Portal:Current events/2017 September 5

• Syrian Civil War
  • Siege of Deir ez-Zor (2014–17)
    • The Syrian Army lifts the 28-month-long siege of Deir ez-Zor by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (Reuters) (BBC News)
• 2016–17 Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
  • More than 123,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar and crossed into Bangladesh due to escalating violence by the Myanmar Army. (BBC News)
  • Burmese State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi receives international criticism and pressure urging her to help the Rohingya. (Reuters)

• 2017 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Irma
    • Hurricane Irma strengthens to a maximum Category 5 hurricane, becoming the strongest Atlantic hurricane since 2005's Hurricane Wilma in terms of maximum sustained winds, described as "extremely dangerous." The National Hurricane Center (NHC) predicts that Irma could strengthen even more due to favorable conditions. (Washington Post)
    • The NHC says Irma is the most powerful Atlantic storm ever recorded outside the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Ahead of Irma's landing, President Donald Trump issues a state of emergency declaration for Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Reuters) (The Washington Examiner)

• India–Myanmar relations
  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Myanmar for a state visit. (The Hindu)
• 2017 North Korea crisis
  • Japan–United States relations, South Korea–United States relations
    • Amid tensions from South Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump announces that he is "allowing Japan and South Korea to buy a substantially increased amount of highly sophisticated military equipment from the United States." (The Independent)

• Journalists killed in India
  • Prominent Indian journalist and Lankesh Patrike editor Gauri Lankesh is shot dead by unidentified men outside her house in the city of Bengaluru. (Reuters)
• Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey (Same-sex marriage)
  • The High Court of Australia receives a complaint against the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey citing the postal survey as "unique and offensive." (The Guardian)

• Politics of Taiwan
  • Tainan Mayor William Lai Ching-te is appointed as the new Premier by the President of the Republic of China Tsai Ing-wen. (AP)
• Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
  • The Trump Administration announces that, during the next six months, it will be ending the DACA program that has halted the deportation of about 800,000 people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children. Congress is called upon to pass legislation to correct the situation. (The New York Times)

• 2017–18 NBA season
  • Billionaire investor Tilman Fertitta buys the Houston Rockets NBA basketball team for US$2.2 billion. (Houston Chronicle) (ESPN)