with Syria.
Russell Group public research university in Nottingham, England
city in northern Iraq and capital of Nineveh Province
The New York Times reports that a memo from James Comey, read in part to a reporter by a Comey associate, revealed that President Donald Trump asked him to end the F.B.I.
The government of the Philippines and the Communist Party cancel peace talks after president Rodrigo Duterte declares martial law in Mindanao.
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
The GMP confirms at least 19 people have been killed and 50 others injured and is treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
Candidates debate on live television with the rivals of frontrunner and current president, Hassan Rouhani, taking aim at his economic policies.
Finnish multinational telecommunications and information technology company
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, at least 115 human bodies are discovered in the border town of Bangassou, more than previously thought. A few days prior, militias attacked the town, with the United Nations reporting that at least 26 people were killed.
Puerto Rico files for the largest "local government" bankruptcy in the United States.
Japan Tobacco announces plans to quadruple its output of smokeless tobacco by the end of next year.
British author J. K. Rowling urges fans to refrain from buying a manuscript written by her, a Harry Potter prequel, which was originally auctioned off for charity but was later stolen.
census-designated place in Haines Borough, Alaska
Turkey summons United States Ambassador John R. Bass to protest alleged "aggressive and unprofessional actions" by American security personnel against Turkish bodyguards, calling for the United States to conduct a full investigation on the May 17 clashes.
legal proceedings in the UK concerning the requested extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden
Right-wing media personality Katie Hopkins is to leave LBC with "immediate effect" after Hopkins posted on Twitter calling for a so-called "final solution" to the United Kingdom's Islamic terrorism problem following the Manchester Arena bombing which left 22 people dead.
An Indian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30 goes missing near the border with China and is presumed to have crashed along with its two pilots.
Head of the Government of the Czech Republic
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
Marches in Paris are disrupted as French riot police fire tear gas at violent protesters ahead of the second round of the presidential election.
system that pre-dates the United Kingdom
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn debates with Conservative leader Theresa May.
In Chicago, 4 are killed and 5 injured when a speeding car accidentally hit a parked car and then crashed head-on into a CTA transit bus.
International Committee of the Red Cross
A car crash at an auto auction in Billerica, Massachusetts, kills at least three and injures nine, two critically.
Roger Ailes, the former Chairman and founding CEO of Fox News, dies at the age of 77.
A Turkish Air Force Eurocopter AS532 Cougar helicopter crashes in Şırnak Province after hitting an electricity line, killing all 13 soldiers on board.
The two primary producers, Amphastar and Pfizer, indicate that supplies will not increase until late June.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Financial crisis that began affecting Puerto Rico in 2014
Voting begins in territories and diplomatic missions west of Metropolitan France for the second round of the presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen.
Around 50,000 people are evacuated from the German city of Hanover while bomb disposal experts defuse three bombs dropped by the Royal Air Force during World War II.
A bus carrying tourists crashes near the resort town of Marmaris in southwest Turkey, killing at least 17 people and leaving 13 others injured.
Three police officers are killed in a suicide bombing at a bus station in Jatinegara, Jakarta.
lawyer, politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (2006-2018)
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says warm ocean waters could fuel an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season.
Plans for a Chicago-based presidential library in honour of the former U.S. President Obama are revealed.
A judge in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, grants a 12-year-old boy the right to decide for himself on whether or not to continue chemotherapy. The ruling was based on a psychiatric evaluation of the patient as being "capable of a reasonable evaluation of his interests and realizes the consequences — including the negative ones — of his decision."
series of protests in Venezuela beginning in 2014
A young man is shot dead in Valencia, Carabobo, amid ongoing protests against the government of Nicolás Maduro. Protesters tear down a statue of former President Hugo Chávez in Rosario de Perijá.
Shortly after the attack began a researcher found an effective kill switch, which prevented many new infections, and allowed time to patch systems. This greatly slowed the spread. Cyber security authorities discover new versions that lack the kill switch.
political positions of United States President Donald Trump
In American horse racing, Cloud Computing wins the 2017 Preakness Stakes in only his fourth race.
current United States federal appellate court
Kenya opens the Mombasa–Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway, the East African country's largest infrastructure project since gaining independence.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
In association football, Chelsea have secured the Premier League title after winning away against West Bromwich Albion.
Swedish prosecutors drop a seven-year sexual assault investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Voters in France return to the polls for a run-off, to elect either Emmanuel Macron or Marine Le Pen as the new President of France.
Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf withdraws his candidacy.
method of determining a winner in sports matches which would have otherwise been drawn or tied
Canadian Indian residential school system
The temporary protected status of Haitians living in the United States is extended for six months.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency reports the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has approved deployment of the Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile, and ordered mass production of the system. The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss the test.
North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency reports the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, has approved deployment of the Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile, and ordered mass production of the system.
head of government of the United Kingdom
Macron campaign officials say the files are a mix of fake and authentic documents and drew parallels with what happened in the 2016 US Presidential elections.
All 124 passengers and seven crew members safely evacuate the plane.
ISRO has successfully launched a new communications satellite for South Asia from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India.
American entrepreneur and political aide who had been the White House Communications Director for U.S. President Donald Trump from March 6, 2017 to May 2017
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
meteorological phenomenon common in arid and semi-arid regions
President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the North Carolina state legislative members do not have standing to request an appeal of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruling against a law which it found discriminated against black voters.
The death toll from an attack on a Libyan National Army-controlled airbase in southern Libya reportedly rises to 140 people.
national government of the United States
The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court releases a plea bargain testimony from JBS S.A., revealing that the company paid 500 million reais in bribes to politicians, including current President Michel Temer and his predecessors Dilma and Lula.
Results from yesterday's election give a reduced majority of seats to Abdelaziz Bouteflika's incumbent coalition.
association football club in Reading, England
Hamas, which is seeking to reconcile with rival Palestinian organizations, elects former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh its new leader, replacing term-limited Khaled Meshaal.
The man suspected of carrying out the Manchester attack is identified as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, who died at the scene. Abedi was born in Manchester to Libyan parents.
List of NCAA Division I conference changes since 2010
formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of an particular cause
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
The Philippines clarifies a controversial remark about a potential "war" with China amid criticism from Filipinos.
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
Shuping Yang commencement speech controversy
speech favoring democracy and freedom of speech criticized by the People's Republic of China
Tiger Woods, an American professional golfer, is arrested for driving under the influence due to mixing medications, no alcohol was detected in his system.
Voters in Iran go to the polls to elect the President of Iran.
football stadium in London, England, UK, inaugurated in March 2007
Former CIA Director John Brennan tells the House Intelligence Committee he knew of contacts between Trump associates and Russian officials, but is not sure collusion existed.
During her discussions with the Pope and with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, the parties expressed a desire to strengthen Church-state collaboration.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
At least 11 people are dead after a bus and truck collide in Vietnam's Gia Lai province.
A bomb hits a convoy of the Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, near Mastung in the province of Balochistan, killing at least 25 people and injuring 35 others, including the Senate's Deputy Chairman.
lawsuit against the National Security Agency
Senior Advisor to the President of the United States
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has announced that he will submit his government's resignation because of a disagreement with Finance Minister Andrej Babiš.
The Holy See and Myanmar establish full diplomatic relations following a meeting between Pope Francis and Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.
The father, Ramadan Abedi, and younger brother, Hashem Abedi, of suspected bomber Salman Abedi are arrested in Tripoli by the Libyan Counter-Terrorism forces.
President of France Emmanuel Macron nominates the full Édouard Philippe government.
computer hacker group that released sensitive NSA data
A landslide at Big Sur blocks off a portion of California State Route 1 just south of Gorda; no injuries have been reported.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says warm ocean waters could fuel an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. The forecast calls for 11 to 17 named storms with five to nine hurricanes, warmer-than-average waters across the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and a weak or nonexistent El Niño.
After 146 years, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus comes to a close.
Arsenal beat London rival Chelsea 2–1 at Wembley Stadium to win the 2016–17 FA Cup.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
At the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Spirit Airlines cancels eleven flights and delays 30 due to a dispute between the airline and its pilots (as talks occur between the airline and the pilots' union, Air Line Pilots Association, International).
Four militants attack a state television building in Jalalabad, killing at least six people.
Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani is re-elected with 23.5 million votes, defeating Ebrahim Raisi who received 15.7 million votes.
Police announce charges of attempted murder against 150 protestors from Dhaka University over a protest to restore a statue of Lady Justice outside the Supreme Court. Protestors and police clashed near the High Court, with police firing tear gas and water cannons after protestors breached a barricade. Police claim protestors wielded sticks and stones in a bid to murder on-duty officers.
Manchester United beat Dutch opponents Ajax 2–0 at the Friends Arena in Solna, Sweden, to win the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League and qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League group stage.
Buckingham Palace announces that 95-year-old Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince consort of Queen Elizabeth II, will retire from royal duties in August.
Files purportedly from the campaign of Emmanuel Macron are posted online. Macron campaign officials say the files are a mix of fake and authentic documents and drew parallels with what happened in the 2016 US Presidential elections.
local elections held in the United Kingdom
A TrainOSE passenger train derails near the Greek village of Adendro, leaving at least four people dead and five seriously injured.
2017 executive order by U.S. President Trump placing travel restrictions on several countries
marine mammals, closely related to whales and porpoises
A car bomb explosion outside a popular ice cream parlor in central Baghdad kills 13 people and injures 24. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
The man suspected of carrying out the Manchester attack is identified as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, who died at the scene.
At least 18 people are killed and 6 others injured in a car bomb explosion in Khost, eastern Afghanistan.
state highway in Arlington County, Virginia, United States
neighborhood to the north of Damascus, Syria
Gunmen open fire on buses carrying Coptic Christians in Minya Governorate, Egypt, killing at least 28 people and injuring dozens more.
soft outer covering organ of vertebrates
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 38 people are killed, including civilians and Syrian Democratic Forces fighters, after ISIL militants attack a camp for displaced Syrian and Iraqi refugees near Al-Shaddadah, Al-Hasakah Governorate.
international airport in Bangkok, Thailand
the bond credit rating business of Moody's Corporation
In mice, these two proteins are important for baldness and graying.
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
American singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1993)
Huddersfield Town win the final match of the 2017 English Football League play-offs, defeating Reading 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, thereby earning promotion to the 2017–18 Premier League.
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Taiwan
California independence supporters submit their second formal bid for a 2018 ballot concerning Calexit.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
agency in the United States Federal Government
The Egyptian Air Force strikes militant camps in eastern Libya in retaliation to the Minya attack, according to state media.
Former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as "Ahok", is found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in prison.
overview about bankruptcy in the United States
activity to defend against or prevent terrorist actions
vehicle ramming incident in New York City in 2017
Tennessee state senator and former Army flight surgeon Mark Green withdraws his name from consideration as Secretary of the Army because of political opposition.
underground political party in the Philippines
As many as 30 people, mostly children, are killed after a school bus plunges off a road into a steep ravine in the Arusha Region of northern Tanzania.
global international and intergovernmental organization
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
Attorney General Jeff Sessions narrows the scope of the order against so-called sanctuary cities.
U.S. Army general and former U.S. National Security Advisor
In an expected event, Eshaq Jahangiri withdraws his candidacy and urges his supporters to vote for incumbent president Hassan Rouhani.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Program that locks files until a sum of money is paid
Somali Public Works Minister Abbas Abdullahi Sheikh Siraji is shot and killed inside his vehicle by security forces near the Villa Somalia in the capital Mogadishu, after mistaking him for a militant.
The Momentum Movement holds a pro-EU, anti-Russia march attended by approximately 10,000 in Budapest, Hungary, chanting “Europe, not Moscow” in support of the EU and against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
The U.S. summons Turkish ambassador Serdar Kılıç after violence between protesters and Turkish security personnel outside the Embassy of Turkey, Washington, D.C. leaves over a dozen people injured. U.S. Senator John McCain calls on the Trump administration to expel the ambassador.
The journal Genes & Development publishes research from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in a mouse-model study (which may translate over to humans) alluding as to why hair turns gray and goes bald.
Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation
post-World War I international influenza pandemic
Date: 16 October 2016 – 20 July 2017 (9 months and 4 days)
The federal government of Brazil informs the World Health Organization that it is ending its state of emergency concerning the Zika virus, following a 95.3% reduction in cases in early 2017 compared to early 2016.
President of France Emmanuel Macron nominates the full Édouard Philippe government. Jean-Yves Le Drian becomes foreign minister, Sylvie Goulard defence minister, Bruno Le Maire minister of economy, and Gérard Collomb minister of the interior.
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017
Health insurance coverage in the United States
France bans the breeding of killer whales and dolphins in captivity and orders aquariums and water parks to expand their pools within three years following a campaign by animal rights groups.
The White House releases a proposed budget that includes an increase in spending for the military but a decrease in healthcare and welfare.
National Museum of Natural History, France
President Nicolás Maduro announces the drafting of a new constitution amid massive protests.
major astronomical facility being constructed by the European Southern Observatory
Pope Francis meets with Swiss President Doris Leuthard. During her discussions with the Pope and with Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States, the parties expressed a desire to strengthen Church-state collaboration.
Ansar al-Sharia announces it is formally dissolving amid heavy losses that have wiped out its leadership and decimated its fighters. The group was responsible for the 2012 Benghazi attack.
An explosion outside a prominent post office in Rome causes damage to a car; however, no injuries or deaths have been reported. A preliminary investigation indicated it was most likely “a demonstrative act, showing that it could be done”.
Severe Tropical Cyclone Donna is upgraded to a Category Four, and continues to damage houses and infrastructure in the north of Vanuatu, particularly in Torba Province.
Authorities report his injuries are not life threatening.
In a surprise appointment by Pope Francis, Bishop Anders Arborelius is the first ever person from Sweden to become a cardinal.
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte tells soldiers fighting in Mindanao, where he proclaimed martial law earlier this week, that he will accept responsibility for abuses they commit, and jokes that "[i]f you had raped three, I will admit it, that's on me."
safety mechanism to quickly shut down a system in an emergency, when it cannot be shut down in the usual manner
lowest social class in the precolonial cultures in the Philippines
Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider
Prime Minister of Hungary (1998–2002; 2010–present)
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thoroughbred racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Two Rockwell B-1B Lancer heavy bombers are flown over the Korean Peninsula by the United States, leading North Korea to accuse the US of preparing for nuclear warfare.
Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas
Georgia's 6th congressional district special election, 2017
Opinion polling for the 2017 Iranian presidential election
telecommunications company based in Madrid, Spain
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN department that promotes human rights under international law
Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen is accused of plagiarising a speech by François Fillon.
The New York Times reports that a memo from James Comey, read in part to a reporter by a Comey associate, revealed that President Donald Trump asked him to end the F.B.I. investigation of Michael T. Flynn. The White House denies the version of events in the memo.
A zookeeper is killed at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire, England, following an incident in the zoo's tiger enclosure.
voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round
Workers' Party of Belgium representative Raoul Hedebouw gets stabbed in the thigh, moments before holding a speech in Liège, Belgium.
Polish-American diplomat Zbigniew Brzezinski, counselor to President Lyndon B. Johnson (1966–1968) and President Jimmy Carter's National Security Advisor (1977–1981), dies at the age of 89.
Interstate 395 (Virginia–District of Columbia)
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
France swears in Emmanuel Macron as the 25th President of France.
equestrian sport in which several horses simultaneously race against each other
According to a current and a former unnamed U.S. government official, President Donald Trump revealed classified information that jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State during his Oval Office meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador on May 10.
publicly funded system of healthcare in England
United States Army soldier Chelsea Manning is released from prison after serving seven years. Manning was sentenced by a U.S. military court to 35 years in prison, but her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.
40th season of top-tier soccer league in Australia
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
Bundu dia Kongo followers free their leader and 50 other inmates with an attack on the Makala jail of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will visit families of victims of the IRA bombings in Hyde Park and Regent's Park.
lower house of the federal parliament of Belgium
act of sending sexually explicit messages between mobile phones
The first synchrotron in the Middle East, SESAME, opens in Jordan, marking a rare cooperation between Iran, Israel, Turkey, and the Palestinian Authority.
Rare specimens of daisies from the 1850s originally held in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris were reportedly destroyed by Australia in March allegedly due to incomplete paperwork.
United States aircraft bomb a convoy belonging to the Syrian pro-government militia within a so-called "deconfliction zone" around Al-Tanf.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit refuses to reinstate Executive Order 13780 on the basis of religious discrimination, upholding the District Court for Maryland's March 7 ruling.
Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with a 15-year-old girl.
liberal political party in South Korea (2014– )
Republican Greg Gianforte bodyslams a reporter from The Guardian who then reports the situation to police. Gianforte is running against Democrat Rob Quist.
association football club in London, England
Clashes at the Turkish Ambassador's Residence in Washington, D.C.
capital and most populous city of France
Affected organisations include: England's NHS, with doctors reporting messages demanding money; MegaFon and Sberbank in Russia; Telefónica, Iberdrola, and Gas Natural in Spain; and FedEx.
North Carolina's congressional districts
Macron wins the election, earning 66.1% of the vote to Le Pen's 33.9%, becoming the youngest French head of state since Napoleon.
The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation upholds Francesco Schettino's 16-year sentence for his role as Captain of the Costa Concordia in the deaths of 32 people.
American multinational technology company
The town of Odienné is also reported to be under mutineer control.
international development strategy and framework proposed by China
Armed Forces of the Republic of Ivory Coast
Japanese scientists discover that mouse sperm held on the International Space Station for 9 months is able to produce healthy mice.
The election between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican Karen Handel to replace the seat vacated by Tom Price becomes the most expensive congressional race in United States history.
Police search for a driver who witnesses believe was driving aggressively around campers in Grays Harbor County, Washington, and deliberately backed over two campers while yelling racial slurs, killing one and injuring a second. Both victims are from the Quinault Indian Nation.
drug therapy against cancer or infections
Pope Francis canonizes Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the three Fátima children who reported seeing the Virgin Mary in the spring and summer of 1917.
association football club in West Bromwich, England
At least one office building and two schools were heavily damaged and evacuated in the Yukon.
A behavior or action intended to slow or escape escalations of conflicts, often as an approach in conflict resolution
Tyrrhenian Sea Off Isola del Giglio, Tuscany
U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system launchers
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Protesters tear down a statue of former President Hugo Chávez in Rosario de Perijá.
service member killed in Somalia since 1993, and three others are injured in a gunfight with al-Shabaab militants, west of Mogadishu.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
municipality in the state of Zulia, Venezuela
82 of the female students recently released by Boko Haram reunite with their families in Abuja.
A few days prior, militias attacked the town, with the United Nations reporting that at least 26 people were killed.
A large scale international cyber-attack using the WannaCry ransomware package disrupts computer and telephone systems in thousands of cases across 99 countries.
medical practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering
public health emergency of international concern
United States District Court for the District of Maryland
Burkina Faso accuses Compaoré, who is in exile in the Ivory Coast, of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him in 2014.
The Iraqi army's chief of staff, Lt Gen Othman al-Ghanmi, states that his security forces are only days away from completing the operation to recapture Mosul from ISIL.
international airport serving Moscow, Russia
American politician and academic administrator
county in the state of Washington, United States
Twenty Republicans and all Democrats opposed the bill, which now heads to the United States Senate for its legislative action.
tobacco product used by means other than smoking
Dozens of displaced civilians from al-Khafse and nearby villages in the countryside of Manbij gather in the village of Arbaa al-Kabir to protest against the Bashar al-Assad government, demanding the removal of pro-Assad forces from their villages and calling for the intervention of the Syrian Democratic Forces after accusing regime forces of looting houses and threatening residents.
American broadcast television and radio network
Eighteen people, including two opposition leaders, Henrique Capriles and Carlos Paparoni, are injured in Caracas as security forces stop protestors from reaching the government ombudsman's office.
List of ambassadors of Russia to the United States
Vice President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
Official campaigning ends with opinion polling showing Hassan Rouhani and Ebrahim Raisi as the two leading candidates.
express agreement between nations under international law
Philippine vice president Leni Robredo faces an impeachment charge before the House of Representatives for condemning the country's war on drugs at the United Nations.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
agreement in a criminal case between the prosecutor and defendant
biomolecule consisting of chains of amino acid residues
human settlement in Licking County, Ohio, United States of America
CNN terminates its New Year's Eve Live contract with Kathy Griffin after she released a photograph of her holding a mock severed head of President Donald Trump.
British police suspend sharing intelligence with the United States in connection with Monday's Manchester bombing attack for most of the day, after U.S. officials allegedly leak "sensitive information" to The New York Times. British Prime Minister Theresa May emphasized the sensitive nature of said information when she met with U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting at the NATO summit in Brussels. Trump calls for an investigation into the leaks.
Eight people, including a Lincoln County Sheriff's Department deputy, are fatally shot overnight at three locations in rural Mississippi. A suspect is in custody; he says he intended for it to be "suicide by cop."
district in East Jakarta City, Jakarta Province, Indonesia
Moscow police detain five protesters after they attempted to deliver a petition to investigate the status of LGBT rights in Chechnya to the Prosecutor General of Russia.
The United States Supreme Court rejects two of North Carolina's congressional districts because they violated the Constitution by relying too heavily on race in drawing them.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra'ad calls on all air forces in Syria to better distinguish between military targets and civilians.
CBS terminates its contract with Scott Pelley as anchor, managing editor and reporter of CBS Evening News. Pelley will remain with CBS News as a correspondent in 60 Minutes.
The landing was responsible for reports of sonic booms across central Florida.
South Koreans vote in a presidential election, with Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea winning the election.
Authorities say that the death toll after six days of fighting is 95, including 19 civilians.
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
evaluation of the credit risk of a prospective debtor, predicting their ability to pay back the debt, and an implicit forecast of the likelihood of the debtor defaulting
The 2017 season of the Pemberton Music Festival, a prominent music festival scheduled to occur July 13–16 in the Canadian city of Pemberton, British Columbia, is cancelled following declaration of bankruptcy by the organizers.
A small study shows that two known carcinogens, o-toluidine and 2-naphthylamine, were found in greater amounts in the urine of e-cigarette users than in nonusers.
international airport in Shanghai, China
Title for the Virgin Mary due to her reputed apparitions to three shepherd children at Fátima, Portugal
The Bahamas ran a general election on 10 May 2017, they then elected the Prime Minister.
legislative bill dealing with the repeal and replacement of the Affordable Care Act
Police search for a driver who witnesses believe was driving aggressively around campers in Grays Harbor County, Washington, and deliberately backed over two campers while yelling racial slurs, killing one and injuring a second.
At least 126 people are dead, and 97 missing, after mudslides and floods caused by heavy rain in Sri Lanka.
Newark Liberty International Airport in northern New Jersey is closed for almost two hours after flames are spotted coming from a United Airlines Boeing 757 jet engine. All 124 passengers and seven crew members safely evacuate the plane.
A small study shows that two known carcinogens, o-toluidine and 2-naphthylamine, were found in greater amounts in the urine of e-cigarette users than in nonusers. Previous studies of traditional cigarette smokers have identified o-toluidine and 2-naphthylamine as the two most carcinogenic molecules for the bladder.
The other child, Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos, survived until the year 2005, when she was 97 years old.
A series of earthquakes, the largest registering 6.3, strike near Mosquito Lake, Alaska, near the Alaskan border with British Columbia, Canada.
Representatives of the European Parliament and European Council sign a document formally granting Ukrainians visa-free travel to the European Union. The visa-free regime is due to enter into force on June 11.
A shooting attack at a nursing home in Kirkersville, Ohio, kills four people, including a police chief and the shooter.
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
mass murders of thousands of political prisoners
A severe dust storm impacts North China, causing flight cancellations at Beijing Capital International Airport.
The meeting of Group of 7 leaders in Taormina, Italy, concludes with a disagreement on whether to uphold the Paris Agreement; U.S. President Donald Trump is the only leader not to confirm commitment to the agreement, due to his climate change denial.
The Square, a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund, wins the Palme d'Or, the top award at the Cannes Film Festival.
The accusation that he insulted the Quran sparked large protests last November.
The Government of China begins a two-day summit in Beijing, in an attempt to raise international support for its Belt and Road Initiative.
U.S. President Donald Trump removes James Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with Andrew G. McCabe stepping in as acting director.
American lawyer and the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
President of the Confederate States of America
head of state and of government of the Confederate States
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who later had to cut short his visit to Moscow because of terrorist attacks on the Philippine southern island of Mindanao, tells Russia President Vladimir Putin that the Philippines is looking to Russia for modern arms to fight ISIL.
Salvador Sobral of Portugal wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Amar pelos dois.
military court to 35 years in prison, but her sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama.
intentional act of causing one's own death
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
During a phone call between U.S. president Donald Trump and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, Trump allegedly congratulates Duterte on his drug war, which has been widely criticized for its brutality by human rights organizations.
U.S. and South Korean officials confirm that North Korea launched a test missile from the west coast city of Kusong. The projectile travelled to the east for 30 minutes and 435 miles (700 km) reaching an altitude of more than 1,245 miles (2,004 km) before landing in the Sea of Japan, 60 miles (97 km) south of the Russian city of Vladivostok.
North Rhine-Westphalia state election, 2017
The journal Genes & Development publishes research from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in a mouse-model study (which may translate over to humans) alluding as to why hair turns gray and goes bald. The scientists describe a protein called KROX20 which switches on skin cells that become a hair shaft, which then causes cells to produce another protein called stem cell factor. In mice, these two proteins are important for baldness and graying.
The United Nations Security Council will hold a closed-door session Tuesday to discuss the test.
Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
airport near Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood, Florida, USA
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake kills at least three people in the town of Pish Qaleh in northeast Iran.
Sir Roger Moore, who played James Bond between 1973 and 1985, dies at age 89.
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
National Security Advisor Michael Flynn invokes his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and declines to comply with a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 U.S.
American fast casual Mexican restaurant chain
U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abedi was born in Manchester to Libyan parents.
An unknown person or organization leaks a 45-page draft campaign manifesto, described as "the most left-wing," of the Labour Party, that is due for official confirmation tomorrow.
The United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that Wikimedia Foundation has the legal right to challenge the National Security Agency Upstream program of mass online surveillance. This decision reinstates the suit that had been dismissed by a Federal district judge in Baltimore, Maryland. Eight other organizations, including Amnesty International USA and the Global Fund for Women, are also plaintiffs in this case.
kidnapping of female students in Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria
Iranian conservative politician, professor, and former air force pilot
Voters in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia head to the polls, with the media suggesting a victory for Angela Merkel's CDU over the SPD, who have lead the state for all but five years since 1966.
continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth's northeastern quadrant
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who had campaigned on a parliamentary review of the country's missile defense system, orders an investigation of the anti-missile system after discovering the government was not informed when four more U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system launchers had been brought in and installed.
A roadside bomb kills at least 11 people, all from the same family, in Logar Province.
Voter identification laws in the United States
Taliban militants attack an Afghan National Army base in Shah Wali Kot District, Kandahar Province, killing at least 15 soldiers.
municipality in the province of North Holland, the Netherlands
Michael Dubke resigns as President Trump's White House Communications Director after three months on the job.
Brennan said he warned the Russian intelligence service last August against meddling in the U.S.
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
2017 Georgia's 6th congressional district special election
An unknown gunman shoots and kills veteran journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, who is noted for his investigative reporting on Mexico's war on drugs, in Culiacán, Sinaloa.
English media personality and far-right commentator (born 1975)
Yesterday, the United States Department of State accused the al-Assad government of using a crematory at Sednaya Prison to cover up the mass murders of thousands of political prisoners.
France's electoral commission orders French media not to publish contents of Emmanuel Macron's leaked campaign emails to avoid influencing the presidential election, warning journalists could face criminal charges for publishing the material.
tropical sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located east of Central America, south of the Greater Antilles and north of South America
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Moon Jae-in pledges to make South Korea "a just, united country."
The United Nations welcomed the long discussed safe zones, although they have been rejected by Syrian rebels and the Kurdish PYD.
Donald Trump's disclosures of classified information
overview about Donald Trump's disclosures of classified information
The Balochistan Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the attack.
Goldman Sachs banker Jim Donovan withdraws from consideration as Deputy Treasury Secretary in order to have time for his family.
Turkish police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators marching to Taksim Square. Over 200 people are arrested at protests around the city of Istanbul.
U.S. House districts in the state of North Carolina
Tennessee state senator and former Army flight surgeon Mark Green withdraws his name from consideration as Secretary of the Army because of political opposition. Green was the Trump Administration's second nominee for this position.
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
A car crashes into pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, killing one person and injuring several others. Police are investigating the incident as an accident.
aerial service branch of the Chinese People's Liberation Army
Efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act
At least 126 people are dead, and 97 missing, after mudslides and floods caused by heavy rain in Sri Lanka. Over 100,000 people have been displaced.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions narrows the scope of the order against so-called sanctuary cities.
Disaster Management Centre of Sri Lanka reports that 91 people are killed and 110 people from 14 districts are missing due to flood and landslide.
labor rights organization headquartered in New York City
divorce performed by a husband saying the word talaq to his wife thrice, widespread among South Asian Muslims
North Korea vows to accelerate its nuclear weapons programme to “maximum pace” and test a nuclear device “at any time” in response to U.S.
American television newsmagazine program
Two men are stabbed to death in a train in Portland, Oregon, after they attempt to intervene while a man shouts racial slurs at two teenage girls, one of them wearing a hijab.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
football rivalry between English Premier League football clubs Arsenal F.C. & Chelsea F.C.
A large scale international cyber-attack using the WannaCry ransomware package disrupts computer and telephone systems in thousands of cases across 99 countries. Affected organisations include: England's NHS, with doctors reporting messages demanding money; MegaFon and Sberbank in Russia; Telefónica, Iberdrola, and Gas Natural in Spain; and FedEx.
This decision reinstates the suit that had been dismissed by a Federal district judge in Baltimore, Maryland.
national intelligence agency of the United States
Nigerian officials report, as a result of negotiations, Boko Haram has released an estimated 82 schoolgirls who were among about 220 kidnapped from a secondary school in Chibok in Borno State in April 2014.
A Summit Air Let L-410 crashes after hitting a tree while landing at Lukla Airport in Nepal following a cargo flight.
battle fought on 3 and 4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia
Electron is 17 meters high, is intended for frequent launches of small payloads, and costs $5 million per liftoff.
Pope Francis intends to canonize two of the children who had visions at Fatima.
Date: May 23 – October 23, 2017 (5 months)
Tedros is the first African Director-General and the first non-medical doctor; he has a PhD in Community Health from the University of Nottingham.
conflict between the government of the Central African Republic and rebels
city in and county seat of Chatham County, Georgia, United States
public university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Vermont governor Phil Scott vetoes a bill legalizing marijuana in the state.
president of the United States from 1963 to 1969
Motorsport track in Kansas City, United States
North Korea launches a Short-Range Ballistic missile near Wŏnsan towards the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea. The missile reportedly lands in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after traveling 450 km.
suicide bombing in Manchester, England on 22 May 2017
The scientists describe a protein called KROX20 which switches on skin cells that become a hair shaft, which then causes cells to produce another protein called stem cell factor.
Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East
international research facility in Jordan
Former CIA Director John Brennan tells the House Intelligence Committee he knew of contacts between Trump associates and Russian officials, but is not sure collusion existed. Brennan said he warned the Russian intelligence service last August against meddling in the U.S. election.
percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
song written and composed by Luísa Sobral, originally performed by Salvador Sobral at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest
Ministry of Economics and Finance (France)
cyberattacks on the SWIFT banking system
A trial at a court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, opens to try former President Blaise Compaoré and members of his cabinet in absentia.
Turkish police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators marching to Taksim Square.
The militants are also killed after engaging with Afghan police.
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
The Federal Bureau of Investigation raids a Republican fundraising firm in Annapolis, Maryland.
A suicide bombing occurs in Kabul near the German embassy with at least 90 killed and 461 injured.
Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega dies aged 83.
National Security Advisor (United States)
2017 Montana's at-large congressional district special election
The Italian Coast Guard reports that at least 20 migrants are killed when their 500-passenger boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya's coast.
Irish politician and head of government (born 1951)
overview about the net neutrality in the United States
second-most populous Islamic denomination
CBS terminates its contract with Scott Pelley as anchor, managing editor and reporter of CBS Evening News.
British author and philanthropist (born 1965)
Takuma Sato of Japan wins the 2017 Indianapolis 500 ahead of Helio Castroneves of Brazil.
city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
The Venice Biennale awards its top prize, the Golden Lion for best national participation, to German artist and choreographer Anne Imhoff for her total totalitarianism exhibition "Faust."
United States Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 4 days)
Scales of the intensity of tropical cyclones
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Bacterial infection of the small intestine
A Taliban raid kills at least 20 Afghan police officers in southern Afghanistan.
An explosion at a coal mine near Azadshahr, Iran, kills at least 35 miners and traps 39 others, according to state media.
The American ambassador told Turkey's government that its guards violated U.S. laws.
district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
During a failed offensive on the Damascus-Aleppo road, ISIS massacres 52 residents of a village east of Salamiyah, Hama Governorate. [permanent dead link]
association football team from Australia
Gunmen open fire on construction workers at Gwadar Port, Pakistan, killing at least 10 people.
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Former Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as "Ahok", is found guilty of blasphemy and sentenced to two years in prison. The accusation that he insulted the Quran sparked large protests last November.
2017 proclamation of the martial law on the island of Mindanao
association football club in Huddersfield, England
protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
The Assembly of California votes in favor of ending a ban which barred members of the Communist Party USA from holding positions in the state government. ,
The Italian Coast Guard reports that at least 20 migrants are killed when their 500-passenger boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya's coast. About 1,700 people have been rescued in 15 operations since Tuesday.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
bilateral relations between United States and Syria
air warfare branch of Turkey's armed forces
premeditated extrajudicial killing by a group
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
The Federal Communications Commission votes to overturn a 2015 ruling requiring net neutrality.
administrative area, ceremonial county in England (excluding City of London)
Theresa May announces that the British terror threat level has been downgraded from "critical" to "severe" and that Operation Temperer will be phased out shortly, following productive counter-terrorism investigations.
Gianforte wins the election with over 50% of the vote to Quist's 44%. The political fallout if any is unknown as many voters cast unchangable absentee ballots before the incident took place.
American television executive and political consultant
ISIL claimed responsibility for the attack.
ballot cast by someone unable or unwilling to attend their assigned polling station
Eight other organizations, including Amnesty International USA and the Global Fund for Women, are also plaintiffs in this case.
Five people are killed in a raid on a house of a Shia cleric in Bahrain.
Philippine forces continue to battle Maute militants for the city of Marawi.
In a shooting incident near Huwara in the West Bank, a mob of some 200 Arabs hurl stones and rocks toward an Israeli car and try to lynch the driver. The Israeli driver fires his weapon, killing one Palestinian.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
Presidential library in Chicago, Illinois
Enes Kanter, a Turkish basketballer playing in the American National Basketball Association, is detained at Henri Coandă International Airport after his Turkish passport was cancelled.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
United States senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) file a bill restricting arms sales to the Philippine National Police over its drug war.
The Indian Supreme Court upholds the death sentences imposed on four men convicted in the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman on board a bus in South Delhi.
China Labor Watch says one of its team was arrested and two others are missing when they were investigating labor practices at Ganzhou Huajian International Shoe City Co., whose products include Ivanka Trump-branded shoes.
Richmond Hwy./VA 110 at I-395, Arlington County, Virginia
The Israeli driver fires his weapon, killing one Palestinian.
strategic bomber aircraft family by Rockwell, later Boeing
25th season of the top English professional league for association football clubs
A preliminary investigation indicated it was most likely “a demonstrative act, showing that it could be done”.
Four people, including a pregnant woman, are killed and dozens injured when a rush of fans try to enter an already-at-capacity Tiburcio Carías Andino Stadium before the Honduran Clausura final in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Police are investigating possible overselling of tickets.
The Syrian government denies the accusations.
capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
A formation of United States B-1B bombers from Guam flew over Korea, staging a nuclear bomb dropping drill. North Korea calls it a military provocation.
city and civil parish in Ourém, Portugal
Because of a nationwide shortage of intravenous sodium bicarbonate (i.e., baking soda solution), United States hospitals are rationing its use in heart surgery, chemotherapy, for patients whose blood is too acidic, and as an antidote to certain poisons.
from a charity tour when, last Saturday, he was detained in Bucharest, Romania, because his Turkish passport had been revoked.
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron announces his slate of candidates for the upcoming elections for French Parliament.
Conservative leader Theresa May states she will be a "bloody difficult woman" in her negotiations with Jean-Claude Juncker regarding the rights of EU nationals after Brexit.
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
The Turkish government issues an arrest warrant for NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter suspected of being a member of a "terror group." Kanter, a vocal supporter of Fethullah Gülen, was returning to the U.S. from a charity tour when, last Saturday, he was detained in Bucharest, Romania, because his Turkish passport had been revoked. Kanter says he plans on becoming a United States citizen.
Workers' Party of Belgium representative Raoul Hedebouw gets stabbed in the thigh, moments before holding a speech in Liège, Belgium. The presumed assailant is arrested.
2017 Iranian presidential election debates
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
celebration in the international labour movement on May Day
City in Anzoategui, Venezuela and shire town of the Simon Rodriquez Municipality
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
Gianforte wins the election with over 50% of the vote to Quist's 44%.
car bomb explosion in the centre of Afghanistan, killing 100+ people
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment limiting government restriction of civil rights
most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system
The Missouri Valley Conference officially announces that Valparaiso University will join the conference on July 1. The Crusaders will move from the Horizon League to replace the Wichita State Shockers, departing for the American Athletic Conference on the same date.
lower house of the California State Legislature
lower house of the United States Congress
A Summit Air Let L-410 crashes after hitting a tree while landing at Lukla Airport in Nepal following a cargo flight. Both pilots die. A third crewman survives.
town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
The GMP confirms at least 19 people have been killed and 50 others injured and is treating the incident as a terrorist attack. Nobody immediately claimed responsibility.
Incumbent President Hassan Rouhani has a lead, citing an early official tally, and is on course to defeat his rival Ebrahim Raisi.
Saudi Arabia announces the arrest of 46 of what it describes as militants connected with the summer 2016 suicide bombing of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi in Medina.
series of military medium-lift helicopters
attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya
international airport in West Sussex, England
de facto federal republic in North America from 1861 to 1865
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
The Comac C919 makes its maiden flight from Shanghai Pudong International Airport, China.
Parliamentary elections in France in 2017
substitution of a lesser penalty for that given after a conviction for a crime
family of computer operating systems developed by Microsoft
Indian metropolis and union territory that includes New Delhi
legal recognition of same-sex unions in Taiwan
Celtic wins the 2017 Scottish Cup, defeating Aberdeen 2–1 in the final. Celtic have the Treble for the fourth time.
events which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles
The campaign of Jon Ossoff wins a lawsuit extending voter registration.
Hundreds of prisoners escape from an overcrowded jail in Pekanbaru, Indonesia.
Israeli Minister of Construction Yoav Galant states that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be assassinated.
Cyber security authorities discover new versions that lack the kill switch.
international airport serving Bucharest, Romania
A memorandum is signed by Russia, Iran, and Turkey calling for de-escalation of the Syrian Civil War, although neither the Syrian government nor the Syrian opposition are signatories.
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is injured when a booby-trapped package explodes inside his vehicle in Athens.
According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, at least 115 human bodies are discovered in the border town of Bangassou, more than previously thought.
A ransomware cyberattack continues to infect computers of private and public organisations around the world, and demand payment in bitcoin. The method used by the program, EternalBlue, was originally developed by the National Security Agency to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, and was leaked by The Shadow Brokers in April.
British Airways cancels all flights from Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport amid a "major IT system failure", that is causing severe disruption to flight operations worldwide.
In China city of Weihai, authorities eventually concluded that what appeared to be an accident was a school bus driver driving students from China and South Korea to an international school set fire to the bus in a tunnel, killing two adults and 11 children.
cyclone season in the South Pacific ocean
sovereign state in northern South America
cumulative face value of all outstanding U.S. Treasury securities
Celtic have the Treble for the fourth time.
U.S. budget from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018
American singer and guitarist (1964–2017)
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
After the Supreme Court rules in favor, same-sex-marriage is on its way to being legalized in Taiwan, the first country in Asia to do so.
Final opinion polls continue to predict that the incumbent Hassan Rouhani of the Moderation and Development Party will receive a majority of votes, with the conservative Combatant Clergy Association's Ebrahim Raisi as his main competition.
Turkish preacher, former imam, writer, and political figure
In a shooting incident near Huwara in the West Bank, a mob of some 200 Arabs hurl stones and rocks toward an Israeli car and try to lynch the driver.
Roman Catholic Bishop of Stockholm, Sweden
Construction begins on the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in northern Chile. The ELT is expected to become operational in 2024.
Colombey authorities report the tomb of French national hero Charles de Gaulle has been vandalized.
major international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
Socialist Party National Assembly member Corinne Erhel dies after collapsing during a speech at a rally in support of Emmanuel Macron in Plouisy.
head of state and head of government of Brazil
term used by the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States
United Kingdom's principal government institution in charge of statistics and census data
aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
The group was responsible for the 2012 Benghazi attack.
Former Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos is injured when a booby-trapped package explodes inside his vehicle in Athens. Authorities report his injuries are not life threatening.
Moody's Investors Service downgrades the credit rating of the People's Republic of China from AA3 to A1.
Terrorist attack on a convoy carrying Copts to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Egypt
political and economic union of 27 European states
Senator John McCain calls on the Trump administration to expel the ambassador.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Pope Francis criticizes naming the U.S. military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as the Mother of All Bombs, saying that the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as the international organization's new Director-General succeeding Dr.
city in and county seat of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States, and Maryland federated state capital city
county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
Chris Cornell, the lead vocalist for the Seattle rock band Soundgarden, commits suicide by hanging in Detroit, Michigan after a concert at the age of 52.
Eight people, including a Lincoln County Sheriff's Department deputy, are fatally shot overnight at three locations in rural Mississippi.
governmental jurisdictions below the level of the state
Green was the Trump Administration's second nominee for this position.
A speech by a Chinese-national student in the University of Maryland creates controversy.
public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas
Date: 16 December 2012 Time: 9:54 pm IST (UTC+05:30)
South Korean presidential election, 2017
United States Army soldier Chelsea Manning is released from prison after serving seven years.
diplomatic relations between Ukraine and European Union
Over 200 people are arrested at protests around the city of Istanbul.
policy of only recognizing one state of China
Protestors and police clashed near the High Court, with police firing tear gas and water cannons after protestors breached a barricade.
North Korea calls it a military provocation.
The National Constitutional Convention of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders at Mutitjulu concludes with Indigenous leaders calling for a treaty and reforms to the Constitution of Australia, beyond the proposed written recognition, including entrenchment of representative bodies and commissions for Indigenous rights.
competition for men's association football clubs in Scotland
Pope Francis meets with Swiss President Doris Leuthard.
complete separation of the head from the body
Turkish Ambassador's Residence, Washington, D.C., United States
The Phoenix, Arizona police arrest the suspected Maryvale serial shooter.
Air Line Pilots Association, International
airport at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA
political ideologies supporting social equality and egalitarianism
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Looking at Lee finished second and Battle of Midway was third.
overview of the health care system in the United States of America
At the Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Spirit Airlines cancels eleven flights and delays 30 due to a dispute between the airline and its pilots (as talks occur between the airline and the pilots' union, Air Line Pilots Association, International). Protests break out and three travelers are arrested.
Ethiopian microbiologist, malaria researcher, and politician, Director-General of the World Health Organization
Papua New Guinean media reports confirm that 17 people were fatally shot by prison officers during a prison escape in Lae on May 12.
A knife attack leaves one dead and three injured at the University of Texas at Austin.
association football club in Glasgow, Scotland
Branch of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan
In a series of tweets, President Donald Trump acknowledges that he shared classified information with Russian envoys, contradicting earlier White House denials.
Turkey summons United States Ambassador John R. Bass to protest alleged "aggressive and unprofessional actions" by American security personnel against Turkish bodyguards, calling for the United States to conduct a full investigation on the May 17 clashes. The American ambassador told Turkey's government that its guards violated U.S. laws. Last week, the U.S. summoned Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kılıç to discuss about Turkish security officers hitting and kicking peaceful protesters outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
regency in Riau Islands Province, Indonesia
place that limits cooperation with national immigration law
a twin-engine short- to mid-range Russian jet airliner
Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan
Indian communications satellite for the SAARC Region
postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities in many countries
modular space station in low Earth orbit
authorized military government in the Philippines
major city in Greater Manchester, England, UK
At least 11 people are killed and 69 are injured as a severe thunderstorm hits Moscow, Russia.
layer-by-layer additive process used to make a three-dimensional object
largest pilot union in the world, representing 59,000 pilots from U.S. & Canadian airlines
A spokesman for the Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain reveals that hackers stole customer payment data from most of their stores over a span of three weeks starting from the end of March.
2016 United States presidential election
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Both victims are from the Quinault Indian Nation.
geopolitical and cultural region of Southeast Europe
driving a vehicle while the driver is under the influence of a drug that damages the driver's driving skill like alcohol
Jason Chaffetz, the Chairman of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sends a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation demanding all documents related to correspondence between President Trump and former FBI Director James Comey.
Trump signs an arms deal with King Salman worth more than US$100 billion.
Trump calls for an investigation into the leaks.
North Korea is also believed to be responsible for previous cyberattacks on the SWIFT banking system and against Sony Pictures.
medical condition in which there is physical damage to the continuity of the bone
List of ambassadors of the United States to Turkey
A state of emergency is declared in Montreal, Canada as 1,200 Canadian Forces personnel are deployed in the province of Quebec to help with rising floodwaters. 146 communities are affected and more than 1,500 residents have been evacuated from their homes.
bomber aircraft of the largest size and load carrying capacity
Newark Liberty International Airport in northern New Jersey is closed for almost two hours after flames are spotted coming from a United Airlines Boeing 757 jet engine.
summoned Turkish Ambassador Serdar Kılıç to discuss about Turkish security officers hitting and kicking peaceful protesters outside the Turkish ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.
manipulation of electoral borders to favor certain electoral outcomes
former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Congressman of Georgia
Ivorian soldiers block access to Bouaké, the second-largest city in Ivory Coast amid a dispute over pay. The town of Odienné is also reported to be under mutineer control.
Gregg Allman, co-founder, vocalist and keyboard player of the Allman Brothers, dies in Savannah, Georgia.
The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives votes in favor of the repeal of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passage of the House's 2017 American Health Care Act, by a narrow, 217–213 vote.
101st running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
American legislative committee overseeing intelligence
Joint offensive by Iraqi government forces with allied militias to retake the city of Mosul from ISIL
Attorney Dana Boente, issues subpoenas to former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn to assess the extent of his ties to Russia.
Pope Francis canonizes Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the three Fátima children who reported seeing the Virgin Mary in the spring and summer of 1917. The Martos, who died during the post-World War I international influenza pandemic, are the Catholic Church's youngest saints who did not die as martyrs. The other child, Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos, survived until the year 2005, when she was 97 years old.
Afghan border police and the Pakistani military clash at a border crossing near Chaman, killing at least 13 people and wounding over 80 others. Both sides blame each other for the flareup in fighting.
type of ethnic group consisting of native peoples of the Australian continent and Torres Strait Islands
Two Chinese aircraft intercept a US WC-135 aircraft over the East China Sea.
Representatives of the Arctic Council, a group of eight countries that border the Arctic Circle, meet in Alaska to discuss oil drilling.
In boxing, Canelo Álvarez defeats fellow Mexican Julio César Chávez Jr.
technique for the resolution of disputes
layer of gases surrounding the planet Jupiter
46th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA
British police suspend sharing intelligence with the United States in connection with Monday's Manchester bombing attack for most of the day, after U.S.
U.S. federal statute also known as Obamacare
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, through U.S. Attorney Dana Boente, issues subpoenas to former National Security Advisor Michael T. Flynn to assess the extent of his ties to Russia.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
In association football, Sydney FC defeats the Melbourne Victory 4-2 in the A-League Grand Final after a penalty shootout.
Plans for a Chicago-based presidential library in honour of the former U.S.
military's biggest non-nuclear explosive as the Mother of All Bombs, saying that the word "mother" should not be used in reference to a deadly weapon.
conflict or strategy in which nuclear weaponry is used to inflict damage on an opponent
Despite opposition from Turkey, President Donald Trump authorizes an arms deal with the Syrian Kurds to assist the Syrian Democratic Forces in their fight against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Canelo Álvarez vs. Julio César Chávez Jr.
European Union's Association Agreement with Ukraine
setting electoral district boundaries to favor specific political interests in legislative bodies
Over 100,000 people have been displaced.
2017 conflict between the Philippine government and the Maute Group
intelligence officials had warned Israel not to share sensitive information with President Trump, out of fear that it could be leaked to Russia, and then from Russia to Iran.
Corps of the Port Captaincies – Coast Guard
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
Penalty shoot-out (association football)
method used in association football to decide the winner of a drawn match
upper house of the United States Congress
humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoints former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to oversee the FBI’s investigation of Russia’s efforts to influence the 2016 election.
Title usually held by a spouse of a female monarch
American politician and lawyer (born 1971)
ballistic missile with a range of 3,000–5,500 km
dislike or fear of Russia, its people or its culture
Polish-American political scientist (1928–2017)
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asks Pope Francis for a public apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the abuse of indigenous children in the residential school system. In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI issued an expression of sorrow after an audience with Assembly of First Nations Chief Phil Fontaine.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
Sato is the first Japanese driver to win the event.
government official, President Donald Trump revealed classified information that jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State during his Oval Office meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister and Ambassador on May 10.
The Republican-controlled United States House of Representatives votes in favor of the repeal of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and passage of the House's 2017 American Health Care Act, by a narrow, 217–213 vote. Twenty Republicans and all Democrats opposed the bill, which now heads to the United States Senate for its legislative action.
American conservative cable television news channel
The cybersecurity firms Kaspersky Lab and Symantec report that technical evidence connects the WannaCry ransomware attack to the North Korean-backed Lazarus Group.
In China city of Weihai, authorities eventually concluded that what appeared to be an accident was a school bus driver driving students from China and South Korea to an international school set fire to the bus in a tunnel, killing two adults and 11 children. The bus driver who died was angry that his overtime allowance had been suspended.
Damascus's governor says the last group of rebels and civilians have left the city's besieged Barzeh district.
The United States Senate confirms Heather Wilson as Secretary of the Air Force.
digital cash system and associated currency
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
The New Orleans City Council removes the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans. This action is the second of four planned removals of Confederate monuments in the city.
activity to dispose of and render safe explosive munitions and other materials
series of demonstrations and riots in Burkina Faso
disaster in which a cruise ship capsized and sank on 13 January 2012
pope of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013 (1927–2022)
capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany
Margaret Chan, who has been in office since 2006.
Mountaineers led by Tim Mosedale confirm suspicions that Mount Everest's famous Hillary Step had completely collapsed.
U.S. President Trump is awarded his first foreign order, the Order of King Abdulaziz.
he proclaimed martial law earlier this week
Takuma Sato of Japan wins the 2017 Indianapolis 500 ahead of Helio Castroneves of Brazil. Sato is the first Japanese driver to win the event.
three cup wins in a season in association football
device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the European Commission (born 1954)
sound impact on creatures and property from a blast wave created by an object moving faster than the speed of sound
Solukhumbu District, Province No. 1, Nepal; Tingri County, Xigazê, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
South Korea reports North Korea fired a Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew 500 km before landing in the Sea of Japan. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-21/north-korea-unidentified-projectile-south-military-says/8545408 (Reuters
senior staff of the President of the United States in charge of leading the White House's media campaign
capital and most populous city of Russia
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
2017 North Rhine-Westphalia state election
neighborhood and historic district in Washington, D.C.
Four people, including a pregnant woman, are killed and dozens injured when a rush of fans try to enter an already-at-capacity Tiburcio Carías Andino Stadium before the Honduran Clausura final in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Mass shooting in Lincoln County, Mississippi, US
town in the Northern Territory, Australia
2017 Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf presidential campaign
Kanter says he plans on becoming a United States citizen.
professional association football league in the Netherlands
Last week, Hamas dropped its longstanding call for Israel's destruction, and severed ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Dutch Senate approves the European Union's Association Agreement with Ukraine, setting the stage for it to be ratified as early as July, pending royal promulgation. The process was previously delayed by a non-binding referendum where a majority of Dutch voters rejected ratification of the agreement.
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
Apple Inc. and Nokia agree to increase their partnership after settling a patent dispute.
restrictions on freedom of expression in China
Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority
Former official head of government of the Palestinian Authority government
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense; named after the shape of the building, a polygon with five (greek: penta) sides
Files purportedly from the campaign of Emmanuel Macron are posted online.
Former United States officials report that 18–20 Central Intelligence Agency sources were killed or imprisoned by the Government of China between 2010 and 2012, which significantly hampered the United States Intelligence Community.
U.S. intelligence officials had warned Israel not to share sensitive information with President Trump, out of fear that it could be leaked to Russia, and then from Russia to Iran.
flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom
political aim for the State of California to secede from the U.S.
aerial warfare branch of Egypt's armed forces
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Overview of attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the United States
United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
ground warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Campaigning in the United Kingdom general election is suspended after the bombing at the Manchester Arena. The death toll is 22 with 59 injured. ISIL claims responsibility. Singer and actress Ariana Grande suspends her Dangerous Woman Tour.
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
United Nations body tasked with the promotion of human rights
The Missouri Valley Conference officially announces that Valparaiso University will join the conference on July 1.
A judge in Alkmaar, the Netherlands, grants a 12-year-old boy the right to decide for himself on whether or not to continue chemotherapy.
Jean-Yves Le Drian becomes foreign minister, Sylvie Goulard defence minister, Bruno Le Maire minister of economy, and Gérard Collomb minister of the interior.
college sports teams representing Valparaiso University
Montana's at-large congressional district special election, 2017
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
The projectile travelled to the east for 30 minutes and 435 miles (700 km) reaching an altitude of more than 1,245 miles (2,004 km) before landing in the Sea of Japan, 60 miles (97 km) south of the Russian city of Vladivostok.
Fox News retracts their claims regarding the murder.
A trial at a court in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, opens to try former President Blaise Compaoré and members of his cabinet in absentia. Burkina Faso accuses Compaoré, who is in exile in the Ivory Coast, of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him in 2014.
public research university in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
Human rights violations during the Syrian civil war
penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
Rocket Lab launches its 3D-printed Electron rocket on a test flight from Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand. This is the first launch from New Zealand and the first from a private facility. Electron is 17 meters high, is intended for frequent launches of small payloads, and costs $5 million per liftoff. SpaceX's Falcon 9 stands at 70 meters, carries up to 22,800 kilograms to the ISS, and costs $62 million per launch.
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
what happened in the 2016 US Presidential elections.
official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch
publicly traded American pharmaceutical company
Government operation after the Manchester Arena attack
Celtic wins the 2017 Scottish Cup, defeating Aberdeen 2–1 in the final.
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization
Police claim protestors wielded sticks and stones in a bid to murder on-duty officers.
distinguished by its history, culture, architecture, demographics, and geography
collective grouping of all French-administered territories and collectivities outside Europe
American lawyer, 36th United States Deputy Attorney General
principle that Internet service providers should treat all data equally, independantly of their content or of the protocols used
South Korea reports North Korea fired a Pukguksong-2 intermediate-range ballistic missile that flew 500 km before landing in the Sea of Japan.
census designated place in Brevard County, Florida, United States
The cybersecurity firms Kaspersky Lab and Symantec report that technical evidence connects the WannaCry ransomware attack to the North Korean-backed Lazarus Group. North Korea is also believed to be responsible for previous cyberattacks on the SWIFT banking system and against Sony Pictures.
head of the Department of the Interior in the United States government
The missile reportedly lands in Japan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after traveling 450 km.
Ansar al-Sharia announces it is formally dissolving amid heavy losses that have wiped out its leadership and decimated its fighters.
Date: 31 March 2017—12 August 2017 (134 days) December 2017 (sporadic)
city in the state of Virginia, United States
position in the United States Department of Justice
Navy SEAL Team Six's raid on an Al Qaeda in Yemen compound in the Ma'rib Governorate kills at least seven militants.
Laws regarding the IDs that are required for voting in the US
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Bloomingdale neighborhood (Ward 5, Washington, D.C.)
chief town of Odienné Department of Côte d'Ivoire, lying in the northwestern part of the country
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
In boxing, Canelo Álvarez defeats fellow Mexican Julio César Chávez Jr. by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring Álvarez as the winner of all 12 rounds.
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
Coptic people born in or residing in Egypt
President Trump is awarded his first foreign order, the Order of King Abdulaziz.
Israeli Minister of Construction Yoav Galant states that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be assassinated. Yesterday, the United States Department of State accused the al-Assad government of using a crematory at Sednaya Prison to cover up the mass murders of thousands of political prisoners. The Syrian government denies the accusations.
The bus driver who died was angry that his overtime allowance had been suspended.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asks Pope Francis for a public apology for the Roman Catholic Church's role in the abuse of indigenous children in the residential school system.
Two Indonesian men are publicly caned by local authorities in Aceh on accusation of illegal homosexual intercourse.
While the country debuted in the 1964 edition of the contest, this marks the first win by a Portuguese entrant.
Hamas, which is seeking to reconcile with rival Palestinian organizations, elects former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh its new leader, replacing term-limited Khaled Meshaal. Last week, Hamas dropped its longstanding call for Israel's destruction, and severed ties with the Muslim Brotherhood.
and South Korean officials confirm that North Korea launched a test missile from the west coast city of Kusong.
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
region of the central coast of California, United States
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment enumerating due process rights
term used to refer to some groups of Indigenous Australians
Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada
writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure
form of written message, typically in a professional or diplomatic setting
borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States
According to a current and a former unnamed U.S.
The World Health Organization (WHO) elects former Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Health Minister Dr.
The political fallout if any is unknown as many voters cast unchangable absentee ballots before the incident took place.
An explosion outside a prominent post office in Rome causes damage to a car; however, no injuries or deaths have been reported.
Russian banking and financial services company
Lawyer, former official of U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
International airport in Newark, New Jersey
Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Temporary status for eligible nationals of designated countries who reside in the United States, accorded to nationals from some countries affected by armed conflict or natural disaster, allows persons to live and work in the U.S. for limited times
state highway in California, United States
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
Racial slur followed by murder on a train in Portland, Oregon
The Turkish government issues an arrest warrant for NBA Oklahoma City Thunder player Enes Kanter suspected of being a member of a "terror group." Kanter, a vocal supporter of Fethullah Gülen, was returning to the U.S.
public university in Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Somalia's presential residence and office
Rocket Lab launches its 3D-printed Electron rocket on a test flight from Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand.
During a failed offensive on the Damascus-Aleppo road, ISIS massacres 52 residents of a village east of Salamiyah, Hama Governorate.
Gianforte is running against Democrat Rob Quist.
The ELT is expected to become operational in 2024.
Congressman Anthony Weiner pleads guilty to sexting with a 15-year-old girl.
Because of a nationwide shortage of intravenous sodium bicarbonate (i.e., baking soda solution), United States hospitals are rationing its use in heart surgery, chemotherapy, for patients whose blood is too acidic, and as an antidote to certain poisons. The two primary producers, Amphastar and Pfizer, indicate that supplies will not increase until late June.
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
human rights violations in the Philippines
The forecast calls for 11 to 17 named storms with five to nine hurricanes, warmer-than-average waters across the tropical Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, and a weak or nonexistent El Niño.
legal, social, or ethical principles that pertain to indigenous peoples
electrically neutral entity consisting of more than one atom (n > 1); rigorously, a molecule, in which n > 1 must correspond to a depression on the potential energy surface that is deep enough to confine at least one vibrational state
The United States Air Force's unmanned spacecraft X-37B successfully lands at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Merritt Island, Florida, after spending a record-breaking 718 days in orbit. The landing was responsible for reports of sonic booms across central Florida.
capital city of the German federated state of Lower Saxony
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
liquid by-product of metabolism in the bodies of many animals, produced by the kidneys
North Korea vows to accelerate its nuclear weapons programme to “maximum pace” and test a nuclear device “at any time” in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's aggressive stance towards the regime.
basic structural and functional unit of all organisms
Both sides blame each other for the flareup in fighting.
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
American professional basketball team based in Oklahoma City, United States
collective term for U.S. intelligence and security agencies
A ransomware cyberattack continues to infect computers of private and public organisations around the world, and demand payment in bitcoin.
Palestinian practice of throwing stones at people or property
set of terrorist acts or campaign committed by individuals or groups who profess or claim to profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
The New Orleans City Council removes the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans.
international intergovernmental economic organization
note about a published scholarly work that has been formally removed from the scholarly literature through retraction
Churchill Downs Louisville, Kentucky, United States
1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)
Successful proposal to give the Commonwealth power to make special laws for Aboriginal people and to count them for the purposes of the Constitution
Salvador Sobral of Portugal wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song Amar pelos dois. While the country debuted in the 1964 edition of the contest, this marks the first win by a Portuguese entrant.
neighborhood and square in Manhattan, New York City, United States
American politician and military officer (1936–2018)
Shortly after the attack began a researcher found an effective kill switch, which prevented many new infections, and allowed time to patch systems.
Burkinabé politician, President of Burkina Faso from 1987 to 2014
American lawyer and politician (born 1943)
1969–present insurgency by the New People's Army
office of the President of the United States in the White House
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
The United States Air Force's unmanned spacecraft X-37B successfully lands at Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Merritt Island, Florida, after spending a record-breaking 718 days in orbit.
According to sources familiar with his decision, former U.S.
American investor, real-estate developer, newspaper publisher, and senior advisor to President Donald Trump
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
President Donald Trump's aggressive stance towards the regime.
president Donald Trump and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, Trump allegedly congratulates Duterte on his drug war, which has been widely criticized for its brutality by human rights organizations.
association football club in Aberdeen, Scotland
High volume production of standardized products
Date: 10 December 2012 – present (10 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
association football stadium in Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring Álvarez as the winner of all 12 rounds.
District of Muğla Province in Aegean, Turkey
act of one or more inmates leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways
This action is the second of four planned removals of Confederate monuments in the city.
United States Secretary of the Air Force
ultra low cost airline in the United States
city and the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, United States
A militant Baloch freedom movement. Balochistan is occupied by Pakistan.
alert states that have been in use since August 2006 by the British government to warn of forms of terrorist activity
Previous studies of traditional cigarette smokers have identified o-toluidine and 2-naphthylamine as the two most carcinogenic molecules for the bladder.
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
and Nokia agree to increase their partnership after settling a patent dispute.
Afghan border police and the Pakistani military clash at a border crossing near Chaman, killing at least 13 people and wounding over 80 others.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
peninsula located on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island
using another author's work as if it was one's own original work
island sovereign state in the West Indies
former Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
The Martos, who died during the post-World War I international influenza pandemic, are the Catholic Church's youngest saints who did not die as martyrs.
city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Spanish multinational electric utility company
a head covering or veil worn in public by some Muslim women
Portuguese visionaries and Roman Catholic saints
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
SpaceX's Falcon 9 stands at 70 meters, carries up to 22,800 kilograms to the ISS, and costs $62 million per launch.
Indian space launch site in Andhra Pradesh
Looking at Lee finished second and Battle of Midway was third.
Ambassador of the United States to Turkey
association football club in Manchester, England
A state of emergency is declared in Montreal, Canada as 1,200 Canadian Forces personnel are deployed in the province of Quebec to help with rising floodwaters.
substance, radionuclide, or radiation directly involved in causing cancer
The Assembly of California votes in favor of ending a ban which barred members of the Communist Party USA from holding positions in the state government.
Australian men's premier association football league
26th season of the top English association football professional league
North Korea launches a Short-Range Ballistic missile near Wŏnsan towards the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea.
special election to the United States House of Representatives
high-level intergovernmental forum that addresses issues faced by the Arctic governments and the indigenous people of the Arctic
declaration that a deceased person is an officially recognized saint
European Union–Ukraine Association Agreement
A United States Navy SEAL is killed, becoming the first U.S.
Ivorian soldiers block access to Bouaké, the second-largest city in Ivory Coast amid a dispute over pay.
separatist insurgency being waged against the governments of Iran and Pakistan
The Philippine military announces that it has discovered the bodies of 16 people, believed to have been killed by the ISIL affiliated Abu Sayyaf. Authorities say that the death toll after six days of fighting is 95, including 19 civilians.
indigenous peoples of the Torres Strait Islands
American multinational pharmaceutical corporation
Donald Trump revelation of classified information to Russia
college sports league in the United States
prefecture-level city in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Russian city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai
The method used by the program, EternalBlue, was originally developed by the National Security Agency to exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, and was leaked by The Shadow Brokers in April.
Regulatory body in the Islamic Republic of Iran
2017 NATO summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium
According to sources familiar with his decision, former U.S. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn invokes his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination and declines to comply with a subpoena from the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating possible Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
SEAL Team Six also suffered unspecified injuries that were treated at the site.
member of the British royal family, husband of Queen Elizabeth II (1921–2021)
Formerly one of the final and most challenging parts in summiting Mt Everest
industrial sector which manufactures weapons and military technology and equipment
A car crashes into pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, killing one person and injuring several others.
This is the first launch from New Zealand and the first from a private facility.
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
Pelley will remain with CBS News as a correspondent in 60 Minutes.
Deputy head of state and head of government of the Philippines
American multinational delivery services company
General Directorate of Security (Turkey)
Mexican crime journalist and murder victim
the protection of computer systems and networks from theft, damage, زmisuse or data leak
The visa-free regime is due to enter into force on June 11.
head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic
Construction begins on the European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) in northern Chile.
head of the system of official prosecution in courts in Russia
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
primary national police force in Afghanistan
President of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865
American annual New Year's Eve television special broadcast by CNN and CNN International
Turkic ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and Northern Cyprus
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Police are investigating the incident as an accident.
failed cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station
Republican Greg Gianforte bodyslams a reporter from The Guardian who then reports the situation to police.
Small town in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece
52nd United States Secretary of the Interior and former Congressman from Montana
A formation of United States B-1B bombers from Guam flew over Korea, staging a nuclear bomb dropping drill.
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
United States space launch site in Florida
head of government or prime minister of Ireland
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
Attorney's Office in Alexandria, Virginia, through U.S.
province of Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra
Economy of the People's Republic of China
Portuguese nun, one of the three children who have witnessed Marian apparitions in Fátima, Portugal, in 1917
2016 Dutch Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement referendum
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
politico-religious group in Bas Kongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
British Prime Minister Theresa May emphasized the sensitive nature of said information when she met with U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting at the NATO summit in Brussels.
governing body of the World Health Organization
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia, his first of three scheduled foreign trips.
administrative agency of the State Council of China
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
cyclone season in the North Indian Ocean
Nobody immediately claimed responsibility.