• War in Afghanistan
  • 2017 Lashkargah bombing
    • A car bomb outside a New Kabul Bank branch in Lashkargah, Helmand Province, kills at least 20 people. The Taliban claims responsibility. (CNN)

• Mexico–United States wall
  • United States President Donald Trump plans on adding solar panels to his proposed border wall with Mexico. (The Washington Post) (BBC)

• Earthquakes in 2017
  • A 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Puerto San José, Guatemala. (CNN)

• Chagos Archipelago sovereignty dispute
  • In a vote at the United Nations General Assembly, 94 states support a Mauritius-sponsored resolution to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on the legal status of the disputed Chagos Archipelago. (The Guardian)
• Chinese espionage in the United States
  • An American who formerly worked for the Central Intelligence Agency is arrested on charges of selling classified information to Chinese operatives in May 2017. (The Washington Post)
• Brexit negotiations
  • UK Prime Minister Theresa May announces that citizens of the European Union living in the United Kingdom will be able to acquire a "UK settled status" after the UK leaves the EU. (BBC)

• Immigration to the United States
  • A judge in Michigan halts the possible deportation of over 100 Chaldean Iraqi Christians. (The Hill)
• Dismissal of James Comey
  • U.S. President Donald Trump clarifies that he did not record any private conversations with former FBI Director James Comey. (Chicago Tribune)
• American Health Care Act of 2017
  • The U.S. Senate releases its version of the American Health Care Act of 2017. (New York Times)

• 2017 NBA draft
  • Markelle Fultz of the University of Washington is selected first by the Philadelphia 76ers. (ESPN)
• Test cricket
  • In cricket, the International Cricket Council votes to elevate Afghanistan and Ireland to full Test status. The two countries become the 11th and 12th Test nations. (ESPNcricinfo)