Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Food and Drug Administration bans the usage of seven artificial flavors as food additives.
New International Airport for Mexico City
On its first day of service the Sheffield Supertram's new tram-train is struck by a truck and derailed. ,
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills at least 12 people in northern Haiti. At least 162 others are injured.
city and capital of Bangka Belitung Islands Province, Indonesia
French police launch an investigation into the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the president of Interpol. He was reported missing after traveling to his native country of China last week.
Assets are frozen and three people remanded in custody.
Eight others are still missing and presumed dead.
Flash floods near the Dead Sea in Jordan kill at least 21 people including 19 children on a school trip and injure 43 others.
Arianespace launches the European Space Agency–Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency probe BepiColombo from Guiana Space Centre as it begins a 7-year journey to Mercury. It is the final mission of the Horizon 2000+ program.
Three Palestinians were killed in yesterday's protest, in which over 20,000 protestors took part.
Tropical Storm Michael becomes Hurricane Michael and is upgraded to a category 1 storm.
The move comes after it was revealed that the suspect in yesterday's 11 deaths, Robert Bowers, was an active member on the social network.
The Connecticut Supreme Court rules that all documents, journals, and belongings of Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza be released to the public because of lack of exemption from the state's open record laws.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip launch two rockets at Israel, one landing in the southern city of Beersheba, causing serious damage to a house but no injuries, and the other landing in the sea.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un invites Pope Francis to Pyongyang, and said he would be "warmly welcomed" to North Korea.
Research published in JAMA Internal Medicine describes that mothers should wait at least a year between giving birth and getting pregnant again to reduce health risks to mother and baby.
At least seven people are killed and more than 80 others injured after a train derails in Bouknadel, Morocco.
United Nations diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde becomes the first female President of Ethiopia in its history after the resignation of Mulatu Teshome.
United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel
2017 recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel
A motion passed by the Conservative Party calling for a government strategy on returning Canadian Islamic State fighters is approved 280-1 by MPs.
Indian barrister, leader of the Indian National Congress and founding father of the Republic of India (1875-1950)
Thirteen people are killed and at least 30 others are injured when a military transport truck flips over on a major road in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
motorsport involving the racing of cars for competition
List of serial killers by number of victims
lower house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan
Israel responds to 40 Palestinian rockets with 80 air strikes on what Israel states are Iranian and Hamas-controlled weapon factories in Gaza. An Egypt-meditated ceasefire is announced by Islamic Jihad soon afterward.
Hours later, Interpol announces that it has received his resignation.
October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts
At least 41 people are killed after a river bursts its bank in Bududa, Uganda. Many more are injured and dozens are displaced.
Voters in the German state of Hesse go to the polls to elect a new legislature. The election is widely considered a test for Angela Merkel's ruling CDU–SPD coalition.
Google announces that it is shutting down its Google+ network for consumers after seven years due to "very low usage" and a software error, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, that potentially exposed the data of 500,000 users. Google+ will fully shut down in August 2019.
The International Court of Justice orders the U.S. to lift sanctions against Iran related to the import of humanitarian goods and civil aviation safety.
The Soputan volcano on Sulawesi erupts, sending ash columns 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) into the air.
Russia–Ukraine relations, Schism of 2018
American-originated sport in which teams compete to score runs by hitting a thrown ball and advancing around bases
A double bombing-mass shooting attack leaves 20 dead and 74 others injured in a college in Kerch, Crimea. An 18-year-old student carried out the gun and bomb attack and then committed suicide. The attacker "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed "revenge" on his teacher.
São Tomé and Príncipe legislative election
Date: 21 October 2018 16:50 local time (UTC+8)
At an auction in London, the painting Girl with Balloon by Banksy self-destructs through a built-in shredder hidden in the frame after selling for US$1.4 million.
At least 22 people are killed and 14 injured after a minibus falls into a gorge on the Srinagar Jammu National Highway in India's Jammu and Kashmir state.
Hurricane Michael is downgraded to a tropical storm, but tornadoes are spotted in Georgia and Florida.
It is reported that imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Requesens has been transferred from isolation to a military hospital in Caracas, after days of reports that he has been suffering an untreated dental infection as well as wounds of torture.
chemical element, symbol O and atomic number 8
A spat in a market in Nigeria's northern Kaduna State results in 55 dead.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the Statue of Unity, which depicts the first Deputy Prime Minister of India, first Home Minister of India and recipient of the highest civilian award of the Republic of India, the Bharat Ratna, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The statue is located near the Narmada Dam in the Indian state of Gujarat. At 182 metres, it is the world’s tallest statue.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador
Nikki Haley announces her resignation as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, effective at the end of the year.
A landslide in Isola di Capo Rizzuto of Calabria, Italy, kills ten construction workers while they repair a sewer.
Both the CDU's and the SDP's swing drop by a little over 10%, while The Greens surge to second place with 19.5% of the vote and the AfD place fourth with 12% of the vote.
large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores
After nine years of construction, China is expected to open the world's longest sea bridge, Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, at a ceremony in Hong Kong.
A judge in Ecuador rules against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who had contested new rules imposed on him in the country's embassy in London. Assange had argued that the conditions violated his "fundamental rights and freedoms", and were intended to force him to leave. His lawyers have appealed against the ruling. Assange took refuge in the embassy six years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden in a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
At least 14 people are killed in separate drug-related incidents in Cebu Province, Philippines.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype; a key mechanism of evolution
In chess, Arkady Dvorkovich is elected as president of the FIDE.
North Pacific Ocean, on the coast of southern British Columbia
A Pakistani penal code on insulting religion
Voters in Cameroon head to the polls. Incumbent President Paul Biya seeks a seventh term to his 36-year rule.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resigns from his post in order to dissolve the National Assembly and force early elections by the end of the year.
The death toll of the heavy floods in France rises to 14, while another person is missing.
The Swedish Academy names two new members: Swedish supreme court justice Eric Runesson, and Swedish-Iranian writer and poet Jila Mossaed.
Afghan general and Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai is assassinated by one of his bodyguards during a high-level meeting inside the governor's compound with U.S. general Austin S. Miller. Gen. Miller escaped unharmed according to officials while the governor was critically injured. The Taliban claims responsibility.
The new wave of violence was prompted by the arrest of a non-Gujarati for the alleged rape of a 14-month-old baby a week prior.
The Canadian province of British Columbia begins a postal ballot to determine whether to maintain the current first-past-the-post voting system or switch to a form of proportional representation for their provincial elections.
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
A man in Greensboro, Florida is killed by a tree that crashed through his home, becoming the first reported death from the storm in the United States. Later, a child is killed by a falling tree in Seminole County, Georgia.
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
2017 U.S. law sanctioning Iran, North Korea and Russia
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
A federal court in California blocks the Trump administration from terminating the Temporary Protected Status program that allows immigrants from four countries to live and work in the United States.
The National Museum of Damascus reopens to the public six years after it was closed due to the war.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
A helicopter carrying senior Afghan National Army officials crashes, killing all 25 people on board in the western Farah Province, Afghanistan. The Taliban claims responsibility for shooting it down, however Afghan officials blame bad weather as the cause of the crash. ,
American singer, actress, and producer (1963–2012)
At least 10 people have been killed by flash floods in the Aude region of south-western France. A bridge also collapsed in the locality of Villegailhenc, while all roads are inaccessible in Carcassonne.
Eleven people are killed after their vehicle and a lorry collide head-on in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Foreign fighters in the Syrian Civil War and War in Iraq
A court in Turkey orders the release of American evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson after two years of arrest.
European commercial space transportation company
Social media in the 2016 United States presidential election
type of political party based on the principles of green politics, such as environmentalism, social justice, and nonviolence
The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,407.
Two blasts in the town of Baidoa in Somalia kill at least 15 people and injure more than 30 others.
centre-right political party in Venezuela
Boston Red Sox player Brock Holt becomes the first player in MLB history to hit for the cycle during a postseason game.
human settlement in Narmada district, Gujarat, India
Kensington Palace announces that Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex are expecting their first child.
The United States Cyber Command contacts individual Russians with the hope to deter them from interfering with upcoming American elections, including the November midterms.
At least 50 people are killed and 100 others are injured after an oil tank truck collides with a vehicle on the Kinshasa—Matadi highway in Kisantu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A 23-year-old Palestinian opens fire and kills two Israelis, seriously wounding a third inside the Barkan Industrial Park on the West Bank.
United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that his government is considering recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and relocating its embassy accordingly, in line with the United States, drawing local criticism and sparking outrage from members of the opposition.
British wine merchant, brand ambassador, and husband of Princess Eugenie
National Assembly (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Repubblica – Teatro dell'Opera (Rome Metro)
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Hurricane Walaka becomes a category 5 hurricane. It is expected to hit the Johnston Atoll.
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees becomes the NFL’s career leader in passing yardage, surpassing Peyton Manning.
The New York City Police Department recovers a package similar to those found earlier this week at the office of TriBeCa Productions, which is used by actor Robert De Niro.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discoveries in cancer therapy.
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremasinghe is replaced by Mahinda Rajapakse.
The Justice First politician Fernando Albán, who was arrested on Friday related to an alleged assassination attempt in August, dies whilst in custody of the Venezuelan intelligence service. The state reports his death as suicide, which is disputed by all other reports.
Members of the LGBT community plan to contest the move, which they state would largely end protections for transgender Americans.
List of Catholic dioceses in the United States
The United Kingdom opens all combat roles in the British Armed Forces, including special forces, to women for the first time.
A gunman opens fire at the Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing at least 11 people.
Five South Korean climbers and four Nepali guides die after a snowstorm destroys their camp on a Himalayan peak in Nepal.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Brazilians elect a new president (first round), state governors and parliaments.
American philanthropist and former hedge fund manager
material that has electrical conductivity intermediate to that of a conductor and an insulator
The China space industry plans to launch the world's first "artificial moon" into orbit by 2020 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center to illuminate city streets after dark.
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
Hurricane Willa hits the coast of Western Mexico. It is also expected to become a nor'easter after it passes through the United States.
The deportation is not immediate and requires additional events to occur.
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland for their work using lasers to manipulate microscopic objects.
Typhoon Yutu causes landslides in the Philippines, leaving at least four people killed and thirty-one others trapped.
A 23-year-old Palestinian opens fire and kills two Israelis, seriously wounding a third inside the Barkan Industrial Park on the West Bank. The gunman, who had worked at the factory where the shooting took place, fled the scene and remains at large.
The United States Justice Department charges 44-year old Elena Khusyaynova of Saint Petersburg with conspiracy to defraud the United States for managing the financing of the social media troll operation that included the Internet Research Agency.
DUP leader Arlene Foster says that extra border checks between Northern Ireland and Great Britain are the "one red line" for her party.
Iran fires six ballistic missiles from its own territory at ISIL targets near the Euphrates river valley in eastern Syria, in response to the Ahvaz military parade attack.
All four living former Presidents of South Korea now have been convicted.
Boston convicted organized crime boss and former FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Whitey Bulger dies in the United States Penitentiary at Hazelton, West Virginia.
A Peruvian court reverses the pardon granted to former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and orders that Fujimori must be returned to prison.
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights releases an official charge for the protection of Juan Requesens, laying out actions that the Venezuelan government must take to ensure the imprisoned politician's welfare, specifically stating that he must not be "object to acts of violence against [his health]".
overview of the foreign relations of the Holy See, the jurisdiction of the head of the Catholic Church
The death toll of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, rises to 1,649.
Kepler 159d, an exoplanet with the same size as Saturn, is discovered by University of Western Ontario student Chris Fox and professor Paul Wiegert.
After the brawl, 22 people were arrested.
After a delay of three years, voters in Afghanistan head to the polls to elect members of the nation's parliament. The election is marred by violence and suicide attacks which leave over 170 dead or wounded nationwide.
More than 600,000 people gather at Parliament Square in London as protesters from the People's Vote campaign call for a second Brexit referendum deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union.
A SH-60 Seahawk helicopter crashes on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, leaving 12 sailors injured.
Keiko Fujimori, leader of the opposition in the Congress of Peru and daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori, is arrested on charges related to illicit campaign finance received from the Odebrecht corporation.
Astronomers discover Hyperion, an ancient proto-supercluster that appeared 2.3 billion years after the Big Bang.
one of the five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
United States Ambassador to the United Nations
Police announce that investigative journalist Viktoria Marinova was found murdered yesterday in a park in Ruse, Bulgaria. Marinova's latest work was on "GPgate", a scandal involving alleged corruption and abuse of European Union subsidies in Bulgaria.
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are awarded the Nobel Peace Prize "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."
circumstance when people desire a permanent dwelling but do not have one
fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet in the Solar System
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
King Abdullah II announces Jordan will reclaim two small plots of farmland territory leased to Israel under their 1994 peace treaty.
AFM, the financial markets authority in the Netherlands, says it will prepare for financial trading taking place on its infrastructure in the event the United Kingdom leaves the European Union.
A bus travelling from Germany to Italy crashes in southern Switzerland, leaving one dead and 14 injured.
The confirmed death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,571.
antisemitic mass shooting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 27, 2018
In response to rocket fire, Israeli Air Force jets attack targets in Gaza including a tunnel crossing into Israel, tunnel digging sites, a factory storing components used for tunnel building and another for the manufacturing of aerial weaponry.
An escalator collapses at Repubblica – Teatro dell'Opera metro station in Rome, Italy, leaving at least 20 people injured, the majority Russian football team CSKA fans.
Hydraulic fracturing in the United Kingdom
association football venue in Leicester, England
Jewish American nonprofit organization providing humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees
series of mail bombing attempts to high profile figures in the United States
On its first day of service the Sheffield Supertram's new tram-train is struck by a truck and derailed.
Authorities are also attempting to locate a suspicious package sent to former Vice President Joe Biden that was marked return to sender due to a bad address.
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
The U.S. Justice Department announces indictments of seven Russian GRU intelligence officers for hacking computers associated with 250 athletes and anti-doping sports organizations in the USA and around the world.
The death toll of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Haiti rises to 15. At least 333 others are injured.
Voters in Bavaria, Germany go to the polls for electing the 180 members of the 18th Landtag of Bavaria, with the Christian-democratic conservative CSU party suffering significant losses.
American film and television production company
A small plane crashes into a crowd near Fulda, Germany, killing three people and injuring eight others.
At least 50 people are killed and 30 others injured when a pipeline catches fire and explodes in southeast Nigeria.
Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)
bilateral relations between India and Pakistan
A new study finds that water on Mars may contain more oxygen than previously thought.
Twitter suspends a bot network spreading pro-Saudi Arabia tweets regarding Kashoggi's disappearance.
Strickland is the first woman to win this award in 55 years.
museum of UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gabonese citizens vote in the second round of the latest legislative election.
Lee Myung-bak is sentenced to 15 years in jail and US$20 million in fines and forfeiture, on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power. All four living former Presidents of South Korea now have been convicted.
The death toll of an accidental explosion in Aba, Nigeria, rises to 200. Over 2,000 people protest, claiming that the pipeline explosion was caused by NNPC's negligence.
president of the United States from 1969 to 1974
citizens or residents of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, British Overseas Territories, Crown Dependencies, and their descendants
In baseball's World Series, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth game, winning the series four games to one and claiming the team's ninth World Series title. Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce is named the Series' Most Valuable Player.
44th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2009-2017)
German convicted serial killer and former nurse Niels Högel begins his third trial (previous convictions were in 2008 and 2015), this time in Oldenburg, for additional patient murders by administering fatal doses of medication between 1999–2005 which may include his assignment as one of Germany's worst serial killers since World War II. At the beginning of the trial, Högel confesses to the murder of 100 of his patients. ,
The United States Treasury Department announces new sanctions on 22 Iranian corporations and banks.
Thirty-four migrants drown in a shipwreck in the western Mediterranean Sea. The Moroccan Navy rescues 26 survivors and recovers 11 bodies.
2018 attacks on Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat
The Hawaii Supreme Court affirms the permit for the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea.
legal proceedings in the UK concerning the requested extradition of Julian Assange to Sweden
Jack Letts, a British-Canadian Islamic State fighter held in Syria, faces deportion from Syria to Canada instead of the United Kingdom.
national-conservative political party in Brazil
royal residence set in Kensington Gardens, London, England
A referendum on changing the constitutional definition of a family is invalidated, as voter turnout announced by the Central Electoral Bureau is 20.41%, 10% under the validation threshold.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in two weeks.
Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
town and civil parish in Berkshire, United Kingdom
Over 1,000 people remain missing a week after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle.
In auto racing, Lewis Hamilton clinches his fifth World Drivers' Championship with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton ties Juan Manuel Fangio for second place in drivers' championships, behind only Michael Schumacher with seven.
It is announced that Titanic II, a replica of the original RMS Titanic that sank in 1912, is set to set sail in 2022 and will include modern lifeboats and technology.
Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off East Java, Indonesia.
New research suggests Europa, a moon of Jupiter, may be covered in tall, jagged ice spikes, presenting a problem for any potential landing on its surface.
Five members of the Taliban who were freed by the Obama administration from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for former captive Bowe Bergdahl join the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar. ,
Voters in Luxembourg go to the polls for the 24th general election.
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Georgian citizens vote in the last presidential election to be decided by direct election.
Óscar Romero, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador assassinated while celebrating Mass in 1980, is canonized by Pope Francis. Six other canonizations, including that of Pope Paul VI, are also announced.
American retailer Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after accumulating USD $134 million in debt.
main Soviet security agency from 1954 to 1991
List of current state governors in Brazil
Wikimedia list of persons by position held
Birthright citizenship in the United States
person's acquisition of United States citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of birth
This marks an important new aspect in the rift between Russia and Ukraine.
At least 27 people die and many others disappear after heavy floods and landslides in Sumatra, Indonesia.
The Russian Orthodox Church announces it will break communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople over Eastern Orthodox Church official plans to recognize the autocephaly of two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches.
Voters in Latvia go to the polls to vote for a new parliament. The governing coalition loses its majority with two new parties Who owns the state? and the New Conservative Party becoming the second and third biggest parties behind Social Democratic Party "Harmony". ,
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada orders Othman Hamdan, a Fort St. John man whose Facebook posts promoted the Islamic State, deported. The deportation is not immediate and requires additional events to occur.
city in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
A 17-year-old local student, who studied at a nearby polytechnic school, detonates an explosive device inside a Federal Security Service building in Arkhangelsk, Russia, killing himself and wounding three FSB officers.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
The skull of the Luzia Woman, one of the oldest known human fossils from the Americas, is recovered from the remains of the National Museum of Brazil.
seat of Landkreis Fulda and city in Hesse, Germany
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in India for a summit meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
American worldwide online payments system
British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2018
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
Yazidi human rights activist from Iraq and winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Smiley as the American wounded by gunfire three days earlier during the attack in which Abdul Raziq Achakzai was assassinated.
clause of Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
In auto racing, Lewis Hamilton clinches his fifth World Drivers' Championship with a fourth-place finish at the Mexican Grand Prix.
Palestinian Islamist terror organization
A Pakistani court overturns the death sentence of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman convicted of blasphemy.
U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
A motorcycle rigged with explosives is detonated at an election rally in northeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including civilians and security forces.
prefecture-level city in Sichuan, People's Republic of China
List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces that the United States will revoke visas of Saudi Arabia officials behind the killing of Khashoggi.
German media uncover a large ISIL terrorism plot which had been foiled in 2016.
Three people are killed and two are injured after a lorry crashes into a minibus in Thatcham, England.
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) says that a U.S. airstrike has killed around 60 al-Shabaab militants near Harardhere in central Somalia.
A fire along South Africa's Garden Route in the Cape Province, kills at least seven people.
2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendum
Beijing-based private development space launch company LandSpace's three-stage rocket, Zhuque-1, carrying a satellite named Future built for state media China Central Television, fails to reach orbit.
This is the first such accusation against Saudi Arabia by any Turkish official.
American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
In British Columbia, communities are forced to evacuate after a pipeline operated by Enbridge explodes near Prince George.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2018
At least 51 people are killed when a bus traveling from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Kisumu veers off the road and overturns.
Mauricio Vila Dosal takes office as Governor of the Mexican state of Yucatán.
French President Emmanuel Macron accepts the resignation of Minister of the Interior Gérard Collomb.
head of the United States Department of State
German convicted serial killer and former nurse Niels Högel begins his third trial (previous convictions were in 2008 and 2015), this time in Oldenburg, for additional patient murders by administering fatal doses of medication between 1999–2005 which may include his assignment as one of Germany's worst serial killers since World War II.
Mirko Tomassoni and Luca Santolini take office as Captains Regents of San Marino.
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Denmark and the Islamic Republic of Iran
At least ten Afghan police officers were killed.
Two passenger buses collide in the city of Dera Ghazi Khan, in the Punjab Province of Pakistan, resulting in 19 deaths and 40 injuries.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
Independent candidate Kerryn Phelps leads the vote count in the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wentworth.
Saudi Arabia's general prosecutor claims Jamal Khashoggi died in a fight inside the Istanbul consulate.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration bans the usage of seven artificial flavors as food additives. Six of them cause cancer in animals when used in "much higher" doses than the conditions of their intended use.
In baseball's World Series, the Boston Red Sox defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the fifth game, winning the series four games to one and claiming the team's ninth World Series title.
French RAID and BRI police units raid the headquarters of a Shiite association in Grande-Synthe and the homes of its leaders for "strong support" to "many" terrorist organizations.
French and European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
The Council of Representatives of Iraq elects Barham Salih as president. Salih then appoints Adil Abdul al-Mahdi as prime minister.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces his plan to lower American prescription drug prices.
Kepler-1625b, an exoplanet proposed in 2017 to be orbited by an exomoon, the first possible example of a moon orbiting a planet in another stellar system, is confirmed with observations from the Hubble Space Telescope.
aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces
elite tactical unit of the French National Police
Junpei Yasuda, a Japanese journalist kidnapped by Al-Nusra Front in Syria, is released.
one of the four Greater Sunda Islands, governed by Indonesia
directly elected parliament of the European Union
The skull of the Luzia Woman, one of the oldest known human fossils from the Americas, is recovered from the remains of the National Museum of Brazil. The museum staff states that the museum intends to attempt to restore the fossil.
A hurricane watch is issued for the Florida Panhandle as Hurricane Michael begins moving toward the Yucatan Channel.
part of the 2017–19 Negros Island killings
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Three people are killed and many others are injured after heavy floods strike the Italian region of Calabria.
North Korea is set to allow inspections of its Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, which officially closed in May 2018.
Michigan authorities seize records from Catholic dioceses in the state as part of an investigation into possible sexual abuse by clergy.
Australian politician and former diplomat
Quinta da Boa Vista in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cobalt Air suddenly announces its dissolution, cancelling all future operations and leaving many passengers stranded in Cyprus.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan reimposes a ban on all Indian-produced content on Pakistani television channels.
The typhoon becomes the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike any part of the United States since 1935.
Afghan officials say that the Taliban destroyed highway bridges in Maidan Wardak Province, cutting off road traffic between the capital Kabul and the provinces of Ghazni, Zabul and Kandahar.
U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges that the Saudi Arabia crown prince "could have been" involved in the killing of Khashoggi, noting that "the prince is running things over there".
Senior U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham states that Mohammed bin Salman has murdered Khashoggi and that the country's crown prince has "got to go".
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi sacks Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, blaming him for the current economic crisis and famine in the country. Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed is appointed as the new Prime Minister.
Investigative website Bellingcat identifies the second suspect involved in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal as Alexander Mishkin, a doctor who works for the Main Intelligence Directorate.
fundamental governing document of Romania
Hurricane Michael strengthens to a category 2 storm with 110 mph winds as it continues to ascend through the Florida Panhandle.
Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland
2018 amendment decriminalizing blasphemy
2018 aircraft crash in the Java Sea off the coast of Karawang, Indonesia
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
naming dispute (1991–2019) between Greece (which has a region named Macedonia) and the Republic of Macedonia, ending with the latter being renamed North Macedonia
Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank
October 2018 wedding of British royal Princess Eugenie and British wine merchant Jack Brooksbank
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces in a public broadcast that the United States President Donald Trump has sent an order to assassinate him.
The death toll of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Haiti rises to 17.
A mail bomb is discovered at the home of George Soros in Bedford, New York, United States. It is safely detonated by the Bedford Police Department. While Soros was not at the residence when the device was discovered, the businessman and philanthropist is believed to be the intended target.
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia King Salman to express concerns about the disappearance of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
One addressed to former CIA director John O. Brennan was received at CNN's New York studios, which were evacuated.
Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom
At least three people are injured after a man firebombs a fast-food restaurant in the Cologne main station and takes a woman hostage. The woman is later rescued by German counter-terrorism units.
formal leaders within established religions, as a group
Voters in Belgium go to the polls for local elections, with the Greens making historic gains.
A 17-year-old local student, who studied at a nearby polytechnic school, detonates an explosive device inside a Federal Security Service building in Arkhangelsk, Russia, killing himself and wounding three FSB officers. The agency is Russia's primary state security agency and a successor to the KGB.
global international and intergovernmental organization
A NATO spokesperson confirms Brigadier General Jeffrey D. Smiley as the American wounded by gunfire three days earlier during the attack in which Abdul Raziq Achakzai was assassinated.
Israel responds to 40 Palestinian rockets with 80 air strikes on what Israel states are Iranian and Hamas-controlled weapon factories in Gaza.
Heavy floods and strong winds in the comune of Manduria in Taranto, Italy, destroys several buildings and roads, leaving at least one person injured.
city of the Philippines in the province of Cebu
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
Timeline of investigations into Donald Trump and Russia (July–December 2018)
Retired United States Marine veteran John Canley receives the Medal of Honor award from U.S. President Donald Trump for his contributions in the Vietnam War.
October 2017 announcement by which Catalonia declared their independence and founded the Catalan Republic
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from 2013 to 2017
5.9 magnitude earthquake in Port-de-Paix, Haiti
An AgustaWestland AW169 helicopter with Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on board crashes shortly after take-off from the King Power Stadium Leicester, United Kingdom.
The Congress of the Philippines proposes a new law that could give Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte wide-ranging powers similar to Ferdinand Marcos.
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias resigns after discussion with the Greek Defence Minister in the framework of the Greece-Macedonia Accord.
A hand grenade explodes in a night club in the city of Yambio in South Sudan, killing at least ten people and injuring dozens of others. The police commissioner in the city confirmed that the explosion is not related to the ongoing civil war in the country.
Authorities arrest eight men after a gang rape in Freiburg, Germany on 14 October, with police seeking more men.
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
United States Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. President Donald Trump says that the United States will withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, a 1987 nuclear arms treaty with Russia.
The death toll of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Haiti rises to 15.
climate patterns of the terrestrial planet
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
A suicide bomber kills 13 people and injures more than 30 others at an election rally in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.
List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War
A man in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is arrested for attempting to steal one of four existing original copies of Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral.
North American professional baseball league
The death toll of an accidental explosion in Aba, Nigeria, rises to 200.
American online payments system company PayPal bans American social media site Gab, known for its association with the alt-right movement, while Joyent, Gab's American hosting provider, states that they will terminate their service tomorrow. The move comes after it was revealed that the suspect in yesterday's 11 deaths, Robert Bowers, was an active member on the social network.
Mounir el-Motassadeq, sentenced to 15 years in prison as a member of the Hamburg cell of the September 11 attackers, was deported from Hamburg, Germany to Morocco.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sends its first ever "Presidential Alert", a Wireless Emergency Alerts test message, at 2:18 p.m. EDT (18:18 UTC) to most cell phones in the United States.
After three prominent legal analysts (Geoff Shepard, Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith, and Stephen Bates) filed separate lawsuits seeking its unsealing and Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on October 11 ordered the disclosure, the National Archives releases a set of documents from the Watergate investigation as a possible "road map" for the Mueller probe, including a would-be indictment against former president Richard Nixon. ,
At 182 metres, it is the world’s tallest statue.
The Russian Orthodox Church announces it will break communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople over Eastern Orthodox Church official plans to recognize the autocephaly of two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. Moscow says it hopes Constantinople will change its mind to avoid this schism. This marks an important new aspect in the rift between Russia and Ukraine.
baseball player from the United States of America
U.S. President Donald Trump vows to revoke the right to automatic citizenship given to children born on United States land to illegal immigrants.
Two Myanmar Air Force F-7 fighter jets crash into a broadcast tower in Magway, Myanmar, resulting in the deaths of both pilots and an 11-year-old girl, who was killed by falling debris.
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Additionally, voting in the Kandahar Province will be delayed by one week following the assassination of police commander Abdul Raziq Achakzai two days prior.
voting system used to elect a single winner where a second round of voting is used if no candidate wins an absolute majority in the first round
Hurricane Willa hits the coast of Western Mexico.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
The Venezuelan Intelligence Agency, SEBIN, names a new director, General Manuel Cristopher, in the wake of the death of Fernando Albán.
Six rescue divers drown after they are caught in a whirlpool during a mission to locate and rescue a teenager from a disused mining pool in Malaysia.
United States military prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
Australian publisher, activist and founder of WikiLeaks
Voters re-elect Michael D. Higgins as President of Ireland and vote to remove the offense of blasphemy from the Constitution, with winning margins of over 30% in both votes, according to exit polls.
The ruling Independent Democratic Action (ADI) under Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada loses its absolute majority in the National Assembly.
Date: 28 October 2018 10:02 AM China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Hamilton ties Juan Manuel Fangio for second place in drivers' championships, behind only Michael Schumacher with seven.
British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant
The Communist Party of China announces that Interpol president Meng Hongwei is suspected of violating the law and is "under the supervision" of a party anticorruption watchdog. Hours later, Interpol announces that it has received his resignation.
combined military forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
city and administrative center of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine
Microsoft Theater Los Angeles, California
spaceflight aborted shortly after launch on 11 October 2018
political party in São Tomé and Príncipe
John Letts, the father of the alleged British-Canadian Islamic State fighter Jack Letts who is being held by Kurdish forces in Syria, calls for the Canadian government to help secure his release.
Former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti is sentenced to 15 years and 6 months in prison for fraud in a system to clean the polluted Lake Amatitlán. Baldetti still has four pending lawsuits and extradition to the United States.
Second-highest position of the Government of Spain
National Archives and Records Administration
Hundreds of Central American migrants taking part in a migrant caravan to the United States clash with riot police on the Guatemala–Mexico border.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Los Angeles, California, United States
Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections
gender identity other than sex assigned at birth
ceremonial county in North-West England, United Kingdom
At least 13 passengers are killed in a head-on bus collision in Tver, Russia. The bus driver and another passenger are injured.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
Three large earthquakes measuring between magnitude 6.5 and magnitude 6.8 strike near Vancouver Island.
Member of the National Assembly for Wales
Fracking for shale gas begins in the United Kingdom for the first time since it was suspended in 2011 after being linked to a series of earthquakes.
Heavy floods and strong winds continue to affect all of Italy. For the duration of the disaster across the country, the death toll is eleven people.
Four U.S. tourists are killed in Costa Rica after a rafting accident on a swollen river.
Former Secret Intelligence Service head John Sawers says that Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammad bin Salman was behind the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Twenty people are killed in Schoharie County, New York, when a stretch limousine fails to stop at an intersection, veers into a parking lot and strikes an empty vehicle, which in turn hits two pedestrians.
The FBI is investigating two packages found at postal facilities in Delaware, sent to former Vice President Joe Biden.
island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe
Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in the second British royal wedding in 2018.
Google+ will fully shut down in August 2019.
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
John Letts, the father of the alleged British-Canadian Islamic State fighter Jack Letts who is being held by Kurdish forces in Syria, calls for the Canadian government to help secure his release. ,
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, Indiana Pacers head coach Nate McMillan, and Villanova men's basketball head coach Jay Wright are expected to be assistants for the United States basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
music and theatre venue in downtown Los Angeles, California
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The ship is expected to travel the same route as the original ship.
2001 Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S.
bicameral legislature of the Republic of the Philippines
The discovery of a Classical Greek trading ship thought to date to approximately 400 BC is reported by a team of scientists working in the Black Sea. It is the oldest known intact shipwreck.
The election is marred by violence and suicide attacks which leave over 170 dead or wounded nationwide.
The Justice First politician Fernando Albán, who was arrested on Friday related to an alleged assassination attempt in August, dies whilst in custody of the Venezuelan intelligence service.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Many more are injured and dozens are displaced.
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople plans to recognize the autocephaly of two Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, a move welcomed by Ukrainian leaders and denounced as "catastrophic" by the Russian Orthodox Church.
North Korea and South Korea begin removing landmines and other explosives from the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Severe flooding in Texas kills at least two people and damages dozens of houses.
tramway routes which share track with main-line railways
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
autocephalous church of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
After long delays, voters in Gabon head to the polls for the first time since the controversial 2016 presidential election.
A Chicago police officer, Jason Van Dyke, is convicted of second degree murder in a historic jury verdict.
At the beginning of the trial, Högel confesses to the murder of 100 of his patients.
Heavy floods affect France and Italy: in the French city of Sainte Maxime, two people drown after their vehicle is swept away by floodwater. In the Italian city of Cagliari, a woman is found dead inside her car, while another man is missing. A bridge also collapses and roads are damaged.
International police organization (founded 1923)
After three prominent legal analysts (Geoff Shepard, Benjamin Wittes, Jack Goldsmith, and Stephen Bates) filed separate lawsuits seeking its unsealing and Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell, of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on October 11 ordered the disclosure, the National Archives releases a set of documents from the Watergate investigation as a possible "road map" for the Mueller probe, including a would-be indictment against former president Richard Nixon.
Romanian constitutional referendum, 2018
Red Sox first baseman Steve Pearce is named the Series' Most Valuable Player.
American singer Taylor Swift wins four trophies, including Artist of the Year, and holds 23 American Music Awards, beating Whitney Houston.
Because of technical issues in some constituencies, voting was extended until Sunday. Additionally, voting in the Kandahar Province will be delayed by one week following the assassination of police commander Abdul Raziq Achakzai two days prior.
Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
American Music Award for Artist of the Year
At least 22 people are killed in Turkey after a lorry carrying migrants plunges off a road.
Brazilians elect Jair Bolsonaro of the Social Liberal Party as president, with 55% of the vote, in the second round of the presidential election.
American online social media and social networking service
Tanzanian member of the National Assembly and African richest young businessman
state-owned broadcaster of the People's Republic of China
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
National Football League franchise in Jacksonville, Florida
Nobel prize winning US scientist and engineer
Six people in Honduras, four in Nicaragua and three in El Salvador died after heavy floods triggered by Hurricane Michael affected Central America. Several others are injured and at least one is missing.
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro falls short of a majority in the first round with 46% of the vote and will face Fernando Haddad, who received 29%, in a runoff vote set for October 28.
The number of remains of babies, fetuses found stashed in Detroit funeral home rises to now more than 60.
Afghan officials say that the Taliban destroyed highway bridges in Maidan Wardak Province, cutting off road traffic between the capital Kabul and the provinces of Ghazni, Zabul and Kandahar. Electricity was cut off in four provinces, and fighting was reported in Ghazni Province. At least ten Afghan police officers were killed. Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in two weeks.
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Soyuz MS-10, carrying a cosmonaut and an astronaut to the International Space Station, is forced to make an emergency landing in Kazakhstan after a failure with its Soyuz-FG rocket.
well-stimulation technique in which rock is fractured by a hydraulically pressurized liquid
Voters in the German state of Hesse go to the polls to elect a new legislature.
A sinkhole in Dazhou, China, kills four people.
medical problems caused by pregnancy in the mother
A double bombing-mass shooting attack leaves 20 dead and 74 others injured in a college in Kerch, Crimea.
Weather forecasters predict that more rain will come and possibly flood hundreds more houses.
hashtag used in October 2017 to denounce sexual assault and harassment
Parliament that exercises the legislative power of the Government of Catalonia
The Turkish chief Istanbul prosecutor İrfan Fidan’s office states that Jamal Khashoggi was, with premeditation, strangled and his body was dismembered as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate building in Istanbul. This is the first such accusation against Saudi Arabia by any Turkish official.
one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel
Narmada Valley Kevadiya, Narmada, Gujarat, India
Romanians go to the polls to vote in a referendum on changing the Constitution to redefine marriage as being only between a man and a woman.
Land (federal state) in southwestern Germany
A Boeing 737 MAX 8, en route from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang, crashes into the ocean near Karawang, Indonesia, killing all one hundred eighty-one passengers and eight crew.
The bus driver and another passenger are injured.
representatives in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
While Soros was not at the residence when the device was discovered, the businessman and philanthropist is believed to be the intended target.
United States Government agency dedicated to civil aviation matters
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
death in custody of another Venezuelan politician
The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland for their work using lasers to manipulate microscopic objects. Strickland is the first woman to win this award in 55 years.
Denmark calls on the European Union for new sanctions against Iran after Danish security services accused the Iranian intelligence service of plotting an assassination of an Iranian activist on Danish soil. Copenhagen also recalls its ambassador to Tehran.
period of ancient Greece from 510 to 323 BC
Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations
Treaty that lays the framework for most diplomatic relationships
largest island of the Northern Mariana Islands, United States of America
2018 Sagay, Negros Occidental hacienda massacre
An elimination tournament held after the conclusion of the MLB regular season.
At least 30 people are injured after a floor collapses at an apartment in South Carolina.
bilateral relations between Australia and Israel
small official office of one country in another country
The Communist Party of China announces that Interpol president Meng Hongwei is suspected of violating the law and is "under the supervision" of a party anticorruption watchdog.
A helicopter carrying senior Afghan National Army officials crashes, killing all 25 people on board in the western Farah Province, Afghanistan.
entertainment venue which usually operates late into the night
American multinational technology company
centre-right political party in Bangladesh
NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft becomes the closest ever sent to the sun, by passing 42.7 million km (26.6 million miles) from the sun's surface.
At least 59 people are dead and 100 are injured after a train runs into a Dussehra celebration near Amritsar in India's northern state of Punjab.
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a major California utility based in San Francisco, announces they temporarily turned off power to 60,000 customers in 12 Northern California counties due to threats of wildfires.
A bus veers off the Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge and plunges into the Yangtze River in Chongqing, China after its driver was distracted by an unruly passenger, killing at least 13 people.
At least 1,347 people are now known to have died in the aftermath of the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami.
The death toll of the landslide in Cebu, Philippines rise to 77.
capital city of the autonomous Italian island of Sardinia
from Hurricane Michael rises to 17: eight in Florida, five in Virginia, three in North Carolina and one in Georgia.
Bulgarian journalist and TV host (1988-2018)
List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions
persons in Germany connected to the 9/11 attacks
fixed link consisting of tunnel and multiple bridges
Eight children die and three are injured when the wall of a house collapses in the suburban area of Sukkur, Pakistan.
The death toll of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Sulawesi, Indonesia, rises to 1,649. More than 265 are missing.
one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Illegal immigration to the United States
immigration to the U.S.A. in violation of American law
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978
United States Federal Law Enforcement Agency
ALDE European Parliament group expels Catalan nationalist party PDECat amid corruption scandals that affect the CDC predecessor party.
place of worship at Windsor Castle in England, United Kingdom
Salih then appoints Adil Abdul al-Mahdi as prime minister.
Severe flooding in Texas kills at least two people and damages dozens of houses. Weather forecasters predict that more rain will come and possibly flood hundreds more houses.
The announcement comes days before a by-election in which the governing party's candidate is Dave Sharma, a former ambassador to Israel.
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights releases an official charge for the protection of Juan Requesens, laying out actions that the Venezuelan government must take to ensure the imprisoned politician's welfare, specifically stating that he must not be "object to acts of violence against [his health]". This comes after a two-month investigation, and days after the death in custody of another Venezuelan politician. ,
French RAID and BRI police units raid the headquarters of a Shiite association in Grande-Synthe and the homes of its leaders for "strong support" to "many" terrorist organizations. Assets are frozen and three people remanded in custody.
Cuadrilla Resources say they will spend at least three months fracking two horizontal wells in Lancashire.
99th season of the National Football League (NFL)
statistic used in the analysis of elections
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group
Hurricane-force winds from former Hurricane Leslie strike central and northern Portugal, leaving a man dead and 27 others injured.
The discovery of a Classical Greek trading ship thought to date to approximately 400 BC is reported by a team of scientists working in the Black Sea.
device which emits light via optical amplification
After a delay of three years, voters in Afghanistan head to the polls to elect members of the nation's parliament.
A spat in a market in Nigeria's northern Kaduna State results in 55 dead. After the brawl, 22 people were arrested.
premeditation or predetermination of a crime, increasing the guilt or enormity of the crime
This comes after a two-month investigation, and days after the death in custody of another Venezuelan politician.
Japanese multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate company
The Los Angeles Dodgers return to the World Series after a 5–1 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers in game 7 of the National League Championship Series.
The Miami-Dade Police Department and federal authorities believe several of the packages went through a mail processing and distribution center in Opa-locka, Florida and are currently searching the facility with a bomb squad and K-9 unit.
Authorities are also investigating a packages addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and billionaire Tom Steyer.
In a public speech in Southaven, Mississippi, U.S. President Donald Trump claims that Salman of Saudi Arabia's power wouldn't last "for two weeks" without the support of the U.S. military.
hitting a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in one game of baseball
percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
A ban on rough sleeping in public areas comes into force in Hungary.
Twenty people are killed in Schoharie County, New York, when a stretch limousine fails to stop at an intersection, veers into a parking lot and strikes an empty vehicle, which in turn hits two pedestrians. All 17 passengers in the limousine are killed, along with the driver and the two pedestrians.
The FBI has confirmed that packages similar to those found earlier this week were sent to U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris.
Seven police officers are shot, one fatally, by a gunman in Florence, South Carolina, United States.
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1868 amendment addressing citizenship rights, civil and political liberties
United States men's national basketball team
men's national basketball team representing the USA
Former Member of Parliament and Member of the National Assembly for Wales, Simon Thomas, pleads guilty to three counts of making indecent images of children.
compression of the neck that may lead to unconsciousness or death
Grand Prix of the 2018 Formula One season
In the Italian city of Cagliari, a woman is found dead inside her car, while another man is missing.
American multinational technology and consulting corporation
Heavy floods affect France and Italy: in the French city of Sainte Maxime, two people drown after their vehicle is swept away by floodwater.
136 years after beginning construction, the Sagrada Família in Barcelona receives a building permit to complete construction.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces that his government is considering recognising Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and relocating its embassy accordingly, in line with the United States, drawing local criticism and sparking outrage from members of the opposition. The announcement comes days before a by-election in which the governing party's candidate is Dave Sharma, a former ambassador to Israel.
Hurricane Michael strengthens to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 4 hurricane and makes landfall on the Florida Panhandle.
consolidated city and county in California, United States
unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru
Kerch Polytechnic College, Kerch, Crimea
5898 Wilkins Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
second-most populous Islamic denomination
The police commissioner in the city confirmed that the explosion is not related to the ongoing civil war in the country.
The death toll in the U.S. from Hurricane Michael rises to 17: eight in Florida, five in Virginia, three in North Carolina and one in Georgia.
American multinational retailing company
It is also expected to become a nor'easter after it passes through the United States.
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered.
A mudslide in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia results in at least twelve deaths.
series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water
The Turkish newspaper Sabah names the 15-member Saudi Arabian intelligence team allegedly involved in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Heavy rain and strong winds from Michael are expected in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia on Thursday.
Labour peer Peter Hain uses parliamentary privilege to name Philip Green as the British businessman who used an injunction to prevent allegations of sexual harassment against him being published in The Daily Telegraph.
type of breast cancer lacking certain genes
Six people are wounded at a street gang-related shooting near TIAA Bank Field before an NFL game, in which the Jacksonville Jaguars hosted the Houston Texans.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2018
Minister of Finance of the State of Israel
Former IMF Director and ex-Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Rodrigo Rato enters prison to serve a sentence of 4 and a half years for a crime of embezzlement.
White supremacist terror attack against African Americans
basketball team for Villanova University
Russian developed surface-to-air missile system
elections of the Belgian provincial, municipal and district councils
Airport serving Mexico City within the neighboring State of Mexico
chief executive of the Mexican state of Yucatán
2018 Leicester City F.C. helicopter crash
The United States announces its withdrawal from the optional protocol concerning compulsory settlement of disputes of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
commercial or utilitarian large motor vehicle
At least 41 people are killed after a river bursts its bank in Bududa, Uganda.
A suspect, Cesar Sayoc, is taken into custody in Plantation, Florida.
American politician and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
town in Westchester County, New York, United States
maritime warfare branch of Morocco's military
NASA/ESA space telescope (launched 1990)
The agency is Russia's primary state security agency and a successor to the KGB.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland
It is the oldest known intact shipwreck.
Fracking for shale gas begins in the United Kingdom for the first time since it was suspended in 2011 after being linked to a series of earthquakes. Cuadrilla Resources say they will spend at least three months fracking two horizontal wells in Lancashire.
Later, a child is killed by a falling tree in Seminole County, Georgia.
The gunman, who had worked at the factory where the shooting took place, fled the scene and remains at large.
train accident in Amritsar on 19 October 2018
light rail tramway in Sheffield, England
A bridge also collapses and roads are damaged.
municipal police force in the United States
Lower house of the Parliament of Australia
bilateral relations between India and Russia
A nation-wide referendum called upon by Mexico's president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador results in a majority of votes for the cancellation of the new airport and in support of upgrades to the current Mexico City and Toluca airports as well as the adapting of Santa Lucía Military Base's runways for civilian aircraft use.
The storm causes power outages to 550,000 customers in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, and 375,000 people in 22 counties have been ordered to evacuate.
A research study published in The New England Journal of Medicine describes a significant mortality response to the immunotherapy Atezolizumab used in conjunction with the chemotherapy nab-paclitaxel for a type of untreatable Breast cancer (Triple-negative) when the tumors also display programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression.
The United States Secret Service intercepts two suspicious packages described as "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
paid for by an entity other than a government agency
A complete ban on recreational use of marijuana is ruled unconstitutional by Mexico's Supreme Court, putting the responsibility of regulating its consumption on lawmakers.
act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for a religious deity or sacred person or thing
The Taliban claims responsibility for shooting it down, however Afghan officials blame bad weather as the cause of the crash.
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
A Dhaka court sentences 19 people to death, including two former ministers, and sentences Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman to life imprisonment over a 2004 attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Danish airline Primera Air collapses into bankruptcy and announces that it is ceasing all operations at midnight on Monday.
American computer company IBM announces plans to acquire American software company Red Hat for US$34 billion.
overview of the use of capital punishment in Bangladesh
Miller escaped unharmed according to officials while the governor was critically injured.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rejects the Saudi Arabian government's official account of the killing of Saudi-American journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a widely publicised address before the Turkish parliament.
department in south-central France named after the river Aude
U.S. President Donald Trump vows to revoke the right to automatic citizenship given to children born on United States land to illegal immigrants. According to most authorities, birthright citizenship in the United States is protected in the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The election is widely considered a test for Angela Merkel's ruling CDU–SPD coalition.
town and administrative center of Tver region in western Russia
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake kills at least 12 people in northern Haiti.
British transatlantic passenger liner, launched and foundered in 1912
The 200–600-kilometre (120–370 mi) wide asteroid never approaches less than 65 astronomical units from the Sun, more than twice Neptune's distance.
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to George P. Smith, Frances Arnold, and Greg Winter for the design of molecules with a range of uses by means that mimic natural selection. .
Six of them cause cancer in animals when used in "much higher" doses than the conditions of their intended use.
Canada becomes the first G20 nation to fully legalise cannabis.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the United States is terminating the 1955 Treaty of Amity with Iran.
gravitationally-unbound collection of galaxy groups and clusters
ongoing famine that started during the Yemeni Civil War
Toys "R" Us lenders cancel the bankruptcy auction of its brand name and other intellectual property assets and instead plan to revive the Toys "R" Us and Babies "R" Us brand names.
capital of the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon
president of the United States since 2021
Voters in Latvia go to the polls to vote for a new parliament.
Defense Minister of Israel Avigdor Lieberman says that Israel will reduce the fishing zone off the Gaza Strip from 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) to 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) as a reaction to the weekly Gaza border protests.
gravity dam on the Narmada River near Navagam, Gujarat in India
airstrike has killed around 60 al-Shabaab militants near Harardhere in central Somalia.
The Trump administration through the United States Department of Health and Human Services plans to include a legal definition of gender in the federal civil rights Title IX law.
agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services
Police announce that investigative journalist Viktoria Marinova was found murdered yesterday in a park in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs
The FBI has confirmed that packages similar to those found earlier this week were sent to U.S.
The death toll of the landslide in Cebu, Philippines rise to 77. Eight others are still missing and presumed dead.
sovereign state in northern South America
city in the north-western part of Punjab, India
Baldetti still has four pending lawsuits and extradition to the United States.
escalation on the Israel–Gaza border starting in 2018
professional basketball team from Indianapolis, Indiana
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
According to most authorities, birthright citizenship in the United States is protected in the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
American football player and television analyst (born 1979)
voting in an election whereby ballot papers are distributed or returned by post
Upper Paleolithic period skeleton of a Paleo-Indian woman
Hurricane-force winds from former Hurricane Leslie strike central and northern Portugal, leaving a man dead and 27 others injured. It moves through Spain as a tropical storm.
A judge in Ecuador rules against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, who had contested new rules imposed on him in the country's embassy in London.
head of state and head of government of Brazil
political unionist party of Northern Ireland
independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
Boko Haram militants kill at least 15 people in a village on the outskirts of Maiduguri, in northeast Nigeria.
Acting on an anonymous tip, Michigan state inspectors discover the bodies of 11 badly-decomposed infants inside the ceiling of a former funeral home in Detroit.
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
A gunman opens fire at the Tree of Life - Or L'Simcha Congregation synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing at least 11 people. The perpetrator 46-years old Robert Bowers was an active user of the social media service Gab where he had posted anti-Semitic and racist content as well as one before the shooting that said "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people. I can't sit by and watch my people get slaughtered. Screw your optics, I'm going in". ,
A ban on rough sleeping in public areas comes into force in Hungary. Despite international criticism of the law, the Hungarian government says it is in the "interests of society as a whole".
city and federal state in the North of Germany
largest city in California, United States of America
The United States Secret Service intercepts two suspicious packages described as "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. One addressed to former CIA director John O. Brennan was received at CNN's New York studios, which were evacuated. Other politicians who received similar packages include U.S. Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (whose name and address was on the return label of a package meant for former Attorney General Eric Holder but had the wrong recipient address) and Maxine Waters. Authorities are also attempting to locate a suspicious package sent to former Vice President Joe Biden that was marked return to sender due to a bad address.
political and economic union of 27 European states
annual Hindu festival, celebrated at the end of Navaratri
Thirty-four migrants drown in a shipwreck in the western Mediterranean Sea.
Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge, Wanzhou District, Chongqing, China
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman will address an international audience for the first time since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
county seat of Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States
oil corporation wholly owned by government of Nigeria
special municipality and capital city of Taiwan
Thai businessman, owner of Leicester Football Club (1958-2018)
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
sovereign state situated on an island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Moscow says it hopes Constantinople will change its mind to avoid this schism.
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons
Lee Myung-bak is sentenced to 15 years in jail and US$20 million in fines and forfeiture, on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power.
Hurricane Willa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane off the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
overview of the defense industry of Russia
the highest court in the U.S. state of Hawaii
baseball award for the most important player in each World Series
overview about tropical cyclone effects in Europe
medication legally requiring a medical prescription before it can be dispensed
Flash floods in southern Russia result in six deaths and one missing person.
Member of the British royal family and former actress
4100 South Pulaski Road, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada orders Othman Hamdan, a Fort St. John man whose Facebook posts promoted the Islamic State, deported.
On the one-year anniversary of the Catalan independence referendum, protesters block roads, train tracks and the entrance of the Barcelona stock exchange and students go on strike.
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Venezuela releases political activist Lorent Saleh due to his poor mental health, after a prolonged campaign by and talks with the Spanish Office for Latin America. Saleh had been detained for over four years by secret services in Venezuela without trial, and is being transferred to Spain.
Turkish officials claim to have audio and video evidence of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi being tortured and murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
town in Gadsden County, Florida, United States
air warfare branch of Myanmar's (Burma's) military
Stone tools are found in Texas dating back 15,000 years, being the oldest evidence of humans in North America.
sovereign state in southern Europe, enclaved within Italy
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
Five members of the Taliban who were freed by the Obama administration from Guantanamo Bay in exchange for former captive Bowe Bergdahl join the insurgent group’s political office in Qatar.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
group of finance ministers and central bank governors
Foreign fighters in the Syrian and Iraqi Civil Wars
At least 12 people die in flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca, including nationals of at least 3 countries. A five-year-old child is missing. ,
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
mobile device emergency announcement system in the United States
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination
capital city of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southeastern Ukraine
Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji is freed by his captors nine days after being seized by unknown gunmen.
After an independentist demonstration, the Mossos d'Esquadra evicts riots demanding the implantation of the Republic before the main door of the Catalan Parliament in a failed attempt to assault it.
capital and largest city of Borno State in north-eastern Nigeria
National Football League franchise in Houston, Texas
Social media in the United States presidential election, 2016
2018 Schoharie, New York limousine crash
building on Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., which serves as the public records depository for the United States
tourists are killed in Costa Rica after a rafting accident on a swollen river.
American soldier captured by the Taliban in 2009 and released in 2014 as part of a prisoner swap
maritime disaster in the North Atlantic Ocean on the night of 14-15 April 1912
NASA's Parker Solar Probe spacecraft becomes the closest ever sent to the sun, by passing 42.7 million km (26.6 million miles) from the sun's surface. The previous record was set in 1976 by the Helios 2 spacecraft. Parker's elliptical orbit will eventually take it to within 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) of the sun.
Independent candidate Kerryn Phelps leads the vote count in the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wentworth. If she wins, the Australian House of Representatives will enter into a hung parliament.
Intersection of New York state routes 30 and 30A, Schoharie, New York, United States
Marinova's latest work was on "GPgate", a scandal involving alleged corruption and abuse of European Union subsidies in Bulgaria.
Seven police officers are shot, one fatally, by a gunman in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Five civilians were also injured.
2018 accident in upstate New York that killed 20 people
public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada
Islamic, democratic, federal parliamentary republic
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114th edition of Major League Baseball's championship series
A Libyan National Army operation in Derna results in the capturing of Hesham Ashmawy, one of Egypt's most wanted militants.
use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes in Russia
India buys the S-400 missile system, potentially facing CAATSA U.S. sanctions.
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed is appointed as the new Prime Minister.
Following a disappointing state election on Sunday, German chancellor Angela Merkel announces that she will not seek re-election as party head at a conference in early December and as German chancellor in 2021.
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste, appearance, or other qualities
American-dependent insular area in the western Pacific
A total of 342 people have been arrested for attacking Hindi-speaking migrants in the Indian state of Gujarat.
Date: October 24, 2018 2:30 pm (Eastern)
At least 18 people are killed and 187 are injured after a train derails in Yilan County, Taiwan.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
The state reports his death as suicide, which is disputed by all other reports.
Google announces that it is shutting down its Google+ network for consumers after seven years due to "very low usage" and a software error, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, that potentially exposed the data of 500,000 users.
NASA robotic space probe to probe the outer corona of the Sun
Xinma station, Su'ao, Yilan County 70 km (43 mi) SE from Taipei
helicopter by AgustaWestland, later Leonardo Helicopters
longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world
commercial airport that serves Mexico City, capital of Mexico
East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship
forecast warning issued by the National Weather Service in the United States to inform the public, firefighters, and land management agencies that conditions are ideal for wildland fire combustion, and rapid spread
explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
right-wing and far-right ideologies presented as an alternative to mainstream conservatism originating in the United States
Over 2,000 people protest, claiming that the pipeline explosion was caused by NNPC's negligence.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
2018 National League Championship Series
49th edition of Major League Baseball's National League Championship Series
Super Typhoon Yutu makes landfall on Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands as a category 5 storm. The typhoon becomes the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike any part of the United States since 1935. ,
upper house of the United States Congress
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
armed conflict between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Israel Defense Forces
Six people in Honduras, four in Nicaragua and three in El Salvador died after heavy floods triggered by Hurricane Michael affected Central America.
Authorities lower the casualty numbers for the September 28 earthquake and tsunami to 2,256 dead, 10,679 injured, and 1,075 still missing.
Tactical units of the French National Police
unincorporated territory of the United States
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a major California utility based in San Francisco, announces they temporarily turned off power to 60,000 customers in 12 Northern California counties due to threats of wildfires. Red flag warnings are issued to 22 million people in the state.
The Federal Aviation Administration states that it will allow U.S. airlines to resume flights at three Ukrainian airports, at Kharkiv, Dnipro and Zaporizhia, and over parts of the Black Sea, citing improved safety and security in parts of Ukraine.
software and services company based in San Francisco, California
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
Former Guatemalan Vice President Roxana Baldetti is sentenced to 15 years and 6 months in prison for fraud in a system to clean the polluted Lake Amatitlán.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
Heavy floods and strong winds continue to affect all of Italy.
5,000 people are still missing and presumed dead.
political party in Germany, mainly from Bavaria
He was reported missing after traveling to his native country of China last week.
continent on the Earth's northwestern quadrant, spanning from the Arctic Archipelago to the Panama Isthmus
Representatives Debbie Wasserman Schultz (whose name and address was on the return label of a package meant for former Attorney General Eric Holder but had the wrong recipient address) and Maxine Waters.
the highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is confirmed when a final vote takes place, with 50 senators for his confirmation and 48 against.
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
armed forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar mostly in the East of Libya
County Police Department serving Miami-Dade County
migration of people across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country
His lawyers have appealed against the ruling.
NASA announces that the Kepler spacecraft has expended all its fuel and will be retired after nearly 10 years of service, having found more than 2,600 exoplanets.
It moves through Spain as a tropical storm.
The Indonesia's disaster agency confirms the deaths of 1,944 people in the double earthquake and tsunami. 5,000 people are still missing and presumed dead.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
ongoing split between the Eastern Orthodox patriarchates of Moscow and Constantinople
Statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the bank of Narmada river, Gujarat, India.
Chinese license built version of Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MIG-21 Fighter-interceptor
capital city and smallest province of Indonesia
church of England cathedral in Salisbury, England, UK
At least 13 passengers are killed in a head-on bus collision in Tver, Russia.
United States disaster response agency, part of Department of Homeland Security
Tree of Life – Or L'Simcha Congregation, 5898 Wilkins Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
overview of immigration to the United States
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–present)
Assange had argued that the conditions violated his "fundamental rights and freedoms", and were intended to force him to leave.
The collapse of a shopping mall under construction in the Mexican city of Monterrey results in at least seven deaths and nine people missing.
Parker's elliptical orbit will eventually take it to within 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) of the sun.
armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
Catalan liberal and pro-independence party
At least five people died and 30 were injured when a passenger train derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
2018 murder of Saudi citizen Jamal Khashoggi on Turkish soil
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Japanese doctors and medical scientists (1942-)
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
Several others are injured and at least one is missing.
L.A. Live, South Park, Downtown Los Angeles
Mass shooting in Florence, South Carolina, United States
Economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and other nations
railway station in Altstadt-Nord, Germany
Jewish (or rarely Samaritan) house of prayer
legal immunity enjoyed by members of certain legislatures
ceremonial county of England (use Q21694746 for administrative unitary authority)
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
Three large earthquakes measuring between magnitude 6.5 and magnitude 6.8 strike near Vancouver Island. No tsunami warning is issued.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
A total of 342 people have been arrested for attacking Hindi-speaking migrants in the Indian state of Gujarat. The new wave of violence was prompted by the arrest of a non-Gujarati for the alleged rape of a 14-month-old baby a week prior.
It is safely detonated by the Bedford Police Department.
2018 US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
The Indonesia's disaster agency confirms the deaths of 1,944 people in the double earthquake and tsunami.
Red flag warnings are issued to 22 million people in the state.
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
Óscar Romero, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador assassinated while celebrating Mass in 1980, is canonized by Pope Francis.
EDT (18:18 UTC) to most cell phones in the United States.
Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Salvador
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
anti-submarine helicopter family by Sikorsky
2012 school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, United States
Following the failure of Soyuz MS-10, the Russian-supplied Soyuz MS-11 for crew transport to the ISS is now rescheduled to occur on December 3, earlier than initially planned.
various types of cyberwarfare used by Russia against many nations
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
head of government of the People's Republic
motor vehicle designed to carry liquefied loads, dry bulk cargo or gases on roads
depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse
Unidentified armed men shoot and kill nine sugarcane farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
long-term detainees at Guantanamo Bay and former high-ranking members of the Taliban
Navagam, Kevadia, Narmada District, Gujarat, India
cancer that originates in the mammary gland
Hurricane Walaka becomes a category 5 hurricane.
county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
younger daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York
cyber warfare command of the United States
Venezuela releases political activist Lorent Saleh due to his poor mental health, after a prolonged campaign by and talks with the Spanish Office for Latin America.
Russian national charged in the fall of 2018 by the United States Department of Justice with "conspirey to defraud the United States
activities associated with the governance of Ethiopia
A bridge also collapsed in the locality of Villegailhenc, while all roads are inaccessible in Carcassonne.
Japanese company Hitachi Chemical states that it falsified inspections for a material used in semiconductors.
part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
Super Typhoon Yutu makes landfall on Saipan and Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands as a category 5 storm.
voting system that makes outcomes proportional to vote totals
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
The museum staff states that the museum intends to attempt to restore the fossil.
In baseball, game 3 of the World Series, in which the Boston Red Sox lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers by a score of 3–2, extends to 18 innings and lasts 7 hours and 20 minutes, becoming by far the longest game in World Series history.
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
The Federal Emergency Management Agency sends its first ever "Presidential Alert", a Wireless Emergency Alerts test message, at 2:18 p.m.
American online payments system company PayPal bans American social media site Gab, known for its association with the alt-right movement, while Joyent, Gab's American hosting provider, states that they will terminate their service tomorrow.
political elections for public offices in the United States
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
A NATO spokesperson confirms Brigadier General Jeffrey D.
Ex. President of Sri Lanka and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Assange took refuge in the embassy six years ago to avoid extradition to Sweden in a sexual assault case that has since been dropped.
Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi sacks Prime Minister Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr, blaming him for the current economic crisis and famine in the country.
Despite international criticism of the law, the Hungarian government says it is in the "interests of society as a whole".
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
An Egypt-meditated ceasefire is announced by Islamic Jihad soon afterward.
situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition has an absolute majority of legislators in a parliament or other legislature
island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands
Supreme law of the United States of America
Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War
mechanism engineered to cause a device to destroy itself under predefined circumstances
A research study published in The New England Journal of Medicine describes a significant mortality response to the immunotherapy Atezolizumab used in conjunction with the chemotherapy nab-paclitaxel for a type of untreatable Breast cancer (Triple-negative) when the tumors also display programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression. ,
helicopter crash in Leicester at the home ground of Leicester City just after take-off
The previous record was set in 1976 by the Helios 2 spacecraft.
American business-focused daily newspaper
highest award for valor by an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States
Date: 30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019 (1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
The Turkish chief Istanbul prosecutor İrfan Fidan’s office states that Jamal Khashoggi was, with premeditation, strangled and his body was dismembered as soon as he entered the Saudi consulate building in Istanbul.
Defense Minister of Israel Avigdor Lieberman says that Israel will reduce the fishing zone off the Gaza Strip from 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) to 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) as a reaction to the weekly Gaza border protests. Three Palestinians were killed in yesterday's protest, in which over 20,000 protestors took part.
city in DeSoto County, Mississippi, United States
Temporary status for eligible nationals of designated countries who reside in the United States, accorded to nationals from some countries affected by armed conflict or natural disaster, allows persons to live and work in the U.S. for limited times
vice president of the United States since 2021
Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate
Afghan general and Kandahar police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai is assassinated by one of his bodyguards during a high-level meeting inside the governor's compound with U.S.
It is the final mission of the Horizon 2000+ program.
a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who conferred the most outstanding contributions for mankind in the field of physics
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveils the Statue of Unity, which depicts the first Deputy Prime Minister of India, first Home Minister of India and recipient of the highest civilian award of the Republic of India, the Bharat Ratna, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
electoral system in which voters indicate the candidate of their choice, and the candidate who receives the most votes wins
Shukri al-Quwatli Street, Damascus, Syria
several species of grass cultivated for sugar production
Palestinian tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip
use of tunnels for military operations in the Gaza Strip
Israeli governmental ministry responsible for military and national defense matters'
proposals and studies for a project to build a replica ship
province of Indonesia, on island of Java
earliest phase of a flight that reaches space
West Bank, excluding East Jerusalem, a part of the State of Israel Capital, in the status of belligerent occupation, supported by international public law and the High Court of Justice of Israel
representative of the voters to a parliament
Incumbent President Paul Biya seeks a seventh term to his 36-year rule.
The collapse of a shopping mall under construction in the Mexican city of Monterrey results in at least seven deaths and nine people missing. 15 others are injured.
A shooter kills two people in a Kroger store near Louisville, Kentucky.
bilateral relations between Jordan and Israel
The Council of Representatives of Iraq elects Barham Salih as president.
The Moroccan Navy rescues 26 survivors and recovers 11 bodies.
It is expected to hit the Johnston Atoll.
Taliban leaders stationed in Doha, Qatar, since 2013
Because of technical issues in some constituencies, voting was extended until Sunday.
At least 12 people die in flash flooding on the Spanish island of Mallorca, including nationals of at least 3 countries.
A hand grenade explodes in a night club in the city of Yambio in South Sudan, killing at least ten people and injuring dozens of others.
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
Constitution Avenue between 7th Street and 9th Street, NW
American multinational department store chain
Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in North India
Copenhagen also recalls its ambassador to Tehran.
The governing coalition loses its majority with two new parties Who owns the state? and the New Conservative Party becoming the second and third biggest parties behind Social Democratic Party "Harmony".
capital and largest city of Massachusetts, United States
federal city in and former capital of Russia
political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
At least three people are injured after a man firebombs a fast-food restaurant in the Cologne main station and takes a woman hostage.
border barrier between the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel
charter of rights agreed between King John of England and the nobility in 1215
Four people are killed and 20 others are injured when an apartment building collapses in Manama, Bahrain.
town in Schoharie County, New York, United States
fourth archbishop of San Salvador (1917-1980)
The proposed alteration to the law would define gender as an unchangeable anatomical and genetic condition determined at birth.
The Trump administration through the United States Department of Health and Human Services plans to include a legal definition of gender in the federal civil rights Title IX law. The proposed alteration to the law would define gender as an unchangeable anatomical and genetic condition determined at birth. Members of the LGBT community plan to contest the move, which they state would largely end protections for transgender Americans.
Colombian municipality of the department of Caldas
Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of India
Three people are killed and many others are injured after heavy floods strike the Italian region of Calabria. A bridge collapses and landslides also occur.
A seven-alarm fire destroys an apartment building in Boston, Massachusetts, injuring 11 people and displacing 114 residents.
2018 school shooting and bombing in Kerch, Crimea
It is announced that Titanic II, a replica of the original RMS Titanic that sank in 1912, is set to set sail in 2022 and will include modern lifeboats and technology. The ship is expected to travel the same route as the original ship.
Electricity was cut off in four provinces, and fighting was reported in Ghazni Province.
Russian association football club in Moscow
city of the Philippines in the province of Negros Occidental
At least 10 people have been killed by flash floods in the Aude region of south-western France.
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
national space program of the People's Republic of China
international organization that connects the various national chess federations
Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli population
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
overview about social media in the 2016 United States presidential elections
Orders, decorations, and medals of India
16th presidential administration and cabinet of the Philippines (2016-2022)
county seat of Florence County, South Carolina, United States
Hungarian-American business magnate, investor and philanthropist
Near Avenida Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela
Other politicians who received similar packages include U.S.
The woman is later rescued by German counter-terrorism units.
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
The discovery of a third Sednoid, 2015 TG387, is announced.
sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter
2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Congolese gynecologist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
For the duration of the disaster across the country, the death toll is eleven people.
Date: 26 October 2018 – 16 December 2018 (7 weeks and 2 days)
high-security United States federal prison for male inmates in West Virginia
All 17 passengers in the limousine are killed, along with the driver and the two pedestrians.
Japan's national aero-space agency as JAXA
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
An 18-year-old student carried out the gun and bomb attack and then committed suicide.
capital city of Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine
The discovery of a third Sednoid, 2015 TG387, is announced. The 200–600-kilometre (120–370 mi) wide asteroid never approaches less than 65 astronomical units from the Sun, more than twice Neptune's distance.
referendum on British Columbia's voting system
declaration that a deceased person is an officially recognized saint
human settlement in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States of America
civil war taking place in Somalia since 1991
Denmark calls on the European Union for new sanctions against Iran after Danish security services accused the Iranian intelligence service of plotting an assassination of an Iranian activist on Danish soil.
The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) says that a U.S.
If she wins, the Australian House of Representatives will enter into a hung parliament.
American gangster and crime boss (1929-2018)
Saleh had been detained for over four years by secret services in Venezuela without trial, and is being transferred to Spain.
illicit use of drugs or other substances to increase athletic performance
English graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
Six other canonizations, including that of Pope Paul VI, are also announced.
city in Broward County, Florida, United States
British politician & former librarian (born 1963)
List of ambassadors of the United States to the United Nations
train derailed in Yilan County, Taiwan on 21 October 2018
food additive used to change the taste or smell of food
A man in Greensboro, Florida is killed by a tree that crashed through his home, becoming the first reported death from the storm in the United States.
The attacker "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed "revenge" on his teacher.
mechanical device used to cut paper into fine strips or pieces
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
large city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
election in which people vote directly for the person that they want elected to a political position
The International Court of Justice orders the U.S.
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
Prime Minister of Australia from 2018 to 2022
French police launch an investigation into the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the president of Interpol.
2014 police shooting of a black teenager in Chicago, Illinois, United States
centre-right to right-wing political party in Canada
American lawyer, author and lecturer (born 1944)
The statue is located near the Narmada Dam in the Indian state of Gujarat.
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
legislature of the state of Bavaria, Germany
Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
mean distance between Earth and the Sun, common length reference in astronomy
A mail bomb is discovered at the home of George Soros in Bedford, New York, United States.
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
sworn body of people convened to render a verdict officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment
The perpetrator 46-years old Robert Bowers was an active user of the social media service Gab where he had posted anti-Semitic and racist content as well as one before the shooting that said "HIAS likes to bring invaders in that kill our people.
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
voting requirement above 50% for passage
to lift sanctions against Iran related to the import of humanitarian goods and civil aviation safety.
Arianespace launches the European Space Agency–Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency probe BepiColombo from Guiana Space Centre as it begins a 7-year journey to Mercury.
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
European tax fraud and financial scandal
subject in both science fiction and scientific speculation for future human colonization
arms control agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union
A bridge collapses and landslides also occur.
theoretical past period when the Universe was much hotter, denser and rapidly expanding
large unfinished basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets