August 2017 Nepal and India floods At least 44 are killed in a landslide on a highway in the northern India province of Himachal Pradesh.
Earthquakes in 2017 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs off the Indonesian island of Sumatra. There are no reports of casualties or structural damage to buildings.
2017 Ouagadougou attack At least 17 people, including two Canadians, are reported dead and eight others injured in an attack on a Turkish themed restaurant in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso.
Syrian civil war A Syrian Army commando unit backed by Russian warplanes and helicopters kills 25 ISIL militants in Central Syria, in the northeast of the Homs Governorate.
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) During combat operations in northern Iraq, two U.S. service members are killed and five injured.