high-latitude region of an astronomical body (e.g. planet) with major parts covered in ice
Eight people are killed in a head-on crash near Florence, Arizona, United States, after a car strikes an SUV.
city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
Seven people are killed and many others are in critical condition after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The director of the National Energy Administration of China, Nur Bekri, is placed under investigation for graft.
A Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (also known as a "Medicane") strikes Greece near Kalamata, causing power outages and gale force winds near the capital Athens. In the storm's formative stages, heavy rains killed four people in Tunisia. ,
MPs of the House of Commons of Canada vote to strip State Counsellor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary Canadian citizenship, citing her failure to stop the persecution of the Rohingya people by the Myanmar military.
Eleven people are killed and 44 others are injured.
Another bombing incident occurs in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, in the Philippines, when an improvised explosive device explodes outside an internet café, killing one person and injuring 15 others.
overview of notable events of 2018 in spaceflight
Conservative South Korean protesters at the Seoul station call for the release of imprisoned former President Park Geun-hye.
The death toll rises to at least 32, as flooding continues to inundate North Carolina.
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
transnational Sunni Islamist organization
bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea
SpaceX announces that Japanese billionaire and art collector Yusaku Maezawa will be the first commercial passenger to orbit the Moon on their BFR rocket in 2023.
A court in Vietnam sentences 42-year old activist Doan Khanh Vinh Quang to 27 months in prison for writing anti-government Facebook posts criticizing the Communist Party of Vietnam.
US President Donald Trump expects a second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un "quite soon".
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
A gas depot explodes in Lafia, Nigeria, killing at least 35 people and leaving some burned beyond recognition.
port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia and capital of Jubaland
extramarital sex without the consent of the married participant's spouse
Justin Milne resigns as chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation following allegations that he interfered in the broadcaster's employment and editorial practices on behalf of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.
The Taliban launches multiple attacks on security checkpoints in Afghanistan, killing at least 27 members of the security forces.
Her lawyer submitted her sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Canada agrees to sign the new United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement deal which replaces the North American Free Trade Agreement that was reached in August by the United States and Mexico.
A second woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. However, others she identified as witnesses have denied any such act occurred.
The presidents of Russia and Iran disagree with the Turkish president's proposal for a ceasefire in Idlib after meeting in Tehran, because it would not include the Islamist militants those nations aim to defeat.
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven loses a vote of confidence in parliament.
guided missile that uses semi-active laser homing to strike a designated target
A total of 37 people, mostly foreign workers, are confirmed dead due to the drinking of tainted alcohol in Malaysia.
News emerges that the Russian Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft with fourteen people on board, missing since Monday over the Mediterranean Sea, was shot down. Russia accuses Israel of not giving enough warning before launching its attacks, causing Syria to shoot the plane down.
The New York Times publishes an editorial written by an anonymous senior administration official in the Trump administration which criticizes U.S. President Donald Trump and claims unnamed administration aides and officials, in efforts to promote national stability, conspired against the president.
A car bomb in Mogadishu kills six people and injures 16 others.
international organization of states in the Americas
impeachment of the former S. Korean president
combined military forces of the People's Republic of China
Upper house of the Congress of the Philippines
A ceasefire has ended heavy fighting in Tripoli that has killed over 100 people in a month from different militias.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near Kirakira, Solomon Islands. No tsunami warnings have been issued.
A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro.
United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary
standing committee of the United States Senate
Manafort has agreed to cooperate with the investigation.
14 people died and 24 others were injured when the brakes of an overloaded passenger van failed while the van was traveling on a winding road in northern Philippines.
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
At least one person is killed and nearly 40 others are injured in a stampede at a football stadium in Madagascar.
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months, 1 week and 4 days)
administrative region of the Philippines
Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong), one of the strongest in the history of the Philippines, kills at least 59 people.
Twelve villagers are killed and 14 are wounded in an attack by Ansar al-Sunna on a village in northern Mozambique.
2018 election for the Swedish parliament
Local elections are held in government-held areas of Syria for the first time since 2011.
Passengers who were planning on visiting Bermuda are forced to change plans and go to Maine and Canada thanks to a threat of safety posed by Hurricane Florence.
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee opens confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Date: 6 May 1998 – 9 July 2018 (20 years, 2 months and 3 days)
President Donald Trump says he believes Kavanaugh after seeing him testify on the sexual assault allegation, citing his remarks as "powerful, honest, and riveting."
institution of the European Union defining the EU's general political direction and priorities and consisting of heads of state or government of the EU's member states
At least 136 people are dead and more than 100 others are missing after a ferry capsizes in Lake Victoria, Tanzania.
Charleston International Airport in South Carolina is expected to close by midnight.
Video game developer Telltale Games announces the closure of most of its studio via public statement. 225 employees are laid off, leaving only 25 left in order to fulfill obligations.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says no tsunami is expected due to its depth.
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
2017 U.S. law sanctioning Iran, North Korea and Russia
Wisconsin Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C.
The New York Supreme Court allows a $45 million loan lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein to resume after pausing it for bankruptcy proceedings for The Weinstein Company to complete.
International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
High winds from Bronagh arrive later in the day, gusting up to 97 kilometres per hour (60 mph) in parts of Wales.
The suspected shooter then shoots and kills herself.
Date: 16 May 2014 – 23 October 2020 (6 years, 5 months and 1 week)
The Spanish Health Minister Carmen Montón resigns after the irregularities in her master's degree and the plagiarism of part of her final project were made public on 10 September. She is the second minister to resign since Sánchez formed the government on 7 June.
The typhoon struck also Hong Kong, injuring more than 200 people while four persons died in China.
Flash floods in Cap Bon, Tunisia have killed at least five people. The heavy rains also carried away homes, cars and chunks of road.
present phase of the Somali Civil War, concentrated in southern Somalia
prevalent criminal organizations and activities in Nigeria
The United Nations reports that a ceasefire has been agreed upon by non-governmental militias fighting in Tripoli.
Tens of thousands of people attend the funeral of Alexander Zakharchenko. Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the murder was a provocation and that it would derail the stalled Normandy format peace process.
Defense Distributed founder and 3D-printed gun activist Cody Wilson, who was arrested in Taiwan for allegedly having sex with a minor, is released from Harris County Jail.
In golf, Tiger Woods wins the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship for his first tour win since 2013. Justin Rose wins the season-long FedEx Cup points race and its associated US$10 million bonus.
Astronomers discover an exoplanet located in the 40 Eridani star system mentioned in the Star Trek series where the planet Vulcan is located.
Date: 12 May 2017 – 15 May 2017 (initial outbreak)
A gunman upset from his divorce shoots and wounds his ex-wife, then fatally shoots his parents in a retirement home in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The suspect later is found dead in his van after a brief shootout with police.
A Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance plane with 14 servicemen on board disappears from radar over the Mediterranean Sea during the missile attack on Syria's Latakia Governorate.
skyscraper located in downtown Cincinnati
2018 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak
It was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) approximately 32 minutes after rocket's liftoff.
Heavy floods, following recent heavy rainfall in Adamawa, Nigeria, kill at least 10 people and displace several hundreds more.
most populous city in the United States of America
After serving fifteen years behind bars for her role in the kidnapping, Wanda Barzee, is released on probation from Utah State Prison.
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Chile
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China and Iran agree to the creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle, a financial facility in the European Union, to facilitate payments and continue trade with Iran after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal.
Kim gives a timeline for denuclearization, aiming for completion by the end of U.S. President Donald Trump's first term.
Two people die and 700 others seek medical attention, including three people in critical condition at the Defqon.1 Festival in Sydney, Australia, for drug-related issues.
Taliban insurgents attacked a checkpoint in the western province of Afghanistan of Herat killing 9 and injuring 6 the militants suffered 10 losses as well.
Dozens of people are killed in four separate attacks by the Taliban.
Spanish rescuers find five dead migrants and 53 survivors in a boat partially sunk in waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar.
A Mediterranean hurricane forms, threatening Libya, Italy, Tunisia, and Greece.
type of ministry responsible for justice
war between France and the Algerian independence movement from 1954 to 1962
The second trial of U.S. citizen Nicholas Slatten, the former Blackwater (now Academi) employee who was found guilty in 2013 of first-degree murder in connection to the killing in 2007 of fourteen unarmed civilians on Baghdad's Nisour Square and sentenced to life in prison, ends in a mistrial.
Five people are killed and another eight are injured in a shooting at Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City.
airport serving Charleston, South Carolina, USA
American intercity passenger rail operator
Article 7 of the Treaty on European Union
Torture during the Algerian War of Independence
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
person involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime
The Public Health England reports the United Kingdom's first ever case of monkeypox in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in Cornwall. The patient is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
Inspire Brands announces its purchase of fast food chain Sonic Drive-In for US$2.3 billion.
Indonesia is hit by a tsunami after being hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, resulting in at least 50 deaths and entire families being reported missing.
The government of Nigeria announces that 61 people have died and 50 others have been hospitalized from a cholera outbreak in Yobe.
Hurricane Florence regains strength to a category 4 major hurricane and is expected to threaten the East Coast of the United States near the Carolinas in the coming days, with the potential for a category 4 or 5 landfall with very large rainfall totals. Preparations are underway for evacuation of around 1 million coastal inhabitants of South Carolina.
town in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States of America
At least 15 Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (Fulani) attack their village in northern Mali, according to local authorities.
Seven tourists are injured after a section of cliff breaks away above Shipwreck Beach at Navagio, on the Greek island of Zakynthos, creating a minor tsunami that capsized several small boats in the cove.
The FBI reaches out to Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to publicly accuse Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, as part of the investigations into allegations against Kavanaugh.
Brazilian entrepreneur and software developer
hypothesis that reality could be simulated
The government of Hong Kong bans the pro-independence localist party Hong Kong National Party.
The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, rises to 39. More people remain missing.
2018 visit by Pope Francis to the Baltic states
papal visit of Pope Francis in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia from 22 to 25 September 2018
Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman
Dunkin' Donuts announces it will drop the "Donuts" part of its name and be simply known as "Dunkin' " beginning in January 2019.
Police in California arrest Ramon Escobar, 47, on charges of killing and assaulting homeless people, and are investigating whether he may have attacked a fisherman napping beneath a pier, in the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California. Authorities believe Escobar may be a serial killer, who is now a person of interest in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle in Houston, Texas.
The first of a series of British satellites, known as NovaSAR, is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. The Surrey Satellite Technology satellite is designed to monitor suspicious shipping activity.
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Fiji. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says no tsunami is expected due to its depth.
Paraguay announces that it will move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, reversing a May decision to move it from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, citing efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.
The militants were engaged in an attack on U.S.
former Secretary-General of the European Commission
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, along with Interior Minister Enrique Degenhart, Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel, and State Attorney Luis Donado say that they will not abide by the Constitutional Court's resolution in which ordered President Morales and his cabinet to allow Iván Velásquez Gómez, the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, to enter Guatemala.
The Sydney Roosters defeat Melbourne Storm 21-6 in the National Rugby League premiership at ANZ Stadium, Sydney Australia.
President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and leader of SPLM-IO Riek Machar reach a peace agreement. Other rebel factions are also expected to join a reformed government.
The far-right Alternative for Sweden party is reportedly "shouting loud" on social media.
automotive and defense company in Germany
The Prime Minister of Abkhazia Gennadi Gagulia dies in a car accident in Abkhazia after returning from a trip to Syria.
Ethiopia reopens its embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara. After the 1998-2018 Eritrean–Ethiopian War, both countries signed a peace accord in July 2018. Also in July, Eritrea reopened its embassy in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The Supreme Court of India strikes down a law criminalizing adultery as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands.
Russia and Turkey announce a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib Governorate and rule out any military operations.
Av. Pedro II, s/n São Cristóvão Rio de Janeiro - RJ 20940-040, Brazil
Protesters storm the Iranian consulate in Basra, in protest of corruption and misrule by Iraq's political elite, damaging the consulate's offices and shouting anti-Iranian slogans while others briefly take workers hostage at a nearby oilfield.
A Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-20 reconnaissance plane with 14 servicemen on board disappears from radar over the Mediterranean Sea during the missile attack on Syria's Latakia Governorate. A U.S. official claims the Syrian Army inadvertently shot it down while attempting to intercept missiles, while Russia detected a missile launch from a French FREMM multipurpose frigate.
Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) approaches the Philippines as one of the strongest in its history, with sustained winds of 205 kilometres per hour (127 mph) and gusts of up to 285 km/h (177 mph).
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar are sentenced to seven years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act, prompting international condemnation. The pair was investigating reports of mass graves at the village of Inn Din when they were arrested in Yangon for attempting to obtain classified documents, which they contend were used as bait to entrap them.
Heavy rainfall from Bronagh results in severe flash floods across northern England. Sheffield is the worst affected city, with dozens of vehicles becoming stranded in rising floodwaters during the evening rush hour.
Forty-one inmates escape from Hpa-an Township's main prison in Kayin State, Myanmar, after hijacking a garbage truck and driving it through the prison gates. Eleven of the escapees are apprehended by police, but 30 remain at large.
2018 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet in the Solar System
A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
The Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico is set to reopen on Monday after being closed due to "an on-going law enforcement investigation of criminal activity that occurred at Sacramento Peak" in which "a suspect in the investigation potentially posed a threat to the safety of local staff and residents".
European Union diplomats reject Dominic Raab's claim that negotiations are "closing in".
2014 North Korean cyberattack on Sony Pictures and subsequent document leak
At a European Union leaders' meeting in Salzburg, European Council President Donald Tusk says that he will push for an additional gathering in mid-November, allowing the United Kingdom's proposals to be "reworked and further negotiated".
largest Christian church, led by the pope
president of the United States from 2009 to 2017
airstrike kills 18 Al Shabaab militants north of Kismayo, Somalia.
At least 844 people are now known to have died in the Indonesian earthquake and tsunami.
The United States announces a 10% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to start on September 24, increasing to 25% by the end of the year, and threatens tariffs on an additional $267 billion worth of imports if China retaliates.
Emirates Flight 203 from Dubai is quarantined briefly after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport when 19 passengers were deemed sick and others complained of symptoms.
The band Wolf Alice wins the 2018 Hyundai Mercury Prize for its album Visions of a Life.
"magic" pair of shoes worn by Dorothy Gale as played by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz
A man plows his car into a crowd of people at a busy square in Hengyang, Hunan, China, before exiting his vehicle and stabbing bystanders. Eleven people are killed and 44 others are injured. The attacker was detained and identified by police as a convicted drug dealer and thief, who said that "he wanted to take revenge on society".
The Surrey Satellite Technology satellite is designed to monitor suspicious shipping activity.
Voters in Sweden head to the polls to elect members to the Riksdag.
Former Philippine Army general and politician Jovito Palparan is convicted for the kidnapping and disappearance of students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño.
Paraguay announces that it will move its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv, reversing a May decision to move it from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, citing efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the closure of Israel's embassy in Paraguay. ,
French President Emmanuel Macron announces the recognition that the French state systematically tortured during the 1950s–60s Algerian War of Independence and calls to open archives concerning those who disappeared, such as activist Maurice Audin.
Russia acknowledges that it was notified of Ukraine's decision not to renew the Russian–Ukrainian Friendship Treaty.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that a Turkish court will decide the fate of American pastor Andrew Brunson.
North Korea says it will dismantle its Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center if the U.S. takes reciprocal measures. North and South Korea say they will seek a joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.
The prosecutor in Abkhazia says that the driver of the car that probably initiated the deadly accident of Prime Minister of Abkhazia Gennady Gagulya yesterday was under the influence of drugs and has been detained.
museum of UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are expected to step down from the company.
The French railway company SNCF announces prototypes for driverless passenger and freight trains by 2023.
South Korean health authorities announce that they are searching for around 50 foreign nationals who may have been in contact with the recently confirmed MERS patient, including those who arrived in Incheon Airport from Dubai on the same flight last Friday.
About 200 Kosovo Albanian veterans from the Kosovo War block the road to Banje near Drenica and prevent a planned visit by the President of Serbia.
The Supreme Court of India strikes down a law criminalizing adultery as unconstitutional, stating it treated women as property of their husbands. (BBC)
In the Philippines, Typhoon Mangkhut triggers a landslide in Itogon, Benguet, with more than 40 bodies found.
Mass shooting in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Utair Flight 579 overruns the runway and catches fire while landing at Sochi International Airport, injuring 18 people.
Environment and Natural Resources Secretary
The Netherlands halts funding of the Syrian opposition and police forces, saying the chances of them winning the war are "extremely limited". Dutch support for the White Helmets will also end in December 2018.
unicameral legislature of North Macedonia
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
Justin Rose wins the season-long FedEx Cup points race and its associated US$10 million bonus.
The Public Health England reports the United Kingdom's first ever case of monkeypox in a Nigerian national staying at a naval base in Cornwall.
The Cleveland Browns win their first game in nearly two years after 635 days without a win. ,
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announces the arrest of 32 East Bay street gangsters linked to a million-dollar fraud conspiracy.
dangerous multi-site fires from gas 13-09-2018
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates say that the bombing of a school bus in Yemen by Saudi Arabian aircraft, which killed 51 people, was "unjustified".
More than 30 passengers receive treatment after pilots forget to turn on a switch regulating cabin pressure on Jet Airways flight 9W 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur.
The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's ICESat-2 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base. The satellite will provide more precise information on Earth's polar ice caps. It is the final mission for the Delta II rocket.
More than 150 residents in New Bern, North Carolina, are left stranded after 10-foot (3 m)–high storm surges flood the city.
Prime Minister Zoran Zaev still vows to propose the change in a parliament vote.
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Fiji.
A woman goes on a stabbing rampage in Queens, New York City, injuring five, including three infants. All are in stable condition.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
Palestinian diplomat Saeb Erekat says that the United States "is willing to disband the international system in order to protect Israeli crimes".
agree to pay $20 million each to financial regulators, and Musk is expected to resign as chairman, but will remain as chief executive.
Air Niugini Flight 73 lands short at Chuuk International Airport and settles in a shallow lagoon. All passengers and crew are successfully evacuated.
borough of New York City, New York, United States
An arrest warrant is issued in Texas for 3D-printed gun rights activist and Defense Distributed owner Cody Wilson in connection with the sexual assault of a child. Wilson was last known to be in Taiwan.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Pyongyang for their third summit meeting in 2018, as both countries look to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula.
murder of a San Franciscan woman in Iowa
At least 40 homes are damaged and 1 person killed in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, as at least 39 gas explosions level houses.
UK public sector teaching hospital in London, England
South Africa legalizes the recreational use of cannabis.
Jair Bolsonaro 2018 presidential campaign
Kinder Morgan hints at a potential offloading of Canada assets following sales of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project to the Canadian government.
At the season's last IAAF Combined Events Challenge in Talence, French athlete Kevin Mayer breaks the decathlon world record with a score of 9,126 points.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces he will not seek a third term in 2019.
Wang Huning, a senior official of the Communist Party of China, meets with Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé in Beijing, China.
A bus carrying pilgrims from a Hindu temple in the hills of Telangana in India plunges off a road, killing at least 57 people and injuring 25 others.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Tia Coleman, an Indianapolis woman who lost her husband and eight other relatives in the sinking of a duck boat in Branson, Missouri, files a lawsuit against the tour boat operators and manufacturer.
U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)
Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina resigns from office in order to contest the November presidential election, as required by the Constitution.
southern portion of U.S. state of California
event in which aircraft are used to attack targets on land or at sea
type of natural disasters involving ground movements, often caused by slope instability triggered by specific event
In the WNBA Finals, the Seattle Storm win the WNBA championship with a 98-92 win over the Washington Mystics.
In golf, Team Europe retains the Ryder Cup, defeating Team USA 17½–10½ at Le Golf National near Paris.
At least 15 people are killed and 25 others wounded when a passenger bus collides with a truck in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested in the state of Texas on suspicion of killing four women.
At least 25 people are killed and dozens are missing after a landslide unleashed by monsoon rains strikes Cebu, Philippines.
head of government of the United Kingdom
Chief Administrative Officer; Head of the UN Secretariat
2018 United States–Canada tornado outbreak
Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ontario, and Quebec
U.S. President Donald Trump denies that 3,000 people died in the 2017 hurricane, advancing a number of "6 to 18 deaths", and further makes the false assertion that the Democrats inflated the former number.
Pope Francis's visit to the Baltic States
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Gunmen storm a prison in Cameroon, releasing up to 80 prisoners.
American boxer Victor Ortiz is arrested for allegedly raping a woman in March, and is expected to be charged with three felonies.
capital and largest municipality of Spain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel removes Hans-Georg Maaßen from the position of President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution after his remarks downplaying anti-migrant violence.
Four unknown gunmen, wearing military uniforms, open fire during a military parade to commemorate the Iran–Iraq War in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, killing 25 people and wounding up to 60. Both the Islamic State and Ahvaz National Resistance claim responsibility.
A tornado hits near Dunrobin, Ontario then goes through Ottawa, Canada. 25 people are injured and many houses are destroyed.
refugees and displaced persons from the ongoing conflict
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in 2018
town in and county seat of Pinal County, Arizona, United States
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte visits Israel, making him the first Philippines president to do so.
The Vatican signs a provisional agreement with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the communist country.
A small aircraft en route from Juba to Yirol crashes in South Sudan, killing 20 people, including the Episcopal Bishop of Yirol, and injuring three others.
The government of the United Kingdom announces that a review will be introduced Thursday of the rail franchise system amid criticism of its efficacy.
The Wall Street Journal reports that National Security Advisor John R. Bolton is expected to announce today the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington.
SpaceX successfully launches Canadian communication satellite Telstar 18V from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
championship series of the Women's National Basketball Association
Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided militant hideouts, setting off a shootout that leaves seven soldiers and nine militants dead.
Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, testifies before the Senate.
Iran's judiciary executes three Iranian Kurdish prisoners, including Ramin Panahi, for terrorism offences.
The Labour Party plans to reject UK Prime Minister Theresa May's Chequers Agreement and is open to a new Brexit referendum.
Heavy floods that started again across Vietnam have killed at least 14 people, while four others are declared missing.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
A bus plunges into a ravine in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, resulting in 21 deaths.
South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation
Pope Francis arrives in Vilnius, Lithuania, on his visit to the Baltic States.
Bronagh, the second named storm of the 2018–19 European windstorm season, begins moving across Ireland and the United Kingdom.
After the 1998-2018 Eritrean–Ethiopian War, both countries signed a peace accord in July 2018.
The company has restored electricity to just over half of its affected customers.
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the abdomen and seriously injured at a campaign rally. He is expected to be in intensive care for at least seven days. Police arrest a 40-year-old man they say appears mentally disturbed.
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
area in which agreements between military powers forbid military activities
Russian Anti-Doping Agency established in January 2008
91.5% of votes are in favor of the change.
golf tournament held in the United States
legal for medical use and recreational use
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a letter to meet North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
The death toll of the Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines rises to 81. 59 others are still missing.
software development organization specializing in the creation of video games
A record 30.5 inches (77 cm) of rain falls at Swansboro, North Carolina, breaking the state record of 24 inches (61 cm).
This win was the “fourth-largest” comeback in their team history.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
major thoroughfare in Washington, D.C., and its Maryland suburbs, United States
An explosion at a Rheinmetall munition depot near Cape Town, South Africa, kills at least eight people.
military's newest and most expensively developed aircraft.
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
Quinta da Boa Vista in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
FlightAware reported that 180 flights have been cancelled.
RiskIQ, a cybersecurity firm, reports that it has discovered the software that was used to gather credit card information from the British Airways website. The firm further states that the "supply chain attack" was very similar to an earlier attempt to skim data from the Ticketmaster website.
human rights situation in Egypt pertaning to the rights assured by the constitution
historic county of England; Celtic nation
The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline expects construction to start in 2019.
Iranian Kurdish shopkeepers begin a region-wide strike against the executions of Kurdish activists and the bombing of opposition parties in Koya in the neighboring Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Three people are injured after a car rammed into pedestrians near a mosque in northwest London. The Metropolitan Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
city in and county seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States and the capital of Utah
The center-left parties that form the current government obtain 40.6% of the vote, the center-right alliance winning 40.3%. The far-right Sweden Democrats gain 17.6%. A long process to form a coalition government now seems likely.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
The Green Bay Packers won a game down 17 or more in the fourth quarter for the first time in their history with a 24-23 win over the Chicago Bears after Aaron Rodgers returned from an injury that caused him to temporarily leave the game.
American football team in the National Football League
Date: 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days)
A man plows his car into a crowd of people at a busy square in Hengyang, Hunan, China, before exiting his vehicle and stabbing bystanders.
government agency overseeing stock exchanges
Date: 31 January 2009 – present (13 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Ibrahim Ali, a 28-year old Syrian refugee living in Canada, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Marrisa Shen.
naming dispute (1991–2019) between Greece (which has a region named Macedonia) and the Republic of Macedonia, ending with the latter being renamed North Macedonia
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea president Moon Jae-in agree to hold a third summit between September 18 and September 20 in Pyongyang.
The New York Times publishes an editorial written by an anonymous senior administration official in the Trump administration which criticizes U.S.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Outgoing president Abdulla Yameen concedes defeat to opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
monument in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom
Dellen Millard has already been convicted of two other murders in Canadian court.
Israel’s Supreme Court rejects appeals against the demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank whose fate has been a subject of international concern.
global international and intergovernmental organization
NASA discovers its first exoplanet via the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite space telescope. Pi Mensae c, a small Earth-like exoplanet, is located nearly 60 light-years away from Earth.
In the resolution, President Morales is forced to exhaust the dialogue with the United Nations.
The death toll rises to 35. Also, about 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs were killed in flooding from Hurricane Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped dozens of farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market.
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
A Suicide attack at a wrestling club in a Hazara Shi’ite neighborhood of the Afghan capital Kabul and a second explosion apparently targeting emergency services and journalists kills at least 20 people and wounds 70 others.
A man and a woman are taken ill after a medical incident in Salisbury, United Kingdom. Police seal off a restaurant as a precautionary measure. According to The Guardian, tensions are high due to recent Novichok poisonings. According to the BBC, "there's no suggestion that this is connected". According to Sky News, at least one of the individuals who fell ill is a Russian.
low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates
Secretary general Luis Almagro of the OAS says that he does not exclude "a military intervention to overthrow" President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro, arguing that the Maduro government perpetrates "crimes against humanity, the violation of the human rights and the suffering of people that is inducing an exodus".
city of the Philippines in the province of Cebu
city and governorate capital of Idlib, Syria
Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Law criminalizing homosexuality in former British colonies
political movement for Hong Kong to be independent from China
intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
17 people are confirmed dead after Hurricane Florence-related incidents.
The voter turnout is only 36.9%, below the 50% threshold set by the government.
Rebels kill 23 civilians and four soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attack was near an Ebola epidemic in the town of Beni in eastern Congo.
Amtrak modifies services and cancels train services south of Washington, D.C.
The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 207. Several people are still missing.
waterfall in Venezuela; highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world
Nine civilians are killed in twin attacks carried out by Islamist militants in eastern Burkina Faso.
Diplomatic relations between Canada and the United States
county seat city in New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States
After an emergency summit, eleven nations of Latin America (including Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru) announce that they will all admit Venezuelan migrants without the required travel documents.
At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in a road crash involving a bus travelling from Zambia to South Africa.
illegal interference with the process of an election, either by increasing the vote share of the favored candidate, depressing the vote share of the rival candidates, or both
private research university in California, United States
Eric Reid returns to the NFL, signing a one-year contract with the Carolina Panthers.
Colombia is preparing to declare an economic and social emergency in the region of La Guajira, which borders Venezuela.
climate patterns of the terrestrial planet
team-based golf competition between European and American professionals
The shoes were stolen from a museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 2005.
Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan
91.5% of votes are in favor of the change. The voter turnout is only 36.9%, below the 50% threshold set by the government. Prime Minister Zoran Zaev still vows to propose the change in a parliament vote.
Heavy floods that started again across Vietnam have killed at least 14 people, while four others are declared missing. Also, 375 houses were damaged and 661 cattle killed.
However, the convictions remain standing.
Two people die and 700 others seek medical attention, including three people in critical condition at the Defqon.1 Festival in Sydney, Australia, for drug-related issues. Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian says that the event is dangerous and will never take place again, effectively banning the music festival.
Four children from a day-care centre are killed in a collision involving a train and an electric cargo bike in Oss, Netherlands. Another child and a woman are injured.
The Russian presidential office confirms that mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin is reelected for a second and final term.
unofficial name for the parts of northwestern Iran inhabited by Kurds
disagreement on Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico, US
Thousands are still protesting against the killings in the capital Addis Ababa.
The Taliban launches multiple attacks on security checkpoints in Afghanistan, killing at least 27 members of the security forces. Twenty-two Taliban members are also killed and 16 others are injured.
The government of Pakistan is "rethinking" its dependence on China for the loans it needs to complete its Peshawar to Karachi rail project. This is part of a broader pushback on the ambitions of China's Belt and Road Initiative throughout the region.
Neo-Gothic cathedral located in Washington, D.C.
Australasian rugby league football competition
Alejandro Valverde wins his first title after a four-man sprint, ahead of Romain Bardet and Michael Woods.
CBS donates $20 million to groups supporting the Me Too movement and states that this money may be deducted from Moonves' severance package depending on the investigation's results.
Iraq announces the executions of seven terror convicts in Dhi Qar, saying the men, all citizens of Iraq, were hanged yesterday.
French mathematician and political activist
Residents are being evacuated to neighboring towns.
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
A 105 mph (169 km/h) gust hits Wilmington, the strongest wind recorded there since Hurricane Helene in 1958.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
international airport in New York, United States
American multinational technology company
Facebook uncovers a security flaw, impacting 50 million user accounts which may have been compromised.
In response, the government launches a crowdfunding campaign, which has been criticized due to it being started amid allegations of misused state funds.
Jon Kyl will replace John McCain as Senator of Arizona.
The Roman Catholic Church defrocks Father Fernando Karadima, a priest at the center of a sex abuse scandal in Chile.
The death toll from the recent spike in ethnic violence in Ethiopia rises to 58. Thousands are still protesting against the killings in the capital Addis Ababa.
The breakup of that protest at Rabaa Square by Egyptian authorities resulted in over 600 deaths.
international border between Canada and the USA
At least 20 people are killed in central Mali when a truck plunges into a river after a suspected brake failure.
Residents in Idlib, the last Syrian opposition-held territory, demonstrate against President Bashar Assad's government.
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
op-ed article in The New York Times written by an anonymous senior official working for the Donald Trump administration
emission of radio signals to interfere with radar operation
A plane crashes near Angel Falls, Venezuela, killing all six of the people onboard.
Four people are dead and at least 120 others are injured when Typhoon Trami makes landfall in the cities of Osaka and Okinawa, Japan.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agrees to plead guilty in a foreign-lobbying and money-laundering case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.
capital and most populous city of France
ISIL claims more attacks will follow Saturday's attack.
part of the sexual abuse cases of the Catholic Church worldwide
international development strategy and framework proposed by China
Dellen Millard is convicted of murdering his father Wayne Millard, who owned an aviation company. The death had initially been ruled a suicide. Dellen Millard has already been convicted of two other murders in Canadian court.
Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agrees to plead guilty in a foreign-lobbying and money-laundering case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort has agreed to cooperate with the investigation.
The Supreme Court of India strikes down Article 377, a colonial-era law which criminalized homosexuality, declaring it unconstitutional.
easternmost coast of the United States, located near the North Atlantic Ocean
Polish politician, former President of the European Council, and former Prime Minister of Poland
List of post–2016 election Donald Trump rallies
The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 207.
The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, mentions four counts of maladministration by the European Commission in the fast-track nomination of Martin Selmayr as its Secretary-General in February.
A Taliban prisoner kills eight policemen after seizing their weapons. The condition of the Taliban gunman is unknown.
Dutch support for the White Helmets will also end in December 2018.
British government effort to develop British space capabilities
The World Anti-Doping Agency votes to reinstate its affiliation with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, which had previously been suspended in November 2015.
aircraft accident in Russia, September 2018
A gas leak at the state archive in the city of Arezzo, Italy, kills two employees and injures one other.
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
United States Space Force facility in Brevard County, Florida
The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong says that China denied a request for a port call to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp. China says that it handles approvals "case by case, in accordance with the principle of sovereignty".
photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta, Inc.
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake strikes near Kirakira, Solomon Islands.
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation
Starbucks opens its first shop in Italy, in the city of Milan. The 25,000 square-foot Reserve Roastery creates 300 jobs.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is elected for a third term as President of the Liberal Democratic Party.
chief executive of Chicago, Illinois, third-largest city in the United States
More than 408 people are confirmed dead and at least 540 injured after a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake which hit Palu and Donggala, Indonesia, on Friday.
Former Philippine Army general and politician Jovito Palparan is convicted for the kidnapping and disappearance of students Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. He and two other associates are sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala annuls the decision of President Jimmy Morales to prevent the entrance to Guatemala to the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala Iván Velásquez Gómez. In the resolution, President Morales is forced to exhaust the dialogue with the United Nations.
Brazilian politician and 38th President of Brazil
sit-in protest in a Cairo suburb in 2013
agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture
convicted murderers from Toronto, Canada
Five people are killed in a string of shootings in Bakersfield, California, before the gunman fatally shoots himself.
Date: 23–25 June 21 July 1–3 August 2 September 19 November 25 November 9-10 December
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte repeats his call to shut all mines in the country following deadly landslides, hours after Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu orders all mining to be stopped in the Cordillera region.
The 26-kilometer-long (16 mi) Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section opens for commercial operation.
overview of gun violence in the United States
music and theatre venue in downtown Los Angeles, California
The Russian Orthodox Church freezes its relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople over its influence in Ukraine.
maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Bandits open fire at a village hall, where residents gather at night to watch films, in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Eleven people are killed and many more are injured.
2001 Islamist terrorist attacks in the U.S.
A suicide bomber attacks a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia, and causes the collapse of an adjacent school. Three deaths and 14 injuries are reported.
regency in Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
medical care subspecialty, treating critically ill
predicted future event in which a superhuman artificial general intelligence is made that iteratively redesigns itself to rapidly become much more intelligent, and a rapid general technological and social change follows that is beyond prediction
violently rotating column of air that is in contact with both the earth's surface and a cumulonimbus cloud in the air
North Korea and South Korea open their first liaison office near Kaesong ahead of the third summit meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in 2018.
Tropical Storm Gordon forms in the Florida Keys and is forecast to strengthen over the next 48 hours as it brings strong winds and heavy rain to the Gulf of Mexico.
Four people are wounded in a shooting at a courthouse in Masontown, Pennsylvania, before police fatally shoot the gunman.
building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local community
Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall near the Alabama–Mississippi border in the United States. One death is reported.
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong), one of the strongest in the history of the Philippines, kills at least 59 people. The typhoon struck also Hong Kong, injuring more than 200 people while four persons died in China. A woman died in Taiwan after being swept out to sea.
Russian punk-rock collective based in Moscow
Energy specialists and executives say a power outage from the earthquake could have been lessened if Hokkaido Electric did not rely so exclusively on the Tomato-Atsuma coal plant.
42nd edition of Ryder Cup, biennial men's golf competition
Tropical Storm Rosa forms off the Pacific Coast of Mexico.
city in South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
autocephalous church of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Ethiopia reopens its embassy in the Eritrean capital Asmara.
ground-launched missile designed to attack aerial targets
President Jimmy Morales and the National Security Council of Guatemala banned the re-entry into the national territory of the head of the CICIG (International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala) Iván Velásquez Gómez. President Morales also criticized the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres and ordered him to immediately replace the CICIG commissioner.
The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan rises to 44. There are now no reports of individuals missing and the search operations have been called off.
seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with the asymmetric heating of land and sea
inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs
American actor/comedian Bill Cosby is sentenced to three to ten years in a Pennsylvania prison for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004.
part of the Arizona Legislature, the state legislature of the US state of Arizona
United States Space Force Base located in Santa Barbara County, California
The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's ICESat-2 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
geographic and cultural region of Mexico
device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel into electricity
A Microsoft Azure datacenter in Texas goes down due to a cooling system failure. Outages in cloud services were reported worldwide
Russia says that the United Kingdom declines to provide them with the suspects' fingerprints.
SpaceX successfully launches Canadian communication satellite Telstar 18V from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. It was deployed into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) approximately 32 minutes after rocket's liftoff.
The attacker was detained and identified by police as a convicted drug dealer and thief, who said that "he wanted to take revenge on society".
corporate history of the American electric vehicle manufacturer
JunoCam captures an image of Jupiter's "brown barge", a cyclone-like shape that has weather patterns in Jupiter's atmosphere.
town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States
American online social media and social networking service
Tesla stock drops 9% the day after CEO Elon Musk was seen drinking whiskey and smoking cannabis in California while discussing space colonization, life after the technological singularity and whether reality is a simulation on The Joe Rogan Experience, and two executives resign.
Six Palestinians, including a 12-year-old, are killed by IDF fire in Gaza border clashes.
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane. and leaves over 895,000 residences and businesses without electrical power. A 105 mph (169 km/h) gust hits Wilmington, the strongest wind recorded there since Hurricane Helene in 1958. Florence is later downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it moves inland with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).
Cristhian Bahena Rivera, a 24-year-old man charged in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts, is expected to be arraigned in a Poweshiek County court.
A bridge collapses in Kolkata, resulting in three deaths and 25 injuries.
head of state and of government of Turkey
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
President Morales also criticized the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres and ordered him to immediately replace the CICIG commissioner.
International reactions to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen
Hurricane Florence weakens to a category 1 storm, but "life-threatening storm surge and rainfall" to the Carolinas remain likely with tropical-storm-force winds on Thursday.
A South Korean man is diagnosed with the potentially deadly MERS virus and is being treated at a hospital in Seoul, the first such case in three years.
List of international presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte
meetings between the leaders of North Korea and South Korea in the 21st century
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Anti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping
A court in Egypt sentences 75 people to death for participating in a pro-Morsi sit-in protest in a Cairo suburb in 2013. The breakup of that protest at Rabaa Square by Egyptian authorities resulted in over 600 deaths. Of the 739 defendants, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 46 others are sentenced to life in prison, 374 receive 15-year jail terms, 22 are sentenced to 10 years and 215 people, including Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Shawkan), to five years in jail.
Under the terms of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk and Tesla, Inc.
Russia accuses Israel of not giving enough warning before launching its attacks, causing Syria to shoot the plane down.
A bus crash in southern Ecuador, leave 12 dead and 27 injured.
The cause is a suspected bacterium in the water.
Other rebel factions are also expected to join a reformed government.
capital city of Makira-Ulawa, Solomon Islands
hashtag used in October 2017 to denounce sexual assault and harassment
administrative jurisdiction within the United Kingdom
A referendum is held in the Republic of Macedonia on whether to change the country's name in order to join NATO and the EU.
Date: 16 January 2012 – present (11 years, 1 week and 3 days)
North Korea celebrates its 70th anniversary with a military parade in Pyongyang with the absence of its international ballistic missiles.
Flash floods in Cap Bon, Tunisia have killed at least five people.
List of current National Football League stadiums
electronic game with user interface and visual feedback
The attack was near an Ebola epidemic in the town of Beni in eastern Congo.
The death had initially been ruled a suicide.
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
The world's first commercial hydrogen-powered passenger train enters service in Lower Saxony, Germany. The Alstom developed train uses a hydrogen fuel cell which emits no carbon dioxide.
Three people are injured after a car rammed into pedestrians near a mosque in northwest London.
Florence is later downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it moves inland with sustained winds of 70 mph (110 km/h).
unintended escape of gas from a pipeline or other containment
17 people are confirmed dead after Hurricane Florence-related incidents. Florence is expected to dump an additional 10 to 15 inches of rain in parts of the Carolinas.
British politician, UK Defence Secretary
Russian officials state that the country will send S-300 air-defense missile system to Syria within two weeks following the downing of Russian aircraft in Syria. Russia also stated it will commence jamming radar and satellite signals of planes that attack Syrian territory from the Mediterranean.
highest federal executive body in the Russian Federation, headed by the Prime Minister
Victoire Ingabire, Kizito Mihigo, and 2,138 other prisoners are released in an unexpected move by the Rwandan government.
An Iranian man attempts self-immolation in front of the Tehran city hall.
North Korea says it will dismantle its Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center if the U.S.
A woman goes on a stabbing rampage in Queens, New York City, injuring five, including three infants.
Eight children playing near a police station in the northern Faryab province are killed by a landmine explosion.
The firm further states that the "supply chain attack" was very similar to an earlier attempt to skim data from the Ticketmaster website.
explosion resulting from mixing a flammable gas with air in the presence of an ignition source
Nine people, including seven children, die from cholera in Yemen, amid an outbreak of the disease in the country.
Over 100 people are killed in floods after Nigeria's two major rivers burst their banks.
Tropical Storm Gordon makes landfall near the Alabama–Mississippi border in the United States.
The death toll of a cholera outbreak in Yobe and Borno, Nigeria, rises to 97.
The United States Coast Guard rescues one survivor after a helicopter crashes near Yakutat, Alaska.
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro is stabbed in the abdomen and seriously injured at a campaign rally.
Also in July, Eritrea reopened its embassy in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
The sixth floor of the Hotel Ritz in Madrid, Spain, collapses resulting in the death of one person while 12 others are injured.
capital city of New South Wales, Australia
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, to attempt to discuss peace with the Taliban, which has declined such talks with the Afghan government.
form of traditional music from Latin America
A Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone (also known as a "Medicane") strikes Greece near Kalamata, causing power outages and gale force winds near the capital Athens.
Tropical Storm Rosa forms off the Pacific Coast of Mexico. Although Rosa is expected to strengthen, forecasters say that it will remain offshore.
war between Ethiopia and Eritrea at the end of the 20th century
Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang dies at the age of 61 following an extended illness.
A U.S. airstrike kills 18 Al Shabaab militants north of Kismayo, Somalia. The militants were engaged in an attack on U.S. and local forces.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon is involved in a highway accident when his official motorcade is struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Park Jin Hyok of conspiring the hack on behalf of Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency, and conspiring to commit wire fraud.
Iran's judiciary executes three Iranian Kurdish prisoners, including Ramin Panahi, for terrorism offences. Two United Nations special rapporteurs condemn the executions and Amnesty International alleges their trials were unfair, due to the denial of legal counsel and confessions obtained through torture.
Air Niugini Flight 73 lands short at Chuuk International Airport and settles in a shallow lagoon.
Hurricane Florence, the sixth named storm of 2018, becomes the first major Atlantic hurricane of the year as it strengthens to a category 3 hurricane.
Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)
International presidential trips made by Rodrigo Duterte
human rights in pre- and post-revolution Iran
Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina resigns from office in order to contest the November presidential election, as required by the Constitution. Senate president Riko Rakotovao [fr] becomes interim President of Madagascar until the January 2019 inauguration of a new president.
long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 km
Illegal immigration to the United States
immigration to the U.S.A. in violation of American law
transborder agglomeration in the United States and Canada
After serving fifteen years behind bars for her role in the kidnapping, Wanda Barzee, is released on probation from Utah State Prison. She will be on probation for five years.
The Donald Trump campaign cancels a rally for Missouri ahead of Hurricane Florence, which is expected to make landfall on the East Coast.
Latakia, Tartus and Homs Governorates, Syria
99th season of the National Football League (NFL)
The heads of Samsung, Hyundai, SK and LG will attend the third Inter-Korean summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang next week.
The Spanish Health Minister Carmen Montón resigns after the irregularities in her master's degree and the plagiarism of part of her final project were made public on 10 September.
15 people died and 13 were injured when a truck carrying potatoes crashed into five vehicles in Mbeya, Tanzania.
It is announced that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a bridge planned to span the Canada–United States border between Detroit and Windsor, will open in late 2024. The project is expected to cost $5.7 billion and create 2500 jobs.
upper chamber of the bicameral Parliament of Madagascar
Senate president Riko Rakotovao [fr] becomes interim President of Madagascar until the January 2019 inauguration of a new president.
NASA discovers its first exoplanet via the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite space telescope.
Ethnic violence in Ethiopia over the weekend results in 23 deaths. Thousands protest against the killings in the capital Addis Ababa.
The attacker, said to be an Afghan national, is arrested by police.
escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, due to the rapidly improved nuclear weapons capability of North Korea
former capital of Myanmar (Burma) and the current capital of Yangon Region
advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
U.S. President Donald Trump orders an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
US Marine Corps general in retirement and former US secretary of defense
Twenty-two Taliban members are also killed and 16 others are injured.
U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship
percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election
ritualistic and political suicide method
South Korean President Moon Jae-in states that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wants to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for a second time.
Islamabad High Court suspends the NAB accountability court sentences and orders the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar Awan. However, the convictions remain standing.
Dignitaries gather at the memorial service for U.S. Senator John McCain at the Washington National Cathedral, at which former U.S. Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama are among those who eulogize McCain.
state-owned and state-funded national public broadcaster of Australia
joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Boeing
2006 multi-role combat aircraft family by Lockheed Martin
Also, 375 houses were damaged and 661 cattle killed.
highest judicial court in the Republic of India
Ireland protests in response to the Venezuelan government seizing a Smurfit Kappa production plant, with Dublin liaising through its Mexican embassy to secure its return and the release of imprisoned managers.
At least 40 homes are damaged and 1 person killed in Lawrence, Andover, and North Andover, as at least 39 gas explosions level houses. Residents are being evacuated to neighboring towns. , ,
National Security Advisor (United States)
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter reveals dust devils in the Mars region Ariadnes Colles.
region in France where the capital Paris is located
The United States State Department imposes sanctions on the Equipment Development Department, an agency within the military of China, for purchasing Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and S-400 missile system equipment through Rosoboronexport, Russia's main arms export agency.
The new book of investigative journalist Bob Woodward, Fear, draws the ire of the White House.
2018 Mass shooting in Aberdeen, Maryland
international airport, near Seoul in South Korea
The Russian FSB says that Belgium has extradited Ali Gekhaev, a suspect wanted for financing ISIL militants in Syria.
second-most populous Islamic denomination
head of government for the state of New South Wales, Australia
Pussy Riot activist Pyotr Verzilov states on Twitter that he is recovering after spending two weeks at Charité in the intensive care unit from a suspected poisoning.
A court in Egypt sentences 75 people to death for participating in a pro-Morsi sit-in protest in a Cairo suburb in 2013.
Swedish media report voter harassment by members of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement. The far-right Alternative for Sweden party is reportedly "shouting loud" on social media.
Terrorist and Chairman of the Donetsk People's Republic
Researchers with Stanford University report the discovery of the oldest known evidence of beer. Dating to approximately 11,000 BCE, the primitive brewery was located near modern Haifa, Israel.
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane.
American computer programmer and entrepreneur (born 1983)
At least five Afghan National Army soldiers are killed in a helicopter crash in Farah Province, Afghanistan.
Eleven people are killed and many more are injured.
The WTC–Cortlandt subway station in lower Manhattan opens for the first time since being destroyed in the September 11 attacks in 2001.
sovereign microstate between France and Spain, in Western Europe
Chinese political theorist and politician (born 1955)
series of water waves caused by the displacement of a large volume of a body of water
NASA's Opportunity rover is spotted on satellite imagery three months after it went silent during a Martian dust storm.
Seven people, including two British tourists, are wounded in a knife attack in the 19th arrondissement of Paris. The attacker, said to be an Afghan national, is arrested by police.
Bacterial infection of the small intestine
A third woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2018
3rd inter-Korean summit meeting held in 2018
Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the West Bank
history of the exploration of planet Jupiter
head of state and head of government of Guatemala
Nieuwsuur reports the Dutch government has provided funding over the past two years to Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Shamiya, despite Dutch prosecutors describing the group as a "salafist and jihadistic" terror group and preparing to bring a man to trial next week accused of being a member.
Russian developed surface-to-air missile system
The United States Forest Service says that the Mendocino Complex Fire, largest wildfire on record in California, has been contained.
Three people are killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA. The suspected shooter then shoots and kills herself.
form of attack in which a perpetrator rams vehicle into people or structures
President Jimmy Morales and the National Security Council of Guatemala banned the re-entry into the national territory of the head of the CICIG (International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala) Iván Velásquez Gómez.
Maisel wins Outstanding Comedy series and Game of Thrones wins Outstanding Drama series.
coral cay archipelago in Florida, United States of America
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
(NDTV) Braview Academy Highschool in Whitefield, Dundee (Scotland) burns down after a major fire occurred as dozens of fire fighters finally put it out fortunately no one was injured
The Green Bay Packers won a game down 17 or more in the fourth quarter for the first time in their history with a 24-23 win over the Chicago Bears after Aaron Rodgers returned from an injury that caused him to temporarily leave the game. This win was the “fourth-largest” comeback in their team history.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park reopens after 134 days of closure due to volcanic activity at Kilauea that damaged park infrastructure.
RiskIQ, a cybersecurity firm, reports that it has discovered the software that was used to gather credit card information from the British Airways website.
Amazon becomes the second trillion-dollar company in the United States.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Seven people are killed and more than 30 are injured during a rally in Basra, Iraq after security forces opened fire.
capital city of the federal state of Salzburg in Austria
The death toll rises to 37 after two mental health patients died when the police van in which they were being transported got caught in floodwaters.
Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate following the testimony of Ford.
Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is expected to become the "new face" of the Nike advertising campaign Just Do It.
An army base is destroyed in Baghlan Province.
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is arrested in connection with the allegation that RM2.6 billion (US$681 million when first reported three years ago) went into his personal bank accounts. New charges are, once approved, due to be filed tomorrow.
The North Carolina Tar Heels football game against the UCF Knights and the North Carolina State Wolfpack game against the West Virginia Mountaineers are cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.
appearances of star and planetary systems in fictional stories
British authorities charge two men for their alleged involvement in a Novichok poisoning earlier in 2018, claiming the men are agents of the GRU.
Dating to approximately 11,000 BCE, the primitive brewery was located near modern Haifa, Israel.
National Development and Reform Commission
The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, rises to 39.
city in Western Asia, claimed by both Israel and the Palestinian Authority as its capital
Authorities believe Escobar may be a serial killer, who is now a person of interest in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle in Houston, Texas.
Forty-one inmates escape from Hpa-an Township's main prison in Kayin State, Myanmar, after hijacking a garbage truck and driving it through the prison gates.
The death toll from recent clashes in Tripoli rises to 96. The clashes, which began on August 26, 2018, have also left 444 wounded and 16 missing.
The satellite will provide more precise information on Earth's polar ice caps.
The death toll of the landslide in Cebu, Philippines rises to 53.
stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
viral respiratory infection in humans and camels
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
borough in New York City and county in New York State, United States
Sudan People's Liberation Movement-in-Opposition
The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 224. Several are still missing.
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
Two camps of protestors in Cairo were raided on 14 August 2013
astronomical observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, United States
August 2018 extreme right-wing riots in Chemnitz, East Germany
Allegations of sexual abuse by American film producer Harvey Weinstein
first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan
The European Central Bank maintains its policy to halve monetary stimulus after September and end it in December 2018. However, the ECB perceives "uncertainties related to rising protectionism" as the main concern for the global economy.
city and county seat of Kern County, California, United States
planet type, with a mass higher than Earth
South African-born English professional golfer
All passengers and crew are successfully evacuated.
Seven people, including two British tourists, are wounded in a knife attack in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
Investigative website Bellingcat releases information identifying one of the suspects involved in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal as Anatoliy Chepiga, a decorated Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
small clustered human settlement smaller than a town
According to The Guardian, tensions are high due to recent Novichok poisonings.
Trump administration family separation policy
Police in California arrest Ramon Escobar, 47, on charges of killing and assaulting homeless people, and are investigating whether he may have attacked a fisherman napping beneath a pier, in the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California.
Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh succeeds as the acting President.
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
Deputy US Trade Representative Dennis Shea will represent the United States at the Group of 20 trade ministerial meeting in Argentina.
Two people are killed by Storm Ali as it brings winds of up to 160 kilometres per hour (99 mph) in Ireland.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
Gunmen storm the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, Libya. At least four people are killed.
An arrest warrant is issued in Texas for 3D-printed gun rights activist and Defense Distributed owner Cody Wilson in connection with the sexual assault of a child.
events in a specific year or time period
Head of the California Department of Justice
Typhoon Jebi kills at least 11 people in Japan, while more than 300 are injured.
strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea
The Trump administration proposes regulatory changes which would allow the children of illegal immigrants to be imprisoned for more than 20 days.
emigration of millions of Venezuelans under Chávez and Maduro regime
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes the island of Hokkaido in Japan, killing 16 people, injuring 120 more and leaving 26 missing.
Disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño
Kavanaugh denies the sexual assault claim and calls it part of a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" designed to keep him off the Supreme Court.
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
oil pipeline between the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China
armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine
volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone
The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 224.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
According to Sky News, at least one of the individuals who fell ill is a Russian.
Hurricane Rosa strengthens to a category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to affect parts of the coastlines of southwestern Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula, and Southern California.
Holy See's independent city-state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
70 protesters, including television actress Piper Perabo, are arrested at the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination.
Mexican officials report the discovery of the remains of at least 166 people in a mass grave in Veracruz.
The Typhoon Jebi in Taiwan killed six people while another was declared missing.
A gunman kills three people and injures two others at the Fifth Third Bank headquarters in Cincinnati, United States, before police fatally shoot him.
George Papadopoulos, former 2016 presidential campaign aide to Donald Trump, receives a prison sentence of 14 days for lying to investigators regarding his ties to Russian contacts. He also receives a fine, probation and a community service obligation.
city in and county seat of Marion County, Indiana, United States and the Indiana federated state capital city
province in China, whose capital is Xi'an
5th President of Moldova from 2016 until 2020
county seat of Craven County, North Carolina, USA
Date: 15 December 2013 – 22 February 2020 (6 years, 2 months, 1 week and 1 day)
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe rises to 25. In response, the government launches a crowdfunding campaign, which has been criticized due to it being started amid allegations of misused state funds.
cape on the Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States
Video game developer Telltale Games announces the closure of most of its studio via public statement.
sovereign state in northern South America
major diagonal transverse road in Washington, D.C.
The Jamaican Cabinet announces a total ban on the importation, manufacture, distribution and use of single-use plastic bags, effective January 1, 2019.
The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter reveals dust devils in the Mars region Ariadnes Colles. New measurements indicate astronauts traveling to Mars would experience 60% of their recommended career exposure to radioactivity in a single roundtrip journey.
A bus crashes in the Andes in Ecuador, leaving 11 people dead and 37 injured.
Spain confirms that it has cancelled the sale of 400 laser-guided bombs to Saudi Arabia because of concerns about the weapons' use in the conflict in Yemen.
It is not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
American automotive, energy storage and solar power company
The death toll from the earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan rises to 44.
The deaths of two other people are suspected connected to the disease.
Canada Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi orders the National Energy Board to conduct a new review of the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project.
American television and film production and distribution unit of Sony
escalation on the Israel–Gaza border starting in 2018
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
The death toll from recent clashes in Tripoli rises to 96.
The Eritrean–Ethiopian border reopens for the first time since 1998.
Upper Paleolithic period skeleton of a Paleo-Indian woman
Berber people of the Sahara desert with a nomadic pastoralist lifestyle
Several missiles are launched from the sea at the coastal city of Latakia, some of which are destroyed by air defence systems.
Amtrak modifies services and cancels train services south of Washington, D.C. ahead of Hurricane Florence. FlightAware reported that 180 flights have been cancelled. Charleston International Airport in South Carolina is expected to close by midnight.
The Spanish Congress of Deputies approves the decree to allow the government to exhume the dictator Francisco Franco's remains from the Valle de los Caídos.
Procession of official vehicles, often VIP limousines where several vehicles follow a lead
independence referendum in Catalonia, 1 October 2017
rapid flooding of low-lying areas, often caused by heavy rain associated with a severe thunderstorm, hurricane, tropical storm, or melt water from ice or snow
violent standoff and a proxy conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia, as part of the more general violence in the Horn of Africa
largest city in California, United States of America
political and economic union of 27 European states
government agency in England, United Kingdom
Yesterday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the murder was a provocation and that it would derail the stalled Normandy format peace process.
Several missiles are launched from the sea at the coastal city of Latakia, some of which are destroyed by air defence systems. It is not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
banking company located in the United States
rail vehicle using on-board hydrogen fuel as a source of energy
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
principal security agency of Russia (FSB)
Russian officials state that the country will send S-300 air-defense missile system to Syria within two weeks following the downing of Russian aircraft in Syria.
2018 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
individual act constituting a serious violation of the laws of war
He is expected to be in intensive care for at least seven days.
National Security Advisor John R. Bolton threatens the International Criminal Court with sanctions should the organisation try to prosecute Americans for war crimes committed in Afghanistan.
Four children from a day-care centre are killed in a collision involving a train and an electric cargo bike in Oss, Netherlands.
This is part of a broader pushback on the ambitions of China's Belt and Road Initiative throughout the region.
American non-profit developing digital firearm schematics
Also, about 3.4 million chickens and turkeys and 5,500 hogs were killed in flooding from Hurricane Florence as rising North Carolina rivers swamped dozens of farm buildings where the animals were being raised for market.
The Alstom developed train uses a hydrogen fuel cell which emits no carbon dioxide.
ethnic and religious persecution of the Rohingya people by the Government of Myanmar
policy intended to deter illegal immigration and to encourage tougher legislation
Eight children playing near a police station in the northern Faryab province are killed by a landmine explosion. Six other children are also wounded.
Heavy floods in North Korea leave at least 76 dead and 75 missing.
Annual music prize in the United Kingdom
ballistic missile with a range of more than 5,500 kilometres
2018 Moscow mayoral election was held on 9th September 2018, on common election day.
most populous city in the United Arab Emirates
The Justice Department unseals charges made in June against an alleged hacker for the North Korean government in connection with a series of cyber attacks, including the 2014 assaults on Sony Pictures.
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)
The Director General of Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, says the 2mm hole detected on the International Space Station (ISS) last week was caused, possibly deliberately, by someone using a drill, and that an investigation is under way to find out who is responsible.
summit between Isaias Afewerki and Abiy Ahmed
The center-left parties that form the current government obtain 40.6% of the vote, the center-right alliance winning 40.3%.
award ceremony for 2017–2018 U.S. television programming
Office of the United States Trade Representative
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
21 people are killed and 25 others are injured in a collision between a passenger bus and a trailer carrying flammable materials in Isfahan, Iran
It is considered the strongest typhoon in the country in 25 years.
Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar are sentenced to seven years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act, prompting international condemnation.
a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed
The clashes, which began on August 26, 2018, have also left 444 wounded and 16 missing.
type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
The Japanese space agency JAXA announces that a pair of 18-centimetre (7.1 in) tall robots successfully landed on asteroid Ryugu.
Governing board of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
28 former Venezuelan officials are charged with corruption by a judge in Andorra.
She is the second minister to resign since Sánchez formed the government on 7 June.
The Cleveland Browns win their first game in nearly two years after 635 days without a win.
modular space station in low Earth orbit
group of finance ministers and central bank governors
In the storm's formative stages, heavy rains killed four people in Tunisia.
city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
U.S. national anthem protests (2016–present)
Ñuble becomes the 16th region of Chile after new administrative divisions in Chile come into effect.
The Ministry of Justice of the United Kingdom announces that divorce laws in England and Wales will be altered to allow for "no fault" divorces.
eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California, US
Caitlan Coleman, an American woman kidnapped and held hostage for five years in Afghanistan, accused her husband Joshua Boyle physically and emotionally abusing her while the family was being held by Taliban-linked militants.
Ben Wallace, British Security Minister, says in an interview that Russian President Vladimir Putin bears the responsibility for multiple Novichok poisonings in the U.K., in which British citizens were harmed and killed.
Persian-speaking people native to central Afghanistan
Islamabad High Court suspends the NAB accountability court sentences and orders the release of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, and son-in-law Muhammad Safdar Awan.
Moldovan President Igor Dodon is involved in a highway accident when his official motorcade is struck by a truck coming from the opposite direction. Several passengers, including the president and members of his family, suffer moderate injuries and are hospitalized. Reports indicate that the Moldovan head of state is in good health.
Confirmed cases: Saudi Arabia, United Kingdom, South Korea
Three people are killed and three others are injured in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in Aberdeen, Maryland, USA.
The U.S. consulate in Hong Kong says that China denied a request for a port call to Hong Kong by the USS Wasp.
Vietnamese President Trần Đại Quang dies at the age of 61 following an extended illness. Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh succeeds as the acting President.
1939 movie based on the book by L. Frank Baum
A pneumonia outbreak in Brescia and Mantova, Italy, infects at least 150 people. The deaths of two other people are suspected connected to the disease. The cause is a suspected bacterium in the water.
At least four people are reported killed in Florence-related incidents.
peninsula in Massachusetts, United States
northwestern quadrant of Washington, D.C.; largest of the city's four quadrants
Reports indicate that the Moldovan head of state is in good health.
payments or benefits related to corruption
A million Catalonia residents launch an "autumn of protests" on National Day of Catalonia to demand independence from Spain and release "high-profile" secessionists from jail.
News emerges that the Russian Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft with fourteen people on board, missing since Monday over the Mediterranean Sea, was shot down.
Gunmen storm the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, Libya.
body of the European Union investigating complaints about poor administration by EU institutions or other EU bodies
The European Parliament votes 448–197 to trigger article 7 against Hungary for flouting the rule of law in the country.
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
city in Democratic Republic of the Congo
president of the United States from 2001 to 2009
An employee at a software firm in Middleton, Wisconsin, opens fire on his coworkers, injuring three, before being fatally wounded by police.
Energy specialists and executives say a power outage from the earthquake could have been lessened if Hokkaido Electric did not rely so exclusively on the Tomato-Atsuma coal plant. The company has restored electricity to just over half of its affected customers.
The death toll from the recent spike in ethnic violence in Ethiopia rises to 58.
Egyptian politician, 8th Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
Five people are killed and another eight are injured in a shooting at Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City. The gunmen were dressed as mariachi musicians.
The death toll from yesterday's suicide attack on protesters in eastern Afghanistan rises to 68.
The United States Coast Guard rescues one survivor after a helicopter crashes near Yakutat, Alaska. Three others aboard the helicopter are missing.
use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by athletes in Russia
layer of gases surrounding the planet Jupiter
satellite in NASA's Earth Observing System
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
List of nominations to the Supreme Court of the United States
executive department of the U.S. federal government
President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and leader of SPLM-IO Riek Machar reach a peace agreement.
politician, investment banker, White House Chief of Staff
At least 42 people in Iran die after drinking tainted homemade alcohol.
A USMC F-35 jet crashes in coastal South Carolina making this the first crash of the U.S.
Of the 739 defendants, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie and 46 others are sentenced to life in prison, 374 receive 15-year jail terms, 22 are sentenced to 10 years and 215 people, including Mahmoud Abu Zeid (Shawkan), to five years in jail.
The death toll of the floods that affected Nigeria this month rise to 200.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
Men's Rugby League club based in Sydney, Australia
The Justice Department unseals charges made in June against an alleged hacker for the North Korean government in connection with a series of cyber attacks, including the 2014 assaults on Sony Pictures. The Federal Bureau of Investigation accuses Park Jin Hyok of conspiring the hack on behalf of Reconnaissance General Bureau, the country's intelligence agency, and conspiring to commit wire fraud.
Wolf 503b, a super-Earth exoplanet twice the size of Earth, is discovered orbiting Wolf 503 [ru] 145 light years away by American, German, and Canadian researchers via the NASA Kepler Space Telescope.
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
explosive weapon, concealed under or on the ground
A bus accident in Avilés, Spain, kills five people and injures 17 others.
beachfront city in Los Angeles County, California, United States
A tornado hits near Dunrobin, Ontario then goes through Ottawa, Canada.
annual music festival held in the Netherlands and Australia
Under the terms of a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk and Tesla, Inc. agree to pay $20 million each to financial regulators, and Musk is expected to resign as chairman, but will remain as chief executive.
upper house of the United States Congress
Consulate General of the United States, Hong Kong and Macau
Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya sets a new world record for the fastest marathon time, at 2:01:39.
Pond Street, Hampstead NW3 2QG, London, England
225 employees are laid off, leaving only 25 left in order to fulfill obligations.
The pair was investigating reports of mass graves at the village of Inn Din when they were arrested in Yangon for attempting to obtain classified documents, which they contend were used as bait to entrap them.
Police seal off a restaurant as a precautionary measure.
Firefighters remove dead fish from Interstate 40 in Pender County, North Carolina as water from Hurricane Florence recedes.
A shark kills a man in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the state's first such fatality since 1936.
Two United Nations special rapporteurs condemn the executions and Amnesty International alleges their trials were unfair, due to the denial of legal counsel and confessions obtained through torture.
series of demonstrations in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017
cloud computing platform operated by Microsoft
Four unknown gunmen, wearing military uniforms, open fire during a military parade to commemorate the Iran–Iraq War in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, killing 25 people and wounding up to 60.
Philippine military official and politician
official claims the Syrian Army inadvertently shot it down while attempting to intercept missiles, while Russia detected a missile launch from a French FREMM multipurpose frigate.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
A second woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct.
The first of a series of British satellites, known as NovaSAR, is launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India.
diplomatic relations between the State of Israel and the Republic of Paraguay
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
Spanish government department responsible for health care, social security and consumers
China adds US$60 billion of US products to its import tariff list in retaliation to the United States' recent tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese imported goods.
The condition of the Taliban gunman is unknown.
Les Moonves resigns as CEO of CBS Corporation amid reports of sexual misconduct allegations and an ongoing investigation into his behavior. CBS donates $20 million to groups supporting the Me Too movement and states that this money may be deducted from Moonves' severance package depending on the investigation's results.
city and municipality (concejo) in Asturias, Spain
In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders the closure of Israel's embassy in Paraguay.
The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
Heavy rainfall from Bronagh results in severe flash floods across northern England.
Five people are killed in a stampede at a football match in Luanda, Angola.
diplomatic relations between North Korea and Russia
Ethnic violence in Ethiopia over the weekend results in 23 deaths.
Dozens of people are killed in four separate attacks by the Taliban. An army base is destroyed in Baghlan Province.
Six tornadoes in the capital region of Canada in Sept. 21, 2018
person who is deprived of liberty against their will
armed conflict in Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section
American drive-in fast food restaurant chain
China says that it handles approvals "case by case, in accordance with the principle of sovereignty".
Around 400 prisoners, mostly supporters of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, escape from a detention facility in Ain Zara, near Tripoli, amid fighting between rival militia groups.
It is the final mission for the Delta II rocket.
Date: 5 October 2017 – present (5 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
Date: 14 December 2016 – 6 August 2018 (1 year, 7 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
A Taliban prisoner kills eight policemen after seizing their weapons.
Typhoon Jebi kills at least 11 people in Japan, while more than 300 are injured. It is considered the strongest typhoon in the country in 25 years.
According to the BBC, "there's no suggestion that this is connected".
citizens or residents of the United States of America
Police clash with separatists in Barcelona marking the anniversary of the 2017 independence referendum.
flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala annuls the decision of President Jimmy Morales to prevent the entrance to Guatemala to the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala Iván Velásquez Gómez.
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
American professional women's basketball team
Hurricane Florence weakens to a category 1 storm, but "life-threatening storm surge and rainfall" to the Carolinas remain likely with tropical-storm-force winds on Thursday. ,
China executes Zhao Zewei by firing squad, the man responsible for killing nine children and injuring 11 others in a knife attack at a middle school in the Shaanxi province.
The 25,000 square-foot Reserve Roastery creates 300 jobs.
ground warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
L.A. Live, South Park, Downtown Los Angeles
superorder of predatory cartilaginous fish
The European Central Bank maintains its policy to halve monetary stimulus after September and end it in December 2018.
The project is expected to cost $5.7 billion and create 2500 jobs.
American fantasy drama television series
American multinational coffee company and quick service restaurant
ceremonial county of England (use Q21694746 for administrative unitary authority)
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
Date: September 20, 2018 9:06 a.m. (EDT)
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
peninsula of North America on the Pacific Coast of Mexico
Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election, 2018
informal Franco-Russo-German-Ukrainian security pact
Approximately two million Ford F150 trucks are recalled due to a manufacturing error which can cause the seat belt pretensioner to ignite the vehicle.
conflict among rival groups seeking to control of the territory of Libya
Date: 27 August – 25 September 2018 (4 weeks and 1 day)
A pair of Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz (1939) are recovered by police.
North and South Korea say they will seek a joint bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics.
Abduction: Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. Confinement: Salt Lake City, Utah, and San Diego County, California, U.S.
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
2018 US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
successful 2016 US presidential campaign
outbreak of cholera in the war-torn country of Yemen
national police agency of Myanmar (Burma)
fine regolith found on the surface of Mars
An opposition group to the rule of the Assad family in Syria
Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018
period of unrest around the 2012 presidential elections and 2013 coup
A woman died in Taiwan after being swept out to sea.
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
armed conflicts that started from January 2012
dtstart: 2018-09-13 00:00:00 Time: 4:15 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
fictional extraterrestrial species in Star Trek
Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate following the testimony of Ford. Kavanaugh denies the sexual assault claim and calls it part of a "calculated and orchestrated political hit" designed to keep him off the Supreme Court.
Hohmann transfer orbit used to reach geosynchronous or geostationary orbit
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko states that the Orthodox Church intends to grant the Kiev Patriarchate autocephaly.
She will be on probation for five years.
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
A USMC F-35 jet crashes in coastal South Carolina making this the first crash of the U.S. military's newest and most expensively developed aircraft.
mountain range running along the western side of South America
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe rises to 25.
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
kidnapping in Ghazni Province of Afghanistan
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
The suspect later is found dead in his van after a brief shootout with police.
annual observance in North Korea, held on 9 September, marking the foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on 9th September 1948
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States
However, the ECB perceives "uncertainties related to rising protectionism" as the main concern for the global economy.
partially recognized country in southeastern Europe
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak, is arrested in connection with the allegation that RM2.6 billion (US$681 million when first reported three years ago) went into his personal bank accounts.
Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested on charges of rebellion. Trillanes says that Duterte is "silencing his political critics, those who tell the truth."
foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee
25 people are injured and many houses are destroyed.
cyber-attack that seeks to damage an organization by targeting less-secure elements in the supply network
American video game developer and publisher
George Papadopoulos, former 2016 presidential campaign aide to Donald Trump, receives a prison sentence of 14 days for lying to investigators regarding his ties to Russian contacts.
National Football League franchise in Cleveland, Ohio
Games of the XXXV Olympiad, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
murder of Canadian teenager Marrisa Shen on July 19, 2017
Researchers with Stanford University report the discovery of the oldest known evidence of beer.
However, others she identified as witnesses have denied any such act occurred.
There are now no reports of individuals missing and the search operations have been called off.
The patient is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London.
A long process to form a coalition government now seems likely.
Date: 30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019 (1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Pi Mensae c, a small Earth-like exoplanet, is located nearly 60 light-years away from Earth.
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
city and capital of Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
former United States Senator from Arizona
The gunmen were dressed as mariachi musicians.
ethnic conflict between Oromo and Somali nation in Ethiopia
A further 460 are hospitalized, including 16 that had gone blind and 170 that had undergone dialysis.
concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth
strategic missile branch of North Korea's military
Hurricane Florence regains strength to a category 4 major hurricane and is expected to threaten the East Coast of the United States near the Carolinas in the coming days, with the potential for a category 4 or 5 landfall with very large rainfall totals.
Russia also stated it will commence jamming radar and satellite signals of planes that attack Syrian territory from the Mediterranean.
Maintenance of the International Space Station
Les Moonves resigns as CEO of CBS Corporation amid reports of sexual misconduct allegations and an ongoing investigation into his behavior.
A man and a woman are taken ill after a medical incident in Salisbury, United Kingdom.
Sheffield is the worst affected city, with dozens of vehicles becoming stranded in rising floodwaters during the evening rush hour.
2018 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) leadership election
Former Pakistani three time Prime Minister, businessman, corruption master and politician
series of full size pick-up trucks manufactured by Ford
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
border barrier between the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel
point where a person chooses to permanently leave the workforce
Florence is expected to dump an additional 10 to 15 inches of rain in parts of the Carolinas.
city in Harford County, Maryland, United States
one of two tsunami warning centers that are operated by NOAA, located on Ford Island, Hawaii
Three others aboard the helicopter are missing.
set of terrorist acts or campaign committed by individuals or groups who profess or claim to profess Islamic or Islamist motivations or goals
Secretary-General of the European Commission
civil servant of the European Commission
The heavy rains also carried away homes, cars and chunks of road.
At least 42 people in Iran die after drinking tainted homemade alcohol. A further 460 are hospitalized, including 16 that had gone blind and 170 that had undergone dialysis.
aviation accident in the Federated States of Micronesia in 2018
More than 40 people, including civilians, have died in clashes in the Libyan city of Tripoli.
ethnic group in the Sahel from Senegal, east to Cameroon
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel wins Outstanding Comedy series and Game of Thrones wins Outstanding Drama series.
American politician and military officer (1936–2018)
He and two other associates are sentenced to life imprisonment.
section of Interstate Highway in North Carolina, United States
Premier of New South Wales Gladys Berejiklian says that the event is dangerous and will never take place again, effectively banning the music festival.
Foreign relations of Ireland to the Americas
The government of Pakistan is "rethinking" its dependence on China for the loans it needs to complete its Peshawar to Karachi rail project.
Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 2014–2021
Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California
Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy
American football player, defensive back
combat operations and doctrine designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action
lower house of the Spanish legislative branch
Both the Islamic State and Ahvaz National Resistance claim responsibility.
national state-owned railway company of France
Jair Bolsonaro presidential campaign, 2018
French transport rolling stock manufacturer
series of nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union and Russia
The Metropolitan Police are treating the incident as a hate crime.
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
organization with the purpose of creating an independent State of Palestine
Uruguayan lawyer, diplomat, and politician
city in Ohio, United States; county seat of Hamilton County
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
Date: August 14, 2016–ongoing (6 years, 5 months, 1 week and 6 days)
International reactions to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen (2015–present)
business sells tickets for entertainment events
Fifth Third Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
The death toll of the Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines rises to 81.
Thousands protest against the killings in the capital Addis Ababa.
Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission
active ingredient in alcoholic beverages
diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Togolese Republic
municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Sultan Kudarat
2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Although Rosa is expected to strengthen, forecasters say that it will remain offshore.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
Archaeologists discover a centuries-old shipwreck near the Portugal coast of Cascais.
Bandits open fire at a village hall, where residents gather at night to watch films, in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
characteristics of the Vietnamese government
city in and county seat of Wayne County, Michigan, United States
A third woman accuses US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Her lawyer submitted her sworn statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
2018 Israeli air strikes on western Syria during the Syrian Civil War
Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center
Eleven of the escapees are apprehended by police, but 30 remain at large.
A gunman upset from his divorce shoots and wounds his ex-wife, then fatally shoots his parents in a retirement home in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
former de facto embassy between South and North Korea
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
legal entity - usually a limited company of some type or, sometimes, a limited partnership - created to fulfill narrow, specific or temporary objectives
Indian space launch site in Andhra Pradesh
Japan's national aero-space agency as JAXA
removal of their rights to exercise the functions of the ordained ministry
state that is administered and governed by a single communist party
Auyán-tepui, Canaima National Park, Bolívar State, Venezuela
civil war taking place in Somalia since 1991
A suicide bomber attacks a government building in Mogadishu, Somalia, and causes the collapse of an adjacent school.
Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy
British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean
Rebels kill 23 civilians and four soldiers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Several passengers, including the president and members of his family, suffer moderate injuries and are hospitalized.
25th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services
bilateral relations between United states and Palestine
hospital ward that provides intensive care medicine
The world's first commercial hydrogen-powered passenger train enters service in Lower Saxony, Germany.
New measurements indicate astronauts traveling to Mars would experience 60% of their recommended career exposure to radioactivity in a single roundtrip journey.
offices held over time by the head of government of Germany
A pneumonia outbreak in Brescia and Mantova, Italy, infects at least 150 people.
car manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea
Tens of thousands of people attend the funeral of Alexander Zakharchenko.
Three deaths and 14 injuries are reported.
It is announced that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, a bridge planned to span the Canada–United States border between Detroit and Windsor, will open in late 2024.
President Donald Trump orders an FBI investigation into the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
vehicle safety device designed to secure the occupant of a vehicle against harmful movement that may result during a collision or a sudden stop
Police arrest a 40-year-old man they say appears mentally disturbed.
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
military rank used mostly in Slavic-speaking countries, corresponding to colonel and oberst in other countries
city in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
upgraded series of the Su-27 fighter aircraft
cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
A pair of Judy Garland's famous ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz (1939) are recovered by police. The shoes were stolen from a museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota in 2005.
A Microsoft Azure datacenter in Texas goes down due to a cooling system failure.
the protection of computer systems and networks from theft, damage, زmisuse or data leak
President Donald Trump and claims unnamed administration aides and officials, in efforts to promote national stability, conspired against the president.
511 Walnut Street Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
head of state of the Syrian Arab Republic
The Netherlands halts funding of the Syrian opposition and police forces, saying the chances of them winning the war are "extremely limited".
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
government campaign to discourage plastic shopping bag use
Starbucks opens its first shop in Italy, in the city of Milan.
Date: December 28, 2017 – January 7, 2018 (clashes also occurred later in 2018)
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
Date: August 28 and September 2, 2018 First largest explosion: 28 August, 20:34:10 (UTC+8) Second explosion: 2 September, 19:28:25 (UTC+8)
global aviation software and data services company based in Houston, Texas.
triple star system in the constellation Eridanus
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
meteorological phenomenon observed over the Mediterranean Sea
New charges are, once approved, due to be filed tomorrow.
capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq
Passenger rail franchising in Great Britain
The far-right Sweden Democrats gain 17.6%.
mass extrajudicial killing of Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
Swedish media report voter harassment by members of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement.
and leaves over 895,000 residences and businesses without electrical power.
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
development history of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
Date: 2 September 2018 (4 years) Time: 23:30 UTC
one of the 20 administrative districts of Paris, France
first-level administrative division of Yemen
Philippine Senator Antonio Trillanes, a vocal critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is arrested on charges of rebellion.
In golf, Tiger Woods wins the PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship for his first tour win since 2013.
Links between Trump associates and Russian officials
overview of the links between Trump associates and Russian officials
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
Dellen Millard is convicted of murdering his father Wayne Millard, who owned an aviation company.
retired expendable launch system in the Delta rocket family
Preparations are underway for evacuation of around 1 million coastal inhabitants of South Carolina.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
series of summit meetings between North Korea and South Korea in 2018
He also receives a fine, probation and a community service obligation.
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Benguet