May 17, 2007 (Thursday)
- Jaak Aaviksoo, the Estonian Defence Minister, states that the Russian Government may be behind recent hacking on Estonian government and commercial web sites following the moving of the Bronze Soldier. (Sydney Morning Herald)[permanent dead link]
- Paul Wolfowitz announces his resignation effective June 30 as president of the World Bank Group after protracted discussions over alleged ethics violations. (MSNBC)
- United States Senate Democratic Party officials seek a vote of no confidence on Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales. (CBS)
- Gordon Brown is confirmed as the next leader of the British Labour Party, taking effect on 24 June. Brown will succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he kisses the hand of Queen Elizabeth II on 27 June. (BBC)
- 2007 Israel-Gaza conflict: An Israeli aircraft bombs a building of the Hamas-run Executive Force in Gaza, killing at least one person and injuring about 45 others. (BBC)
- Trains travel between North Korea and South Korea for the first time since the Korean War. (ITV)
- Voters in Algeria go to the polls to elect a new People's National Assembly with tight security arrangements after recent bomb attacks. (BBC)
- French President Sarkozy appoints François Fillon as his Prime Minister. (Élysée Palace)
- The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission announces that all over-the-air TV broadcasts must be digital by August 31, 2011. (The Globe and Mail)
- Hong Kong media regulator receives more than a thousand complaints about the bible being too sexual, in what seems to be a response to a recent ruling condemning a sex survey in a student newspaper. (Daily Mail)