## [2013-10-17](/feed/2013/10/17/index.md)

##### Chad
### [Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia are elected to the United Nations Security Council for a two-year term, starting on January 1, 2014. ](/feed/2013/10/17/chad-chile-lithuania-nigeria-and-saudi-arabia-are-elected-to-the-united-nations-security-council-for-a-two-year-term.md)
##### Japan
### [At least 18 people are dead and 45 people are missing in Japan after Typhoon Wipha hit yesterday. ](/feed/2013/10/17/at-least-18-people-are-dead-and-45-people-are-missing-in-japan-after-typhoon-wipha-hit-yesterday.md)
##### Australia
### [In Australia, at least seven emergency warnings have been issued for bushfires in New South Wales resulting in one death at Lake Munmorah, significant property damage and closure of airports and highways. ](/feed/2013/10/17/in-australia-at-least-seven-emergency-warnings-have-been-issued-for-bushfires-in-new-south-wales-resulting-in-one-death.md)
##### Philippines
### [The death toll in the Philippines from the 2013 Bohol earthquake rises to 156 with 374 people injured. ](/feed/2013/10/17/the-death-toll-in-the-philippines-from-the-2013-bohol-earthquake-rises-to-156-with-374-people-injured.md)
##### U.S. president
### [President of the United States Barack Obama signs a bipartisan deal approved by Congress to end the Government shutdown and the debt ceiling crisis. ](/feed/2013/10/17/president-of-the-united-states-barack-obama-signs-a-bipartisan-deal-approved-by-congress-to-end-the-government-shutdown.md)
##### Swedish
### [Swedish archaeologists in Old Uppsala unearth a great number of mysterious posts in perfect alignment for more than a kilometre in what is suggested to be a display of power of a fifth century Swedish chieftain. ](/feed/2013/10/17/swedish-archaeologists-in-old-uppsala-unearth-a-great-number-of-mysterious-posts-in-perfect-alignment-for-more-than-a-ki.md)
##### Renamo
### [Suspected Renamo rebels kill 7 Mozambican soldiers in an ambush near Gorongosa. ](/feed/2013/10/17/suspected-renamo-rebels-kill-7-mozambican-soldiers-in-an-ambush-near-gorongosa.md)
##### Tunisia
### [Islamist gunmen kill two Tunisian policemen in clashes in the northeastern city Goubella. ](/feed/2013/10/17/islamist-gunmen-kill-two-tunisian-policemen-in-clashes-in-the-northeastern-city-goubella.md)
##### Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal)
### [Attacks on Shia Muslims killed at least 59 people across Iraq, including a suicide truck bomb targeting at least 15 members of the country's Shabak people. ](/feed/2013/10/17/attacks-on-shia-muslims-killed-at-least-59-people-across-iraq-including-a-suicide-truck-bomb-targeting-at-least-15-memb.md)
##### Naxalite–Maoist insurgency
### [A Naxalite landmine kills three police officers in the Gadchiroli district of India's Maharashtra state. ](/feed/2013/10/17/a-naxalite-landmine-kills-three-police-officers-in-the-gadchiroli-district-of-india-s-maharashtra-state.md)
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