Donald Trump impeachment hearings Amid a gag order from the White House, impeachment hearings begin at the United States House Committee on the Judiciary.
Foreign relations of Taiwan Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen regrets and strongly condemns the move by the Solomon Islands to cut ties with Taipei and establish relations with the People's Republic of China.
17 September 2019 Afghanistan bombings Bombings in Afghanistan kill 48 people including children, women, and soldiers. The first in Charikar at a rally for Ashraf Ghani, the President of Afghanistan. The second in Kabul near the U.S. embassy.
Opinions The New Cold War The world we knew from the stories of our parents is coming back to haunt us.
Brexit At the Liberal Democrats conference, party leader Jo Swinson reaffirms that if elected, she would completely revoke Brexit, adding that in the case of a hung parliament she would not enter a coalition with either the Conservatives or Labour.
Brexit UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulls out of a press conference in Luxembourg due to a group of loud EU protestors. Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel attends the press conference, where he discusses Johnson's attitude to Brexit and the EU, blaming him for the political crisis in a lengthy speech.
Political status of Taiwan The Cabinet of the Solomon Islands votes to shift diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China. Taiwanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu says that, since the Solomon Islands decided to establish diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, this prompts Taiwan to cut ties with the Solomon Islands per the "One-China policy".
2019 Persian Gulf crisis The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran says it has seized a vessel in the Persian Gulf which it claims was smuggling diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates.
Propane gas leak One firefighter is killed and six others are injured after a propane gas leak leads to a large explosion at a non-profit organization in Farmington, Maine.
Grenfell Tower fire Officers with the Metropolitan Police interview members of the London Fire Brigade under caution in connection with the disaster. The fire brigade is being treated as a corporation suspected of breaching health and safety legislation.
Economy of China Figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics of China show that industrial production growth in August was at a 17-year low.
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack Iraq says the United States has told them that the information the U.S. has "confirms the Iraqi government's statement that its territory was not used to carry out this attack".
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack Iran says the accusations about the Saudi Arabian oil facilities attacks are unacceptable and baseless.
2019 Tunisian presidential election Tunisians cast their vote in the first round of presidential elections.
2019 Hong Kong protests Despite an official ban, thousands of people march from Causeway Bay to the center of town. Police use tear gas to disperse the protestors.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed annexation of the West Bank, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says Israel is turning into "a racist, apartheid regime."
Israeli–Palestinian conflict The Cabinet of Israel legalizes the outpost settlement of Mevo’ot Yericho, in the occupied West Bank.
Popayán A Transpacifico airplane crashes shortly after departing an airport in Popayán, Colombia for a domestic flight. Seven of the nine occupants are killed. The remaining two on board are injured, as is a child on the ground.
Godavari River A sightseeing boat capsizes on the Godavari River in India's East Godavari district, killing at least 12 people and leaving 35 others missing, all Indian nationals.
Opioid epidemic in the United States U.S. company Purdue Pharma files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Agreeing to contribute more than US$3 billion from the sale of a daughter company, the owners propose to settle thousands of lawsuits related to the risk of addiction to their narcotic painkiller Oxycontin.
Strategic Petroleum Reserve Donald Trump authorizes the use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to "keep the markets well-supplied", following severe disruption to crude oil output in Saudi Arabia.
Price of oil Following the drone attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities, the price of benchmark Brent Crude oil futures contracts surges as high as 19.5% at market opening, the biggest increase in percentage terms since the 1990 oil price shock in response to Ba'athist Iraq invading Kuwait.
Syrian Civil War A car bomb in the Syrian town of al-Rai, close to the Turkish border, kills at least ten people after it explodes near a hospital.
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack Donald Trump says the U.S. military is "locked and loaded" after the attacks on its ally Saudi Arabia, but is awaiting confirmation from Riyadh on who launched the strikes before taking action.
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack An unnamed United States official says evidence suggests the drones approached Saudi Arabia from the northwest from Iraq or Iran, contrary to the Houthi militants' claim that the drones were launched from Yemeni territory. Three experts cited by CNN say the official's evidence is not conclusive.
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack An anonymous senior Iraqi intelligence officer says the drones that attacked Saudi Arabia were launched from Popular Mobilization Forces bases in southern Iraq. The drones on that flight path reportedly would have crossed Kuwait's airspace to carry out the strikes. Kuwait's government says it is investigating the sighting of a drone, reportedly flying low and hovering over Kuwait City on the day of the attacks.
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack After accusations by U.S. and Saudi officials, Iran denies involvement in the attack and says it's "ready for war" against both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia after the Kingdom blamed Iran for backing the Houthis.
2019 Abqaiq–Khurais attack During a phone call, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly tells Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman that the "U.S. supports Saudi Arabia in its efforts to fight terrorism" and that the U.S. will cooperate in the aftermath of the oil facilities attacks.