Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
- More than 13 million financial documents relating to offshore investment are leaked.
- In Sutherland Springs, Texas, United States, a mass shooting at a Baptist church kills 26 people and injures 20 others.
- In the midst of reforms by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (pictured), more than 40 senior Saudi princes and ministers are arrested on corruption charges.
- In baseball, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks defeat the Yokohama DeNA BayStars to win the Japan Series.
- The Tapanuli orangutan is identified as a new species of great ape.
- In New York City, a ramming attack kills 8 people and injures at least 11 others.
November 6, 2017 (Monday)
Business and Economy
- 2017 Saudi Arabian anti-corruption arrests
- Investors are reacting badly to the arrest of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's wealthiest men. (BBC)
International relations
- JapanUnited States relations
- U.S. President Donald Trump visits Japan. (CNN)
November 5, 2017 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- Aden unrest
- A suicide bombing in Aden kills at least five government soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
- Aden unrest
- Iraqi Civil War
Business and economy
- Paradise Papers
- Journalists start reporting on the contents of 13.4 million documents leaked from the offshore law firm Appleby, along with business registries in 19 tax jurisdictions that reveal offshore financial activities of politicians, celebrities, corporate giants and business leaders. The German newspaper Sddeutsche Zeitung had previously obtained the documents and shared them with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. (BBC) (The New York Times)
- The documents include names of individuals and companies such as that of United States businessman and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, United Kingdom monarch Elizabeth II, Liberian president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, former German chancellor Gerhard Schrder, Russian-Uzbek business magnate Alisher Usmanov, the social media companies Twitter and Facebook, and pop stars Bono and Madonna. (Quartz)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Damrey (2017)
- The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Damrey reaches 27, another 22 are missing. (AP via Fox News)
- Typhoon Damrey (2017)
- A helicopter crashes near Saudi Arabia's border with Yemen, killing the son of former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, Prince Mansour bin Muqrin, and seven other Saudi officials. The cause of the crash is unknown. (NBC News)
Law and crime
- Catalan Republic, Spanish constitutional crisis
- Secessionist Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont surrenders to Belgian police. (The Guardian)
- Sutherland Springs church shooting
- A gunman opens fire at a Baptist church in the American town of Sutherland Springs, Texas in the San Antonio area, killing at least 26 people and injuring many others. The 26-year-old gunman was shot and killed. (ABC News) (BBC) (CNN)
- United States Senator Rand Paul is recovering from fractured ribs after being assaulted by a neighbor at his home. (NBC)
Politics and elections
- Protests against Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine Drug War
- Human rights activists and opponents of Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte stage protests led by the Philippine Catholic Church against the ongoing drug crackdown that has killed thousands of people. (Rappler)
- 2017 Russian protests
- At least 260 protesters against Vladimir Putin are arrested in Moscow. The protests are linked to the nationalist movement founded by Vyacheslav Maltsev, which is banned in Russia. (BBC)
Sports
- 2017 New York City Marathon
- Shalane Flanagan becomes the first American woman since 1977 to win the New York City Marathon. Kenyan Geoffrey Kamworor wins the men's marathon. (The New York Times)
November 4, 2017 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- Houthi rebels in Yemen fire a ballistic missile at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The missile was shot down, according to Saudi officials, with no resulting injuries or damage.(BBC News) (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Pacific typhoon season
- Typhoon Damrey kills at least 19 people in Vietnam, a week before the country is set to host APEC Vietnam 2017. (ABC Australia)
International relations
- Temporary Protected Status
- The United States will end the temporary protected status program (TPS) for more than 300,000 refugees from El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Many of the refugees have already left for Canada, where it is easier to get asylum. (Newsweek) (Reuters)
- Manus Regional Processing Centre
- An offer is made by New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern to resettle refugees stuck in the Manus Regional Processing Centre but is rejected by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The processing center has triggered a humanitarian crisis for the refugees and protests in Australian cities. (Al Jazeera) (The Sydney Morning Herald)
- Human rights in Myanmar
- The United States contemplates reimposing sanctions against Myanmar over alleged abuses against the Rohingya people. (The Hindu)
Law and crime
- 2017 Saudi Arabian anti-corruption arrests
- Saudi Arabia announces the arrest of billionaire investor Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal, plus at least 10 other princes, four government ministers and tens of former ministers by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman's newly formed anti-corruption agency. (AFP via Yahoo!) (The New York Times)
- West African Ebola virus epidemic
- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies reports the discovery of several cases of fraud amounting to at least $6 million (4.6 million) through overbilling and the "likely collusion" between a bank and former IFRC employees during the 2014-16 West African Ebola outbreak. (Voice of Africa) (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Lebanon
- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri resigns, citing assassination threats. (BBC)
- Slovak regional elections, 2017
- Jn Lunter defeats Marian Kotleba in the Slovakian regional election held in the Bansk Bystrica Region. Direction Social Democracy loses four regions to center-right opposition candidates. (Reuters)
- Protests against Donald Trump
- Refuse Fascism holds protests against U.S. President Donald Trump in several major cities, including New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco. (KTLA)
November 3, 2017 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Deir ez-Zor (201417)
- The Syrian Army (SAA) and allies announce the complete liberation of Deir ez-Zor from ISIL. (Sputnik International)
- At least nine people are killed and another 23 are injured in Hader, Quneitra Governorate, after a Tahrir al-Sham-operated car bomb detonates inside the town. (Reuters)
- Siege of Deir ez-Zor (201417)
- Iraqi Civil War (2014present)
- Western Iraq campaign (2017present)
- The Iraqi Armed Forces enter the town of Al-Qa'im, close to the border with Syria. Al-Qa'im is one of the last towns in Iraq still held by ISIL. (Reuters)
- Western Iraq campaign (2017present)
- War in Somalia (2009present)
- The United States launches airstrikes against Islamic State in Somalia for the first time. The United States Africa Command says "several terrorists" were killed in the strikes, which took place in coordination with Somalia's government. (The Independent)
Arts and culture
- Kevin Spacey sexual assault allegations
- Netflix announces that it will no longer be working with American actor Kevin Spacey who plays Frank Underwood on the U.S. version of House of Cards. (News Limited)
International relations
- JapanUnited States relations
- United States president Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka visits Japan. (The Washington Post) (The New York Times)
Law and crime
- Spanish constitutional crisis
- Spain issues an arrest warrant against former Catalonian president Carles Puigdemont. (BBC)
- War in Afghanistan
- United States soldier Bowe Bergdahl is convicted of desertion and dishonorably discharged, but is not imprisoned. (The New York Times)
- Human rights in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe accuses American citizen Martha O'Donovan of trying to overthrow the regime of Robert Mugabe. (The Los Angeles Times)
Politics and elections
- 2017 Westminster sexual scandals
- The Conservative Party suspends Dover MP Charlie Elphicke following "serious allegations" against him which have been passed on to police. Elphicke denies any wrongdoing. (The Guardian)
November 2, 2017 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Battle of Deir ez-Zor
- According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the city of Deir ez-Zor has largely been cleared of ISIS fighters by the Syrian Armed Forces. Deir ez-Zor was the scene of a three-year-long siege until it was broken in September 2017. (The Guardian)
- Battle of Deir ez-Zor
Arts and culture
- Balfour Declaration
- A Bethlehem art installation (by anonymous artist Banksy) satirizes the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration. (The Guardian)
Business and economy
- Presidency of Donald Trump
- Donald Trump nominates Jerome Powell to be the next chairman of the Chair of the Federal Reserve. (ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 NTPC power plant explosion
- At least 22 people killed and 100 injured in boiler explosion at a coal-fired power plant in Uttar Pradesh state, India. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- Icelandic parliamentary election, 2017
- Opposition leader Katrn Jakobsdttir of the Left-Green Movement receives the mandate to form a government with its coalition partners: the Social Democratic Alliance, the Progressives and the Pirates. (Bloomberg)
- Donald Trump on social media
- U.S. President Donald Trump's main social media account is suspended for 11 minutes. Twitter blames the incident on an employee and says it is "taking steps to prevent this from happening again." (The Guardian)
Science and technology
- The Tapanuli orangutan is identified as a new species of great ape. (The Guardian)
November 1, 2017 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
- A Saudi-led coalition airstrike on a market in Sahar District in Yemen's northern Saada Governorate, which is under Houthi control, kills at least 26 people, according to medics and local officials. (Reuters)
- War in Afghanistan
Arts and culture
- Rock climbing in Australia
- The Uluu-Kata Tjua National Park's board votes unanimously to ban climbing on Uluru, sacred to the Anangu people, in Australia's Northern Territory, from October 2019, due to Indigenous concerns over respect for the sacred site and for the safety of tourists. (Deutsch-Welle via USA Today)
- NPR controversies
- Citing "inappropriate behavior", Michael Oreskes resigns from his position as senior vice president of news at NPR after three journalists accuse him of sexual harassment. (CNN)
Law and crime
- 2017 Spanish constitutional crisis
- A Belgian lawyer representing Carles Puigdemont announces his client will not return to Spain to answer charges against him. Spanish prosecutors could order a European Arrest Warrant if Puigdemont fails to appear in court. (BBC)
- 2017 Thornton shooting
- A gunman opens fire in a Walmart in Thornton, Colorado, killing three people. (The Telegraph)
Politics and elections
- Japanese general election, 2017
- Shinz Abe is officially reinstated as Prime Minister of Japan following the election on 22 October 2017. (Reuters)
- 2017 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
- President of the Australian Senate, Stephen Parry, announces he will resign, effective 2 November 2017, after confirming he holds dual British-Australian citizenship. (BBC)
- States of emergency in France
- France declares the end of the country's state of emergency which was enforced as a reaction to the November 2015 Paris attacks. The state of emergency gets replaced with a new counterterrorism law signed by President Emmanuel Macron. (The Independent)
- 2017 Westminster sexual scandals
- Michael Fallon resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Defence amid controversy over reports he touched a female journalist inappropriately in 2002. (BBC)
Science and technology
- Genetically modified organism
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports weed killer dicamba, used in fields with genetically modified crops, has damaged more than 3.6 million acres of normal soybean crops in 25 states this year. (The New York Times)
Sports
- 2017 World Series
- In baseball, the Houston Astros defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 51 in the seventh and deciding game of the World Series. It is the first World Series title for the Astros, who had lost 111 games just four seasons earlier. The Astros' George Springer, who set records for most extra-base hits (8) and total bases (29) in a single World Series, and tied the record for most home runs in a single World Series (5), is named series MVP. (CNN) (CBS Sports)
October 31, 2017 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2017 Lower Manhattan attack
- Eight people are killed and at least 11 others injured when a man in a rented pickup truck drives down a bike path along the West Side Highway in Lower Manhattan. The 29-year-old suspect, later identified as Uzbekistani immigrant Sayfullo Saipov, is shot and taken into custody by police. Police are treating this incident as an act of terrorism. (New York Post) (AP) (UPI) (NBC News)
- War in Afghanistan (2001present)
- A suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital Kabul kills at least 8 civilians and leaves numerous wounded. The Islamic State claims responsibility. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- North Korea tunnel collapse
- A tunnel under construction at North Korea's nuclear test site collapses, killing as many as 200 workers. (Yonhap News Agency)
- Road accidents in 2017
- A car accident on highway 400 involving 14 vehicles, including two tanker trucks, results in three deaths near Barrie, Ontario. Police suspect distracted driving to be the cause. (CBC)
Law and crime
- Crime in Utah
- A shooting on the campus of the University of Utah leaves one student dead. A suspect is taken into custody. (CNN)
- Crime in California
- At an elementary school in Riverside, California, police shoot a parent who reportedly took a teacher hostage. (Los Angeles Times)
Politics and elections
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- U.S. senators question lawyers representing Facebook, Twitter and Google about Russian activity on their platforms during the 2016 United States presidential election. (BBC)
- Virginia gubernatorial election, 2017
- The Latino Victory Fund withdraws an antiEd Gillespie political advertisement because of scenes which loosely resemble a recent terror attack in New York City. The ad was originally meant to improve Ralph Northam's standing with minority voters. (New York Daily News), (The Washington Post)
Science and technology
- 2017 in spaceflight
- A Minotaur-C rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, and deploys 10 commercial Earth-imaging satellites for Planet Labs. It is the first successful mission for the Minotaur-C, formerly known as Taurus, since 2004. (Spaceflight 101)
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Ongoing events
Business
Disasters
- Atlantic hurricane season
- Oklahoma earthquake swarms
- Pacific typhoon season
- UK and Ireland windstorm season
Politics
- Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey
- Brexit negotiations
- European migrant crisis (timeline)
- North Korean crisis
- Philippine Drug War
- Purges in Turkey
- Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Rohingya persecution
- South China Sea disputes
- Spanish constitutional crisis
- U.S. Special Counsel investigation (timeline)
- Venezuelan protests (timeline)
More details ongoing conflicts
Elections and referendums
Recent
- October
- 10: Liberia, President (1st round), House of Representatives
- 15: Austria, National Council
- 15: Kyrgyzstan, President
- 2021: Czech Republic, Chamber of Deputies
- 22: Argentina, National Congress
- 22: Italy
- 22: Japan, House of Representatives
- 22: Slovenia, President (1st round)
- 28: Iceland, Althing
Upcoming
- November
- 9: Falkland Islands, Legislative Assembly
- 12: Equatorial Guinea, Senate and Chamber of Deputies
- 12: Slovenia, President (2nd round)
- 13: Somaliland, President and House of Representatives
- 16: Tonga, Legislative Assembly
- 19: Chile, President, Senate and Chamber of Deputies
- 26: Honduras, President and National Congress
- 26: Nepal, House of Representatives (1st phase)
Trials
Recently concluded
- Bangladesh: Sohel Rana
- France: Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
- Indonesia: Patrialis Akbar
- Kyrgyzstan: Omurbek Tekebayev
- South Korea: Lee Jae-yong
- Thailand: Yingluck Shinawatra
Ongoing
- Cambodia: Kem Sokha, Mu Sochua
- Germany: Beate Zschpe
- Greece: Siemens bribery scandal
- Guatemala: Otto Prez Molina, Roxana Baldetti and others
- Malaysia: Siti Aisyah and on Th Hng
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- Romania: Dan ova
- Russia: Alexei Navalny
- South Korea: Park Geun-hye
- Spain: Brcenas affair, Grtel case, Carles Puigdemont
- United States: Ahmed Abu Khattala, Fat Leonard scandal, Bob Menendez
- International
Upcoming
- Australia: George Pell
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Jovito Palparan, Maria Lourdes Sereno
- Spain: Jordi Pujol
- United Kingdom: Barry Bennell and others
- United States: Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, Bill Cosby, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Reza Zarrab
Sport
- Association football
- Women's association football
- Basketball
- Ice hockey
- Tennis
- Cycling
- Motorsport
- Rugby union
- Golf
- Other sports seasons
More details current sports events
Recent deaths
November 2017
- 5: Dionatan Teixeira
- 4: Isabel Granada
- 3: Abdur Rahman Biswas
- 3: Ed Flanagan
- 2: Aboubacar Sompar
- 1: Brad Bufanda
- 1: Vladimir Makanin
- 31: Derek Robinson
- 30: Fred Beckey
- 30: Kim Joo-hyuk
- 30: Judy Martz
- 30: Abbas Zandi
- 29: Dennis Banks
- 29: Tony Madigan
- 29: Ninian Stephen
- 27: Punathil Kunjabdulla
- 26: Thomas Smales
- 25: Jack Bannon
- 25: Lu Guanqiu
- 25: John Mollo
- 24: Ebrahim Ashtiani
- 24: Fats Domino
- 24: Robert Guillaume
- 23: Alinghi
- 23: George Young
- 22: Judith McGrath
- 21: Rosemary Leach
- 20: Federico Luppi
- 19: Miguel ngel Loayza
- 19: Umberto Lenzi
- 18: Gregory Baum
- 18: Ricardo Vidal
- 17: Danielle Darrieux
- 17: Gord Downie
- 17: Douglas Thayer
- 16: Kevin Cadle
- 16: Roy Dotrice
- 16: John Dunsworth
- 16: Daphne Caruana Galizia
- 16: Isnilon Hapilon
- 16: Sean Hughes
- 15: Choirul Huda
- 14: Richard Wilbur
- 13: William Lombardy
- 13: Albert Zafy
- 12: Muntaka Connmassie
- 11: Clifford Husbands
- 10: Bob Schiller
- 9: Vincent La Selva
- 9: Rafe Mair
- 8: Y. A. Tittle
- 7: Jim Landis
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
- Algeria and Tunisia
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Central African Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Libya
- Mali
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Americas
- Mexico
- Peru
Asia
- Afghanistan
- China
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Russia
- Ukraine