Portal:Current events/August 2017

August 2017 was the eighth month of that common year. The month, which began on a Tuesday, ended on a Thursday after 31 days.

This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from August 2017.

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  • Battle of Marawi
    • The Pentagon is considering conducting airstrikes in Marawi, which if approved would later put U.S. troops on the ground to battle the ISIS-affiliated Maute group as well as related Islamist terror groups. A spokesperson later denied the claims as well as clarified that the Philippines has yet to make a request. (NBC News)

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  • 2017 North Korea crisis
    • U.S. President Donald Trump promises "fire and fury like the world has never seen" if North Korea threatens the United States. (NBC News)
    • Hours after Trump made this remark, North Korea says it is "carefully examining" a missile strike against United States territory of Guam. (CNBC)

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  • Disasters in Portugal
    • A tree falls over at a religious ceremony in Funchal, Madeira, killing at least 12 people and injuring over 50 others. (BBC)

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  • Aftermath of the 2017 Barcelona attacks
    • Catalan police in the coastal town of Cambrils kill five suspected terrorists in a counter-terror operation to stop a second van attack. The police reported the attackers were wearing explosive vests, however they were later discovered to be fakes. (BBC)
  • 2017 Turku stabbing
    • At least two people are reportedly killed, and several others wounded in a stabbing in Turku, Finland. Police said they arrested one person after a shootout and had launched a manhunt for other possible attackers. (Reuters) (HS)

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  • Disappearance of Kim Wall
    • A headless dismembered torso found washed ashore in Copenhagen two days ago is identified as Kim Wall. According to a police spokesperson, the body was deliberately mutilated and had metal attached to it so that it would not float. (Reuters via MSN) (BBC)

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