Maria, now a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph (205 km/h), is passing offshore of the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, expected to impact the Turks and Caicos Islands and southeastern Bahamas later tonight and Friday.
Speaking to government workers at the presidential palace in Manila, President Rodrigo Duterte orders police to kill his eldest son, Paulo Duterte, if drug trafficking allegations against him are proven true, and adds that those who carried out the execution would be protected from prosecution.
The United States Senate blocks an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would have repealed the war authorizations for the use of force in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Date: 16 March 2004 – present (18 years, 10 months, 1 week and 4 days)
The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire to allow humanitarian groups to facilitate aid for Rohingya refugees.
group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth and spread
A local man is arrested on suspicion of the murders.
2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
Iranian forces launch a military exercise near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan, hours before a Kurdish vote on independence from Iraq.
Flights are cancelled and evacuations are ordered for over 100,000 people in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri.
independent city in Missouri, United States
A Mexico City borough president says previous officials ignored warnings that unauthorized construction work had damaged the structural integrity of several buildings in the city. The overall death toll from the magnitude 7.1 quake which hit Sept. 19 now stands at at least 358 people.
Three Israelis are killed and one other is wounded after a Palestinian gunman opens fire in an entrance to the Israeli settlement of Har Adar in the West Bank.
Qatar announces it will donate USD$ 30 million to help people in Texas recover from Harvey.
In baseball, the Cleveland Indians break the Major League Baseball record for longest winning streak with 22 wins in a row.
South and Southeast Asia, Western Asia, Northeast, East and Southern Africa and Australia
thalassemia characterized by the reduced or absent synthesis of the beta globin chains of hemoglobin
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake is detected near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in Kilju County, North Korea, after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
Hurricane Irma is now a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h). Hurricane warnings are issued for the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, which are expected to be affected Tuesday. Rainfalls of up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) are possible. Irma is forecast to strengthen over the next 48 hours. The governors of Puerto Rico and Florida issue states of emergency.
The United States Department of Homeland Security plans to collect the social media information of all immigrants, including green card holders and naturalized citizens, beginning on October 18, 2017.
Port St. Lucie, St. Lucie County, Florida
United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
Winston Peters becomes a kingmaker with his third-placed New Zealand First party, able to form a coalition government with either major party.
The government of Iraqi Kurdistan announces that they won the referendum by over 92% of the vote.
Prime Minister Mike Eman announces his intention to step down as leader of the Aruba People's Party.
The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament votes to go ahead with the planned independence referendum, scheduled to take place on 25 September, 2017.
Business leaders from various U.S. companies, including Facebook, Marriott International, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft, lobby to members of Congress to work on a permanent solution for DREAMers to stay legally in the country, many of whom are their employees.
National Basketball Association team in Houston, Texas
fear of growing old, or a hatred or fear of the elderly
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismisses Nizhny Novgorod Oblast governor Valery Shantsev from his post, the second governor to lose his job in a week after Putin dismissed Samara Oblast governor Nikolay Merkushkin the day before. The dismissals come amid speculation that governors of several federal subjects will resign in anticipation of presidential elections in 2018.
Spanish Attorney General, José Manuel Maza, imputes 700 Catalan mayors for their role in the banned independence referendum.
Approximately 5.6 million people in the U.S.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
federal appellate court for the western U.S.
drugs used for the treatment of major depressive disorders and other conditions
The Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert hosts the event.
September 19th, 1985 earthquake in Mexico City, Mexico
ancient Indo-Aryan language of South Asia
Turkey summons the ambassador of Germany after at least 10,000 people rally in Cologne in support of the referendum.
agent who procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete
Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, wife of ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, defeats the opposition party's Yasmin Rashid in the by-election for Nawaz Sharif's National Assembly seat.
region at edges of Pacific Ocean known for tectonic activity
The Burnette Chapel Church of Christ, Antioch, Tennessee
American-originated sport in which teams compete to score runs by hitting a thrown ball and advancing around bases
vehicle propelled by one or more electric motors
Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (born in Okarche, Oklahoma), is beatified at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City by Cardinal Angelo Amato, head of the sainthood Congregation in the Roman Curia and Pope Francis's delegate.
Philippine senators call for Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to resign.
Mexico expels the ambassador of North Korea in the country over the recent nuclear weapons testing.
The right-wing coalition led by Erna Solberg wins its second term in office in the Norwegian parliamentary election held late yesterday.
Syrian state television reports the Syrian Army reaches a point 3 kilometers from Deir ez-Zor, a city besieged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant since 2014.
Nuclear power plant in St. Lucie County, Florida
At the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, the Government of Australia announces that it will create an Australian space agency.
Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Mexico as a Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths.
Militants ambush a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killing 18 police and wounding seven others.
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
line of tablet computers developed by Apple
U.S. President Donald Trump waives the Jones Act for Puerto Rico after he first disallowed additional aid, citing shipping industry business interests. Senator John McCain says the Jones Act makes prices for food, water, and other emergency supplies too high in Puerto Rico.
The executive of Ukraine, consisting of the prime minister and cabinet ministers.
Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017
Irma is forecast to strengthen over the next 48 hours.
Britain under Roman rule (43 AD - c.410 AD)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Myanmar for a state visit.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
MIT physics professor Daniel Rothman's mathematical formula, published in the peer-review journal Science Advances, predicts a sixth mass extinction may be set to occur within 10,000 years if by the year 2100 current carbon dioxide emissions are not reduced, and a critical amount of carbon (310 gigatons) is added to the oceans.
At least 22 people are killed and over 30 are seriously injured in a rush hour stampede on a footbridge between the Parel and Elphinstone Road railway stations in the Indian city of Mumbai.
Russia sends 175 demining combat engineers to defuse mines in Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 2013 to 2019
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake is detected near the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site in Kilju County, North Korea, after North Korea tests its sixth and most powerful nuclear weapon to date. North Korean state media claims the country tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted on an ICBM.
Elphinstone Road railway station Mumbai, India
Gunmen attack the Ogba Zoo in Benin City, Nigeria, killing three police officers and abduct the zoo's director. There is no information on who the gunmen and abductors are, or whether they have made any demands.
Coinciding with the 45th anniversary of the declaration of martial law in 1972 by the late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, nationwide protests are conducted by various groups against the government's implementation of war on drugs and the ongoing martial law in the whole of Mindanao under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Film director Guillermo del Toro wins for The Shape of Water.
North American professional sports league
South Korea responds with its own missile firing just six minutes after the North's test was detected.
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States.
More than 134,000 people on the island of Bali, Indonesia, have been taken to shelters as the Mount Agung volcano continues to release smoke. The alert level for an eruption has been raised to the second highest level, 4. In addition, the entire population of Vanuatu's Aoba Island, also at alert level 4, is being moved from the path of the increasingly active Lombenben volcano.
collegiate basketball bribery scandal in the United States
China's credit rating has been downgraded by Standard & Poor's (S&P) because of worries over the rapid build up of debt in the country.
Jewish civilian communities built on lands occupied by Israel
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
The Supreme Court of Kenya annuls the results of the recent presidential election, that indicated President Uhuru Kenyatta was reelected, due to irregularities, and orders a new election.
The Syrian Army breaks the nine month long siege of the Deir ez-Zor Airport by ISIL militants.
Guajataca Dam in Puerto Rico will experience an "imminent dam break" according to the National Weather Service which will threaten 70,000 residents.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375
Social media in the 2016 United States presidential election
At least five migrants have died and ninety are missing after their boat sinks off the western coast of Libya.
second largest island of the Philippines
Voters in Germany go to the polls to elect members of the Bundestag. Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union is widely expected to win a fourth term in office.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Series
Google is being sued over alleged inequality in the pay of male and female employees.
A Russian lieutenant general, Valery Asapov, is killed by mortar fire from ISIL militants near the city of Deir ez-Zor, according to the Russian Defence Ministry. Asapov has been described as one of the senior Russian military advisers in Syria.
At least eight people are killed and 137 injured after a strong storm hits western and central Romania.
Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is "closely following the situation" in Rakhine State and offers aid for the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is criticised after his father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child molester be pardoned. The Bright Future party withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its collapse.
About 600 members of the Swedish neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement march through Gothenburg, and 10,000 people hold a counter-demonstration. More than 50 people are arrested and several people are injured during the protests.
For the approval of this law, the Speaker, Carme Forcadell breaks the regulations of the Parliament, placing the camera outside the law and violating the rights of the opposition.
The fifth Asian Indoor Games open in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, with around 5,500 athletes from 61 countries participating in the event which will last until September 27.
Maria strengthens into a hurricane and causes flooding in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
most populous city in the United States of America
unofficial name of the quarter in Brussels
Irma has maintained 185 miles per hour (298 km/h) winds for 24 hours, setting another record for Atlantic and eastern Pacific storms.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
The 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly commences its General Debate at the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, New York.
Former members of the Alternative für Deutschland party Frauke Petry and Marcus Pretzell may create a new party.
Exit polls indicate Merkel has won a fourth term in power, and that Alternative for Germany will enter the Bundestag for the first time as the third largest party.
NASA space mission sent to the Saturn system
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida as a category 4 hurricane, killing at least three people and knocking out power to over one million households.
The Syrian Army lifts the 28-month-long siege of Deir ez-Zor by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. [permanent dead link]
Region of Vietnam (A part of North-South).
Casualty reports indicate at least 15 people have been killed on Dominica and two on Guadeloupe. The casualty report for Puerto Rico is now two deaths, including a man from a capsized boat near Vieques, Puerto Rico. Power remains out for an estimated 3.4 million Puerto Ricans as the energy grid is all but destroyed. Guajataca Dam in Puerto Rico will experience an "imminent dam break" according to the National Weather Service which will threaten 70,000 residents. In addition, more than 95 percent of the island’s wireless cell sites are out of service.
In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, near Commonwealth Stadium, a man drives into a police officer and then stabs the officer.
A journalist for the British newspaper Financial Times is killed by a crocodile in Sri Lanka.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
Premier of the Republic of China Lin Chuan offers his resignation as head of the Executive Branch of Taiwan.
It is suspected that Israeli jets bomb a military research facility near the city of Masyaf, Hama Governorate, killing at least two Syrian Army soldiers. The facility was rumoured to contain chemical weapons.
Typhoon Doksuri (Maring) hits central Vietnam killing one person and injuring ten.
Conspiracy theorist and book author David Meade predicted that a mythological rogue planet known as Nibiru (sometimes known as Planet X) would collide with Earth and that the world would end on this day.
PETA and David Slater settle the monkey selfie copyright dispute.
The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne says the island of Barbuda has been almost entirely wiped out by Hurricane Irma and is "barely habitable", with "90 percent" of all structures destroyed.
strategic assets (aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and B-52 bombers) to South Korea more regularly.
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons
Philippine Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre is caught allegedly conspiring a lawsuit against opposition Senator Risa Hontiveros.
September 2017 military exercise in Sweden
California wants to schedule its primaries earlier than usual, possibly on March or Super Tuesday, to have much more influence in comparison to its weight and diversity and to help Californian candidates, such as Eric Garcetti and Kamala Harris.
2015 University of Louisville basketball sex scandal
scandal where NCAA violations occurred because improper benefits where given to prospective players and then-current players
Casualty reports indicate at least 15 people have been killed on Dominica and two on Guadeloupe.
Five Russian warplanes bombard the city of al-Tamane’a with rockets, bombs, and Bunker-Buster missiles, wounding several civilians and causing a significant damage to the area, and causing large number of civilians to flee.
Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Than telephones Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman to discuss the three-month old crisis.
In comparison, Hurricane Katrina's total damage is estimated to be around $118 to $160 billion.
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes the central Mexican state of Oaxaca killing at least five people and damaging housing and infrastructure already damaged by Tuesday's 2017 Central Mexico earthquake.
poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations
Aquatic species from Japan hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and were able to reach the West Coast of the United States alive.
The Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona is evacuated due to an anti-terrorism operation.
ocean between Africa, Asia, Oceania and Antartica
Fifteen states sue the Trump administration over potential violations of the Due Process Clause as a result of actions concerning the rescindment of the DACA program.
terrorist attack in an Israeli settlement on 26 September 2017
Frauke Petry resigns as leader of the far right Alternative for Germany (AfD), a day after the party won seats in the Bundestag for the first time, saying the party has become too "anarchical" and "could not offer a credible platform".
2017 UK Independence Party leadership election
Two Russian soldiers, escorting the military staff ceasefire monitoring convoy, are killed in Deir ez-Zor Province by ISIL shelling.
Asteroid 3122 Florence, which is roughly 2.7 miles (4.4 kilometers) wide, comes within 4.4 million miles (7 million km) of Earth — approximately 18 times the distance from our planet to the Moon.
Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is sentenced to five years in prison in absentia.
Thousands of people on the Indonesian island of Bali flee from their homes due to concerns over Mount Agung erupting. The alert status for the volcano was increased to the highest level possible yesterday.
A few hundred pro-government protesters gather in Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon, condemning Rohingya militants as well as perceived foreign interference in the Rakhine conflict.
ads promoting divisive social and political messages during the 2016 U.S. election.
any significant accumulation of water, generally on a planet's surface
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, at the United Nations General Assembly, says his country targeting the U.S. mainland is becoming more likely given the U.S. President's escalating rhetoric over their military programs. After this speech, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres met with Ri to express his concern with this situation.
roads & transportation authority in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
annual Grand Slam tennis tournament in New York, United States
The independent seismic monitoring agency NORSAR estimates that the blast had a yield of around 120 kilotons, approximately three times more than the combined explosive yield of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.
In cricket, England defeat the West Indies by nine wickets to win the three-match series.
Facebook agrees to disclose ads that ran in the U.S.
2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
More than 700 Catalan mayors meet in Barcelona with Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to confirm their support for the October 1 independence referendum.
The 1935 Chicago Cubs previously held the record with 21.
Google strikes a $1.1bn (£822m) deal with Taiwan's HTC to expand its smartphone business.
ethnolinguistic group with origin and living between the Eastern Pyrenees and the Mediterranean Sea
International Union for Conservation of Nature
process of removing land or sea mines from an area
person who suffers persecution and death for advocating, refusing to renounce, and/or refusing to advocate a belief or cause, usually a religious one
List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters
Pope Francis, responding to FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londoño's open letter asking for forgiveness for the suffering the group had inflicted on the country during his talk in Villavicencio, urges Colombians skeptical of the peace deal to be open to reconciliation.
Seattle mayor Ed Murray announces his resignation after allegations surface that he sexually abused five teenagers in the 1970s and 80s.
The Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers 5–3 for their 21st consecutive win, surpassing the previous American League record of 20 set by the 2002 Oakland Athletics. The streak is the longest in Major League Baseball since the 1935 Chicago Cubs won 21 straight.
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
military operation by Syrian Democratic Forces during the Syrian Civil War
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 19 days)
act of coercing or physically forcing a person to engage in sexual activity
crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation
Saturday's ACT U.S. college entrance exam test is cancelled at some of its international test centers because of leaks of test materials.
Russian airstrikes on several ferries attempting to cross the Euphrates near Deir ez-Zor kill at least 34 civilians, including 9 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The penalty is on hold pending the U.S. International Trade Commission's final decision, expected in 2018.
The Iraqi government discourages foreign countries from importing crude oil directly from its Iraqi Kurdistan region.
West Florissant Avenue and Acme Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
The governors of Puerto Rico and Florida issue states of emergency.
United States Department of Justice National Security Division
day in the US presidential election when many states hold primary elections
Two trains collide in Andermatt railway station in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, injuring around 30 people.
aircraft off the coast of North Korea amounts to a declaration of war.
United States Department of Homeland Security
The first ever female United States Marine Corps Infantry officer graduates.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is expected to dissolve the House of Representatives on September 28, 2017 to make way for fresh elections.
Nearly 20,000 troops are set to participate, including a contingent of over 1,000 U.S. soldiers.
United States-based international company
Tens of thousands of protesters march through Dublin to demand Ireland to change its abortion laws, and anti-abortion activists stage counter-demonstrations. A pro-choice rally is held outside the Irish embassy in London.
Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike establishes the conservative Kibō no Tō (Party of Hope) to contest the upcoming election although she will neither lead it nor run.
major multi-level station serving the district of Stratford in the London Borough of Newham; interchange with the tube/DLR station of the same name
The High Court of Australia receives a complaint against the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey citing the postal survey as "unique and offensive."
44th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2009-2017)
At least seven people are killed on the islands of Barbuda, St. Barts and St. Martin. Heavy rain and Category 5 winds hit the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico’s northeast coast.
Iranian forces launch a military exercise near the border of Iraqi Kurdistan, hours before a Kurdish vote on independence from Iraq. Turkey is also conducting a military exercise in the region.
eleventh major release of iOS, the mobile operating system by Apple Inc.
President's escalating rhetoric over their military programs.
The United Nations Security Council approves new sanctions on North Korea, limiting refined petroleum imports and banning textile exports, in response to its recent nuclear test.
The European X-ray free-electron laser is inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany.
2017 edition of the United States Open Tennis Championships
The Cleveland Indians defeat the Detroit Tigers 5–3 for their 21st consecutive win, surpassing the previous American League record of 20 set by the 2002 Oakland Athletics.
List of Vuelta a España general classification winners
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan affirms Turkey has paid a deposit on the purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems.
Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, in Paris, France
The Philippine Senate investigates Paolo Duterte, the son of current Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in an alleged methamphetamine smuggling scandal.
shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, United States
A suicide bombing occurs at a checkpoint near the Kabul International Cricket Stadium in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least three people and injuring five.
Hurricane Irma is now a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 km/h).
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, at the United Nations General Assembly, says his country targeting the U.S.
Eberhard van der Laan, the mayor of Amsterdam, takes a permanent leave of absence after disclosing that his metastatic lung cancer has been diagnosed as terminal.
An earthquake is detected in North Korea which China's earthquake authority believes is due to a North Korean nuclear test.
Hurricane Irma makes first landfall on Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Anguilla in the northeastern Leeward Islands. Irma has maintained 185 miles per hour (298 km/h) winds for 24 hours, setting another record for Atlantic and eastern Pacific storms.
Reverberations from the Sun Zhengcai case are said to have ensnared a number of senior officials from Chongqing, including former Organization Department head Zeng Qinghong (female).
significantly faster advanced rail transport & tech-enhanced infrastructure systems
subset of land that has been legally defined and the improvements to it made by human efforts
borough of New York City, New York, United States
It is following a path similar to Category 5 Hurricane Irma which left at least 82 dead.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mouscron mayor Alfred Gadenne is found dead with his throat slashed inside the Belgian city's cemetery. A suspect has reportedly turned himself in to police.
The office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announces that 10 individuals, including assistant coaches at four NCAA Division I men's basketball programs—Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State, and USC—have been arrested on federal corruption charges. The accused are alleged to be part of a scheme by which coaches accepted bribes to steer NBA-bound college players toward certain agents and financial advisers. Court documents also allege that an apparel company later identified as Adidas paid $100,000 to the family of an unnamed player to ensure his signing with an unnamed Division I school, which was later confirmed as the University of Louisville.
The BBC plans to launch a service in Korean.
A military transport plane crashes after take-off from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 12 Russian crew members. [permanent dead link]
Twitter is experimenting with doubling its 140 character limit to 280 characters for all languages except Japanese, Chinese and Korean.
In basketball, Slovenia wins EuroBasket for the first time in history, beating Serbia 93–85 in the final.
More than 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh due to escalating violence by the Myanmar Army.
The United States Department of Homeland Security says it will not waive the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (or "Jones Act") in response to the ongoing disaster in Puerto Rico.
Apple Inc. releases the iOS 11 update for most current models of the iPhone and iPad.
online platform that facilitates the building of social relations
The alert status for the volcano was increased to the highest level possible yesterday.
Senator Luther Strange face off in Alabama’s special election in what political analysts claim is a deepening rift between the Republican Party's establishment and anti-establishment factions.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
Spain's Guardia Civil raid private delivery offices in the Catalan city of Terrassa, searching for and confiscating envelopes suspected of containing voting cards for the upcoming Catalan independence referendum.
Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair. Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing.
The National Hurricane Center predicts Puerto Rico's total rainfall through Saturday will be 20–30 inches (51–76 cm) inches with 35 inches (89 cm) in isolated areas.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
The streak is the longest in Major League Baseball since the 1935 Chicago Cubs won 21 straight.
The U.S. Federal Reserve announces its benchmark interest rate will not change this month, though it expects an increase by the end of the year, along with three increases in 2018 and two in 2019.
The U.S. State Department removes all families of employees and nonessential personnel from Cuba following apparent sonic attacks that injured 21 personnel on the island. Cuba denies any involvement and has authorized the FBI to travel to the island to help the ongoing investigation into the causes.
Billionaire investor Tilman Fertitta buys the Houston Rockets NBA basketball team for US$2.2 billion.
The Catalan parliament approves after tense discussions the Law of juridical transition and foundation of the Republic.
Seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly
men's national basketball team representing Slovenia
CSeries jets following American rival Boeing's claims of unfair Canadian subsidies.
process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States
bilateral relations between Cuba and the United States
The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States.
American lawyer and politician (born 1955)
Date: November 18, 2016 – current (6 years, 2 months and 9 days)
Hurricane Irma strengthens to a maximum Category 5 hurricane, becoming the strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2005's Hurricane Wilma in terms of maximum sustained winds, described as "extremely dangerous." The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts that Irma could strengthen even more due to favorable conditions.
A helicopter crashes in Medford, New Jersey, leaving two people dead, including singer Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces new sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program.
national government of the United States
Fifty countries (50) sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
overview of terrorism in the Philippines
Uzbekistan dissident writer Nurulloh Muhammad Raufkhon is arrested on his return to the Central Asian country from exile.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
Puerto Rico is forecast to get an additional 4 inches (10 cm) to 8 inches (20 cm) of rain through Saturday, on top of the several feet of rain that has fallen on parts of the island.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
island territory of the United States of America
The world's nuclear-weapon states oppose the measure.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Saudi Arabian, Emirati, and Qatari leaders emphasizing that unity among Arab partners is essential for regional stability and for countering Iran's threat.
Though the country's president urges the government to ignore the bill, parliament is expected to vote in favor of an independence vote.
Russian President Vladimir Putin dismisses Nizhny Novgorod Oblast governor Valery Shantsev from his post, the second governor to lose his job in a week after Putin dismissed Samara Oblast governor Nikolay Merkushkin the day before.
Hurricane Jose intensifies into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane as it nears the northern Leeward Islands, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Date: 5 February 2011 – present (11 years, 9 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
A British Airways airplane is evacuated at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport after a "direct threat" was made against it. After a search, it is declared safe.
United Technologies Corp will buy airplane parts maker Rockwell Collins for USD$30 Billion, including seven billion in debt previously incurred by Rockwell Collins.
University of Louisville athletic director
Spain's Constitutional Court suspends the Catalan Parliament's independence referendum law to give the court time to consider whether the vote would breach the country's constitution.
2003–2011 war after an American-led invasion
The system has already claimed four lives passing over the Philippines.
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
More than 50 people are arrested and several people are injured during the protests.
Now a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (180 km/h), Maria is moving toward the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic, and is forecast to affect the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas Thursday night and northern Haiti Friday.
North Korea says that the recent flight of U.S. aircraft off the coast of North Korea amounts to a declaration of war.
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair cancels 82 Sunday flights as the first step in a six-week program that will eliminate 40 to 50 flights daily to wipe out its crew vacation backlog in order to meet Irish Aviation Authority requirements by the end of this year.
The NHC says Irma is the most powerful Atlantic storm ever recorded outside the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Ahead of Irma's landing, President Donald Trump issues a state of emergency declaration for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Key housing bills pass in California, the U.S. state with the highest number of people suffering from homelessness and poverty.
Al-Shabaab militants attack a military base outside the Somalian capital Mogadishu, with 15 soldiers reported dead.
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis says in a statement “Any threat to the United States or its territories, including Guam or our allies, will be met with a massive military response, a response both effective and overwhelming".
2016 United States presidential election
In addition, the entire population of Vanuatu's Aoba Island, also at alert level 4, is being moved from the path of the increasingly active Lombenben volcano.
Russian and Syrian warplanes carry out airstrikes in southern Idlib, killing three civilians and wounding others.
There is no information on who the gunmen and abductors are, or whether they have made any demands.
Florida's electric utility company says it will shut down its Turkey Point and St. Lucie nuclear power plants before Irma comes ashore.
North Korean state media claims the country tested a hydrogen bomb that can be fitted on an ICBM.
capital city of the province of Alberta, Canada
Facebook tells congressional investigators an operation, traced to a Russian company seeking to target voters, spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S. ads promoting divisive social and political messages during the 2016 U.S. election.
U.S. President Donald Trump waives the Jones Act for Puerto Rico after he first disallowed additional aid, citing shipping industry business interests.
The White House announces that citizens of North Korea, Venezuela, and Chad will be restricted from travelling to the United States, along with citizens of the six nations previously listed in Executive Order 13780 with the exception of Sudan.
A Duke University medical helicopter crashes near Belvidere, North Carolina, killing four people.
The Cambodia Daily newspaper announces it will publish its final edition after being ordered to pay USD$6.3 million in taxes as a result of an investigation, initiated by Prime Minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, into private companies operating in Cambodia.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature upgrades the conservation status of the snow leopard from endangered to vulnerable.
The origin of the zero may have been in South Asia according to a Sanskrit script housed in the United Kingdom since 1902 and discovered in Bakhshali near Peshawar, Pakistan.
The High Court of Australia rejects the challenge against the postal survey on same-sex marriage, allowing the survey to begin in mid-September as planned.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
Turkey's president has said Iraqi Kurds could go hungry as a result of the punitive measures it is considering after Monday's independence referendum.
Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020.
The International Olympic Committee awards the 2024 Summer Olympics to Paris and the 2028 Summer Olympics to Los Angeles.
A mass grave of 28 Hindus, including children, allegedly slain by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, is discovered by the Myanmar Army.
Earlier, this information was provided to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
United States Homeland Security bans Kaspersky Lab products from government computers due to fears they could be coerced into sharing information with the Russian government.
A new study shows that Neanderthal brains developed more slowly than those of modern humans, contradicting previous studies.
California, Maine, Maryland and Minnesota sue the Trump administraion over the termination of DACA.
Justice Roy Moore and U.S. Senator Luther Strange face off in Alabama’s special election in what political analysts claim is a deepening rift between the Republican Party's establishment and anti-establishment factions. Moore is projected to win the primary runoff. ,
2017 executive order by U.S. President Trump placing travel restrictions on several countries
drainage basin in South America drained via the Amazon River into the Atlantic Ocean
human settlement in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America
Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane. Effects are disastrous and the entire island loses power. Seven deaths are reported on Puerto Rico, along with two on Guadeloupe. Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló declares a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew through Saturday.
federal law enforcement agency in Russia
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
A North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Japan, triggering the J-Alert system, following a similar event on 29 August.
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
The European Court of Justice dismisses complaints by Slovakia and Hungary about EU migration policy, upholding Brussels’ right to force member states to take in asylum seekers.
United States Senator Susan Collins says she will vote "no" on the Graham–Cassidy bill joining Senators John McCain and Rand Paul and possibly ending the most recent effort to repeal Obamacare.
The President of Catalonia vows to continue on with the vote despite objections from Spain.
Australia and East Timor settle a dispute between the two countries in the Timor Sea.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
international hospitality company in Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Date: 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days)
In an official dinner hosted by the United States President, Donald Trump and leaders of the Democratic party Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi agree to fix DACA but disagree with the details, with Trump denying on Twitter the following day that a deal had been made which excluded funding for his proposed wall on the Mexico–United States border.
termination of pregnancy in Republic of Ireland
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
state in which a person, for a sustained period, is unable to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs
Vice President of Taiwan, Taiwanese politician, doctor
Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people,
overview about bankruptcy in the United States
Hurricane Maria has been upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane.
Hurricane Maria has been upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane watches and warnings have been issued in parts of the Caribbean. It is following a path similar to Category 5 Hurricane Irma which left at least 82 dead.
UK Independence Party leadership election, 2017
Former businessman Martin Shkreli has his bail revoked for threatening former politician Hillary Clinton, after Shkreli posted on Twitter that he would offer $5,000 to anyone who could directly obtain a lock of Clinton's hair.
underground political party in the Philippines
Fifty countries (50) sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted on 7 July 2017, at the United Nations headquarters in New York City. The world's nuclear-weapon states oppose the measure. [permanent dead link]
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera reports the death toll is now at least 273, with 50 people still missing.
Russian military intervention in the Syrian civil war
Russian aircraft carry out air strikes on the Christian-majority Qaina and Yaqobia villages, in the western countryside of Idlib, killing a child and injuring 5 others.
election that narrows the field of candidates before an election for office
Jamaican Violet Mosse-Brown, the world's oldest person, dies in Montego Bay at age 117.
second-largest city in Sweden and capital of the Västra Götaland County
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
depopulation in humans is any great reduction in a human population caused by events such as long-term demographic trends
At least 14 Rohingya people, including 10 children, fleeing violence in Myanmar are killed when their boat apparently hits a submerged object and capsizes just yards from the Bangladesh coast.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
conflict, starting 23 February 2011, ignited by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula
Iraq's prime minister has demanded the Kurdistan Regional Government "cancel" the outcome of the referendum on independence that it held on Monday.
American physician and politician (born 1963)
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
use of nuclear weapons against Japan in World War II
At least seven people are killed on the islands of Barbuda, St. Barts and St.
The eye did not directly hit Puerto Rico; still casualties are reported and around two-thirds of its 3.4 million population are without electricity.
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks
Hurricane warnings are issued for the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean, which are expected to be affected Tuesday.
The World Health Organization says that hunger around the world has risen as a result of war and climate change.
2017 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives
Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War
family of DNA sequence found in prokaryotic organisms
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejects the Trump administration arguments regarding the travel ban on grandparents, cousins and others with a bona fide relationship in the United States.
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal issues a mandatory evacuation order for the state's Atlantic Coast and the I-95 corridor.
Tainan Mayor William Lai Ching-te is appointed as the new Premier by the President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen.
82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019
nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of Russian Federation
Hurricane Irma, now a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour (175 kilometers per hour), is expected to resume strengthening this weekend increasing the danger when it nears the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean next Thursday.
capital of the Colombian department of Meta
Bangladesh announces plans to build a giant refugee camp the size of a small city to house nearly 400,000 Rohingya refugees.
President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986
2017 Kalynivka ammunition depot explosion
North American professional baseball league
Spain plans to sue leading members of the Catalan Parliament over the proposed independence referendum in Catalonia.
Dynasty of Egypt between 1550 BCE and 1295 BCE, notably comprising Akenaten and Hatshepsut
island in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
Asapov has been described as one of the senior Russian military advisers in Syria.
Russian multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzō Abe calls a snap election with the election to be held on October 22.
Seven first responders file a $1 million lawsuit against the Arkema chemical company for failing to warn them in advance about the environmental dangers from the plant explosion. The seven people, six police officers and an emergency worker, remain under a doctor's care.
commonly refers to methods of delivering voice communications and multimedia over IP networks
The opposition movement in Venezuela seeks help from France.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver won Outstanding Variety Talk Series, while Saturday Night Live won for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series.
Voters in Iraqi Kurdistan head to the polls for a referendum on independence from Iraq.
extinct species or subspecies of archaic humans who lived in Eurasia until about 40,000 years ago
Pitino's attorney tells Louisville's newspaper, The Courier-Journal, that Pitino has been "effectively fired", and multiple media reports indicate that Jurich has also been effectively fired.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
American multinational technology company
President of the Government of Catalonia
head of government of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Chelonoidis species complex in the Galápagos Islands
The government of Scotland releases a statement in support of the Catalan independence referendum but would prefer that both Catalonia and Spain agree on the terms.
About 600 members of the Swedish neo-Nazi group Nordic Resistance Movement march through Gothenburg, and 10,000 people hold a counter-demonstration.
Paul Ryan (R-WI), U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, urges President Donald Trump not to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects immigrants who illegally entered the U.S. as children from deportation.
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake is recorded 96 kilometers (60 miles) south of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico.
The La Tuna Fire continues to burn in Los Angeles, California, becoming the largest fire in the city's history at around 5,800 acres. Mayor Eric Garcetti declares a state of emergency.
The Australian rules football club Richmond Football Club defeats the Adelaide Football Club in the 2017 AFL Grand Final by 108 points to 60. Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground after having won the 2017 Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the competition.
unincorporated community in Perquimans County, North Carolina
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos plans to change the sexual assault guidelines on college campuses created by the previous administration.
capital and most populous city of France
bicameral legislature of the United States
San Sebastián / Quebradillas / Isabela municipalities, Puerto Rico
Japanese disaster preparedness alert system
Seven people are killed and 13 are injured after suicide bombers hit a state-run power station near the northern city of Samarra, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
Pope Francis arrives in Colombia for a five-day visit. In early 2016, Francis promised he would visit the South American country once a civil war peace agreement was in place.
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
Researchers report, in the Environmental Science & Technology journal, the discovery of antidepressant concentrations in 10 kinds of fish in the Niagara River, which links to the Great Lakes via Lakes Erie and Ontario.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science
Voters in Aruba go to the polls to elect a new Parliament, with the ruling Aruban People's Party losing 4 of its 13 seats.
gendarmerie branch of Spain's armed forces
recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into heaven
California moves its 2020 presidential primary to March 3, making it fifth in the nominating process after Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina. The 2016 primary was held on June 7.
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
The result of a non-binding independence referendum by Iraqi Kurdistan will to be announced within 72 hours. The vote is widely expected to be in favor of independence.
The Supreme Court of Israel strikes down the exemption on the conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews.
The U.S. State Department has approved a package of potential arms sales worth more than USD$ 3.8 billion to the Kingdom of Bahrain including F-16 jets, upgrades, missiles and patrol boats.
Indiana gerontophobe and prolific serial killer Orville Lynn Majors, believed to have committed as many as 130 nursing home murders between 1993 and 1995, dies in prison at the age of 56.
Chancellor Angela Merkel of the Christian Democratic Union is widely expected to win a fourth term in office.
most populous city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
head of state and head of government of Kenya
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the Burmese government of "atrocities" against the Rohingya people and calls for these alleged atrocities to stop.
National Collegiate Athletic Association
American collegiate athletic organization
Effects are disastrous and the entire island loses power.
Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, wife of ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, defeats the opposition party's Yasmin Rashid in the by-election for Nawaz Sharif's National Assembly seat. Kulsoom, represented by her daughter and proxy Maryam, is being treated in London for cancer.
politics of the ROC, which is de facto located in Taiwan
widespread and rapid decrease in the amount of life on earth
Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)
South Korean government ministry responsible for military and national defense affairs
deliberate, subversive action aimed at weakening another entity
diplomatic crisis between several Arab League countries and Qatar
music and theatre venue in downtown Los Angeles, California
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Egypt announces the discovery of a tomb in Luxor belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago in the 18th Dynasty.
Two African-American men are killed in separate incidents near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a third home is shot at in what local and federal officials call racially-motivated crimes.
Saudi Arabia lifts its 2013 ban on internet calls, effective midnight local time (21:00 UTC).
Louisville men's basketball was already on NCAA probation due to violations related to a recent sex scandal.
Amid tensions from South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is "allowing Japan and South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States."
constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Russia and Belarus begin a six-day joint strategic military exercise inside Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. The military exercise simulates war against the fictional state of Veyshnoria. According to the Defence Ministry of Belarus, fewer than 13,000 personnel will be taking part in the exercise; however, Western analysts believe the total number will range from 60,000 to 100,000.
For the second consecutive day, hundreds of thousands of Togolese protest against President Faure Gnassingbé's 50-year family dynasty. Parliament is set to consider presidential term limits when it reconvenes in October.
United Nations Security Council resolution
Sweden starts its largest military exercise in over 20 years. Nearly 20,000 troops are set to participate, including a contingent of over 1,000 U.S. soldiers. The drills will take place on and around the island of Gotland, including soldiers from NATO countries.
American physician and politician (born 1957)
types of media in the United States of America
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
The National Hurricane Center predicts Puerto Rico's total rainfall through Saturday will be 20–30 inches (51–76 cm) inches with 35 inches (89 cm) in isolated areas. The Virgin Islands will receive an additional 3 to 5 inches (7.6 to 12.7 cm).
Date: 30 September 2015 – present (7 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Russia announces it has completed the destruction of all of its chemical weapons under the terms of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
The Handmaid's Tale wins eight awards including Outstanding Drama Series, while Veep wins for Outstanding Comedy Series.
The death toll in the earthquake that struck the Chiapas region of Mexico rises to 90.
Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign.
Seven first responders file a $1 million lawsuit against the Arkema chemical company for failing to warn them in advance about the environmental dangers from the plant explosion.
Hurricane Maria reaches Category 5 as it threatens the Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.
More than 134,000 people on the island of Bali, Indonesia, have been taken to shelters as the Mount Agung volcano continues to release smoke.
Sun Zhengcai is expelled from the Communist Party of China after the results into the internal disciplinary investigation are announced by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
Italian fugitive and 'Ndrangheta member Rocco Morabito is arrested in Montevideo, Uruguay, after 23 years on the run. He is now expected to be extradited to Italy in the coming months.
The University of Louisville, whose men's basketball team was linked to illicit payments by Adidas to the family of freshman player Brian Bowen, places head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave, pending further university action. Pitino's attorney tells Louisville's newspaper, The Courier-Journal, that Pitino has been "effectively fired", and multiple media reports indicate that Jurich has also been effectively fired. Louisville men's basketball was already on NCAA probation due to violations related to a recent sex scandal.
The U.S. Federal Reserve announces its benchmark interest rate will not change this month, though it expects an increase by the end of the year, along with three increases in 2018 and two in 2019. The Federal Reserve also says its balance sheet reduction program will begin in October.
Voters in Macau vote for a new Legislative Assembly.
The accused are alleged to be part of a scheme by which coaches accepted bribes to steer NBA-bound college players toward certain agents and financial advisers.
International police organization (founded 1923)
It has reached the dual-country island of Hispaniola and is forecast to pass over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it heads towards The Bahamas and Cuba.
The Federal Reserve also says its balance sheet reduction program will begin in October.
Deir ez-Zor offensive (September 2017–present)
Secretary-General António Guterres met with Ri to express his concern with this situation.
Conflict in Rakhine State (2016–present)
Vice President Raúl Sendic of Uruguay resigns amid a graft investigation.
The United States stops giving out visas to high ranking officials of Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone for failing to accept deportations.
A gunman shoots seven people dead at a house party in Plano, Texas, amid a domestic dispute. The gunman was then killed after exchanging fire with a Plano Police Department officer.
family of United States laws authorizing DoD spending
unincorporated territory of the United States of America
2020 United States presidential election
American online social media and social networking service
line of smartwatches created by Apple Inc.
American late-night live television sketch comedy show
The office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announces that 10 individuals, including assistant coaches at four NCAA Division I men's basketball programs—Arizona, Auburn, Oklahoma State, and USC—have been arrested on federal corruption charges.
In Groton, Massachusetts, Orion Krause is arrested for killing his mother, grandparents, and a caretaker in their home. Authorities believe the killings were an act of domestic violence.
Amid criticism of U.S. national anthem protests by U.S. President Donald Trump, some National Football League players and teams react to the controversy by kneeling, linking arms, or skipping game performances of the national anthem.
head of state and of government of Turkey
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
Diplomatic Mission of the United States in Cuba
Date: 14 July 2014 – 17 November 2017 (3 years, 4 months and 3 days)
Tens of thousands of people in northern Puerto Rico are ordered to evacuate after floodwaters from Hurricane Maria damage the Guajataca Dam.
Category 1 Katia (75 mph/120 km/h) is about 185 miles (298 km) off the Mexican coast, slowly moving at 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h).
Spanish police raid Catalan government offices and arrest Catalan officials as part of the effort to halt a banned referendum on independence. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont says, "The Spanish state has by all rights intervened in Catalonia’s government and has established emergency rule."
Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
exclave of Russia sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania
hydrogen bomb test by North Korea on 3 September 2017
American daily newspaper based in El Segundo, California covering the Greater Los Angeles area
Around 1,200 members of the Philippine National Police in the suburb of Caloocan are fired over allegations of crimes attributed to the police.
South Korea states that it could be a natural earthquake.
health problem caused by one or more abnormalities in the genome
Spain's Rafael Nadal defeats South African Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4, in the US Open men's singles final for his third championship at Flushing Meadows Park in the New York City borough of Queens. This is Nadal's second Grand Slam title this year, and his 16th overall.
Parliament that exercises the legislative power of the Government of Catalonia
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
List of current National Football League stadiums
Large portions of Frankfurt, Germany, are evacuated as local authorities work to defuse a bomb left over from a Royal Air Force raid during World War II. The evacuation is the largest to occur in Europe since World War II.
Paul Ryan (R-WI), U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives, urges President Donald Trump not to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protects immigrants who illegally entered the U.S.
crime, motivated by prejudice and usually violent
USA-related events during the year of 2017
court interpreting the Constitution of Spain
national survey to gauge support for legalising same-sex marriage in Australia
According to the Defence Ministry of Belarus, fewer than 13,000 personnel will be taking part in the exercise; however, Western analysts believe the total number will range from 60,000 to 100,000.
Americans of ancestry from black ethnic groups of Africa
11000 Stadium Road Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
criminal proceeding in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present
peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California
social movement advocating for legal access to induced abortion services
Speculated causes include inadequate treatment of water re-introduced into said bodies of water.
bilateral relations between Japan and United States
The Republic of Ireland announces a referendum on abortion will be held between May and June 2018.
72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly
2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama
Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Puerto Rico as a Category 4 hurricane.
Perez, which has no scheduled hearing date yet.
history of the feminist movement in the USA
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
In tennis, Sloane Stephens of the United States wins the women's singles final defeating fellow American Madison Keys 6–3, 6–0.
For the second consecutive day, hundreds of thousands of Togolese protest against President Faure Gnassingbé's 50-year family dynasty.
Burmese State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi receives international criticism and pressure urging her to help the Rohingya.
tropical sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located east of Central America, south of the Greater Antilles and north of South America
House of Representatives Intelligence Committee
The University of California files a lawsuit against the potential termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme which may affect more than 4,000 students.
Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey (Same-sex marriage)
Tom Price resigns as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the midst of a scandal over his use of private planes.
peace negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC (2012-16)
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
person or group that has great influence in a royal or political succession
Efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act
U.S. forecasting agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
overview of state-sponsored programs for flight beyond Earth
speech delivered by the President of the European Commission usually every year
International treaty banning chemical weapons
head of state of the Republic of Singapore
Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Rosselló declares a 6:00 p.m.
United States International Trade Commission
Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h). Maria is the second category 5 hurricane to make landfall at that intensity in the 2017 season, making this and 2007 the only seasons on record to feature this occurrence.
men's national basketball team representing Serbia
minor planet of the inner Solar System; not a comet
processes that exchange carbon between various pools within the ocean and the atmosphere, Earth interior, and the seafloor.
Puerto Rico is forecast to get an additional 4 inches (10 cm) to 8 inches (20 cm) of rain through Saturday, on top of the several feet of rain that has fallen on parts of the island. Caguas has received the most, 37.9 inches (96 cm). The NHC expects 8 inches (20 cm) to 16 inches (41 cm) rain for the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, and Mayaguana in the southeast Bahamas.
Brazil is to investigate the supposed murder of ten members of an Amazonian tribe in the Javari Valley.
home media receiver device made by Apple
strict or traditionalist Orthodox Judaism
escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, due to the rapidly improved nuclear weapons capability of North Korea
2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum
Non-governmental sports organisation (founded 1894)
former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region
administrator of college or high school sports program
Chief Federal law enforcement officer in eight New York State counties: New York (Manhattan), Bronx, Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan
Fifteen states and the District of Columbia file suit challenging President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, arguing, in part, that federal government has reneged on the promise to protect young immigrants who came forward and registered with the government.
French and Dutch Caribbean island in the Lesser Antilles
US Marine Corps general in retirement and former US secretary of defense
United Kingdom independence party (UKIP) leadership election
Men's basketball team at Auburn University
Date: First phase: 8 September 2017 – 5 March 2018 (5 months, 3 weeks and 4 days) Second phase: 1 May – 4 August 2018 (3 months and 3 days) Third phase: 10 September 2018 – 23 March 2019 (6 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Apple Inc. announces three new iPhone models: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The Apple Watch Series 3 and a new Apple TV are also announced.
4th President of Republic of Kenya (2013–2022)
The Philippines suspends trade relations with North Korea to comply with a recent United Nations Security Council resolution over its repeated missile tests.
Voters in New Zealand go to the polls, electing all members of their House of Representatives and the consequent Prime Minister.
Russian police arrest a couple from the southern Krasnodar region that has allegedly murdered as many as 30 people since 1999 and consumed parts of the human bodies.
The ruling was made in advance of a formal hearing on the gerrymandering case, Abbott v.
Bangladesh accuses the Myanmar Army of laying landmines on the border between both countries to prevent the return of fleeing Rohingya refugees. Myanmar denies the Bangladeshi claims.
Tronc Inc., the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune publisher, buys the New York Daily News.
Bangladesh accuses the Myanmar Army of laying landmines on the border between both countries to prevent the return of fleeing Rohingya refugees.
Searches continue for possible survivors of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit central Mexico yesterday. By mid-afternoon, 52 people are rescued while at least 226 people have been killed and another 800 injured.
California Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill that will protect all California residents, regardless of their immigration status, from unnecessary detention and questioning; similar to those ordinances in sanctuary cities.
American politician, former NASA administrator
Moore is projected to win the primary runoff.
highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association
official constitutional top-level political division of Russia
An earthquake is detected in North Korea which China's earthquake authority believes is due to a North Korean nuclear test. South Korea states that it could be a natural earthquake.
Around a million people rally in Barcelona to mark the National Day of Catalonia and to support the upcoming independence referendum on 1 October.
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
church building in Tennessee, United States of America
Iran and Turkey have vowed that there may be military aggression if the result is independence.
U.S. Air Force bombers, escorted by fighter jets, fly in international airspace over waters east of North Korea. A Pentagon spokesperson say this flight's route was the farthest north of the peninsula's Demilitarized Zone of any U.S. aircraft in the 21st century.
List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
19th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party
The election of top leadership of Chinese Communist Party, including General Secretary and Political Bureau members.
Toys "R" Us files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States, and also files for bankruptcy in Canada, as it attempts to restructure its debts.
overview about the educational system of the United States of America
British overseas territory in the Caribbean
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
2017 proclamation of the martial law on the island of Mindanao
The University of Louisville, whose men's basketball team was linked to illicit payments by Adidas to the family of freshman player Brian Bowen, places head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich on administrative leave, pending further university action.
Thirty thousand people are evacuated from Kalynivka, Ukraine, following an explosion in an ammunition dump 180 kilometres (110 mi) southwest of Kiev.
Russian developed surface-to-air missile system
A shooting at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, leaves one dead and seven injured. The suspected shooter is arrested.
Seven schoolgirls are killed and ten hospitalised after a fire at the Moi Girls School in Nairobi, Kenya.
A last minute presentation to the Parliament of Catalonia results in the formal approval of a referendum concerning independence from Spain after tense discussions. Though the country's president urges the government to ignore the bill, parliament is expected to vote in favor of an independence vote. For the approval of this law, the Speaker, Carme Forcadell breaks the regulations of the Parliament, placing the camera outside the law and violating the rights of the opposition.
The journal Protein & Cell publishes Sun Yat-sen University research describing the use of gene therapy in the removal of a version of the inherited blood disorder beta-thalassemia from an artificially-created nuclear transfer-type of cloning-model system of human oocytes. Collectively, this study demonstrated the feasibility of curing this and a range of other inherited diseases using the same genome editing technology of CRISPR.
former Politburo member of the Chinese Communist Party
metalworker who specializes in working with gold and other precious metals
type of autobiographical or biographical writing
American politician and First Lady of the United States (1993-2001)
The U.S. Commerce Department imposes preliminary anti-subsidy duties on Bombardier Inc. CSeries jets following American rival Boeing's claims of unfair Canadian subsidies. The penalty is on hold pending the U.S. International Trade Commission's final decision, expected in 2018.
List of airlines of the Republic of Ireland
Describes the relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Turkey
international airport serving Paris, France
Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery.
The casualty report for Puerto Rico is now two deaths, including a man from a capsized boat near Vieques, Puerto Rico.
The Labour Party, led by Jacinda Ardern, surges in the polls and is neck-and-neck with the National Party, led by Bill English, for the race for Prime Minister of New Zealand.
The Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater.
alliance of militias fighting against ISIL and other Islamist extremists in the Syrian Civil War
sports team of the University of Southern California
device that uses chemicals to harm or kill people
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra files suit in federal court against U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed plan for a wall along the U.S.–Mexico border.
Hurricane Harvey is projected to possibly become the second costliest hurricane in the United States's history, with estimates ranging from US$72 billion to over $125 billion. In comparison, Hurricane Katrina's total damage is estimated to be around $118 to $160 billion.
practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings
Researchers report, in the Environmental Science & Technology journal, the discovery of antidepressant concentrations in 10 kinds of fish in the Niagara River, which links to the Great Lakes via Lakes Erie and Ontario. Speculated causes include inadequate treatment of water re-introduced into said bodies of water.
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
Scientists hope to revive the extinct Floreana island tortoise using a 'genetically-informed' captive breeding program with the tortoises closest ancestors.
political position at the government of Taiwan
The U.S. Justice Department announces Roman Seleznev, the son of Russian parliament member Valery Seleznev, pleaded guilty in a $50 million identity theft probe.
land degradation in which an area becomes a desert, losing its bodies of water, flora, and fauna, caused by climate change, overexploitation of soil, or other causes
borough in New York City and county in New York State, United States
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S.
bilateral relations between India and Japan
ethnic group in the United States with Hispanic or Latin American ancestry
municipality of Sololá Department, Guatemala
South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo says it is worth reviewing deployment of U.S. strategic assets (aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and B-52 bombers) to South Korea more regularly.
capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
After 20 years "floating" the Solar System, the Cassini space probe to the Saturn system ends the mission with a controlled fall into the atmosphere of the planet.
planetary-mass object that orbits the galaxy directly
multinational X-ray research laser facility in Germany
Italian fugitive and 'Ndrangheta member Rocco Morabito is arrested in Montevideo, Uruguay, after 23 years on the run.
northeastern part of London, United Kingdom
California passes a bill that will move the primaries to March near Super Tuesday.
head of the United States Department of Education
American legislative proposal on immigration
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
constituency of the National Assembly of Pakistan created in the 2018 delimitation exercise
Power remains out for an estimated 3.4 million Puerto Ricans as the energy grid is all but destroyed.
Bomb disposal experts successfully defuse the bomb.
More than 143 million people in the U.S. may have had their social security and driver's license numbers compromised due to a data breach on the credit rating firm Equifax.
An explosion on a train at the Parsons Green tube station in London injures 29. Scotland Yard is treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
former acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration of the United States
Duration: October 17, 2017 – April 11, 2018 April 14 – May 28, 2018 (Playoffs) May 31 – June 8, 2018 (Finals)
central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States
involves an elevated incidence of violent and non-violent crimes
school where some or all students live on campus
More than 700 Catalan mayors meet in Barcelona with Catalan President Carles Puigdemont to confirm their support for the October 1 independence referendum. Earlier this week, Spanish prosecutors warned that officials participating in this vote could be criminally charged.
events in a specific year or time period
Head of the California Department of Justice
Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson is criticised after his father wrote a letter recommending that a convicted child molester be pardoned.
Federal territory and capital city of Malaysia
Irma has killed at least 14 people. The storm, still at Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 km/h). It has reached the dual-country island of Hispaniola and is forecast to pass over the Turks and Caicos Islands as it heads towards The Bahamas and Cuba. The eye did not directly hit Puerto Rico; still casualties are reported and around two-thirds of its 3.4 million population are without electricity.
urban neighborhood in the city of Havana, Cuba
Thirty thousand people are evacuated from Kalynivka, Ukraine, following an explosion in an ammunition dump 180 kilometres (110 mi) southwest of Kiev. The Government of Ukraine blames sabotage.
town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
Russia and Belarus begin a six-day joint strategic military exercise inside Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast.
The seven people, six police officers and an emergency worker, remain under a doctor's care.
General debate of the seventy-second session of the United Nations General Assembly
Iran successfully tests the Khorramshahr missile.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
A magnitude 8.1 earthquake is recorded 96 kilometers (60 miles) south of Pijijiapan, Chiapas, Mexico. This is Mexico's strongest quake since the 8.0 earthquake that hit the Greater Mexico City area in 1985. At least 26 deaths have been recorded.
A suspect has reportedly turned himself in to police.
city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
Brazilian prosecutor Rodrigo Janot files charges in the Supreme Court against officials in President Michel Temer's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party accusing them of forming a criminal organization.
bilateral relations between Bahrain and United States
Saudi Arabia suspends any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of “distorting facts” in its reporting of yesterday's phone call between the leaders of both countries which suggested a breakthrough in the Gulf dispute was possible.
Puerto Rican officials request aid from the United States federal government for welfare in the aftermath of the hurricane-induced humanitarian crisis on the island.
Collectively, this study demonstrated the feasibility of curing this and a range of other inherited diseases using the same genome editing technology of CRISPR.
Hurricane Irma's death toll this week is at least 21 people after recently hitting Cuba and The Bahamas as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h).
group of smartphone models produced by Apple Inc.
Africa's Great Green Wall is successfully reversing desertification.
Caguas has received the most, 37.9 inches (96 cm).
Hurricane watches are issued for the state of Veracruz on Mexico's Gulf coast.
sovereign state in northern South America
Along with the Solomon Islands, the State of Palestine joins Interpol despite objections from Israel.
Hurricane Harvey is projected to possibly become the second costliest hurricane in the United States's history, with estimates ranging from US$72 billion to over $125 billion.
The Trump Administration announces that, during the next six months, it will be ending the DACA program that has halted the deportation of about 800,000 people who were brought to the U.S.
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Standing committee of the United States Senate
inclusive term for fraud committed using a payment card, such as a credit card or debit card
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
The law of California consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, and regulatory law, as well as case law. The California Codes form the general statutory law.
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha is arrested for alleged treason.
United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
head of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Several members of ISIL stage multiple attacks on the outskirts of Nasiriyah in the southern Dhi Qar Governorate, killing at least 50 people and injuring 87 others.
independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
American multinational technology corporation
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant releases footage which apparently show its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi urging his followers to expand their attacks against "crusaders and apostates".
In addition, more than 95 percent of the island’s wireless cell sites are out of service.
aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces
indication of the chance of a species' extinction, regardless of authority used
transport network serving London and surrounding regions
city and federal state in the North of Germany
largest city in California, United States of America
political and economic union of 27 European states
Flights are cancelled and evacuations are ordered for over 100,000 people in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, in preparation for Typhoon Doksuri. The system has already claimed four lives passing over the Philippines.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
2017–2018 season of the National Basketball Association
A fire at an Islamic boarding school for boys kills 24 people, most of them students, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Wikimedia list of persons by position held
walls and fences along the Mexico–United States border
U.N. Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Treaty
A roadside bomb kills five people in Bajaur, Pakistan.
This is Nadal's second Grand Slam title this year, and his 16th overall.
The Venerable Rev. Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (born in Okarche, Oklahoma), is beatified at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City by Cardinal Angelo Amato, head of the sainthood Congregation in the Roman Curia and Pope Francis's delegate. Rother, who became a missionary, was assassinated in July 1981 in the poor rural village of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, and is the first Catholic martyr born a citizen of the United States.
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
SDF announces an offensive against ISIL militants in northern Deir ez-Zor Governorate.
Colombian politician and former guerrilla
fictional country in Belarus invented as adversary in the Zapad 2017 military exercise
overview of crime in Massachusetts, U.S.
Rescuers are focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive. Mexico City Mayor Miguel Ángel Mancera reports the death toll is now at least 273, with 50 people still missing.
incurable disease unable to be treated that will almost certainly result in the patient's death
Parsons Green Underground station, London
Hamas, through Egyptian-mediated talks, agrees to dissolve its Gaza administration, hold talks with the Fatah West Bank government, and hold elections for a Palestinian unity government.
terrorism-related explosion on a train at Parsons Green tube station, London, England on 15 September 2017
South Park District of Downtown Los Angeles, California, United States
The NHC says Irma is the most powerful Atlantic storm ever recorded outside the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake strikes Mexico, killing at least 220 people and collapsing several buildings in Mexico City and widespread evacuations, hours after a yearly earthquake drill in commemoration of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar
A gunman shoots seven people dead at a house party in Plano, Texas, amid a domestic dispute.
After some protests become violent, 10 police officers are injured and 32 protesters are arrested.
ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
lawyer appointed to investigate, and potentially prosecute, a particular case of suspected wrongdoing for which a conflict of interest exists for the usual prosecuting authority (United States)
term for the westernmost coastal states of the United States, located near the North Pacific Ocean
deliberate use of someone else's identity, usually as a method to gain a financial advantage or obtain credit and other benefits in the other person's name, and perhaps to the other person's disadvantage or loss
Congress is called upon to pass legislation to correct the situation.
Prime Minister Bill English of the National Party wins a plurality of votes, but not enough for a majority, as the Labour Party led by Jacinda Ardern makes significant gains. Winston Peters becomes a kingmaker with his third-placed New Zealand First party, able to form a coalition government with either major party.
List of iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS devices
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo says it is worth reviewing deployment of U.S.
Both the FBI and NSD declare that they possess no records indicating that Trump Tower in New York City, New York was wiretapped earlier in March.
Hurricane Irma regains category 5 strength just before it makes landfall on Cuba's Camaguey Archipelago.
tropical cyclone that forms in the North Atlantic Ocean
type of exams for a attending an educational institution
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
An Arizona Air National Guard F-16 crashes near Safford, Arizona, killing the pilot.
Japan agrees to help with the construction of an Indian bullet train.
Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020.
raising plants or animals in zoos or other controlled conditions
Prominent Indian journalist and Lankesh Patrike editor Gauri Lankesh is shot dead by unidentified men outside her house in the city of Bengaluru.
Acid attacks around a mall and tube station in Stratford, East London, leaves 6 injured. A 15-year-old has been arrested.
place that limits cooperation with national immigration law
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign
unsuccessful political campaign for United States presidency
Shkreli was convicted of fraud in August and is awaiting sentencing.
The gunman was then killed after exchanging fire with a Plano Police Department officer.
Iceland will vote for a new Alþingi (parliament) on November 4 after the collapse of the previous government.
Caribbean island constituent country of the Netherlands
U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
California moves its 2020 presidential primary to March 3, making it fifth in the nominating process after Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina.
U.S. federal executive department overseeing commerce
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
Law of Israel, influenced by common law and family law, largely based on religious laws
Nuclear and natural gas power plant in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States
A Pentagon spokesperson say this flight's route was the farthest north of the peninsula's Demilitarized Zone of any U.S.
capital of Louisiana, United States and seat of East Baton Rouge Parish
Whole Foods Market, recently acquired by Amazon, announces hacking of payment card information from some of its stores.
interest rates to maintain banks' Federal Reserve balance in the U.S.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, the island of Barbuda is fully depopulated for the first time in 300 years.
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
releases the iOS 11 update for most current models of the iPhone and iPad.
Facebook agrees to disclose ads that ran in the U.S. in 2016 from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency to United States Congressional investigators. Earlier, this information was provided to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
overview of mass media in the United Kingdom
A military transport plane crashes after take-off from N'djili Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all 12 Russian crew members.
American multinational banking and financial services holding company
He is the first senator to announce his retirement this term.
defensive fortification in Roman Britain
The Communist-aligned Makabayan bloc leaves the majority of the Philippine lower House over disagreements due to the ongoing drug crackdown.
City officials in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, announce that residents will receive incentives for swapping their petrol engine vehicles for electric ones, including a free Salik tag, and an exemption from RTA registration and renewal vehicle fees.
The ex-police officer involved in a fatal 2011 shooting of a black man in St. Louis, Missouri is acquitted of all charges related to the case.
China limits petroleum exports and bans imports of textiles from North Korea as part of new sanctions following the latest nuclear test.
President Donald Trump, siding with Democrats, reaches a deal with congressional leaders of both parties to extend the U.S. debt limit and fund the federal government until Dec. 15, as well as provide Harvey disaster relief.
The House of Representatives of the Philippines approves a bill that limits the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to only ₱1,000 (US$20).
Campaign to give Saudi Arabian women the right to drive
Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg announces his resignation, effective Oct.
manipulation of electoral borders to favor certain electoral outcomes
former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Congressman of Georgia
Social media in the United States presidential election, 2016
bilateral relations between the State of Qatar and United States
Senator John McCain says the Jones Act makes prices for food, water, and other emergency supplies too high in Puerto Rico.
United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
American legislative committee overseeing intelligence
city and state capital of Oklahoma, United States
2012–2019 American comedy television series
Halimah Yacob is elected as the first female president of Singapore as the sole candidate in the upcoming elections.
Heavy rain and Category 5 winds hit the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico’s northeast coast.
Amazon.com announces bidding for a second headquarters campus in North America, to house 50,000 workers and cost $5 billion USD
Seven deaths are reported on Puerto Rico, along with two on Guadeloupe.
The alert level for an eruption has been raised to the second highest level, 4.
The U.S. Justice Department announces Roman Seleznev, the son of Russian parliament member Valery Seleznev, pleaded guilty in a $50 million identity theft probe. This past April, Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison on 38 counts of hacking crimes.
(AFP, Wall Street Journal via The Australian)
Islamic, democratic, federal parliamentary republic
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
Henry Bolton wins UKIP leadership, taking over the position from Paul Nuttall, who resigned after the party's poor performance in the last general election.
The Government of Ukraine blames sabotage.
A last minute presentation to the Parliament of Catalonia results in the formal approval of a referendum concerning independence from Spain after tense discussions.
South Korea Ballistic Missile Range Guidelines
Ahead of Irma's landing, President Donald Trump issues a state of emergency declaration for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
In cricket, England defeat the West Indies by nine wickets to win the three-match series. England bowler Jimmy Anderson takes 7–42 and becomes only the third fast bowler in history to take 500 Test wickets.
Malaysia-related events during the year of 2017
U.S. federal statute also known as Obamacare
executive department of the U.S. federal government
process of producing genetically identical individuals by changing nucleus
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
Two African-American men are killed in separate incidents near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a third home is shot at in what local and federal officials call racially-motivated crimes. A local man is arrested on suspicion of the murders.
The Trump Administration announces that, during the next six months, it will be ending the DACA program that has halted the deportation of about 800,000 people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Congress is called upon to pass legislation to correct the situation.
election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
lower legislative house of the Parliament of Pakistan
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
The United States Supreme Court confirms (5–4) a temporary stay of a lower court ruling which would have required Texas to undergo new redistricting of congressional districts with large Hispanic and African American populations. The ruling was made in advance of a formal hearing on the gerrymandering case, Abbott v. Perez, which has no scheduled hearing date yet. ,
lost or discarded explosive devices or material
Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery.
grand final of the 2017 Australian Football League season
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
1, after more than two years in the position.
In an unconfirmed video, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant instructs its followers to go and fight in the Philippines instead of the Middle East.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
Floods, following torrential rain, kill at least six people in the port city of Livorno, Italy.
The U.S. Commerce Department imposes preliminary anti-subsidy duties on Bombardier Inc.
sole chamber of the New Zealand Parliament
upper house of the United States Congress
governing body of the Russian Armed Forces
Facebook, Google, and Twitter executives have been asked to testify before the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee in October and the Senate Intelligence Committee on November 1, according to committee sources.
European basketball tournament for national teams
West Indian cricket team in England in 2017
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
Air Force bombers, escorted by fighter jets, fly in international airspace over waters east of North Korea.
Document that proclaimed martial law in the Philippines that lasted from 1972 to 1981
district of the London Borough of Newham in East London, England
operating system that operates a mobile device
unlawful killing of a human with malice aforethought
Police are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.
Searches continue for possible survivors of the magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit central Mexico yesterday.
President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, holds his annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg.
Rescuers are focusing on 10 collapsed buildings where people may still be alive.
election to replace Jeff Sessions as Alabama's Senator
men's basketball team of the University of Arizona
Hundreds of people protest the decision. After some protests become violent, 10 police officers are injured and 32 protesters are arrested.
Iraq's federal government halts all international flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan until Kurdish security forces hand over control of Erbil International Airport and Sulaimaniyah International Airport.
President Trump nominates Oklahoma congressman Jim Bridenstine, member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The king of Saudi Arabia issues a decree allowing women to be issued driving licenses by June 2018. Saudi Arabia is the world's last sovereign state that does not allow women to drive.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
The La Tuna Fire continues to burn in Los Angeles, California, becoming the largest fire in the city's history at around 5,800 acres.
average difference in remuneration amounts between men and women
September 2017 North Korean missile launch over Japan
Saudi Arabia is the world's last sovereign state that does not allow women to drive.
continent on the Earth's northwestern quadrant, spanning from the Arctic Archipelago to the Panama Isthmus
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (North Korea)
runs the diplomatic relations of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (a.k.a. North Korea) with other countries
A crowd surge collapses a barrier during a soccer match at Stade de la Licorne in Amiens, France, injuring twenty-nine people, five of them seriously.
Facebook tells congressional investigators an operation, traced to a Russian company seeking to target voters, spent $100,000 on thousands of U.S.
North Korea says that the recent flight of U.S.
Cuba denies any involvement and has authorized the FBI to travel to the island to help the ongoing investigation into the causes.
Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017
By mid-afternoon, 52 people are rescued while at least 226 people have been killed and another 800 injured.
Rainfalls of up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) are possible.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the European Commission (born 1954)
This is Mexico's strongest quake since the 8.0 earthquake that hit the Greater Mexico City area in 1985.
Head of the spanish public prosecution office
capital and most populous city of Russia
The general classification of the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España is won for the first time by British cyclist Chris Froome from Team Sky, ahead of Vincenzo Nibali of Bahrain-Merida Pro Cycling Team.
Voters in Aruba go to the polls to elect a new Parliament, with the ruling Aruban People's Party losing 4 of its 13 seats. Prime Minister Mike Eman announces his intention to step down as leader of the Aruba People's Party.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Mexico
In early 2016, Francis promised he would visit the South American country once a civil war peace agreement was in place.
achipelago on Cuba's north-central Atlantic coast
Emmy Awards honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming from June 1, 2016 until May 31, 2017
Australian rules football match to determine the season premiers
private university in North Carolina, United States
Date: 9 October 2016 – present (6 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 4 days)
overview of immigration to the United States
He is now expected to be extradited to Italy in the coming months.
sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest planet in the Solar System, after Jupiter
List of United States congressional districts
announces three new iPhone models: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X.
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1996–2001, 2009–present)
internal combustion engine designed to run on gasoline
capital and largest city of Grand Est; located in the historical region of Alsace
Dustin Martin won the Norm Smith Medal for best on ground after having won the 2017 Brownlow Medal for the best and fairest player in the competition.
constituent political entity of the United States of America
A pro-choice rally is held outside the Irish embassy in London.
Reverberations from the Sun Zhengcai case are said to have ensnared a number of senior officials from Chongqing, including former Organization Department head Zeng Qinghong (female). 14 out of 43 delegates to the 19th Party Congress from Chongqing are said to have lost their eligibility.
flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom
Spain's Rafael Nadal defeats South African Kevin Anderson, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4, in the US Open men's singles final for his third championship at Flushing Meadows Park in the New York City borough of Queens.
head of government of Antigua and Barbuda
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Overview of attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the United States
Catalan political activist and language teacher
Transport for London announces that it will not issue Uber a new private hire license.
supreme court in the European Union, part of the Court of Justice of the European Union
county in Florida, United States of America
L.A. Live, South Park, Downtown Los Angeles
central banking system of the United States
city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas
A British Airways airplane is evacuated at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport after a "direct threat" was made against it.
A fire at a retirement home in Bucharest, Romania, leaves one person dead and 19 others injured.
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
town in Canadian and Kingfisher counties in Oklahoma, United States
American businessman and convicted felon
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
aerospace and transportation manufacturer in Canada
England bowler Jimmy Anderson takes 7–42 and becomes only the third fast bowler in history to take 500 Test wickets.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series
roman catholic metropolitan archdiocese in USA
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service, Westminster, Greater London
act of mass impulse among herd of animals or a crowd of people
List of Grand Slam men's singles champions
administrative division (krai) in the North Caucasus region of southern Russia
The Syrian Army lifts the 28-month-long siege of Deir ez-Zor by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Earlier this week, Spanish prosecutors warned that officials participating in this vote could be criminally charged.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
Rother, who became a missionary, was assassinated in July 1981 in the poor rural village of Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, and is the first Catholic martyr born a citizen of the United States.
A Mexico City borough president says previous officials ignored warnings that unauthorized construction work had damaged the structural integrity of several buildings in the city.
line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc.
tennis term for winning all four major championships
The king of Saudi Arabia issues a decree allowing women to be issued driving licenses by June 2018.
Prime Minister Shinzō Abe dissolves the lower house of parliament prior to the October 22 election.
The suspect fled the scene and was later arrested that night following a police pursuit, where four pedestrians were hit by the suspect in a rental truck.
Maria is the second category 5 hurricane to make landfall at that intensity in the 2017 season, making this and 2007 the only seasons on record to feature this occurrence.
Final retirement of Cassini space probe in September 2017
Turkey is also conducting a military exercise in the region.
Gunmen attack the Ogba Zoo in Benin City, Nigeria, killing three police officers and abduct the zoo's director.
Law of juridical transition and foundation of the Republic
The Apple Watch Series 3 and a new Apple TV are also announced.
1712 West Spring Creek Parkway, Plano, Texas
language spoken in Korean Peninsula and some part of North-eastern China
The military exercise simulates war against the fictional state of Veyshnoria.
President Donald Trump agree to revise the South Korea Ballistic Missile Range Guidelines which caps South Korea's missile development.
political protests against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
Brazilian prosecutor Rodrigo Janot files charges in the Supreme Court against officials in President Michel Temer's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party accusing them of forming a criminal organization. Earlier the Court said, next week, it will consider Temer's request to block Janot from issuing further charges.
in 2016 from accounts associated with a Russian entity known as the Internet Research Agency to United States Congressional investigators.
Hundreds of people protest the decision.
limit on the amount of debt the United States is allowed to owe
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
genetic defect causing abnormal hemoglobin structure
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
The death toll from yesterday's earthquake rises to over 50 people.
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
8.2 earthquake with epicenter in Chiapas
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
This past April, Roman Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years in prison on 38 counts of hacking crimes.
The drills will take place on and around the island of Gotland, including soldiers from NATO countries.
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
The vote is widely expected to be in favor of independence.
third-party monitoring of electronic communications
states of Florida and South Carolina have been asked to evacuate.
Iraq's federal government halts all international flights to and from Iraqi Kurdistan until Kurdish security forces hand over control of Erbil International Airport and Sulaimaniyah International Airport. The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) calls the ban "illegal".
Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England.
Commission on Human Rights (Philippines)
Philippine constitutional commission for human rights
three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries
Court documents also allege that an apparel company later identified as Adidas paid $100,000 to the family of an unnamed player to ensure his signing with an unnamed Division I school, which was later confirmed as the University of Louisville.
uniform rule of naturalization of the United States set out in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Acting U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Chuck Rosenberg announces his resignation, effective Oct. 1, after more than two years in the position.
armed conflict involving Pakistan and armed militant groups
Mouscron mayor Alfred Gadenne is found dead with his throat slashed inside the Belgian city's cemetery.
Games of the XXXIV Olympiad, in Los Angeles, USA
policies regarding immigration of the Trump administration
megathrust earthquake off the east coast of Japan
any hazard caused by human action or inaction, in contrast with a natural hazard or disaster
large felid native to the mountains of Central and South Asia
Tsunami waves are reported in Mexico from the earthquake late yesterday with the biggest wave measuring 2.3 feet (0.70 m).
human settlement in St. Lucie County, Florida, United States of America
The overall death toll from the magnitude 7.1 quake which hit Sept.
commercial semi-state company in Ireland
Hurricane watches and warnings have been issued in parts of the Caribbean.
More than 143 million people in the U.S.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Cleveland, Ohio
The journal Protein & Cell publishes Sun Yat-sen University research describing the use of gene therapy in the removal of a version of the inherited blood disorder beta-thalassemia from an artificially-created nuclear transfer-type of cloning-model system of human oocytes.
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
internal control body of the Chinese Communist Party
area of the Timor Sea between Australia and Timor Island
JTWC classification for a typhoon with 1-min sustained winds of 64-129 knots
vice president of the United States since 2021
overview of mass surveillance in the United States of America
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Philippines
Hurricane watches are issued for the state of Veracruz on Mexico's Gulf coast. Category 1 Katia (75 mph/120 km/h) is about 185 miles (298 km) off the Mexican coast, slowly moving at 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h).
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
Wikimedia list of persons by citizenship
The United States Supreme Court confirms (5–4) a temporary stay of a lower court ruling which would have required Texas to undergo new redistricting of congressional districts with large Hispanic and African American populations.
military exercise of the Russian and Belarusian armed forces in the year 2017
U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer announces he will resign in mid-October, eight months before his term expires.
American supermarket chain specializing in natural and organic foods
Tens of thousands of protesters march through Dublin to demand Ireland to change its abortion laws, and anti-abortion activists stage counter-demonstrations.
neighborhood in southeastern Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
The MVP award for the VFL/AFL Grand Final
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
indigenous territory in Amazonas, Brazil
human rights violations in the Philippines
Former Pakistani three time Prime Minister, businessman, corruption master and politician
mature tropical cyclone that develops within the eastern and central Pacific Ocean
spacecraft without people on board, used for robotic spaceflight
The Australian rules football club Richmond Football Club defeats the Adelaide Football Club in the 2017 AFL Grand Final by 108 points to 60.
In Groton, Massachusetts, Orion Krause is arrested for killing his mother, grandparents, and a caretaker in their home.
Hurricane Irma makes first landfall on Barbuda, Saint Martin, and Anguilla in the northeastern Leeward Islands.
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
Voters in Germany go to the polls to elect members of the Bundestag.
daily tabloid newspaper in New York City
evolutionary process leading up to the appearance of anatomically modern humans
entertainment complex in downtown Los Angeles
portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country
organ of the legislative branch of Macau
Seven people are killed and 13 are injured after suicide bombers hit a state-run power station near the northern city of Samarra, Iraq.
largely independent foreign policy of the autonomous region
commercial district in southwestern Downtown Los Angeles, California
2017 Kenya presidential, legislative and gubernatorial elections
consolidated city-county in Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, and the state capital of Tennessee
American politician and military officer (1936–2018)
United States federal law enforcement agency
overview about the asylum in the United States
scientific achievements (including inventions and discoveries) of the year 2017
14 out of 43 delegates to the 19th Party Congress from Chongqing are said to have lost their eligibility.
American author and end-times conspiracy theorist
Spanish police raid Catalan government offices and arrest Catalan officials as part of the effort to halt a banned referendum on independence.
Rohingya persecution in Myanmar (2016–present)
Sweden starts its largest military exercise in over 20 years.
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
Cambodian politician and former military commander of Cambodia
major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States
sovereign state situated on several islands in Southeast Asia
Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
nominating process of candidates for United States presidential elections
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2017
may have had their social security and driver's license numbers compromised due to a data breach on the credit rating firm Equifax.
economy of the state of the United States
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
Prime Minister Bill English of the National Party wins a plurality of votes, but not enough for a majority, as the Labour Party led by Jacinda Ardern makes significant gains.
The dismissals come amid speculation that governors of several federal subjects will resign in anticipation of presidential elections in 2018.
Jagannath Bhatankar Road, Balasheth Mandurkar Marg, Parel, Mumbai
Date: August 14, 2016–ongoing (6 years, 5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
employment of military resources in training for military operations
overview about social media in the 2016 United States presidential elections
overview of Democratic Republic of the Congo-related events during the year of 2017
college entrance exam test is cancelled at some of its international test centers because of leaks of test materials.
In baseball, the Cleveland Indians break the Major League Baseball record for longest winning streak with 22 wins in a row. The 1935 Chicago Cubs previously held the record with 21.
Russian television channel based in the US
United States Department of Defense program
United Nations General Assembly ordinary session
clauses in the 5th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
overseas collectivity of France, island of the Little Antillas
United States Marine Corps School of Infantry
Marine Corps School of Infantry in United States
The result of a non-binding independence referendum by Iraqi Kurdistan will to be announced within 72 hours.
insurgent group in Rakhine State, Myanmar
division of the United States' National Weather Service
geographic and cultural region; collective term for the Arabic-speaking countries of Asia and Africa, or of Asia only
A Russian lieutenant general, Valery Asapov, is killed by mortar fire from ISIL militants near the city of Deir ez-Zor, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Indian Kannada-language journalist-activist (1962-2017)
Mayor Eric Garcetti declares a state of emergency.
The Bright Future party withdraws from the governing coalition, triggering its collapse.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agree to revise the South Korea Ballistic Missile Range Guidelines which caps South Korea's missile development.
It is suspected that Israeli jets bomb a military research facility near the city of Masyaf, Hama Governorate, killing at least two Syrian Army soldiers.
overview of the status of same-sex marriage in Australia
island sovereign state in the West Indies
The Virgin Islands will receive an additional 3 to 5 inches (7.6 to 12.7 cm).
Hurricane Maria makes landfall on Dominica as a category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (260 km/h).
Thousands of people on the Indonesian island of Bali flee from their homes due to concerns over Mount Agung erupting.
mainland is becoming more likely given the U.S.
Scotland Yard is treating the incident as a terrorist attack.
An explosion on a train at the Parsons Green tube station in London injures 29.
The storm, still at Category 5 strength with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (280 km/h), is moving west-northwest at 16 mph (26 km/h).
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
city in and county seat of Graham County, Arizona, United States
baseball league, part of Major League Baseball
Obama administration immigration policy that protects from deportation certain undocumented immigrants to the United States who entered the country as minors
overview about poverty in the United States
Romania-related events during the year of 2017
United States Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn), the senate's Foreign Relations Chairman, announces he will not seek reelection in 2018. He is the first senator to announce his retirement this term.
field of study that investigates the origin of discoveries in mathematics and the mathematical methods and notation of the past
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
Pope Francis arrives in Colombia for a five-day visit.
standardized test used for college admissions
stabbing and vehicle-ramming attack that occurred in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on September 30, 2017
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
The evacuation is the largest to occur in Europe since World War II.
Earlier the Court said, next week, it will consider Temer's request to block Janot from issuing further charges.
Prime Minister of New Zealand (2017–2023)
religious belief in an imminent end of the world
Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert hosts the event.
overseas region and department of France, and island in the Caribbean
event of a storm moving over land after being over water
all branches of national and regional governments of the Russian Federation
25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in September 2017
List of subspecies of Galápagos tortoise
overview of the foreign relations of Thailand
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
United States federal executive department
right-wing populist, in parts extreme right-wing political party in Germany
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) calls the ban "illegal".
female gametocyte or germ cell involved early in reproduction; immature precursor of ovum produced in the ovary during female gametogenesis
Large portions of Frankfurt, Germany, are evacuated as local authorities work to defuse a bomb left over from a Royal Air Force raid during World War II.
Kulsoom, represented by her daughter and proxy Maryam, is being treated in London for cancer.
2017 election for the Norwegian parliament
In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, near Commonwealth Stadium, a man drives into a police officer and then stabs the officer. The suspect fled the scene and was later arrested that night following a police pursuit, where four pedestrians were hit by the suspect in a rental truck. Police are investigating the incident as an act of terrorism.
computer security software that is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware
organised and prolonged violent conflict between states
describes the effects created by human caused climate change
A weapon that uses soundwaves to discomfort, capacitate or kill opponents.
Vedado, Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba
visa policy of the United States deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter the United States must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel to, enter, and remain in the United States
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences accolade
United States Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn), the senate's Foreign Relations Chairman, announces he will not seek reelection in 2018.
The facility was rumoured to contain chemical weapons.
referendum to decide whether a territory should become an independent country
natural, surface vent or fissure usually in a mountainous form
Approximately 5.6 million people in the U.S. states of Florida and South Carolina have been asked to evacuate.
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
The NHC expects 8 inches (20 cm) to 16 inches (41 cm) rain for the Dominican Republic, Turks and Caicos, and Mayaguana in the southeast Bahamas.
credit rating agency, subsidiary of S&P Global
President Donald Trump, siding with Democrats, reaches a deal with congressional leaders of both parties to extend the U.S. debt limit and fund the federal government until Dec.
skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan, New York City
energy released in nuclear weapons explosions
59th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
outdoor tennis venue in New York City, New York, USA
therapeutic approach that involves inserting nucleic acids into the patient's cells
island and historical province in Sweden
15, as well as provide Harvey disaster relief.
The U.S. State Department removes all families of employees and nonessential personnel from Cuba following apparent sonic attacks that injured 21 personnel on the island.
measure of earthquake size, in terms of the energy released
Stratford, London, England, United Kingdom
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
any crime that involves a computer and a network
third month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
A shooting at a church in Nashville, Tennessee, leaves one dead and seven injured.
industrial disaster that took place during Hurricane Harvey in Crosby, Texas
diplomatic relations between the Republic of India and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
companies, including Facebook, Marriott International, JPMorgan Chase, and Microsoft, lobby to members of Congress to work on a permanent solution for DREAMers to stay legally in the country, many of whom are their employees.
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
2017 wildfire in Los Angeles, California
one of the six principal organs of the UN, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security
Authorities believe the killings were an act of domestic violence.
bilateral relations between Russia and Belarus
Land-based branch of the Military of Myanmar
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
2017 fantasy drama film by Guillermo del Toro
protests during the playing of the United States national anthem
this and a range of other inherited diseases
men's basketball team of Oklahoma State University
Parliament is set to consider presidential term limits when it reconvenes in October.
title used for Catholics whose heroic virtue has been proclaimed by the church
Date: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017 (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Acid attacks around a mall and tube station in Stratford, East London, leaves 6 injured.
large unfinished basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Senate special election in Alabama, 2017