Portal:Current events
Topics in the news
Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump
- An earthquake strikes Hualien, Taiwan, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 260 others.
- The SpaceX launch vehicle Falcon Heavy makes its maiden flight, carrying Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as a dummy payload.
- U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meet (pictured) in Singapore.
- Archaeologists announce the discovery using LiDAR of approximately 60,000 Mayan structures in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala.
- A total lunar eclipse occurs, close to perigee and also the second full moon in a month, a coincidence of events not seen for 35 years.
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Ongoing events
Business
Culture
Disasters
- Oklahoma earthquake swarms
- Pacific typhoon season
- California wildfire season
- UK and Ireland windstorm season
Politics
- Brexit negotiations
- European migrant crisis (timeline)
- Lebanon–Saudi dispute
- North Korean crisis
- Philippine protests
- Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Rohingya persecution
- Saudi purge
- South China Sea disputes
- Spanish constitutional crisis
- Turkish purges
- U.S. political sex scandals
- U.S. Special Counsel investigation (timeline)
- Venezuelan protests (timeline)
Sports
- FIFA corruption scandal
- NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal
- USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
More details – ongoing conflicts
Elections and referendums
Trials
Recently concluded
- France: Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue
- Romania: Dan Șova
- Thailand: Yingluck Shinawatra
- United States: Ahmed Abu Khattala, Glenn Chin, Bob Menendez, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate
- International
Ongoing
- Cambodia: Kem Sokha, Mu Sochua
- Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
- Germany: Beate Zschäpe
- Guatemala: Otto Pérez Molina, Roxana Baldetti and others
- Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
- Malaysia: Siti Aisyah and Đoàn Thị Hương
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- Russia: Alexei Navalny, Alexey Ulyukaev
- South Korea: Park Geun-hye
- Spain: Bárcenas affair, Gürtel case, Carles Puigdemont
- Turkey: 2016 Atatürk Airport attack suspects
- United States: Mehmet Hasan Atilla, Cliven Bundy, Fat Leonard scandal
- International
Upcoming
- Australia: George Pell
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
- Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Jovito Palparan, Maria Lourdes Sereno
- Romania: Liviu Dragnea
- Spain: Jordi Pujol
- Ukraine: Roman Nasirov
- United Kingdom: Football sex abuse scandal
- United States: Bill Cosby, Rick Gates, Paul Manafort, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Sayfullo Saipov
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
Sport
- Association football
- Women's association football
- Basketball
- Ice hockey
- Rugby union
- Other sports seasons
More details – current sports events
Recent deaths
December 2017
- 12: Ed Lee
- 12: Pat DiNizio
- 12: Aharon Yehuda Leib Shteinman
- 11: Keith Chegwin
- 11: Charles Robert Jenkins
- 11: Vera Katz
- 10: Simeon Booker
- 10: Max Clifford
- 10: Lalji Singh
- 9: Grant Munro
- 7: Tommy Horton
- 6: Conrad Brooks
- 6: William H. Gass
- 6: Johnny Hallyday
- 5: August Ames
- 5: Michael I of Romania
- 5: Jean d'Ormesson
- 4: Shashi Kapoor
- 4: Christine Keeler
- 4: Manuel Marín
- 4: Ron Meyer
- 4: Ali Abdullah Saleh
- 3: John B. Anderson
- 2: Ulli Lommel
- 2: Marianne Means
November 2017
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
