"What in the World?" - Week of Oct 15-21, 2017

Pointing out that the Iran Nuclear Deal was not a bilateral agreement, and that Mr. Trump did not have the authority to treat it as such, the leaders of THESE three countries issued a rare joint statement reaffirming their commitment to the deal, in spite of the U.S. President's announcement that he would withdraw his nation from it.

Citing anti-Israel bias and the agency's need for fundamental reform, the U.S. Department of State announced that it would withdraw from THIS United Nations' specialized agency:

Two full weeks after Catalonia's historic referendum on independence from Spain, the region's leader, Carlos Puigdemont had yet to answer THIS crucial question:

If projections prove true, the conservative People's Party (OVP) will win Austrian's general election, giving the OVP's leader, Sebastian Kurz, THIS distinction:

Despite allegations of meddling from neighboring Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan's presidential election has been considered free and fair, and historic because of THIS factor:

THIS terrorist group is being blamed for a truck bombing that may have claimed over 300 lives in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

The United Nations has ordered staff to leave two districts in Malawi after vigilante mobs killed five people believed to be what?

THIS nation, where Ernesto "Che" Guevara's paternal ancestors had their roots, ignited controversy by issuing a stamp honoring the Argentinian-born communist guerilla leader.

The British overseas territory of St. Helena is best known for its remoteness, and for being the site of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's exile after the Battle of Waterloo. This week the tiny island in the south Atlantic saw THIS facility—dubbed the "world's most useless"—become operational.

THIS hurricane, the strongest ever recorded in the eastern Atlantic, is set to hit the Irish coast with 90 mph winds.