Joshua Wong calls on HSBC to re-open an account used to support the pro-democracy movement in the city.
Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
first impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump
The "Mustang" model name, previously employed by Ford's muscle cars, could be an important asset for the new venture.
A gas explosion in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kills at least seven people and injures eight.
South Africa defeat England 32–12 to be crowned World Champions for the third time.
state executive election in the United States
At least three people are killed and 22 injured after Bolivian police and military forces use armored vehicles and helicopters to unblock access to a major fuel plant that had been blockaded by supporters of former president Evo Morales.
2019 Guinea-Bissau presidential election
will only trade with Hong Kong if it retains enough autonomy and bans the export of crowd-control munitions to Hong Kong Police Force.
second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
Is not known if the attack is in protest against the war in Yemen or for the attacker's opposition to Saudi Arabia’s growing entertainment industry.
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
Google purchases activity tracker company Fitbit for US$2.1 billion, in an attempt to break into the digital health and smartwatch markets.
Google announces it will ban targeted ads that use voter data, effective within a week.
Ten civilians are killed by ADF militiamen who crossed the border from Uganda into the Beni Territory, North Kivu, DR Congo.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the 107th Grey Cup, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-12, in Winnipeg's first Grey Cup win since 1990.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, who replaced German Chancellor Angela Merkel as leader of the Christian Democratic Union, threatens to stand down as a chancellor candidate if her centre-right party continues to disagree over support.
Two militants were also killed in another incident.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
Despite lacking a quorum in a session of the National Congress, Senator Jeanine Áñez immediately declares herself President of Bolivia due to the vacancy arising from the resignation and exile of Evo Morales.
A man killed his estranged wife and their three children and injured another child before killing himself in San Diego.
A man who had pled guilty to conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Samoa, and was due to be sentenced today, has changed his plea from guilty to not-guilty.
The attacker, Usman Khan, wearing a fake explosive belt, is shot dead by police on the bridge.
ISIL also claims responsibility for the killing of an Armenian priest and his father.
The Trump administration announces that the United States no longer considers Israeli settlement of the West Bank as illegal per se under international law.
Gunmen kill 53 soldiers and a civilian in a mass shooting in Ménaka Region, Mali.
Japan opens its first military arms show, as it tries to improve its military technology to combat external threats from China and North Korea.
Human Rights Watch releases a report about "serious" human rights violations committed by Carabineros, confirming the findings of Amnesty International published last week.
A suspect has been arrested for the mass shooting in Sonora, Mexico.
Police in Uganda raid a gay-friendly bar in Kampala and charge 67 people with "common nuisance" in what is described as the "latest attack on Uganda's LGBT community".
A federal judge orders the immediate release of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
The U.S. military says two American service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan.
In one of the deadliest days of the protests so far, Iraqi security forces open fire and kill 25 people who were blocking a bridge in Nasiriyah, while 10 people are killed in Najaf, and four people are shot dead in the capital Baghdad. The Iraqi Armed Forces says an emergency unit had been created to "impose security and restore order" in response to the violence. 45 people have been killed by security forces in total.
Former Texas representative Beto O'Rourke drops out of the presidential primaries.
Date: 17 November 2018 – present (4 years, 2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Bolivia's exiled former president Evo Morales rejects the presidency of opposition senator Jeanine Áñez, but police bar lawmakers from his party from entering the legislature to undo it.
2019 Bougainvillean independence referendum
The eastern-based Libyan National Army loyal to Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar recaptures the strategic Elephant Field oil field in southwestern Libya after driving out GNA forces with airstrikes.
After the running mate for the presidency of Taiwan for Tsai Ing-wen, William Lai, says he supports Taiwanese independence, China condemns the move as a "disaster" which crosses a red line China is not willing to accept.
Nine Extinction Rebellion protesters are arrested for storming U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
Russia returns three Ukrainian Navy vessels it seized during an incident in the Kerch Strait last year.
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
An exceptional high tide of 187 centimetres (6.14 ft) hits flooded Venice, Italy. It is the second highest acqua alta in Venetian history, after the 1966 Venice flood. Two deaths are reported.
City Football Group (CFG) owner Khaldoon Al Mubarak, who is also chairman of Premier League club Manchester City F.C., the fifth most valuable association football club in the world, agrees to sell a $500 million stake to American private equity firm Silver Lake Partners, making CFG the most valuable association football group in the world.
Egypt military kill over 80 Islamic State militants in central and North Sinai over the month.
inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled
Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president. Although 35 candidates are running, the main frontrunners are former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the right-wing Sri Lanka People's Front and current Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa of the centre-right United National Party.
After police shoot a protester with live ammunition, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam speaks out and labels the protesters as "selfish" for "paralyzing" the city and urges all students not to take part in protests.
form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic
Israeli airstrikes leave 22 Palestinians (20 militants and 2 civilians) dead and dozens injured.
A Grumman OV-1 Mohawk crashes at an air show in Stuart, Florida, killing the pilot.
45 people have been killed by security forces in total.
terrorism in the region of United Kingdom
Regional prosecutor for East Santiago Manuel Guerra announces his intentions to investigate 14 police officers for allegedly torturing protestors.
The United Kingdom misses a United Nations deadline to return control of the disputed Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, prompting the government of Mauritius to call the UK an "illegal colonial occupier".
ethnic group native to the Great Lakes region of Africa
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
A terrorist mass stabbing at London Bridge kills two civilians and injures three others. The attacker, Usman Khan, wearing a fake explosive belt, is shot dead by police on the bridge. Khan was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences, and had links to Islamist terrorist groups.
Three firefighters are killed while two others and a policeman are injured after an explosion at an abandoned farm building in Quargnento, Piedmont, Italy. The explosion was caused by two bombs placed in the building.
U.S. President Donald Trump offers Mexico military support to help defeat drug cartels, should his counterpart Andrés Manuel López Obrador request help, after nine American Mexican Mormon fundamentalists, including six children, are killed in an ambush by suspected cartel members in Sonora, northern Mexico.
La Mora, Bavispe Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez officially establishes relations with Juan Guaido's government after he recognizes her as President of Bolivia on Twitter.
Limbert Guzman, a 20-year-old student, is killed following clashes between supporters and opponents of Bolivian President Evo Morales.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announces that ISIL prisoners will be sent back to their home countries.
United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs
standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
European commercial space transportation company
Japanese Defence Minister Tarō Kōno tells his United States and South Korea counterparts that "no one could be optimistic about North Korea" after "they launched over 20 missiles so far this year".
Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group
In the third case this month, and the second this week, a court in Vietnam convicts and sentences a Facebook user to nine years in prison for defaming the ruling Communist Party and government.
Lewis Hamilton wins his sixth Driver's Championship title at the 2019 United States Grand Prix.
legislative, executive and judiciary powers of Iran
British politician and Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1963)
List of mass shootings in the United States in 2019
Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says on Monday that violence has exceeded protesters' demands for democracy and labels the demonstrators as the "people's enemy".
ASIO is investigating an alleged plot by the Communist Party of China to install an agent into the Parliament of Australia.
artificial satellite designed for telecommunications
2019 Speaker of the British House of Commons election
election for the Speaker of the House of Commons
most populous city in the United States of America
France announces it will send ground troops to three border areas in Burkina Faso.
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers win the 107th Grey Cup, defeating the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-12, in Winnipeg's first Grey Cup win since 1990. Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris becomes the first player in Grey Cup history to be named both Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Canadian.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
An Islamic Jihad rocket commander and five relatives are killed in an Israeli airstrike.
American system of telecommunications subsidies and fees
Corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister
The driver of the lorry in which 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in Grays, Essex, England, pleads guilty to conspiring to assist unlawful immigration.
Ana Kriégel was a Russian-Irish school girl who was murdered by two 13 year old boys in 2018.
Hours after the announcement, Morales resigns from the presidency amid pressure from the military and the police in what he deemed a 'coup'.
Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly consisting of supporters of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal, march in Islamabad demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan by Sunday.
artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles
Office of the Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Ethiopian autonomous government agency that supervises national elections
Israel releases two Jordanian citizens it held in detention since August, after the Jordanian government successfully negotiated for their release on Monday.
Voters in Belarus head to the polls in the country's latest parliamentary election. The election is closely watched by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe due to the country's poor human rights record.
The European Parliament confirms the Von der Leyen Commission, which will begin acting on December 1.
An exceptional high tide of 187 centimetres (6.14 ft) hits flooded Venice, Italy.
political movement in Taiwan to found a state formally independent of, and not asserting sovereignty over, China
American politician and lawyer, Louisiana
international agreement from 12 December 2015 within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
scandal involving unconsented use of personal information on Facebook for political advertising
An impeachment inquiry is launched against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera due to his alleged role in the violation of human rights in the ongoing protests.
At least eight people were killed and dozens injured in Sacaba after security forces fired on supporters of ousted president Evo Morales.
genre of popular music originating in South Korea
Gunmen kill 15 people and injure five at a security checkpoint in Yala Province, Thailand.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper and South Korean Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo announce that their countries will postpone their annual joint military air exercises to help facilitate the peace process.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
chief legal officer of the State of Israel
ongoing attempts to resolve the Korean conflict
Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri warns regional states of dire consequences, claiming the protests are "directly linked to the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel."
Turkey's Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announces that his country will begin repatriating ISIL prisoners on Monday.
The bodies of three people killed by bushfires in Australia are found – two near Glen Innes, and one at Johns River – as fires that have destroyed at least 150 houses continue to burn in eastern New South Wales and Queensland.
The Iraqi government cuts off internet access in much of the country, including a total blackout in Baghdad, amid continued civil unrest.
In Chanthaburi Province, Thailand, an ex-policeman shoots and kills two people, including a former prime minister's lawyer and a plaintiff, before being killed by return fire.
official press agency of the People's Republic of China
The strike killed one of the militant's son.
Iranian involvement in the Syrian civil war
The border between Iran and Iraq reopens, after being closed for a week due to mass protests in their respective countries.
Pope Francis prays for victims of the earthquake in Albania and sends “heartfelt condolences” to Albanian President Ilir Meta.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which mandates that the State Department at least annually checks to see if Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to retain its special trade status with the United States.
organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade
Bolivia and Israel reestablish diplomatic relations after Bolivia suspended ties over a decade ago as a consequence of Operation Cast Lead. The foreign minister of the Bolivian transitional government says President Evo Morales took the decision in 2009 "without thinking about the economic and commercial consequences".
city in and county seat of Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
A non-violent protest was held at the Yale Bowl during the annual Harvard-Yale football game at halftime. The apparently scheduled protest included both Yale and Harvard students. The students were protesting the colleges' usage of endowments from fossil fuel companies. The game was delayed for about an hour. There were some arrests. (The New York Times}
Netanyahu protests the allegations as being part of a political "witch-hunt" against him.
Israeli Air Force jets target a downtown Damascus house belonging to Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. The strike killed one of the militant's son.
In response to a measles outbreak, Samoa declares a state of emergency, closes all schools and urges all persons under 17 to avoid public gatherings.
application of technology for use in warfare
A suicide car bomb kills 12 people and injures 20 others near the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan.
ADF insurgency in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bolivia's interim president met with a UN envoy, Jean Arnault, to discuss the country's political turmoil.
The Romanian Parliament elects Ludovic Orban as Prime Minister after Viorica Dăncilă was ousted on 10 October by a vote of no-confidence.
Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong urges Germany to stop military assistance to China.
violent public disturbance against authority, property or people
2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria
2020 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
running mate for the presidency of Taiwan
the area of space after the earth's atmosphere ends
An American white supremacist shoots a protester in Reñaca.
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
presiding officer of the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament
second largest city of Bangladesh, situated at the southwestern part of the country
football stadium in the district of Ate in Lima, Peru. It is the home of Club Universitario de Deportes
Five Malaysian men are sentenced to six months in jail, fined, and caned for "attempting gay sex".
Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi accuses the United States of being the "world's biggest destabilizing factor" and of "smearing China everywhere" at the G20 meeting in Nagoya.
head of the executive branch of New York City's government
Interim interior minister Arturo Murillo threatens to arrest MAS legislators, who refuse to recognize Jeanine Áñez's legitimacy, for "subversion".
Transport for London announces it will not grant a new license to operate to Uber, citing safety failures.
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Tuvaluan Foreign Minister Simon Kofe says Tuvalu rejects Chinese offers to build artificial islands for his country, which deals with rising sea levels because Tuvalu sees the offers as an "attempt to reduce Taiwanese influence in the Pacific region". Tuvalu is one of four Pacific nations to recognize Taiwan in the One-China policy dispute.
Citizens of Spain head to the polls for the second general election within a year.
The Israel Defense Forces say they've killed Baha Abu al-Ata, leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine's armed wing known as the Al-Quds Brigades, in an airstrike on a building in the Gaza Strip. PIJ confirms the death of Baha Abu al-Ata and his wife, vowing to "shake the Zionist entity to its core" in response.
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
During her testimony before U.S. House investigators last month in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, Fiona Hill, Trump's former top adviser on Russia and Europe, said that she received death threats and "hateful calls" and was the subject of false "conspiracy theories" as part of a targeted harassment campaign she claims was implemented after she agreed to cooperate with the inquiry, according to a deposition transcript.
association football club in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Supreme Court of India rules in favor of Hindus over a place of worship that has been the center of disputes between them and the Muslim community in the country.
Political system of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
A fire at a Minneapolis apartment building leaves five dead and three injured.
A New York Times-Siena College poll finds there is no clear Democratic Party frontrunner among voters in Iowa three months away from the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses. Senator Elizabeth Warren leads the poll with 22 percent, followed by Senator Bernie Sanders with 19 percent. South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg holds 18 percent in a rise to third place, while former Vice President Joe Biden, seen by many to be the frontrunner for his party's nomination, comes in fourth place with 17 percent.
Amid continuing fallout over rape allegations against Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and controversy over his close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, several businesses—including British banking group Standard Chartered, KPMG, Aon and drug giant AstraZeneca—cut ties with the Prince. Pitch@Palace, an initiative founded by Prince Andrew to support entrepreneurs, removes its entire web page listing its supporters.
Israel returns the territory of the "Island of Peace" to Jordan.
Gunmen open fire on two buses carrying Muslim voters to the polls near Anuradhapura.
Officials from Japan and South Korea hold their second round of trade talks as part of the World Trade Organization's dispute settlement process.
largest Christian church, led by the pope
group of people from one state present in another state to represent the sending state
A South Korean oil drilling rig is seized by Houthi rebels. It is unknown how many sailors were on board.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rules that Mazars, a global audit, accounting and consulting group, must turn over eight years of U.S. President Donald Trump's tax returns in its possession to New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.
Protesters in Hong Kong call for a city-wide strike amidst an escalation in violence. Police shot a man with a live round at point-blank range in Sai Wan Ho district, besieged the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and fired tear gas inside the campuses.
search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, or mass hysteria
Ministry of Urban Development and Housing
During the night, some major throughways of Barcelona and Tarragona and national roads in Basque Country are blocked for a few minutes.
An airstrike on a biscuit shop kills five Bangladeshi nationals and two Libyans and wounds 33 others in Tripoli, Libya. A U.N. envoy to Libya claims that it could be a war crime.
The Labour Party's Sir Lindsay Hoyle defeats Chris Bryant in the fourth and final ballot.
They are the first team since 1963's Santos FC to win the national league and the Copa Libertadores on the same weekend.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
Sakie Yokota, the mother of a Japanese girl abducted by North Korea 42 years ago at the age of 13, appeals directly to Kim Jong-un to release her and all Japanese abductees.
People of Romania cast their vote in the second round of the latest presidential election.
A car bomb detonates in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, killing ten people and wounding 25 others.
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announces it has "neutralized" the leader of an offshoot of a Hutu militia, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, in another blow to a "weakened group".
act of coercing or physically forcing a person to engage in sexual activity
Protesters vandalize a subway station as violence breaks out across the New Territories amid anger over a demonstrator's death and the arrest of pro-democracy politicians.
An American is identified as the victim killed in a Kabul grenade attack on a United Nations convoy.
It is announced that in a United States-backed peace plan, Israeli citizens will be allowed to visit the Gulf States for "business and political purposes", starting next year.
Australian network newspapers, Nine’s The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers, report that a Chinese spy, Wang ‘William’ Liqiang - who defected to Australia, gives counter-espionage agency the names of senior military intelligence officers he says funded and conducted operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia.
Japan and South Korea have failed to narrow their differences over Japan's export controls in the second round of bilateral talks.
Former Paraguayan Congresswoman Cynthia Tarragó is arrested alongside her husband at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey and charged with money laundering, following an undercover operation from FBI agents who purported to be drug traffickers.
After the attack on pro-democracy activist Jimmy Sham the month prior, another pro-democracy activist, Albert Ho, is attacked by masked men at a minibus stop.
The Cook Islands announces it will retain its ban on homosexual practices by men and that it will be extended to women as well. Homosexuals face up to seven years of imprisonment on the islands.
political, historical and socio-religious debate in India, centred on land in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh
Uruguay holds the second round of the 2019 presidential election.
The death toll in the protests rises to 12, but reports vary.
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
Five Italian soldiers are wounded by a bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq.
Prime Minister of Romania from 2019 to 2020
Twelve civilians are killed in an attack by militants.
Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel announces the government will propose the creation of a new constitution through the existing Congress instead of a constituent assembly as requested by the protesters.
Bishop Arpondratana of Chiang Mai diocese states that the pope's visit is important for the Church in all of Asia.
lower house in the Louisiana State Legislature
Former Paraguayan Congresswoman Cynthia Tarragó is arrested alongside her husband at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey and charged with money laundering, following an undercover operation from FBI agents who purported to be drug traffickers. According to court documents, in addition to money laudering, Tarragó offered to traffic drugs herself from Paraguay.
Following similar measures by Argentina last month, the government of El Salvador expels diplomats of the government of Venezuela led by Nicolás Maduro.
navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Two former Twitter employees are charged for spying on at least 6,000 users on behalf of Saudi Arabia.
Amid violent protests, Hong Kong holds its gay pride parade in spite of a police ban. Human rights and pro-democracy and openly gay activist Jimmy Sham heads the march.
sexual activities involving men who have sex with men, regardless of their sexual orientation or sexual identity
At least three people are killed, and a further 17 wounded, when security forces fire at protestors trying to block a bridge in Baghdad. This is in spite of the government announcing the military was banned from using live rounds.
Throughout Iran, in 29 provinces, 104 cities and 719 places.
tall building; as opposed to a low-rise building
Security forces opened fire on protesters, killing nine and wounding dozens.
island sovereign state off of Africa in the Indian Ocean
petroleum-derived liquid used primarily as a fuel
legal proceedings in the UK concerning the requested extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden
A 70-year-old bystander dies after being hit by a brick while filming a clash between protesters and residents.
private university in New Haven, Connecticut
The Arena Football League announces that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will immediately cease operations. This marks the effective end of the 32-year-old league, and the second liquidation bankruptcy in its history.
Drinking water supplies to La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia's top two largest cities, are cut off.
Two men are arrested in the Netherlands after plans were uncovered to commit a jihadist attack with explosive belts and car bombs.
Three blasts targeting the town of Qamishli in Syria kill 6 and wound dozens of others. All the blasts were claimed by ISIL.
National Congress for the Defence of the People
exceptional tide peaks in Venice and northern Adriatic Sea
Pro-Beijing Hong Kong Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng suffers minor injuries after being heckled in London.
Bolivia's congress, controlled by lawmakers from Morales' Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, said it would cancel a contentious vote in the legislature that had been expected to reject Morales' resignation.
Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda
overview of the foreign relations of Benin
A knife-wielding man launched a random assault wounding eight people, including four foreign tourists and four locals, before being arrested in Jerash, Jordan.
Prime Minister of Iraq Adel Abdul Mahdi announces plans to offer his resignation to the country's parliament as a reaction to the ongoing protest movement.
phase of flight in which a vehicle leaves contact with the land or water surface
facility built for racing of animals, vehicles, or athletes
Cristian Sabou pleads guilty to the murder of Valerie Graves.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
An explosion at a fireworks factory in the town of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Sicily, Italy, kills five people and injures two others.
Ion Chicu is sworn in as Prime Minister after the collapse of Maia Sandu's government on 12 November.
Head of the Revolutionary Guards Hossein Salami delivers a televised speech toward Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United States and those who are protesting against the government in which he says "We will destroy you" if they cross Iran's red line.
Protestors storm the Iranian consulate in Karbala, where they set fires around the building and replaced the Iranian flag with an Iraqi one.
22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from 2018 to 2022
Citizens cast their votes for the 33 members of the country's legislature.
Overnight, protesters forcibly storm the Argentine embassy in Santiago and set it on fire because of the Argentine government's support for President Sebastián Piñera. Ambassador José Octavio Bordón is unharmed and now considering moving the embassy.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
minister in charge of defence affairs of a state
This follows the failure to reach an agreement last summer and the rise of the far-right party Vox.
academic title at universities and other education and research institutions
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone dies at the age of 101.
countermeasure that involves defending oneself from harm
On the 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the Velvet Revolution, over 200,000 people gathered at Letná, Prague, demanding better political culture and the resignation of prime minister Andrej Babiš. This was the second mass demonstration organized at Letná by Milion chvilek pro demokracii after a similar protest on 23 June 2019.
United States Air Force Chief of Staff David Goldfein asks Gulf States to be united amid rising tensions with Iran as Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have divided opinions with Qatar.
List of ambassadors of the United States to Ukraine
Gunmen open fire on two buses carrying Muslim voters to the polls near Anuradhapura. No casualties are reported and no arrests take place.
Eddy Balancy, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius, becomes the country's new acting president.
The International Criminal Court sentences Bosco Ntaganda to 30 years in prison for war crimes as leader of the National Congress for the Defence of the People which operated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Bolivia's new interior minister, Arturo Murillo, files a criminal complaint against former President Evo Morales for alleged sedition and terrorism.
Head of State of the Republic of Mauritius
After a three-week trial, a 27-year-old New Zealand man is found guilty of murdering 22-year-old British tourist Grace Millane in Auckland in December 2018.
Amnesty International reports that 106 protesters have been killed during the protest. Some reports indicate a much higher death toll.
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits coastal Albania, bringing down many buildings and leaving people trapped under rubble. The Defense Ministry confirms 30 people killed and 650 others injured, mostly in Durrës County.
The United States Geological Survey warns that "significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread".
Clashes between anti-government protestors, and Hezbollah and Amal Movement supporters break out when the former group blocked a main bridge in downtown Beirut.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issues a statement calling on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the state's largest utility company, to find a "consensual resolution" to its bankruptcy case, threatening a state takeover if an agreement cannot be reached.
An agreement is signed by most of the political parties supporting a referendum in April 2020 regarding the draft of a new constitution through a constituent convention. This will be the first time the Constitution of Chile is written with popular participation.
Several dozen policemen were seen joining the protests against Evo Morales' government in at least three cities. Bolivia's defence minister stated that no "military measures" would be taken against the policemen, but added that he would "get" the disobedient officers.
championship game and trophy of the Canadian Football League
A court filing by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra reveals for the first time that the state launched an 18-month investigation into Facebook’s privacy issues in response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal. The filing accuses the company of refusing to cooperate with investigators, and asks the court to require them to turn over information regarding third-party access to data and changes in privacy settings.
Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the incident.
The judge cites the risk of absconding and says he can remain in the city to help restore peace.
Vanuatu backtracks on a controversial law that would have allowed immigration authorities to racially profile and closely follow people from the Middle East.
Palestinian Islamist terror organization
Half a million people are evacuated from the Bangladesh coastal area in preparation for the landfall of Cyclone Bulbul.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will
Pro-Morales demonstrators respond with cries of "dictatorship" and throw stones at the police.
James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in Syria, is found dead near his home in Istanbul, Turkey. The cause of death is not known.
Criminal charges brought in the Mueller special counsel investigation
low explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes
Senator Elizabeth Warren leads the poll with 22 percent, followed by Senator Bernie Sanders with 19 percent.
global system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
Date: November 17, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m. PST (0200 UTC)
A federal jury convicts Roger Stone of lying to the United States Congress and tampering with a witness about his efforts to learn about the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks's release of hacked Democratic emails in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
The Sidama people of Ethiopia go to the polls for a referendum on further autonomy for the Sidama Zone. If autonomy is approved, then local taxes, education, security and laws will be decided by the Sidama instead of the government of Ethiopia.
Thirty-three people are injured, four critically, when a FlixBus overturns at an exit near Amiens, France.
A vote of no-confidence ousts the government of Prime Minister Maia Sandu after breaking the coalition government with Socialist Party.
On the 30th anniversary of the outbreak of the Velvet Revolution, over 200,000 people gathered at Letná, Prague, demanding better political culture and the resignation of prime minister Andrej Babiš.
He makes the statement before the Chairman of ECOWAS, Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou.
The United Nations blames anti-vaccination messages for the current outbreak of measles in the Pacific island nation, where the death toll has risen to 39 and is expected to rise as 200 are reported hospitalised, according to the World Health Organization. Total cases now soar to near 3,000.
strife and dialogue between the two major branches of Islam
Date: 12 November 2019 03:00 local time (09:00 UTC)
An attack on a United Nations center in the Congo by Mai-Mai militants kills three Ebola response workers and a police officer.
Major parties put forward veterans' platforms for Remembrance Day, the first in a campaign season since the 1923 election, with the Conservatives proposing an amendment to the Human Rights Act so that it will no longer apply to The Troubles or other 20th-century actions and the Labour Party promising extra childcare for military families and a new railcard for veterans. This is the 100th anniversary of the two-minute silence and other Armistice Day commemorations worldwide.
The filing accuses the company of refusing to cooperate with investigators, and asks the court to require them to turn over information regarding third-party access to data and changes in privacy settings.
national government of the United States
International reactions to the persecution of Rohingyas in Myanmar
International reactions to the Rohingya genocide
Rached Ghannouchi is elected Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People of Tunisia.
A shipwreck stuck at Niagara Falls moves for the first time in 101 years due to high winds and heavy rains.
island sovereign state in the central Pacific Ocean
120 Bongeunsa-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06124, South Korea
Discount retailer Dollar Tree reports that it will miss its analysts' profit expectations for this quarter, blaming the shortfall on the tariff costs imposed by the United States government on products it imports from China.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in hold a 11-minute conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe at ASEAN summit in Bangkok.
Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign
Protestors sit-in at numerous government ministries, offices of major utility company Électricité du Liban, and property development sites at Zaitunay Bay in Beirut as protests enter their fourth week.
The Parliament of Catalonia approves a resolution expressing willingness to exercise the right to self-determination concretely, mocking the warnings of the Constitutional Court, which suspends its effects shortly thereafter.
Three Colombian police are killed and seven wounded by a car bomb in Santander de Quilichao, Cauca province.
chain of extreme budget stores in North America
vocal group consisting of young male singers
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Militants kill 24 soldiers and wound 29 others on an army patrol in northern Mali.
With a record 71% turnout, the pro-democracy camp wins 333 of 452 seats up for election.
Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch. Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Earlier statements about the victims being of Chinese nationality are repudiated. Essex Police say all victims were Vietnamese.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
trend towards democratic norms in a society
An explosion in a mine in Teutschenthal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, injures two workers and traps around 30 underground in a secure area.
Fishmongers' Hall and London Bridge, London, United Kingdom
Son of former German president Richard von Weizsäcker, a physician, is stabbed to death during a lecture. The attacker is reported as 57 years old.
Mining Minister César Navarro also announces his resignation.
area south of the Dead Sea basin in Israel and Jordan
A court in Vietnam sentences a Facebook user to six years in prison for anti-state posts on the social media. It is the latest case seen as a crackdown on government dissidents.
Blue and White Alliance leader Benny Gantz's mandate to form a new government expires. As both he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form one, Israel will likely face a third election in two years.
Critics say the death is the latest in a number of incidents suggesting problems with the ways in which public housing is managed in the country.
French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana
Hundreds of students at schools and universities join the protests.
section of United States federal statute
Amazon files a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for awarding a US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft. The company had previously accused the Department of bias in their decision, given CEO Jeff Bezos has been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Bolivian police use tear gas to break up a peaceful pro-Morales counter-protest in La Paz, then block about a dozen pro-Morales senators from entering the nation's legislature. Pro-Morales demonstrators respond with cries of "dictatorship" and throw stones at the police.
The results follow recent gains by the Democratic Party in elections in Virginia and Kentucky and is considered as another blow to U.S. President Donald Trump.
The Israel Defense Forces say they've killed Baha Abu al-Ata, leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine's armed wing known as the Al-Quds Brigades, in an airstrike on a building in the Gaza Strip.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
A grenade attack kills two including a government official and wounds four others.
6 injured soldiers later die increasing the death toll to 42.
election to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky, U.S.
Three of the soldiers are seriously injured, two of whom suffer an amputated leg, while another an amputated foot.
Human rights and pro-democracy and openly gay activist Jimmy Sham heads the march.
Democratic Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear defeats Republican incumbent Matt Bevin to win the governorship of Kentucky.
South Korean government officials announce that Japan and the United States are interested in renewing the GSOMIA pact between Japan and South Korea to maintain bilateral cooperation between the two nations in defense issues.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
ISIL – Sinai Province pledges allegiance to the new caliph, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi.
Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president.
Thousands of protestors block the roads leading to Umm Qasr Port near Basra, demanding the end to foreign influence in the country. The blockades were set up after security forces clashed with protestors earlier.
police force responsible for policing the county of Essex
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
This is the 100th anniversary of the two-minute silence and other Armistice Day commemorations worldwide.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile
A car bomb explodes in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, on the Turkish border. It kills 13 people and wounds more than 30 others, mostly civilians.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
Illegal militant loggers in the Amazon rainforest shoot dead an indigenous activist named Paulo Paulino Guajajara and wounds another.
The death toll in the protests rises to 30.
Twenty more bodies are found under destroyed buildings after the earthquake in Albania two days ago, bringing the death toll to 50 people.
American scientific program consisting of the probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2
The PSOE, headed by incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, wins the election but loses 3 seats and its absolute majority in the Senate.
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously votes to label Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, thereby disqualifying them from the Universal Service Fund. In a separate vote, the FCC mandates that national wireless carriers remove both companies' products from their existing networks. The companies have 30 days to appeal.
2019 Australian Parliament infiltration plot
The bombings targeted a bus terminal in al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, killing 18 and wounding dozens of others.
port city and temporary capital of Yemen
A chemical plant producing butadiene in Port Neches, Texas, United States, explodes and burns. It damages thousands of buildings over several square miles and sending three workers to the hospital.
The United Kingdom imposes an immediate moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, also known as "fracking", a technique for the recovery of oil or gas reserves.
Gordon Sondland, the United States Ambassador to the European Union, reverses his previous testimony, admitting to a quid pro quo in the withholding of military aid for Ukraine.
creation and maintenance of colonies by people from another territory
leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 2019 to 2022
person who collects, writes and distributes news and other information
Democrats win majorities in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly (Senate and House), resulting in Democratic trifecta control of the governorship and General Assembly for the first time since 1993. Democratic Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear defeats Republican incumbent Matt Bevin to win the governorship of Kentucky.
watercraft capable of independent operation underwater
association football club in Manchester, England
In Hong Kong, soldiers belonging to China's People's Liberation Army are spotted in the streets helping clear debris left by protesters.
Vice President of Taiwan, Taiwanese politician, doctor
former United States Navy SEAL & founder of Nine Line Apparel
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
act of murdering a large number of people
Bolivian riot police fire tear gas to break up a funeral procession that had turned into massive anti-government protest.
A gunman shoots and injures six people at a bar in Marseille, France. The gunman is still at large.
Voters in Belarus head to the polls in the country's latest parliamentary election.
David Duckenfield, the former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent who was in charge of the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool F.C. and Nottingham Forest F.C. at Hillsborough Stadium, is cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence relating to the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who were crushed to death during the match. The verdict sparks outrage from the families of victims.
city in and county seat of Minnehaha County, South Dakota, United States
global international and intergovernmental organization
Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)
The new Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako take part in a parade in central Tokyo as tens of thousands of onlookers line the streets in celebration of the emperor's enthronement.
The death toll from the measles outbreak in Samoa has reached 32 with over 2,400 cases recorded.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
armed rebel group active in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
The government of Benin orders EU ambassador Oliver Nette to leave the country after accusing him of "meddling in their internal affairs".
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, halts all public duties in light of allegations of rape, saying his "ill-judged" association with American convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had caused major disruption to the royal family's work.
Date: 9 December 2017 – present (5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days)
The Iranian government announces that, effective immediately, petrol will be rationed to 60 litres per month, and prices will increase 50%.
massacre of Mexican-Americans in LaMora, Sonora, Mexico
List of terrorist incidents in the Netherlands
The death toll of recent clashes in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia rises to 86.
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
The Hong Kong High Court denies the lift of a travel ban imposed on pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who was scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom to receive a human rights award from the two houses of the British Parliament. The judge cites the risk of absconding and says he can remain in the city to help restore peace.
A non-violent protest was held at the Yale Bowl during the annual Harvard-Yale football game at halftime.
term referring to a homosexual person or the trait of homosexuality
Date: 14 October 2019 – 20 November 2019
Reactions to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War
In Zabul Province, the Taliban releases two foreign hostages, American professor Kevin King and Australian professor Timothy Weeks, who had been held captive since being kidnapped outside the American University of Afghanistan in 2016. Three high-ranking Taliban militants are released in exchange for the hostages.
A vehicle collision in Iran's southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province kills at least 28 people, all Afghan nationals.
One boy was sentenced to life in detention to be reviewed after twelve years—he was also sentenced to eight years for sexual assault to run concurrently with the murder sentence.
Multiple bombings in Baghdad kill six people and injure 15 others.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from the PSOE and Pablo Iglesias, leader of the left-wing Podemos, announce a first government agreement that will constitute the first coalition government in Spain's democratic history. This follows the failure to reach an agreement last summer and the rise of the far-right party Vox.
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum company
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously votes to label Chinese telecommunications giants Huawei and ZTE as national security risks, thereby disqualifying them from the Universal Service Fund.
Islamist militants of the Allied Democratic Forces kill nineteen people near the city of Oicha in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following a week's worth of protests against the mass killings from rebels that killed four others near a United Nations base.
As both he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form one, Israel will likely face a third election in two years.
History and current developments regarding the inequality of the legal and social status of women in Sudan
Irish boxer and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make an unannounced Thanksgiving visit to troops at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, their second visit to a combat zone since taking office.
Citizens of Namibia head to the polls to elect both the country's president and National Assembly members.
A plane crashes shortly after takeoff in a densely populated neighborhood of the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all the 19 people on board.
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Police guards outside Bolivia's presidential palace abandoned their posts and join the protest against Evo Morales.
the practice and process of applying Islamic doctrine to personal life and society
set of ideologies holding that Islam should guide social and political as well as personal life
As the situation worsens with clashes in the central financial district, police say violence is bringing the city to the "brink of total breakdown". Large-scale protests continue near the City University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and other districts including Central and Tai Po.
The foreign minister of the Bolivian transitional government says President Evo Morales took the decision in 2009 "without thinking about the economic and commercial consequences".
A car bomb kills 17 civilians and injures 20 others in an attack in Ras al-Ayn, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria.
A roadside bomb in Kunduz Province kills 15 civilians and injures two others.
During his 23 to 26 November journey to Japan, Pope Francis visits Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
A knife-wielding man launched a random assault wounding eight people, including four foreign tourists and four locals, before being arrested in Jerash, Jordan. A Mexican tourist and a Jordanian tour guide are seriously injured. Among the injured there is a bus driver stabbed while trying to stop the assailant from entering a cafeteria full of tourists.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
American multinational technology company
Nine people are killed and another three are injured in a plane crash in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States.
Two Roman Catholic priests are sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting deaf children at a church school in Mendoza Province, Argentina; the school's gardener also receives an 18-year sentence.
The move is expected to increase the chances of a Conservative majority in parliament.
The LNA say they were targeting munitions and armored vehicles that had been delivered from Turkey.
A grenade attack kills two including a government official and wounds four others. Two militants were also killed in another incident.
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
Clashes between anti-government protestors, and Hezbollah and Amal Movement supporters break out when the former group blocked a main bridge in downtown Beirut. At least five people are injured.
two sequential lone wolf terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011
The latest presidential election in Guinea-Bissau has to go into a second round on December 29 as no candidate managed to win more than 50% of the votes during the first round. The second round will be a run-off between Domingos Simões Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embaló while incumbent president José Mário Vaz was eliminated from the race.
crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to property
Bolivian political scientist and politician (born 1989)
This is in spite of the government announcing the military was banned from using live rounds.
Two prison guards who worked at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City are arrested in connection with the death of American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
media coverage of the shortcomings of Facebook's market dominance
capital and most populous city of France
Czech Republic, more than 340 cities and towns
Ford announces that its new electric SUV will be known as the Mustang Mach-E. The "Mustang" model name, previously employed by Ford's muscle cars, could be an important asset for the new venture.
bicameral legislature of the United States
Protests against poor living conditions break out in the central town of Jilma, Tunisia after a man set himself on fire for the same reason on Friday.
The army announces later in the evening that they will continue to support the elected government.
Following the U.S. legislation regarding Hong Kong, pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong urges Western nations, especially the United Kingdom, to "stand with Hong Kong" and calls for the penalization of leader Carrie Lam.
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and North Korea
A 70-year-old bystander dies after being hit by a brick while filming a clash between protesters and residents. Police is treating the act as a murder.
The Niagara Parks Commission says the wreckage of the Niagara Scow, stuck in the rapids above Niagara Falls since 1918 before being moved downstream about 164 feet due to a strong storm, is being monitored as it moves closer to the edge of the falls, but that the scow could be stuck in its new position for "days or years."
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
A grenade attack in Kabul hit a United Nations car killing one foreigner and injuring five others.
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia
Japan, South Korea and the United States agree to boost multilateral military cooperation and defense issues.
incident which occurred during the FA Cup semi-final match in 1989
A Swedish prosecutor says she will drop charges of rape against Julian Assange after a review of the evidence.
2019 referendum on the creation of a Sidama region
Process of ending the War in Afghanistan
A Revolutionary Guard commander vows decisive action to restore calm to Iran.
Tonga and Fiji declare a state of emergency as part of an ongoing measles outbreak. Conditions worsen in Samoa where the death toll continues to rise and schools remain closed. There are 1,797 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with 153 detected on Friday alone.
Capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Fijian Health Minister Ifereimi Waqainabete warns that police will be deployed to areas under quarantine if people continue not to respect the order to stay at home if they have measles, amid an ongoing outbreak of the illness in various Pacific island nations.
statutory office and the head of the U.S. Department of the Navy
Three high-ranking Taliban militants are released in exchange for the hostages.
Church of the Firstborn (LeBaron family)
grouping of competing factions of a Mormon fundamentalist religious lineage
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
process of discovering patterns in large data sets using computational methods at the intersection of statistics, database systems, or machine learning
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump make an unannounced Thanksgiving visit to troops at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, their second visit to a combat zone since taking office. While there he also claims he has re-started talks with the Taliban.
Conditions worsen in Samoa where the death toll continues to rise and schools remain closed.
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for having a relationship with an employee. Current company president Chris Kempczinski immediately assumes his position.
The United States notifies the United Nations of its formal withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.
office of the head of state of Afghanistan
Ali al-Haj, secretary of the Islamist Popular Congress Party, is arrested after Sudanese authorities summon him for questioning over his role in the coup d’état that put former President Omar al-Bashir in power.
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases by country
part of the Catholic Church child sexual abuse cases
Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)
South Korean government ministry responsible for military and national defense affairs
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Bolivia
The Trump administration announces that the United States no longer considers Israeli settlement of the West Bank as illegal per se under international law. The announcement is praised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and condemned by the European Union, the Palestinian National Authority, and Jordanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi.
President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio calls for urgent action on Guinea-Bissau to "avoid a civil war". He makes the statement before the Chairman of ECOWAS, Nigerien President Mahamadou Issoufou.
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
statutory office held by a four-star general in the United States Air Force
People in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville vote to choose between more autonomy within Papua New Guinea or outright independence.
A Japanese government spokesman denies the report.
Large protests rock major Iranian cities with clashes reported between protesters and security forces.
California Governor Gavin Newsom issues a statement calling on the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, the state's largest utility company, to find a "consensual resolution" to its bankruptcy case, threatening a state takeover if an agreement cannot be reached. PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January in response to lawsuits pertaining to wildfires caused by PG&E's equipment.
Winnipeg running back Andrew Harris becomes the first player in Grey Cup history to be named both Most Valuable Player and Most Valuable Canadian.
electronic circuit formed on a small, flat piece of semiconductor material
holding company that administers association football clubs
Tongan authorities contact their New Zealand counterparts to warn them of death threats against Tongan Prime Minister Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa on social media.
Silveria Jacobs is appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sint Maarten.
Foreign and Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
After the South Korean government launches an investigation into comfort women, a survivor tells the press that Japan "lacked honor" for failing to attend the South Korean court's proceedings.
principal executive body of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
NASA says it has received the first message from interstellar space from its Voyager 2 spacecraft.
Clashes erupt on the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Police use tear gas and water cannons. Protesters fire bows and arrows and petrol bombs, and set fires.
While there he also claims he has re-started talks with the Taliban.
Bolivian police use tear gas to break up a peaceful pro-Morales counter-protest in La Paz, then block about a dozen pro-Morales senators from entering the nation's legislature.
Gunmen kill 9 American Mexican Mormons in Sonora, northern Mexico.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Son of former German president Richard von Weizsäcker, a physician, is stabbed to death during a lecture.
European Commission in office from 1 December 2019 until 2024
Bolivia and Israel reestablish diplomatic relations after Bolivia suspended ties over a decade ago as a consequence of Operation Cast Lead.
The former's passage is condemned by China.
At least five people are killed, and up to 30 wounded, when security forces fire live rounds at protestors trying to scale a barricade near Ahrar Bridge in Baghdad.
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States launches a national security review of TikTok-owner ByteDance's US$1 billion purchase of social media platform Musical.ly.
person who is not a legitimate member of the military
series of roads in north Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
current long-term trend for global sea levels to rise mainly in response to climate change
Police seal off and trap hundreds of students and protesters inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University amid fears of a crackdown.
Effectively it turns the plant from a research site into an active nuclear site, in further violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
The verdict sparks outrage from the families of victims.
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
U.S. House Republicans are reportedly having "active and serious" discussions about assigning Ohio Representative Jim Jordan to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence so that the Republican Party can more effectively challenge the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
land warfare branch of France's military
The Supreme National Security Council gradually restores the internet to some provinces and parts of Tehran, after shutting it off nationwide five days ago to counteract protests.
The explosion was caused by two bombs placed in the building.
public elective office; head of state and head of government of Bolivia
Western neologism to describe armed Islamic movements
In an insult-laden statement, North Korean media warn Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe that he "may see a real ballistic missile in the near future."
attorney general for the U.S. state of Kentucky
According to court documents, in addition to money laudering, Tarragó offered to traffic drugs herself from Paraguay.
The ambushes killed two police officers, two intelligence officers and an informant in the first attack.
Tonga and Fiji declare a state of emergency as part of an ongoing measles outbreak.
Egypt's first ever communications satellite TIBA 1 is launched by Arianespace on an Ariane 5 rocket from the Guiana Space Centre.
type of rotor craft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors
Bolivian President Evo Morales announces new general elections after accusations of fraud.
2020 United States presidential election
American online social media and social networking service
Multi-purpose stadium in Seattle, Washington, USA
initiative to unite governments companies and individuals to shape a better internet
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Libyan National Army (LNA) warplanes carry out airstrikes on the port city of Misrata.
A plane crashes shortly after takeoff in a densely populated neighborhood of the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all the 19 people on board. About ten other people are killed on the ground.
the capital city of North Sumatra Province, Indonesia
The second round will be a run-off between Domingos Simões Pereira and Umaro Sissoco Embaló while incumbent president José Mário Vaz was eliminated from the race.
The Hong Kong High Court denies the lift of a travel ban imposed on pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who was scheduled to travel to the United Kingdom to receive a human rights award from the two houses of the British Parliament.
Bolivia's legislative assembly approves the annulment of the October general election and the holding of new elections. Ex-president Evo Morales is barred from participating.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
Thousands of Bolivian coca farmers came out in protest in favour of Evo Morales and called for the resignation of Añez as Acting President.
upper chamber of Virginia bicameral legislature
Two people are arrested in Poland for planning to kill Muslims in an attack inspired by the 2011 Utoya/Oslo attacks by Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, and the Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings.
Militants kill 24 soldiers and wound 29 others on an army patrol in northern Mali. Seventeen militants were also killed in the melee. 6 injured soldiers later die increasing the death toll to 42.
head of the state and government of California
politics that lean to the right of the spectrum, but closer to centre than others
Saudi Aramco announces it will go public on the Riyadh stock exchange, with shares totalling up to two percent of the firm's worth made available at its IPO launch.
A bomb blast kills nine children, aged seven to ten, who were on their way to school in Takhar Province.
head of government of the Republic of Mauritius
largest city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Date: November 24, 2019 Duration: June 13 – November 2, 2019
French media reports that Iranian nuclear scientists began injecting uranium into centrifuges in the presence of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Effectively it turns the plant from a research site into an active nuclear site, in further violation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Rajapaksa claims victory and Premadasa concedes defeat, with half of the votes counted for.
global system of connected computer networks based on IP addressing and routing protocols
South Korean army officials claim that North Korea launched two projectiles "from a super-large caliber multiple rocket launcher."
well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a hydraulically pressurized liquid
said of someone or something that promotes a respectful environment for LGBTI people
The Catholic Church in Thailand is celebrating 350 years of Holy See recognition of the Church in Thailand.
2016 Democratic National Committee email leak
ISIL claims responsibility for the attack in Mali on 1 November that killed 54.
The death toll in November attacks by Islamist militants in the Democratic Republic of the Congo increases to 107 from violence in and around Beni since November 5.
main civil law enforcement agency of France
Parliament that exercises the legislative power of the Government of Catalonia
A suicide bomber kills himself and injures six other people when he detonates near police headquarters in Medan, Indonesia.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The Kiribati High Court clears the way for the opposition to file a motion of no confidence against President Taneti Mamau amid reported discontent with the government's decision to switch its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan to recognition of the People's Republic of China.
People in Romania cast their votes in the country's latest presidential election.
China's Foreign Ministry condemns the protesters.
private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts
List of United States wireless communications service providers
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 3 days)
Islamic militants are the suspected attackers.
Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, Syria Qamishli, Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria Al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, Syria Ras al-Ayn, al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Hong Kong political faction in favour of the Chinese Communist Party
group of people that aren't cisgender and/or heterosexual
representatives in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
court interpreting the Constitution of Spain
Date: Before Morales resignation 21 October – 10 November 2019 After Morales resignation 11–21 November 2019
Turkey blames another attack on the PKK.
Ford announces that its new electric SUV will be known as the Mustang Mach-E.
Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present)
upper house of Spain's parliament, the Cortes Generales
Incumbent Democratic governor John Bel Edwards narrowly defeats businessman and Republican candidate Eddie Rispone to retain his seat; Louisiana Republicans also fall short of winning a supermajority in the Louisiana House of Representatives, allowing Edwards to retain veto power over legislation.
This was the second mass demonstration organized at Letná by Milion chvilek pro demokracii after a similar protest on 23 June 2019.
peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California
Christian district or see under the supervision of a bishop
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
A court filing by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra reveals for the first time that the state launched an 18-month investigation into Facebook’s privacy issues in response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The attacker is reported as 57 years old.
The other boy was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but his sentence will be reviewed after eight years instead of twelve.
Protesters fire bows and arrows and petrol bombs, and set fires.
The U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs release the transcripts of the first two closed-door depositions in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The testimonies are that of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and former Ambassador to Brazil Michael McKinley. Yovanovitch said she felt threatened by President Trump, while McKinley said that he resigned from his position because he was concerned about "the engagement of our missions to procure negative political information for domestic purposes," something he says he had never observed the State Department try to take part in throughout his career, with the exception of the Trump administration.
branch of the Salafi jihadist group IS, active in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula
Pope Francis arrives in Bangkok for a three-day visit to Thailand. The Catholic Church in Thailand is celebrating 350 years of Holy See recognition of the Church in Thailand. Bishop Arpondratana of Chiang Mai diocese states that the pope's visit is important for the Church in all of Asia.
incendiary weapon using flammable liquid in a bottle
Wang says he was personally involved in infiltration and disruption operations in all three territories, and “revealed in granular detail” how Beijing covertly controls listed companies to fund intelligence operations, including the surveillance and profiling of dissidents and the co-opting of media organizations.
the trade dispute between Japan and South Korea since July 2019
Yemen and the Southern Transitional Council sign a power-sharing deal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to put an end to infighting between the two groups in Aden.
Ambassador José Octavio Bordón is unharmed and now considering moving the embassy.
Two USAF airmen are killed when two planes collide at Vance Air Force Base in Enid, Oklahoma, United States.
Sudanese public administrator and prime minister
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu is officially indicted by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Netanyahu protests the allegations as being part of a political "witch-hunt" against him.
head of state and head of government of Sierra Leone
explosion resulting from mixing a flammable gas with air in the presence of an ignition source
Police investigate protesters for attempted murder after they are filmed setting a 57-year-old man on fire during an argument.
capital and most populous city of the Netherlands
Nigel Farage announces that his Brexit Party will withdraw its candidates in the 317 seats that the ruling Conservative Party won in the last general election. The move is expected to increase the chances of a Conservative majority in parliament.
A car bomb detonates near a protest in Baghdad, killing two people and injuring 20.
Two Saudi journalists, one of whom worked for CNN and the BBC, are outed as gay, which prompts them to flee and seek asylum in Australia.
2013–2018 British political consulting firm
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
Buildings are set alight in La Paz overnight in apparent retaliatory attacks after Evo Morales resigned under pressure from anger over his disputed re-election.
Pope Francis prays for victims of the earthquake in Albania and sends “heartfelt condolences” to Albanian President Ilir Meta. The quake's epicenter is less than 20 miles from Tirana, the country’s capital city, which has a population of 900,000. Additional earthquakes occurred in southern Bosnia and the Greek island of Crete.
motorsport track in Indianapolis, IN, USA
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York
federal detention facility in New York City
Protestors vandalize numerous businesses, such as the headquarters of HSBC and the offices of Xinhua News Agency, and set fire to the entrance of numerous metro stations after police violently clashed with protestors earlier in the day.
In a rare celestial event, Mercury passes directly between Earth and the Sun for five and a half hours.
With a record 71% turnout, the pro-democracy camp wins 333 of 452 seats up for election. Jimmy Sham, one of the leaders of the protest, won in his electorate while major pro-Beijing leader Junius Ho lost in his.
Citizens of Guinea-Bissau head to the polls to vote for a new president amidst political turmoil.
capital city of New South Wales, Australia
type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse without consent
process of transforming profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly legitimate assets
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
The election is closely watched by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe due to the country's poor human rights record.
The Shanghai police department says that Wang is a conman who was convicted for fraud in 2016 and is being investigated for another case of fraud since April 2019.
bilateral relations between Afghanistan and United States
The Israeli military launches airstrikes on dozens of Quds Force targets in Damascus and surrounding towns in response to a missile intercepted the previous day over the Golan Heights.
Chief Superintendent of Police of Hong Kong Tse Chun-chung says protesters' acts are "another step closer to terrorism".
After the admission of the European Arrest Warrant against her, ousted Catalan Education Minister Clara Ponsatí, who is in a "self-exile" in Edinburgh, appears in court and is bailed without charges hours after.
Four people are injured at a mall as a knife-wielding man attacks a crowd in Hong Kong. The suspect, a pro-Beijing Mandarin speaker, is subdued and arrested by police.
The Israeli military launches airstrikes on dozens of Quds Force targets in Damascus and surrounding towns in response to a missile intercepted the previous day over the Golan Heights. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 23 are killed, including several Iranian fighters.
process of disclosing one's sexual orientation or other identity attributes
upazila in Chittagong Division, Bangladesh
A court in Vietnam sentences a Facebook user to six years in prison for anti-state posts on the social media.
banking services company based in Hong Kong
Internationally operating German intercity bus company
The testimonies are that of former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch and former Ambassador to Brazil Michael McKinley.
Protests against poor living conditions break out in the central town of Jilma, Tunisia after a man set himself on fire for the same reason on Friday. Police use tear gas to disperse the protestors.
The United Nations blames anti-vaccination messages for the current outbreak of measles in the Pacific island nation, where the death toll has risen to 39 and is expected to rise as 200 are reported hospitalised, according to the World Health Organization.
List of ambassadors of the United States to Brazil
The Australian High Court agrees to hear a final appeal from ex-Vatican treasurer and convicted child sex offender George Pell, who was found guilty of sexually assaulting three teenage choirboys.
Niagara River into the Niagara Gorge; border of New York, United States, and Ontario, Canada
Sri Lankan political party, currently in government
The boys were 13-years-old at the time they murdered her and are the youngest people convicted of murder in Ireland.
King Salman of Saudi Arabia blames Iran for the "chaos and destruction" their multiple missiles and drone attacks have caused in the country, and reiterates that his country will not hesitate to defend itself.
The DR Congo armed forces say that they have killed a top militant, Mouhamed Mkubwa Islam, who is one of three leaders of the insurgency.
It is expected that there will be 70 deaths from the illness, and at least 6,500 people will be infected by the highly infectious disease.
countries with an originally European shared culture
With four rounds to go, Flamengo wins the Brazilian league for the sixth time.
head of state and head of government of Suriname
residential properties usually owned by a government
At least nine Afghan security forces are killed in clashes with Taliban forces in northeastern Afghanistan.
ritualistic and political suicide method
An Irish judge sentences two 15-year-old boys to jail for the 2018 murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriégel in suburban Dublin. The boys were 13-years-old at the time they murdered her and are the youngest people convicted of murder in Ireland. They have not been named due to their age. One boy was sentenced to life in detention to be reviewed after twelve years—he was also sentenced to eight years for sexual assault to run concurrently with the murder sentence. The other boy was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but his sentence will be reviewed after eight years instead of twelve. Her parents said that "justice has been served for Ana", but about the sentences that "forever is not long enough".
Countries that are geographically located to the east of the Mediterranean Sea
Taliban insurgents storm a checkpoint in Daykundi Province, killing eight Afghan Army personnel. After reinforcements were sent to the area, Afghan soldiers drive off the attackers, killing at least 20 of them.
convener of the Civil Human Rights Front
Seventeen militants were also killed in the melee.
Amid violent protests, Hong Kong holds its gay pride parade in spite of a police ban.
police who are organized, deployed, trained or equipped to confront crowds, protests or riots
Homosexuals face up to seven years of imprisonment on the islands.
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
Houthi militants say that they shot down a Saudi Arabian helicopter, killing both pilots. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed the incident.
A chemical plant producing butadiene in Port Neches, Texas, United States, explodes and burns.
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
It kills 13 people and wounds more than 30 others, mostly civilians.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
general election for the 21st German Bundestag
An Irish judge sentences two 15-year-old boys to jail for the 2018 murder of 14-year-old Ana Kriégel in suburban Dublin.
holiday in Commonwealth countries remembering armed forces members who have died in the line of duty
K-pop singer-songwriter Jung Joon-young receives a six-year prison term and former boy band member Choi Jong-hoon is sentenced to a five-year term for having sex with a woman who was unable to consent, as well as other sex crimes including filming women without consent.
An attack on civilians in the village of Mbau, Democratic Republic of the Congo, using bladed weapons, kills over 18 civilians. Islamic militants are the suspected attackers.
The Japanese government authorizes a release of contaminated water from the plant into the Pacific Ocean.
Jihadists kill six civilians and injure seven in a village near the Mozambique–Tanzania border. All the victims are Tanzanian nationals, while the terrorists are identified as Mozambicans.
diplomatic issue between Qatar and Saudi Arabia
criminal act that is modelled or inspired by a previous crime that has been reported in the media or described in fiction
overview of the foreign relations of Bolivia
Two people were killed on in clashes between Bolivian police and supporters of former president Evo Morales.
The center-right Citizens, the third national force going into the elections, goes from 57 seats in Congress to just 10, the biggest seat loss in the election. Albert Rivera quits as Citizens' leader as a result.
David Duckenfield, the former South Yorkshire Police chief superintendent who was in charge of the 1988–89 FA Cup semi-final match between Liverpool F.C.
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
Protesters block the two main passages between Spain and France. In La Jonquera, on the border between Catalonia and France, French National Police try to expel rioters.
The premier association football club competition of South America concludes with Brazilian club Flamengo beating titleholders River Plate 2-1 in Lima's Monumental Stadium. It is their first title since 1981 and second overall.
Thousands of protestors block the roads leading to Umm Qasr Port near Basra, demanding the end to foreign influence in the country.
vote on whether a group of people still has confidence in a government or leader
reluctance or refusal to be vaccinated or to have one's children vaccinated against contagious diseases despite the availability of immunization service
Two passenger trains collide head-on in Kasba, Bangladesh, killing at least 16 people and injuring over 100.
Cristian Sabou pleads guilty to the murder of Valerie Graves. He is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 23 years 272 days.
List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
head of the Roman Catholic Church from 1978 to 2005
People in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville vote to choose between more autonomy within Papua New Guinea or outright independence. However, the Papua New Guinea central government will have the final say on accepting independence.
An explosion in a mine in Teutschenthal, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, injures two workers and traps around 30 underground in a secure area. All are rescued several hours later.
Thirteen French soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash during an operation against jihadists in Mali.
general election held in the United Kingdom
President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio calls for urgent action on Guinea-Bissau to "avoid a civil war".
territory in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
At least ten people are shot, with four killed, at a backyard party in Fresno, California.
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
Wang is now seeking asylum in Australia, saying he ‘will be dead’ if he returns home.
American business executive, CEO of McDonald's
international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons
armed rebellion against a constituted authority when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognized as belligerents
The office of Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, releases a statement announcing that she will personally lead the legal team defending the Burmese military's actions against the Rohingya minority in the International Criminal Court.
Felipe VI becomes the first ever Spanish Monarch to visit Cuba.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper forces Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer to resign over his handling of the court martial of Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher.
video-focused social media and social networking service owned by ByteDance
removal of a body extremity by trauma, prolonged constriction, or surgery
A student from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, named Chow Tsz-lok, died after suffering brain damage following a fall during anti-government protests.
series of resignations by Bolivia's highest political leaders following disputed election results
association football club in West Bridgford, England
diplomatic relations between Hong Kong and the United States of America
premeditated extrajudicial killing by a group
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani claims victory over ISIL, citing the surrender of over 600 of their fighters in the past weeks as an example that the group has given up.
Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu is officially indicted by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust.
At least three people are killed, and a further 17 wounded, when security forces fire at protestors trying to block a bridge in Baghdad.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Yovanovitch said she felt threatened by President Trump, while McKinley said that he resigned from his position because he was concerned about "the engagement of our missions to procure negative political information for domestic purposes," something he says he had never observed the State Department try to take part in throughout his career, with the exception of the Trump administration.
1 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Twenty gunmen open fire around a border checkpoint between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, killing a border guard and a policeman. Fifteen assailants are killed and five others captured.
Two Turkish troops are killed by mortar fire in the Akçakale district of Turkey, near the Syrian border.
Turkey says a car bomb near the Syrian city of Tell Abyad killed at least eight civilians and injured twenty others.
Fifty-seven countries file a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against Myanmar, formally accusing their government of committing a genocide against the country's Rohingya population.
Thousands of protestors take to the streets in Colombia demanding the resignation of President Iván Duque Márquez. The protests were instigated over controversial tax and labor reforms proposed by Congress, murders of indigenous leaders, and the government’s failure to implement the FARC peace deal.
digitalization and change management of healthcare, self-care, and medicine
land warfare branch of Italy's military forces
In a rare celestial event, Mercury passes directly between Earth and the Sun for five and a half hours. Mercury's next transit will be in 2032.
Under pressure of sanctions by ECOWAS, newly appointed Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Faustino Imbali resigns.
Schools, transport links and businesses close amid rising clashes in the city.
pejorative terms for the State of Israel
Two alleged rebels are lynched by civilians who suspected that the two were involved in the deaths of dozens of civilians since November 5.
It would have been the first large scale cull of inactive accounts on the social media platform.
relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the State of Israel
The Hong Kong High Court rules that the government's mask ban violates the Basic Law.
Shinzō Abe becomes the longest-serving Prime Minister of Japan.
Multiple bombings in Baghdad kill six people and injure 15 others. Most are motorcycle bombs.
Turkish military offensive in northern Syria
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
After reinforcements were sent to the area, Afghan soldiers drive off the attackers, killing at least 20 of them.
The latest presidential election in Guinea-Bissau has to go into a second round on December 29 as no candidate managed to win more than 50% of the votes during the first round.
person who actively challenges an established doctrine, policy, or institution
In one of the deadliest days of the protests so far, Iraqi security forces open fire and kill 25 people who were blocking a bridge in Nasiriyah, while 10 people are killed in Najaf, and four people are shot dead in the capital Baghdad.
No casualties are reported and no arrests take place.
It is unknown how many sailors were on board.
legislative body of Virginia, United States
Gunmen kill nine in twin attacks in Punjab a Pakistan province. The ambushes killed two police officers, two intelligence officers and an informant in the first attack. The second attack happened at a checkpoint when unknown gunmen killed an officer and three others.
Incumbent Democratic governor John Bel Edwards narrowly defeats businessman and Republican candidate Eddie Rispone to retain his seat; Louisiana Republicans also fall short of winning a supermajority in the Louisiana House of Representatives, allowing Edwards to retain veto power over legislation. The results follow recent gains by the Democratic Party in elections in Virginia and Kentucky and is considered as another blow to U.S. President Donald Trump.
Houthi militants say that they shot down a Saudi Arabian helicopter, killing both pilots.
Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives
international incident between Russian and Ukrainian navy
British multinational banking and financial services company
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations
Hong Kong Other cities worldwide in solidarity
A man attacks a kindergarten class in Kaiyuan, China, with chemical spray, injuring 51 children and three teachers.
constitutional institution and the highest office of Spain
PIJ confirms the death of Baha Abu al-Ata and his wife, vowing to "shake the Zionist entity to its core" in response.
Some reports indicate a much higher death toll.
bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia
political party in the United Kingdom, successor to Brexit Party
violent act where the offender pulls up a knife
2020 presidential campaign of Michael Bloomberg
Acting President Barlen Vyapoory resigns from office.
Tuvalu is one of four Pacific nations to recognize Taiwan in the One-China policy dispute.
legislative, executive and judiciary authority of India
a November 14, 2019, school shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California
Protesters manage to escape from the university by shimmying down plastic hosing from a bridge and fleeing on waiting motorbikes as the police fire projectiles.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Argentina
With four rounds to go, Flamengo wins the Brazilian league for the sixth time. They are the first team since 1963's Santos FC to win the national league and the Copa Libertadores on the same weekend.
capital city of Guangdong Province, China
events in a specific year or time period
Head of the California Department of Justice
United States withdrawal from the Paris Agreement
disclosing an LGBT person's sexual orientation or gender identity without consent
city in San Bernardino County, California, United States
A 33-year-old Yemeni man stabbed and wounded three Spanish theatre actors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
38th vice president of Bolivia (2006–2019)
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales says he has accepted an offer of political asylum in Mexico and boards a Mexican government plane as Bolivian Army troops are deployed in the capital.
lower house of the United States Congress
December 2008-January 2009 armed conflict in the Gaza Strip
Transport for London announces it will not grant a new license to operate to Uber, citing safety failures. The company will appeal.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives calls for the impeachment of Governor Ralph Torres amid an ongoing Federal Bureau of Investigation investigation into his businesses.
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 11 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Date: 11 April 2002 – present (20 years, 9 months)
Investigations involving Benjamin Netanyahu
Current company president Chris Kempczinski immediately assumes his position.
holiday celebrated in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
explosive device that an individual wears
Twenty gunmen open fire around a border checkpoint between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, killing a border guard and a policeman.
After a surprise visit by U.S. President Donald Trump, the Taliban say they are ready to restart peace talks and reach a ceasefire.
road bridge across River Thames in London, opened in 1973
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vows not to give in to protesters as chaos continues into Wednesday morning.
gorge of the Niagara River on the boundary of Canada and the United States
Islamist insurgency in the DR Congo and Uganda
industrial process plant that manufactures chemicals
president of the United States since 2021
As the situation worsens with clashes in the central financial district, police say violence is bringing the city to the "brink of total breakdown".
More than 200 rockets are fired into Israel from Gaza.
Samoa confirms that 20 persons, all but one under the age of four, have died of measles, and 11 more are in critical condition. Authorities recorded 1,644 cases since the outbreak began last month.
Iraqi protesters storm and set fire to the Iranian Consulate General in Najaf.
A Mexican tourist and a Jordanian tour guide are seriously injured.
French media reports that Iranian nuclear scientists began injecting uranium into centrifuges in the presence of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors at the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant.
The mayor of Vinto, Patricia Arce of the ruling MAS party, is attacked by opposition protesters who dragged her through the streets barefoot, covered her in red paint and forcibly cut her hair.
Amnesty International releases a report regarding human rights violations committed by the Carabineros and the Armed Forces against peaceful protesters.
autocratic form of government which is ruled by a sole leader
Hong Kong pro-government politician Junius Ho and his assistant are hospitalized after being stabbed by a man pretending to be a supporter.
Maltese journalist and blogger (1964-2017)
Dutch police evacuate passengers and crew onboard an Air Europa flight at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport to investigate reports of a "suspicious situation". The airline later tweets it was a false alarm.
Two people were killed on in clashes between Bolivian police and supporters of former president Evo Morales. In total, 10 people have been killed so far since political turmoil broke out in Bolivia.
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah is named by the Emir as the new Prime Minister of Kuwait, replacing Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.
Missiles and airstrikes strike a crowded facility in Qah and Idlib, killing approximately over 20 including women and children.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (born 1957)
sovereign state in northern South America
She also decries the lack of Japanese government action on the issue.
Nine crew members of a Norwegian ship were kidnapped off the coast of Benin.
Amazon files a lawsuit against the United States Department of Defense for awarding a US$10 billion cloud computing contract to Microsoft.
crime of killing of a human being by another human being, less serious than murder
Turkey blames another attack on the PKK. The bombings targeted a bus terminal in al-Bab, Aleppo Governorate, killing 18 and wounding dozens of others.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
racist belief that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds
The wreckage of United States Navy submarine USS Grayback (SS-208), which disappeared with its 80 crew members in the East China Sea on February 27, 1944 during World War II, is discovered on the sea floor using new drone technology.
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
head of state and head of government of Brazil
body or assembly of representatives composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution
effects of global warming and climate change
The boy's mother had urged the Haringey London Borough Council to fix the window for two months, a neighbour says.
American multinational technology corporation
Protestors storm the MONUSCO headquarters in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and set UN vehicles on fire in anger at the peacekeepers' failure to stop the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency. Congolese security forces fire at the crowd to disperse them, killing at least two.
There are 1,797 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with 153 detected on Friday alone.
Officials say that the release represents a "significantly small" risk to human health.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law despite strong opposition from China.
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
After his victory in the general election, Easton Taylor-Farrell is sworn in as Premier of Montserrat.
political and economic union of 27 European states
The government of Sudan repeals all laws restricting women's freedom of dress, movement, association, work and study, and dissolves the former ruling party. Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok praises women on social media and says that the laws were “an instrument of exploitation, humiliation, violation, aggression on the rights of citizens”.
Missiles and airstrikes strike a crowded facility in Qah and Idlib, killing approximately over 20 including women and children. Activists claim that Syrian Armed Forces were behind the attack.
Series of rocket strikes conducted by Israel and the Gaza Strip
dispute between Mauritius and the United Kingdom
Samoa confirms that 20 persons, all but one under the age of four, have died of measles, and 11 more are in critical condition.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Gunmen kill 15 people and injure five at a security checkpoint in Yala Province, Thailand. The attack is the most deadly in years.
association football tournament concluding in 1989
English computer scientist, inventor of the World Wide Web (born 1955)
Iranian military officer; commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
rescuer trained to extinguish hazardous fires
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
former United States Secretary of the Navy
military dictator (1980–1987) and president (2010–2020) of Suriname
The announcement is praised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and condemned by the European Union, the Palestinian National Authority, and Jordanian Foreign Affairs Minister Ayman Safadi.
Indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes
policy of only recognizing one state of China
musician who writes, composes and sings own songs
Militants target civilians in the DR Congo near the border with Uganda, killing 19 and kidnapping others.
Constitutional monarchy which governs Japan
Far-right Vox gains 28 seats and raises from fifth to the third national force.
violent overthrow of government in Suriname
It is the latest case seen as a crackdown on government dissidents.
Sakie Yokota, the mother of a Japanese girl abducted by North Korea 42 years ago at the age of 13, appeals directly to Kim Jong-un to release her and all Japanese abductees. She also decries the lack of Japanese government action on the issue.
In a separate vote, the FCC mandates that national wireless carriers remove both companies' products from their existing networks.
Vice President of the Senate Jeanine Áñez becomes the acting president of Bolivia, the first woman to ascend to that office.
scientific agency of the United States government
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Tens of thousands of protestors, mostly consisting of supporters of the conservative Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazal, march in Islamabad demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan by Sunday. The army announces later in the evening that they will continue to support the elected government.
A school shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, injures five students, two fatally. The 16-year-old gunman, identified as Nathaniel Berhow, shoots himself, is hospitalized, and dies a day later.
Pro-Beijing Hong Kong Justice Secretary Teresa Cheng suffers minor injuries after being heckled in London. China's Foreign Ministry condemns the protesters.
Khan was a former prisoner convicted of terrorism offences, and had links to Islamist terrorist groups.
missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
The Senate also unanimously passes another bill banning the sale of certain crowd-control munitions to the Hong Kong police.
Following a public outcry, Twitter apologises and backtracks one day after saying that it would begin deleting inactive accounts outside the United States on December 11, after users were upset that the measure would cause the removal of accounts belonging to users who had died.
The Iraqi Armed Forces says an emergency unit had been created to "impose security and restore order" in response to the violence.
Congolese security forces fire at the crowd to disperse them, killing at least two.
interior ministry of the Republic of Turkey
American businessman and politician; 108th mayor of New York City
Houthi militants release the South Korean ship they captured two days prior.
List of ambassadors of the United States to the European Union
President of the Chamber of Senators of Bolivia
Police report that three young people have been wounded in a stabbing on a shopping street in The Hague, Netherlands.
Rioters armed with knives kill three members of Iran's security forces, bringing the death toll up to 11.
Two prison guards who worked at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City are arrested in connection with the death of American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The guards are accused of falsifying the records of their watch the night Epstein was found dead.
In Tottenham, London, a 1-year-old boy dies after falling from a ninth-floor council flat window with a faulty handle in a tower block. The boy's mother had urged the Haringey London Borough Council to fix the window for two months, a neighbour says. Critics say the death is the latest in a number of incidents suggesting problems with the ways in which public housing is managed in the country.
ceremonial county in England (use Q21272241 for administrative non-metropolitan county)
A 33-year-old Yemeni man stabbed and wounded three Spanish theatre actors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Is not known if the attack is in protest against the war in Yemen or for the attacker's opposition to Saudi Arabia’s growing entertainment industry.
Economic Community of West African States
group of finance ministers and central bank governors
Blue and White Alliance leader Benny Gantz's mandate to form a new government expires.
subject of controversy for the past several years
The Ethiopian electoral board announces that the referendum to grant autonomy to the Sidama Zone passed with 98.5% of the vote.
All the victims are Tanzanian nationals, while the terrorists are identified as Mozambicans.
Pope Francis arrives in Bangkok for a three-day visit to Thailand.
discovery of, and investigation into, 39 dead bodies found in the container of a chiller lorry in Grays, Essex, England
three waterfalls that straddle the international border between Canada and the United States
auto racing series held in North America
Barring military intervention from Beijing, the outcome is seen as a major indicator for the political future of the protest-ridden region.
Former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg announces he's running for the presidency as part of the Democratic ticket.
Date: Main combat phase: 9–17 October 2019 (1 week and 1 day) Post-ceasefire operations: 18 October – 25 November 2019 (1 month and 1 week)
land warfare branch of Bolivia's military forces
Thousands of protestors take to the streets in Colombia demanding the resignation of President Iván Duque Márquez.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports 23 are killed, including several Iranian fighters.
List of governors of the Northern Mariana Islands
Albert Rivera quits as Citizens' leader as a result.
terrorist attack that occurred on 6 November 2019
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith
It damages thousands of buildings over several square miles and sending three workers to the hospital.
Date: September 24 – December 3, 2019 (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
spaceflight-related events during the year of 2019
bilateral relations between United Arab Emirates and Iran
The blockades were set up after security forces clashed with protestors earlier.
National legislature of the Marshall Islands
next decade in the Gregorian calendar (2030-2039)
An American white supremacist shoots a protester in Reñaca. Before being detained by the police, he uploads a video to YouTube confessing the attack, claiming to have fired in self-defense.
city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
combustible fuel containing hydrocarbons formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms, examples being coal, petroleum and natural gas
distance at which a firearm or projectile can be fired directly at its target and hit
rights of LGBT people in the Cook Islands
Acting President Barlen Vyapoory resigns from office. Eddy Balancy, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Mauritius, becomes the country's new acting president.
Date: 15 November 2019 – 19 November 2019 (4 days, main phase) Spillover clashes lasted until 16 July 2020
expulsion of the people from a place or country
democratization process in Czechoslovakia in 1989
Protestors storm the MONUSCO headquarters in Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and set UN vehicles on fire in anger at the peacekeepers' failure to stop the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency.
Her parents said that "justice has been served for Ana", but about the sentences that "forever is not long enough".
James Le Mesurier, the British co-founder of the White Helmets, a volunteer civil defence organisation in Syria, is found dead near his home in Istanbul, Turkey.
Islamic, democratic, federal parliamentary republic
Clashes erupt on the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
In total, 10 people have been killed so far since political turmoil broke out in Bolivia.
aviation occurrence that affects or could affect the safety of operation
A Rio de Janeiro judge issues an arrest warrant against former President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes, accusing him of operating a money laundering scheme with a friend, Dario Messer, who is prosecuted as part of Operation Car Wash.
family consisting of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom
In Tottenham, London, a 1-year-old boy dies after falling from a ninth-floor council flat window with a faulty handle in a tower block.
Date: 25 February 2018 – 28 November 2021
1960s–1990s conflict in Northern Ireland
kind of extradition within the European Union
combined law enforcement agencies of the Netherlands
The office of Myanmar's civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, releases a statement announcing that she will personally lead the legal team defending the Burmese military's actions against the Rohingya minority in the International Criminal Court. Nine days earlier, fifty-seven countries led by The Gambia filed a lawsuit in the International Criminal Court, formally accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
On the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chairman Ali Akbar Salehi announces his government has doubled the amount of advanced centrifuges limited by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and are working on a prototype that is fifty times faster than those allowed. He blames the United States's withdrawal from the agreement last year for these actions.
executive department of the U.S. federal government
Israeli coalition government from 2020 to 2021
British business executive, former boss of the McDonald's
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
land warfare branch of South Korea's military
ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device and long-shafted projectiles
The Seattle Sounders FC defeat Toronto FC 3–1 at CenturyLink Field to win their second MLS Cup.
national crime information for the People's Republic of China
Australian Catholic cardinal (1941–2023)
bilateral relations between Tanzania and Mozambique
Following a public outcry, Twitter apologises and backtracks one day after saying that it would begin deleting inactive accounts outside the United States on December 11, after users were upset that the measure would cause the removal of accounts belonging to users who had died. It now says that it will first implement a process for "memorialising" dead users. It would have been the first large scale cull of inactive accounts on the social media platform.
An airstrike on a biscuit shop kills five Bangladeshi nationals and two Libyans and wounds 33 others in Tripoli, Libya.
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Islamic Republic of Iran
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
Tuvaluan Foreign Minister Simon Kofe says Tuvalu rejects Chinese offers to build artificial islands for his country, which deals with rising sea levels because Tuvalu sees the offers as an "attempt to reduce Taiwanese influence in the Pacific region".
professional indoor American football league
Israel conducts airstrikes on Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (PIJ) targets in Gaza Strip.
1979–1981 diplomatic standoff between the US and Iran
Taliban insurgents storm a checkpoint in Daykundi Province, killing eight Afghan Army personnel.
A Cirrus SR22 crashes into a house in Upland, California, killing the pilot.
A bus collision with a truck near Nitra kills 13 people and leaves at least 17 wounded. The disaster is the deadliest in Slovakia in a decade.
The government of Sudan repeals all laws restricting women's freedom of dress, movement, association, work and study, and dissolves the former ruling party.
systematic destruction of all or a significant part of a racial, ethnic, religious or national group
upper house of the United States Congress
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
combined military forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, launches a World Wide Web Foundation scheme Contract for the Web.
Members of the UK House of Commons vote to elect a new Speaker of the House, replacing the retiring John Bercow. The Labour Party's Sir Lindsay Hoyle defeats Chris Bryant in the fourth and final ballot.
social media service for creating and sharing short videos
armed conflict between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Israel Defense Forces
Thirty-seven people are dead and 60 others are injured after gunmen attack a Canadian gold mining company convoy on a road in Burkina Faso.
The premier association football club competition of South America concludes with Brazilian club Flamengo beating titleholders River Plate 2-1 in Lima's Monumental Stadium.
Citizens of Mauritius cast their vote in the country's latest parliamentary election. Militant Socialist Movement, led by incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth wins a huge majority securing the re-election.
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
town in Wayne Township, Marion County, Indiana
They have not been named due to their age.
LGBT conditions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
The Japanese government authorizes a release of contaminated water from the plant into the Pacific Ocean. Officials say that the release represents a "significantly small" risk to human health.
Parisian police fire tear gas and water cannons at protestors and arrest around 105 people on the anniversary of the first yellow vest protests.
The U.S. Senate unanimously passes the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, which mandates that the State Department at least annually checks to see if Hong Kong retains enough autonomy to retain its special trade status with the United States. The Senate also unanimously passes another bill banning the sale of certain crowd-control munitions to the Hong Kong police. The former's passage is condemned by China.
Protesters block the two main passages between Spain and France.
He blames the United States's withdrawal from the agreement last year for these actions.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Takuma Sakuragi, a 76-year-old former Japanese assemblyman from Inazawa, Aichi, is sentenced to life in prison by the Guangzhou City First Intermediate Court in southern China for smuggling drugs hidden in his suitcase at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in October 2013. He had been detained by Chinese authorities since then.
The Sidama people of Ethiopia go to the polls for a referendum on further autonomy for the Sidama Zone.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg holds 18 percent in a rise to third place, while former Vice President Joe Biden, seen by many to be the frontrunner for his party's nomination, comes in fourth place with 17 percent.
Three blasts targeting the town of Qamishli in Syria kill 6 and wound dozens of others.
President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (born 1949)
Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shootings
Speaker of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Other reports by hospital sources state the death toll is over 20 due to Iraqi forces opening fire in Nasiriya.
Colombian municipality of the department of Cauca
Palestinian terrorist organization leader
Before being detained by the police, he uploads a video to YouTube confessing the attack, claiming to have fired in self-defense.
Armed gangs attack people in Cochabamba who appear to be celebrating Evo Morales's resignation.
If autonomy is approved, then local taxes, education, security and laws will be decided by the Sidama instead of the government of Ethiopia.
Prime Minister of Malta Joseph Muscat intends to step down following controversy over an ongoing investigation about the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia two years ago.
The quake's epicenter is less than 20 miles from Tirana, the country’s capital city, which has a population of 900,000.
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
device that shoots a high-velocity stream of water
interim government in Western Asia, governing West Bank Areas A and B since 1994 and, until 2006, the Gaza Strip
American politician for the Democratic Party
was the 66th season of modern Canadian professional football. Officially, it was the 62nd season of the league. The regular season began on June 13, 2019, and concluded with the playing of the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary on November 24, 2019 —where the
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
bilateral relations between Spain and Cuba
migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country
lower house of the Virginia General Assembly
Police seal off and trap hundreds of students and protesters inside Hong Kong Polytechnic University amid fears of a crackdown. After a police officer is injured, security forces threaten to fire live bullets if protesters do not give up lethal weapons.
Bolivia's legislative assembly approves the annulment of the October general election and the holding of new elections.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Defense Ministry confirms 30 people killed and 650 others injured, mostly in Durrës County.
Iranians take to the streets to oppose the plan, which results from United States sanctions against Iran.
After a police officer is injured, security forces threaten to fire live bullets if protesters do not give up lethal weapons.
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
List of prime ministers of Guinea-Bissau
Large-scale protests continue near the City University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, and other districts including Central and Tai Po.
armed conflict in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
The Iranian government announces that, effective immediately, petrol will be rationed to 60 litres per month, and prices will increase 50%. Fuel beyond the limit will cost double. Iranians take to the streets to oppose the plan, which results from United States sanctions against Iran.
Libyan National Army (LNA) warplanes carry out airstrikes on the port city of Misrata. The LNA say they were targeting munitions and armored vehicles that had been delivered from Turkey.
Takuma Sakuragi, a 76-year-old former Japanese assemblyman from Inazawa, Aichi, is sentenced to life in prison by the Guangzhou City First Intermediate Court in southern China for smuggling drugs hidden in his suitcase at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in October 2013.
Date: 5 October 2017 – present (5 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
He had been detained by Chinese authorities since then.
It now says that it will first implement a process for "memorialising" dead users.
Hong Kong pro-government politician Junius Ho and his assistant are hospitalized after being stabbed by a man pretending to be a supporter. The perpetrator is arrested.
On the 40th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, Atomic Energy Organization of Iran chairman Ali Akbar Salehi announces his government has doubled the amount of advanced centrifuges limited by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and are working on a prototype that is fifty times faster than those allowed.
citizens or residents of the United States of America
nuclear research sites and processing facilities of Iran
The Cook Islands announces it will retain its ban on homosexual practices by men and that it will be extended to women as well.
sovereign state in Oceania, situated on an archipelago
According to the human rights organization Amnesty International, casualties are estimated to be around 106 protestors and rising.
Terrorist mass shooting attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
Climate change policy of the United States
lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
81 Central Avenue New Haven, Connecticut
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
Australian media and entertainment company
separates the territories of Iran and Iraq
Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation
Latin phrase meaning "something for something"
The disaster is the deadliest in Slovakia in a decade.
agency of the Government of Ontario, Canada
a set of heights, that are having ongoing territorial disputes between Israel and Syria
Irish mixed-martial artist Conor McGregor is convicted for assaulting a man in a Drimnagh pub in April, and is fined €1,000.
During his 23 to 26 November journey to Japan, Pope Francis visits Tokyo, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The only pope to previously visit Japan was Pope John Paul II from 23–26 February 1981.
This marks the effective end of the 32-year-old league, and the second liquidation bankruptcy in its history.
Continuing rocket fire leads Israel to launch fresh strikes into Gaza in response.
Abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea from 1977-83
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes 60 km (35 miles) from Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran, killing at least six and injuring more than 300.
German politician, former federal minister of defence
The transaction is expected to close in January, pending regulator approval and ends 74 years of Hulman-George family ownership of the historic race track.
delay or suspension of an activity or a law
Militant Socialist Movement, led by incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth wins a huge majority securing the re-election.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
U.S. President Donald Trump signs the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act into law despite strong opposition from China. The bill means the U.S. will only trade with Hong Kong if it retains enough autonomy and bans the export of crowd-control munitions to Hong Kong Police Force.
Police shot a man with a live round at point-blank range in Sai Wan Ho district, besieged the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and fired tear gas inside the campuses.
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
Gunmen kill nine in twin attacks in Punjab a Pakistan province.
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
2018 US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
election of Congress and most Senate seats
form of public or social housing in the UK and Ireland
at Hillsborough Stadium, is cleared of manslaughter by gross negligence relating to the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who were crushed to death during the match.
The center-right Citizens, the third national force going into the elections, goes from 57 seats in Congress to just 10, the biggest seat loss in the election.
South Korea halts its World Trade Organization complaint concerning Japan's tightened export controls of key chemicals South Korea uses for computer chips and displays.
Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unit
Hulman & Company, owners of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR, LLC (including the IndyCar Series), announces its sale to Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corporation, parent company of Team Penske.
South Korea's finance minister Hong Nam-ki presses Japan to take steps to lift its export restrictions.
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest
The 16-year-old gunman, identified as Nathaniel Berhow, shoots himself, is hospitalized, and dies a day later.
national government of the Argentine Republic
association football club in Liverpool, England
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
The protests were instigated over controversial tax and labor reforms proposed by Congress, murders of indigenous leaders, and the government’s failure to implement the FARC peace deal.
Major branch of Chinese spoken across most of northern and southwestern China
Fortress Village Security Pack, Lam Phaya Sub-district Mueang Yala District, Yala Province, Thailand
Jimmy Sham, one of the leaders of the protest, won in his electorate while major pro-Beijing leader Junius Ho lost in his.
The constitutional successors of Morales, Vice President Álvaro García Linera, President of the Senate Adriana Salvatierra and President of the Chamber of Deputies Víctor Borda also resign.
Jihadists kill six civilians and injure seven in a village near the Mozambique–Tanzania border.
A terrorist mass stabbing at London Bridge kills two civilians and injures three others.
security-oriented intergovernmental organization
event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft
Churches were also burned down in two separate attacks.
The constitutional successors of Morales, Vice President Álvaro García Linera, President of the Senate Adriana Salvatierra and President of the Chamber of Deputies Víctor Borda also resign. Mining Minister César Navarro also announces his resignation.
private university in Kabul, Afghanistan
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
Militants target civilians in the DR Congo near the border with Uganda, killing 19 and kidnapping others. Churches were also burned down in two separate attacks. It is believed that the Allied Democratic Forces is behind the attacks.
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
South Korean media reports that between May and September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe sent personal letters to North Korea's Kim Jong-un to hold bilateral meetings to ease tensions between the two countries. A Japanese government spokesman denies the report.
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
romantic or sexual attraction or behavior between members of the same sex or gender
aviation accident in which two or more aircraft come into contact during flight
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
PG&E filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January in response to lawsuits pertaining to wildfires caused by PG&E's equipment.
epidemiological intervention of restriction on the movement of people and goods, which is intended to prevent the spread of infectious disease or pests
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes 60 km (35 miles) from Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran, killing at least six and injuring more than 300. The United States Geological Survey warns that "significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread".
Three firefighters are killed while two others and a policeman are injured after an explosion at an abandoned farm building in Quargnento, Piedmont, Italy.
Date: 13 November 1996 – present (26 years)
bicameral national legislature of Australia
The Prime Minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, says that he will propose a law which would penalize parents who refuse to vaccinate their children, amid an ongoing epidemic that has killed 44 people, mostly children under the age of four.
Democrats win majorities in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly (Senate and House), resulting in Democratic trifecta control of the governorship and General Assembly for the first time since 1993.
bilateral relations between Iran and Egypt
Brazilian sports club based in Rio de Janeiro
Four people are injured at a mall as a knife-wielding man attacks a crowd in Hong Kong.
presidential elections held in Guinea-Bissau on 24 November 2019
rapid spread of infectious disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time
radioactive, metallic element with the atomic number 92
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
Chinese multinational technology company
An agreement is signed by most of the political parties supporting a referendum in April 2020 regarding the draft of a new constitution through a constituent convention.
It is their first title since 1981 and second overall.
The suspect, a pro-Beijing Mandarin speaker, is subdued and arrested by police.
A gunman shoots and injures six people at a bar in Marseille, France.
envoy to Libya claims that it could be a war crime.
Amid continuing fallout over rape allegations against Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and controversy over his close friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, several businesses—including British banking group Standard Chartered, KPMG, Aon and drug giant AstraZeneca—cut ties with the Prince.
Essex Police say all victims were Vietnamese.
International airport in Newark, New Jersey
Dutch police evacuate passengers and crew onboard an Air Europa flight at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport to investigate reports of a "suspicious situation".
Activists claim that Syrian Armed Forces were behind the attack.
A South Korean oil drilling rig is seized by Houthi rebels.
Nine days earlier, fifty-seven countries led by The Gambia filed a lawsuit in the International Criminal Court, formally accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya.
Head of state of The Republic of Colombia
South Korean media reports that between May and September, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe sent personal letters to North Korea's Kim Jong-un to hold bilateral meetings to ease tensions between the two countries.
Major parties put forward veterans' platforms for Remembrance Day, the first in a campaign season since the 1923 election, with the Conservatives proposing an amendment to the Human Rights Act so that it will no longer apply to The Troubles or other 20th-century actions and the Labour Party promising extra childcare for military families and a new railcard for veterans.
Pitch@Palace, an initiative founded by Prince Andrew to support entrepreneurs, removes its entire web page listing its supporters.
Ex-president Evo Morales is barred from participating.
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
The PSOE, headed by incumbent Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, wins the election but loses 3 seats and its absolute majority in the Senate. Political deadlock remains.
The apparently scheduled protest included both Yale and Harvard students.
part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church
A New York Times-Siena College poll finds there is no clear Democratic Party frontrunner among voters in Iowa three months away from the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses.
city in San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California
political campaign in the Czech Republic
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
List of ambassadors of the European Union
Nine Extinction Rebellion protesters are arrested for storming U.S.
bilateral relations between Jordan and Israel
In Zabul Province, the Taliban releases two foreign hostages, American professor Kevin King and Australian professor Timothy Weeks, who had been held captive since being kidnapped outside the American University of Afghanistan in 2016.
how human sexual behavior interact with, and are regulated by, laws
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
person who lives to or beyond the age of 100 years
Protests continue across Iraq with a death toll of seven protesters by unsourced reports.
occurrence in which gun violence takes place at an educational institution
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok praises women on social media and says that the laws were “an instrument of exploitation, humiliation, violation, aggression on the rights of citizens”.
A car bomb explodes in Tell Abyad, Raqqa Governorate, on the Turkish border.
Earlier statements about the victims being of Chinese nationality are repudiated.
Five Italian soldiers are wounded by a bombing in Kirkuk, Iraq. Three of the soldiers are seriously injured, two of whom suffer an amputated leg, while another an amputated foot. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
Nigel Farage announces that his Brexit Party will withdraw its candidates in the 317 seats that the ruling Conservative Party won in the last general election.
2019 edition of the MLS Cup playoffs tournament
English men's association football top league
Additional earthquakes occurred in southern Bosnia and the Greek island of Crete.
First Lady of the United States (2017–2021), model, and businesswoman
concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy
United States House Committee on Oversight and Accountability
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and South Korean Minister of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo announce that their countries will postpone their annual joint military air exercises to help facilitate the peace process.
Bougainville's referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea
set of terrorist acts or campaign committed by individuals or groups who profess or claim to profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
legislative or penal initiatives that seek to stop individuals from concealing their faces
military sexual slavery system designed and implemented by Japan Empire from early 1930s until the end of World War II, or the victims who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military
Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
Authorities recorded 1,644 cases since the outbreak began last month.
wide range of activities that indicate student dissatisfaction
wife of the President of the United States
The only pope to previously visit Japan was Pope John Paul II from 23–26 February 1981.
object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in a desired direction
single unit of ownership in a corporation, mutual fund, or any other organization
Deadly Ethiopian protests in the Oromo region
British politician and former commodity broker (born 1964)
Fifteen children are confirmed (and three more suspected) dead from measles in Samoa as the illness epidemic continues within the country.
Israeli Air Force jets target a downtown Damascus house belonging to Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine.
Amnesty International reports that 106 protesters have been killed during the protest.
organization dedicated to the World Wide Web
The Arena Football League announces that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will immediately cease operations.
lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The second attack happened at a checkpoint when unknown gunmen killed an officer and three others.
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Local elections are held in Hong Kong. Barring military intervention from Beijing, the outcome is seen as a major indicator for the political future of the protest-ridden region.
A school shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, injures five students, two fatally.
Police use tear gas to disperse the protestors.
American political consultant and lobbyist (born 1952)
city and county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States of America
minister in charge of interior or home affairs
American Republican politician from Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli population
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
employment of military resources in training for military operations
county-level city in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Protests continue across Iraq with a death toll of seven protesters by unsourced reports. Other reports by hospital sources state the death toll is over 20 due to Iraqi forces opening fire in Nasiriya.
The company had previously accused the Department of bias in their decision, given CEO Jeff Bezos has been a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Hulman & Company, owners of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and INDYCAR, LLC (including the IndyCar Series), announces its sale to Penske Entertainment Corp., a subsidiary of Penske Corporation, parent company of Team Penske. The transaction is expected to close in January, pending regulator approval and ends 74 years of Hulman-George family ownership of the historic race track.
city in and county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
The students were protesting the colleges' usage of endowments from fossil fuel companies.
Canadian Football League championship game for the 2019 season
McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is fired for having a relationship with an employee.
United States Ambassador to the European Union
There is universal suffrage for all citizens age 18 and over. Before the 1989 revolution, the Communist Party of Romania was enshrined as the only legal political party and the leading force in Romanian society.
Canadian Football League team from Hamilton, Ontario
military base in Parwan Province, Afghanistan
multifaceted business encompassing activities related to buildings and land
15th Presidential and Vice Presidential election of the Republic of China
However, the Papua New Guinea central government will have the final say on accepting independence.
government plan to reduce Saudi Arabia's dependence on oil and diversify its economy
He is convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 23 years 272 days.
diplomatic relations between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
international relationship between Israel and the United States
Valued at US$1.2 trillion, the company is being partially privatized to reduce the kingdom's economic dependence on oil.
county seat of Fresno County, California, United States
Bolivia's defence minister stated that no "military measures" would be taken against the policemen, but added that he would "get" the disobedient officers.
preschool educational approach traditionally based on playing
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez from the PSOE and Pablo Iglesias, leader of the left-wing Podemos, announce a first government agreement that will constitute the first coalition government in Spain's democratic history.
war between organized groups within the same sovereign state or republic
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs release the transcripts of the first two closed-door depositions in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
attempts to resolve the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present), resulted in replacement of the President, but no end to the violence
About ten other people are killed on the ground.
military occupation of the West Bank by Israel
attack/reconnaissance aircraft family by Grumman
President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022
This will be the first time the Constitution of Chile is written with popular participation.
loss of internet functionality over a small or large area
An attack on civilians in the village of Mbau, Democratic Republic of the Congo, using bladed weapons, kills over 18 civilians.
the monitoring and observation of peace processes in post-conflict areas
form of Internet-based computing, whereby shared resources, software and information are provided to computers and other devices
rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong
Although 35 candidates are running, the main frontrunners are former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the right-wing Sri Lanka People's Front and current Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa of the centre-right United National Party.
25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Fifteen assailants are killed and five others captured.
Members of the UK House of Commons vote to elect a new Speaker of the House, replacing the retiring John Bercow.
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
2022 proposed Political Constitution of the Republic of Chile
Japanese imperial abdication and transition
United States federal executive department
US Air Force base near Enid, Oklahoma, United States
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
municipality in the Netherlands, seat of the Dutch government
commemoration on 11 November of the World War I armistice
Citizens of Mauritius cast their vote in the country's latest parliamentary election.
city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States
dtstart: 2019-10-01 00:00:00 Date: 1 October 2019 – 24 July 2021 (Occasional protests until 5 November 2021)
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
The airline later tweets it was a false alarm.
Period of major social and civil unrest in Chile.
commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, the second largest city of France
Protesters in Hong Kong call for a city-wide strike amidst an escalation in violence.
South American association football tournament for clubs
protests against electoral fraud allegations in the 2019 Bolivian elections
ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces
bilateral relations between Australia and China
international airport in Guangzhou, China
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
The guards are accused of falsifying the records of their watch the night Epstein was found dead.
document for use in the reporting of tax information to the government or to potential taxpayers
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
It is the second highest acqua alta in Venetian history, after the 1966 Venice flood.
American politician and activist (born 1941)
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
city in Los Angeles County, California, USA
Albanian government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
Diplomatic Missions in the republic of iraq
Canadian Football League award, created 1971
Political elections for public offices in Mauritius
capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq
A bus collision with a truck near Nitra kills 13 people and leaves at least 17 wounded.
pro-democracy demonstrations and other civil disobedience sparked by a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong
The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack.
It is believed that the Allied Democratic Forces is behind the attacks.
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hits coastal Albania, bringing down many buildings and leaving people trapped under rubble.
Paris Agreement withdrawal by the United States from 2017–2021
Government wherein the legislative and executive branches are controlled by one party
Several dozen policemen were seen joining the protests against Evo Morales' government in at least three cities.
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
Hong Kong political faction in favour of universal suffrage
Among the injured there is a bus driver stabbed while trying to stop the assailant from entering a cafeteria full of tourists.
judge appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state/provincial/local level
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
In La Jonquera, on the border between Catalonia and France, French National Police try to expel rioters.
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
condition of a nation, country, or state which exercises self-government, and usually sovereignty, over the territory
Overnight, protesters forcibly storm the Argentine embassy in Santiago and set it on fire because of the Argentine government's support for President Sebastián Piñera.
Iraqi insurgency since the defeat of ISIL
device or application for monitoring/tracking fitness-related metrics
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Kentucky
bilateral relations between Iran and Iraq
Forbes list of the most valuable football clubs