The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. The Azure Window was a spectacular natural limestone arch…
Tag: 2017
21 November 2017
Robert Mugabe formally resigns as President of Zimbabwe, after thirty-seven years in office. Robert Mugabe (1924-2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who played a…
20 September 2017
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico as a powerful Category 4 hurricane, resulting in 2,975 deaths, US$90 billion in damage, and a major humanitarian…
25 June 2017
The World Health Organization estimates that Yemen has over 200,000 cases of cholera.
23 June 2017
A series of terrorist attacks took place in Pakistan resulting in 96 deaths and wounded 200 others.
5 November 2017
Devin Patrick Kelley kills 26 and injured 20 in a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
14 October 2017
A massive truck bombing in Somalia kills 358 people and injures more than 400 others
1 October 2017
An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia.
3 June 2017
London Bridge attack: Eight people are murdered and dozens of civilians are wounded by Islamist terrorists. Three of the attackers are shot dead by the…