Voyager program Voyager 1 successfully fires backup maneuvering thrusters, that had previously remained inactive for 37 years. Those thruster firings are to keep the spacecraft's antenna pointed at Earth, which is vital to maintain communications.
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 The United States Senate passes the Republican tax reform bill with a 51–49 vote.
United States and the United Nations The Trump administrations withdraws the United States from the Global Compact on Migration of the United Nations.
Saudi-led coalition The former president of Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh suggests that he is open to talking to the Saudi-led coalition that his forces have been fighting for years.
Bangladesh–Holy See relations Pope Francis ends his six-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh by visiting the Rohingya refugees in Dhaka.
2017 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Cyclone Ockhi hits southern India causing 13 deaths in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The cyclone kills 15 people and displaces another 200,000 persons in Sri Lanka.
Albania Heavy rainfall causes flooding in southern Albania. At least one person has died and 3,000 houses have been flooded.
ABC News ABC News suspends journalist Brian Ross for four weeks without pay as a consequence for an erroneous report on Michael Flynn.
Israeli involvement in the Syrian Civil War Israel launches surface-to-surface missiles at a military installation outside the Syrian capital Damascus overnight, Syrian state TV reports.