2017 China–India border standoff India increases its military alert amid a border standoff with the People's Liberation Army of China at Doklam.
August 2017 Nepal and India floods Flooding in Nepal leaves at least 36 dead and dozens more missing.
Unite the Right rally A Virginia State Police helicopter monitoring protests crashes, killing two officers onboard.
Fights break out between white supremacists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the removal of the Robert Edward Lee Sculpture. One person is killed and several people are injured after a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters.
War in North-West Pakistan A suicide bombing took place near a Pakistan army truck in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, leaving 15 people dead including 8 soldiers, while injuring 40 others.
Syrian civil war Seven members of the White Helmets are shot dead by unidentified gunmen who stormed their office in rebel-held Sarmin, in northwestern Syria.