Editing 2017 (section)

=== February ===
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* [[February 11]] – [[North Korea]] prompts international condemnation by test firing a ballistic missile across the [[Sea of Japan]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 February 2017 |title=North Korea conducts ballistic missile test |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38947451 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212000559/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38947451 |archive-date=February 12, 2017 |access-date=February 12, 2017 |work=BBC News}}</ref>
* [[February 13]] – [[Assassination of Kim Jong-nam]]: [[Kim Jong-nam]], the eldest son of deceased [[North Korea]]n leader [[Kim Jong-il]] and the half-brother of current North Korean leader [[Kim Jong-un]], is killed after being attacked by two women with [[VX (nerve agent)|VX nerve agent]] at [[Kuala Lumpur International Airport]] in Malaysia.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McCurry |first1=Justin |title=Kim Jong-un's half-brother dies after 'attack' at airport in Malaysia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/kim-jong-un-half-brother-reportedly-killed-malaysia-north-korea |access-date=June 9, 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=February 14, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214130722/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/14/kim-jong-un-half-brother-reportedly-killed-malaysia-north-korea |archive-date=February 14, 2017}}</ref>
* [[February 26]] – An [[Solar eclipse of February 26, 2017|annular solar eclipse]] is visible from Pacific, Chile, Argentina, Atlantic, Africa. It is the 29th eclipse of the [[Solar Saros 140|140th saros cycle (descending node)]], which started with a partial solar eclipse visible in the Southern Hemisphere on April 16, 1512, and will conclude with another partial solar eclipse visible in the Northern Hemisphere on June 1, 2774.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros140.html |title=Nasa Eclipse Web Site: Saros Series Catalog of Solar Eclipses |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration |date=26 September 2009 |website=eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov |access-date=2021-10-21 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019041926/https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEsaros/SEsaros140.html |url-status=live }}</ref>