Cosmic Vision The European Space Agency (ESA) approves the PLATO space observatory which will seek out Earth-like exoplanets.
Second Philippe Government François Bayrou resigns as France's Minister of Justice amid an ongoing investigation into the centrist Democratic Movement (MoDem)'s alleged fraudulent employment of parliamentary assistants.
Politics of Romania After a short term political crisis, started when the governing PSD retracted its support, the Parliament of Romania passes a no confidence motion against the government led by former PSD Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu.
Saudi Arabia In a royal decree, King Salman of Saudi Arabia appoints his son Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud as Crown Prince, stripping his nephew Muhammad bin Nayef of the title.
Bishop International Airport attack A police officer is stabbed in the neck at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan. The FBI is investigating the incident as terrorism. The suspect was arrested on scene and charged with a federal count of violence at an international airport. The victim survived.
2017 Atlantic hurricane season A ten-year-old boy dies from injuries sustained during Tropical Storm Cindy in Fort Morgan, Alabama.
José Eduardo Agualusa Author José Eduardo Agualusa wins the International Dublin Literary Award for his novel "A General Theory of Oblivion". (
Iraqi Civil War ISIL militants reportedly blow up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi famously proclaimed the creation of a caliphate in 2014. ISIL blames a U.S. airstrike.
Moro conflict Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters rebels storm a school in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, Philippines, and take civilians hostage.