Portal:Current events/2018 February 17
Disasters and accidents
- Earthquakes in 2018
- 2018 Oaxaca earthquake
- A military helicopter surveying the damage, carrying the Jamiltepec, killing 13 people on the ground. These deaths are the only known ones related to the earthquake reported so far. (CNN)
- A military helicopter surveying the damage, carrying the
- Earthquakes in the British Isles
- A magnitude 4.4 earthquake, the strongest in the United Kingdom for ten years, occurs at Swansea. (BBC)
- 2018 Oaxaca earthquake
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the murder of Zainab Ansari
- An Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore, Pakistan, sentences Imran Ali to death, for the rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari. The victim's family demands Ali's hanging to be conducted in public. (The Express Tribune)
Politics and elections
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- leader amid controversy over his private life and leadership. Gerard Batten becomes interim leader. (BBC)