September 12, 2017 (Tuesday)
Arts and culture
- 2016 United States presidential election
- Hillary Clinton releases the book What Happened, a memoir about her most recent presidential campaign. Clinton has implied that she may not run again in 2020. (CNN)
International relations
- Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
- The United States Department of Justice has requested Moscow-based Russian media channel RT America to register as a foreign lobbying firm in the United States. (The Hill)
- Russia–Turkey relations
- President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan affirms Turkey has paid a deposit on the purchase of Russian S-400 missile systems. (Hürriyet)
Law and crime
- Law of California
- California Governor Jerry Brown signs a bill that will protect all California residents, regardless of their immigration status, from unnecessary detention and questioning; similar to those ordinances in sanctuary cities. (Los Angeles Times)
- Executive Order 13780, Asylum in the United States
- The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Trump administration can block international refugees from entering the United States. (Reuters)
- Terrorism in Spain
- The Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona is evacuated due to an anti-terrorism operation. (AP)
- Terrorism in the Philippines
- In an unconfirmed video, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant instructs its followers to go and fight in the Philippines instead of the Middle East. (NBC)
Politics and elections
- 2017 Singaporean presidential election
- Halimah Yacob is elected as the first female president of Singapore as the sole candidate in the upcoming elections. (The New York Times)
- Politics of the Philippines
- Philippine senators call for Justice secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to resign. (Philippine Canadian Inquirer)
- The House of Representatives of the Philippines approves a bill that limits the budget of the Commission on Human Rights to only ₱1,000 (US$20). (Rappler) (BBC)
- Politics of Washington (state)
- Seattle mayor Ed Murray announces his resignation after allegations surface that he sexually abused five teenagers in the 1970s and 80s. (The Seattle Times)
- 2017 Norwegian parliamentary election
- The right-wing coalition led by Erna Solberg wins its second term in office in the Norwegian parliamentary election held late yesterday. (BBC News)
- Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
- Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina accuses the Burmese government of "atrocities" against the Rohingya people and calls for these alleged atrocities to stop. (The Indian Express)
Science and technology
- Apple media events
- Apple Inc. announces three new iPhone models: the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The Apple Watch Series 3 and a new Apple TV are also announced. (The New York Times)