Portal:Current events/2017 September 17

Current events of September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

• A roadside bomb kills five people in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency. (Geo TV)

Arts and culture

• 69th Primetime Emmy Awards
  • The Primetime Emmy Awards will be held in Los Angeles. Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert will host the event. (The New Yorker)

Law and crime

• A British Airways airplane is evacuated at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport due to a security threat. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Panama Papers case
  • Represented by her daughter and proxy Maryam, Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif contests the seat vacated by her husband former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Kulsoom is being treated in London for cancer. (The Nation), (BBC)
• Macanese legislative election
  • Voters in Macau vote for a new Legislative Assembly. (South China Morning Post)
• Next Japanese general election
  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to dissolve the House of Representatives on September 28, 2017 to make way for fresh elections. (The Japan Times)
• Next Palestinian general election
  • Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip, agrees to talk to Fatah, of the Palestinian Authority-ruled West Bank. (The Guardian)