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;Armed conflicts and attacks
* [[Gaza–Israel conflict]]
** Palestinians in the Gaza Strip [[Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel|launch two rockets at Israel]], one landing in the southern city of [[Beersheba]], causing serious damage to a house but no injuries, and the other landing in the sea. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/rocket-sirens-blare-in-beersheba-southern-israel/ (''The Times of Israel'')]
** In response to rocket fire, [[Israeli Air Force]] jets attack targets in Gaza including a [[Palestinian tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip|tunnel crossing into Israel]], tunnel digging sites, a factory storing components used for tunnel building and another for the manufacturing of aerial weaponry. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/tensions-escalate-as-israeli-jets-pound-targets-in-gaza-in-response-to-rocket-fire/2018/10/17/41256c1c-d218-11e8-a4db-184311d27129_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fe15ea82b29 (''The Washington Post'')]
;Arts and culture
*[[List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War|Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War]]
**Retired [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] veteran [[John Canley]] receives the [[Medal of Honor]] award from [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] for his contributions in the [[Vietnam War]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/us/marine-veteran-80-receives-medal-of-honor-for-vietnam-bravery (Fox News)] [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/17/medal-honor-trump-awards-medal-vietnam-vet-john-canley/1671621002/ (USA Today)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Atlantic hurricane season]]
**Over 1,000 people remain missing a week after [[Hurricane Michael]] made landfall in the [[Florida Panhandle]]. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hurricane-michael-missing_us_5bc72b3de4b0d38b5873c701 (''Huffington Post'')]
*[[2018 European floods]], [[Hurricane Leslie (2018)|Hurricane Leslie]]
**The death toll of the heavy floods in [[France]] rises to 14, while another person is missing. [https://www.lesoir.be/185063/article/2018-10-17/france-le-bilan-des-inondations-dans-laude-monte-14-morts (Le Soir)]
;Law and crime
*[[Kerch Polytechnic College attack]]
**A double bombing-mass shooting attack leaves 20 dead and 74 others injured in a college in [[Kerch]], [[Crimea]]. An 18-year-old student carried out the gun and bomb attack and then committed suicide. The attacker "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed "revenge" on his teacher. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45900534 (BBC)]
*[[Cannabis in Canada]]
**Canada becomes the first [[G20]] nation to fully [[Legality of cannabis|legalise cannabis]]. [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-ushers-historic-new-era-legalization-cannabis-035458897.html (''Yahoo!'' Canada)]
*[[Macedonia naming dispute]]
**[[Greece|Greek]] [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Foreign Minister]] [[Nikos Kotzias]] resigns after discussion with the Greek Defence Minister in the framework of the Greece-[[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] Accord. [http://www.ekathimerini.com/233727/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-foreign-minister-nikos-kotzias-submits-resignation (''Ekathimerini'')]
*[[2016 German terror plot]]
**[[Germany|German]] media uncover a large [[ISIL]] terrorism plot which had been foiled in 2016. [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/terrorismus-behoerden-durchkreuzten-is-anschlagsplaene-in-deutschland-1.4174397 (''Süddeutsche Zeitung'')]
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;Armed conflicts and attacks
* [[Gaza–Israel conflict]]
** Palestinians in the Gaza Strip [[Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel|launch two rockets at Israel]], one landing in the southern city of [[Beersheba]], causing serious damage to a house but no injuries, and the other landing in the sea. [https://www.timesofisrael.com/rocket-sirens-blare-in-beersheba-southern-israel/ (''The Times of Israel'')]
** In response to rocket fire, [[Israeli Air Force]] jets attack targets in Gaza including a [[Palestinian tunnel warfare in the Gaza Strip|tunnel crossing into Israel]], tunnel digging sites, a factory storing components used for tunnel building and another for the manufacturing of aerial weaponry. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/tensions-escalate-as-israeli-jets-pound-targets-in-gaza-in-response-to-rocket-fire/2018/10/17/41256c1c-d218-11e8-a4db-184311d27129_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9fe15ea82b29 (''The Washington Post'')]
;Arts and culture
*[[List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War|Medal of Honor recipients for the Vietnam War]]
**Retired [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] veteran [[John Canley]] receives the [[Medal of Honor]] award from [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] for his contributions in the [[Vietnam War]]. [https://www.foxnews.com/us/marine-veteran-80-receives-medal-of-honor-for-vietnam-bravery (Fox News)] [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/17/medal-honor-trump-awards-medal-vietnam-vet-john-canley/1671621002/ (USA Today)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Atlantic hurricane season]]
**Over 1,000 people remain missing a week after [[Hurricane Michael]] made landfall in the [[Florida Panhandle]]. [https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hurricane-michael-missing_us_5bc72b3de4b0d38b5873c701 (''Huffington Post'')]
*[[2018 European floods]], [[Hurricane Leslie (2018)|Hurricane Leslie]]
**The death toll of the heavy floods in [[France]] rises to 14, while another person is missing. [https://www.lesoir.be/185063/article/2018-10-17/france-le-bilan-des-inondations-dans-laude-monte-14-morts (Le Soir)]
;Law and crime
*[[Kerch Polytechnic College attack]]
**A double bombing-mass shooting attack leaves 20 dead and 74 others injured in a college in [[Kerch]], [[Crimea]]. An 18-year-old student carried out the gun and bomb attack and then committed suicide. The attacker "hated the technical school very much" and had vowed "revenge" on his teacher. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45900534 (BBC)]
*[[Cannabis in Canada]]
**Canada becomes the first [[G20]] nation to fully [[Legality of cannabis|legalise cannabis]]. [https://ca.news.yahoo.com/canada-ushers-historic-new-era-legalization-cannabis-035458897.html (''Yahoo!'' Canada)]
*[[Macedonia naming dispute]]
**[[Greece|Greek]] [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece)|Foreign Minister]] [[Nikos Kotzias]] resigns after discussion with the Greek Defence Minister in the framework of the Greece-[[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] Accord. [http://www.ekathimerini.com/233727/article/ekathimerini/news/greek-foreign-minister-nikos-kotzias-submits-resignation (''Ekathimerini'')]
*[[2016 German terror plot]]
**[[Germany|German]] media uncover a large [[ISIL]] terrorism plot which had been foiled in 2016. [https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/terrorismus-behoerden-durchkreuzten-is-anschlagsplaene-in-deutschland-1.4174397 (''Süddeutsche Zeitung'')]
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