A triple suicide bomb attack north of Tikrit kills at least 11 and injures another 34 members of Iraqi security forces.
Over 3 million bees die in South Carolina after being exposed to pesticides intended for mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus.
grounds of the World Trade Center in New York City
Amnesty International say dozens of children in Darfur are among more than 200 people estimated to have been killed by Sudan government chemical weapons since January.
ground warfare branch of Pakistan's military
Hovik Abrahamyan resigns as Prime Minister of Armenia citing civil unrest and a sharp economic downturn.
Turkish authorities remove two dozen elected Kurdish mayors in southeast Turkey.
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan (born 1955)
Abu Sayyaf of the Philippines allegedly kidnap three Filipino fishermen from their trawler off the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island.
A man in Philadelphia firebombs a man's car, referring to the injured burned man as being Muslim.
A gang shoots down a police helicopter near Apatzingán, Michoacán, killing four people.
The cost, so far, of battling the wildfire on California's scenic Big Sur coast is $206.7 million — the costliest in U.S. history, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The blaze, which was first reported on July 22, is currently 67 percent contained.
destroyed Israeli Earth communications satellite
former American multinational mass media corporation
American political parties other than the Republican and Democratic parties
overview of the Presidency of Vladimir Putin
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
President Rodrigo Duterte likens himself to Adolf Hitler saying he would "be happy" to kill 3 million drug users and dealers in the country.
On the final day, Pope Francis presides at a Mass with the nuncios.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Linden, New Jersey police shoot and arrest Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspected perpetrator.
United States Navy SEALs, by high altitude parachuting, fail in a rescue attempt after the team does not find the American and Australian hostages who were kidnapped in Kabul last month.
In 2015, more than 100,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore may have died as a result of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The continued poor air quality also continues to affect the health of more than 42 million Indonesians.
Proceedings begin in the trial of Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chairman of the giant insurance company AIG, on charges of accounting fraud.
Incumbent Jeremy Corbyn wins the leadership contest over Owen Smith with 61.8% of the vote.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet makes an "unsafe close-range intercept" of a United States Navy P-8A Poseidon over the Black Sea in international airspace, coming within 10 feet (3.3 m) of the U.S. aircraft.
Clashes near the village of Toumour in Niger's southeast Diffa Region kill at least 30 Boko Haram militants and five Niger Armed Forces soldiers.
Iranian death in police custody (1984-2009)
Eduardo Cunha, former President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies loses his position as a Deputy following a vote of the Chamber as a result of a series of corruption scandals.
The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Lionrock rises to 17 with several people still missing.
public school in Alpine, Texas, United States
Date: May 27, 1964 – present (58 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days)
A video from besieged eastern Aleppo's al-Shaar neighborhood emerges showing the moment a young girl, identified as Ghazal Qasim, trapped beneath rubble of a five floor building blown to smithereens by a deadly Assad government's bunker buster bomb attack on September 27, is rescued by the Syrian Civil Defense, better known as the white helmets.
2016 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election
Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi asks U.S.
Cambodia and Vietnam fail to agree on a resolution regarding their border dispute.
The Zika virus outbreak in Singapore which has infected over 200 people likely evolved from Southeast Asia.
Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson qualifies in Connecticut giving him ballot access to 48 states.
marketing term for a vehicle that provides luxury
Former Prime Minister of Iran and one of the founders of OPEC Jamshid Amouzegar, who was involved in the 1975 OPEC siege, dies at the age of 93.
In tennis, Swiss Stan Wawrinka defeats Serbian Novak Djokovic in four sets to claim the 2016 US Open men's singles title.
The alert level for the Mayon Volcano in the Philippines is increased after more than a hundred earthquakes were detected in its vicinity.
In light of the attacks, the governments of Australia, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States issue travel warnings against going to Mindanao, Philippines.
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
2009 Iranian presidential election protests
Iran: Tehran, Abadan, Ahvaz, Arak, Ardabil, Bandar Abbas, Birjand, Bojnord, Borujerd, Dezful, Sari, Babol, Bandar Torkaman, Bushehr, Hamadan, Isfahan, Ilam, Karaj, Kashan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Khorramshahr, Khoy, Mashhad, Najafabad, Qazvin, Qom, Rasht, Sanandaj, Shahr Kord, Shiraz, Tabriz, Urmia, Yasuj, Yazd, Zabol, Zanjan, Zahedan
The South American trading bloc Mercosur threatens to suspend Venezuela if it does not protect human rights and enact a law guaranteeing the free movement of Mercosur citizens.
International banking company Wells Fargo agrees to pay $190 million, including $100 million to the U.S.
The death toll in Japan from Typhoon Lionrock rises to 17 with several people still missing. Typhoon Namtheun is now threatening the main island of Kyushu.
The Parliament of Cambodia plans to strip political immunity for opposition politician Thak Lany of the Cambodia National Rescue Party alliance after she criticized Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Monterey County, California, United States
company with significant ownership of one or more banks
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months and 4 days)
process in which a first language is being acquired
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declares a state of emergency in the whole country. In a warning to Abu Sayyaf, Duterte says "I will eat you alive." ,
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches cyclone detection satellite SCATSAT-1, and seven other satellites into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota. The launch successfully demonstrates the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle's capability of placing satellites in multiple orbits in a single launch.
In a standoff which has continued for two days, an exchange of gunfire with a barricaded suspect in Anchorage, Alaska, injures two police officers. The standoff is one of two occurring in the Alaskan city.
Authorities find that the July 19 bus crash in Taiwan that killed 26 people was an intentional suicide by the bus driver.
Texas authorities agree to pay $1.9 million to the family of Sandra Bland, the woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, in July 2015.
The United States Senate and House of Representatives override the veto of President Barack Obama in regards to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.
international non-profit organization with HQ in Sweden which publishes secret information, by keeping sources anonymous
intentional deception made for unfair or unlawful gain or damaging or depriving a victim
North American professional sports league
In his final speech as President of the United States to the United Nations General Assembly, Barack Obama calls for a renewed commitment to collaborative efforts in facing many of the challenges confronting “an integrated world” community.
A bombing occurs in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan injuring 29 people.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
A bus skids off a mountain road in central Nepal, killing at least 19 people and injuring more than a dozen others.
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Mohmand Agency kills at least 28 people and injures 31 others. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims the responsibility.
means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables
Female victims of the martial law dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos speak at the Philippine Supreme Court about how they endured torture during Marcos' regime.
city in Union County, New Jersey, United States
Tropical storm warnings and watches are issued from Georgia to Rhode Island.
national park in California, United States
Authorities arrest Thompson for felony assault of a public official.
Authorities diagnose six more cases of the Zika virus in the provinces of Cebu and Iloilo in the Visayas and Laguna province near Metro Manila, Philippines.
American software and services company, specializing in data analysis
second largest island of the Philippines
American multinational banking and financial services company
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)
The death toll in yesterday's attack rises to five people with the assailant captured in Oak Harbor, Washington.
A researcher from the University of California, San Francisco discovers that the sugar industry may have manipulated studies about heart diseases.
combined military forces of the Philippines
Newly-revealed secret information, decoded from documents from the Mitrokhin Archive, a collection of handwritten notes by KGB archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, who smuggled his notes out of Russia in the 1990s when he defected to Britain, show that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was once a "spy" under the Russian agency the KGB using the codename "Mole".
The Awam Express train collides with a freight train near the Pakistani city of Multan killing at least six people and injuring another 150.
most populous city in the United States of America
Taiwan braces for the potential impact of Typhoon Megi which is strengthening as it approaches the island.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
An, as yet, uncaptured shooter at a mall in the town of Burlington, Washington kills at least three people and injures two others.
Iran releases Canadian-Iranian sociocultural anthropologist Homa Hoodfar, who had been held since June, as the countries begin talks on restoration of diplomatic ties.
An off-duty police officer shoots dead the perpetrator, Dahir Adan.
Riots continue into a second night with North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declaring a state of emergency.
The Commission on Presidential Debates officially announces the invitation of Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton, and GOP nominee Donald Trump, to the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on September 26.
presidential candidate Donald Trump in Mexico City.
Litigants file a new wave of lawsuits against Volkswagen regarding its emissions scandal.
A tourist boat carrying about 150 people capsizes on the Chao Phraya River in Thailand, killing at least 12 people with dozens missing.
Abu Sayyaf of the Philippines allegedly kidnap three Filipino fishermen from their trawler off the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo island. [permanent dead link]
ISIL-affiliated media wing Amaq News Agency claims responsibility for the act.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches its meteorological satellite INSAT-3DR into a geostationary transfer orbit atop its GSLV Mk II launch vehicle from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
Yahoo! discloses a data breach that compromised the details of 500 million users.
A tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake, and waves of 0.3m have been reported near Gisborne.
Iranian powerlifter Siamand Rahman cleared the bar at 310kg in the men's over 107kg, setting a new world Paralympic record and claiming his second consecutive Paralympic gold.
Asian stock markets open lower following the fall in the Dow Jones amid speculations about the Federal Reserve's target interest rates.
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary finds Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore guilty of six charges of violation of canon of judicial ethics and suspends him for the remainder of his term which is slated to end in 2019. The judge told other judges to ignore the Supreme Court of the United States ruling on gay marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges).
Before a ceasefire takes effect tomorrow, over 100 people have been killed and over 100 injured in airstrikes on rebel-held Idlib.
The death toll from a Saudi-led Arab coalition airstrike which hit a house in a residential area in western Yemen has risen to 26 people.
Clashes in Kashmir kill eight militants and a policeman.
A court in the Indian city of Mumbai convicts and sentences Ankur Panwar to the death penalty for a fatal acid-throwing attack.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
landmass comprising the continents of North America and South America
Governor Mary Fallin declares a state of emergency for Pawnee County.
Two attackers of Eid al-Adha prayers in an Imambargah at Shikapur district, Sindh, injure at least ten people including five policemen. One assailant blew himself up and authorities arrested the other one.
national flag of the United States of America
An explosion occurs in Seaside Park, New Jersey, shortly before the USMC 5K run in the area. No injuries or fatalities are reported.
President of the Philippines and former Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was in the city at the time.
The final agreement will be submitted to popular ratification in a referendum on October 2.
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Arnold Palmer, winner of seven major championships, member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, and widely credited with helping bring golf into its modern era, dies at the age of 87.
controversial pipeline construction site
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes during a routine firing test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. SpaceX say there were no injuries, but that an "anomaly" during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and the Israeli Amos-6 communication satellite it was carrying.
stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
An explosion occurs in Seaside Park, New Jersey, shortly before the USMC 5K run in the area.
The Red Cross warns that North Korea faces a "major, complex disaster" after recent floods kill scores of people and leave more than 100,000 homeless.
Uzbekistan’s parliament appoints Shavkat Mirziyoyev as interim president after the death of President Islam Karimov.
Thailand authorities investigate what could be the first cases of Zika virus-linked microcephaly in Southeast Asia.
SpaceX believes that the September 1 Florida launch pad malfunction and explosion of its Falcon 9 rocket and the Facebook payload during routine preparation was likely due to a large breach in its upper-stage oxygen tank's helium system.
The Anti-Defamation League declares that the "Pepe the Frog" meme is a hate symbol, particularly when used alongside other racially-charged symbolism. ,
Two successive suicide bombers on foot kill at least 24 people and injure 91 others, including senior security and police officials, after striking close to the Afghan Ministry of Defence in Kabul.
The American pop star Madonna agrees on a settlement with her former husband Guy Ritchie over their son.
Federal judge Sérgio Moro will preside over his case.
poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations
Imprisoned former American Army intelligence analyst and transgender person Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, will have the military provide the costs of gender reassignment surgery. She was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly three-quarters of a million classified or unclassified but sensitive military and diplomatic documents.
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
1955 reconnaissance aircraft family by Lockheed
Texas authorities agree to pay $1.9 million to the family of Sandra Bland, the woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Waller County, Texas, in July 2015. A grand jury did not issue an indictment.
Fox News On The Record host Greta Van Susteren leaves the channel after 14 years.
President of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)
head of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, second in line of presidential succession
The blast from barrel bombs dropped kills one person.
person with an extensive knowledge of anthropology
The iPhone 7 was released by Apple, along with the Plus version.
Vin Scully, broadcaster for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers since 1950, calls his final Dodgers home game.
agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant bans burqas in northern Iraq after a series of fatal attacks on its members by veiled women.
Burmese State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi asks U.S. businesses to invest in Myanmar after Barack Obama agrees to lift U.S. sanctions.
Fears rise in the Philippine province of Batanes after communications are cut in the islands. ,
German chemicals company Bayer AG will announce that it has acquired American seeds company Monsanto Co.
In bicycle racing, the 71st edition of the Vuelta a España concludes with Nairo Quintana of Colombia winning the general classification.
Indonesia authorities evacuate over 1,000 tourists from the island of Lombok after Mount Barujari erupts.
A commuter train accident at the Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey leaves one woman dead and 114 others injured. Major structural damage occurs to the station with portions of the roof collapsed. , ,
Hillary Clinton's doctor says she is being treated for pneumonia and dehydration after the Democratic Party presidential candidate fell ill and abruptly left a ceremony in New York City honoring the 15th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Baracktrema obamai, a new species of parasite is named after Barack Obama.
international organization of petroleum-exporting countries
Protesters of the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott yesterday injure twelve Charlotte, North Carolina police officers. Riots continue into a second night with North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declaring a state of emergency.
A gunman shoots dead two people and then himself at the Tennessee factory Thomas & Betts Corp.
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
maritime patrol aircraft family by Boeing
A Samsung official says phones with the problematic battery account for less than 0.1 percent of those sold.
Bayer reproposes to buy Monsanto at a new exchange of US$65 billion including debt.
intermontane valley in Jammu and Kashmir, bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño, also known as Timochenko, sign a peace accord in Cartagena, ending the longest running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere. The final agreement will be submitted to popular ratification in a referendum on October 2.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
association football club in Barnsley, England
series of space exploration missions being conducted by NASA
airstrikes killed up to eight Afghan policemen in Lashkar Gah, Uruzgan.
Jihadist militant group in the Philippines
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 19 days)
It is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Korea.
Researchers from the Americas and Europe discover that sounds in 40–100 basic vocabulary words in around 3,700 languages are similar.
The deal is intended to end combat in specified areas and create a joint center of combat to fight ISIL and Al-Nusra Front.
Member of the National Assembly of Cambodia
Luxembourg's foreign minister Jean Asselborn calls for Hungary to be expelled from the European Union for its treatment of migrants.
Ten thousand pro-government troops, mostly Iranian-led Shiite militants, amass near Aleppo in preparation of a final assault on rebel-held parts of the city.
states of North Carolina and Virginia declare a state of emergency over gas shortages as a result of the Colonial pipeline leak in Shelby County, Alabama.
At least 35 people are killed and 25 are injured after a bus crashes into a fuel tanker in Afghanistan's Zabul province.
The European Commission (EC) will now determine whether Bosnia meets the criteria to join the union, a process that is expected to take a year.
The giant panda is removed from IUCN's endangered species list but is replaced by the Eastern gorilla.
national space agency of the People's Republic of China
Aircraft designer and manufacturer in Russia
Twin suicide bombings at the Nakheel Mall in eastern Baghdad kill 12 people and injure more than 40 others.
In last week's meeting between Indonesian president Joko Widodo and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, Widodo today says that Duterte allegedly said that he '(would) not interfere' in the execution of accused drug smuggler and Philippine national Mary Jane Veloso.
large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low pressure
44th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2009-2017)
Iranian Para-cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad dies after being involved in a crash during the men's C4-5 road race.
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 92% of the world's population lives in air pollution levels surpassing the organization's limits. ,
Federal Chief Information Security Officer
The state of South Australia suffers widespread blackouts triggered by severe weather conditions.
A U.S. drone strike in Nangarhar Province kills at least 21 people.
Chinese prototype space station in orbit from 2011 to 2018
2016 UK Independence Party leadership election
In response to American criticism of the Duterte regime, Filipino foreign secretary Perfecto Yasay says the Philippines cannot remain as the "little brown brother" of the United States.
Russia and Saudi Arabia agree on a plan to manipulate oil output.
List of Vuelta a España general classification winners
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns as MP for Witney, triggering a by-election.
Denmark's government plans to buy the leaked Panama Papers containing Danish citizens.
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The United Nations estimates that the death toll from severe flooding in North Korea reaches 133 with another 395 missing and tens of thousands homeless.
The communication channel of the Philippine government is under scrutiny after an apparent whitewash and historical revisionism of the abuses of the Marcos dictatorship.
Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales (Map)
North Korea says that at least fifteen people are missing and thousands left homeless in the city of Hoeryong after the Tumen River floods.
Syrian government forces advance around and encircle Aleppo in order to try and impose a siege.
2016 mass protests and unrest in Ethiopia
A mass stabbing at Crossroads Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S., leaves nine injured. An off-duty police officer shoots dead the perpetrator, Dahir Adan.
Islamic holiday, also called the "Festival of the Sacrifice"
Australia's Department of Defence acknowledges its participation "among a number of international aircraft" in the Deir ez-Zor air raid.
A chlorine attack in Aleppo on Tuesday injures more than 100 people. The blast from barrel bombs dropped kills one person.
The Obama administration through the United States Department of Labor sues Peter Thiel's Palantir Technologies for alleged discrimination against Asians in its hiring practices. ,
South Korea reports that North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle
borough of New York City, New York, United States
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten accuses Facebook of censorship because of the website's decision to remove the iconic Vietnam War–era photo "napalm girl" as child pornography.
A case of West Nile virus is detected in New York City.
The Obama administration plans to lift sanctions against Myanmar.
Liberty Media confirms it is buying Formula One for US$4.4 billion; however, Bernie Ecclestone will remain as chief executive.
Fiji authorities detain two opposition party leaders, a prominent trade unionist, and another opposition activist, following their participation in Wednesday's forum on the Pacific island's 2013 constitution.
main Soviet security agency from 1954 to 1991
to sanitize and change hiding undesirable qualities (censorship)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin fail to agree on a peace deal regarding the Syrian civil war.
In response to criticism of his government's extrajudicial killings of 1,800 people since July, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says that U.S. forces advising the Armed Forces of the Philippines against an Islamic insurgency in Mindanao are doing more harm than good and must leave the country, saying, ”I do not want a rift with America, but they have to go," during a speech in Manila.
The European Space Agency's robotic lander Philae is discovered wedged in a crack between some rocks in the shadow of a cliff on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by the Rosetta space probe after being lost since 2014.
German scientists confirm that the cause of the Great Plague of London from 1665–1666 was Yersinia pestis (cause of the Bubonic plague).
The Duterte administration suspends more Philippine mines for violating environmental regulations.
About 27 years after his abduction, the remains of Jacob Wetterling are discovered.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
expendable system for launching satellites, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation
In last week's meeting between Indonesian president Joko Widodo and Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte, Widodo today says that Duterte allegedly said that he '(would) not interfere' in the execution of accused drug smuggler and Philippine national Mary Jane Veloso. However, today a Manila Bulletin article says that Manny Piñol, the Philippines Agriculture Secretary, states that Duterte actually asked for clemency for Veloso.
Protests against the 2009 re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The challenger Venezuelan Jorge Linares defeats reigning champion British Anthony Crolla to claim the WBA lightweight title at Manchester Arena.
Miami Beach authorities begin spraying for the Zika virus despite protests.
Japan's Democratic Party elects Sha Renhō as President. The House of Councillors member becomes the first female to head the opposition party. ,
Mother Teresa, known for working with the desperately poor in India, is canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican.
unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the Euromaidan movement
It says it would "never intentionally target a known Syrian military unit or actively support Daesh (ISIS)" and offers its condolences.
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declares a state of emergency in the whole country.
The top cleric of Saudi Arabia says Iranians "are not Muslims."
Iraqi Armed Forces recapture al-Shirqat, southwest of al Hujayl, from ISIL.
A court sentences five members of the Cuba men's national volleyball team to prison for a gang rape of a Finnish woman that took place in Tampere, Finland, in July 2016 during the FIVB Volleyball World League.
head of government of the United Kingdom
The Piton de la Fournaise (Peak of the Furnace) shield volcano on France's Réunion island in the Indian Ocean erupts for the second time this year.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims the responsibility.
The Philippine Supreme Court postpones the burial of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos until at least October 18.
capital and largest municipality of Spain
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
air defence branch of the Syrian military
The Syrian Army clashes with insurgents in the 1070 Apartments district of Aleppo.
The United States, United Kingdom, and France seek a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the declining security situation in Aleppo.
The China Meteorological Administration forecasts that Typhoon Meranti will make landfall in south Fujian Province.
A combined bomb and gun attack kills three Thai police officers and injures two others in Yala province.
A Democratic Republic of the Congo protest calling for the resignation of President Joseph Kabila turns violent in Kinshasa, leaving at least 17 people dead, including three police officers.
The United States Secretary of State John Kerry calls for a no-fly zone over northern Syria, in response to the recent airstrikes on an aid convoy and medical facility in the Aleppo Governorate.
head of the United States Department of State
A migrant boat carrying some 600 passengers capsizes off the coast of Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate, Egypt, killing at least 52 people, with hundreds more missing.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
England national football team manager Sam Allardyce resigns after only one match and 67 days in charge, due to a scandal over statements made to undercover reporters.
The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games, i.e., (parallel Olympic Games), open in Rio de Janeiro.
Air China receives criticism in the United Kingdom after it releases an advertisement warning passengers from visiting areas of London populated by blacks, Indians and Pakistanis.
The strike is allegedly the largest in human history.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
An explosion on a tourist speed boat kills two people and injures 20 others shortly after departing from the Indonesian port of Padangbai in Karangasem, Bali. ,
In China, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection places under investigation Tianjin mayor Huang Xingguo, who is also serving as acting Communist Party Secretary.
forces advising the Armed Forces of the Philippines against an Islamic insurgency in Mindanao are doing more harm than good and must leave the country, saying, ”I do not want a rift with America, but they have to go," during a speech in Manila.
municipality of Baja California Sur, Mexico
The named individuals all received "therapeutic use exemptions" from WADA allowing them to use otherwise banned substances to treat documented medical conditions.
Brazilian police arrest former Finance Minister Guido Mantega as part of an ongoing probe into corruption.
President Barack Obama nominates Jeffrey DeLaurentis as the first United States Ambassador to Cuba since 1961.
The Duterte administration defends its decision to bury the former dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippine heroes' cemetery.
Members of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) elect Diane James as their new leader.
Islamic militants attack Christian sections of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, leaving 13 dead in the city of Mardan.
Two gunmen kill three Pakistani Army soldiers near the city of Peshawar.
1 Hudson Place Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
association football club in Southampton, England
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
Taiwan issues land and sea warnings for Typhoon Meranti which is expected to hit tomorrow the southern part of the island.
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
Four Jaish-e-Mohammed militants attack an Indian Army base near the Pakistan border with at least 17 soldiers and four militants killed.
The Obama administration claims that Russia was responsible for the bombing of a United Nations aid convoy near Aleppo on September 19. Russia denies its involvement. In the aftermath of the attack, the United Nations suspends all aid convoys in Syria.
American multinational insurance corporation
golf tournament held in the United States
A Tel Aviv, Israel, four story parking lot under construction collapses and kills at least two people and injures 18 others.
2016 Southeastern United States gasoline shortage
China's Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope in Guizhou province becomes the world's largest single-dish telescope.
British MP Keith Vaz quits the Home Affairs Select Committee following allegations that he had engaged in sexual activity with male prostitutes.
A Muslim preacher from a local mosque shoots and kills Jordanian writer and cartoonist Nahed Hattar in front of a courthouse in the capital Amman.
city in and county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States
2016 United States presidential election
directly elected parliament of the European Union
President of the European Council Donald Tusk states that the UK could begin its formal process of withdrawing from the European Union early next year, after a meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May last week.
class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
The cases of people infected with the Zika virus in Singapore jumps to 240+.
Bahraini human rights activist, Bahraini opposition leader.
Malaysia reports its first pregnant woman infected with the Zika virus.
space mission to retrieve tangible samples from an extraterrestrial location and return with them to Earth for analysis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel defends her stance regarding the European migrant crisis despite her party losing in the key election.
area of sand or small stones near the sea or another area of water such as a lake
Several bombings kill at least 40 people in government and Kurdish held territory across Syria, including Tartus, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Damascus. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, settles a sexual harassment case by Gretchen Carlson for US$20 million.
President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan dies after 27 years in office.
capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria Founder ottoman empair
Typhoon Malakas makes landfall on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu dumping heavy rain and causing flight cancellations.
group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan
The governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda report tremors.
low-intensity asymmetric war, beginning in 1964, between Colombian governments, paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrillas (FARC, ELN, etc.)
However, Pakistan rejects this claim and terms it cross-border firing that killed two of its soldiers.
One or more unnamed authors at the European Commission, in their internal discussion, regards the United Kingdom as having lost direction in its Brexit policy and planning and thinks the UK will eventually 'plead' for a deal.
international hospitality company in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
American football team in the National Football League
The Western Bulldogs defeat the Greater Western Sydney Giants 13.11 (89)–12.11 (83) at the Sydney Showground, advancing to the AFL Grand Final for the first time since 1961.
The 2005 indictment accuses Greenberg and AIG's former CFO of setting up bogus reinsurance transactions to conceal the insurer's financial difficulties in 2000 and 2001.
legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime
The Obama administration plans on increasing refugees admitted to the United States to 110,000.
A mass stabbing at Crossroads Center in St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S., leaves nine injured.
Typhoon Meranti hits mainland China and Taiwan killing at least eight people and destroying 1,600 houses.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
The blaze, which was first reported on July 22, is currently 67 percent contained.
Abu Sayyaf have claimed responsibility for the attack.
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits near the Colombian city of Medellin.
Undercover press reporters make allegations of corruption against Southampton F.C. assistant manager Eric Black.
Old Concord Road, Charlotte, North Carolina
The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida.
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
global international and intergovernmental organization
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
It is expected to impact parts of Haiti, Jamaica and eastern Cuba.
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches cyclone detection satellite SCATSAT-1, and seven other satellites into orbit from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
Hungarian migrant quota referendum, 2016
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
A South Korean palm oil company is accused of causing the wildfires in Indonesia.
Date: September 23, 2016 6:52 p.m. (PDT)
a scandal over statements made to undercover reporters
Voters in Croatia go to the polls for a parliamentary election with the conservative Croatian Democratic Union taking an early lead.
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
international Jewish non-governmental organization
intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal
2015 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide
The United States Senate and House of Representatives override the veto of President Barack Obama in regards to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. The act narrows the scope of the legal doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity, specifically, in this instance against the sovereign nation of Saudi Arabia. The action is the first such congressional veto override to Obama.
Taiwan authorities close schools and offices as Typhoon Megi approaches the island.
spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid.
There has been a previous explosion in Seaside Park.
Large explosions and gunfire are reported in the Gabonese capital Libreville as security forces clash with supporters of opposition presidential candidate Jean Ping protesting the election results indicating a narrow victory by President Ali Bongo Ondimba.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that Samsung washing machines may explode if washing heavy load items at high speeds.
At least 23 inmates are killed in a fire and stampede at Kaliti Prison near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia during an attempted jailbreak.
Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump hold the first presidential debate of the 2016 presidential election at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York.
2015 death in police custody, Waller County, Texas, US
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
Date: 23 February – 2 May 2014 (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
A female student at Alpine High School in Texas, U.S., shoots herself dead in what appeared to be an "active shooter" event, resulting in a student and police officer being injured.
Mitochondrial donation allows the first 'three person baby' to be born.
A shooting at an elementary school in Townville, South Carolina, leaves two students and a teacher wounded. Police take the teenage suspect into custody. Authorities find the shooter's father dead. One of the students dies two days later. , ,
An explosion on a tourist speed boat kills two people and injures 20 others shortly after departing from the Indonesian port of Padangbai in Karangasem, Bali.
North American professional baseball league
The Obama administration through the United States Department of Justice lowers the fine against Germany's Deutsche Bank to a settlement of US$5.4 billion after being handed a demand for up to $14 billion earlier this month over the sale of toxic mortgage bonds.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2016
Taliban militants storm the city of Tarinkot, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's Urozgan Province, with fighting reported on multiple fronts throughout the city. Local officials flee to the nearby Tarinkot Airport for shelter.
Filipino journalist, writer, agriculturist and politician
106 of the 108 papal nuncios and other papal diplomatic representatives meet in Rome for three days of meetings.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously advised Ahmadinejad to not seek the presidency next year.
The launch successfully demonstrates the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle's capability of placing satellites in multiple orbits in a single launch.
the highest court in the U.S. state of Alabama
September 2016 North Korean nuclear test
September 2016 nuclear test detonation by North Korea
The sheriff's department of Morton County, North Dakota, issues arrest warrants for United States Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, and her running-mate, Ajamu Baraka on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief. The county sheriff's department says that Stein and Baraka vandalized equipment at a controversial pipeline construction site.
measurement, processing and communication of financial information about economic entities
Cascade Mall, Burlington, Washington, U.S.
passenger rail transport services primarily within metropolitan areas
Typhoon Megi makes landfall in eastern China a day after killing four people and injuring 260 on Taiwan.
In tennis, German Angelique Kerber defeats Czech Karolína Plíšková in three sets to win the 2016 US Open women's singles title.
demarcation line between India and Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Chinese vessels are seen positioned near the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the coast of the Philippines.
Undercover press reporters make allegations of corruption
The witness also revealed that Duterte's son Paolo may also have been involved in the murders as an accomplice to his father.
Budi Waseso, head of Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN, Badan Narkotika Nasional [id]), says he plans on copying Rodrigo Duterte's hardline tactics against drug traffickers, which have killed almost 3,000 people in the Philippines.
Undercover press reporters make allegations of corruption against Southampton F.C.
more northern, and smaller, of the two main islands of New Zealand
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos announces that he will sign the peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia or FARC on September 26.
A new infection of the Zika virus spreads to the Philippines.
or Northeastern Africa or Northern East Africa as it was known in the past
The Obama administration urges Bahrain to free Nabeel Rajab, a human rights activist.
automotive manufacturing corporation based in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Amaq News Agency claims ISIL is responsible for shooting down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet over Deir ez-Zor.
city in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
The World Anti-Doping Agency reveals that Russian hackers broke into one of its databases and published confidential medical information on several prominent American female athletes who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, among them, gymnast Simone Biles, tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, and basketball player Elena Delle Donne.
The United Kingdom agrees to allow alleged hacker Lauri Love to be extradited to the United States.
The U.S. states of North Carolina and Virginia declare a state of emergency over gas shortages as a result of the Colonial pipeline leak in Shelby County, Alabama.
child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972
Amaq News Agency claims ISIL is responsible for shooting down a Syrian Air Force fighter jet over Deir ez-Zor. The London-based SOHR says the MiG pilot was killed.
deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army base
Samsung Electronics recalls all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that have fire-prone batteries, and halts sales in 10 markets.
Barack Obama pledges US$90 million to clear Laos of unexploded ordnance dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War.
Hermine, as a Category 1 storm, kills one person and leaves a quarter-million others without electricity during its trek through Florida. Now a tropical storm over North Carolina, Hermine should re-strengthen when it moves into the Atlantic Ocean tomorrow. Tropical storm warnings and watches are issued from Georgia to Rhode Island.
American multinational technology company
Millions of people in Nigeria are at risk of famine.
bicameral legislature of the United States
Australia's Department of Defence acknowledges its participation "among a number of international aircraft" in the Deir ez-Zor air raid. It says it would "never intentionally target a known Syrian military unit or actively support Daesh (ISIS)" and offers its condolences.
In 2015, more than 100,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore may have died as a result of forest fires in Southeast Asia.
List of people and organizations sanctioned during the Russo-Ukrainian War
Latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to make strong gains.
city in Colombia, capital of Colombian department Antioquia
bilateral relations between Israel and Syria
Polish politician, former President of the European Council, and former Prime Minister of Poland
fraud on emissions tests using a defeat device from 2009 to 2015 by Volkswagen
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs off the north east coast of North Island, New Zealand.
American multinational agricultural biotechnology, seed, and agrochemical company
Hurricane Matthew becomes a category-5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds up to 160 mph, the strongest hurricane to form over the Caribbean Sea since Hurricane Felix in 2007. It is expected to impact parts of Haiti, Jamaica and eastern Cuba. ,
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Los Angeles, California, United States
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Agusan del Sur province in Mindanao island.
campaign by the Green Party candidate to become the 45th President of the United States
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
United States Space Force facility in Brevard County, Florida
Mexican authorities find the bodies of two priests who were kidnapped yesterday in Poza Rica, Veracruz. Authorities find the third abducted person, the driver, alive.
A suicide bombing at a mosque in Mohmand Agency kills at least 28 people and injures 31 others.
bi-partisan U.S. presidential debate organizing group formed in 1987
In response to criticism of his government's extrajudicial killings of 1,800 people since July, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says that U.S.
medical practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering
public health emergency of international concern
A chlorine attack in Aleppo on Tuesday injures more than 100 people.
light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Warner Brothers is accused of self-censorship after it tagged its own websites for copyright infringement through the search engine Google.
President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010
A beachgoer in Australia discovers dinosaur footprints believed to be around 130 million years old while combing the shore for shells.
music and theatre venue in downtown Los Angeles, California
Genetic tests show that the genus giraffa, previously thought to contain one extant species, actually consists of four.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Citing irreconcilable differences, Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt and seeks full custody of their six children. The couple married in 2014 and had been in a relationship since 2005.
With 2,400 people dead so far, Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines, says that "plenty will be killed" in the war against drugs.
country in Central and Southeastern Europe
France conducts airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle.
2001 Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S.
Oromia Region, Addis Ababa north-western, southern and eastern part of the regions Ambo, Dembi Dolo, and NekemteAmhara Region, Gondar, Bahir Dar,
56th governor of New York from 2011 to 2021
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in South Korea, 9km south of Gyeongju, injuring at least two people and causing nationwide panic.
The Arctic Research Foundation discovers the wreck of the Royal Navy's HMS Terror almost completely intact off the southern coast of King William Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 168 years after being abandoned during Franklin's lost expedition in 1848.
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) launches the Tiangong-2 space laboratory from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia.
A roadside blast in the Balochistan Province kills two policemen and injures eight people.
A study concludes that typhoons in Asia are becoming stronger.
The Duterte administration accuses China of building a "secret island" on the Scarborough Shoal.
United States Air Force base near Marysville, California, USA
surgical procedures to alter sexual characteristics to match identified gender
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declines to run for a third term in the upcoming election.
legislative branch of the Libyan government
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC guerrilla leader Rodrigo Londoño, also known as Timochenko, sign a peace accord in Cartagena, ending the longest running armed conflict in the Western Hemisphere.
Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte accuses the Liberal Party of former president Benigno Aquino III and their allies of orchestrating an impeachment complaint against him regarding his anti-drug campaign.
Aftenposten (Norwegian for "The Evening Post"), Norwegian newspaper.
A suicide bomber attacks a charity in the Kabul suburb of Shāre Naw with the Taliban claiming responsibility.
Solly Msimanga, newly elected Democratic Alliance mayor of Tshwane, South Africa, rejects a fleet of luxury cars for himself and instead donates it to the city's police.
Around 180 million people are claimed to be striking in India against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic privatization plans.
In a protest in Barcelona, an estimated 800,000 people (370,000 in the government claim) demand secession from the Madrid-based Spanish government.
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
Royal Caribbean International cruise ship
Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts merge into one company with Marriott International purchasing Starwood for $13 billion and making Marriott the largest hotel company in the world.
A former militiaman claims while testifying at a hearing by the Philippine Senate that President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte ordered the deaths of criminals and political opponents, allegedly Leila de Lima, critic and journalist Juan Pala, and unidentified Filipino Muslims in 1993, while he was mayor of Davao City. The witness also revealed that Duterte's son Paolo may also have been involved in the murders as an accomplice to his father. , ,
political party in South Africa formed in 2000
State officials order closure of three dozen wastewater disposal wells by oil and gas operators.
Former President and Prime Minister of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres dies at the age of 93. ,
Luis Videgaray Caso resigns as Mexico's finance minister amid fallout over President Enrique Peña Nieto's controversial meeting with U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump in Mexico City. Videgaray is revealed to have been the main advocate of arranging the meeting.
Malaysia confirms its first case of Zika virus.
An engineer from Volkswagen pleads guilty for his role in the emissions cheating scandal.
The Obama administration through federal prosecutors announces corruption charges against nine defendants, including a former close aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, over their roles in alleged bribery and fraud schemes tied to the awarding of large state contracts and other activities.
inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs
Typhoon Megi causes landslides in China and leaves at least 32 people missing.
Former Prime Minister and President of Italy Carlo Azeglio Ciampi dies at the age of 95.
International Civil Aviation Organization
The UN's children's charity UNICEF has called the effect of the war in Aleppo on children as the worst seen since the conflict began, and says at least 96 children have been killed and 223 have been injured in Eastern Aleppo September 23.
An explosion at a night market in Davao City, Philippines, kills at least 14 people and injures 60. President of the Philippines and former Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte was in the city at the time. Abu Sayyaf have claimed responsibility for the attack.
A pregnant woman is discovered to be infected by the Zika virus after cases jump to over 100 in Singapore.
Obama administration and the Russian Putin administration agree to a Syrian peace deal.
bilateral relations between Russia and Saudi arabia
Flooding in Niger kills at least 38 people and leaves more than 92,000 people displaced.
The action is the first such congressional veto override to Obama.
former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
Volcano on the French oversea department La Réunion
American online social media and social networking service
term used by the United States Department of Defense
Aftermath of the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum
Syria reports its air defense shot down an Israeli warplane that attacked a Syrian army position in al-Quneitra, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The Israel Defense Forces say that missiles were fired at their aircraft but none hit.
Heavy rainfall, flooding, and landslides in the Indonesian province of West Java kill at least ten people and leave three others missing.
2016 Summer Paralympics closing ceremony
maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces
term describing indigenous people of Indonesia
men's national association football team representing England
citizens of the United Kingdom whose ancestral roots lie in Pakistan
A motorcycle bomb kills a father and daughter outside an elementary school in Narathiwat province.
President of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
The bank fired 5,300 employees over "inappropriate sales conduct." The firings took place over a five-year period.
The Obama administration agrees to have the United States Armed Forces assist Japan on conducting joint patrols in the South China Sea.
A boiler explodes causing a fire in a factory in the Bangladeshi city of Tongi killing at least 25 people and injures 70 others.
The International Civil Aviation Organization denies Taiwan's participation in its triennial assembly in Montreal, Canada.
The police had been conducting an operation against criminal groups and drug cartels.
120th season of the elite Australian rules football competition
UK Independence Party leadership election, 2016
German-American entrepreneur (born 1967)
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) holds an emergency session to discuss the U.S. airstrikes in Deir ez-Zor.
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
The High Court of Zimbabwe overturns bans on protests in Harare.
A Muslim preacher from a local mosque shoots and kills Jordanian writer and cartoonist Nahed Hattar in front of a courthouse in the capital Amman. Authorities take the gunman into custody.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
The Cuban-born American arsonist who torched 87 people in March 1990 at The Bronx Happy Land fire, Julio González, dies in prison at the age of 61.
military investigates yesterday's Islamic State rocket strike near the Qayyarah Airfield West to ascertain if a chemical agent was used.
International banking company Wells Fargo agrees to pay $190 million, including $100 million to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (largest ever for the agency), to settle a case involving deceptive sales that pushed customers into fee-generating accounts they never requested. The bank fired 5,300 employees over "inappropriate sales conduct." The firings took place over a five-year period.
KGB leaked secret files given by Vasili Mitrokhin
A local doctor in Belgium grants euthanasia to a terminally-ill minor, marking the first case of such procedure performed since the 2014 removal of age restrictions.
Luis Videgaray Caso resigns as Mexico's finance minister amid fallout over President Enrique Peña Nieto's controversial meeting with U.S.
List of individuals sanctioned during the Ukrainian crisis
The death toll of the September 2 bombing rises to 15.
The storm cuts power and communications in the Philippine province of Batanes as it undergoes a "state of calamity."
The sister of Filipino actress Maritoni Fernandez and daughter of British hereditary peer Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan is shot dead in a suburb of Manila. Through deliberate evidence left at the scene, the perpetrator's motive appears to be an implication that Moynihan had been a drug dealer.
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
More than a hundred tourists in the French Alps spend an evening suspended in midair inside cable cars that ceased to move.
If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S.
Another bombing took place not long after.
aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces
Major structural damage occurs to the station with portions of the roof collapsed.
native american reservation in Dakota, United States
The mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu and in 2023 to return a sample to Earth for detailed analysis.
Former President and Prime Minister of Israel, and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres dies at the age of 93.
Voters in Hong Kong go to the polls for a Legislative Council election, the first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy street protests.
President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez, known as Timochenko, will sign the agreement on September 26.
Dutch-led investigators say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed over eastern Ukraine in 2014 by a Buk missile that had come from Russia.
disputed territory between China, India and Pakistan
neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States
Russell M. Nelson dedicates the Sapporo Japan Temple, the 151st LDS temple and third temple in Japan.
1,134-mile-long (1,825 km) underground oil pipeline project in the United States
surgical strike by Indian Army against terrorists
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
Police take the teenage suspect into custody.
continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth's northeastern quadrant
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
15th President of the Philippines (2010-2016)
city in Skagit County, Washington, United States
An Mi-8 transport helicopter crashes near the eastern Libyan city of Tobruk, killing at least six people.
Muslim-majority ethnic groups on Mindanao, Joló and Palawan in the Philippines
Five hundred meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
former Leader of the British Labour Party, MP for Islington North
The Israel Defense Forces say that missiles were fired at their aircraft but none hit.
specialized agency of the United Nations, coordinates the international civil aviation regulations and policy
SpaceX successfully tests its most powerful rocket to date. The company's goal will be to use the Raptor (rocket engine) to power their "super-heavy" Interplanetary Transport System in facilitation of the colonization of Mars and beyond.
The death toll increases to at least 148 with another 240 believed to still be missing.
tropical sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located east of Central America, south of the Greater Antilles and north of South America
ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location or habitat
The WHO announces that measles has been eliminated throughout the Americas, the first time this virus has been eradicated in an entire region. The hemisphere’s last endemic case of measles — one which did not spring from an imported strain — was in 2002. ,
Barnsley F.C. fires assistant manager Tommy Wright as further allegations of corruption in English football are reported.
national political party in United States
Ali Bongo Ondimba rejects calls for a recount.
The U.S. Obama administration and the Russian Putin administration agree to a Syrian peace deal. The deal is intended to end combat in specified areas and create a joint center of combat to fight ISIL and Al-Nusra Front.
San Francisco 49ers football player Bruce Miller is charged with assault.
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
An airstrike yesterday on a medical facility near Aleppo kills five French medical charity workers.
Forces loyal to Libyan general and former US citizen Khalifa Haftar, commander of the elected Council of Deputies military, seize control of the ports of Sidra, Ra's Lanuf, Brega and Zuwetina.
One crew member of the MS Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, is killed and four other crew members are injured after a lifeboat fell on them during a training exercise on the ship that was docked in Marseille, France.
Tanzanian authorities report significant damage in the town of Bukoba.
In the final event of the PGA Tour season, The Tour Championship, Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy wins a three-way playoff to claim both the event title and the US$10 million FedEx Cup bonus for the overall season title.
Several bombings kill at least 40 people in government and Kurdish held territory across Syria, including Tartus, Homs, Al-Hasakah and Damascus.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Pawnee, Oklahoma, tying the record for the strongest in state history.
Three bombings kill at least 17 people in Baghdad.
The sister of Filipino actress Maritoni Fernandez and daughter of British hereditary peer Antony Moynihan, 3rd Baron Moynihan is shot dead in a suburb of Manila.
A train derails at a station in the town of O Porriño in Galicia, Spain, killing at least four people.
American former professional basketball player and former Mayor of Sacramento
leading or presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016
The U.S. Yosemite National Park expands by 400 acres.
head of government of the Italian Republic
village in Nassau County, New York, United States
The President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte declares a nationwide "state of lawlessness" after yesterday's bombing in Davao City that has killed at least 14 people.
Aftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016
Protesters of the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott yesterday injure twelve Charlotte, North Carolina police officers.
The New South Wales State Emergency Service warns residents of the Australian town of Forbes to evacuate as the Lachlan River floods.
Series of protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline
The Obama administration through the United States Department of Justice sends a subpoena to natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy regarding the accounting methods for its oil and gas properties.
Hungarian prosecutors charge a woman who kicked refugees fleeing in Hungary with disorderly conduct.
The standoff is one of two occurring in the Alaskan city.
Arabic term for people engaged in jihad ("struggle")
U.S. Department that regulates the workers' rights and labor markets
The United States Congress passes a law allowing families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia. U.S. president Barack Obama threatens to veto it.
Russian and Ukrainian surface-to-air missile system
shopping mall in Washington, United States
people native to or citizens of the islands of the Philippines
United Kingdom peer whose position is hereditary
A gunman opens fire at a Houston shopping center and injures nine people. Responding police kill the shooter afterwards.
A house fire in Memphis kills at least 11 people.
governing body of association football in Slovenia
The Richmond Times-Dispatch of Virginia is first to endorse Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson for president and the first newspaper media endorsement of a third-party nominee in this election cycle.
Authorities find the third abducted person, the driver, alive.
A U.S. federal judge denies a request to stop construction of a pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Reservation of the Sioux people.
chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17
Several young pro-independence candidates win seats in the election.
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee releases a summary of its two-year investigation into former NSA contractor Edward Snowden which downplays his alleged status as a whistleblower while acknowledging "tremendous damage to national security" as a result of the classified documents he stole.
joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing
Voters head to the polls in Berlin, Germany, to elect members to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin. Latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to make strong gains.
development history of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft
Gunung Rinjani National Park Lombok, Indonesia
South Dakota and North Dakota, United States
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
Brazilian prosecutors file corruption charges against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva. Federal judge Sérgio Moro will preside over his case.
The United States Congress passes a law allowing families of the victims of the September 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia.
power to unilaterally stop an official action
Czech President Milos Zeman says in an interview that the Crimean peninsula can never be returned to Ukraine, notwithstanding the fact that it was de facto annexed by Russia.
City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
metropolitan municipality in Gauteng, South Africa
The sheriff's department of Morton County, North Dakota, issues arrest warrants for United States Green Party presidential candidate, Jill Stein, and her running-mate, Ajamu Baraka on charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief.
city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2001 up to 2018
land service branch of the Indian Armed Forces
The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games close in Rio de Janeiro.
Irish politician and head of government (born 1951)
Fiji authorities detain two opposition party leaders, a prominent trade unionist, and another opposition activist, following their participation in Wednesday's forum on the Pacific island's 2013 constitution. A police spokesperson told the Fiji Times that several people were being questioned about comments made at the forum that, "Could affect the safety and security of all Fijians."
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
2016 India–Pakistan military confrontation
The Earth has lost a tenth of its wilderness in the last two decades.
Date: 22 September 2014 – present (8 years, 4 months and 4 days)
Iran's former prosecutor of the Islamic Revolutionary Court, Saeed Mortazavi apologizes for his role in 2009 accidents at Kahrizak detention center which resulted in the deaths of three political prisoners including Mohsen Rouholamini.
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
Members of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit, scheduled to be held in Pakistan during November 2016, postpone the meeting following an Indian-led boycott, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Bhutan in response to Pakistan's alleged involvement in a deadly terrorist attack on an Indian Army base in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, on September 18.
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
Six people are also missing from nearby Baofeng village.
A bomb squad robot detonates an explosive device at a transit station in Elizabeth, New Jersey. There has been a previous explosion in Seaside Park. No one is hurt.
Twin suicide bombings at the Nakheel Mall in eastern Baghdad kill 12 people and injure more than 40 others. ISIL claims responsibility.
Abu Sayyaf frees a Norwegian hostage for a ransom of ₱30 million (US$638,000) and releases three kidnapped Indonesians from Sabah.
A court in the Philippines orders the central bank to return US$15 million back to Bangladesh.
strongest Oklahoma earthquake on record, centered near Pawnee
The latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to gain strongly.
professional sports hall of Fame in St. Johns County, Florida, United States
Elections in Malaysia are to occur in 2017 as efforts to challenge the legitimacy of Najib Razak mount.
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
wildfire in the Garrapata State Park, Monterey County, California
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2016
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Miami, Florida, United States
Voters in Hong Kong go to the polls for a Legislative Council election, the first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy street protests. Several young pro-independence candidates win seats in the election. ,
British singer, songwriter, record producer and graphic designer (1946-1991)
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards is held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles with Game of Thrones winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Veep winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story winning the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series.
American politician and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
Turkish Armed Forces claims that it has killed three Kurdistan Workers' Party fighters in air strikes in southeastern Turkey near the borders with Iraq.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The U.S. military investigates yesterday's Islamic State rocket strike near the Qayyarah Airfield West to ascertain if a chemical agent was used.
An asteroid is named in honour of Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 70th birthday.
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
air establishment in Mosul, Republic of Iraq
Military helicopters bomb the headquarters of Union of Forces for Change, according to opposition leader Jean Ping, killing at least two people.
one of nine official regions of England at the first level of NUTS
history, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.
The iPhone 7 was released by Apple, along with the Plus version. [1][permanent dead link]
Mexican authorities find the bodies of two priests who were kidnapped yesterday in Poza Rica, Veracruz.
rocket launch site in Brevard County, Florida
device that uses chemicals to harm or kill people
process of preventing a spacecraft from colliding
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
2015–2017 normalization of Cuba–U.S. relations
papal ambassador, diplomatic rank of the Holy See
geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
Game of Thrones wins three Emmy Awards to become the most successful narrative series of all time beating the record previously held by Frasier.
The Miss America 2017 pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, with Savvy Shields, currently Miss Arkansas, winning the event.
Turkey suspends 11,500 teachers over alleged links to separatist terrorist organization Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) a week before the start of school.
joint operations room of rebel factions in the Syrian Civil War
An unidentified suspect chases people with a machete outside the Marlborough CTrain station in Calgary, Alberta and injures 2 inside the nearby Marlborough Mall, including a police officer.
The European Parliament condemns the killings in the Philippines.
Imprisoned former American Army intelligence analyst and transgender person Chelsea Manning, who is serving a 35-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth, will have the military provide the costs of gender reassignment surgery.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina
In a standoff which has continued for two days, an exchange of gunfire with a barricaded suspect in Anchorage, Alaska, injures two police officers.
Federal Chief Information Officer of the United States
United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas
American Conservative icon Phyllis Schafly dies at the age of 92.
The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. The mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu and in 2023 to return a sample to Earth for detailed analysis. If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid.
Gunfire is heard in the Afghan capital Kabul with security forces looking for attackers with at least one person killed and six injured.
direct and universal vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal
Local officials flee to the nearby Tarinkot Airport for shelter.
line of smartwatches created by Apple Inc.
General Motors recalls 4.3 million vehicles after a defect in the software for the airbag led to one fatality.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (largest ever for the agency), to settle a case involving deceptive sales that pushed customers into fee-generating accounts they never requested.
capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Apple announces the release of the iPhone 7 along with the Apple Watch 2.
A United States Air Force U-2 reconnaissance aircraft crashes in Northern California, shortly after takeoff from Beale Air Force Base, killing one pilot and injuring another.
Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister and then President of Israel (1923-201כ6)
Residents of the American state of Florida prepare for the impact of Hurricane Hermine which is expected to make landfall today. A state of emergency has been declared in 51 of the 67 counties in the state.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny says that Irish unity must be considered in Brexit talks.
bilateral relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia
SpaceX successfully tests its most powerful rocket to date.
The Royal Bank of Scotland announces that it will pay US$1.1 billion to resolve some of its mortgage claims in the United States.
Iranian-born Australian politician Sam Dastyari pledges his support for China's position in the dispute.
American professional tennis player (born 1980)
international governing body for association football in Europe
third major version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 orbital launch vehicle
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States
Internet is also cut in the capital, Libreville.
International Union for Conservation of Nature
Typhoon Meranti hits southern Taiwan with record breaking winds and heavy rains, disrupting transport and knocking out power to tens of thousands of people.
events in a specific year or time period
Fourth constitution of Fiji that came into effect in 2013
act of censoring or classifying one's own discourse
The Italian cabinet sets a constitutional reform vote for December 4.
lower house of the United States Congress
vigilante group active in Davao City in the Philippines
Roughly: West 19th – West 23rd Streets Eighth –Tenth Avenues
Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act
United States law vetoed by President Obama but overridden
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
Members of European football's governing body, UEFA, elect Aleksander Čeferin, president of the Football Association of Slovenia since 2011, president of UEFA.
Australian politician and union official
A fire at a power plant at Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority causes a blackout which leaves 1.5 million people without electricity.
U.S. President Barack Obama cancels a scheduled meeting with the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, after Duterte referred to Obama as a "son of a whore", while adding "I am no American puppet", in response to Obama's recent criticism of his war on drugs.
However, third party candidates, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, have not met the criteria, and will not be participants in the debate.
origin, history and development of conservatism in the United States
Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary
Committee chief and de facto leader of the Chinese Communist Party in a province, city, or other administrative region
Brazilian prosecutors file corruption charges against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his wife, Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva.
bilateral relations between Bahrain and United States
A state of emergency has been declared in 51 of the 67 counties in the state.
Holy See's independent city-state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
Crossroads Center (St. Cloud, Minnesota)
Two successive suicide bombers on foot kill at least 24 people and injure 91 others, including senior security and police officials, after striking close to the Afghan Ministry of Defence in Kabul. The Taliban claims responsibility by disclosing the death of 58 officers and commanders. Another bombing took place not long after. Today (Singapore)
The Indian Army claims it conducted surgical strikes on militant camps in Pakistan across the Line of Control, allegedly-killing several suspected militants.
To complete the approval process, a referendum will be held on October 2.
fires assistant manager Tommy Wright as further allegations of corruption in English football are reported.
A suicide bombing at the opening of a local police station in the rebel-held town of Inkhil, Daraa Governorate, in southern Syria, kills at least 12 people, including an opposition minister.
one of the three island groups of the Philippines
Android phablet that was produced and marketed by Samsung Electronics
The European Union's 28 member states formally accept Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership application. The European Commission (EC) will now determine whether Bosnia meets the criteria to join the union, a process that is expected to take a year.
attempted murder case in Budapest, Hungary
Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope
radio telescope located in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, China
former convocation of the lower house of Russian parliament
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
The Syrian Government continues its offensive against Fatah Halab in Aleppo with hundreds of bombing raids.
sovereign state in northern South America
The Police Department of Everett, Washington, identifies and returns the American flag from the September 11 attacks to Ground Zero, the World Trade Center site in New York City.
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, gives its approval to a peace deal agreement with the government.
Haze over the Southeast Asia region in mid-2016
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
southernmost region of the African continent
Rescuers save 15 people from a landslide in Sucun village in Zhejiang Province; another 26 remain missing.
continent on the Earth's Southern Hemisphere
Historic building in Georgetown, Texas, U.S.
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
The Commission on Presidential Debates officially announces the invitation of Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton, and GOP nominee Donald Trump, to the first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on September 26. However, third party candidates, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, have not met the criteria, and will not be participants in the debate.
A study published in Nature finds the Earth's surface is warmer than it has been in about 120,000 years, and is locked into eventually hitting its hottest mark in more than 2 million years.
Powerlifting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's +107 kg
men's +107 kg powerlifting event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
head of state and head of government of Brazil
Hunters discover a 1000-year-old sword in Iceland.
Hours after the Syrian military declares the end of the ceasefire, an airstrike hits a convoy of United Nations OCHA aid trucks near the town of Urum al-Kubra, in the Aleppo Governorate, with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reporting that at least 12 people have been killed.
Seaside Park, New Jersey, U.S. Chelsea, Manhattan, New York, U.S. Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. Linden, New Jersey, U.S.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 200 others. Tanzanian authorities report significant damage in the town of Bukoba. The governments of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda report tremors.
downing of a Malaysian civilian airliner by a missile on 17 July 2014
largest city in California, United States of America
political and economic union of 27 European states
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Two police officers are reportedly injured.
A gunman kills one person and injures three others in Malmö, Sweden.
Isabelle Dinoire, who received the world's first face transplant, is reported to have died from cancer at the age of 49 in April 2016.
The injured officer shoots the suspect who remains in critical condition.
Colombian politician and former guerrilla
pandemic lasting from 1665 to 1666, last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
The Obama administration through the U.S. Justice Department seeks a fine of $14 billion against Deutsche Bank in regards to mortgage securities.
space station program of the People's Republic of China
Linden, New Jersey police shoot and arrest Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspected perpetrator. Two police officers are reportedly injured.
South Park District of Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen says that he will continue his campaign against protests from the Cambodian opposition while Kem Sokha of the Cambodian National Rescue Party vows to remain as their leader.
Around ten heads of state attend the 17th Non-aligned Movement summit in Isla Margarita, Venezuela, including Evo Morales of Bolivia, Raúl Castro of Cuba, Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, and Venezuela's president Nicolás Maduro.
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declines to run for a third term in the upcoming election. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has previously advised Ahmadinejad to not seek the presidency next year. , , ,
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean in 2016
Games of the XXXI Olympiad, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural biotechnology company
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41
American commentator, television personality, and lawyer
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
shopping mall in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
Authorities take the gunman into custody.
special appellate collegial court in the Philippines
fraud involving complex methods for misusing or misdirecting funds, overstating revenues, understating expenses, overstating the value of corporate assets, or underreporting the existence of liabilities
Russian voters head to the polls to elect all 450 MPs to the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation. Exit polls show the governing United Russia party with a comfortable lead. ,
missile that follows a sub-orbital ballistic flightpath
Voters in the federal German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern head to the polls in a regional election to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The latest polling indicates the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) are expected to gain strongly.
A judge in Pennsylvania schedules the dates for the trial of accused U.S. comedian Bill Cosby.
Through deliberate evidence left at the scene, the perpetrator's motive appears to be an implication that Moynihan had been a drug dealer.
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the country's largest rebel group, gives its approval to a peace deal agreement with the government. President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timoleón Jiménez, known as Timochenko, will sign the agreement on September 26. To complete the approval process, a referendum will be held on October 2.
clade of sauropsid vertebrates that dominated the Mesozoic Era (including birds)
The Department of Health of the Philippines discover an additional two cases of Zika virus infections bringing the total to eight.
The World Anti-Doping Agency reveals that Russian hackers broke into one of its databases and published confidential medical information on several prominent American female athletes who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, among them, gymnast Simone Biles, tennis players Venus and Serena Williams, and basketball player Elena Delle Donne. The named individuals all received "therapeutic use exemptions" from WADA allowing them to use otherwise banned substances to treat documented medical conditions.
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign
unsuccessful political campaign for United States presidency
Authorities find the shooter's father dead.
Indian national specialized police forces
American politician, businessman, and 29th Governor of New Mexico
presidency of the council of EU heads of state or government
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurs off the north east coast of North Island, New Zealand. A tsunami warning was issued after the earthquake, and waves of 0.3m have been reported near Gisborne.
The District Court for the District of Columbia releases John Hinckley Jr, U.S. President Ronald Reagan's March 1981 would-be assassin, from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.
authorized military government in the Philippines
A terror bombing occurs in Budapest, Hungary, with two injuries reported.
The International Criminal Court sentences Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi to nine years in jail for leading the destruction of nine of Timbuktu's mausoleums and the centuries-old door of the Malian city's Sidi Yahya Mosque.
overseas department of France in the Indian Ocean
A gunman kills one person and injures three others in Malmö, Sweden. An explosion occurs later.
the three Clinton vs. Trump Presidential Debates.
Afghan officials say yesterday's U.S. airstrikes killed up to eight Afghan policemen in Lashkar Gah, Uruzgan.
Date: September 17, 2016 8:15 p.m. (UTC-5)
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) confirms its Tiangong-1 prototype space station, launched in September 2011, is "out of control", and will re-enter and burn up in the atmosphere in late 2017.
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Syria reports its air defense shot down an Israeli warplane that attacked a Syrian army position in al-Quneitra, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma
German chemicals company Bayer AG will announce that it has acquired American seeds company Monsanto Co. for US$66 billion.
President of the Czech Republic since 2013
sweet-tasting, water soluble carbohydrates
relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life
The World Health Organization (WHO) states that 92% of the world's population lives in air pollution levels surpassing the organization's limits.
The European Space Agency's Rosetta space probe ends its 12-year mission studying comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko in a "collision maneuver" into the comet's surface.
British expedition of Arctic exploration
taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, and viruses
China arrests a man, Yang Qingpei, for killing his parents and then killing 17 neighbors in an attempt to cover up his crime in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.
2012–2019 American comedy television series
city and the capital of Shikarpur District in Sindh province of Pakistan
The company's goal will be to use the Raptor (rocket engine) to power their "super-heavy" Interplanetary Transport System in facilitation of the colonization of Mars and beyond.
The United States acknowledges that its warplanes may have hit a Syrian Army position near Deir ez-Zor Airport in eastern Syria, while conducting an operation against ISIL, killing more than 60 Syrian troops.
The county sheriff's department says that Stein and Baraka vandalized equipment at a controversial pipeline construction site.
American whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor
naval warfare force of the United Kingdom
Typhoon Namtheun is now threatening the main island of Kyushu.
someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network; mainly practiced by younger computer enthusiasts out of personal interest
The South American trading bloc Mercosur threatens to suspend Venezuela if it does not protect human rights and enact a law guaranteeing the free movement of Mercosur citizens. The bloc sets a deadline of December 1, 2016, for Venezuela to comply with their requirements.
suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
referendum in order to approve the so-called "Renzi-Boschi constitutional reform"
bilateral relationship between Russia and the United States
French association football player, manager and executive
fourth-largest US reservoir, in South and North Dakota
capital city of Razavi Khorasan Province, and second largest city in Iran
lost or discarded explosive devices or material
Redactor de un sitio de noticias el cual comete fraude económico y es administrado por menores pseudo intelectuales
The London-based SOHR says the MiG pilot was killed.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility.
Burial of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th President of the Philippines
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurs in South Korea, 9km south of Gyeongju, injuring at least two people and causing nationwide panic. It is the strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Korea.
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
city in Alaska, United States of America
Laos prepares to host the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summit.
Kabul-Kandahar highway, Zabul Province, Afghanistan.
upper house of the United States Congress
106 of the 108 papal nuncios and other papal diplomatic representatives meet in Rome for three days of meetings. On the final day, Pope Francis presides at a Mass with the nuncios.
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
A day after street violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo between protesters opposed to President Joseph Kabila and security forces left at least 44 dead, armed men in military uniforms burn down the headquarters of the main opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) in Kinshasa, DR Congo, killing at least two people.
medical condition in which the brain does not develop properly resulting in a smaller than normal head
One of the students dies two days later.
SpaceX say there were no injuries, but that an "anomaly" during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and the Israeli Amos-6 communication satellite it was carrying.
American swimmer Ryan Lochte agrees to a 10-month suspension while his other colleagues get four.
presence of dangerous substances in the atmosphere
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of the Philippines
The Indian Army claims it conducted surgical strikes on militant camps in Pakistan across the Line of Control, allegedly-killing several suspected militants. However, Pakistan rejects this claim and terms it cross-border firing that killed two of its soldiers. , ,
Scottish footballer and manager (born 1963)
American conservative cable television news channel
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
federal judge denies a request to stop construction of a pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Reservation of the Sioux people.
One assailant blew himself up and authorities arrested the other one.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) holds an emergency session to discuss the U.S.
A former militiaman claims while testifying at a hearing by the Philippine Senate that President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte ordered the deaths of criminals and political opponents, allegedly Leila de Lima, critic and journalist Juan Pala, and unidentified Filipino Muslims in 1993, while he was mayor of Davao City.
public land-grant research university in San Francisco, California
The European Union's 28 member states formally accept Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership application.
7th State Duma of the Russian Federation
A bomb squad robot detonates an explosive device at a transit station in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
11th meeting of the Group of Twenty (G20)
In the aftermath of the attack, the United Nations suspends all aid convoys in Syria.
Members of European football's governing body, UEFA, elect Aleksander Čeferin, president of the Football Association of Slovenia since 2011, president of UEFA. Čeferin will serve the remainder of former UEFA president Michel Platini's term of office, until 2019, who was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee for corruption last year.
Date: September 12, 2016 - September 21, 2016
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Date: September 29, 2016 about 8:38 a.m. EDT (UTC-4)
The Sandiganbayan court clears former Philippines president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the national broadband corruption scandal.
Military helicopters bomb the headquarters of Union of Forces for Change, according to opposition leader Jean Ping, killing at least two people. Internet is also cut in the capital, Libreville.
Nathan Law becomes the youngest-ever Hong Kong legislator at age 23.
2016 edition of the United States Open Tennis Championships
The death toll rises to at least 114 as 60 more people are killed in floods after the typhoon hits North Korea, displacing over 44,000 people. Fifteen people are also missing.
2016 Labour Party leadership election (UK)
Soberanes Creek, Garrapata State Park, Santa Lucia Preserve, Monterey County, California
diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Videgaray is revealed to have been the main advocate of arranging the meeting.
online news outlet associated with the so-called Islamic State
territory where aircraft aren't allowed to fly over
American professional tennis player (born 1981)
August 2016 becomes the world's hottest on record (since records began 136 years ago) and 16th 'hottest on record' month in a row.
United States District Court for the District of Columbia
form of team game played with an oval ball on a field marked out as a gridiron
Elections in the Palestinian territories
The Anti-Defamation League declares that the "Pepe the Frog" meme is a hate symbol, particularly when used alongside other racially-charged symbolism.
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
annexation of Crimea into the Russian Federation in 2014
Hurricane Matthew becomes a category-5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds up to 160 mph, the strongest hurricane to form over the Caribbean Sea since Hurricane Felix in 2007.
President Rodrigo Duterte likens himself to Adolf Hitler saying he would "be happy" to kill 3 million drug users and dealers in the country. United Nations adviser Adama Dieng cautions Duterte that his use of language could lead to "crimes against humanity".
Australian rules football match to determine the season premiers
Yosemite National Park expands by 400 acres.
drone strike in Nangarhar Province kills at least 21 people.
engineer formation of the United States Army
Quineitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria
German global banking and financial services company
The European Union extends the asset freeze and travel ban against 146 persons and 37 entities, including close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, by six months until 15 March 2017 for the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine.
Following this ruling, and to head off an immediate confrontation, the Obama administration temporarily suspends further construction of the pipeline on U.S. Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe, and asks the Dakota Access construction company to voluntarily pause all work within 20 miles of the lake.
island in India hosting the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
citizens or residents of the United States of America
armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia between North Vietnam and South Vietnam
The cost, so far, of battling the wildfire on California's scenic Big Sur coast is $206.7 million — the costliest in U.S.
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Roxas Night Market, Roxas Avenue, Davao City, Philippines
combined military forces of the Syrian Arab Republic
explosion at a night market in Davao City
Taliban militants storm the city of Tarinkot, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's Urozgan Province, with fighting reported on multiple fronts throughout the city.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet makes an "unsafe close-range intercept" of a United States Navy P-8A Poseidon over the Black Sea in international airspace, coming within 10 feet (3.3 m) of the U.S.
major international sport event for people with disabilities
diet of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
L.A. Live, South Park, Downtown Los Angeles
Northern Irish professional golfer (born 1989)
central banking system of the United States
robotic European Space Agency lander that accompanied the Rosetta spacecraft
American fantasy drama television series
a set of heights, that are having ongoing territorial disputes between Israel and Syria
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Finnish-British activist charged extraterritorially with stealing data from United States Government computers
The Piton de la Fournaise (Peak of the Furnace) shield volcano on France's Réunion island in the Indian Ocean erupts for the second time this year. It is one of the world's most active.
city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States
The WHO announces that measles has been eliminated throughout the Americas, the first time this virus has been eradicated in an entire region.
A 5.3 magnitude seismic event recorded in North Korea is confirmed to be the result of a nuclear weapons test.
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
repeated unwanted sexual attention or advances
ongoing militant uprising in Jammu and Kashmir
2016 Philippine state of emergency declaration after the Davao City bombing
Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir, India
part of the Alps mountain range in France
successful 2016 US presidential campaign
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
earthquake in the Tanzania–Uganda border in September 2016
Proceedings begin in the trial of Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chairman of the giant insurance company AIG, on charges of accounting fraud. The 2005 indictment accuses Greenberg and AIG's former CFO of setting up bogus reinsurance transactions to conceal the insurer's financial difficulties in 2000 and 2001.
major data breaches which occurred at Yahoo!
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Russian voters head to the polls to elect all 450 MPs to the 7th State Duma of the Russian Federation.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the first ever FIFA women’s football tournament in the Middle East, kicks off in Jordan.
Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
The judge told other judges to ignore the Supreme Court of the United States ruling on gay marriage (Obergefell v. Hodges).
The Taliban claims responsibility by disclosing the death of 58 officers and commanders.
shopping mall in Minnesota, United States
edible and biocombustible vegetable oil from fruit of oil palms
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
Two attackers of Eid al-Adha prayers in an Imambargah at Shikapur district, Sindh, injure at least ten people including five policemen.
operation that has led to numerous investigations into Petrobras regarding alleged corruption and payment of kickbacks
businesses to invest in Myanmar after Barack Obama agrees to lift U.S.
city in and county seat of Union County, New Jersey, United States
city in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland
The European Union extends the asset freeze and travel ban against 146 persons and 37 entities, including close associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, by six months until 15 March 2017 for the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. , ,
part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
bilateral relations between Iran and Canada
Hohmann transfer orbit used to reach geosynchronous or geostationary orbit
Voters in the federal German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern head to the polls in a regional election to elect members to the Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
Čeferin will serve the remainder of former UEFA president Michel Platini's term of office, until 2019, who was banned by the FIFA Ethics Committee for corruption last year.
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
spacecraft designed to remain in space for an extended period with a crew
A shooting at an elementary school in Townville, South Carolina, leaves two students and a teacher wounded.
group of smartphone models produced by Apple Inc.
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
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
Capital of the Colombian department of Bolívar
city in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Hurricane Newton makes its way towards the resort town of Los Cabos, Mexico.
foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
illicit act of giving or promising money or gifts that alters the behavior of a person in power; illicit act of a person in power deciding based on money or gift received or promised
flag carrier of the People's Republic of China
September 29, 2016 NJ Transit commuter train crash at Hoboken Terminal, New Jersey, United States
Voters head to the polls in Berlin, Germany, to elect members to the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin.
competitive physical activity using bicycles
region of the central coast of California, United States
American singer, songwriter and actress (born 1958)
city in and county seat of Shelby County, Tennessee, United States
United Kingdom Labour Party leadership election
Fears rise in the Philippine province of Batanes after communications are cut in the islands.
A gang shoots down a police helicopter near Apatzingán, Michoacán, killing four people. The police had been conducting an operation against criminal groups and drug cartels.
spacecraft which descends toward and comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body
boat used primarily as an emergency means of leaving a larger boat or ship in case of emergency scene
city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull plans to introduce a plebiscite on the legality of same-sex marriage in the country.
armed conflict between the Republic of Turkey and various Kurdish insurgent groups
An explosion at a night market in Davao City, Philippines, kills at least 14 people and injures 60.
internal control body of the Chinese Communist Party
The death toll rises to at least 114 as 60 more people are killed in floods after the typhoon hits North Korea, displacing over 44,000 people.
Head of state of The Republic of Colombia
JTWC classification for a typhoon with 1-min sustained winds of 64-129 knots
The continued poor air quality also continues to affect the health of more than 42 million Indonesians.
city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
city in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1983 onwards
representative of the voters to a parliament
She was convicted by court-martial in July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses, after disclosing to WikiLeaks nearly three-quarters of a million classified or unclassified but sensitive military and diplomatic documents.
2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election
capital city of Hamadan Province of Iran
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
usage of a copyrighted work without the author's permission
Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
accession of a country to the European Union
List of ambassadors of the United States to Cuba
The Obama administration chooses retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Gregory Touhill the first federal CISO chief, who reports to the CIO of the U.S.
District Court for the District of Columbia
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern state election, 2016
Japan's Democratic Party elects Sha Renhō as President.
arbitration between the Philippines and China
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles
intentional or unintentional release of secure information to an untrusted environment
The Alabama Court of the Judiciary finds Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore guilty of six charges of violation of canon of judicial ethics and suspends him for the remainder of his term which is slated to end in 2019.
overview about the accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Pawnee, Oklahoma, tying the record for the strongest in state history. At least one person was injured.
bilateral relations between Philippines and United States
battle between MNLA and MOJWA in Gao, Mali
violent uprising in Jammu and Kashmir, India
commercial district in southwestern Downtown Los Angeles, California
intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process
Aleppo offensive (September–October 2016)
A gunman opens fire at a Houston shopping center and injures nine people.
The couple married in 2014 and had been in a relationship since 2005.
15th election of the Dewan Rakyat of the Parliament of Malaysia
However, today a Manila Bulletin article says that Manny Piñol, the Philippines Agriculture Secretary, states that Duterte actually asked for clemency for Veloso.
The District Court for the District of Columbia releases John Hinckley Jr, U.S.
The House of Councillors member becomes the first female to head the opposition party.
economical, political and military Alliance of South Asian Nations in Nepal
A high court in the State of Palestine suspends upcoming municipal elections.
A boating accident near Miami Beach, Florida, kills Miami Marlins pitcher José Fernández and two others.
largest city in Pennsylvania, United States
Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's road time trial C1
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
insurance that is purchased by an insurance company, in which some part of its own insurance liabilities is passed on to another insurance company
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Cambodian politician and former military commander of Cambodia
Malian Islamist fighter and war criminal
The hemisphere’s last endemic case of measles — one which did not spring from an imported strain — was in 2002.
committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
American broadcast journalist, author, television personality and female empowerment advocate
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
proposition that all of Ireland should be a single sovereign state
human settlement in Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
American-led intervention in the Syrian civil war
military campaign against Islamist extremist militant groups in Syria by USA, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
village in Karangasem Regency, Bali, Indonesia
automotive brand; manufacturing subsidiary of Volkswagen Group
The Obama administration chooses retired United States Air Force Brigadier General Gregory Touhill the first federal CISO chief, who reports to the CIO of the U.S. Tony Scott.
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurs in northern Tanzania, near Lake Victoria, killing at least 13 people and injuring 200 others.
president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor
Uzbek politician, 1st and former President of Uzbekistan (1938-2016)
The Obama administration claims that Russia was responsible for the bombing of a United Nations aid convoy near Aleppo on September 19.
A Democratic Republic of the Congo protest calling for the resignation of President Joseph Kabila turns violent in Kinshasa, leaving at least 17 people dead, including three police officers. Opposition groups say that 50 people died.
Sacramento mayor and former basketball star Kevin Johnson beats protester Sean Thompson's face to a "bloody pulp" after being hit in the face with a whipped cream pie at a charity dinner. Authorities arrest Thompson for felony assault of a public official.
Samsung Electronics recalls all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones that have fire-prone batteries, and halts sales in 10 markets. A Samsung official says phones with the problematic battery account for less than 0.1 percent of those sold.
military operation launched in Aleppo in late September 2016
A judge in Pennsylvania schedules the dates for the trial of accused U.S.
Responding police kill the shooter afterwards.
men's national volleyball team representing Cuba
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by SpaceX
grand final of the 1961 Victorian Football League season
division of the United States' National Weather Service
A grand jury did not issue an indictment.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Citing irreconcilable differences, Angelina Jolie files for divorce from Brad Pitt and seeks full custody of their six children.
overview of the status of same-sex marriage in Australia
tributary to the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales, Australia
Date: Seaside Park bombing: September 17, 2016, 9:30 a.m. Manhattan bombing: September 17, 2016, 8:31 p.m. Elizabeth bombs discovered: September 19, 2016, c. 12:40 a.m. Linden shootout: September 19, 2016, 11:23 a.m. (All times are UTC-04:00)
American conservative activist (1924-2016)
Hermine, as a Category 1 storm, kills one person and leaves a quarter-million others without electricity during its trek through Florida.
Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions
Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila, Philippines
Rescuers save 15 people from a landslide in Sucun village in Zhejiang Province; another 26 remain missing. Six people are also missing from nearby Baofeng village.
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
A commuter train accident at the Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey leaves one woman dead and 114 others injured.
Indian space launch site in Andhra Pradesh
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
system used to detect tsunamis and issue warnings, which typically is made up of two equally important components: a network of sensors to detect tsunamis and a communications infrastructure to issue timely evacuation alarms
two levels of alert issued to areas threatened by the approach of a tropical cyclone
The Obama administration through the United States Department of Labor sues Peter Thiel's Palantir Technologies for alleged discrimination against Asians in its hiring practices.
converting wastewater into an effluent for return to the water cycle
person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities
Around 180 million people are claimed to be striking in India against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's economic privatization plans. The strike is allegedly the largest in human history.
An unidentified suspect chases people with a machete outside the Marlborough CTrain station in Calgary, Alberta and injures 2 inside the nearby Marlborough Mall, including a police officer. The injured officer shoots the suspect who remains in critical condition. ,
declaration that a deceased person is an officially recognized saint
The bloc sets a deadline of December 1, 2016, for Venezuela to comply with their requirements.
illicit use of drugs or other substances to increase athletic performance
Zimbabwe; cities across South Africa, England, United States, Australia, Canada
Austrian-born German politician, dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945
military actions against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
The act narrows the scope of the legal doctrine of foreign sovereign immunity, specifically, in this instance against the sovereign nation of Saudi Arabia.
Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mono and Madera Counties, California, United States
Now a tropical storm over North Carolina, Hermine should re-strengthen when it moves into the Atlantic Ocean tomorrow.
heist via the SWIFT network from a Bangladesh Bank account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
Date: 22 September 2016 – 16 October 2016 (3 weeks and 3 days)
Japanese political party existed in 1998-2016
2016 Colombian peace agreement referendum
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
The U.S. National Hurricane Center issues a Tropical Storm Watch for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao islands in the Caribbean Sea, and for the northwest South American coast.
commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, the second largest city of France
public entity for the trading of company stocks and shares
President Ronald Reagan's March 1981 would-be assassin, from a psychiatric hospital after 35 years.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes during a routine firing test at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
city in and county seat of Snohomish County, Washington, United States of America
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
Opposition groups say that 50 people died.
capital of Urozgan Province in southern Afghanistan
Sacramento mayor and former basketball star Kevin Johnson beats protester Sean Thompson's face to a "bloody pulp" after being hit in the face with a whipped cream pie at a charity dinner.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center issues a Tropical Storm Watch for Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao islands in the Caribbean Sea, and for the northwest South American coast. ,
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
unincorporated community in Anderson County, South Carolina
capital city of California, United States
United Nations adviser Adama Dieng cautions Duterte that his use of language could lead to "crimes against humanity".
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
head of government or prime minister of Ireland
president Barack Obama threatens to veto it.
proposed common ancestor to all known languages.
easterly region of the African continent
family of cryogenic methane-fueled rocket engines developed by SpaceX
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
Exit polls show the governing United Russia party with a comfortable lead.
widespread scarcity of food followed by regional malnutrition, starvation, epidemic, and increased mortality
Residents of the American state of Florida prepare for the impact of Hurricane Hermine which is expected to make landfall today.
Date: 13 July 1989 – present (33 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Native American and First Nations ethnic group
island in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
semiannual meeting held by the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
2016 mass murder in the village of Yema, Yunnan Province, China