"What in the World?" - Week of Sep 3-9, 2017

North Korea launched a missile that landed in the ocean off the coast of THIS island, Japan's largest.

Now that Iraqi forces have regained control of the major road into Baghdad, THIS nation re-opened its border with Iraq for the first time since 2015.

The results of the Kenyan presidential election were overturned this week as the country's Supreme Court ruled that there had been "irregularities," and that the process for elections outlined by the constitution had not been followed. A new election will be held in 60 days. Who had initially been declared the winner of the August 8 voting?

Chilean President Michele Bachelet has signed and sent legislation to congress to make THIS legal; if the bill passes both houses of congress, Chile will become the sixth Latin American nation to adopt such a law.

Officials in Niger have ordered thousands of people in the nation's capital to leave their homes due to unusually heavy flooding. Which of the following cities is the capital of Niger?

An unusually strong monsoon season has caused weeks of flooding in Nepal, Bangladesh, and India. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes; this week, even more flooding brought THIS Indian city to a standstill.

Guatemala's highest court overturned an expulsion order issued by the president, Jimmy Morales. Which of the following people did Mr. Morales order to leave the country?

Paul Biya, president of Cameroon, ordered a military court to drop its prosecution of three anglophone activists. The activists were charged with secession, hostility against the homeland, and civil war; they faced a potential death sentence if convicted. The three men were campaigning for civil rights for Cameroon's English-speaking minority. What is the other European language spoken by the country's majority?

On Sunday North Korea announced THIS event:

In a move seen as yet another in a string of tit-for-tat diplomatic retaliations, the United States ordered Russia to close two buildings that house trade missions in Washington and New York, as well as its consulate in THIS city.