Portal:Current events/2017 September 17

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

Armed conflicts and attacks

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

Arts and culture

• 69th Primetime Emmy Awards
  • The Primetime Emmy Awards is held in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater. Political satirist and The Late Show host Stephen Colbert hosts 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 137 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)