Portal:Current events/2017 July 28

July 28, 2017 (Friday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2017 Hamburg attack
- One person is killed and four others are injured in a knife attack in an Edeka supermarket in Barmbek in the German city of Hamburg. Mayor Olaf Scholz said the attack was motivated by "hate". The attacker is reported to have shouted "Allahu Akbar" before attacking. (BBC)

Business and economy

U.S. Appeals Court Judge Patricia Millett rejects the Federal Aviation Administration argument that seat size is unimportant when passengers exit a plane in an emergency, and orders the FAA to set minimum standards for the space airlines give passengers. (Reuters) (Bloomberg)

Disasters and accidents

2017 Barcelona train crash
- A passenger train crashes into a buffer stop at Barcelona França railway station, injuring 54 people, five seriously. (BBC)

Health and medicine

International relations

North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- 2017 North Korean missile tests
  - North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile that flies 620 miles horizontally in about 45 minutes, landing in the Sea of Japan, according to Japan, South Korea and the United States. (ABC News) (Reuters)
Iran–United States relations
- The United States Treasury Department imposes sanctions on six Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group satellite companies following a recent Iranian rocket launch that the U.S. says breached United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231. (Reuters) (CNN)

Politics and elections

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