Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
A person died in Iraq while more than 700 others are injured.
Workers of the Haft Tappeh sugar mill company in the ancient city of Shush, southwest Iran, continued their strike and protests to the unpaid salaries for the 15th consecutive day.
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 and recently acquitted, is released from prison. Bibi has reportedly boarded a plane; however, its destination was not known. Several countries have offered her asylum.
A riot at a high-security prison in Khujand, Tajikistan, known for holding convicted terrorists, including ISIL members, leaves at least 27 people dead.
Zagorski requested that he be executed via electrocution.
The assemblage consisted of four locomotives and two hundred sixty-eight wagons, was operated by BHP Billiton on the Pilbara Railways, and traveled ninety-two kilometers.
type of spacecraft propulsion that takes advantage of solar radiation
Two transmission plants, the Baltimore Transmission in Baltimore and the Warren Transmission in Warren, Michigan, are also expected to stop production.
Jeff Sessions asked to resign as United States Attorney General at the request of President Donald Trump. Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, is appointed acting Attorney General.
Police report the suspects are radical far right citizens.
The death toll of the Camp Fire in Butte County, the deadliest wildfire in Californian history, rises to 48 people while dozens are missing.
capital city of Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Khadim Hussain Rizvi, chief of Pakistani political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), together with his party leaders, is arrested after TLP's refusal to postpone their call for a public rally planned for 25 November at Liaqat Bagh, Rawalpindi.
Four Finnish tourists and a Zimbabwean pilot are killed when a Cessna S206 crashes in Masvingo Province, in southern Zimbabwe. Two Finnish business leaders were among the dead: Pekka Ojanpää [fi], the CE of the maintenance services and circular economy company Lassila & Tikanoja [fi], and Heikki Vappula [fi], a director of the forestry company UPM.
American former attorney and former Republican official
Amnesty International strips Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi of its highest honor, the Ambassador of Conscience Award, which she received in 2009, because of her inaction regarding the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population in Rakhine State and the military operations in Kachin and Shan State.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Egyptian Police kill 19 Islamist militants accused of involvement in an attack on Coptic Christians in central Egypt two days ago.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Alaska, with the epicenter in Anchorage.
Lee Jae-rock, a South Korean pastor and leader of Manmin Central Church, is sentenced to 15 years in prison over 42 counts of sexual harassment and sexual assault against eight of his followers.
Florida Democratic candidate for governor Andrew Gillum concedes defeat to Republican candidate Ron DeSantis.
armistice during First World War between Allies and Germany
The unofficial results suggest the No vote is in the lead, and only a 40% voter turnout. Official results will be released Friday, November 16.
Florida Governor race between Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum and U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis
executive position in the United States of America
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, and close to the Iraqi border. A person died in Iraq while more than 700 others are injured.
National Board of Review Award for Best Film
astronomical object in interstellar space, such as a comet
Chinese state media report that five people are killed and 18 others are injured after a car plowed into children outside a primary school in Huludao, Liaoning, China.
According to a pact between Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and two Federal & Provincial Religious Affairs Ministers of Pakistan, the name of Asia Bibi will be placed on the Exit Control List which would prevent her leaving the country. TLP has already filed a review petition against the verdict of Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Asia Bibi blasphemy case.
Colten Treu faces charges of vehicular homicide and drug related charges after he drove his car into a group of Girl Scouts collecting trash by the road, killing 3 and a mother along a Wisconsin highway Treu claimed his passenger was huffing Dust-Off and caused the accident by grabbing the wheel as he saw the scouts
The Irish Aviation Authority launches an investigation after several airliner pilots report extremely fast moving bright lights off the south-west coast of Ireland.
Date: 17 November 2018 – present (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Date: 17 November 2018 – present (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
A kidnapping occurs at a school in Bamenda, the capital of the North-West region of Cameroon, with at least seventy-eight students and three staff taken, including the principal.
A new study from Eötvös Loránd University confirms the existence of two Kordylewski clouds orbiting Earth.
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures names Green Book the best film in 2018. A Star Is Born won three awards.
head of the United States Department of Justice
The 1,780-mile (2,860 km) swim lasted 156 days.
A 17-year-old Kashmir student who disappeared from Sharda University, Ahtesham Bilal Sofi, is found to have joined the Islamic State. ,
Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith defeats Democratic candidate Mike Espy in a run off election in Mississippi.
list of people banned from leaving Pakistan
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
airstrikes kills at least 30 Afghan civilians, including 16 children, in Garmsir District, Helmand Province.
A Pakistani penal code on insulting religion
Date: 14 February 2011 – 18 March 2011 (1 month and 4 days) (occasional demonstrations until 2014)
69.1 tonnes of C9 aromatic hydrocarbon are leaked into the ocean at a port in Quangang District, Quanzhou, China when a petrochemical company loads the cargo from its terminal into a chemical tanker and the aged hose coupling gasket breaks. Nearby aquaculture farms are contaminated, resulting in huge loss. Many fishermen and residents get sick from the leaked chemical, and 52 of them are hospitalized. Local authorities are accused of playing down the severity of the leakage. Discussion of the accident is suppressed on Weibo after the accident has become a hot topic. The company lies that the amount of leakage is 6.97 tonnes.
A bus crash in Karnataka, India, leaves at least 25 people dead as the vehicle sinks into a canal.
France's "Yellow Vest" protests over fuel taxes enter their fourth day as around 10,000 people continue to block roads around the country.
The Cameroonian Armed Forces kill at least 30 Ambazonian separatists in two-days of intense clashes in Cameroon's English-speaking region. A mayor in Donga-Mantung is also shot dead.
United Arab Emirates–United Kingdom relations
Two people have been confirmed killed by the Woolsey Fire, which has burned 70,000 acres and hundreds of homes near Los Angeles.
A South Korean train arrives towards Panmun Station and crosses the DMZ border for the first time since 2008, when a South Korean cargo train operated five times a week.
Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui is rushed to Taipei Veterans General Hospital after falling and hitting his head.
variation of chess in which each side is given less time to make a move than under normal tournament time controls
Israel and Hamas exchange missile fire with 300 rockets being launched from Gaza within the span of three hours.
The 930-kilometre (580 mi) offshore section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, between Russia and Turkey, is completed.
Doctors say he would have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder had he lived today.
Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran
Violent clashes between French police and protesters last well into the night on the Champs-Élysées in Paris over rising fuel taxes.
Referendum voters in Taiwan reject a proposal to allow same-sex marriage. A March 2017 Constitutional Court ruling found the ban on these unions unconstitutional and ordered parliament to change the law within two years. Earlier, the government said the results of this vote would not affect its complying with the court's decision.
The president-elect of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, states that he will honor his campaign pledge to move the country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
At least 11 people have been killed and more than 150,000 evacuated as two big wildfires rage in California, the Camp Fire in Butte County and the Hill Fire in Ventura.
Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq
states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri.
RCMP confirm one of two explosions at the Strathcona County Community Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta on November 6th was deliberate, and the other was accidentally set off.
After months of fighting, Syrian government forces retake control of Tulul al-Safa in southern Syria from ISIL.
The Constitutional Court of Colombia unanimously rules to strike down a five per cent tax on feminine hygiene products on gender equality grounds.
Four suspects have been arrested for the murders of eight members of a family in 2016.
A new definition of SI units, e.g., the kilogram, the ampere, etc., is decided by the General Conference on Weights and Measures.
General Conference on Weights and Measures
governing body of the BIPM made up of delegates from member states
Residents of the city of Calgary head to the polls to vote on a non-binding plebiscite to determine if the city should make a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
climatic phenomenon occurring in the Pacific Ocean
In a speech at her election headquarters in Atlanta, Abrams emphasized that her statement was not a concession, and announced her intention to file a federal lawsuit against the state of Georgia for alleged mismanagement during the election.
most populous city in the United States of America
The opposition coalition chooses lawmaker Martin Fayulu, leader of the Engagement for Citizenship and Development party, as its joint presidential candidate.
Lawmakers opposed to Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister win a vote for control of a new 13-member parliamentary main committee.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations
country with a republican form of government in the Commonwealth of Nations
overview of capital punishment in the U.S. state of Tennessee
popular term used to call attention to the fact that tampons—and other feminine hygiene products—are subject to value-added tax
Amor Ftouhi is found guilty of three federal charges in the stabbing of an airport police officer last year in Flint, Michigan.
Commercial air travel resumes between Greece and Macedonia for the first time since 2006.
With the previous Colombia census thirteen years ago, the National Administrative Department of Statistics registered 45.5 million Colombians and legal foreign residents living in the country. This latest census reveals that there are five million fewer people in Colombia than previously estimated.
Russia stops three Ukrainian Navy vessels from passing under the Kerch Strait Bridge by blocking it with a cargo ship. Russia claims they violated her territorial waters and ignored warnings. The navy vessels and their crews are seized after shots were fired. Russia says three Ukrainians were wounded. According to Ukraine, six of their sailors are wounded. Ukraine denies their ships did anything wrong.
Several media organizations file amicus briefs in support of CNN.
Matthew Hedges, a British academic student studying at Durham University, is sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Arab Emirates after being convicted of spying.
British MP Jo Johnson resigns as transport minister over Theresa May's Brexit plan and calls for a second referendum.
South Korea becomes the first East Asian country to legalize medical cannabis.
The Donald Trump administration announces sanctions on Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo and national security advisor Néstor Moncada Lau for corruption, violence against protesters, and human rights violations.
At least 95 women attain congressional office, bringing the total number of women in all parts of Congress to a record 118. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar share the distinction of becoming the first Muslim congresswomen, while Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland become the first Native American congresswomen. , ,
One person is killed and two others are injured by a knife-wielding man in Melbourne, Australia. The suspect, a 31-year-old Australian resident originally from Somalia, randomly stabbed pedestrians after exiting his burning, crashed utility truck that held multiple gas canisters. He was shot and killed attempting to stab responding police. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers are injured, one moderately and two lightly, in a vehicle-ramming attack in the West Bank. The assailant was shot dead by one of the soldiers.
Sinema is the first woman elected to represent Arizona in the Senate and first Democrat to win a Senate election in the state since 1988.
Kateryna Handzyuk, an anti-corruption activist, dies of the injuries that she suffered in an acid attack on 31 July in Kherson.
United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2018
2018 United States Senate election in Florida
2018 election of Florida's Class I Senate seat
Myanmar police fire warning shots at a crowd of Rohingya Muslims after arresting two human smugglers at a camp for displaced persons near Sittwe, Rakhine State.
25th United States Secretary of Agriculture
Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, 2525 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nigerian police killed 104 cattle thieves in operations in the north-western state of Zamfara.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
The town of Paradise, California, with a population of 27,000, is largely burned down.
Ten people are injured after a man steals a car by stabbing its owner and drives into pedestrians on a sidewalk and at a shopping mall in Brăila, Romania.
global war originating in Europe, 1914–1918
bridge connecting Russia's Krasnodar Krai with Crimea
official press agency of the People's Republic of China
Sam Gyimah resigns as British Minister of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in protest to Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit withdrawal deal.
Legality of cannabis by U.S. jurisdiction
facility where animals are killed for consumption as food products
Syrian state media report that more than 50 civilians are injured in a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian rebels on Aleppo.
specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
Human rights activists in Tunisia stage protests against a planned visit by Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the killing of Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
diplomatic relations between the Hellenic Republic and North Macedonia
One person is killed and two others are injured by a knife-wielding man in Melbourne, Australia.
A UH-1 Iroquois military helicopter crashes during a training flight in the Sancaktepe district of Istanbul, Turkey, killing four soldiers and leaving one injured.
China's Xinhua News Agency unveils the world's first AI news anchor. Xinhua says the AI presenters can work "24 hours a day", thus reducing news production costs.
Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company
A total of eight people die when a strong winter storm strikes the eastern United States, causing tens of thousands of people to lose power.
President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the summit is still on, while flying to Argentina, President Trump tweets that, after conferring with his top National Security advisers, he decided to cancel the meeting, adding that it was not a good time since Russia has not returned the ships and sailors to Ukraine.
city of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental
Hundreds of thousands protest against fuel taxes in France by blocking roadways. One person is killed and more than 200 are injured in subsequent altercations.
George Soros' Open Society Foundations says it will cease operations in Turkey, stating that "baseless claims" in the media and a government investigation into its alleged role in the Gezi Park protests make its work impossible.
overview of the foreign relations of the Holy See, the jurisdiction of the head of the Catholic Church
British Defence Minister Gavin Williamson announces that a joint British-Omani military training base will open in Oman next year.
Flash flooding kills two people and causes major power outages in Sydney, Australia.
The death toll in the Camp Fire rises to 71, with the statewide total at 74.
The White House also issues a set of four guidelines reporters must follow at press conferences to avoid further press pass revocations.
The Los Angeles Rams defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 54–51 on Monday Night Football in the third-highest scoring NFL game in history.
Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump and The Trump Organization, pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Trump's Russian business contacts.
A pair of buildings collapsed yesterday in Marseille, France, with today four people being found dead while others remain missing.
A report by charity Save the Children estimates that 85,000 children died of starvation as a result of the war.
The navy vessels and their crews are seized after shots were fired.
A convoy accident involving British Prime Minister Theresa May and Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel interrupts an Armistice Day trip after two police motorbikes were knocked over.
Nikola Gruevski, former Prime Minister of Macedonia, says he is granted political asylum in Hungary after he fled his home country last week to avoid a two-and-a-half-year jail sentence for corruption.
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau confirms that Canadian intelligence officials have listened to the recording provided by Turkey of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, though he himself had not heard it.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Roger Staubach, Antonin Scalia, Orrin Hatch, doctor and philanthropist Miriam Adelson, and Alan Page are expected to be recipients for the Presidential Medal of Freedom award. ,
A lawsuit is filed against Pacific Gas and Electric Company, alleging company negligence and health and safety code violations in the Camp Fire, which has killed at least 48 people.
community in Baltimore County Maryland, United States
one of five prizes established by Alfred Nobel
largest Christian church, led by the pope
Russian politician and diplomat (born 1967)
Citizens of Fiji head to the polls, electing all members of their Parliament and the consequent Prime Minister.
U.S. President Donald Trump visits victims of the Camp Fire and Woolsey Fire as the death toll rises to 79: 76 in the Camp Fire and three in the Woolsey Fire.
North Korea blows up ten of its front-line guard posts in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in accordance with agreements made with South Korea earlier this year.
President of the European Council Donald Tusk says there is agreement "in principle" on a political deal that can be endorsed at an EU summit.
A car bomb explodes in the capital Mogadishu, killing at least six people.
Jared Polis becomes the first openly gay person and second openly LGBT person elected as a governor in the United States.
organization primarily tasked with preparing for and conducting war
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)
bilateral relations between India and Pakistan
List of special elections to the United States Senate
Indonesian divers retrieve the flight data recorder from the ocean near Karawang, Indonesia, where the plane had crashed three days prior.
The death toll in the Camp Fire rises to 71, with the statewide total at 74. The number of missing and unaccounted-for people rises to more than 1000.
At least 35 people died after a cruise boat carrying party revellers capsized on Lake Victoria, Uganda.
Hundreds of residents take to the streets in the Mexican city Tijuana, in protest of the arrival of thousands of migrants trying to get to the United States.
2018 Australian strawberry contamination
navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Taliban insurgents ambush a police convoy in the western Farah Province, killing 20 officers, including the newly appointed provincial police chief.
NASA selects Jezero crater on Mars as the landing site for the Mars 2020 rover.
prefecture-level city in Liaoning, People's Republic of China
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that recordings related to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi were issued to Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and France.
An Indonesian Diving Rescue Team member dies while searching the debris from the passenger jet that crashed earlier this week near Jakarta.
1 person is arrested and 9 other teenagers are being sought.
Minister of State for Northern Ireland Shailesh Vara, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Dominic Raab, and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Esther McVey resign in protest of Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan.
study of the formation of life on Earth and elsewhere
One person is killed and six others are injured after a train derails due to a landslide in the Catalonian town of Vacarisses, Province of Barcelona.
The general assembly of Interpol elects Vanuatu and Kiribati as new members, but not Kosovo.
The Anglophone Crisis is a conflict between separatists and the government of Cameroon.
The town of Paradise, California, with a population of 27,000, is largely burned down. More than 6,700 buildings have been destroyed, making it California's most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began.
The events were triggered by Mexican police breaking up a migrant protest, resulting in a rush toward the border.
interstellar object passing through the Solar System, discovered in October 2017
A policeman is stabbed near the Grand Place in Brussels historic centre by a man carrying two small kitchen knives.
A 50-year-old former strawberry farm supervisor is arrested in Queensland in connection with 230 reports of sewing needles found hidden in strawberries. The "strawberry scare" spread throughout the country and to New Zealand, and devastated Australia’s multimillion-dollar strawberry industry.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Swedish theologian and writer (born 1973)
regulations governing international relations
2017–18 United States political sexual scandals
county in Virginia, United States; part of Washington metropolitan area
The United States' strategy aims to push the Taliban into talks.
The Islamic City Council of Tehran appoints Pirouz Hanachi as the new mayor of Tehran, the third in 18 months.
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
The chemical spill accident in Quangang District, Quanzhou, China on November 4 is found to be 10 times worse than initially reported. According to the government of Quanzhou, the actual leak of C9 aromatics was 69.1 tonnes instead of 6.97 tonnes understated by the Fujian Donggang Petrochemical Company. Several officials of Quangang District have been suspended from their posts and seven company employees have been arrested by the police in connection with the cover-up.
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts replies to President Donald Trump who described the judge who ruled on Monday against his migrant asylum order as an "Obama judge."
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
The total death toll of the floods and strong winds in the country rises to 31 people.
Days of heavy fighting between Houthi and Saudi-led coalition forces around the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, leave at least 150 people dead.
The Spanish government and the UK government reach an agreement on Gibraltar whereby Spain lifts its threat of boycotting Sunday's summit on Brexit.
The death toll in the suicide bomb attack at a gathering of religious scholars in Kabul rises to 55.
One IDF officer was killed and another was injured.
disease that damages the myelin sheaths around nerve axons
After twelve consecutive draws, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana will enter a tie-breaker on Wednesday, for the first match in WCC history to have no decisive games before the tie-breaker.
An Islamic cleric and 17 of his followers are killed by Al-Shabaab militants for playing music during their religious sessions.
port city in Pilbara region of Western Australia
The attacker is shot in the chest and in a critical condition while the policeman suffers non-life threatening injuries.
New Caledonians vote against becoming an independent country from France.
Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says the ports of Berdiansk and Mariupol are effectively under blockade as Russia refuses to let any Ukrainian vessels leave or enter the Sea of Azov. President Petro Poroshenko calls on NATO to send warships to patrol the Sea of Azov.
At least 42 people have died while more than 20 others are injured in a deadly fire aboard a bus in Zimbabwe.
Nissan chairman and former CEO Carlos Ghosn is arrested in Japan for breaching the country's financial trading laws, prompting Nissan to recommend that he and director Greg Kelly step down for misconduct. Ghosn is also the chairman and CEO of Renault.
The Kerch Strait is re-opened to commercial shipping.
Two more bodies are found in Paradise and one in nearby Magalia, raising the death toll to 85. Another 249 people are still missing.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author
2018 United States Senate special election in Mississippi
Russia claims they violated her territorial waters and ignored warnings.
Ivanka Trump, elder daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, is found to have used a private e-mail account to handle government business e-mails.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
joint-highest civilian award of the United States, bestowed by the President
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner orders machine recounts in the U.S. Senate race and the state's governor and agriculture commissioner races as required by law when the lead is less than 0.5 percent. Results are due by 3 p.m. EST Thursday. Should the results still be within 0.25 percentage points, a manual recount will be triggered, with results due on November 18.
CNN files a lawsuit against the Trump administration, claiming its revocation of White House correspondent Jim Acosta's press pass on November 7 violated their First and Fifth Amendment rights.
junior minister assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister
low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes
The medical records of British monarch George III are released, solving the mystery of the King's illness, which has plagued historians for hundreds of years. Doctors say he would have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder had he lived today.
Mars mission by NASA, with rover named "Perseverance"
American rapper 6ix9ine pleads not guilty to racketeering and firearms charges and is denied bail as his trial date is set for September 4, 2019.
international border between the two countries in North America
head of government of the United Kingdom
After Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the summit is still on, while flying to Argentina, President Trump tweets that, after conferring with his top National Security advisers, he decided to cancel the meeting, adding that it was not a good time since Russia has not returned the ships and sailors to Ukraine. Less than an hour earlier, Trump said that he would "probably" meet Putin and that he believed it was "a good time to have the meeting."
Officials say that an attack by the Taliban on an army outpost killed 10 soldiers and 7 policemen in Khwaja Ghar District after 7 policemen were killed in Farah yesterday.
A jury in the Manhattan Federal Court finds Akayed Ullah guilty of a pipe bomb attack on the Port Authority Bus Terminal in December 2017.
any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of a computer system
Saudi Arabia accuses five of its officials of killing and dismembering journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
British Sports Minister Tracey Crouch resigns amid controversy over a delay on regulating fixed odds betting terminals.
The parliament is set to have an emergency meeting at 4 p.m.
Emigration of Jews from Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues an apology for the country's role in turning away the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Nazi Germany.
Additional civilians were left injured or buried in the rubble.
island sovereign state in the central Pacific Ocean
Pope Francis, head of state of the Vatican City and leader of the Roman Catholic Church, threatens to order the abdication of Andorran co-monarch Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Archbishop-Bishop of Urgell, if the country decriminalises or legalises abortion.
Four people are injured directly by the gunfire, prompting the U.N.
country or place with low taxes for foreign investors
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Authorities find the bodies of two other men in the two collapsed buildings in Marseille, France, two days ago, bringing the death toll to six.
Meaza Ashenafi becomes the first woman in Ethiopia's history to preside over the Supreme Court.
Phil Mickelson defeats Tiger Woods after 22 holes of match play at Shadow Creek Golf Course to win $9 million USD.
Seo Ji-hyeon, a leading figure of the Me Too movement in South Korea, files a suit against former South Korean chief prosecutor Ahn Tae-keun and the government for physical and psychological distress.
The death toll in the Camp and Woolsey wildfires has risen to 31 with more than 200 people still missing.
department of the Ministry of Interior of Egypt
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
attempted suicide bombing at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on December 11, 2017
Eric C. Bauman resigns as California Democratic Party chairman after accusations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior toward party staff members and activists.
bridge in New York City, crossing the East River
Russia says three Ukrainians were wounded.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih takes the oath of office and becomes the 7th President of the Maldives.
border patrol agents fire tear gas at asylum-seeking Central American migrants attempting to enter into the United States.
President Donald Trump announces that migrants seeking asylum at the southern border will wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in U.S.
The Camp Fire in Butte County is now ranked as the deadliest wildfire in Californian history, with 42 people confirmed dead and 228 people missing.
National Football League franchise in Kansas City, Missouri
Four people are killed in an armed assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. Three attackers are also dead. The attack is claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army.
An emergency National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine meeting is convened in response to the Russian blockade of the Kerch Strait and the seizure of its vessels, after which President Petro Poroshenko says he will ask the Verkhovna Rada to support a declaration of martial law in Ukraine. The parliament is set to have an emergency meeting at 4 p.m. local time on November 26.
Vietjet Air flight VJ 356 crashed upon landing at Buon Ma Thuot International Airport while carrying 207 passenger and crew.
Denmark suspends future weapons export licenses to Saudi Arabia in response to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen.
symptoms that resemble Parkinson's disease
David's Bridal files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory confirms earlier observations by Indian Space Research Organisation's Astrosat space observatory of a rotating black hole in the binary star system 4U1630-47, which is spinning close to the speed of light, one of the fastest ever observed.
List of executive actions by Donald Trump
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeat the Hiroshima Toyo Carp to win the 2018 Japan Series.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia
The leading judge presiding over the investigation of the 2017 Catalan independence referendum and the director of the Operation Anubis Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer dies suddenly at the age of 71.
In two separate incidents, there are a total of at least seventeen migrants killed after they attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Spain.
The company lies that the amount of leakage is 6.97 tonnes.
At least 10 people are killed and 19 are wounded in an attack on a compound of the G4S security contracting company in the Afghan capital Kabul.
city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine
The United States urges their allies not to use Huawei network equipment, reportedly out of national security concerns.
northernmost region of the African continent
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
A federal judge in Montana orders a suspension of construction on the Keystone XL pipeline, citing an inadequate review of the potential environmental impact of the pipeline.
revised definitions of the SI base units, adopted at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM), that came into force on 20 May 2019
Bainimarama's party holds on to a slim majority of seats in the parliament.
Amazon announces it will split their second headquarters in New York City and National Landing in northern Virginia (outside Washington D.C.)
After nine consecutive draws, a record for the 132-year-old championship, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are tied 4½ points each in the best-of-12-games match.
At least 50 people are killed and 83 others injured in a suicide bombing on a Mawlid gathering in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Disgruntled police officers and soldiers storm the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea due to unpaid allowances related to the APEC Papua New Guinea 2018 conference last weekend.
The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures names Green Book the best film in 2018.
Boko Haram fighters loyal to ISIS attacked a military base in the Nigerian town of Metele, killing at least 118 soldiers while at least 153 others were missing after the attack, the militants also seized tanks, armored vehicles, artillery, weapons, and ammunition
One of the suspects has a child with one of the victims.
One America News Network files an amicus brief in support of the Trump administration.
Over a dozen rockets were subsequently fired from Gaza, three of which were shot down.
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
geographic region of Virginia, United States
National Administrative Department of Statistics
international hospitality company in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
2018 aircraft crash in the Java Sea off the coast of Karawang, Indonesia
Japanese side Kashima Antlers wins 2018 AFC Champions League after winning 2–0 on aggregate against Iranian Persepolis in the final.
State judges order election officials from Broward and Palm Beach Counties to release absentee ballot information as they continue to count the ballots.
Voters in Georgia elect Salome Zurabishvili as president. She will be the first woman elected to hold the position when she assumes office on 16 December 2018.
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Prosecutors raid the house of Gyeonggi Province governor Lee Jae-myung amid suspicions that his wife used a pseudonymous Twitter handle to spread fake news about President Moon Jae-in and other political rivals of her husband.
U.S. federal district judge Timothy J. Kelly orders the Secret Service to temporarily restore Jim Acosta's White House press pass.
railways in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
naming dispute (1991–2019) between Greece (which has a region named Macedonia) and the Republic of Macedonia, ending with the latter being renamed North Macedonia
Poland and Israel join Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Australia and Austria in announcing that, despite their agreement in July, they will not sign the United Nations Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech on 10–11 December 2018.
Vice President of Taiwan, Taiwanese politician, doctor
A 50-year-old former strawberry farm supervisor is arrested in Queensland in connection with 230 reports of sewing needles found hidden in strawberries.
The Taliban's strategy seeks to strengthen its position before any formal negotiations.
Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom
Interpol elects South Korean Kim Jong-yang as its president, beating Russian candidate Alexander Prokopchuk.
A federal judge blocks an order by President Trump that denies asylum to illegal immigrants.
The Government of the United Kingdom says that UK and EU negotiators reached a draft agreement and that it will be discussed by Cabinet tomorrow.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar share the distinction of becoming the first Muslim congresswomen, while Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland become the first Native American congresswomen.
port city in Zaporizhzhia oblast, Ukraine
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
President of the Maldives Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and his Cabinet announce that the Maldives is set to return to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations as a republic in the Commonwealth of Nations.
The death toll in the Camp Fire rises to 56, with the statewide total at 59.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
American far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website owned by Alex Jones
In Port Hedland, Australia, authorities deliberately derail a runaway train after the driver left the train for an inspection. The assemblage consisted of four locomotives and two hundred sixty-eight wagons, was operated by BHP Billiton on the Pilbara Railways, and traveled ninety-two kilometers. The train was en route from Newman to Port Hedland.
secretary of state responsible for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
Ross Edgley becomes the first person to swim around Great Britain. The 1,780-mile (2,860 km) swim lasted 156 days.
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)
Ukraine bans Russian men aged between 16 and 60 from entering the country following the imposition of martial law. President Petro Poroshenko says the ban is to prevent the formation of "private armies" in Ukraine. Russia says it does not plan to retaliate.
dwarf planet and largest asteroid of the main asteroid belt
The video, which was allegedly doctored by the far-right conspiracy website InfoWars, is claimed to falsely depict CNN's White House correspondent Jim Acosta physically assaulting an intern.
district in Takhār Province, Afghanistan
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence condemns Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Muslims and called for Aung San Suu Kyi to pardon Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, the two Reuters journalists imprisoned in the country.
The Argentine Navy announces that ARA San Juan (S-42), an Argentine submarine that disappeared on November 15, 2017, with 44 crew onboard, has been found on the seabed in the South Atlantic Ocean.
US Senator Bernie Sanders proposes the Stop Walmart Act, which would prohibit big employers from repurchasing shares until they adopt a $15-an-hour minimum wage.
Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party
town in Butte County, California, United States
The state of Tennessee executes Edmund Zagorski, a man convicted of the April 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter, making it the first time the state has executed an inmate by electrocution since 2007.
German police raid Deutsche Bank's offices in Frankfurt in connection with money laundering allegations that two staff members helped clients set up off-shore businesses as tax havens. Police officers, prosecutors and tax inspectors search six of the bank's offices and seize numerous written and electronic business documents. Deutsche Bank says the investigation stems from the 2016 Panama Papers leak.
The death toll from heavy floods and strong winds affecting Italy rises to 17 people.
effort to cut off supplies from a particular area by force
2018 United States Senate election in Arizona
election to elect a new United States Senator from Arizona in 2018
A policeman is stabbed near the Grand Place in Brussels historic centre by a man carrying two small kitchen knives. The attacker is shot in the chest and in a critical condition while the policeman suffers non-life threatening injuries.
The United States, Canada and Mexico sign the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement in Buenos Aires, replacing the North American Free Trade Agreement.
The American Civil Liberties Union files a lawsuit in response to President Trump's proclamation that denies asylum to immigrants who enter the country illegally.
Four Finnish tourists and a Zimbabwean pilot are killed when a Cessna S206 crashes in Masvingo Province, in southern Zimbabwe.
Two former presidents, Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana, advance to the second round, due to be held on December 19. Incumbent president Hery Rajaonarimampianina is eliminated.
A gunman kills two people and injures five others before killing himself at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.
involuntary or coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region
British Prime Minister Theresa May appoints Stephen Barclay as Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, and Amber Rudd as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions following yesterday's resignations of Dominic Raab and Esther McVey.
Medical cannabis becomes legal in the United Kingdom as the National Health Service can now prescribe it to some patients, including those with cancer, severe forms of epilepsy, and multiple sclerosis.
municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
CNN drops its lawsuit against the Trump administration after the White House restores reporter Jim Acosta's press pass.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
Voters in Michigan legalize recreational marijuana.
American multinational technology company
A severe storm system brings tornado watches and warnings throughout the U.S. states of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri. A "large and dangerous" tornado is confirmed near Gore, Oklahoma. Several other tornadoes are seen by storm chasers.
After eleven consecutive draws, a record for the 132-year-old championship, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are tied 5.5 points each in the best-of-12-games match.
British Prime Minister Theresa May wins approval of her Brexit plan from her cabinet, although many Conservative and opposition MPs voice strong disapproval.
automotive manufacturing corporation based in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
The European Union says this is a "clear violation" of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.
The Spanish government and the UK government reach an agreement on Gibraltar whereby Spain lifts its threat of boycotting Sunday's summit on Brexit. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says there are now "sufficient guarantees" that any future decisions regarding Gibraltar would be made with Spain.
Date: 28 October 2018 10:02 AM China Standard Time (UTC+8)
A pair of buses collide on a road between Harare and Rusape, Zimbabwe, killing at least 47 people.
Jayne Svenungsson announces she is leaving the Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature.
census-designated place in Broward County, Florida
capital and most populous city of France
Conservative Party backbencher Jacob Rees-Mogg, with the backing of at least a dozen Tory MPs, says he will submit a letter to the chair of the 1922 Committee, Graham Brady, to trigger a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Theresa May.
situation of two people sharing a monarch position usually held by a single person
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
The Leaning Tower of Pisa Surveillance Group reports the structure is leaning less, by 4 cm (1.6 in) over the past two decades.
The Belgian Air Component informs on Twitter that yesterday, Belgian F-16s operating in the Baltic region for NATO's Baltic Air Policing mission, "intercepted" Russian Flanker jets, allegedly because they had no flight plan.
At least 12 people, including a police sergeant, are killed while ten others are injured by a gunman at the Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California at around 11:15 p.m. PST (UTC-8). The gunman committed suicide at the end of the attack after a stand-off with police.
natural gas pipeline running from Russia to Turkey
Polish politician, former President of the European Council, and former Prime Minister of Poland
census-designated place in Butte County, California, United States
Bahrain's Court of Appeal rules that the former leader of the now outlawed Al-Wefaq party, Sheikh Ali Salman, will receive a life sentence over his conviction for 2011 spying for Qatar.
American multinational agricultural biotechnology, seed, and agrochemical company
spacecraft system that uses thrusters to provide attitude control
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
European Union leaders approve the proposed Brexit deal, at a summit in Brussels.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel is "to transition to a new role within the administration", a day after First Lady Melania Trump called for Ricardel's ousting.
At least 26 Afghan security forces are killed and 50 are injured by a suicide blast in a mosque inside an army base in Khost Province, Afghanistan.
He was shot and killed attempting to stab responding police.
uncontrolled movement of railway rolling stock
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine narrowly survives a 16-16 vote of no confidence. 17 votes were needed to remove Heine from office.
The Verkhovna Rada approves the introduction of martial law in 10 oblasts of Ukraine for a period of 30 days.
idea that the needs of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as those of human beings
collegiate public research university in Durham, England, United Kingdom
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of the FijiFirst party wins a second term.
island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
United States Senate election in Florida, 2018
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
public health emergency of international concern
Unknown attackers kill Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, a former Pakistani senator widely known as the "Father of the Taliban", at his residence in Rawalpindi. ,
The Mossos d'Esquadra announces that on September 19, 2018, they arrested a man planning to assassinate the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez.
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politics of the ROC, which is de facto located in Taiwan
Magnus Carlsen retains the title after a 3–0 victory against Fabiano Caruana in the best-of-four rapid tiebreaking series.
Pope Francis asks the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, now meeting in Baltimore, to delay voting on proposals to address the sexual abuse crisis until he leads a global summit in February.
Ross Edgley becomes the first person to swim around Great Britain.
country in Central and Southeastern Europe
Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad collides with a Maltese oil tanker in the Heltefjord while returning from NATO military exercises, prompting the evacuation of all 137 crew members.
The Israeli Air Force bombs Hamas-run Al-Aqsa TV's headquarters in Gaza City.
South Korea shuts down the country's largest dog meat slaughterhouse. The move is lauded by animal rights activists.
First Lady of the United States Melania Trump calls for the ousting of Deputy National Security Advisor Mira Ricardel.
Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, whose film The Last Emperor won nine Oscars, dies of lung cancer.
bilateral relations between Brazil and Israel
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama of the FijiFirst party wins a second term. Bainimarama's party holds on to a slim majority of seats in the parliament.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
2018 Grenadian constitutional referendum
Russia says it does not plan to retaliate.
police operation against the Catalan independence referendum
Former Philippine First Lady and Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos has been convicted on seven counts of graft for transferring funds to private foundations in Switzerland and is sentenced to at least six years and one month imprisonment for each count.
The unofficial results suggest the No vote is in the lead, and only a 40% voter turnout.
In motorsport, Joey Logano wins the season finale, the Ford EcoBoost 400, to claim his first career Cup Series title.
General Directorate for Internal Security
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
Philippine former First Lady (born 1929)
A new definition of SI units, e.g., the kilogram, the ampere, etc., is decided by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. They are now entirely defined by physical constants, and no longer dependent on any physical object, as was previously the case for the kilogram.
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia
Earlier, the government said the results of this vote would not affect its complying with the court's decision.
troops are killed and three others are wounded in an IED blast near Ghazni, Afghanistan.
First Lady and Vice President of Nicaragua
No one else was hurt in the incident, and a motive for the incident is still under investigation.
Convicted murderer Samuel Little confesses to murdering 90 women between 1970 and 2005, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S.
International police organization (founded 1923)
A series of U.S. airstrikes kills at least 30 Afghan civilians, including 16 children, in Garmsir District, Helmand Province. Additional civilians were left injured or buried in the rubble. The target of the strikes was a suspected Taliban compound. The United States' strategy aims to push the Taliban into talks.
A hot air balloon filled with fireworks and other pyrotechnics explodes midair during Tazaungdaing festival celebrations in Taunggyi, Myanmar, injuring nine people on the ground.
Evacuations are prompted in Butte County, California after the Camp Fire erupts.
Latin legal term meaning "friend of the court"
Russia asks for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to convene.
The Trump administration announces the reimposition of all sanctions on Iran that were lifted under the July 2015 deal governing the nuclear program of Iran.
A week after the election, which was initially too close to call, Democratic Party candidate Kyrsten Sinema is elected to the United States Senate, defeating GOP candidate Martha McSally.
United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018
live television broadcast of weekly National Football League (NFL) games
A planned transgender rights rally in Kyiv, Ukraine, is attacked by far-right radicals.
head of state and of government of Turkey
international grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros
NFL franchise in Inglewood, California, United States
compulsory levy on energy released from a source
The "strawberry scare" spread throughout the country and to New Zealand, and devastated Australia’s multimillion-dollar strawberry industry.
Matthew Hedges, the British student who was sentenced last week by a judge in the United Arab Emirates to life in prison on espionage charges, is pardoned and released by authorities.
First ladies and gentlemen of the Philippines
unofficial, customary title of the host or hostess of Malacañang Palace
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Vietjet Air flight VJ 356 crashed upon landing at Buon Ma Thuot International Airport while carrying 207 passenger and crew. Six people were injured but all survived.
association football club in Tehran, Iran
Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018
Students and teachers start a two-day strike.
Three U.S. troops are killed and three others are wounded in an IED blast near Ghazni, Afghanistan.
hashtag used in October 2017 to denounce sexual assault and harassment
Seven sailors were injured in the collision.
Parliament that exercises the legislative power of the Government of Catalonia
private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts
A shooting takes place at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, leaving four dead, including the gunman.
continent on the Earth's northern and southern hemispheres
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting
Chris Watts of Frederick, Colorado, is sentenced to three consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his pregnant wife Shanann and their two young daughters.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed 34 of his confessions and are now working to confirm the others.
farming things in water, primarily intended as a food source
Landslides due to rains from a tropical storm have killed 13 people and left four others missing in south-central Vietnam.
This is the first person killed on Israeli soil due to Palestinian rocket fire since 2014.
Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China, on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
A kidnapping occurs at a school in Bamenda, the capital of the North-West region of Cameroon, with at least seventy-eight students and three staff taken, including the principal. The Anglophone Crisis is a conflict between separatists and the government of Cameroon.
Mexico's incoming foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard denies an agreement has been reached, and says "(no) specific proposal" has been received from the United States.
since Russia has not returned the ships and sailors
The London Metropolitan Police Service releases video footage of police cars being driven into suspected criminals on scooters.
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
Workers at Amazon distribution centers in Germany and Spain protest labour conditions in a strike coinciding with the Black Friday shopping peak.
An unidentified attacker fatally shoots Benjamin Ramos, a Philippines lawyer opposing President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in Kabankalan.
Protests in Bahrain that started on February 14, 2011
The number of missing and unaccounted-for people rises to more than 1000.
Marvel Comics editor and comic book writer Stan Lee dies at the age of 95.
American politician, Governor of Georgia
After ten consecutive draws, a record for the 132-year-old championship, Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana are tied 5 points each in the best-of-12-games match.
national referendums held in Switzerland in 2018
CNN announces it has severed ties with liberal commentator Marc Lamont Hill after he gives a U.N. speech advocating for Palestinian rights in which he used the phrase, "free Palestine from the river to the sea".
capital city of New South Wales, Australia
process of transforming profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly legitimate assets
Hot Yoga Tallahassee 1950 Thomasville Rd Tallahassee, Florida, United States
A 27-year-old American Christian missionary is killed upon landing on North Sentinel Island in an effort to convert the indigenous Sentinelese people. He is the first person killed by the isolated islanders since two Indian nationals in 2006.
Erik Solheim resigns as head of the United Nations Environment Programme over allegations of expenses abuse and a lack of accountability.
Marriott International discloses that its Starwood Hotel brand had been subject to a data breach.
The Democratic Party takes over control of the House, while the Republican Party increases their majority in the Senate.
The threats, made by phone and email in 2016 and 2017, raised concern that antisemitism was on the rise in the United States.
According to a pact between Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) and two Federal & Provincial Religious Affairs Ministers of Pakistan, the name of Asia Bibi will be placed on the Exit Control List which would prevent her leaving the country.
An unrelated court filing accidentally reveals that Julian Assange, a major target of the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 United States election, has been charged.
Margaash, an eight year old snow leopard, is shot dead by staff at Dudley Zoological Gardens, England after escaping its enclosure.
The United Nations announce that seven MONUSCO peacekeepers were killed in clashes with militia yesterday in Beni, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft exhausts all of its hydrazine fuel propellant and without a functioning maneuvering system enters into uncontrolled motion around dwarf planet Ceres, thus ending its 11-year mission.
Twitter deletes 10,000 bot accounts that were discouraging people from voting in the midterm elections in the United States.
Parviz Kazemi, former Iranian welfare minister, is arrested and transferred to Tehran's Evin Prison on charge of causing disruption in the country's economic system.
99th season of the National Football League (NFL)
space exploration vehicle designed to move across the surface of Mars
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as leader of the Democratic Progressives and refuses Prime Minister William Lai's offer to quit after a major defeat in local elections.
speech advocating for Palestinian rights in which he used the phrase, "free Palestine from the river to the sea".
The NASA robotic lander InSight lands safely on the Elysium Planitia plain of Mars to study the geology of the red planet.
Heavy floods affect Palermo in Sicily, Italy, killing twelve people. The total death toll of the floods and strong winds in the country rises to 31 people.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (Pakistan)
Johnston Press, which owns i, The Scotsman, the Yorkshire Post and other UK newspapers, enters administration after failing to secure a buyer. It is set to be de-listed on the London Stock Exchange on 19 November 2018.
former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region
The APEC summit in Papua New Guinea ends without a communiqué for the first time in the forum's history.
Based upon information from the General Directorate for Internal Security, French authorities arrest five men and one woman suspected of planning an attack on French President Emmanuel Macron.
South Korea shuts down the country's largest dog meat slaughterhouse.
Voters in Georgia elect Salome Zurabishvili as president.
The death toll of the ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that started in August, rises to 200 people.
Four suspects have been arrested for the murders of eight members of a family in 2016. Police believe custody of a child plays a role in this case. One of the suspects has a child with one of the victims.
Doctors and firefighters strike in Catalonia, Spain, over budget cuts, ending with clashes between demonstrators and Mossos d'Esquadra at the doors of Catalan Parliament.
election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Georgia
foreign ownership of a controlling stake of a business
county in California, United States of America
She is the eighth person to quit amid sex abuse and financial crime scandals at the exclusive group.
The Supreme Court of Canada says that Vice Media reporter Ben Makuch must give the Royal Canadian Mounted Police material he gathered for stories about an accused Islamic State terrorist.
Taliban kill 30 policemen in an attack on an outpost in Farah Province.
Toronto police investigates a hate crime against four Jewish teens.
List of openly LGBT heads of state and government
A 500-kilometre-wide (310 mi) dust storm, that engulfed parts of Australia’s outback, reaches Sydney.
Presiding officer of the Parliament of Sri Lanka
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
China's Hefei Institutes of Physical Science announces that its Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) reactor in Hefei has reached a milestone of 100 million degrees celsius.
Astronomers announce, through the journal Nature, the discovery of Barnard's Star b, a Super-Earth exoplanet orbiting Barnard's Star, the fourth-nearest-known individual star to the Sun.
company that publishes comic books and related media
Jayne Svenungsson announces she is leaving the Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature. She is the eighth person to quit amid sex abuse and financial crime scandals at the exclusive group.
The Sri Lankan Parliament reconvenes. The Speaker says it passed a motion of no confidence against the disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
As the Florida Senate election heads to a mandatory recount, United States President Donald Trump and Rick Scott claim, without evidence, that widespread voter fraud occurred in Florida during the recent midterm election.
The UAE maintains that he was an MI6 agent.
music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s
publicly funded healthcare systems within the United Kingdom
Sharda University is a private university located in Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. The school is part of the Sharda Group of Institutions, which was founded by P.K Gupta in 1996.
President Maithripala Sirisena dissolves Parliament.
Witnesses say that gunmen in pickup trucks attacked a police station in Tazirbu, southeast Libya. At least five people were killed and several civilians were abducted.
sovereign microstate between France and Spain, in Western Europe
Ohio vehicle production plant built by GM
special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
The German chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer is to cut 12,000 jobs by the end of 2021 as part of an overhaul following its acquisition of Monsanto earlier in 2018.
An emergency landing delays German chancellor Angela Merkel's arrival at the summit due to a complete shutdown of the onboard-ground communication system aboard the official Airbus A340-313 Konrad Adenauer.
special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi
French authorities impound a Ryanair jet, because of payments owed to the European Union for illegal subsidies, at the Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport just before 149 London-bound passengers boarded.
Authorities release the names of 130 people who are missing, including many in their 80s and 90s, with the potential that dozens more are unaccounted for.
The number of structures destroyed in the Woolsey Fire rises to 1,452.
constitutional officer of state government of Florida, US
human mental illness characterized by mood changes
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2018
An explosion kills at least 35 people and injures at least 55 at a market in Kalaya, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Pakistan.
American academic, author, activist, and television personality
Elvis Presley, Babe Ruth, Roger Staubach, Antonin Scalia, Orrin Hatch, doctor and philanthropist Miriam Adelson, and Alan Page are expected to be recipients for the Presidential Medal of Freedom award.
head of the state and government of Florida
Khadim Hussain Rizvi, chief of Pakistani political party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), together with his party leaders, is arrested after TLP's refusal to postpone their call for a public rally planned for 25 November at Liaqat Bagh, Rawalpindi. Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry clarifies that the action has no connection with the Asia Bibi case. ,
General elections in Fijian held on 14 November 2018
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
According to Ukraine, six of their sailors are wounded.
A Chinese scientist claims to be the first person to edit the genome of a human baby, by targeting an immune-receptor which is used by HIV (CCR5).
Minister of Finance of the State of Israel
The first genetic analysis of hemimastigotes reveals they are distinct enough from other forms of life to be classified in a separate supra-kingdom.
series of ongoing insurgencies within Myanmar
false or misleading information presented as news
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
3425 W. Bristol Road Flint, Michigan, 48507 United States
Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea reports 14 additional bodies have been found in the city of Paradise bringing the death toll to 23; Honea added there are 110 outstanding reports of missing people.
Italian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)
Personalities from both countries inaugurate a corridor that will enable Sikh pilgrims to travel visa-free between the Indian town of Dera Baba Nanak and the Sri Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan.
CNN announces it has severed ties with liberal commentator Marc Lamont Hill after he gives a U.N.
General Motors announces it will cease production at the Oshawa Car Assembly in Oshawa, Lordstown Assembly in Lordstown, Ohio, and the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit. Two transmission plants, the Baltimore Transmission in Baltimore and the Warren Transmission in Warren, Michigan, are also expected to stop production.
city in Macomb County, Michigan, United States
President Donald Trump says he may cancel his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during this week's 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit because of Russia's maritime clash with Ukraine.
German police raid Deutsche Bank's offices in Frankfurt in connection with money laundering allegations that two staff members helped clients set up off-shore businesses as tax havens.
A referendum to give national law precedence over international law fails.
Referenda are held in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada to decide whether to maintain the UK-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as the final court of appeal, or to adopt the appellate jurisdiction of the Caribbean Court of Justice; both are rejected by voters.
Mass shooting in Chicago, Illinois, United States
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
Several countries have offered her asylum.
Police in Ethiopia say they have discovered a mass grave with 200 bodies near the border between the Somali and Oromia regions of the country.
Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar (1937-2018)
A 17-year-old Kashmir student who disappeared from Sharda University, Ahtesham Bilal Sofi, is found to have joined the Islamic State.
Mass shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, United States
relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel
18-hole golf course in North Las Vegas, Nevada
political position at the government of Taiwan
They say this level was not seen since at least 3 million years ago.
speed of electromagnetic waves in vacuum
Kazimierz Kordylewski first observed the faint clouds of dust around the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points in the 1960s.
lawsuit filed on November 13, 2018 in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Two former presidents, Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana, advance to the second round, due to be held on December 19.
Several other tornadoes are seen by storm chasers.
international incident between Russian and Ukrainian navy
The United Nations Security Council unanimously votes to lift sanctions on Eritrea.
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
An Afghan commando in Kabul kills Major Brent Taylor of the Utah National Guard, who was also the mayor of North Ogden, Utah.
planet type, with a mass higher than Earth
Spain threatens to vote against if there is no agreement on Gibraltar by which it demands new guarantees.
The assailant was shot dead by one of the soldiers.
Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal station
Australian government agency responsible for providing meteorology services
overview about the suspension of accounts on Twitter and a list of notable ones
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, California, United States
25th edition of Winter Olympics, in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
NASA space probe exploring Vesta and Ceres
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
A court in Milan, Italy, examines evidence submitted by the campaign group Global Witness, that alleges bribery around the attribution of the OPL 245 oil prospecting license in 2011 led to a loss for the Nigerian state estimated at US$6 billion.
Astronomers from Harvard University suggest that the interstellar object 'Oumuamua may be an extraterrestrial solar sail from an alien civilization, in an effort to help explain the object's "peculiar acceleration".
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment limiting government restriction of civil rights
69.1 tonnes of C9 aromatic hydrocarbon are leaked into the ocean at a port in Quangang District, Quanzhou, China when a petrochemical company loads the cargo from its terminal into a chemical tanker and the aged hose coupling gasket breaks.
events in a specific year or time period
lower house of the United States Congress
The World Meteorological Organization reports that average global carbon dioxide concentrations rose to 405.5 parts per million in 2017.
In the floods that are affecting Italy, the death toll rises to 19 people.
US Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016
List of notable tornadoes occurring in 2018
political association of mostly former British Empire territories
Israel-Palestine confrontation (November 2018)
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may cancel his scheduled meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during this week's 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit because of Russia's maritime clash with Ukraine.
activity by one nation to interfere in the electoral process of another sovereign nation
Date(s): November 8, 2018 – November 25, 2018
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
A week after the election, which was initially too close to call, Democratic Party candidate Kyrsten Sinema is elected to the United States Senate, defeating GOP candidate Martha McSally. Sinema is the first woman elected to represent Arizona in the Senate and first Democrat to win a Senate election in the state since 1988.
The Spanish Attorney General seeks jail terms for Catalan independence leaders for the crime of rebellion with the highest requested penalty being 25 years against Oriol Junqueras. The State's Advocacy is asking for prison sentences for only the lesser crimes of sedition and embezzlement.
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
legal recognition of same-sex unions in Taiwan
events which primarily involve the use of motorized vehicles
Holy See's independent city-state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
At least 21 people have died, 180 have been injured and tens of thousands have been displaced by heavy rains that have affected Iraq.
Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists
Flash floods caused by heavy rain in Petra, Jordan, kill 11 people while 24 others are injured.
baseball league representing the highest level of professional baseball in Japan
The Kenitra–Tangier high-speed rail line, the first in Africa, is inaugurated.
scientific achievements (including inventions and discoveries) of the year 2018
A mayor in Donga-Mantung is also shot dead.
specialised agency of the United Nations for meteorology
people associated with Sikhism, a monotheistic religion
separatist conflict in northwestern and southwestern Cameroon since 2017
United Kingdom government ministerial department
Incumbent president Hery Rajaonarimampianina is eliminated.
King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Alaska, with the epicenter in Anchorage. Severe damage is reported.
In tennis, Alexander Zverev upsets Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–3 to win his first ATP Finals title.
American football player and judge (born 1945)
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry clarifies that the action has no connection with the Asia Bibi case.
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
A lorry loses control at a toll station in Lanzhou, China, killing at least 15 people and injuring 44 others.
NASA selects Jezero crater on Mars as the landing site for the Mars 2020 rover. The crater was once a large lake and may hold evidence of ancient life.
Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal subway station, New York City, United States
independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
Trump administration dismissals and resignations
planetary-mass object in hydrostatic equilibrium but which has not cleared its neighborhood
Around 70 world leaders in Paris mark the centenary of the 1918 Armistice which ended World War I.
The death toll in the Camp Fire rises to 56, with the statewide total at 59. Authorities release the names of 130 people who are missing, including many in their 80s and 90s, with the potential that dozens more are unaccounted for.
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
The FBI and police find new clues in the search for Ashley Summers, who had been missing from her residence in Cleveland, Ohio since 2007.
2018–2019 Iranian general strikes and protests
political and economic union of 27 European states
More than 6,700 buildings have been destroyed, making it California's most destructive wildfire since record-keeping began.
Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China
restraint of a person's liberty by judicial or other detention
The Spanish Attorney General seeks jail terms for Catalan independence leaders for the crime of rebellion with the highest requested penalty being 25 years against Oriol Junqueras.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
former multimedia company founded in Falkirk, Scotland
special municipality and capital city of Taiwan
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
RCMP confirm one of two explosions at the Strathcona County Community Centre in Sherwood Park, Alberta on November 6th was deliberate, and the other was accidentally set off. They also disclose the suspect shot himself and later died from his wounds. No one else was hurt in the incident, and a motive for the incident is still under investigation.
organized effort for the propagation of the Christian faith
Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner orders machine recounts in the U.S. Senate race and the state's governor and agriculture commissioner races as required by law when the lead is less than 0.5 percent.
American football Hall of Fame quarterback, businessman
The death toll from landslides and floods caused by Typhoon Yutu in the Philippines rises to 15 people. One man died in Hong Kong, China. ,
The United States holds midterm elections for all 435 House seats, for 35 Senate seats (including two special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi), for 39 state and territorial governorships, and for numerous state and local races. ,
German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural biotechnology company
A chain reaction of exploding trucks triggered by a blast during the delivery of acetylene gas at a chemical plant in Zhangjiakou, China, kills 23 people and injures at least 22 others.
parliamentarian who neither holds ministerial office nor shadows a minister
death by suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck
American conservative pay television news channel
village in the province of Barcelona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain
The San Ysidro Port of Entry, the largest border crossing on the Mexico–United States border, is closed after U.S. border patrol agents fire tear gas at asylum-seeking Central American migrants attempting to enter into the United States. The events were triggered by Mexican police breaking up a migrant protest, resulting in a rush toward the border.
This has provoked denial from the hospital and international outcry.
Hundreds of thousands protest against fuel taxes in France by blocking roadways.
British multinational security services company
bilateral relations between United States and Nicaragua
head of the federal government of Belgium
diocese of the Catholic Church in Spain and Andorra
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka reverses President Maithripala Sirisena's decisions to dissolve Parliament and to hold snap elections.
Police believe custody of a child plays a role in this case.
presidency of the council of EU heads of state or government
A landslide leaves at least 10 people dead while eleven others are injured in Niterói, Brazil.
Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman announces his resignation with effect in 48 hours in response to the Egyptian-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
field of computer science and engineering practices for intelligence demonstrated by machines and intelligent agents
Foreign fighters in the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars
Catholic Church sex abuse cases in the United States
instances and allegations of sex abuse by Catholic clergy
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
TLP has already filed a review petition against the verdict of Supreme Court of Pakistan in the Asia Bibi blasphemy case.
Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine narrowly survives a 16-16 vote of no confidence.
They also disclose the suspect shot himself and later died from his wounds.
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
One person is killed and five people are injured in an auto wreck on New York City's Brooklyn Bridge, which sparked a fire that engulfed three vehicles.
At least 12 people, including a police sergeant, are killed while ten others are injured by a gunman at the Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California at around 11:15 p.m.
The World Meteorological Organization reports that average global carbon dioxide concentrations rose to 405.5 parts per million in 2017. They say this level was not seen since at least 3 million years ago.
Official results will be released Friday, November 16.
maritime warfare branch of Norway's military
Amazon.com's future second headquarters in North America
Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom)
senior position in the British Ministry of Defence, and previously the War Office
Referendum voters in Taiwan reject a proposal to allow same-sex marriage.
The medical records of British monarch George III are released, solving the mystery of the King's illness, which has plagued historians for hundreds of years.
The unofficial begin of the Christmas shopping season, usually celebrated by sales in retail stores. It is the Friday following Thanksgiving.
The Iranian telecommunication minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi accuses Israel of a failed cyberattack on its telecommunications infrastructure, and vows to respond with legal action. ,
payments or benefits related to corruption
Date: 23 November 2018 9:30 am - 10:00 am (PST)
Matthew Hedges, the British student who was sentenced last week by a judge in the United Arab Emirates to life in prison on espionage charges, is pardoned and released by authorities. The UAE maintains that he was an MI6 agent.
The World Meteorological Organization and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology predict a weak El Niño forming within three months.
city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
National Administrative Department of Statistics (Colombia)
national statistical service of Colombia
Japanese professional association football club
A rocket fired from Gaza strikes an apartment building in Ashkelon, killing a man and injuring two others.
Local authorities are accused of playing down the severity of the leakage.
Johnston Press, which owns i, The Scotsman, the Yorkshire Post and other UK newspapers, enters administration after failing to secure a buyer.
mass shooting at the Borderline Bar and Grill, in Thousand Oaks, California, United States
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
exercises executive authority in the State of Israel
clandestine acquisition of confidential information
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
Reggae music is added to the UNESCO Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
airport in Flint, Michigan, United States
longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world
Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
General Motors announces it will cease production at the Oshawa Car Assembly in Oshawa, Lordstown Assembly in Lordstown, Ohio, and the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly in Detroit.
defense and maintenance of a state through use of all powers at the state's disposal
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas
city in Alaska, United States of America
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
body of relatively still water, localized in a basin
upper house of the United States Congress
Ukraine denies their ships did anything wrong.
national movement of the Palestinian people
The British Army Chief of the General Staff, Mark Carleton-Smith, says Russia is a "far greater threat" to the United Kingdom's national security than the Islamic State.
city in Ventura County, California, United States
mass extrajudicial killing of Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
At least 10 people are killed and 19 are wounded in an attack on a compound of the G4S security contracting company in the Afghan capital Kabul. The Taliban's strategy seeks to strengthen its position before any formal negotiations.
conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams ends her campaign, acknowledging that Brian Kemp will be the next Governor of Georgia. In a speech at her election headquarters in Atlanta, Abrams emphasized that her statement was not a concession, and announced her intention to file a federal lawsuit against the state of Georgia for alleged mismanagement during the election.
The chemical spill accident in Quangang District, Quanzhou, China on November 4 is found to be 10 times worse than initially reported.
Xinhua says the AI presenters can work "24 hours a day", thus reducing news production costs.
American politician from New Mexico; 54th U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Several officials of Quangang District have been suspended from their posts and seven company employees have been arrested by the police in connection with the cover-up.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Two additional bodies are found in the rubble of the two buildings that collapsed four days ago in Marseille, France, bringing the final death toll to eight.
The Donald Trump administration announces sanctions on 17 Saudi officials, not including Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, for their alleged involvement in killing Khashoggi.
The death toll of the ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that started in August, rises to 200 people. This is the deadliest ebola outbreak in the history of the country.
An emergency National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine meeting is convened in response to the Russian blockade of the Kerch Strait and the seizure of its vessels, after which President Petro Poroshenko says he will ask the Verkhovna Rada to support a declaration of martial law in Ukraine.
Kosovo puts a 100% trade tariff on all goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The European Union says this is a "clear violation" of the Central European Free Trade Agreement.
The London Metropolitan Police Service releases video footage of police cars being driven into suspected criminals on scooters. They say the tactic isn't new.
Myanmar police fire warning shots at a crowd of Rohingya Muslims after arresting two human smugglers at a camp for displaced persons near Sittwe, Rakhine State. Four people are injured directly by the gunfire, prompting the U.N. Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator to call for "calm and restraint".
Head of the spanish public prosecution office
migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country
human neurological disease causing seizures
New Caledonian independence referendum, 2018
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Large concentrations of dust that exist at the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points of the Earth–Moon system
The San Ysidro Port of Entry, the largest border crossing on the Mexico–United States border, is closed after U.S.
persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
This is the deadliest ebola outbreak in the history of the country.
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
Belgian politician, former Prime Minister of Belgium, President of the European Council
Nippon Professional Baseball team in the Central League
German global banking and financial services company
Seven Palestinians, including commander Nour Baraka and three other militants, are killed during a raid by the Israel Defense Forces in the southeastern Gaza Strip, that was supported by air attacks. One IDF officer was killed and another was injured. Over a dozen rockets were subsequently fired from Gaza, three of which were shot down.
Date: 9 September 2017 – present (5 years, 4 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
municipality in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
citizens or residents of the United States of America
nuclear research sites and processing facilities of Iran
Heavy floods affect Palermo in Sicily, Italy, killing twelve people.
2018 murder of Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
The state of Tennessee executes Edmund Zagorski, a man convicted of the April 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter, making it the first time the state has executed an inmate by electrocution since 2007. Zagorski requested that he be executed via electrocution. ,
Many fishermen and residents get sick from the leaked chemical, and 52 of them are hospitalized.
intergovernmental agreement on migration
part of the Indian Ocean between South and South East Asia
Lee Jae-rock, a South Korean pastor and leader of Manmin Central Church, is sentenced to 15 years in prison over 42 counts of sexual harassment and sexual assault against eight of his followers. According to the Seoul Central District Court, the victims could not resist his advances "due to their absolute faith in the infallibility of the accused."
The European Union reaches a provisional agreement on a system to investigate foreign investments into Europe.
President of the United States from 1989 to 1993
The attack is claimed by the Balochistan Liberation Army.
Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan says the ports of Berdiansk and Mariupol are effectively under blockade as Russia refuses to let any Ukrainian vessels leave or enter the Sea of Azov.
an advisory state body to the president of Ukraine
Convicted murderer Samuel Little confesses to murdering 90 women between 1970 and 2005, making him one of the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed 34 of his confessions and are now working to confirm the others.
terror attack in 2018 in Melbourne, Australia
Economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and other nations
voluntary or forced renunciation of sovereign power
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
A rocket fired from Gaza strikes an apartment building in Ashkelon, killing a man and injuring two others. The victim was a middle aged Palestinian illegal immigrant from Hebron. This is the first person killed on Israeli soil due to Palestinian rocket fire since 2014.
Iran's Social Security Organization chairman Mohammad Taghi Nourbakhsh and his deputy die after a car accident during a visit to Gorgan.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
U.S. President Donald Trump announces that migrants seeking asylum at the southern border will wait in Mexico while their claims are processed in U.S. courts. Mexico's incoming foreign minister Marcelo Ebrard denies an agreement has been reached, and says "(no) specific proposal" has been received from the United States. Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration will take power next Saturday, December 1.
sexual misconduct scandals involving the 115th Congress and other government and political figures
An attack on a bus carrying Copts from Sohag Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor in Egypt kills seven people and injures several others.
British Conservative party politician (born 1976)
Two Finnish business leaders were among the dead: Pekka Ojanpää [fi], the CE of the maintenance services and circular economy company Lassila & Tikanoja [fi], and Heikki Vappula [fi], a director of the forestry company UPM.
2018 US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
national police agency of Myanmar (Burma)
ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant
A Chinese scientist claims to be the first person to edit the genome of a human baby, by targeting an immune-receptor which is used by HIV (CCR5). This has provoked denial from the hospital and international outcry.
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
At least five people were killed and several civilians were abducted.
The Speaker says it passed a motion of no confidence against the disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
National Board of Review of Motion Pictures
change in position of an object over time; a body is said to be in motion if it changes its position with respect to its immediate surroundings
Bishop International Airport 3425 W. Bristol Rd. Flint, Michigan 48507
chief spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States government
Ukraine bans Russian men aged between 16 and 60 from entering the country following the imposition of martial law.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams ends her campaign, acknowledging that Brian Kemp will be the next Governor of Georgia.
2018 New Caledonian independence referendum
The United States holds midterm elections for all 435 House seats, for 35 Senate seats (including two special elections in Minnesota and Mississippi), for 39 state and territorial governorships, and for numerous state and local races.
The gunman committed suicide at the end of the attack after a stand-off with police.
Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator to call for "calm and restraint".
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
imposition of direct military control of a government
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
Borderline Bar and Grill 99 Rolling Oaks Drive Thousand Oaks, California, United States
Deutsche Bank says the investigation stems from the 2016 Panama Papers leak.
city in Weber County, Utah, United States
Ex. President of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa
partially recognized country in southeastern Europe
History of far-right movements in France
naval warfare branch of Argentina's armed forces
transmission factory in White Marsh, Maryland
electronic warfare launched by Iranian military forces
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Sarpol-e Zahab, Iran, and close to the Iraqi border.
presiding judge of the United States Supreme Court
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment enumerating due process rights
large felid native to the mountains of Central and South Asia
system of units, based on the International System of Quantities, their names and symbols, including a series of prefixes and their names and symbols, together with rules for their use (International Vocabulary of Metrology)
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders receives widespread condemnation after tweeting an allegedly altered video from a press conference the day before.
A 27-year-old American Christian missionary is killed upon landing on North Sentinel Island in an effort to convert the indigenous Sentinelese people.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders receives widespread condemnation after tweeting an allegedly altered video from a press conference the day before. The video, which was allegedly doctored by the far-right conspiracy website InfoWars, is claimed to falsely depict CNN's White House correspondent Jim Acosta physically assaulting an intern.
Chinese multinational technology company
commercial semi-state company in Ireland
Nissan chairman and former CEO Carlos Ghosn is arrested in Japan for breaching the country's financial trading laws, prompting Nissan to recommend that he and director Greg Kelly step down for misconduct.
A severe storm system brings tornado watches and warnings throughout the U.S.
2018 wildfire in Butte County, California, US
Ghosn is also the chairman and CEO of Renault.
President Petro Poroshenko says the ban is to prevent the formation of "private armies" in Ukraine.
Chief Justice of the United States since 2005 (born 1955)
list of monarchs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain from 1707–present
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
county in Florida, United States of America
Three Israel Defense Forces soldiers are injured, one moderately and two lightly, in a vehicle-ramming attack in the West Bank.
town in Weld County, Colorado, United States
public research university in Budapest, Hungary
Archbishop of Urgell and Co-Prince of Andorra
Immigration officials from Myanmar intercept a boat of Rohingya refugees 30 km (18.6 mi) off the coast of Yangon, and arrest all 106 passengers. The boat was en route to Malaysia, after setting off from Sittwe, Rakhine State, with human smugglers and Rohingyas fleeing persecution.
China's Xinhua News Agency unveils the world's first AI news anchor.
chemical substance used for propulsion or pressurization
Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
experimental superconducting tokamak magnetic fusion energy reactor in China
Israeli governmental ministry responsible for military and national defense matters'
collective decision-making body of the British government
Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer for U.S.
criticism against large retailer based in the United States
representative of the voters to a parliament
The train was en route from Newman to Port Hedland.
Date: 2 June 2004 – 27 February 2009 (First phase) 4 April 2012 – 7 November 2013 (Second phase) 31 January 2015 – present (Third phase) (19 years)
Chinese consulate, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan
lighter than air aircraft consisting of a bag, called an envelope, which contains heated air
class of organical compounds whose structure includes at least one cycle of partially unsaturated bonds with delocalized pi electrons all around
American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer (1922–2018)
A March 2017 Constitutional Court ruling found the ban on these unions unconstitutional and ordered parliament to change the law within two years.
Where cannabis is and isn't legal in United States of America
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
According to the government of Quanzhou, the actual leak of C9 aromatics was 69.1 tonnes instead of 6.97 tonnes understated by the Fujian Donggang Petrochemical Company.
Toronto police investigates a hate crime against four Jewish teens. 1 person is arrested and 9 other teenagers are being sought.
Russia's interference in the 2016 United States election
London-based international non-profit organization
The State's Advocacy is asking for prison sentences for only the lesser crimes of sedition and embezzlement.
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman
Matthew Whitaker, Sessions' chief of staff, is appointed acting Attorney General.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad collides with a Maltese oil tanker in the Heltefjord while returning from NATO military exercises, prompting the evacuation of all 137 crew members. Seven sailors were injured in the collision.
air warfare branch of Belgian Armed Forces
norwegian frigate, Fridtjof Nansen-class
wife of the President of the United States
An Israeli-American man, Michael Kadar, is sentenced to 10 years in prison in Israel for making 2,000 hoax bomb threats that forced evacuations of Jewish community centers in the United States. The threats, made by phone and email in 2016 and 2017, raised concern that antisemitism was on the rise in the United States.
documents filed by a pilot prior to departure which indicate the plane's planned route or flight path
Immigration officials from Myanmar intercept a boat of Rohingya refugees 30 km (18.6 mi) off the coast of Yangon, and arrest all 106 passengers.
President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019
county seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States of America
Andrés Manuel López Obrador's administration will take power next Saturday, December 1.
bilateral relations between the neighboring countries in North America
17 votes were needed to remove Heine from office.
dispersal of a legislature at the call of an election, at the regular expiry of a term or often specifically referring to a premature end (depending on the constitutional system)
Based upon information from the General Directorate for Internal Security, French authorities arrest five men and one woman suspected of planning an attack on French President Emmanuel Macron. Police report the suspects are radical far right citizens.
principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces
An Israeli-American man, Michael Kadar, is sentenced to 10 years in prison in Israel for making 2,000 hoax bomb threats that forced evacuations of Jewish community centers in the United States.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Unknown attackers kill Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, a former Pakistani senator widely known as the "Father of the Taliban", at his residence in Rawalpindi.
After Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday the meeting between U.S.
South Korean law enforcement officer, president of Interpol
Russia stops three Ukrainian Navy vessels from passing under the Kerch Strait Bridge by blocking it with a cargo ship.
They are now entirely defined by physical constants, and no longer dependent on any physical object, as was previously the case for the kilogram.
The victim was a middle aged Palestinian illegal immigrant from Hebron.
Kosovo puts a 100% trade tariff on all goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The move is lauded by animal rights activists.
2017 Jewish Community Center bomb threats
A new study from Eötvös Loránd University confirms the existence of two Kordylewski clouds orbiting Earth. Kazimierz Kordylewski first observed the faint clouds of dust around the L4 and L5 Lagrangian points in the 1960s.
The suspect, a 31-year-old Australian resident originally from Somalia, randomly stabbed pedestrians after exiting his burning, crashed utility truck that held multiple gas canisters.
county seat of Leon County, Florida, USA and Florida federated state capital city
city in and county seat of Ventura County, California, United States
A militant Baloch freedom movement. Balochistan is occupied by Pakistan.
Hungarian-American business magnate, investor and philanthropist
She will be the first woman elected to hold the position when she assumes office on 16 December 2018.
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
state of equal ease of access to resources and opportuni ties regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making
international Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark
Discussion of the accident is suppressed on Weibo after the accident has become a hot topic.
the science and craft of using self-contained and self-sustained exothermic chemical reactions to make heat, light, gas, smoke and/or sound
Four people are killed in an armed assault on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
It is set to be de-listed on the London Stock Exchange on 19 November 2018.
city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
The Iranian telecommunication minister Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi accuses Israel of a failed cyberattack on its telecommunications infrastructure, and vows to respond with legal action.
Anglo-Australian multinational mining and petroleum company
Date: 26 October 2018 – 16 December 2018 (7 weeks and 2 days)
an official promise by a person who has been elected to a public office to fulfill the duties of the office according to the law
The boat was en route to Malaysia, after setting off from Sittwe, Rakhine State, with human smugglers and Rohingyas fleeing persecution.
President Petro Poroshenko calls on NATO to send warships to patrol the Sea of Azov.
Representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Police officers, prosecutors and tax inspectors search six of the bank's offices and seize numerous written and electronic business documents.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says there are now "sufficient guarantees" that any future decisions regarding Gibraltar would be made with Spain.
The crater was once a large lake and may hold evidence of ancient life.
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
Nearby aquaculture farms are contaminated, resulting in huge loss.
Six people were injured but all survived.
parliamentary group of the Conservative Party in the UK House of Commons
Identifier for a time offset from UTC of −8
A "large and dangerous" tornado is confirmed near Gore, Oklahoma.
auto race held at Homestead, United States
chemical or mixture used as fuel for a rocket engine
supreme constitutional court of Colombia
Jeff Sessions asked to resign as United States Attorney General at the request of President Donald Trump.
Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy
American politician from Minnesota. Far-left activist
Postponement of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature
One person is killed and more than 200 are injured in subsequent altercations.
the monitoring and observation of peace processes in post-conflict areas
Israeli American philanthropist, doctor and political donor
set of pseudo units to describe small values of miscellaneous dimensionless quantities
a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme
With the previous Colombia census thirteen years ago, the National Administrative Department of Statistics registered 45.5 million Colombians and legal foreign residents living in the country.
In Port Hedland, Australia, authorities deliberately derail a runaway train after the driver left the train for an inspection.
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
2018 Kivu Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola virus outbreak
sovereign state in South Asia, situated on an archipelago in the Arabian Sea
The death toll from landslides and floods caused by Typhoon Yutu in the Philippines rises to 15 people.
the circumstellar disk (accumulation of matter) in an orbit around Sun between those of Mars and Jupiter
former Air Force pilot and United States Senator from Arizona (b. 1966)
Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 and recently acquitted, is released from prison.
commemoration on 11 November of the World War I armistice
city in Brăila County, Muntenia, Romania
The target of the strikes was a suspected Taliban compound.
Former U.S. President George H. W. Bush dies of Parkinsonism at the age of 94, at about 10:10 p.m. CST.
Doctors and firefighters strike in Catalonia, Spain, over budget cuts, ending with clashes between demonstrators and Mossos d'Esquadra at the doors of Catalan Parliament. Students and teachers start a two-day strike.
international airport serving Bordeaux, France
2017 disappearance of an Argentine submarine
This latest census reveals that there are five million fewer people in Colombia than previously estimated.
commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, the second largest city of France
President Donald Trump, is found to have used a private e-mail account to handle government business e-mails.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
Seven Palestinians, including commander Nour Baraka and three other militants, are killed during a raid by the Israel Defense Forces in the southeastern Gaza Strip, that was supported by air attacks.
Witnesses say that gunmen in pickup trucks attacked a police station in Tazirbu, southeast Libya.
red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
political office of the head of state of Georgia
President Donald Trump and The Trump Organization, pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Trump's Russian business contacts.
He is the first person killed by the isolated islanders since two Indian nationals in 2006.
American politician and activist (born 1941)
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
At least 95 women attain congressional office, bringing the total number of women in all parts of Congress to a record 118.
Bibi has reportedly boarded a plane; however, its destination was not known.
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Should the results still be within 0.25 percentage points, a manual recount will be triggered, with results due on November 18.
head of state and government of the Maldives
one of five positions in an orbital configuration of two large bodies where a small object can maintain a stable relative position
Village in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States of America
unicameral national legislature in Papua New Guinea
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
1987 film directed by Bernardo Bertolucci
Two more bodies are found in Paradise and one in nearby Magalia, raising the death toll to 85.
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
overview of the links between Trump associates and Russian officials
murders by Chris Watts of his wife and daughters in Colorado in 2018
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
President George H. W. Bush dies of Parkinsonism at the age of 94, at about 10:10 p.m.
The Cameroonian Armed Forces kill at least 30 Ambazonian separatists in two-days of intense clashes in Cameroon's English-speaking region.