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 was held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert was the host for the event. (The New Yorker)
  • The Handmaid's Tale wins eight awards including Outstanding Drama Series. (ABC News Australia)
  • Veep wins for Outstanding Comedy Series. (ABC News Australia)

Disasters and accidents

• At least eight people are killed and 67 injured after a strong storm hit western and central Romania. (Washington Post) (Reuters)
• 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Maria has been upgraded from a tropical storm to a Category 1 hurricane. Hurricane watches and warnings have been issued in parts of the Caribbean. It is following a path similar to Category 5 Hurricane Irma which left at least 82 dead. (CNN)

Law and crime

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

Politics and elections

• Pakistan by-election, Panama Papers case
  • Kulsoom Nawaz Sharif, wife of ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, defeats the opposition party's Yasmin Rashid in the by-election for Nawaz Sharif's National Assembly seat. Kulsoom, represented by her daughter and proxy Maryam, is being treated in London for cancer. (The Nation), (BBC), (Al Jazeera)
• Macanese legislative election
  • Voters in Macau vote for a new Legislative Assembly. (South China Morning Post)
• Next Japanese general election
  • Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe is expected to dissolve the House of Representatives on September 28, 2017 to make way for fresh elections. (The Japan Times)
• Palestinian politics
  • Hamas, through Egyptian-mediated talks, agrees to dissolve its Gaza administration, hold talks with the Fatah West Bank government, and hold elections for a Palestinian unity government. (The Guardian) (Reuters)

Sports

• 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
  • The fifth Asian Indoor Games open in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, with around 5,500 athletes from 61 countries participating in the event which will last until September 27. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)