Indian Space Research Organisation The Indian Space Research Organisation launches a record 104 satellites in single mission.
Andrew Puzder Andrew Puzder, CEO of CKE Restaurants, withdraws from consideration to be Secretary of Labor in President Donald Trump's cabinet.
Censorship in Venezuela Venezuela bans CNN en Español, CNN's 24-hour Spanish language television channel, after accusing it of spreading propaganda.
A wildfire At least eight homes are destroyed as a wildfire rages out of control in the Port Hills, in the southern outskirts of Christchurch, New Zealand. A pilot died when his helicopter crashed while fighting the fire.
Comcast Comcast's NBCUniversal acquires a minority stake in Amblin Partners, strengthening the relationship between Universal Pictures and Amblin, and reuniting a minority percentage of the live-action DreamWorks Pictures label with its former DreamWorks Animation division, which NBCUniversal acquired the year prior in 2016.
Rome At the Indigenous Peoples Forum in Rome, Italy, Pope Francis says that developmental needs have to be reconciled with the protection of the particular characteristics of indigenous peoples and their territories. This is taken by some as a reference to the Standing Rock Sioux and other groups opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Eurovision Song Contest Twenty-one organizers for the Eurovision Song Contest in Kiev, Ukraine, resign en masse after claiming they were completely blocked from making decisions about the show. Despite the setback, the European Broadcasting Union insists that the event must go on.
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) A suicide bomber detonates a pick-up truck full of explosives at a busy street in northern Baghdad, killing at least nine people.
War in North-West Pakistan Two separate bombings take place in Pakistan, killing at least seven people. A suicide bomber kills five people at the administrative headquarters in the Mohmand Agency tribal district while the other kills two people at a hospital in Peshawar. Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility for the first attack.