Mexicans dig through collapsed buildings as quake kills 217
After a 7.1 earthquake devastated central Mexico, emergency personnel and regular citizens rallied together to search the wreckage for survivors.
Nations start signing nuke ban treaty opposed by big powers
Over 100 countries are backing a nuclear arms ban, but the nuclear powers, including the United States, are not among them.
Students in France acid attack show compassion for assailant
American college students studying abroad in France were attacked with a weak solution of hydrochloric acid by a women presumed to be “disturbed” at a train station; however, the students seem to only have compassion for their assailant and others suffering from mental-illness.
Stanislav Petrov, who averted nuclear war, dies at 77
A former Soviet military officer, who called a false alarm when a satellite malfunction reported the launch of U.S Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles during one of the tensest periods of the Cold War, died at the age of 77.
Hurricane Maria makes landfall in Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria is devastating Puerto Rico as much of the country is left without running water and electricity.