Portal:Current events/2017 September 9
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17)
- The ISIL militants. (Reuters)
- The
- Deir ez-Zor offensive (September 2017–present)
- SDF announces an offensive against ISIL militants in northern Deir ez-Zor Governorate. (Reuters)
- 2016–17 Northern Rakhine State clashes
- The Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army declares a unilateral ceasefire to allow humanitarian groups to facilitate aid for Rohingya refugees. (BBC)
Arts and culture
- Egyptology
- 18th Dynasty. (AP)
- Roman Britain
- Archaeologists discover a cache of Roman Britain-era artefacts, including weapons, at an ancient Roman cavalry barracks near Hadrian's Wall in northern England. Archaeologists liken the discovery to winning the lottery. (The Guardian)
- 2017 Venice Film Festival
- Film director The Shape of Water. (Vulture)
- Film director
Disasters and accidents
- 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Irma
- Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Cuba. The death toll across the Caribbean is at least 25 people, (CNN) (The New York Times)
- Hurricane Katia
- Hurricane Katia makes landfall in Category 1 hurricane, causing heavy damage and at least two deaths. (UPI)
- Hurricane Katia makes landfall in
- Hurricane Irma
- 2017 Chiapas earthquake
International relations
- 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Saudi Arabia suspends any dialogue with Qatar, accusing it of “distorting facts” in its reporting of yesterday's phone call between the leaders of both countries which suggested a breakthrough in the Gulf dispute was possible. (Reuters) (RT via Newsline)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Uruguay
- Vice President Raúl Sendic of Uruguay resigns amid a graft investigation. (Bloomberg)
Sports
- 2017 US Open (tennis)
- In women's singles final defeating fellow American Madison Keys 6–3, 6–0. (Reuters via Yahoo!)
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- West Indian cricket team in England in 2017
- In England defeat the West Indies by nine wickets to win the three-match series. England bowler Jimmy Anderson takes 7–42 and becomes only the third fast bowler in history to take 500 Test wickets. (BBC)
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