Portal:Current events/2017 August 8

Armed conflicts and attacks
  • 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)

Disasters and accidents

International relations
  • 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)

Law and crime

Politics and elections

Sports