Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
Prosecutiors in the case of the latest attempt to kill Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi announce that Eletise Leafa Vitale, convicted of the assassination of one of Malielegoai's cabinet members in another failed attempt at killing him in 1999, will testify in the trial against the conspirators of this year's plot.
Impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump
first impeachment inquiry against U.S. President Donald Trump
Afghan officials say a government strike Sunday night on a militant facility in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, killed 35 or more civilians at a wedding party nearby.
In a special election viewed as prescient to the 2020 elections, Republican Dan Bishop beats Democrat Dan McCready by two percentage points.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an official resolution declaring the National Rifle Association to be a domestic terrorist organization. NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre criticizes the decision online.
Date: 2 September 2019 (first attack) 5 September 2019 (second attack)
Taiwan severs diplomatic relations with Kiribati, according to Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. Only the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu maintain formal relations with Taiwan in the Pacific.
Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum has been shot to death near his home.
Juan Guaidó appoints Leopoldo Lopez to form a shadow cabinet in preparation for taking control of the Venezuelan government. Lopez is currently in refuge in the Spanish embassy of Venezuelan capital Caracas after being freed from house arrest by dissident military during the 30 April uprising, which may have removed a bar placed on him from engaging in political activity.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announces it has activated the research and development of new uranium enrichment centrifuges. It is the third breach of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement from which the United States withdrew last year, reimposing U.S. sanctions on Iran. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has recently stated his country will reimplement the agreement only if the remaining parties also do so, giving them two extra months.
second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
United States House Committee on the Judiciary
Dominic Raab says the UK Government will abide by the upcoming Supreme Court's ruling on the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament.
A bus connecting Casablanca and Rissani fell off the Oued Damchan bridge in the Draa Tafilalet region, Morocco, killing 24 people.
Committees for the Defence of the Catalan Republic
Three employees of infrastructure firm Atlantia are arrested by Italian police on suspicion of offences connected to falsification of safety documentations for motorway bridges. The probe follows the disaster which killed 43 in August 2018.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe rearranges his government cabinet, naming replacements at the Defense, Foreign Affairs, Environment and Olympics ministries, among others.
The Cabinet of the Solomon Islands votes to shift diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu says that, since the Solomon Islands decided to establish diplomatic relations with China, this prompts Taiwan to cut ties with the Solomon Islands".
In Port-au-Prince, an Associated Press photojournalist and a security guard are wounded when Senator Jean Marie Ralph Féthière (PHTK) opens fire, reportedly trying to pass through a demonstration outside the Haitian Parliament. The Senate tries to convene and appoint Fritz-William Michel as Prime Minister.
Sudan closes its borders with Libya and the Central African Republic citing the "threat they pose to the security and economy of Sudan".
bilateral diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea
A wildfire destroys much of the Queensland Heritage Register-listed Binna Burra Cultural Landscape holiday resort, including its famous lodge, in Binna Burra, Queensland, Australia.
Tunisian tourism minister René Trabelsi says Thomas Cook owes Tunisian hotels €60 million for stays in July and August, with 4,500 customers still in the country. Tourism is a major component of the national economy.
In basketball, Spain defeats Argentina 95–75 to win their second World Cup title.
homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community
third planet from the Sun in the Solar System
They are to be housed in Nea Kavala [el], where a camp already houses 1,000 migrants.
American retailer Walmart announces it will stop selling electronic cigarettes, which have recently caused at least eight deaths and 530 cases of a new extreme form of respiratory disease.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announces that a formal impeachment inquiry has been launched into US President Donald Trump.
capital of the Dhamar Governorate in Yemen
The Soyuz-MS spacecraft Sarmat successfully docks with the International Space Station, with the first Emirati astronaut, Hazza Al Mansouri, and Expedition 61 astronauts Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka joining the crew of Expedition 60 aboard the station.
men's national basketball team representing Spain
ISIL claims responsibility for yesterday's bombing in Iraq, in which 12 were killed.
goods that will be temporarily exempted from its retaliatory import tariffs.
Ferrand stepped down as a minister in President Emmanuel Macron's government in 2017 over the case related to property deals, eight years ago, by a health insurance fund he managed in Brittany.
New laws come into effect in the state of Texas that allow for less restrictions on the carrying of guns in "schools, places of worship, foster homes where children live and apartments".
Scottish politician and lawyer (born 1966)
executive position in the United States of America
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners on a "35-to-35" basis, including Oleg Sentsov, Mykola Karpyuk, Olexandr Kolchenko, Roman Sushchenko, and 24 Ukrainian Navy sailors detained by Russia during the 2018 Kerch Strait incident. The exchange includes Kirill Vyshinsky. The Dutch government says it "seriously regrets" that Volodymyr Tsemakh is included in the swap. U.S. President Donald Trump lauds the move as "perhaps a first giant step to peace."
Agreement in the US Atomic Energy Act of 1954
Head of state and chief executive of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
The French National Assembly says its president, Richard Ferrand, is put under formal investigation in a "financial impropriety" case. Ferrand stepped down as a minister in President Emmanuel Macron's government in 2017 over the case related to property deals, eight years ago, by a health insurance fund he managed in Brittany. Prosecutors in Lille say he is charged with a conflict of interest.
astronomical object in interstellar space, such as a comet
President of Peru Martín Vizcarra dissolves the Congress and calls for snap elections. Lawmakers reject the proposal, suspend him from office and name Vice President Mercedes Aráoz as acting president. The Peruvian Armed Forces continued to recognize Vizcarra as President of Peru and head of the armed forces. Popular protests backing the President takes place in the streets of Lima.
Three employees of infrastructure firm Atlantia are arrested by Italian police on suspicion of offences connected to falsification of safety documentations for motorway bridges.
Scientists report, in the journal Gondwana Research, the discovery of an eighth— still hidden—continent (Greater Adria) from the break-up of supercontinent Pangaea which slid underneath what is now Southern Europe about 120 million years ago.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir says the international community must take a firm stand on Tehran and that if confirmed Iran is behind the attacks against the oil facilities, Saudi Arabia will "take the necessary steps" to "respond appropriately".
A Transpacifico airplane crashes shortly after departing an airport in Popayán, Colombia for a domestic flight.
A tanker truck carrying fuel overturns after swerving to avoid a motorcycle in Bamako, Mali.
All nine on board are killed, with two injuries on the ground.
something that has no legal effect; the absence of legal effect
29th Governor General of Canada, former CSA Astronaut
The Arab-dominated Joint List is projected to win between 13 and 15 seats, its highest showing ever. Yisrael Beiteinu, lead by former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is expected to play kingmaker.
2020 Democratic Party presidential debates
debates for 2020 Democratic presidential nomination
investment position intended to offset potential losses or gains that may be incurred by a companion investment
British MP Phillip Lee defects from the Conservative Party to the Liberal Democrats, leaving Prime Minister Boris Johnson without a working majority in the House of Commons.
U.S. President Donald Trump says he has "called off" peace negotiations with the Taliban over the latest Taliban attack in Kabul. It is not clear if the talks are paused or altogether cancelled.
General Debate opens at the UN Headquarters in New York City, with US President Donald Trump denouncing globalism and calling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "a Cuban puppet".
practice of suppressing speech or other public communication
Bettel warns that Johnson "holds the future of all UK citizens in his hands" and that he shouldn't "hold the future hostage for party political gain".
A woman who previously accused late United States financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager says she was "trafficked" to Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom and was abused by him at a house in London. She calls him "an abuser" and "a participant". Prince Andrew denies the allegations.
The proposed code would criminalise extramarital sex, insults to the president and "obscene acts".
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
flag-carrier and largest airline in France
Platts Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, California, United States
Date: 15 March 2019 3 years ago c. 1:40 – 1:59 pm (NZDT; UTC+13)
Somalia-based cell of the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda
city and capital of El Oued Province, Algeria
An anonymous senior Iraqi intelligence officer says the drones that attacked Saudi Arabia were launched from Popular Mobilization Forces bases in southern Iraq. The drones on that flight path reportedly would have crossed Kuwait's airspace to carry out the strikes. Kuwait's government says it is investigating the sighting of a drone, reportedly flying low and hovering over Kuwait City on the day of the attacks.
British travel company Thomas Cook enters compulsory liquidation, leaving 150,000 British holidaymakers stranded abroad and endangering 22,000 jobs worldwide. In response, the UK government and the Civil Aviation Authority launches Operation Matterhorn, the largest repatriation in the UK's peacetime history.
Citizens of Tuvalu head to the polls to elect the 15 members of the parliament.
China announces that it will allow the import of soybean meal from Argentina, to ensure livestock feed under the impact of the trade war with the U.S. Apart from Argentina, China has been increasing imports of soybeans and soymeal from other channels, such as allowing soybean meal, rapeseed meal and sunflower meal from Russia since September 6.
will cooperate in the aftermath of the oil facilities attacks.
terrorism motivated by right-wing and far-right ideologies
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks Poland's forgiveness at a remembrance ceremony in Wieluń, Poland, attended together with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
A court in Russia orders the seizure of the 41.6% share of equity in Vostochny Bank controlled by private equity firm Baring Vostok. The seizure, requested by Vostochny itself, is the latest move in continuing litigation over alleged embezzlement by Baring Vostok executives.
Afghan government ministry responsible for military and national defense matters
2019 North Carolina's 9th congressional district special election
Special Election for the U.S. House of Representatives
financial derivative conferring the right to to buy or sell a certain thing at a later date at an agreed price
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem demands the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. and Turkish troops from his country and warns that Syrian government forces have the right to take countermeasures if they refuse.
company owned and/or controlled by another company
The United Kingdom's House of Lords approves a bill forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union for a Brexit deadline extension. The bill will now become law once receiving royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II.
Jewish civilian communities built on lands occupied by Israel
Mastercard cuts access to two Venezuelan banks.
upper house of Haiti's the National Assembly
unit of length used to express astronomical distances, defined as the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year
Standing committee of the United States House of Representatives
Yemen's Houthi movement releases footage appearing to show captured Saudi Arabian Army soldiers and burning armoured personnel carriers, after claiming to have conducted an "all-out" cross-border offensive inside Saudi Arabia's Najran Region that defeated three "enemy military brigades".
Three suspects appear in court in Apia, Samoa, where two of them enter not-guilty pleas and the other a guilty plea on charges of conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Samoa. The defendant who pleaded guilty is due to be sentenced on September 30.
As the number of refugees from the crisis in Venezuela is projected to surpass the 6 million figure in 2020, matching that of the Syrian Civil War now, Brookings Institution calculates that aid for Venezuelan emigration is yet only 1.5% that for Syrian emigrants after five years of crisis.
Hurricane Dorian spawns several tornadoes in the Carolinas and causes power outages to 230,000 people in South Carolina.
Former British MP Nigel Waterson's son, 26-year-old Stephen Waterson, admits to having killed 3-year-old Alfie Lamb in 2018 by crushing him to death in the footwell of a vehicle.
Observers including Amnesty International criticise the verdicts.
capital city of German federated state Baden-Württemberg
British politician and Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1963)
September 2019 Israeli legislative election
use of smoke, vapor, or gas for the purpose of disinfecting or destroying pests or microorganisms
German airline Condor, a subsidiary of the now insolvent Thomas Cook Group, files for bankruptcy.
most populous city in the United States of America
The Syrian government condemns the operation as a "flagrant violation of international law."
After killing at least five people in the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian is downgraded to a Category Four hurricane as it approaches the southeastern United States.
broadcasting content live via the Internet
A wave of xenophobic attacks on migrants and foreign owned businesses in South Africa, particularly targeting Nigerian citizens, continues into its sixth day.
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok launches an investigation into the deaths of dozens of protestors during a July crackdown orchestrated under the regime of now-ousted President Omar al-Bashir.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
Fleabag wins Outstanding Comedy Series and Game of Thrones wins Outstanding Drama Series at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards.
Scotland's Court of Session rules that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson violated the law by his suspension of Parliament from 9 September to 14 October, encouraging calls for MPs to get back to work immediately.
Troops join volunteers battling wildfires in Bolivia.
An unnamed United States official says evidence suggests the drones approached Saudi Arabia from the northwest from Iraq or Iran, contrary to the Houthi militants' claim that the drones were launched from Yemeni territory. Three experts cited by CNN say the official's evidence is not conclusive.
British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd resigns from Boris Johnson's cabinet and the Conservative whip in protest of both his handling of Brexit and his expulsion of 21 MPs from the party. Rudd will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, after failing to achieve support from the Unidas Podemos alliance, announces the calling for a snap election on 10 November, which would be the fourth general election in 4 years.
An advisory board to the Dutch government recommends reducing speed limits on roads and using public money to purchase outdated cattle farms as part of a raft of measures to tackle global warming-linked nitrogen emissions in the country.
If deliberate, the action is a federal offense.
non-governmental environmental organization
The United States Air Force launches a small shock and awe bombing raid using F-35 and F-15 Eagle warplanes on the ISIL-occupied Qanus Island in Iraq's Saladin Governorate, dropping 36,000 kg of explosives. The small island was being used by ISIL as a "major transit hub", according to the U.S.-led coalition.
lean methodology used to improve production time by reducing wastes
railway station and metro station in Nagoya, Aichi prefecture, Japan
current trans-national air pollution crisis affecting several countries in Southeast Asia
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
WeWork co-founder Adam Neumann agrees to resign as chief executive officer of the office rental firm amid investors increasing concern about the firm's true market value which has led to the company postponing its initial public offering.
Turkish authorities declare a forest wildfire near Istanbul to be the result of terrorism.
interdisciplinary research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An earthquake in Azad Kashmir kills at least 37 people and wounds more than 300 others in Pakistan.
The ship is purposely capsized to reduce the risk of the ammonia tank exploding.
national park in Garfield and Kane counties in Utah, United States
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
organization that intends to supervise and liberalize international trade
Raging wildfires in Indonesia cause the sky to turn red over much of Sumatra. The phenomenon is a result of Rayleigh scattering.
Doctors Without Borders alleges the World Health Organisation is rationing vaccines for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo despite adequate resources.
U.S. company Purdue Pharma files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Agreeing to contribute more than US$3 billion from the sale of a daughter company, the owners propose to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the risk of addiction to their narcotic painkiller Oxycontin.
The UK Supreme Court begins considering the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament. It is jointly considering two appeals. One is against a ruling by the High Court under English law that the issue is solely a matter for the Prime Minister and one the courts do not have jurisdiction over. The other is against a ruling by the Court of Session under Scots law declaring the suspension unlawful and a nullity, and requiring Johnson to recall Parliament.
bilateral relations between United States and Turkey
The Taliban say 18 members of the Afghan forces were killed.
A French magistrates' court drops 228 charges of manslaughter brought by victims' relatives against Airbus and Air France.
The Swedish Navy formally relocates its headquarters back to the underground Muskö naval base on the island of Muskö after a 25-year absence. The move from Karlskrona naval base to Muskö is based on the calculation that only Muskö could withstand a Russian attack, according to the Swedish Defence Research Agency.
Five Star Movement members agree to join a coalition with the Democratic Party.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces the formal withdrawal of the controversial extradition bill.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze announces his resignation on Facebook.
violent public disturbance against authority, property or people
emergency decree issued by the President of Argentina
Slovenian airline Adria Airways cancels all flights and files for bankruptcy.
3rd President of the Republic of Indonesia (1936-2019)
Argentina accuses Venezuela of committing "crimes against humanity", "torture and murder" after receiving reports from Venezuelan refugees in the country. The Argentine Government will file a formal accusation against Venezuela before the International Court of Justice.
Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)
presiding officer of the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament
Hangzhou-based group of Internet-based e-commerce businesses
head of the executive branch of New York City's government
The Venezuelan secret service releases National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano. The Nicolás Maduro government says his release comes after a partial compromise with members of Juan Guaidó's opposition government to live peacefully; Guaidó says the Maduro government has been forced to release him under international human rights pressure.
He was arrested after the stabbing, which was described as a terrorist attack linked to Islamic extremism.
Two minibuses collide head-on near Limpopo, South Africa. All eleven on board the vehicles die.
Search and rescue aircraft locate wreckage near Ilaga, Indonesia.
UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
A court in Russia orders the seizure of the 41.6% share of equity in Vostochny Bank controlled by private equity firm Baring Vostok.
United States National Security Advisor John R. Bolton is dismissed by President Donald Trump, citing strong disagreements. Bolton insists he resigned. The interim replacement is to be Deputy Charles Kupperman, says the White House.
Thousands of protestors march across Egypt, including at Tahrir Square, demanding the resignation of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
lower house of the French Parliament under the Fifth Republic
Date: 15 June 2014 – 9 December 2021 (7 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Authorities raid the German bank Deutsche Bank as part of a money laundering probe into €200 billion of suspicious payments identified into the accounts of Danske Bank's branch in Estonia. Danske Bank's Estonian boss from 2007 to 2015 is found dead near Tallinn at his home in circumstances police describe as neither suspicious nor accidental.
An estimated two million people across the world participate in strikes to encourage action on climate change, with a total of 6 million during the week, including up to 500,000 protesters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
earthquake on 25 September 2019 in Piru Bay, between the islands of Seram and Ambon, Indonesia
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
suspension of Parliament from 9 September to 14 October
Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China show that industrial production growth in August was at a 17-year low.
The Richmond Football Club defeats the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the 2019 AFL Grand Final by 114 points to 25, marking the club's twelfth premiership and second in three years. The match, attended by 100,014 spectators, is the lowest single-match score by the Giants in their history, and the most lopsided Grand Final result in Richmond's history (89 points).
Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve
At St. Peter's Square Pope Francis reviews highlights from his African visit to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius on September 4-10.
The Cabinet of Israel legalizes the outpost settlement of Mevo’ot Yericho, in the occupied West Bank.
National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States
Various cities and towns across Papua and West Papua provinces, smaller rallies across other Indonesian cities
The United States House of Representatives issues an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
The NGO Human Rights Watch publishes details of what it deems to be arbitrary executions and arrests in Venezuela.
Germany and Norway cease paying into the Amazon Fund, citing concerns over Brazil's environmental policies and the role they have played in the fires.
Hurricane Dorian increases to a Category Three storm as it approaches The Carolinas in the United States.
Irish and international amateur sporting and cultural organisation
Secretary of State for Transport Grant Shapps announces that the UK government is planning to introduce new legislation in the aftermath of Thomas Cook's collapse in order to allow "more orderly" bankruptcies by travel agencies and airlines.
The head of the Iranian Central Bank says the "re-boycotting" of the already-blacklisted institution shows the U.S.' failure to find new ways to pressure Iran.
South Korea announces it will file a complaint with the World Trade Organization over Japanese government export controls.
Totality of all goods that are generated by industry
A coach with a flat tyre swerves into oncoming traffic and strikes a lorry head-on in Jiangsu, China.
crime that covers some of the more extreme acts against one's sovereign or nation
Naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces
Typhoon Lingling impacts South Korea, killing at least three people and knocking out power to over 50,000 homes, according to the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.
2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
selection of the Republican Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
island country in the South Pacific Ocean
checkpoint erected to monitor and control the movement of people and materials
political elections for public offices in Russia
The United States Coast Guard says that 25 people died, nine went missing and five crew members have been rescued after a fire on a diving boat near Santa Cruz Island, off the coast of California.
Tunisians cast their vote in the first round of presidential elections.
A Tunisian National Guard officer and three fighters from an armed group are killed in a security operation in the region of Kasserine, Tunisia.
According to Afghan officials, a US drone strike kills more than 30 pine nut farm workers in Nangarhar Province. The US military say they targeted ISIL terrorists.
An Iranian female football fan, Sahar Khodayari, dies one week after setting herself on fire outside a court, reportedly after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a football stadium alongside men.
Donald Trump authorizes the use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to "keep the markets well-supplied", following severe disruption to crude oil output in Saudi Arabia.
navy of Ukraine and part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Austrian MPs vote to demand a government veto on a proposed trade deal between the European Union and South American trade group Mercosur.
Date: 19 August 2019 – 23 September 2019 (1 month and 4 days)
American intervention in Libya (2015–2019)
Cherry's action succeeded at Scotland's Court of Session, and is currently being reviewed by the UK Supreme Court.
Saudi Arabia says it experiments with two nuclear reactors and wants to go ahead with the "full nuclear cycle", implying also uranium enrichment.
island sovereign state off of Africa in the Indian Ocean
Kiribatian President Taneti Mamau condemns Australia for the alleged apathy the Australian government shows toward small island nations in the Pacific facing the threat of global warming.
A 40-year-old man allegedly kills eight children outside a primary school in Hubei, China.
The Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announces he is ending his presidential campaign, saying "I feel like I have contributed all I can to this primary election, and it's clearly not my time".
A car bomb explodes in Kabul, killing 16 people and wounding over 100 others.
interstellar object passing through the Solar System, discovered in October 2017
At least 1,000 Saudi-led coalition forces are reported killed or captured after being enveloped and besieged in the Jabara Valley, Saada Governorate, Yemen.
legal term for one who testifies as a witness for the state
dangerous multi-site fires from gas 13-09-2018
The process is overshadowed by "insurgent" attacks, which led to dozens of civilian casualties.
regulations governing international relations
Two Saudi Aramco oil refineries, one in Abqaiq and one in Khurais, Saudi Arabia, are attacked by drones, resulting in massive fires.
decision-making body in Georgia (Sakartvelo)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to "open the gates" and allow over three million Syrian refugees to freely emigrate into Europe, unless the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, agreed between Turkey and the United States, is set up according to Turkey's plans.
Suspected serial killer Gracious David-West confesses to fifteen murders at a hotel in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Around 100 people are evacuated from Breivika port in Tromsø, Norway, after Russian trawler FV Bukhta Naezdnik catches fire and develops a heavy list. The burning ship has a tank of ammonia and 200,000 litres of diesel oil on board. The ship is purposely capsized to reduce the risk of the ammonia tank exploding.
Mexican authorities are preparing the launch of a $1 billion per year oil hedging program, and options trading consistent with such a giant trade.
Former First Lady of Honduras Rosa Elena Bonilla is sentenced to 58 years in prison after buying jewels with public funds.
The House of Commons of the United Kingdom approves a bill to block a no-deal Brexit next month, by a vote of 327 to 299. The bill instructs Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request another Brexit extension if he cannot secure a deal with the European Union in the coming weeks.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
As Tepco says that, by 2022, it will run out of storage room for what is now more than 1 million tonnes of radioactively contaminated reactor core cooling water, Japanese Minister of the Environment Yoshiaki Harada opines that "the only option will be to drain it into the sea and dilute it".
legislative process of bringing charges of alleged crimes against a public official
citizens or residents of The Netherlands
Neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) politician Stefan Jagsch is elected as the mayor of Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung in Altenstadt, Hesse, after running unopposed, prompting condemnations from Germany's political leaders, including SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil.
With next week's election in sight, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu proposes to annex parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley.
An oil tanker ship explodes in Ulsan, South Korea, with flames subsequently spreading to an adjacent second tanker. At least ten people are injured.
upper house of the California State Legislature
At least 27 people, a majority of them children, are killed in a fire caused by an electrical problem at a boarding school in a suburb near the Liberian capital of Monrovia.
According to Al Jazeera, Saudi Aramco's exports and oil production are disrupted by 5 million barrels of oil a day, half of the entire Saudi Arabian oil exports.
In Gaelic football, Dublin defeat Kerry 1–18 to 0–15 in the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final replay to become the first male team in GAA history to win 5 All-Ireland titles in a row.
Citing "influence operations against the United States," the US expels two Cuban diplomats at the United Nations. Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla dismisses the accusations as "vulgar slander."
Officers with the Metropolitan Police interview members of the London Fire Brigade under caution in connection with the disaster.
The Venezuelan government alleges that most of those listed in the report were armed criminals, but admits to have placed several hundred security agents under investigation for abuses of power and extrajudicial actions.
Violent protests in Papua, Indonesia, kill at least 30 people. Most casualties are in Wamena, with deaths also reported in Jayapura. Victims reportedly receive stab and arrow wounds, and others die in fires as protestors torch government buildings.
Joichi Ito steps down as the director of the MIT Media Lab and as a member of the board of directors of The New York Times Company.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's new cabinet is sworn in after the coalition agreement between the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party. Lega Nord ministers, led by Matteo Salvini, are ousted from the government.
Minister of Foreign Affairs (Republic of China)
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says that it is "impossible" for his country to stop buying oil from Iran, despite United States sanctions against Iran.
Both pilots eject and escape with minor injuries, but one gets his parachute entangled in high-voltage power lines, requiring two hours to rescue.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
After an assassination plot to kill Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa A. S. Malielegaoi is foiled, police are working to extradite a Samoan man who lives in Brisbane, Australia.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican. In his brief remarks, Patriarch Bartholomew talks about the value of synodality in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
The brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch is sentenced to life in prison for her honour murder, while six others are acquitted.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
Yisrael Beiteinu, lead by former Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, is expected to play kingmaker.
Water vapor is detected on exoplanet K2-18b, a super-Earth which is located about 111 light-years away from Earth.
The Pentagon approves to redistribute US$ 3.6 billion from military construction to 11 new border wall projects.
2019 hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean
The Spanish Civil Guard arrests nine members of the Committees for the Defence of the Catalan Republic for planning violent acts and creating homemade explosives. Expressions of support come from politicians including the Government and President of Catalonia claiming the charges represent repression against Catalonia.
severe nuclear reactor accident that results in core damage from overheating
international border between the two countries in North America
ISM is the first and largest nonprofit professional supply management organization worldwide.
tenth day of the month of Muharram in islamic calendar
Facebook suspends a chatbot on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official page for violating its hate speech policy. Netanyahu says the mistake was made by a volunteer employee.
head of government of the United Kingdom
Independent Election Commission (Afghanistan)
The bank is suspected of breaching rules on money laundering and terrorism financing.
A jury finds Max Harris, the creative director of the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, California, not guilty on involuntary manslaughter charges in relation to a fire at the location in 2016, which killed 36 people. The jury fails to reach a verdict on similar charges for its leaseholder, Derick Almena, due to a hung jury.
Luxury automaker Daimler, owner of the Mercedes-Benz brand, is fined €870 million by prosecutors in Stuttgart, Germany for its role in the diesel emissions scandal.
Japan and South Korea fail to make progress toward resolution, but agree to continue dialogue.
Authorities in Texas report a fifth death from Tropical Storm Imelda.
refugees and displaced persons from the ongoing conflict
At least 22 people are killed and 15 others injured after a bus rams into a hill en route from Skardu to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, following a brake failure.
Agreeing to contribute more than US$3 billion from the sale of a daughter company, the owners propose to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the risk of addiction to their narcotic painkiller Oxycontin.
Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni and her husband Rifaat al-Amin are each jailed for a year by a Rabat court for premarital sex and unlawful abortion, with doctor Mohammed Jamal Belkeziz receiving two years for carrying an abortion out. Her lawyer claims the evidence was fabricated to dissuade Raissouni and others from criticising the government. Observers including Amnesty International criticise the verdicts.
Interpol reports that in six weeks it has detected more than a dozen people wanted for terrorism offences crossing the Mediterranean Sea using tourist routes.
A resolution is adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council with 19 votes in favour, 7 against and 21 abstentions, accusing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro government of thousands of extrajudicial murders, forced disappearances, and torture, after being proposed by the Lima Group and backed by many European countries. The UN resolves to send an investigative mission to the country. Maduro says the motion was "produced by the United States to run a hate campaign". Another Venezuelan representative calls the UN a "small group" that they "will not cooperate with".
Twitter suspends several Cuban government and state media accounts, including First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro and his daughter Mariela Castro. The pro-government Union of Journalists of Cuba denounces the suspensions as "massive censorship".
American pharmacy and convenience store chain
island sovereign state in the central Pacific Ocean
German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze says the €54 billion climate plan approved by the German cabinet on Friday enables her country to join the Powering Past Coal Alliance.
Robert Mugabe, the second president of Zimbabwe, dies at the age of 95.
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
One firefighter is killed and six others are injured after a propane gas leak leads to a large explosion at a non-profit organization in Farmington, Maine.
The United States states they would like to pursue a Section 123 Agreement to accompany the transfer of U.S.
King Salman of Saudi Arabia replaces Minister of Energy Khalid al-Falih with his son Abdulaziz bin Salman by royal order. Earlier this month, al-Falih was replaced with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund and a close adviser to the crown prince, as chairman of Saudi Aramco.
Former Guatemalan presidential candidate Sandra Torres is arrested for possible charges of illegal financing in her election campaign in 2015. She was given preventive detention at the Mariscal Zavala Military Center.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
At least 43 people are now confirmed to have been killed by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. The death toll is expected to rise further.
Iraqi state-sponsored umbrella organization
Boeing announces each relative of victims of two air disasters will be paid US$144,500 by the aircraft manufacturer, and will not have to waive their right to litigate to receive the money.
All 21 Conservative MPs who voted with the opposition have their party whip removed and now sit as independents.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
Authorities in the Netherlands launch a probe into bank ABN Amro. The bank is suspected of breaching rules on money laundering and terrorism financing.
Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, London, United Kingdom
attempts to use monetary or fiscal policy to stimulate the economy
John Bercow announces his resignation as Speaker of the House of Commons, effective October 31.
Anti-China protests are held by the opposition in Kiribati's capital of Tarawa after the government severed ties with Taiwan and established relations with China.
Over 12 miles (19 km) of roads are closed for traffic in central London.
Saudi Arabia says it hit a Houthi military facility used to store drones and missiles, "in accordance with international humanitarian law".
work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work
The first is in Charikar at a rally for Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan.
Instagram say they will also participate.
System of classifying tropical cyclones into five categories based on measured wind speed and used to estimate potential damage
Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis confirms two more people have been killed by Hurricane Dorian, raising the death toll to seven.
According to a government spokesperson, Pōhiva is in a "very serious" condition.
Nigeria bans international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger for allegedly providing food and medicine for Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country. Action Against Hunger denies the Nigerian military's accusations.
The Venezuelan secret service releases National Assembly Vice President Edgar Zambrano.
armored vehicle classification designed for troop transport
Scientists say the largest iceberg in 50 years has broken away from Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf. The 1,636 sq km iceberg, known as D28, will continue to be monitored as it could pose a risk to shipping.
At the United Nations, the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, calls for "action on West Papua". He was rebuffed by Indonesian diplomats.
A bomb explodes as a police riot bus passes by in Yüreğir, Adana Province, Turkey.
Saudi Arabia joins the International Maritime Security Construct.
fell 16% over the same year-to-year period, according to customs data.
state of being unable to pay the debts at maturity by a person or company
The World Anti-Doping Agency launches a probe into "inconsistencies" with laboratory results from Russia, promising "the most stringent sanctions" if violations are found.
A bomb explodes as a police riot bus passes by in Yüreğir, Adana Province, Turkey. At least five officers are injured.
system of racial segregation based on skin colour common in South Africa
Vice President and Congresswoman of the Republic of Peru (2016-2019)
false or misleading statements made by Donald Trump
political-religious armed movement in Yemen
A vehicle triggers a roadside bomb in Balkh, Afghanistan; all eight civilians on board are killed.
method of heat removal from components and industrial equipment
The third major Democratic Party televised debate takes place at the Health and Physical Education Arena in Houston, Texas, with a focus on health care in the United States.
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
island in Stockholm archipelago and Haninge Municipality, Sweden
A study ordered by the Canadian government finds that exposure to anti-mosquito fumigation, which contains cholinesterase-inhibiting neurotoxins, coincides with brain damage causing the same symptoms as those associated with the syndrome.
Binna Burra Road, Binna Burra, Scenic Rim Region, Queensland, Australia
Following the drone attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities, the price of benchmark Brent Crude oil futures contracts surges as high as 19.5% at market opening, the biggest increase in percentage terms since the 1990 oil price shock in response to Ba'athist Iraq invading Kuwait.
capital city of the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria Founder ottoman empair
German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze says the €54 billion climate plan approved by the German cabinet on Friday enables her country to join the Powering Past Coal Alliance. Germany expects to transition away from coal by 2038.
Scientists from Denmark and the United Kingdom report they have identified genetic information from a 1.7-million-year-old Stephanorhinus tooth enamel from Dmanisi, Georgia, making it the oldest genetic data ever recorded.
The 1,636 sq km iceberg, known as D28, will continue to be monitored as it could pose a risk to shipping.
Iran's Adrian Darya 1 oil tanker, which was temporarily detained in Gibraltar and sanctioned by the United States Department of Justice, has sold its cargo after supposedly docking at the Syrian port of Tartus, according to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France
presence of radioactive substances where they are undesirable
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
1974 multi-role fighter aircraft family by General Dynamics
The World Meteorological Organization publishes a report stating that 2015–2019 was the hottest five-year period since measurements began. The increase in the global carbon dioxide level, the rise of the sea level and the melting of ice caps is accelerating.
Iran's judiciary issues a warrant to arrest actress Saba Kamali after she posted a text in her Instagram sympathizing with Sahar Khodayari, which was reported to be found "insulting" to the third Shiite Imam, Hussain ibn Ali.
The United States Africa Command says the US has carried out an airstrike against ISIL in southwest Libya, killing at least 17 militants.
Annemiek van Vleuten wins the women's road race after a 105-kilometre (65 mi) solo attack, with a lead of 2 min 15 s over second-placed defending champion Anna van der Breggen.
C/2019 Q4 (Borisov), a second interstellar comet after ʻOumuamua in 2017, is discovered by an amateur astronomer.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
constitution of the state of North Carolina
2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
2020 U.S. Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
largest city in the South Island of New Zealand
U.S. President Donald Trump uses an altered map showing the projected forecast of Hurricane Dorian in order to support a disputed claim that Alabama has recently been threatened by the storm.
Referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed annexation of the West Bank, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says Israel is turning into "a racist, apartheid regime."
sovereign state made up of six islands in the Pacific Ocean
UK-based travel agent Thomas Cook is reported to be attempting to sell assets as it seeks to prevent its collapse.
Italian champion speedboat designer and racer Fabio Buzzi and two other racers are killed when their boat, attempting to set a new Monte Carlo-to-Venice record in the Assonautica Italiana race, crashes into a sunken, flood-barrier dam near the finish line.
The fires are under control, according to the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry.
monument in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Walgreens and CVS ask customers not to bring guns into their stores in response to several deadly mass shootings last month.
The International Monetary Fund confirms that Kristalina Georgieva is the only candidate for the nomination as its Managing Director.
covers the history of the Republic of Iraq from 1968 to 2003 during the time of Ba'athism
Turkish authorities declare a forest wildfire near Istanbul to be the result of terrorism. They say a suspect is in custody.
U.S. budget from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020
A denial-of-service attack takes down Wikipedia, with users unable to access the encyclopedia in Europe and parts of the Middle East. The Wikimedia Foundation blames a "massive and very broad" distributed denial of service attack.
Twitter suspends several Cuban government and state media accounts, including First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Raúl Castro and his daughter Mariela Castro.
The European Court of Justice rules in favour of United States search engine Google in a landmark right to be forgotten case, rejecting a French privacy regulator's argument that Google should apply the rules to its results and domains globally and not only within the European Union.
global international and intergovernmental organization
Two Saudi Aramco oil refineries, one in Abqaiq and one in Khurais, Saudi Arabia, are attacked by drones, resulting in massive fires. The fires are under control, according to the Saudi Arabian Interior Ministry. Houthi militants claim responsibility, saying that they used 10 drones for the attack.
A crash of a twin-engine Convair 440 cargo plane near Toledo, Ohio, kills the two people on board.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
An official debate sponsored by the Democratic Party had previously been shot down by the DNC.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds discussions about a possible snap election in the face of opposition to leaving the European Union without a deal. Those against Johnson's plan to leave in late October with or without a deal within his own Conservative Party are warned they may be expelled from the party.
According to Afghan officials, a Taliban truck bomb outside a hospital in Qalat, Zabul Province, kills 39 people. The Taliban say they targeted a National Directorate of Security building nearby.
2020 U.S. Republican Party presidential primaries
7101 Gateway West Blvd. El Paso, Texas, United States
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a general election on 21 October.
intentional infliction of physical or mental suffering upon a person or an animal
socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela in the 21st century
He further claims that the "international community, namely the European Union" fails to provide support with respect to the refugees.
A bomb explodes onboard a minibus at a security checkpoint near Karbala, Iraq, killing 12 civilians.
Reactions to the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
The first government of Sudan after the Omar Al-Bashir era is formed, headed by Abdalla Hamdok.
British travel company Thomas Cook enters compulsory liquidation, leaving 150,000 British holidaymakers stranded abroad and endangering 22,000 jobs worldwide.
The United States unveils the "highest sanctions ever imposed on a country", targeting Iran's Central Bank and its National Development Fund.
The other, made by the Court of Session in Edinburgh under Scots law, ruled Johnson acted unlawfully and the prorogation was a nullity that must be reversed.
A Twin Otter cargo plane carrying rice and four people goes missing shortly after its departure from Timika, Indonesia.
A United States Department of State spokesperson confirms as accurate a story reported yesterday by the Financial Times, saying that Akhilesh Kumar, the captain of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was captured in Gibraltar in July and since then released, was offered millions of dollars by U.S.
Vicente Zeballos is named new Prime Minister, replacing Salvador del Solar.
Gunmen open fire on a vehicle carrying Colombian mayoral candidate Karina García, killing her, her mother, a candidate for the municipal council, and three activists.
supports Saudi Arabia in its efforts to fight terrorism" and that the U.S.
Cities around the world celebrate World Car-Free Day.
The case sparked international headlines and discussion of women's rights in the country.
city and capital of Papua Province, Indonesia
French global humanitarian aid organization
United States National Security Advisor John R. Bolton is dismissed by President Donald Trump, citing strong disagreements.
Microsoft issues an emergency patch for its Internet Explorer browser to close a vulnerability that allowed cybercriminals to install malware via boobytrapped websites.
Saudi Arabian state-owned petroleum company
acquisition of a state's territory by another state
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of South Carolina
Interpol reports that in six weeks it has detected more than a dozen people wanted for terrorism offences crossing the Mediterranean Sea using tourist routes. The joint operation involved Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.
Seven people are hospitalized after a taxi drives onto the sidewalk outside Kanayama Station in Nagoya, Japan.
A student dies after allegedly being shot during a violent clash between the protesters and police force in front of the provincial parliament building in Kendari, Indonesia.
115th Governor of South Carolina (1960-)
The only prosecution concerning the 2011 nuclear catastrophe ends with the acquittal of three former Tepco executives. The decision means nobody has been held criminally responsible for the meltdown. Greenpeace says the verdict is not very surprising, since the case was "hugely political".
Millions of young people take to the streets and numerous businesses worldwide go on strike days before the UN Climate Summit, demanding that further action be taken to confront climate change.
A Taliban bomb in the middle of a heavily fortified area in Kabul kills twelve people, including a U.S. soldier and a Romanian soldier.
laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms
The United States Senate votes to end President Donald Trump's emergency declaration along the U.S.-Mexico border.
A bomb targeting the office of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam in Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan, kills three people, including leader Maulana Mohammad Hanif, with nine more people injured.
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Japanese electric utility holding company
A mass shooting in Lancaster, South Carolina, leaves 2 men dead and 9 other people injured.
Saudi Arabian consultant and former royal court advisor
island sovereign state off the coast of Southeast Africa, in the Indian Ocean
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
U.S. President Donald Trump uses an altered map showing the projected forecast of Hurricane Dorian in order to support a disputed claim that Alabama has recently been threatened by the storm. If deliberate, the action is a federal offense.
American multinational technology company
Juan Guaidó appoints Leopoldo Lopez to form a shadow cabinet in preparation for taking control of the Venezuelan government.
The Swedish Navy formally relocates its headquarters back to the underground Muskö naval base on the island of Muskö after a 25-year absence.
At least 20 people are known to have been killed by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
Polish lawyer and politician, President of Poland (b. 1972)
school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about five to twelve
A fire in the maternity ward of a hospital in El Oued, Algeria, kills eight newborn babies.
A jury finds Max Harris, the creative director of the Ghost Ship warehouse in Oakland, California, not guilty on involuntary manslaughter charges in relation to a fire at the location in 2016, which killed 36 people.
Police arrest ten people, believed to be members of Extinction Rebellion.
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
military conflict in the Arabian Peninsula
Eight alleged members of a far right terror cell go on trial in Germany. The defendants, from Chemnitz, are accused of plotting attacks against immigrants and "the economic establishment". The city saw far-right protests last year following the stabbing homicide of a German man.
Imports of U.S. goods into China decreased by 22% in August, while exports of Chinese goods into the U.S. fell 16% over the same year-to-year period, according to customs data.
capital and most populous city of France
The Greek government declares it will step up transfers to the mainland in response.
A North Carolina state court rules the state legislative map drawn up by the Republican-majority state legislature violates the state constitution, and must be redrawn in time for the 2020 elections.
bicameral legislature of the United States
Saudi Arabia says Iranian weapons were used in the attacks.
legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
The world's largest airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, formally opens to commercial flights.
The storm is heading west at 7 mph toward Grand Bahama and the southeast American coast.
executive branch of the government of Japan
At the Liberal Democrats conference, party leader Jo Swinson reaffirms that if elected any future Liberal Democrat led government, would halt Brexit by revoking Article 50, adding that in the case of a hung parliament she would not enter a coalition with either the Conservatives or Labour.
After accusations by U.S. and Saudi officials, Iran denies involvement in the attack and says it's "ready for war" against both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom blamed Iran for backing the Houthis.
Raging wildfires in Indonesia cause the sky to turn red over much of Sumatra.
gendarmerie branch of Spain's armed forces
Process of ending the War in Afghanistan
The French National Assembly says its president, Richard Ferrand, is put under formal investigation in a "financial impropriety" case.
China publishes a list of 16 U.S. goods that will be temporarily exempted from its retaliatory import tariffs.
type of personalist leader wielding political power
International Committee of the Red Cross
Under pressure from owner Hasbro, the next Brussels edition of the Monopoly board game censors Manneken Pis, the 17th-century bronze statue of a naked boy urinating, with swimming trunks.
Iran says a UK-flagged ship seized several months ago is free to depart. MV Stena Impero, an oil tanker, was captured in response to the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar over allegations it was carrying fuel to Syria.
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Dominic Raab says the UK Government will abide by the upcoming Supreme Court's ruling on the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament. When asked if the Government would prorogue Parliament again if it wins, he answers that he's "keen not to take levers off the table that weaken the position of the UK in Brussels".
Governor General Julie Payette, the acting head of state, formally dissolves Parliament.
photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta, Inc.
The crowd is addressed by Members of the UK Parliament, and Members of the Scottish Parliament.
Austrian MPs vote to demand a government veto on a proposed trade deal between the European Union and South American trade group Mercosur. The deal is the result of 20 years of negotiations. France and Ireland have previously threatened to also veto the deal unless Mercosur member Brazil increases efforts to fight ongoing Amazon rainforest wildfires.
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
cultural, geographic and ecological area in the US federated state of Texas
Flooding in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh kills at least 93 people and displaces thousands of others. Another 29 people were killed in Bihar. .
In response, the UK government and the Civil Aviation Authority launches Operation Matterhorn, the largest repatriation in the UK's peacetime history.
Apart from Argentina, China has been increasing imports of soybeans and soymeal from other channels, such as allowing soybean meal, rapeseed meal and sunflower meal from Russia since September 6.
Michigan becomes the first state in the United States to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes, which the state government says are marketed towards children.
Amid a gag order from the White House, impeachment hearings begin at the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier asks Poland's forgiveness at a remembrance ceremony in Wieluń, Poland, attended together with Polish President Andrzej Duda. The heads of state commemorate Nazi Germany's bombing of Wieluń on the first day of World War II, the world's bloodiest conflict, 80 years ago.
Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has the Venezuelan military deploy air defense missiles to its border with Colombia after declaring an "orange alert" signifying potential or likely incoming threat.
office of the head of state of Afghanistan
Following the attack, which was livestreamed on Facebook, the social network teams up with the Metropolitan Police of London. Facebook is providing bodycams to the force's firearms officers to help train its artificial intelligence systems, enabling it to automatically detect and remove live first-person footage of violent incidents. The company says it previously had insufficient footage for its software to suitably match fresh footage with, and has been criticised for its role in the shooting. Instagram say they will also participate.
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
Walmart announces it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and some assault weapons in all of its American stores in response to a shooting that killed 22 and injured 24 at one of its El Paso, Texas stores last month. It and Kroger also ask customers not to bring guns into the stores.
A jury in New York convicts Dilkhayot Kasimov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, of terrorism offences for attempting to raise funds to assist a friend in travelling to join ISIL. Five others pleaded guilty in 2015.
A German magazine reports that the chief financial officer of automobile manufacturer BMW, Nicolas Peter, plans to cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs at that company, mostly at the Munich headquarters, before 2022.
Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu says that, since the Solomon Islands decided to establish diplomatic relations with China, this prompts Taiwan to cut ties with the Solomon Islands".
The U.S. Treasury imposes sanctions on the Lazarus Group and two of its affiliates, accusing them of being responsible for several recent cyberattacks under direction from North Korea's RGB intelligence agency.
U.S. President Donald Trump demands that European allies, in particular Germany and France, take back captured ISIL fighters, or else, he says, "we're going to let them go at your border".
archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands
A bus carrying Chinese tourists overturns near Bryce Canyon national park in Utah, United States. At least four passengers are killed and another five wounded. The National Transportation Safety Board launches an investigation.
A group of alleged ISIL sympathisers go on trial in France, including two women accused of an attempted car bombing at Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2016. Defendants also include a man being tried in absentia whom the United States claims to have killed via drone strike in 2017; the court ruled no evidence had been provided to confirm his death.
mirror cabinet formed by an opposition party, not in government
The Houthis call on their opponents to take a comparable step.
150,000 Venezuelan troops begin exercises along the Colombian border. Nicolás Maduro's Venezuelan government says it is to intercept an attack from the other country, despite no indications there will be one.
The investigations inspired the movie Memories of Murder and saw 21,000 people investigated.
The National Transportation Safety Board launches an investigation.
It is not clear if the talks are paused or altogether cancelled.
Syrian politician, foreign minister (1941-2020)
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger
unauthorized Israeli settlement mostly in the "Judea and Samaria Area" (Area C of the West Bank)
A classroom collapses in Dagoretti, Kenya, killing at least seven children.
China announces that it will allow the import of soybean meal from Argentina, to ensure livestock feed under the impact of the trade war with the U.S.
Israeli voters head to the polls after the last election failed to form a government.
current long-term trend for global sea levels to rise mainly in response to climate change
It was the final flight of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle – all future Soyuz MS spacecraft launches will be conducted with the Soyuz-2.
A pilots' strike over a pay dispute causes British Airways to cancel "the vast majority" of its 850 daily flights on Monday and Tuesday. It is the first pilots' strike action at the company since the 1970s.
diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and the United States
and Saudi officials, Iran denies involvement in the attack and says it's "ready for war" against both the U.S.
indirect conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia
individual who has killed three or more people over a period of more than a month
hybrid diesel-electric double-decker bus
Mads Pedersen wins the men's Road race World Championship as the first rider from Denmark ever.
Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall in Texas, threatening severe flash flooding throughout Eastern Texas and the Houston area.
The drones on that flight path reportedly would have crossed Kuwait's airspace to carry out the strikes.
Global warming protesters glue themselves to a road near the Port of Dover in England, blocking it.
The Independent Election Commission says it has reports that there is no contact with 901 of the 4,942 polling centers.
After "seriously considering feedback from different parties who feel objections on some substantial content", Indonesian President Joko Widodo postpones the vote on a new criminal code, intended to replace the century-old Dutch colonial-era penal code. The proposed code would criminalise extramarital sex, insults to the president and "obscene acts".
The Turkish Armed Forces conduct their first joint patrol with the United States Armed Forces near the Syrian town of Tell Abyad, within the context of the Northern Syria Buffer Zone agreement.
Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia.
The Joint List recommends Benny Gantz as the next Prime Minister of Israel.
The International Committee of the Red Cross says that the Houthis have unilaterally released 290 prisoners. The move is part of a peace agreement brokered in Stockholm by the United Nations in December. The Houthis call on their opponents to take a comparable step.
inflammation of the alveoli of the lungs
hybrid legal system of Scotland, containing civil law and common law elements
U.S. President Donald Trump appoints attorney and former U.S. State Department hostage negotiator Robert C. O'Brien as his new National Security Advisor.
Houthi rebels claim that they have captured "thousands" of enemy troops near the Saudi town of Najran following a major, deadly attack near the two countries' border. Saudi officials have not confirmed the claim.
Israeli voters head to the polls after the last election failed to form a government. Exit polls show the incumbent right-wing Likud barely losing to the centrist Blue and White alliance.
International police organization (founded 1923)
Venezuelan political parties waive the multi-party agreement to rotate leadership of the National Assembly annually in favor of allowing Juan Guaidó to continue in the position for another term.
Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners on a "35-to-35" basis, including Oleg Sentsov, Mykola Karpyuk, Olexandr Kolchenko, Roman Sushchenko, and 24 Ukrainian Navy sailors detained by Russia during the 2018 Kerch Strait incident.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he cannot accept that his country is not allowed to possess nuclear weapons.
bilateral relations between Syria and Iraq
expansion of the Mexico–United States barrier under Donald Trump presidencyu
When asked if the Government would prorogue Parliament again if it wins, he answers that he's "keen not to take levers off the table that weaken the position of the UK in Brussels".
The Dutch government says it "seriously regrets" that Volodymyr Tsemakh is included in the swap.
Dutch lawyer Derk Wiersum has been shot to death near his home. At the time of his death he was the lawyer of state witness Nabil Bakkali in the Marengo-proces against the Mocro Maffia led by Ridouan Taghi.
region of Eastern Indonesia on the island of New Guinea
Games of the XXXII Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan, held in 2021
Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
American online social media and social networking service
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatens to "open the gates" and allow over three million Syrian refugees to freely emigrate into Europe, unless the Northern Syria Buffer Zone, agreed between Turkey and the United States, is set up according to Turkey's plans. He further claims that the "international community, namely the European Union" fails to provide support with respect to the refugees.
road motor vehicle used by the police force
Jo Johnson, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's younger brother, resigns from his joint position as the minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation with the Department of Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He says he has experienced "an unresolvable tension" in recent weeks in being "torn between family loyalty and the national interest".
Netanyahu says the mistake was made by a volunteer employee.
head of state and of government of Turkey
Strategic Petroleum Reserve (United States)
United States strategic petroleum reserve
A jury in New York convicts Dilkhayot Kasimov, a citizen of Uzbekistan, of terrorism offences for attempting to raise funds to assist a friend in travelling to join ISIL.
situation occurring when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation
An Italian soldier in Milan was stabbed in the neck and in the back with a pair of scissors by a man. He was arrested after the stabbing, which was described as a terrorist attack linked to Islamic extremism. The soldier survived the attack.
Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus collapses into administration after buyout talks fail, with 1,200 jobs lost. Local politicians urge action from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who commissioned the so-called "Boris Bus" from the company when he was Mayor of London and previously promised to "do everything we can to ensure the future of" Wrightbus.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The Federal Electoral Authority, based on preliminary results, reports the People's Party, headed by the prior chancellor Sebastian Kurz, wins the snap election with 38.4 percent of the vote.
At least 30 miners are killed after a gold mine collapses due to a landslide in the Tibesti Region, Chad.
Police in South Korea link convicted murderer Lee Chun-jae to the serial rapes and murders, which occurred between 1986 and 1991 and left ten dead. The investigations inspired the movie Memories of Murder and saw 21,000 people investigated. Lee, who is serving life for the 1994 rape and murder of his sister in law, cannot be prosecuted despite a DNA link to three victims because the statute of limitations has expired.
Twitter suspends a network of 4,258 accounts using fake names being operated from the United Arab Emirates that were spreading fake news and propaganda, mostly about Qatar and the war in Yemen. Twitter also suspends the account of Saud al-Qahtani for violating the company's "platform manipulation" policies.
All four persons on board are found dead, and their bodies are recovered.
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
when a person is secretly abducted or imprisoned by a state or political organization or by a third party with the authorization, support, or acquiescence of a state or political organization
province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
intergovernmental organization in the Americas formed in response to the Venezuelan crisis
Neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD) politician Stefan Jagsch is elected as the mayor of Altenstadt-Waldsiedlung in Altenstadt, Hesse, after running unopposed, prompting condemnations from Germany's political leaders, including SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil. Norbert Szilasko, a member of the council who voted Jagsch into office says, "We voted for him due to the fact we have nobody else".
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin formally gives Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form the next Israeli government by October 24, after 55 members of the Knesset recommended the latter, compared with 54 recommendations for Benny Gantz. If Netanyahu fails, the mandate could be transferred to Gantz.
During a phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly tells Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman that the "U.S. supports Saudi Arabia in its efforts to fight terrorism" and that the U.S. will cooperate in the aftermath of the oil facilities attacks.
Argentina men's national basketball team
men's national basketball team representing Argentina
sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea
air service branch of the United States Armed Forces
A car bomb in the Syrian town of al-Rai, close to the Turkish border, kills at least ten people after it explodes near a hospital.
The military court in Blida sentences Mohamed Mediène, Said Bouteflika [ar; fr], Bachir Tartag [ar; fr] and Louisa Hanoune, four persons from the ruling elite around former Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, to 15-year jail terms for conspiracy against the army and the authority of the Algerian state.
Houthi militants claim responsibility, saying that they used 10 drones for the attack.
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Italian authorities close roads in the Val Ferret valleys on Mont Blanc de Courmayeur and order evacuation of the population in the risk area beneath the Planpincieux Glacier following warnings by experts that the glacier, whose movement has accelerated to 50-60cm (16-23in) a day, could collapse.
2018–2019 protests and radical change of government in Sudan
A sightseeing boat capsizes on the Godavari River in India's East Godavari district, killing at least 12 people and leaving 35 others missing, all Indian nationals.
representatives in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
The deal is the result of 20 years of negotiations.
Polish Energy Minister Krzysztof Tchórzewski announces the ruling Law and Justice party plans to pass new laws to enable more coal mines to be built.
New Zealand police confirm that a bus carrying 27 Chinese tourists crashed in bad weather near Rotorua and left at least five dead and six injured.
The Federal Electoral Authority, based on preliminary results, reports the People's Party, headed by the prior chancellor Sebastian Kurz, wins the snap election with 38.4 percent of the vote. Second place Social Democratic Party got 21.5%.
1965 utility aircraft family by de Havilland Canada
formal approval of a proposed law in monarchies
criminal proceeding in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present
Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)
ongoing cleanup after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident
overflow camp for Moria Refugee Camp in Mytilene, Greece
unintended escape of gas from a pipeline or other containment
Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran says it has seized a vessel in the Persian Gulf which it claims was smuggling diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates.
major conflict between the Ba'athist Iraq and the State of Kuwait
A charity ship, carrying 82 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya, is offered docking at the Italian island of Lampedusa. The migrants can be brought ashore after "several E.U. countries" agreed to take them in, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday.
2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests
The Arab-dominated Joint List is projected to win between 13 and 15 seats, its highest showing ever.
The Peruvian Armed Forces continued to recognize Vizcarra as President of Peru and head of the armed forces.
The pro-government Union of Journalists of Cuba denounces the suspensions as "massive censorship".
The United States Department of State withholds US$160 million in direct aid to Afghanistan, citing "Afghan Government corruption and financial mismanagement."
Kurt Volker, United States special envoy to Ukraine, resigns one day after the release of a whistleblower report concerning a phone call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In his brief remarks, Patriarch Bartholomew talks about the value of synodality in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
official Brian Hook to change its course, so that it could be impounded on U.S.
international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation
A flight plan transmission computer system fails in France, causing disruption to international flights across Western Europe.
At the United Nations, the Prime Minister of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, calls for "action on West Papua".
In Port-au-Prince, an Associated Press photojournalist and a security guard are wounded when Senator Jean Marie Ralph Féthière (PHTK) opens fire, reportedly trying to pass through a demonstration outside the Haitian Parliament.
the trade dispute between Japan and South Korea since July 2019
public town square in Downtown Cairo, Egypt
Sudanese public administrator and prime minister
territory disputed between Guyana and Venezuela
Rescuers reach the wreckage of a Twin Otter cargo plane that crashed last week between Timika and Ilaga in Papua, Indonesia.
capital and most populous city of the Netherlands
Asma Mohamed Abdalla is appointed Foreign Minister of Sudan, becoming the first woman to hold that office.
U.S. political scandal that began in 2019
supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
It is the first pilots' strike action at the company since the 1970s.
seems to be interested in a safe zone for "the terrorist organization", rather than for Turkey.
A US federal judge rules in favour of 23 citizens who sued after being placed on a terrorism watchlist, saying the list violates their constitutional rights.
software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web
North Carolina's congressional districts
U.S. House districts in the state of North Carolina
Facebook suspends a chatbot on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official page for violating its hate speech policy.
Brussels reports up to 70% lower levels of nitrogen dioxide and black carbon in the atmosphere, compared to other Sundays.
CNN hosts a seven-hour town hall on climate change featuring ten Democratic presidential candidates.
gaseous phase of water; unlike other forms of water, water vapor is invisible
process of transforming profits of crime and corruption into ostensibly legitimate assets
Tens of thousands of students rally against graft laws and new criminal codes across Indonesia.
portion of a nuclear reactor containing the nuclear fuel
overview of the role of women in Pakistan
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States meets to discuss a final report on the accident, including findings of cause.
The UN resolves to send an investigative mission to the country.
person or group that has great influence in a royal or political succession
Suicide bombings in Afghanistan kill 48 people including civilians and soldiers.
U.S. President Donald Trump demands that European allies, in particular Germany and France, take back captured ISIL fighters, or else, he says, "we're going to let them go at your border". Trump also made the same threat in August.
Seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
China's principal government institution in charge of statistics and census data
Head of the Communist Party of Cuba and top leader of Cuba
Iraq says the United States has told them that the information the U.S. has "confirms the Iraqi government's statement that its territory was not used to carry out this attack".
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence cancels a meeting with Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in response to the country's move to cut ties with Taiwan and establish relations with China.
local government area of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia
overview of the foreign relations of North Macedonia
With next week's election in sight, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu proposes to annex parts of the West Bank and the Jordan Valley. Prime Minister of the State of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh replies that "Netanyahu is the chief destroyer of the peace process".
The group employs 20,000 people and, were it to collapse, approximately 150,000 British customers currently abroad could require repatriation assistance from the Civil Aviation Authority in the largest peacetime operation of its kind.
Nigeria bans international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger for allegedly providing food and medicine for Boko Haram militants in the north-east of the country.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew meets with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly pulls out of a press conference in Luxembourg to avoid an anti-Brexit protest organised and attended by British citizens living in Luxembourg. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel attends the press conference, where, during a short speech followed by questions from journalists, he contradicts Johnson's prior public statements and exposes that the UK government has not submitted any concrete proposals for amendments to the UK's Withdrawal Agreement from the European Union, or delivered any alternative to the "Irish backstop" which Johnson wishes to replace. Bettel warns that Johnson "holds the future of all UK citizens in his hands" and that he shouldn't "hold the future hostage for party political gain".
The World Anti-Doping Agency launches a probe into "inconsistencies" with laboratory results from Russia, promising "the most stringent sanctions" if violations are found. Russia was previously banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics following a similar probe.
The Nicolás Maduro government says his release comes after a partial compromise with members of Juan Guaidó's opposition government to live peacefully; Guaidó says the Maduro government has been forced to release him under international human rights pressure.
150,000 Venezuelan troops begin exercises along the Colombian border.
head of government of the Italian Republic
Boeing 737 MAX groundings due to safety concerns, after two new airplanes crashed within five months
Suicide bombings in Afghanistan kill 48 people including civilians and soldiers. The first is in Charikar at a rally for Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan. The second is in Kabul near the U.S. embassy.
political party official responsible for party organisation and discipline in a legislature
The increase in the global carbon dioxide level, the rise of the sea level and the melting of ice caps is accelerating.
The second is in Kabul near the U.S. embassy.
Amazon is criticized for the trailer and synopses of its new season of Jack Ryan, which are interpreted to promote a US-led invasion of Venezuela.
September 2019 inside the United Nations heqdquarters
Date: 1–5 September 2019 8 September 2019
A Necessity and Urgency Decree reinstates currency controls in Argentina.
The Bahamian National Emergency Management Agency lists approximately 2,500 people as missing after Hurricane Dorian devastated the islands last week.
act of giving up or quitting an office or position
and Turkish troops from his country and warns that Syrian government forces have the right to take countermeasures if they refuse.
media under financial and/or editorial control of a government
Those against Johnson's plan to leave in late October with or without a deal within his own Conservative Party are warned they may be expelled from the party.
representatives in the Scottish Parliament (1999- )
advocacy of a state of cultural, ethnic, tribal, religious, racial, governmental or gender separation from the larger group
A bus carrying Chinese tourists overturns near Bryce Canyon national park in Utah, United States.
Search and rescue aircraft locate wreckage near Ilaga, Indonesia. It is thought to be a missing Twin Otter cargo plane carrying rice and four people, but this remains to be confirmed.
Iran says the accusations about the Saudi Arabian oil facilities attacks are unacceptable and baseless.
Date: September 2, 2019 Time: Approximately 3 a.m. PDT UTC−07:00
rule of law usually issued by a head of state
A tanker truck carrying fuel overturns after swerving to avoid a motorcycle in Bamako, Mali. A subsequent explosion kills six and seriously injures 46 more. Dozens of vehicles burn.
Ten of the sixteen metro lines and two major regional train lines are shut down during morning rush hour.
bilateral relations between Israel and Turkey
Suffering from pneumonia, Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva is rushed from hospital in Nukuʻalofa to one in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was treated for a liver condition earlier this year. According to a government spokesperson, Pōhiva is in a "very serious" condition.
Joichi Ito steps down as the director of the MIT Media Lab and as a member of the board of directors of The New York Times Company. Yesterday, The New Yorker wrote that the lab hid its financial links with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein had pleaded guilty of procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008.
The World Meteorological Organization publishes a report stating that 2015–2019 was the hottest five-year period since measurements began.
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia.
person who commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft
organization with the task to help humans or animals or to protect sensitive cultural goods
Search and rescue efforts for those remaining missing off the Californian coastline are called off as the National Transportation Safety Board arrives to launch a federal investigation.
During a phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly tells Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman that the "U.S.
The main border crossing between Al-Qa'im, Iraq, and Albukamal, Syria, reopens.
A subsequent explosion kills six and seriously injures 46 more.
Coe says Niue's citizens are concerned that the state affairs are seemingly being conducted from New Zealand, and the island nation's acting premier has held power for an unusually long period of time due to Talagi's absence.
Water vapor is detected on exoplanet K2-18b, a super-Earth which is located about 111 light-years away from Earth. It is the first time water has been confirmed on an exoplanet within the circumstellar habitable zone of a star.
List of anthropogenic disasters by death toll
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau calls a general election on 21 October. Governor General Julie Payette, the acting head of state, formally dissolves Parliament.
2006 multi-role combat aircraft family by Lockheed Martin
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) becomes the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. From January 31, 2020, adults within ACT will be allowed to have 50 grams of the drug and can grow up to four cannabis plants at home.
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991
The freed detainees allege torture, slavery, and sexual abuse, and some display evidence of injury and malnutrition.
The European Central Bank announces new monetary stimulus, with a second round of quantitative easing "for as long as it deems necessary" and lowering its already-negative main deposit rate.
second-highest constitutional office in the United States
A ship carrying 635 mostly Afghan migrants from the crowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos arrives in the mainland port city of Thessaloniki. A second ship carrying 800 more is expected to arrive tomorrow. They are to be housed in Nea Kavala [el], where a camp already houses 1,000 migrants.
Kurdish nationalist and separatist armed organization
range of organizations associated with motor vehicles, such as automobiles, trucks and motorcycles
National Security Advisor (United States)
strikes to encourage action on climate change
unicameral body that assumes legislative power in Peru
government consisting of two or more parties
A suicide bomber attacks a police station in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least six police officers are killed and another seventeen wounded.
device to initiate and control a sustained nuclear chain reaction
American multinational retailing company
The phenomenon is a result of Rayleigh scattering.
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
official constitutional top-level political division of Russia
A fire at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos kills an Afghan woman living in a shipping container. A local official claims "aggressive" residents at the camp prevented firefighters from accessing the blaze, and that thrown stones and other missiles injured first responders and damaged their vehicles.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has recently stated his country will reimplement the agreement only if the remaining parties also do so, giving them two extra months.
district in Jayawijaya Regency, Highland Papua Province, Indonesia
aerospace and defense manufacturer in the United States
Riots erupt following a fire yesterday which killed an Afghan woman at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The camp in Moria houses 13,000 in tents and shipping containers but has facilities for only 3,000 residents. The Greek government declares it will step up transfers to the mainland in response.
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
2019 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
An anonymous U.S. official says the United States is certain that the attack was launched from Iranian territory and that it involved cruise missiles.
The Soyuz-MS spacecraft Sarmat, carrying Hazza Al Mansouri, the first United Arab Emirates astronaut, and Expedition 61 crew members Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka, is launched to the International Space Station. It was the final flight of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle – all future Soyuz MS spacecraft launches will be conducted with the Soyuz-2.
Danske Bank's Estonian boss from 2007 to 2015 is found dead near Tallinn at his home in circumstances police describe as neither suspicious nor accidental.
North Macedonia establishes diplomatic relations with Armenia, Monaco, San Marino and Tunisia at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Chief of the Indonesian National Police announces that the security detail in the region has been reinforced with 6,000 troops.
95 cm fell in Waterton, 50-60 cm fell in Lethbridge, and over 27-32 cm fell in Calgary.
United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings.
Greenpeace says the verdict is not very surprising, since the case was "hugely political".
The match, attended by 100,014 spectators, is the lowest single-match score by the Giants in their history, and the most lopsided Grand Final result in Richmond's history (89 points).
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Colombia and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
National Emergency declared by Donald Trump
Police in Kaduna, Nigeria, raid an Islamic learning centre, and free around 500 men and male children held captive there. The freed detainees allege torture, slavery, and sexual abuse, and some display evidence of injury and malnutrition. Two children self-identify as being from Burkina Faso, with the remaining captives thought by police to be mostly Nigerian. Eight suspects are arrested.
The tremor hits cities including Mirpur and Islamabad.
Following the attack, which was livestreamed on Facebook, the social network teams up with the Metropolitan Police of London.
President of Taiwan (R.O.C. authorities) and Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
former United States government official
Kuwait's government says it is investigating the sighting of a drone, reportedly flying low and hovering over Kuwait City on the day of the attacks.
Former Guatemalan presidential candidate Sandra Torres is arrested for possible charges of illegal financing in her election campaign in 2015.
Minister of Finance of the State of Israel
The Trump administration lifts tariffs on 437 goods, amid talks.
park used for conservation purposes of animal life and plants
Tourism is a major component of the national economy.
Italian police seize a migrant rescue boat after it spent over a week stranded at sea unable to find a port to accept it; over 100 migrants begin to disembark in Sicily.
President of the United States Donald Trump signs a short-term spending bill that temporarily extends government funding through November 21, thereby avoiding a federal government shutdown when the 2019 budget funding ends on September 30.
Pastoral visit of Pope Francis to Africa
false or misleading information presented as news
sovereign wealth fund owned by Saudi Arabia
The Taliban say they targeted a National Directorate of Security building nearby.
The Wikimedia Foundation blames a "massive and very broad" distributed denial of service attack.
Islamic terrorist attacks and arrests in Europe (2014-present)
Date: 26 July 2009 – present (13 years, 6 months and 1 day)
1305 31st Avenue Oakland, California, U.S.
Lolli is wanted for fraud in Italy, and his Italian lawyer says the Libyan legal case appears to be based on Lolli using a yacht to evacuate fighters from Tripoli.
Despite an official ban, thousands of people march from Causeway Bay to the center of town. Police use tear gas to disperse the protestors.
An unnamed United States official says evidence suggests the drones approached Saudi Arabia from the northwest from Iraq or Iran, contrary to the Houthi militants' claim that the drones were launched from Yemeni territory.
Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Spanish Civil Guard arrests nine members of the Committees for the Defence of the Catalan Republic for planning violent acts and creating homemade explosives.
capital and largest city of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
King Salman of Saudi Arabia replaces Minister of Energy Khalid al-Falih with his son Abdulaziz bin Salman by royal order.
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
The Parliament of Georgia appoints the previous Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia as Prime Minister.
Authorities raid the German bank Deutsche Bank as part of a money laundering probe into €200 billion of suspicious payments identified into the accounts of Danske Bank's branch in Estonia.
Dmanisi Municipality Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
A United States Department of State spokesperson confirms as accurate a story reported yesterday by the Financial Times, saying that Akhilesh Kumar, the captain of a tanker carrying Iranian oil that was captured in Gibraltar in July and since then released, was offered millions of dollars by U.S. official Brian Hook to change its course, so that it could be impounded on U.S. charges of "terrorism".
reception where local and national politicians to meet with their constituents
The International Committee of the Red Cross says that the Houthis have unilaterally released 290 prisoners.
German automobile brand owned by Mercedes-Benz AG
Far-right politics in Germany (1945–present)
Far-right politics in Germany since the defeat of the Nazis in World War II in 1945
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Close to 40 people, including former presidents of Community of Madrid and senior politicians Esperanza Aguirre, Ignacio González and Cristina Cifuentes, are charged by the Audiencia Nacional with alleged crimes during the instruction of the Púnica corruption case.
Individual and political action on climate change
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
Six Afghan army soldiers were killed and three police officers wounded after Taliban militants ambushed their patrol in the country's eastern Ghazni province.
geographic region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia
A medical aircraft crashes into a resort in Pansol, Philippines. All nine on board are killed, with two injuries on the ground.
Voters in Afghanistan head to the polls to elect a new president. The process is overshadowed by "insurgent" attacks, which led to dozens of civilian casualties.
Amid an ongoing Internet blackout across Papua, Indonesia says police have banned "fake news", "violent demonstrations" and "carrying out or spreading separatism in expressing opinions in public". The Chief of the Indonesian National Police announces that the security detail in the region has been reinforced with 6,000 troops.
California underground warehouse party inferno
ice mass that covers less than 50,000 km² of land area
The UK Supreme Court finishes hearing arguments on the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament. The court states it expects to rule next week. It is jointly considering appeals against two rulings. One, made by the High Court in London under English law, ruled prorogation was an entirely political decision over which courts had no jurisdiction. The other, made by the Court of Session in Edinburgh under Scots law, ruled Johnson acted unlawfully and the prorogation was a nullity that must be reversed.
Parisian metro workers launch a general strike, the largest of its kind since 2007, in protest at Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms. Ten of the sixteen metro lines and two major regional train lines are shut down during morning rush hour.
type of jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought
Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, in charge of crafting the as yet unreleased Trump peace plan intended to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, announces his resignation.
The brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch is sentenced to life in prison for her honour murder, while six others are acquitted. The case sparked international headlines and discussion of women's rights in the country.
Two children self-identify as being from Burkina Faso, with the remaining captives thought by police to be mostly Nigerian.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson abruptly pulls out of a press conference in Luxembourg to avoid an anti-Brexit protest organised and attended by British citizens living in Luxembourg.
Saudi Arabia says it experiments with two nuclear reactors and wants to go ahead with the "full nuclear cycle", implying also uranium enrichment. The United States states they would like to pursue a Section 123 Agreement to accompany the transfer of U.S. technology.
standardized legal agreement to buy or sell something (usually a commodity or financial instrument) at a predetermined price (“forward price”) at a specified time (“delivery date”) in the future
Russian citizens head to polls to cast their votes in elections for heads and council members of federal subjects, among which an election for the Moscow City Duma, members and heads of local legislatures, and in by-elections to the State Duma.
international incident between Russian and Ukrainian navy
substance poisonous or destructive to nerve tissue
Suffering from pneumonia, Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva is rushed from hospital in Nukuʻalofa to one in Auckland, New Zealand, where he was treated for a liver condition earlier this year.
Typhoon Faxai kills three people and causes damage to Japan's capital Tokyo.
Hong Kong Other cities worldwide in solidarity
August 2018 extreme right-wing riots in Chemnitz, East Germany
Pakistani model, actress, feminist activist and social media celebrity
planet type, with a mass higher than Earth
Sudanese Finance Minister Ibrahim el-Badawi says Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to ask the World Bank for US$2 billion. Sudan has been unable to do business with either the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund because it is featured on the United States' State Sponsors of Terrorism list. The US Congress is unlikely to remove Sudan before next year, el-Badawi further announces, saying he has been told the process is complicated.
device usually used to quit or be an alternative to tobacco
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
According to Afghan officials, a US drone strike kills more than 30 pine nut farm workers in Nangarhar Province.
overview about the suspension of accounts on Twitter and a list of notable ones
Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code
Section of the United States Bankruptcy Code
The UK Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament was an unlawful nullity.
Jack Ma retires and Daniel Zhang succeeds him as executive chairman of Alibaba Group.
The House of Commons rejects Prime Minister Boris Johnson's motion to hold a general election in October amid continuing political deadlock over Brexit.
Runs the diplomatic relations of the Republic of Sudan with other states
France and Italy call for a new system to redistribute immigrants to the European Union amid an ongoing increase in the numbers arriving, complaining of unfair demands being placed upon nations where immigrants make landfall.
The explosions killed one, injured dozens, and destroyed or damaged around 100 structures.
A group of alleged ISIL sympathisers go on trial in France, including two women accused of an attempted car bombing at Notre-Dame Cathedral in 2016.
The city saw far-right protests last year following the stabbing homicide of a German man.
Maduro says the motion was "produced by the United States to run a hate campaign".
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
She calls him "an abuser" and "a participant".
Over the last three days, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York adds more than US$200 billion liquidity to the money market, countering a spike in the repo rate on Tuesday.
The Institute for Supply Management releases numbers that indicate that manufacturing activity in the United States declined in the month of August, the first such decline in three years.
The seizure, requested by Vostochny itself, is the latest move in continuing litigation over alleged embezzlement by Baring Vostok executives.
American multinational toy and entertainment company
Eight alleged members of a far right terror cell go on trial in Germany.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin formally gives Benjamin Netanyahu the mandate to form the next Israeli government by October 24, after 55 members of the Knesset recommended the latter, compared with 54 recommendations for Benny Gantz.
Victims reportedly receive stab and arrow wounds, and others die in fires as protestors torch government buildings.
Police in Kaduna, Nigeria, raid an Islamic learning centre, and free around 500 men and male children held captive there.
Italian champion speedboat designer and racer Fabio Buzzi and two other racers are killed when their boat, attempting to set a new Monte Carlo-to-Venice record in the Assonautica Italiana race, crashes into a sunken, flood-barrier dam near the finish line. A fourth racer is in hospital with serious injuries.
emigration of millions of Venezuelans under Chávez and Maduro regime
A federal grand jury indicts a US Army soldier on charges of distributing explosives information as part of an alleged far-right terror plot.
Category 5 Hurricane Dorian, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), makes landfall on Elbow Cay in the northern Bahamas Abaco islands. The storm is heading west at 7 mph toward Grand Bahama and the southeast American coast. Storm surges from Dorian, which ties as the second strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, are predicted to be as high as 23 feet (7 meters) in places.
The Trump administration lifts tariffs on 437 goods, amid talks. Chinese officials cancel a planned farm visit to return to China earlier.
The defendant who pleaded guilty is due to be sentenced on September 30.
lower house of the United States Congress
city and county seat of Alameda County, California, United States
Facebook is providing bodycams to the force's firearms officers to help train its artificial intelligence systems, enabling it to automatically detect and remove live first-person footage of violent incidents.
statutory fire and rescue service for London, United Kingdom
September 2019 Indonesian protests and riots
CNN hosts a seven-hour town hall on climate change featuring ten Democratic presidential candidates. An official debate sponsored by the Democratic Party had previously been shot down by the DNC.
zone around the star with strong possibilities for stable liquid water and evolution of life
an election called earlier than expected
demilitarized zone running across the Korean Peninsula
software that is intentionally hostile, intrusive, or damaging to a computer or network
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States meets to discuss a final report on the accident, including findings of cause. The explosions killed one, injured dozens, and destroyed or damaged around 100 structures.
Date: 20 February 2014 – present (8 years, 11 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Parisian metro workers launch a general strike, the largest of its kind since 2007, in protest at Emmanuel Macron’s pension reforms.
Portugal announces it has set aside 150 million euros to lend to the companies that have been hurt by the collapse of tour guide company Thomas Cook.
The Joint List recommends Benny Gantz as the next Prime Minister of Israel. This is the first time an Arab-led political party recommends a candidate for prime minister since they recommended Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
head of the government of Greater London
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen regrets and strongly condemns the move by the Solomon Islands to cut ties with Taiwan and establish relations with China.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
all ministers and secretaries of state of the current Dutch government
Roskomnadzor, the state communications watchdog, states Google and Facebook published political advertising the day before and during the election, even though it requested them to ban such publication "in line with Russian law".
The U.S. State Department announces sanctions against the Iranian Space Agency, Iranian Space Research Center and Aeronautics Research Institute.
It is the third breach of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement from which the United States withdrew last year, reimposing U.S. sanctions on Iran.
overview of rail transportation in France
A fourth racer is in hospital with serious injuries.
ongoing crisis occurring in the country of Yemen
Holy See's independent city-state, an enclave within Rome, Italy
Date: 19 July 2012 – ongoing (10 years, 6 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2019
Scientists say the largest iceberg in 50 years has broken away from Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf.
Prime Minister of the State of Palestine
highest court of appeal in most of the United Kingdom
specialised agency of the United Nations for meteorology
The decision means nobody has been held criminally responsible for the meltdown.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is formally referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) amid allegations of corruption during his tenure as Mayor of London. Johnson is alleged to have awarded a close friend, American technology entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri, "thousands of pounds" in public business funding, according to the The Sunday Times.
Incidents of American domestic terrorism
At least 43 people are now confirmed to have been killed by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
Land warfare branch of the Royal Saudi Armed Forces
The Johnson ministry releases the Operation Yellowhammer contingency plans in the event of a no-deal Brexit to the public.
future general election to be held in the United Kingdom
Chief Executive of Hong Kong (born 1957)
Storm surges from Dorian, which ties as the second strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, are predicted to be as high as 23 feet (7 meters) in places.
sovereign state in northern South America
30 people are killed and 156 others injured.
Capital of the Colombian department of Cauca
American automotive, energy storage and solar power company
unicameral national legislature of Israel
Saudi Arabian and Yemeni border conflict
More than 100 people are killed in a Saudi airstrike on a detention centre in Dhamar, Yemen, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Saudi Arabia says it hit a Houthi military facility used to store drones and missiles, "in accordance with international humanitarian law". Iran labels the airstrike as a "war crime".
The House of Commons votes to allow an attempt to stop a no-deal Brexit. All 21 Conservative MPs who voted with the opposition have their party whip removed and now sit as independents.
Officers with the Metropolitan Police interview members of the London Fire Brigade under caution in connection with the disaster. The fire brigade is being treated as a corporation suspected of breaching health and safety legislation.
French airline XL Airways grounds all flights amid financial difficulties ahead of a bankruptcy hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
The Court of Appeal in Kyiv, Ukraine, rules to release Volodymyr Tsemakh, a person of interest in the case of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17. President of Russia Vladimir Putin says both countries are finalizing negotiations on a "rather large-scale" prisoner exchange.
Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, age 78, dies one day after being taken to a New Zealand hospital from his native country.
process of extracting gold from the ground
UK-based travel agent Thomas Cook is reported to be attempting to sell assets as it seeks to prevent its collapse. The group employs 20,000 people and, were it to collapse, approximately 150,000 British customers currently abroad could require repatriation assistance from the Civil Aviation Authority in the largest peacetime operation of its kind.
history and listing of economic sanctions imposed on North Korea
Voters in Afghanistan head to the polls to elect a new president.
governing body of Gaelic games in County Kerry
American multinational technology corporation
citizens or residents of the United Arab Emirates
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
61st long-duration stay on the International Space Station
atmospheric soot; component of fine particulate matter
Around 100 people are evacuated from Breivika port in Tromsø, Norway, after Russian trawler FV Bukhta Naezdnik catches fire and develops a heavy list.
downing of a Malaysian civilian airliner by a missile on 17 July 2014
Police use tear gas to disperse the protestors.
political and economic union of 27 European states
The Soyuz-MS spacecraft Sarmat, carrying Hazza Al Mansouri, the first United Arab Emirates astronaut, and Expedition 61 crew members Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka, is launched to the International Space Station.
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Seven civilians are killed and ten are injured in a roadside attack by the PKK in Kulp, Diyarbakir Province, Turkey.
The Major Criminal Court in Bahrain sentences four people to jail terms for setting up a terror group with the aim of launching attacks on police, and related crimes. Two are fugitives tried in absentia
overview of the foreign relations of the Republic of China on Taiwan
Iranian military officer; commander-in-chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
Effects of Hurricane Dorian in The Bahamas
The watchdog labels the tech giants' actions as "interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs".
Two students are killed when a bus rolls over east of Bamfield, British Columbia.
walls and fences along the Mexico–United States border
Niuean MP Terry Coe says there is "growing concern" over the absence of Premier Toke Talagi, who is reportedly undergoing medical treatment in New Zealand and has not been seen in public since July and, prior to that, early April.
second most important position in Saudi Arabia, second to the King
The Venezuelan de facto Attorney General Tarek William Saab announces a charge of high treason against acting president Juan Guaidó. This comes as part of an investigation where the Maduro government alleges Guaidó does not support the Venezuelan claim to the Guayana Esequiba region, despite Guaidó having been a vocal supporter of the claim since he entered politics in 2007.
county seat of Franklin County, Maine, United States
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
Rescuers reach the wreckage of a Twin Otter cargo plane that crashed last week between Timika and Ilaga in Papua, Indonesia. All four persons on board are found dead, and their bodies are recovered.
district in Puncak Regency, Central Papua Province, Indonesia
county seat of Lucas County, Ohio, United States
2019 proposed bill by Hong Kong's government
Riots erupt following a fire yesterday which killed an Afghan woman at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos.
independent contractors, online platform workers, contract firm workers, on-call workers and temporary workers
The only prosecution concerning the 2011 nuclear catastrophe ends with the acquittal of three former Tepco executives.
A pilots' strike over a pay dispute causes British Airways to cancel "the vast majority" of its 850 daily flights on Monday and Tuesday.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the U.S.
main criminal code of the federal government of the United States
A train derails in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Tanganyika Province, killing about 15 people and injuring many others.
A near-record snowstorm drops large amounts of snow in some parts of Alberta, from September 27-30.
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States rules that driver inattention and the design of Tesla's Autopilot feature were jointly the cause of a 2018 crash. A separate fatal Tesla crash remains subject to investigation by the Board.
Government shutdowns in the United States
cessation of "non-essential" government services in the United States due to a funding lapse
(dominantly) elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation
Lega Nord ministers, led by Matteo Salvini, are ousted from the government.
has "confirms the Iraqi government's statement that its territory was not used to carry out this attack".
overview of the health care system in the United States of America
Most casualties are in Wamena, with deaths also reported in Jayapura.
hired agricultural worker on a farm that works for the farmowners
The small island was being used by ISIL as a "major transit hub", according to the U.S.-led coalition.
A suicide bomber attacks a police station in Kunduz, Afghanistan.
Lawmakers reject the proposal, suspend him from office and name Vice President Mercedes Aráoz as acting president.
Diplomats of several Western-aligned countries walk out of the UN General Assembly as Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez begins a speech.
Italian jurist and politician (born 1964)
Qalati Ghilji, Zabul Province, Afghanistan
Jo Johnson, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's younger brother, resigns from his joint position as the minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation with the Department of Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
municipality in Wetteraukreis in Hesse, Germany
Chinese officials cancel a planned farm visit to return to China earlier.
municipality in Troms og Finnmark, Norway
sovereign state in southern Europe, enclaved within Italy
one of the Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Armed Forces
Fale Alea elects Pohiva Tuʻiʻonetoa as Prime Minister of Tonga succeeding the interim premiership of Semisi Sika.
state capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria
Expressions of support come from politicians including the Government and President of Catalonia claiming the charges represent repression against Catalonia.
Exit polls show the incumbent right-wing Likud barely losing to the centrist Blue and White alliance.
An earthquake in Azad Kashmir kills at least 37 people and wounds more than 300 others in Pakistan. The tremor hits cities including Mirpur and Islamabad. The military commences search and rescue operations.
landing by aircraft or spacecraft that does not result in significant damage or destruction of the vehicle
modular space station in low Earth orbit
One is against a ruling by the High Court under English law that the issue is solely a matter for the Prime Minister and one the courts do not have jurisdiction over.
field of computer science and engineering practices for intelligence demonstrated by machines and intelligent agents
In a rare joint press release, European car makers warn that a no-deal Brexit, introducing administrative hassle and tariffs, would have a "seismic" impact on frictionless trading conditions and that it would deal a "severe" blow to the industry's just-in-time manufacturing supply chains, also potentially affecting "consumer choice and affordability on both sides of the Channel".
This comes as part of an investigation where the Maduro government alleges Guaidó does not support the Venezuelan claim to the Guayana Esequiba region, despite Guaidó having been a vocal supporter of the claim since he entered politics in 2007.
A ship carrying 635 mostly Afghan migrants from the crowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos arrives in the mainland port city of Thessaloniki.
A fire in a hospital kills eleven people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Millionaire Italian yacht businessman Giulio Lolli is convicted of terrorism in Libya and sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripoli. Lolli is wanted for fraud in Italy, and his Italian lawyer says the Libyan legal case appears to be based on Lolli using a yacht to evacuate fighters from Tripoli.
Argentina accuses Venezuela of committing "crimes against humanity", "torture and murder" after receiving reports from Venezuelan refugees in the country.
company Purdue Pharma files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Islamist militants launch two attacks against foreign forces in Somalia. A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu. United States and Italian authorities both state no injuries occurred, although the suicide bombing against the Italian convoy destroyed a military vehicle and heavily damaged nearby buildings. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks.
Northwestern Europe; between the Celtic and North Seas
It is thought to be a missing Twin Otter cargo plane carrying rice and four people, but this remains to be confirmed.
The Cabinet of the Solomon Islands votes to shift diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China.
German automotive manufacturer, and conglomerate
minister in a government with responsibility for tourism
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
military operation in the Yemeni Civil War
Further scheduled protests take place in a dedicated area set up by police.
international military campaign that started after 11 September 2001
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Macedonia)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (Syria)
cabinet ministry of Syria responsible for foreign relations
Date: September 24 – December 3, 2019 (2 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Impacts were relatively mild, with power outages, and businesses closing.
Prime Minister of the State of Palestine Mohammad Shtayyeh replies that "Netanyahu is the chief destroyer of the peace process".
Tunisian tourism minister René Trabelsi says Thomas Cook owes Tunisian hotels €60 million for stays in July and August, with 4,500 customers still in the country.
relationship between the employee and the employer
At the time of his death he was the lawyer of state witness Nabil Bakkali in the Marengo-proces against the Mocro Maffia led by Ridouan Taghi.
Former South Carolina congressman and governor Mark Sanford announces a primary challenge against incumbent President Donald Trump.
The Major Criminal Court in Bahrain sentences four people to jail terms for setting up a terror group with the aim of launching attacks on police, and related crimes.
Filipino Christian extremist paramilitary group
An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian Air Component strikes a house before crashing into a field near Pluvigner, north-west France.
bilateral relations between United Arab Emirates and Iran
diplomatic relations between Solomon Islands and the United States of America
Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus collapses into administration after buyout talks fail, with 1,200 jobs lost.
The Supreme Court of Spain rules that the body of former Caudillo Francisco Franco can be exhumed from the country's Valle de los Caídos tomb, where his body has been kept since his death in 1975.
lower house of Federal Assembly of Russia
Iran labels the airstrike as a "war crime".
controversy where on 28 August 2019, the Parliament of the United Kingdom was controversially ordered to be prorogued by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson
A second ship carrying 800 more is expected to arrive tomorrow.
A fire at an overcrowded refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos kills an Afghan woman living in a shipping container.
group of ideologies that advocate the concept of globalization
American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
multi-national campaign beginning in June 2014 to rid Iraq of ISIL influence and deliver humanitarian aid to Iraqi minority religious and ethnic groups
The Indian Space Research Organization loses contact with Vikram moments before its planned soft landing on the Moon.
The Argentine Government will file a formal accusation against Venezuela before the International Court of Justice.
The joint operation involved Algeria, France, Italy, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.
A coach with a flat tyre swerves into oncoming traffic and strikes a lorry head-on in Jiangsu, China. The collision kills at least 36 and injures another 36.
strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates
administration of a vaccine to protect against disease
process of manufacturing and consuming nuclear fuel
exercises executive authority in the State of Israel
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
ban on political campaigning prior to a presidential or general election
executive department of the U.S. federal government
The other is against a ruling by the Court of Session under Scots law declaring the suspension unlawful and a nullity, and requiring Johnson to recall Parliament.
upper house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
domain at the highest level of the DNS hierarchy
South Korea officially removes Japan from its "whitelist" of countries with fast-track trade status.
B.J. Habibie, reformist Indonesian president, dies at 83, after spending more than a week in intensive care.
A Transpacifico airplane crashes shortly after departing an airport in Popayán, Colombia for a domestic flight. Seven of the nine occupants are killed. The remaining two on board are injured, as is a child on the ground.
election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
current rise in Earth's average temperature and related large-scale shifts in weather patterns
head of state and head of government of Kiribati
Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea
eastern portion of the Southern United States
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel attends the press conference, where, during a short speech followed by questions from journalists, he contradicts Johnson's prior public statements and exposes that the UK government has not submitted any concrete proposals for amendments to the UK's Withdrawal Agreement from the European Union, or delivered any alternative to the "Irish backstop" which Johnson wishes to replace.
Proposed Israeli annexation of the Jordan Valley
setting electoral district boundaries to favor specific political interests in legislative bodies
non-governmental organization based in the United Kingdom
Iraq says the United States has told them that the information the U.S.
health care facility, for individual buildings use hospital building, for organizations use medical organization
speech that expresses hatred towards individuals or groups
U.S. discount retailer based in Arkansas
Afghan officials say a government strike Sunday night on a militant facility in Musa Qala District, Helmand Province, killed 35 or more civilians at a wedding party nearby. The Afghan Defence Ministry says the operation targeted a training facility for suicide bombers and it killed 22 members of the Taliban. The Taliban say 18 members of the Afghan forces were killed.
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
ministry in the government of the Federal Republic of Germany
The interim replacement is to be Deputy Charles Kupperman, says the White House.
The Court of Appeal in Kyiv, Ukraine, rules to release Volodymyr Tsemakh, a person of interest in the case of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
A partially occupied building under construction collapses, killing 15 people in Bamako, Mali.
An oil tanker ship explodes in Ulsan, South Korea, with flames subsequently spreading to an adjacent second tanker.
American actress Felicity Huffman is sentenced to fourteen days in jail and fined US$30,000 for her role in the conspiracy.
upper house of the United States Congress
humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland, and a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate
An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian Air Component strikes a house before crashing into a field near Pluvigner, north-west France. Both pilots eject and escape with minor injuries, but one gets his parachute entangled in high-voltage power lines, requiring two hours to rescue. (BBC News)
The migrants can be brought ashore after "several E.U.
classification of sweet light crude oil that serves as a major benchmark price for purchases of oil worldwide
Al-Hasakah Governorate, Raqqa Governorate, Aleppo Governorate, Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
India would have been the fourth nation to have explored the lunar surface, had Vikram successfully landed, and it would have deployed the Pragyan rover onto the surface.
Roskomnadzor, the state communications watchdog, states Google and Facebook published political advertising the day before and during the election, even though it requested them to ban such publication "in line with Russian law". The watchdog labels the tech giants' actions as "interference in Russia’s sovereign affairs".
grand final of the 2019 Australian Football League season
governor of the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia and the Chairman of Board of the Saudi Aramco
Local politicians urge action from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who commissioned the so-called "Boris Bus" from the company when he was Mayor of London and previously promised to "do everything we can to ensure the future of" Wrightbus.
Popular protests backing the President takes place in the streets of Lima.
Twitter suspends a network of 4,258 accounts using fake names being operated from the United Arab Emirates that were spreading fake news and propaganda, mostly about Qatar and the war in Yemen.
109th mayor of New York City from 2014 to 2022
residential tower in London known for the 14 June 2017 fire
Committees for the Defense of the Republic
separates the territories of Iraq and Syria
Aosta Valley, Italy Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
top institution of the U.S. Democratic Party
The collision kills at least 36 and injures another 36.
Ukrainian filmmaker and activist (born 1976)
Twitter also suspends the account of Saud al-Qahtani for violating the company's "platform manipulation" policies.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
The Supreme Court of Spain rules that the body of former Caudillo Francisco Franco can be exhumed from the country's Valle de los Caídos tomb, where his body has been kept since his death in 1975. The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party-led Sánchez government says it will go ahead with the exhumation following the court ruling.
bombing aiming foreign citizens living in Kabul, Afghanistan
very short-term collateralized financial loan between two parties
Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)
human settlement in United States of America
esterase that lyses choline-based esters, several of which serve as neurotransmitters
President of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021 (born 1949)
Another Venezuelan representative calls the UN a "small group" that they "will not cooperate with".
police oversight organisation in England
point on the south-east ridge of Mont Blanc
Earlier this month, al-Falih was replaced with Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund and a close adviser to the crown prince, as chairman of Saudi Aramco.
Thousands of protestors march in Edinburgh, Scotland, against the upcoming departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union. The crowd is addressed by Members of the UK Parliament, and Members of the Scottish Parliament. Amongst the attendees is MSP Joanna Cherry QC, who is taking legal action against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's recent prorogation of the UK Parliament. Cherry's action succeeded at Scotland's Court of Session, and is currently being reviewed by the UK Supreme Court.
The United States Air Force launches a small shock and awe bombing raid using F-35 and F-15 Eagle warplanes on the ISIL-occupied Qanus Island in Iraq's Saladin Governorate, dropping 36,000 kg of explosives.
The camp in Moria houses 13,000 in tents and shipping containers but has facilities for only 3,000 residents.
human stampede during Ashura processions in Karbala, Iraq.
capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany
Donald Trump says the U.S. military is "locked and loaded" after the attacks on its ally Saudi Arabia, but is awaiting confirmation from Riyadh on who launched the strikes before taking action.
French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian says that, under current conditions, the European Union would not grant the United Kingdom an extension beyond October 31 to negotiate its exit from the Union.
Global warming protesters glue themselves to a road near the Port of Dover in England, blocking it. Police arrest ten people, believed to be members of Extinction Rebellion. Further scheduled protests take place in a dedicated area set up by police.
A district in the north of Helmand Province, Afghanistan
city in and county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States
Violent protests in Papua, Indonesia, kill at least 30 people.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
one of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
Search and rescue operations begin for a baby who is missing after a migrant boat carrying fourteen people sinks near Turkey.
medical condition that results from eating too little, too much, or the wrong nutrients
capital and most populous city of Estonia
The US Congress is unlikely to remove Sudan before next year, el-Badawi further announces, saying he has been told the process is complicated.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
federal territory of Australia, containing the capital city, Canberra
ongoing and extensive overuse of opioid medications, both from medical prescriptions and from illegal sources, which began in the United States in the late 1990s, when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management
Lee, who is serving life for the 1994 rape and murder of his sister in law, cannot be prosecuted despite a DNA link to three victims because the statute of limitations has expired.
French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs
act of mass impulse among herd of animals or a crowd of people
2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
German global banking and financial services company
Saudi officials have not confirmed the claim.
security and rescue military service branch for U.S. waters
The NGO Human Rights Watch publishes details of what it deems to be arbitrary executions and arrests in Venezuela. The Venezuelan government alleges that most of those listed in the report were armed criminals, but admits to have placed several hundred security agents under investigation for abuses of power and extrajudicial actions.
sovereign city-state on the French Riviera
Karlskrona Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden
State Department announces sanctions against the Iranian Space Agency, Iranian Space Research Center and Aeronautics Research Institute.
sentiment against China, its people, overseas Chinese, or Chinese culture
Ongoing corruption scandal involving major universities in the U.S.
The American clothing retailer Forever 21 files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announces it will close up to 178 stores.
nuclear research sites and processing facilities of Iran
Second place Social Democratic Party got 21.5%.
British politician and leader of the Liberal Democrats (born 1980)
British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Amber Rudd resigns from Boris Johnson's cabinet and the Conservative whip in protest of both his handling of Brexit and his expulsion of 21 MPs from the party.
The fire brigade is being treated as a corporation suspected of breaching health and safety legislation.
flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom
sovereign state in Oceania, situated on an archipelago
human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
Terrorist mass shooting attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
short-barreled firearm designed to be fired with only one hand
Date: 14 September 2019 c. 04:00 a.m. (SAST, UTC+3)
Luftwaffe air strikes on Wieluń on 1st September 1939, starting World War II
electoral alliance of three or four Arab-dominated Israeli political parties
fighter aircraft family by McDonnell Douglas
relations between the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)
An eight-mile-long (13-kilometre) cay in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas
United Nations body tasked with the promotion of human rights
supreme court in the European Union, part of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Amid an ongoing Internet blackout across Papua, Indonesia says police have banned "fake news", "violent demonstrations" and "carrying out or spreading separatism in expressing opinions in public".
The move from Karlskrona naval base to Muskö is based on the calculation that only Muskö could withstand a Russian attack, according to the Swedish Defence Research Agency.
Three experts cited by CNN say the official's evidence is not conclusive.
He was rebuffed by Indonesian diplomats.
Aigle Azur a French airline ceases operations.
relation of virtual internet communities and group decision making
From January 31, 2020, adults within ACT will be allowed to have 50 grams of the drug and can grow up to four cannabis plants at home.
American fantasy drama television series
A charity ship, carrying 82 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya, is offered docking at the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Sudanese Finance Minister Ibrahim el-Badawi says Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is to ask the World Bank for US$2 billion.
A set of medical symptoms of unknown origin affecting U.S. and Canada government personnel.
Developing countries that are small island countries
legal order restricting making public of information or comments
The House of Commons votes to allow an attempt to stop a no-deal Brexit.
He further added that "any attack will not stop until the full destruction of the aggressor".
Catalan politician, lawyer and editor, expresident of Catalonia
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors passes an official resolution declaring the National Rifle Association to be a domestic terrorist organization.
city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders
capital and the largest city of Afghanistan
The military commences search and rescue operations.
generally refers to the spot price of a barrel of benchmark crude oil—a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil
UK cross-government contingency planning for the possibility of a "no-deal" Brexit
The Indian Space Research Organization loses contact with Vikram moments before its planned soft landing on the Moon. India would have been the fourth nation to have explored the lunar surface, had Vikram successfully landed, and it would have deployed the Pragyan rover onto the surface.
Nicolás Maduro's Venezuelan government says it is to intercept an attack from the other country, despite no indications there will be one.
The UK Supreme Court begins considering the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament.
An F-16 fighter jet of the Belgian Air Component strikes a house before crashing into a field near Pluvigner, north-west France. Both pilots eject and escape with minor injuries, but one gets his parachute entangled in high-voltage power lines, requiring two hours to rescue.
Trump also made the same threat in August.
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
2018 US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
attacks against foreigners in South Africa
election of Congress and most Senate seats
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says the U.S. seems to be interested in a safe zone for "the terrorist organization", rather than for Turkey.
Nigerian jihadist terrorist organization
withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
Her lawyer claims the evidence was fabricated to dissuade Raissouni and others from criticising the government.
Action Against Hunger denies the Nigerian military's accusations.
Rudd will now sit as an independent MP in the House of Commons.
second-largest city in Florida, United States of America
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party-led Sánchez government says it will go ahead with the exhumation following the court ruling.
U.S. federal executive department in charge of law enforcement
demolished highway bridge in Genoa, Italy
Spanish politician and member of the Partido Popular
selection of the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 2020
US government’s list of countries alleged to repeatedly support international terrorism
After "seriously considering feedback from different parties who feel objections on some substantial content", Indonesian President Joko Widodo postpones the vote on a new criminal code, intended to replace the century-old Dutch colonial-era penal code.
dtstart: 2018-09-13 00:00:00 Time: 4:15 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
The bill will now become law once receiving royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II.
person controlling an aircraft in flight
uranium in which the proportion of uranium-235 has been increased through the process of isotope separation
General debate of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly
74th session of the United Nations General Assembly
Thousands of protestors march in Edinburgh, Scotland, against the upcoming departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union.
"backstop"; proposed rules about Brexit and the Irish border
part of the United Kingdom situated on the island of Ireland
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem demands the immediate withdrawal of all U.S.
Proposed Israeli annexation of the West Bank
murder of a prominent person, often a political leader or ruler
continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant
individual not affiliated to any political party
More than 100 people are killed in a Saudi airstrike on a detention centre in Dhamar, Yemen, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Saudi crown prince and Minister of Defense (born 1985)
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Thirty-one pilgrims are killed and 100 others are injured in a stampede in the city of Karbala, Iraq, while marking Ashura.
westernmost subregion of the continent of Asia
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others
in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
countries" agreed to take them in, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Thursday.
At least four passengers are killed and another five wounded.
foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee
Citing "influence operations against the United States," the US expels two Cuban diplomats at the United Nations.
Google agrees to pay a record US$170 million penalty to settle accusations that YouTube broke the law when it knowingly tracked and sold advertisements to children, the Federal Trade Commission says.
Millionaire Italian yacht businessman Giulio Lolli is convicted of terrorism in Libya and sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripoli.
The remaining two on board are injured, as is a child on the ground.
situation in which no particular political party or pre-existing coalition has an absolute majority of legislators in a parliament or other legislature
island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands
honorific for lawyers in some Commonwealth realms
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) becomes the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalize the recreational use of cannabis.
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States rules that driver inattention and the design of Tesla's Autopilot feature were jointly the cause of a 2018 crash.
cyber attack disrupting service by overloading the provider of the service
The company says it previously had insufficient footage for its software to suitably match fresh footage with, and has been criticised for its role in the shooting.
legal professional who helps clients and represents them in a court of law
Glacier on the southern slopes of the Grandes Jorasses
most senior appointed officers of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States under the Trump Administration
Supreme law of the United States of America
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
Amongst the attendees is MSP Joanna Cherry QC, who is taking legal action against UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's recent prorogation of the UK Parliament.
Yesterday, The New Yorker wrote that the lab hid its financial links with Jeffrey Epstein after Epstein had pleaded guilty of procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008.
It is jointly considering appeals against two rulings.
The California State Senate approves Assembly Bill 5, a bill to regulate gig economy work, introducing a formal test to classify workers as independent contractors or employees.
central government of England, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The jury fails to reach a verdict on similar charges for its leaseholder, Derick Almena, due to a hung jury.
protests against Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
The defendants, from Chemnitz, are accused of plotting attacks against immigrants and "the economic establishment".
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake strikes the Maluku Islands in eastern Indonesia. 30 people are killed and 156 others injured.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards leader, Hossein Salami, warns that "any country that attacks the Islamic Republic will have their mainland turned into the main battlefield". He further added that "any attack will not stop until the full destruction of the aggressor".
molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses
chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan
Tens of thousands of students rally against graft laws and new criminal codes across Indonesia. Some of the protesters violently clash with the riot police, leading to the injury of more than 300 people.
According to Afghan officials, a Taliban truck bomb outside a hospital in Qalat, Zabul Province, kills 39 people.
Israeli governmental ministry responsible for military and national defense matters'
talks and activities of attempted approaches into the possible impeachment of Donald Trump
goods into China decreased by 22% in August, while exports of Chinese goods into the U.S.
organization independent of any government, usually created to aid those in need
representative of the voters to a parliament
A woman who previously accused late United States financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager says she was "trafficked" to Prince Andrew of the United Kingdom and was abused by him at a house in London.
Walmart announces it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and some assault weapons in all of its American stores in response to a shooting that killed 22 and injured 24 at one of its El Paso, Texas stores last month.
specialized agency of the United Nations that is concerned with international public health
The United Kingdom's House of Lords approves a bill forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask the European Union for a Brexit deadline extension.
American multinational financial services corporation
city and capital of Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia
If Netanyahu fails, the mandate could be transferred to Gantz.
The court states it expects to rule next week.
institution under which Catalonia self-government is organized, actually as an autonomous community of Spain
left-wing and far left, electoral coalition in Spain
Taiwan severs diplomatic relations with Kiribati, according to Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu.
Two minibuses collide head-on near Limpopo, South Africa.
Johnson is alleged to have awarded a close friend, American technology entrepreneur Jennifer Arcuri, "thousands of pounds" in public business funding, according to the The Sunday Times.
Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for both attacks.
A medical aircraft crashes into a resort in Pansol, Philippines.
A near-record snowstorm drops large amounts of snow in some parts of Alberta, from September 27-30. 95 cm fell in Waterton, 50-60 cm fell in Lethbridge, and over 27-32 cm fell in Calgary. Impacts were relatively mild, with power outages, and businesses closing.
60th long-duration stay on the International Space Station
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
2019–2020 Peruvian constitutional crisis
A local official claims "aggressive" residents at the camp prevented firefighters from accessing the blaze, and that thrown stones and other missiles injured first responders and damaged their vehicles.
23rd edition of Winter Olympics, in Pyeongchang, South Korea
air warfare branch of Belgian Armed Forces
documents filed by a pilot prior to departure which indicate the plane's planned route or flight path
The US military say they targeted ISIL terrorists.
It and Kroger also ask customers not to bring guns into the stores.
suicide bombings in Charikar and Kabul, Afghanistan
The Senate tries to convene and appoint Fritz-William Michel as Prime Minister.
intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announces it has activated the research and development of new uranium enrichment centrifuges.
Police in South Korea link convicted murderer Lee Chun-jae to the serial rapes and murders, which occurred between 1986 and 1991 and left ten dead.
overview about the nuclear program of Saudi Arabia
Houthi rebels claim that they have captured "thousands" of enemy troops near the Saudi town of Najran following a major, deadly attack near the two countries' border.
head of state and government of the Republic of Indonesia
international relations of the North African nation
Lopez is currently in refuge in the Spanish embassy of Venezuelan capital Caracas after being freed from house arrest by dissident military during the 30 April uprising, which may have removed a bar placed on him from engaging in political activity.
Brunei Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam
U.S. President Donald Trump says he has "called off" peace negotiations with the Taliban over the latest Taliban attack in Kabul.
scenario in which the UK leaves the EU without an agreement
A cross-channel port situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England
(National Election Authority (in German))
A U.S. military base in Baledogle, Lower Shabelle, is stormed by attackers using two car bombs and guns, and an Italian peacekeeping convoy is targeted by additional bombs in Mogadishu.
Saudi war against Houthis in Yemen launched in 2015
lower house in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Flooding in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh kills at least 93 people and displaces thousands of others.
Niuean MP Terry Coe says there is "growing concern" over the absence of Premier Toke Talagi, who is reportedly undergoing medical treatment in New Zealand and has not been seen in public since July and, prior to that, early April. Coe says Niue's citizens are concerned that the state affairs are seemingly being conducted from New Zealand, and the island nation's acting premier has held power for an unusually long period of time due to Talagi's absence.
The move is part of a peace agreement brokered in Stockholm by the United Nations in December.
Category 5 Hurricane Dorian, with maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 km/h), makes landfall on Elbow Cay in the northern Bahamas Abaco islands.
Some of the protesters violently clash with the riot police, leading to the injury of more than 300 people.
diplomatic contacts of the Republic of Poland to the Federal Republic of Germany
A denial-of-service attack takes down Wikipedia, with users unable to access the encyclopedia in Europe and parts of the Middle East.
country in Northwestern Europe with territories in the Caribbean
2016 Notre-Dame de Paris bombing attempt
overview of the foreign relations of China
President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam urges "foreign parliaments" not to interfere in Hong Kong's internal affairs and says continued violence "cannot solve the issues".
Russian financial company based in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast
advanced driver-assistance system available in some Tesla vehicles
How destroying trees makes the Earth hotter
The UK Supreme Court finishes hearing arguments on the lawfulness of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's prorogation of Parliament.
Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Colombia
United Nations General Assembly ordinary session
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte's new cabinet is sworn in after the coalition agreement between the Five Star Movement and the Democratic Party.
United States government investigative agency for civil transportation accidents
proposed EU-UK agreement for implementing Brexit
The Richmond Football Club defeats the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the 2019 AFL Grand Final by 114 points to 25, marking the club's twelfth premiership and second in three years.
Minister of Territorial Development (France)
This is the first time an Arab-led political party recommends a candidate for prime minister since they recommended Yitzhak Rabin in 1992.
vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
Defendants also include a man being tried in absentia whom the United States claims to have killed via drone strike in 2017; the court ruled no evidence had been provided to confirm his death.
aircraft class designed to engage other aircraft in air-to-air combat
The House of Commons of the United Kingdom approves a bill to block a no-deal Brexit next month, by a vote of 327 to 299.
Southern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif
actions to limit climate change in order to reduce the risks of global warming
polar continent in the Southern Hemisphere
island sovereign state in the West Indies
Saudi diplomat and minister of foreign affairs (born 1962)
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is formally referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) amid allegations of corruption during his tenure as Mayor of London.
official says the United States is certain that the attack was launched from Iranian territory and that it involved cruise missiles.
The Afghan Defence Ministry says the operation targeted a training facility for suicide bombers and it killed 22 members of the Taliban.
Despite an official ban, thousands of people march from Causeway Bay to the center of town.
Garfield County and Kane County, Utah, United States
Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922-1995)
Only the Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu maintain formal relations with Taiwan in the Pacific.
Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni and her husband Rifaat al-Amin are each jailed for a year by a Rabat court for premarital sex and unlawful abortion, with doctor Mohammed Jamal Belkeziz receiving two years for carrying an abortion out.
Effects of a tropical cyclone in The Bahamas
ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
body exerting the executive power in France
American multinational nonprofit news agency
She was given preventive detention at the Mariscal Zavala Military Center.
combustible sedimentary rock composed primarily of carbon
Russia was previously banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics following a similar probe.
attempts to resolve the Yemeni Crisis (2011–present), resulted in replacement of the President, but no end to the violence
and Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom blamed Iran for backing the Houthis.
military occupation of the West Bank by Israel
What people can do personally to help stop global warming
proposals to assume sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory
person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities
Prosecutors in Lille say he is charged with a conflict of interest.
Germany expects to transition away from coal by 2038.
civil war taking place in Somalia since 1991
Italian commune and capital city of Lombardy
A resolution is adopted by the United Nations Human Rights Council with 19 votes in favour, 7 against and 21 abstentions, accusing Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro government of thousands of extrajudicial murders, forced disappearances, and torture, after being proposed by the Lima Group and backed by many European countries.
loss of internet functionality over a small or large area
The bill instructs Prime Minister Boris Johnson to request another Brexit extension if he cannot secure a deal with the European Union in the coming weeks.
Sudan has been unable to do business with either the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund because it is featured on the United States' State Sponsors of Terrorism list.
brass sculpture and fountain by Jérôme Duquesnoy the Elder
one of the governmental bodies of Saudi Arabia and part of the cabinet
A South Korean serial killer who was convicted of killing his sister-in-law in 1994 and who later confessed to be the perpetrator of the Hwaseong serial murders.
At least six police officers are killed and another seventeen wounded.
India's second lunar exploration mission
Iran's Revolutionary Guards leader, Hossein Salami, warns that "any country that attacks the Islamic Republic will have their mainland turned into the main battlefield".
An Italian soldier in Milan was stabbed in the neck and in the back with a pair of scissors by a man.
series of international climate strikes in September 2019
military and political conflict in northern Syria
international human rights advocacy and research NGO based in New York City
The heads of state commemorate Nazi Germany's bombing of Wieluń on the first day of World War II, the world's bloodiest conflict, 80 years ago.
Ex President of the National Assembly of Venezuela.
statutory list of heritage places in Queensland, Australia
President of Peru Martín Vizcarra dissolves the Congress and calls for snap elections.
2020 proposal by the Trump administration
head of state and head of government of Venezuela
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
Arab ethnic group in Israel who mostly adhere to Islam
describes the effects created by human caused climate change
Date: 13 November 2015 – 30 October 2019 (3 years, 11 months and 3 days)
any heavy-duty container used for shipping
head of state and of government in Zimbabwe
An anonymous senior Iraqi intelligence officer says the drones that attacked Saudi Arabia were launched from Popular Mobilization Forces bases in southern Iraq.
Kurt Volker, United States special envoy to Ukraine, resigns one day after the release of a whistleblower report concerning a phone call between U.S.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin says both countries are finalizing negotiations on a "rather large-scale" prisoner exchange.
unmanned guided missile with atmospheric engine and a combat charge
Three suspects appear in court in Apia, Samoa, where two of them enter not-guilty pleas and the other a guilty plea on charges of conspiracy to assassinate the Prime Minister of Samoa.
He says he has experienced "an unresolvable tension" in recent weeks in being "torn between family loyalty and the national interest".
The probe follows the disaster which killed 43 in August 2018.
It is the first time water has been confirmed on an exoplanet within the circumstellar habitable zone of a star.
The Venezuelan de facto Attorney General Tarek William Saab announces a charge of high treason against acting president Juan Guaidó.
France and Ireland have previously threatened to also veto the deal unless Mercosur member Brazil increases efforts to fight ongoing Amazon rainforest wildfires.
List of presidents of the National Assembly of France
efforts to form a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian people
Iran says a UK-flagged ship seized several months ago is free to depart.
monetary policy limiting transfer of assets in or out of a country
Radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
effects of radiation released from the Fukushima nuclear disaster
form of political opposition to a designated government
MV Stena Impero, an oil tanker, was captured in response to the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar over allegations it was carrying fuel to Syria.
One, made by the High Court in London under English law, ruled prorogation was an entirely political decision over which courts had no jurisdiction.
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre criticizes the decision online.
city in Harris, Fort Bend, and Montgomery counties in Texas, United States, the is the county seat of Harris County
Ministry of the Interior and Safety (South Korea)
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds discussions about a possible snap election in the face of opposition to leaving the European Union without a deal.
forms of transportation in the French capital city
pro-democracy demonstrations and other civil disobedience sparked by a proposed extradition bill in Hong Kong
legal term for a jury that cannot agree on a verdict
Authorities in the Netherlands launch a probe into bank ABN Amro.
Foreign relations of the Solomon Islands
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
A separate fatal Tesla crash remains subject to investigation by the Board.
crime of killing of a human being by another human being, less serious than murder
2009 plane crash of an Air France Airbus A330 in the Atlantic Ocean
ongoing war in Eastern Europe since 2014
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
The burning ship has a tank of ammonia and 200,000 litres of diesel oil on board.
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
large piece of fresh-water ice floating in the ocean or other body of water
Norbert Szilasko, a member of the council who voted Jagsch into office says, "We voted for him due to the fact we have nobody else".
The death toll is expected to rise further.