overview of the events of 2018 in paleontology
The six remaining cult members of Aum Shinrikyo who perpetrated the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack and were on death row are executed by hanging.
National Counter Terrorism Policing Network
college or university for applied sciences
A man attacks people on a bus in Lübeck, Germany, prompting an evacuation of the vehicle. Six people are hurt by a knife, one is punched and two fall down; three are critically wounded. Police find a smoldering non-explosive backpack at the scene. The Iranian-born suspect is arrested.
German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)
While the move would theoretically save an estimated $28-31 million annually in regulatory costs, there are concerns drinking water could be affected.
About 250 protesters gather at the main entrance to Iraq's giant Zubair oilfield.
FBI agents arrest a Cleveland man they say told an undercover agent he was planning to bomb a July 4th celebration.
11 people died and 54,000 others are displaced when floods hits Myanmar.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces plans to open the Technological University Dublin, a new university in Dublin, Ireland, in January 2019.
former American multinational mass media corporation
Sharif's son-in-law, Muhammad Safdar Awan, received a one-year sentence.
Finbar Charles, a 62-year-old citizen of Saint Lucia, pleads guilty to bribing US Army officers for military contracts during the Iraq War.
Gunmen attack a convoy carrying election materials in the Ségou Region. The attack and the ensuing shootout kill four soldiers and eight attackers.
Iranian police arrest 46 people in fresh crackdowns on models and associated colleagues posting "immoral images" on Instagram.
bilateral relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Japan executes former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, by hanging.
The death toll from the fires in Greece rises to 91 while 25 other people are still missing.
Arab ethnic group who mostly adhere to Islam
golf tournament at Carnoustie, Scotland in 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the resignation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Militants ambush a paramilitary convoy in Awaran, Baluchistan, Pakistan and kill six people.
Championship match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup
when the Moon passes directly behind the Earth
In Peru, two trains collide en route to Machu Picchu, injuring 15.
Pimachiowin Aki, a large area of Boreal Forest that spans parts of the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario, and includes the lands of four First Nations, is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
New Zealand defeats France 29–0 in the final to win the 2018 women's Rugby World Cup Sevens.
United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Helsinki.
Formula 2 driver Santino Ferrucci is sacked by Trident Racing for deliberately crashing into Arjun Maini at a race in Silverstone earlier this month and for his sponsor's non-payment. He was previously fined for a number of other incidents, including holding a mobile phone as he drove from a paddock.
A team of Russian scientists in collaboration with Princeton University announce in a new report that they have brought two female nematodes frozen in permafrost from around 42,000 years ago back to life. The two nematodes are now the oldest confirmed living animals on the planet.
The Bataan Coast Guard detains cruise ship MV Forever Lucky on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking.
A train en route to Istanbul from Bulgaria derails in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, killing 24 people and injuring 73.
Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler announces coal-burning power plants may dispose of fly ash in unlined ponds for another 18 months beyond a previously-set April 2019 deadline.
Demetrius Pitts, accused of planning an al-Qaeda bombing in Cleveland, makes his first court appearance.
diplomatic relations between the United States of America and the European Union
Heavy monsoon rains in northern India leave 58 people dead.
Heavy rain in Japan prompts the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. At least 38 people have died in landslides.
An explosion at a chemical plant in Sichuan, China, kills 19 people and injures 12 others.
U.S. President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor John R. Bolton states that the United States has a plan to dismantle the nuclear weapons program of North Korea in a year.
impeachment of the former S. Korean president
15th-century Inca citadel in the Peruvian Andes and UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear announces that he will run for Kentucky Governor in 2019.
Filipino boxer, basketball player, singer, actor and politician
The company says while it is uncertain who operated these accounts, at least one is linked to the Russian-based Internet Research Agency.
The leader of the banned British far-right designated terrorist group National Action, Christopher Lythgoe, is jailed for eight years for being a member.
International air travel resumes between Eritrea and Ethiopia for the first time since 1998.
Date: 16 July 2016 – ongoing (disputed) (6 years, 6 months, 1 week and 4 days)
The UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid announces that medicinal cannabis products are to be legalized by the end of this year, allowing cannabis treatments to be legally prescribed by specialist doctors following several high profile cases.
leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant from 2013 to 2019
terrorism in the region of United Kingdom
The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 44, with five people still missing.
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
The Israel Defense Forces shoot down a Syrian Air Force jet near the Golan Heights after it reportedly crosses into the UNDOF zone near Israeli border.
Geraint Thomas of the United Kingdom wins the Tour de France.
Environmental issues in the United States
In Germany, the accused members and supporters of the Neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground are found guilty of the murders of nine immigrants and one policewoman, assistance in said murders, bomb attacks, attempted murders, and robbery. The main defendant and last surviving member of the terrorist group, Beate Zschäpe, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Heavy rains cause the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in southern Laos to collapse, releasing a reported five billion cubic metres of water.
North Korea returns what it says are the remains of 55 U.S. servicemen killed during the Korean War on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement. The repatriation was agreed at the June summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a bid to improve relations.
British Conservative Party politician and former businessman (born 1948)
A British woman dies after being exposed to the Novichok nerve agent several days earlier in Amesbury.
Widespread unrest erupts in southern Iraq as protesters, frustrated by shortages of electricity, water and jobs vent their anger, setting fire to political offices, attacking government infrastructure and deepening uncertainty about the country’s shaky political future.
North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency calls high-level talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "regrettable" and criticizes the United States' "unilateral and gangster-like" demands for denuclearization.
city in and state capital of Idaho, United States
head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Indiana
town in the council area of Angus, Scotland, UK
The evacuations of Shia towns Al-Fu'ah and Kafriya in the northern Idlib Governorate begin, as part of a deal between rebel forces and the Syrian government.
Iran states that it intends to manufacture and upgrade up to 800 tanks.
Former NFL cornerback Brandon Browner is arrested after allegedly breaking into a home of an ex-girlfriend who has a restraining order against him.
Pablo Casado is elected leader of Spain's centre-right People's Party after defeating former Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría in a run-off.
At least 27 people are killed in an overnight bus crash in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Iran.
highly contested topic especially for the fundamental human rights
The Carr wildfire threatening Redding, California, U.S., kills two firefighters, as many residents flee their homes.
At least six people are arrested for hanging a sign that read "Abolish ICE" from the base below the Statue of Liberty, where no banners are permitted hung under federal law. Another is arrested after scaling the base of the statue, prompting an evacuation of the island on the busy Fourth of July holiday.
The two nematodes are now the oldest confirmed living animals on the planet.
Five separate by-elections are held for five seats in the Australian House of Representatives, namely Braddon, Fremantle, Longman, Mayo and Perth, four of which were triggered by the dual citizenship crisis.
most populous city in the United States of America
Two of them are intercepted by the Iron Dome.
conflict between NATO Western forces and the Taliban
15 people are killed and over 25,000 are affected after heavy floods hits Nigeria.
Lawmakers in Macedonia approve a government proposal to set September 30 as the target date of a referendum to change the country's name.
Trump reiterates his position that Russia did not interfere in the 2016 US presidential election.
Voters in Zimbabwe go to the polls to elect a new president and members for both houses of the Parliament, the first election to not involve longtime former president Robert Mugabe.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Queens, New York, United States
Investigators are still determining a motive.
A pedestrian bridge collapses onto railway lines in Mumbai, injuring five. An approaching train is able to perform an emergency stop before colliding with the wreckage. Thousands of commuters are left stranded throughout the city.
Voters in Mexico elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador as their new President in a landslide victory. Additionally, 128 senators and 500 deputies were also chosen.
Microsoft reports that at least three United States congressional candidates have been targeted by hackers in the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections.
Four cyclists, two Americans, one Dutch national and one Swiss national, are killed in the Khatlon Region, Tajikistan by a hit-and-run driver while three others are injured.
U.S. President Donald Trump announces the resignation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Former coal lobbyist Andrew R. Wheeler will act as a temporary replacement.
capital and largest city of the United Kingdom
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 155 while several other people are still missing.
regulator responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance
bridge connecting Russia's Krasnodar Krai with Crimea
province of Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman
Police identify the gunman in a deadly mass shooting in Toronto, Canada.
men's national association football team representing Spain
specialised agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture
Russia and Tajikistan begin joint military exercises near the Afghan–Tajik border to deter potential Taliban attacks.
The European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust regulations, claiming that Google abused the dominant position of Android to promote their search product.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Lombok, Indonesia, destroying several houses. At least 16 people are killed and 160 others are injured.
At least 38 people have died in landslides.
Police identify the gunman in a deadly mass shooting in Toronto, Canada. Investigators are still determining a motive. His family claims he had severe mental health problems.
Police determine two British nationals found unconscious at a property in Amesbury, Wiltshire, on Saturday were poisoned using Novichok nerve agent of the same kind used in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury, seven miles from Amesbury, almost four months ago.
A major incident has been declared in Amesbury and several areas of the town have been evacuated as the National Counter Terrorism Policing Network investigate the attack.
attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA)
Celebrations across France see two killed, 45 injured, and 292 arrested.
Demonstrations in Muthanna Province, Iraq, leave 16 protesters killed or injured and 33 others arrested.
city and district capital in Misiones, Paraguay
Antonio Halili, the mayor of Tanauan, Philippines, is shot dead by a sniper during a flag raising ceremony outside the city hall. Halili was known for parading people arrested on drug offenses through the city's streets.
A court in Myanmar charges two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017.
A mass shooting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, occurs, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured. The shooter is found dead nearby after exchanging gunfire with police and fleeing.
Demonstrators protesting against gun violence block Interstate 94 in Chicago.
A tiny island of lava forms north of the Kapoho ocean entry on Hawaii island.
Protesters take to the streets around Manila as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepares for his State of the Nation Address (SONA).
Two vessels deliver 25 survivors and one Peruvian corpse from Spanish ship MV Dorneda to ports in Argentina and Patagonia. One crewman remains missing after the fishing trawler sank off Argentina.
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
Malians go to the polls to elect a president.
fifth planet from the Sun and largest planet in the Solar System
United States Department of the Treasury
United States federal executive department
Japanese cult and terrorist organization
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)
Three people are killed and robbed in an ambush near Sibut, Central African Republic.
largest Christian church, led by the pope
In data collected by NASA's Juno spacecraft, an INAF team discovers suggestions of a new volcano close to the south pole of Jupiter's moon Io.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
trial against a right-wing terrorist organization in Germany
fight-ending, winning criterion in certain full-contact combat sports
legal declaration or de facto acts by a government allowing assumption of extraordinary powers
US government agency providing deposit insurance
movement of people into another country or region to which they are not native
A court in Egypt sentences 75 supporters of former president Mohammed Morsi to death, as part of a trial of more than 700.
Date: July 1, 2016 – present (6 years, 6 months and 19 days)
Demonstrations across Iraq leave dozens of people dead and cause mass unrest.
According to officials, an attack by the Taliban near Kunduz kills 29 Afghan Army soldiers. Air strikes kill dozens of militants elsewhere in the country.
Facebook announces that it has suspended 32 accounts it believes intended to influence the 2018 mid-term elections in the United States. The company says while it is uncertain who operated these accounts, at least one is linked to the Russian-based Internet Research Agency.
Only three bodies have been recovered after the disaster.
Syrian Arab Air Force base in Homs Governorate, Syria
military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization
MV Shunqiang 2 collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink. Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers.
largest type of black hole; usually found at the centers of galaxies
Souad Abderrahim becomes the first woman to be elected as Mayor of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia.
A US federal judge orders PricewaterhouseCoopers to pay US$625.3 million compensation to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Astronomers say they have observed Albert Einstein's theory of gravitational redshift for the first time while observing a star known as S2 interact with a supermassive black hole using the Very Large Telescope (VLT).
Thousands of commuters are left stranded throughout the city.
sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, New York, United States
human settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hold a summit in Tokyo and sign a deal creating an open trade zone between their states.
Fires across California kill at least eight people. One month into the fiscal year, the state's emergency fund is about one quarter spent.
Inn Din massacre § Arrest of Reuters journalists
In men's professional tennis, Novak Djokovic defeats Kevin Anderson in three sets to win his fourth Wimbledon championship.
Pakistan, Iran, China, and Russia agree on joint efforts against the Islamic State group in Afghanistan, in an effort to ensure peace and eliminate terrorism from the region.
New Zealand defeats England 33–12 in the final to win the 2018 men's Rugby World Cup Sevens.
The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 46.
area of the City of Chicago, Illinois, USA
A landslide at a jade mine in Kachin State, Myanmar, kills at least 15 people and injures 45 others.
United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Ferry MV KM Lestari Maju sinks while en route to Pamatata in Selayar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, with 48 vehicles and 139 passengers on board. At least 12 fatalities are reported.
American multinational mass media company
The candidates are former Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the party's deputy secretary of communication, Pablo Casado.
Intersection of Saskatchewan Highway 35 and Saskatchewan Highway 335 near Armley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Caitlan Coleman, the wife of former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle, returns to the United States with her children after a family law court in Ottawa approved her request.
ongoing civil war in the country of Yemen
An Aeroméxico Embraer 190 crashes shortly after taking off from Durango International Airport in Durango, Mexico, injuring around 85 people, two critically.
Two vessels deliver 25 survivors and one Peruvian corpse from Spanish ship MV Dorneda to ports in Argentina and Patagonia.
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 209 and 28 missing.
citizens or residents of The Netherlands
community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
The wreckage of Nazi German submarine U-966, which was sunk in November 1943, is discovered off the coast of Galicia, Spain.
A gas explosion at a hotel in Multan, Pakistan, kills three people and injures 25 others.
Antonio Halili, the mayor of Tanauan, Philippines, is shot dead by a sniper during a flag raising ceremony outside the city hall.
23 passengers on a tour boat in Hawaii are injured after a lava bomb from the Kīlauea volcano punctures the roof of the vessel.
The European Commission fines Google €4.34 billion for breaching EU antitrust regulations, claiming that Google abused the dominant position of Android to promote their search product. Google announces it will appeal the ruling.
A man stabs multiple people celebrating a three-year-old's birthday party at an apartment complex housing refugees in Boise, Idaho.
innermost of the 4 Galilean moons of Jupiter
England beats Colombia 4–3 in penalty shoot-out to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition.
Another is arrested after scaling the base of the statue, prompting an evacuation of the island on the busy Fourth of July holiday.
President of Russia (1999–2008, 2012–present)
A film on IRIB TV1 showing social media users being scolded and tearfully apologizing for promoting dance online angers reformists.
The Italian Wikipedia blocks all articles in protest of the European Union's copyright law.
International agreement on the nuclear program of Iran
The Israel Defense Forces are instructed to prepare for a large-scale military offensive in Gaza if demands for Hamas to halt the launches of flaming kites, incendiary devices and rocket attacks are not met by Friday.
province of Indonesia, on island of Sulawesi
U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)
The heat-related death toll in the Canadian province of Quebec rises to 70, with 34 of those occurring in Montreal.
soil frozen permanently (practically for a duration of at least two years)
A blast outside a polling station in Quetta, Pakistan, kills 31 people and wounds several more on election day.
The former campaign chairman of U.S. President Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, appears in court for the opening day of his criminal trial on 18 bank and fraud charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Semitic language and lingua franca of the Arab world
The state raised their own flag after taking down the South African flag.
air defence branch of the Syrian military
Worker pay rate in the United States hits its highest level since 2008 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Date: November 18, 2016 – current (6 years, 2 months and 9 days)
Voters in Pakistan go to the polls to elect the members of the National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives in the UK for his presidential trip to the country amid widespread protests.
communist state in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the United Kingdom
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack in Tajikistan that occurred two days prior and left four cycling tourists dead.
national government of the United States
Divers in Thailand rescue four more boys from the cave Tham Luang Nang Non bringing the total to eight rescued.
Femen co-founder and activist Oksana Shachko is found dead in her Paris apartment in an apparent suicide. France granted her political refugee status in 2013.
France knocks out Belgium from the World Cup, with France moving on to the final against either Croatia or England.
underwater vents or fissures in the Earth's surface from which magma can erupt
In the Avenfield corruption case, the court announced a 10 year sentence and 8 million pound fine for the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. His daughter and political heir, Maryam Nawaz, was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and a 2 million pound fine. Sharif's son-in-law, Muhammad Safdar Awan, received a one-year sentence.
head of the United States Department of State
second smallest of the five main islands of Japan
The Supreme Court of California blocks Tim Draper's proposition to break California into three states, stating that "significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition's validity".
The Artz Pedregal shopping centre in Mexico City collapses.
conflict between the Russian and Japanese empires from 1904 to 1905
The number of homes destroyed by lava from the latest eruption reaches 700.
The Supreme Court of Spain suspends from public office the deputies to the Parliament of Catalonia prosecuted for rebellion (Romeva, Turull, Rull, Sànchez, Junqueras, Puigdemont). The pre-trial phase is finished.
island country in the southwest Pacific Ocean
Timeline of protests against Rodrigo Duterte
The Israel Defense Forces engage in a gunfight with Hamas' military wing after an Israeli soldier is killed by a Palestinian sniper; four Hamas members are killed. Israel responds to the incident with strikes on Hamas targets across Gaza.
Crater lake located in Sumatra, Indonesia
Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises.
country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom
The UK Space Agency announces that the country's first spaceport will be located in Sutherland, northern Scotland, with the first launches potentially taking place in the early 2020s.
Archeologists in Jordan find baked flatbread dating to 12,500 BC, making it the oldest surviving bread ever discovered, surpassing a Turkish loaf which was estimated to be 9,100 years old.
Overview of the Druze ethnoreligious group in Syria
International presidential visits made by Donald Trump
2003–2011 war after an American-led invasion
Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
Worker pay rate in the United States hits its highest level since 2008 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Employment Cost Index, which tracks worker compensation, has been steadily increasing since just prior to Donald Trump taking office.
The closing ceremony of the 18th Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, takes place.
Iranian women post videos of themselves dancing to protest the arrest of Instagram blogger Maedeh Hojabri.
election to determine the governor and lieutenant governor of Kentucky, U.S.
one of the four Greater Sunda Islands, governed by Indonesia
Israeli Arab MP Zouheir Bahloul resigns over the "nation-state" law.
A bus crashes in Dapoli, India, killing thirty people and leaving one sole survivor.
directly elected parliament of the European Union
city in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
2018 United States gun violence protests
Israel Defense Forces extract 98 White Helmets and 324 others from recently recaptured southwestern Syrian territory into Jordan, at the request of Canada and the United States.
At least 17 people are killed and an unknown number of others missing after a duck boat carrying 31 people capsizes and sinks on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, United States.
northernmost region of the African continent
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb calls for the General Assembly to pass a hate crimes bill after a suburban Indianapolis synagogue is defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti.
leader of the executive branch of the government of Pakistan
TeNiya Elnora Jones, a University of Kentucky student studying abroad in the Middle East, is reported missing after a swimming accident over the weekend in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Islamist militant organization in the Philippines
Hackers steal the personal data of 1.5 million Singaporeans through the national public health care system.
Iran files a lawsuit against the United States in the International Court of Justice alleging its decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of a nuclear deal violates the 1955 Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights between the two countries.
Three rockets are fired at Israeli communities from Gaza.
Ground breaking on the Barack Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park, Illinois, is pushed back again until all federal approvals are completed, which will not be until 2019.
Local media blames a feud between two left-wing rebel groups, who both deny responsibility.
Fourteen civilians are killed in an airstrike near Kunduz.
House of Representatives of the Philippines
Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
Azerbaijan's largest blackout since 1991 affects most of the country.
Intelligence officials in the United States share evidence that North Korea has continued to develop nuclear weapons, despite promises made at the 2018 North Korea–United States summit.
Mexican popular election process in 2018 for president, senators and deputies.
Date: 13 June 2014 – present (8 years, 7 months and 2 weeks)
Date: 8 April 2017 – 12 June 2018 (1 year, 2 months and 4 days)
Three people are killed and robbed in an ambush near Sibut, Central African Republic. The Mikhail Khodorkovsky-financed Investigations Management Center says that they were Russian journalists who worked with them on a documentary about Wagner Group mercenaries and Russian mining interests in the country.
In baseball, the New York Mets suffer the worst loss in franchise history after being defeated by the Washington Nationals, 25–4.
The death toll from an intense heat wave in Japan rises to 77.
Date: March 18, 1968 – present (54 years, 10 months, 1 week and 2 days)
The White House announces $12 billion in bailouts for farmers and ranchers affected by recently imposed retaliatory tariffs.
NATO formally invites Macedonia to begin membership talks to join the organization.
Leaders from Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their countries' 20-year border conflict.
An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude strikes off Yemen, but there are no reports of any damage or casualties.
Five bodies are recovered from MV Shunqiang 2, which sank the day before after colliding with another ship near Shanghai.
Alexander Lubigan, Vice Mayor of Trece Martires, Philippines, is assassinated in an ambush.
Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Horst Seehofer agree on a migration compromise; talks with the SPD coalition partner are following.
At least 16 people are killed and 160 others are injured.
United States holiday held on July 4 to mark the Declaration of Independence
The death toll from a heat wave in Quebec rises to 17.
capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan
Wildfires in east and west Attica, Greece, kill at least 76 people, leave another 172 injured, and burn hundreds of houses and vehicles, prompting a state of emergency.
conflict initiated by Rodrigo Duterte against drug lords and drug pushers
A man stabs multiple people celebrating a three-year-old's birthday party at an apartment complex housing refugees in Boise, Idaho. Nine people are injured, including the birthday girl and five other children; the birthday girl dies the next day.
group of Arab nomads who have historically inhabited the Arabian and Syrian Deserts
Liu Xia, widow of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activist Liu Xiaobo, is allowed to leave Beijing, China, for Berlin, Germany.
sovereign state in North Africa and Asia
The Geographic Features of the Republic of Iraq And Iraqi Kurdistan Region.
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
secretary of state responsible for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union
European organisation dedicated to space exploration
Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler announces coal-burning power plants may dispose of fly ash in unlined ponds for another 18 months beyond a previously-set April 2019 deadline. Testing standards for hazardous elements in adjacent waters are also weakened. While the move would theoretically save an estimated $28-31 million annually in regulatory costs, there are concerns drinking water could be affected.
Heavy flooding in Nigeria kills 44 people and 20 others are missing.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that ISIL militants are holding more than 30 Druze women and children hostage following last week's attacks on Druze villages in the As-Suwayda Governorate.
Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Hackers steal the personal data of 1.5 million Singaporeans through the national public health care system. Officials say Prime Minister Hsien Loong Lee's data is the target of the breach.
New details from Iranian nuclear documents stolen by Israeli spies show that Tehran obtained weapons-design information from a foreign source and was on the cusp of mastering key bombmaking technologies when the research was ordered halted 15 years ago.
One month into the fiscal year, the state's emergency fund is about one quarter spent.
England beats Colombia 4–3 in penalty shoot-out to advance to the quarter-finals of the competition. It is the first time England has won a penalty shootout in a World Cup match.
meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on 16 July 2018
The death toll from the wildfires in Greece rises to 80 people while many others are still missing.
Popocatépetl, a stratovolcano that is part of the trans-Mexican volcanic belt, releases a large quantity of ash.
The US government charges Maria Butina, a 29-year-old Russian woman with conspiracy to act as a Russian government agent while infiltrating political groups.
International military intervention against ISIL
Harvey Weinstein is expected to face additional sexual assault charges in connection with a third woman in a July 2006 incident.
An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation into the collision between container ship MV Beijing Bridge and trawler FV Saxon Onward concludes both vessels saw each other in the lead-up to the collision but neither took appropriate avoiding action in time, with evasive manoeuvres by the cargo ship increasing the collision risk.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces resistance by the Bavarian CSU over the result of the EU asylum policy summit last week.
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Ahalanui Park and Kua O Ka La School are overtaken by lava.
PJAK militants blow up an ammunition dump and kill eleven Iranian border guards stationed at an Iran–Iraq border post in Marivan County.
sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
Two explosions at fireworks workshops in Tultepec, Mexico, kill at least 19 people, including rescue workers, and injure dozens more. Tultepec is home to a major fireworks industry.
Rescue teams find all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive in Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand, after being trapped for 10 days.
The Israeli Parliament passes a Basic Law declaring that the Land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people and that the right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people, and also removes Arabic as an official language.
The Syrian Air Defense Force damages an Israeli aircraft and thwarts an Israeli missile strike on the Tiyas Military Airbase (T-4 Airbase) in the Homs Governorate.
country in southwestern Europe with territories in Africa
President of the Government of Catalonia
head of government of the Generalitat of Catalonia
Protests that began last week in Iraq continue amid widespread anger over poor public services, high unemployment, and pollution.
province of Indonesia, on the island of Sumatra
Philippines men's national basketball team
men's national basketball team representing the Philippines
Gunmen attack a minibus of people returning from a funeral between Colenso and Weenen in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Eleven people are shot dead and four others are critically injured.
The repatriation was agreed at the June summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a bid to improve relations.
The captain of MV Lifeline, a German migrant rescue ship that docked in Malta last week with 130 rescued migrants after Italy refused access, makes an initial court appearance in Valletta. He is charged with operating his ship illegally.
Following a campaign led by Georgian politician Zurab Japaridze, the Constitutional Court of Georgia legalizes cannabis for recreational use. Georgia is the first former Soviet Republic to fully legalize the drug, with it also being decriminalized in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia.
Hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants storm a border fence in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, using home-made flamethrowers and other improvised weapons. The Spanish Civil Guard reports that 602 people succeeded in reaching Ceuta, of whom 586 were taken to a temporary reception centre, while 16 others are being treated in a hospital. Fifteen border guards were also hurt.
Police in Allen County, Indiana arrest a suspect in the 1988 murder of the 8-year-old April Tinsley.
association football club in London, England
Philippine soldiers clash with militants from the ISIL-affiliated Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), in the southern province of Maguindanao. The fighting began when BIFF militants attempted to occupy a town center, and lasted for 12 hours until the BIFF militants withdrew to the hills. Four militants were killed, while two militants, a Philippine soldier and a local militiaman were wounded.
capital and most populous city of France
Photos taken on July 20 and 22 and published by 38 North appear to show North Korea dismantling a ballistic missile launchpad and engine testing stand at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station.
The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village of Inn Din in northern Rakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017.
Jardines del Pedregal, Álvaro Obregón borough, Mexico City, Mexico
Astronomers discover a giant gaseous planet orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs.
bicameral legislature of the United States
Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping if the U.S. re-applies sanctions to the country after the U.S withdrew from the JCPOA deal earlier in the year.
Second-highest position of the Government of Spain
David Davis resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union amid disagreements with Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit negotiations.
A brawl breaks out during a 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifier match between the Philippines and Australia at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue.
Typhoon Jongdari hits central and western Japan, injuring at least 21 people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes.
informal diplomatic relationship between the United States and Iran
A fire in a copper mine in Limpopo, South Africa kills five and traps a sixth.
At least ten people are killed and many others still missing after a landslide breaks the banks of a natural dam in Panjshir Province, Afghanistan.
The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 41, with 15 people still missing.
gendarmerie branch of Spain's armed forces
A suicide bomb attack near Mastung, Pakistan, kills 129 people, including political party candidate Siraj Raisani, during a political campaign. This is the third consecutive attack on a political rally.
British government effort to develop British space capabilities
land service branch of the United States Armed Forces
Proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney
Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
photo and video sharing social network owned by Meta, Inc.
trade restrictions levied by the United States government
hostility, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews
Clashes break out between Israeli security forces and Bedouin residents in Khan al-Ahmar, West Bank, as Israeli bulldozers prepare to demolish the village. The Supreme Court of Israel ruled that its residents could be evicted on May 24, while such relocation is considered illegal under international humanitarian law.
A ship catches fire at the Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan, trapping four workers inside.
Date: 23–25 June 21 July 1–3 August 2 September 19 November 25 November 9-10 December
The Syrian Army seizes control of Al-Shajara, described as ISIL's "main bastion" in the Daraa Governorate.
At least 33 are dead and 23 missing after two passenger boats capsize off Phuket, Thailand. All are Chinese tourists.
Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests.
city ​​in Broward County, Florida, United States
President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010
The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos that caused heavy floods rises to 26, while more than 130 remain missing.
2018 wildfire in Shasta and Trinity Counties, California, United States
The European Union imposes sanctions on six Russian companies involved in the construction of the bridge connecting mainland Russia to the annexed Crimea peninsula.
Iran starts work at a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day.
Heavy rains cause the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in southern Laos to collapse, releasing a reported five billion cubic metres of water. As a result, 20 people are confirmed dead, over a hundred are missing, and 6,600 have been displaced.
Ten new moons are discovered around Jupiter, raising the count to 79 confirmed moons. One of these new moons, S/2016 J 2, nicknamed Valetudo, is notable for orbiting backwards compared to the other moons in its vicinity, and may collide with one of them in the future.
An explosion at a chemical plant near Cairo, Egypt, injures 12 people.
The death toll from a heatwave in Japan rises to 30.
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 94, with over 50 people still reported missing.
The Israel Defense Forces engage in a gunfight with Hamas' military wing after an Israeli soldier is killed by a Palestinian sniper; four Hamas members are killed.
Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson announces his resignation after being convicted for his role in covering up sexual abuse.
section of Interstate Highway in Lake and Cook counties in Illinois, United States
A French judge hands preliminary charges to one of French President Emmanuel Macron's top security aides after video surfaced showing him attacking a protester at a May Day demonstration.
capital and most populous city of Finland
Japan, primarily Shikoku and western Honshu
Former coal lobbyist Andrew R. Wheeler will act as a temporary replacement.
Turkey purges more than 18,500 government workers a day before Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sworn in as executive president.
The UK's Financial Reporting Council launches an investigation into financial services provider KPMG over its most recent audit of Convivality, the defunct owner of retail chain Bargain Booze.
use of cannabis in the country of Georgia
president of the United States from 2017 to 2021
search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger
New Zealander Scott Donaldson becomes the first solo kayaker to successfully cross the Tasman Sea. After 62 days at sea, he landed in Ngāmotu Beach, New Plymouth, at 8.44 p.m. local time (08:44 UTC).
A suspected U.S. drone strike kills four alleged al-Qaeda militants in Ma'rib.
Francesco Molinari wins the British Open at Carnoustie for his first major title by two strokes over a group including past major winners Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose.
Israeli–Syrian ceasefire line incidents during the Syrian civil war
diplomatic relations between Russia and the European Union
Head of state of the Republic of Armenia
An ISIL suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, including a Taliban commander.
A man died and 12 others were hospitalized when the West Nile virus spread across Italy.
The attack coincides with Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum returning to Afghanistan after more than a year in exile in Turkey.
Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
An ISIL suicide bomber kills 14 people and wounds over 60 others at a police checkpoint near Hamid Karzai International Airport. The attack coincides with Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum returning to Afghanistan after more than a year in exile in Turkey. Dostum and his entourage are unhurt.
France women's national rugby sevens team
One of these new moons, S/2016 J 2, nicknamed Valetudo, is notable for orbiting backwards compared to the other moons in its vicinity, and may collide with one of them in the future.
Date: 16 February 1985 – ongoing (37 years, 11 months, 1 week and 4 days)
attorney general for the U.S. state of Kentucky
The death toll from heavy floods in Vietnam rises to 27, while seven other people are missing.
Twelve Russian intelligence officers are indicted for hacks in connection with hacking of the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Clinton campaign, and state election systems during the 2016 presidential election.
class of organophosphates; classified as weapons of mass destruction
PJAK militants blow up an ammunition dump and kill eleven Iranian border guards stationed at an Iran–Iraq border post in Marivan County. Several militants are killed in return.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake is felt in Mexico City as buildings shake mildly and some residents evacuate homes and office buildings.
The European Parliament votes against the proposed copyright reform.
strait that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz
overview of association football played in Germany
American online social media and social networking service
Iranian police arrest a number of users for posting illegal content on Instagram, including a famous blogger named Maedeh Hojabri.
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 179 while 67 other people are still missing.
This follows identical actions taken by Italian Wikipedia the previous day.
men's national association football team representing England
Iran's Revolutionary Guards kill three would-be saboteurs and wound another in Kermanshah, near the Iraq border, before seizing their equipment.
As a result, 20 people are confirmed dead, over a hundred are missing, and 6,600 have been displaced.
ocean between Asia, Australia and the Americas
The National Bureau of Investigation rescues 139 alleged victims from the vessel and charges Johnny Cabrera, the alleged lessor of the ship.
About 50 students are poisoned by inhaling a toxic gas, due to an explosion near their school of the locality of Chosica, in Lima, Peru. Spokespeople from local municipality say that this poisoning is due to the leakage of gas from a chlorine cylinder, although the place where the explosion began and the origin of the product has yet to be determined.
Three heavily armed gunmen who hijacked a helicopter help Rédoine Faïd, one of France's most notorious gangsters, escape from a prison in Réau, Île-de-France.
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is accused of sexual abuse of ten public officials by former Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez.
A Legionella outbreak in Bresso, Italy, kills three people while 17 others are hospitalized.
head of state and of government of the Republic of Korea
Islamist organization in Afghanistan (founded 1994)
Iran's Revolutionary Guards kill three would-be saboteurs and wound another in Kermanshah, near the Iraq border, before seizing their equipment. A volunteer on Iran's side is also killed.
His family claims he had severe mental health problems.
biome characterized by coniferous forests
The XIX Congress of the People's Party begins, which will elect the new party leader and successor of former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The candidates are former Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the party's deputy secretary of communication, Pablo Casado.
Officials say Prime Minister Hsien Loong Lee's data is the target of the breach.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for North Korea to follow Vietnam's path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States.
Spanish politician, prime Minister of Spain between 2011 and 2018
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is charged with abuse of power and three counts of criminal breach of trust. He pleads not guilty to all charges and accuses the government of seeking "political vengeance."
The son of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed in a suicide attack mission in Homs, western Syria, or in a Russian bombing of a cave.
region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia
Belgian authorities announce the arrest and charge of a Belgian man and his Iranian wife suspected of plotting a bomb attack against a Mujahedeen Khalq rally in France.
An approaching train is able to perform an emergency stop before colliding with the wreckage.
The head of Peru's Supreme Court resigns amid allegations of accepting bribes.
Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany offer refuge to some of them.
The Polish, Spanish, Estonian and Latvian Wikipedias shut down in protest of the European Union's proposed copyright reform, blocking access for all users.
aerial warfare branch of Syria's armed forces
Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan is arrested and taken into police custody on charges of being involved in the crackdown on protests in 2008 that resulted in ten deaths following a disputed presidential election.
According to officials, an attack by the Taliban near Kunduz kills 29 Afghan Army soldiers.
United States investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections
19th National Congress of the People's Party (Spain)
extraordinary national congress of the People's Party following the resignation of Mariano Rajoy
2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
A van loaded with an improvised explosive device explodes in an army checkpoint in Lamitan, Basilan, in the Philippines, killing 11.
The Office of the United States Trade Representative releases a list of approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to be affected in its next round of tariffs.
Russia knocks out Spain from the World Cup after winning a penalty shootout.
Eugene Gu, a doctor famous for successfully suing President Donald Trump for blocking him on Twitter, has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she’s his ex.
List of world welterweight boxing champions
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope captures an image of PDS 70b, making it the first clear image of a planet forming from the disk of gas and debris surrounding its host star.
Authorities call off the search for 164 missing after the ferry sank in Lake Toba.
Boris Johnson resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs amid disagreements with Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit negotiations. Johnson is the second member of May's cabinet to resign in two days.
A road accident in Tanzania leaves 20 dead and 45 others injured.
drone strike kills four alleged al-Qaeda militants in Ma'rib.
American multinational technology company
autonomous city of Spain in North Africa
Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration
environmental policy as enforced by the Donald Trump administration
Divers in Thailand rescue the remaining four boys and their coach from the Tham Luang Nang Non cave.
Seattle becomes the first major U.S. city to ban plastic straws and utensils in all bars and restaurants.
It is the first time England has won a penalty shootout in a World Cup match.
use of a drug with the primary intention to alter the state of consciousness
High electricity demand during a heat wave in Los Angeles leaves 34,500 residents without power, some for up to 24 hours.
Pope Francis appoints Port Pirie Bishop Gregory O'Kelly as Apostolic Administrator, but with special near-full powers to govern the Archdiocese, though for now Wilson is still the Archbishop.
List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump
Belgium defeats England 2–0 to finish at third place—its best ever result at a World Cup.
In boxing, Manny Pacquiao knocks out Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round to win the WBA welterweight championship.
Air strikes kill dozens of militants elsewhere in the country.
human rights in pre- and post-revolution Iran
fatality-causing hostage situation at Trader Joe's
Four cyclists, two Americans, one Dutch national and one Swiss national, are killed in the Khatlon Region, Tajikistan by a hit-and-run driver while three others are injured. A 21 year old male suspect has been arrested.
Clashes break out between Israeli security forces and Bedouin residents in Khan al-Ahmar, West Bank, as Israeli bulldozers prepare to demolish the village.
Majority of the House of Representatives of the Philippines elects Former President and current House Representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as House Speaker of the lower congress replacing Pantaleon Alvarez.
Gunmen attack a minibus of people returning from a funeral between Colenso and Weenen in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
All flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, resume following recent disturbances at Al Najaf International Airport.
head of government of the Italian Republic
Spokespeople from local municipality say that this poisoning is due to the leakage of gas from a chlorine cylinder, although the place where the explosion began and the origin of the product has yet to be determined.
Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, is convicted of terror offences after attempting to kill guards, attack Theresa May, and blow himself up on Downing Street using fake explosives provided to him in a sting operation.
13 people are killed and four others are injured in a road accident involving a car and a truck in Quang Nam, Vietnam.
arc of volcanic mountains across central-southern Mexico
Authorities call off the search for 164 missing after the ferry sank in Lake Toba. Only three bodies have been recovered after the disaster. Although the wreck has been located, rescuers lack the equipment to raise it or attempt to retrieve any bodies inside.
Arsenal and German professional footballer Mesut Özil announces his retirement from international football, citing racism and disrespect.
escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States, due to the rapidly improved nuclear weapons capability of North Korea
executive agency of the Government of the United Kingdom
In football, France defeats Croatia 4–2 to claim its second World Cup championship.
Tiger Woods, Molinari's playing partner for the final round, finishes one shot further back in a tie for sixth.
A court in Myanmar charges two Reuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months.
Date: 18 June – 31 July 2018 (1 month, 1 week and 6 days)
The longest total lunar eclipse of the 21st century colours the moon reddish orange in parts of Africa, Asia and Europe for about one hour and 42 minutes.
As the heat wave in Quebec comes to an end, the death toll rises to 54.
municipality and capital city of Belgium
Researchers at the Imperial College London report the discovery of the Lingwulong genus, a subgroup of Sauropods that lived in China about 174 million years ago, which is 15 million years earlier than any previously-known member of the group.
The driver of the tractor-trailer that collided with the Humboldt Broncos team bus is arrested and is expected to face 29 charges.
Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson announces his resignation after being convicted for his role in covering up sexual abuse. He is the most senior Roman Catholic official convicted to date.
Paraguay's Minister of Agriculture, Luis Gneiting, and three others are killed in a plane crash near Ayolas.
Bilour was the son of Bashir Ahmad Bilour, who was also assassinated by a bomber in 2012.
founder of the Japanese new religious group Aum Shinrikyo
A bomb kills three oil survey workers and injures five more near Dera Bugti in Baluchistan, Pakistan.
pseudoscientific or religious attempt to convert gender or sexual orientation
The Bataan Coast Guard detains cruise ship MV Forever Lucky on suspicion of involvement in human trafficking. The National Bureau of Investigation rescues 139 alleged victims from the vessel and charges Johnny Cabrera, the alleged lessor of the ship.
National Security Advisor (United States)
German politician (CSU) and Federal Minister of the Interior
region in France where the capital Paris is located
Geologists monitoring the eruption of Kīlauea warned it could continue to spout lava for a long time.
far-right German terror group uncovered in November 2011
A suicide bombing at an Awami National Party campaign rally in Peshawar kills twelve people, including the provincial assembly candidate, Haroon Bilour, and wounds 35. Bilour was the son of Bashir Ahmad Bilour, who was also assassinated by a bomber in 2012.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is charged with abuse of power and three counts of criminal breach of trust.
The Trump Administration misses a court mandated July 10th deadline to reunite some of the youngest of the separated children with their families, citing "legitimate logistical impediments".
second-most populous Islamic denomination
Tham Luang–Khun Nam Nang Non Forest Park, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
primary judicial organ of the United Nations
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
uncontrolled fire of natural, accidental or criminal origin, which spreads over a natural or agricultural area covered by combustible vegetation
Francesco Molinari wins the British Open at Carnoustie for his first major title by two strokes over a group including past major winners Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose. Tiger Woods, Molinari's playing partner for the final round, finishes one shot further back in a tie for sixth.
prolonged period of excessively hot weather
Period of formation of tropical cyclones in the Western Pacific Ocean in 2018
The shooter is found dead nearby after exchanging gunfire with police and fleeing.
Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate of the West Bank
A bus skids off a mountain road into a 700-foot (210 m)–deep ravine in Uttarakhand, India, killing at least 48 people.
A suicide bombing at an Awami National Party campaign rally in Peshawar kills twelve people, including the provincial assembly candidate, Haroon Bilour, and wounds 35.
head of state and head of government of Guatemala
Wildfires in east and west Attica, Greece, kill at least 76 people, leave another 172 injured, and burn hundreds of houses and vehicles, prompting a state of emergency. The Greek government requests help from European Union countries.
After 62 days at sea, he landed in Ngāmotu Beach, New Plymouth, at 8.44 p.m.
area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara Desert
A shooting at a billiard hall in El Tarra, Colombia, kills nine people.
King Khoebaha Calvin Cornelius III declares independence from South Africa to form the "Sovereign State of Good Hope", encompassing the states of Northern Cape, Western Cape, and the western parts of Eastern Cape. The state raised their own flag after taking down the South African flag.
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
federal governmental agency within the United States
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme leader of North Korea
This is the third consecutive attack on a political rally.
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, is sentenced to 12 months in detention for covering up child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Pope Francis appoints Port Pirie Bishop Gregory O'Kelly as Apostolic Administrator, but with special near-full powers to govern the Archdiocese, though for now Wilson is still the Archbishop.
Hawaii cancels a grant funding the island government's purchase of a recreational land parcel that is now covered by fresh lava.
Dmitrii Donskoi was scuttled in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War.
He was previously fined for a number of other incidents, including holding a mobile phone as he drove from a paddock.
An intense heatwave kills at least 14 people in Japan.
Tultepec is home to a major fireworks industry.
Italian-American multinational automotive manufacturing (2014-2021)
Iranian conservative politician and physician (born 1945)
2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017
genus of dicraeosaurid sauropod dinosaur
15th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
near Sarılar, Çorlu, Tekirdağ 110 km (68 mi) from Istanbul
incidents at the Israel–Syria border since 2011
Presidential library in Chicago, Illinois
geopolitical region encompassing Egypt and most of Western Asia, including Iran
Fires across California kill at least eight people.
Hundreds of Sub-Saharan African migrants storm a border fence in Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, using home-made flamethrowers and other improvised weapons.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is arrested for allegedly misusing state funds.
A road collision involving a broken-down bus kills at least 17 people and injures at least 11 others in Hyderabad, Pakistan.
Out of the 139 passengers aboard, 31 have been confirmed dead, while three remain missing.
A second suspect is arrested in connection with the murder of rapper XXXTentacion.
Lower house of the Parliament of Australia
U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders agree to halt their trade war over vehicles and say they will open talks on removing trade barriers between the United States and the European Union.
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
Two other groups intended for rescue, comprising about 800 people, do not escape.
Scientists at INAF announce the discovery of a liquid water lake beneath a polar ice cap on Mars. The discovery was made using MARSIS, a radar instrument on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter.
Empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947
2018 NATO summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium
Allegations of sexual abuse by American film producer Harvey Weinstein
U.S. President Donald Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court.
South African-born English professional golfer
A heat wave throughout Eastern Canada kills six people in Montreal.
The attack and the ensuing shootout kill four soldiers and eight attackers.
A US federal judge orders PricewaterhouseCoopers to pay US$625.3 million compensation to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The judge rules PwC negligently caused losses to F.D.I.C. by failing to uncover fraud during audits of Colonial BancGroup. Colonial, one the nation's 25 largest banks, and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, the 12th-largest mortgage broker in the US, both collapsed in August 2009 as a result of fraud between the two. F.D.I.C. was the receiver for Colonial.
France granted her political refugee status in 2013.
residence of the Prime Minister of Spain
Theresa May announces a ban on gay conversion therapy.
Macedonian constitutional referendum, 2018
Trump administration family separation policy
series of purges by the Government of Turkey in reaction to the July 15th, 2016 failed coup d'état
The Iranian rial hits another record low against the US dollar ahead of August 7, when the first round of fresh United States sanctions against Iran begin.
25 Taliban fighters were killed and 15 were wounded in the ensuing battle.
James Gunn is fired as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after the emergence of old tweets where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape.
official residence and workplace of the President of the United States
volcanic projectile, recognisable later by shape
events in a specific year or time period
privately owned commercial airline in Iran
country in the Caucasus in Eastern Europe
Iran threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz to shipping if the U.S.
The Supreme Court of Israel ruled that its residents could be evicted on May 24, while such relocation is considered illegal under international humanitarian law.
insurgency in the Mindanao region of the Philippines
six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2-ton capacity CCKW trucks
State of the Nation Address (Philippines)
speech by the President of the Philippines
top-level political division of the Soviet Union
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2016 to 2018
volcanic event on the island of Hawaiʻi, on Kīlauea volcano's East Rift Zone
A bomb explodes outside the U.S. Embassy in China, wounding the lone assailant.
landlocked territory near the Mediterranean coast of Western Asia
Testing standards for hazardous elements in adjacent waters are also weakened.
United Kingdom government cabinet minister heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
bilateral relations between United States and Italy
Outside President Hassan Rouhani's office in Tehran, a group of Iranian girls severely burned in a 2012 school fire protest unequal diyah by the government toward their medical bills, which some say is an inalienable right.
international operation to rescue a group of 12 boys and 1 adult in Tham Luang Nang Non, Thailand in 2018
In Germany, the accused members and supporters of the Neo-Nazi terrorist group National Socialist Underground are found guilty of the murders of nine immigrants and one policewoman, assistance in said murders, bomb attacks, attempted murders, and robbery.
Coordinated suicide bombings and shootings carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in As-Suwayda, Syria, kill 215 people and injure more than 200 others.
city in and county seat of Marion County, Indiana, United States and the Indiana federated state capital city
multinational professional services brand
Three rockets are fired at Israeli communities from Gaza. Two of them are intercepted by the Iron Dome.
Colombian municipality of the department of Norte de Santander
historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county of Scotland
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Quim Torra, meet officially in Moncloa. It is the first time since the beginning of the crisis that a Spanish Prime Minister and a Catalan President meet.
during polling for the Pakistani general election, 2018, a bomb blast outside a polling station in Quetta
celestial body directly orbiting a star or stellar remnant
unicameral national legislature of Israel
Scientists at INAF announce the discovery of a liquid water lake beneath a polar ice cap on Mars.
An explosion in a coal mine in Tkibuli, Georgia, kills four people and injures six others.
escalation on the Israel–Gaza border starting in 2018
One crewman remains missing after the fishing trawler sank off Argentina.
Salafi jihadist militant Sunni Islamist group
Following a campaign led by Georgian politician Zurab Japaridze, the Constitutional Court of Georgia legalizes cannabis for recreational use.
A joint-team of South Korean, British, and Canadian explorers announce the discovery of the wreck of Russian cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi, off the coast of Ulleungdo island. Dmitrii Donskoi was scuttled in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War.
Naval Special Warfare Command (Thailand)
special operations force within the Military of Thailand
political alignment on the extreme end of right-wing politics
The Philippines immigration authority has ordered the deportation and blacklisting of an Australian nun who was investigated, under instruction from President Rodrigo Duterte, for her political activism.
Palestinian teenager Ahed Tamimi is released from an Israeli prison.
ongoing indirect conflict between Iran and Israel
Voters in Mexico elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador as their new President in a landslide victory.
American multinational technology corporation
Two explosions at fireworks workshops in Tultepec, Mexico, kill at least 19 people, including rescue workers, and injure dozens more.
violent standoff and a proxy conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia, as part of the more general violence in the Horn of Africa
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announces plans to open the Technological University Dublin, a new university in Dublin, Ireland, in January 2019. The new university will be an amalgamation of three existing institutes of technology – DIT, ITB, and IT Tallaght.
A former UDAU diver dies from lack of oxygen while delivering supplies to a group of boys and a man trapped in the Tham Luang Nang Non.
largest city in California, United States of America
political and economic union of 27 European states
North Korea returns what it says are the remains of 55 U.S.
Iranian protests against compulsory hijab
transcontinental country straddling Western Asia and Southeastern Europe
Disney announces plans to eliminate all plastic straws and plastic stirrers from their parks by mid-2019.
An ISIL suicide bomber kills 14 people and wounds over 60 others at a police checkpoint near Hamid Karzai International Airport.
Date: 28 March 2015 – 19 July 2018 (3 years, 3 months and 3 weeks)
Catholic sexual abuse cases in Australia
sovereign state situated on an island in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney
2019 business transaction involving Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. and The Walt Disney Company
Incidents involving multiple victims of firearms, not including robbery or familicide
Australia men's national basketball team
men's national basketball team representing Australia
policy intended to deter illegal immigration and to encourage tougher legislation
city in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany
Quarterly measure of the change in the cost of labor
Vermont legalizes recreational marijuana, becoming the ninth U.S. state to do so.
Although the wreck has been located, rescuers lack the equipment to raise it or attempt to retrieve any bodies inside.
summit between Isaias Afewerki and Abiy Ahmed
Office of the United States Trade Representative
sport that is practiced between two teams of eleven players
Croatia defeats England 2–1 after extra time, advancing to their first-ever World Cup final, which will be against France on July 15.
Outside President Hassan Rouhani's office in Tehran, a group of Iranian girls severely burned in a 2012 school fire protest unequal diyah by the government toward their medical bills, which some say is an inalienable right. Their lawyer says Iran's policy of paying half diyah to women is "unfair and discriminatory".
Japan's heavy rain disaster that occurred in July 2018
death by suspension of a person by a noose or ligature around the neck
Far-right terrorism in the United Kingdom
a global trend in which allegations of sexual misconduct by famous or powerful men are disclosed
3rd and current Prime Minister of Singapore
The Haida Nation calls for tighter restrictions around the Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area, a site of an ancient submarine volcano.
strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
land force branch of the Syrian Armed Forces
Catholic Church sexual abuse cases in Australia
Italian jurist and politician (born 1964)
His daughter and political heir, Maryam Nawaz, was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and a 2 million pound fine.
Survivors trapped overnight on a stricken ferry are rescued off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi after the ferry began sinking the day before.
Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign
unsuccessful political campaign for United States presidency
A suicide bomb attack near Mastung, Pakistan, kills 129 people, including political party candidate Siraj Raisani, during a political campaign.
A gunman is arrested for one count of murder after killing a woman then taking dozens of people hostage at a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles, California.
The judge rules PwC negligently caused losses to F.D.I.C.
Malta detains German migrant rescue boat MV Sea Watch 3, which had been docked in Valletta for repairs, as it attempts to head into the Mediterranean Sea to rescue migrants off the Libyan coast.
Heat wave affecting Japan, Korea and China
Tropical Storm Son-Tinh kills 20 people, injures 14 more and leaves at least 16 missing in Vietnam.
Argentina petitions Russia to arrest former Iranian foreign minister and Ali Khamenei's advisor Ali Akbar Velayati, who is currently in Moscow for a meeting with Vladimir Putin, over his alleged role in the 1994 Jewish center bombing.
U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at the White House.
state legislature of Indiana, United States
The main defendant and last surviving member of the terrorist group, Beate Zschäpe, is sentenced to life imprisonment.
Their lawyer says Iran's policy of paying half diyah to women is "unfair and discriminatory".
List of traffic collisions (2000–present)
2016 United States presidential election
58th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections
2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
crisis over the eligibility of members of the Parliament of Australia over citizenship
Facebook stocks drop 20% (US$118 billion), setting a record as the biggest single stock market loss in one day, and marking the first time that a stock lost over $100 billion in one day.
golf tournament held in the United Kingdom
political system of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Cheshire Police in England arrest a female healthcare professional on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder six more at Countess of Chester Hospital.
Vermont legalizes recreational marijuana, becoming the ninth U.S.
re-applies sanctions to the country after the U.S withdrew from the JCPOA deal earlier in the year.
Google announces it will appeal the ruling.
A shooting at a billiard hall in El Tarra, Colombia, kills nine people. Local media blames a feud between two left-wing rebel groups, who both deny responsibility.
A volunteer on Iran's side is also killed.
baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Washington, D.C., United States
Israel Defense Forces extract 98 White Helmets and 324 others from recently recaptured southwestern Syrian territory into Jordan, at the request of Canada and the United States. Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany offer refuge to some of them. Two other groups intended for rescue, comprising about 800 people, do not escape.
The death toll from the worst heat wave in decades in Quebec rises to 34.
Russian political activist, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to act as an unregistered foreign agent
taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, and viruses
Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
island in the Upper New York Bay, United States
List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State
Interior minister Horst Seehofer offers his resignation citing a conflict with Angela Merkel over her refugee policy.
Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers.
someone who explores methods for breaching defenses and exploiting weaknesses in a computer system or network; mainly practiced by younger computer enthusiasts out of personal interest
detecting planets located outside the Solar System
Facebook announces that it has suspended 32 accounts it believes intended to influence the 2018 mid-term elections in the United States.
self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
overview of the time zones used in New Zealand
election held to fill a political office that has become vacant
lower legislative house of the Parliament of Pakistan
East Slavic ethnic group, regardless of country of citizenship
Georgia is the first former Soviet Republic to fully legalize the drug, with it also being decriminalized in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia.
Palestinian Sunni-Islamist organization that governs the Gaza strip, with an associated military wing. The group is recognized as a terrorist organization.
Penalty shoot-out (association football)
method used in association football to decide the winner of a drawn match
Ukrainian artist and activist with FEMEN
the shift of the wavelength of a photon to a longer wavelength when traveling out of a gravitational well
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 49.
armed conflict between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the Israel Defense Forces
city in and county seat of King County, Washington, United States
mass extrajudicial killing of Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar
federal state, capital and largest city of Germany
series of demonstrations in Iran beginning on 28 December 2017
elected tribal government of the Haida people, an indigenous First Nation in British Columbia
Survivors trapped overnight on a stricken ferry are rescued off the Indonesian island of Sulawesi after the ferry began sinking the day before. Out of the 139 passengers aboard, 31 have been confirmed dead, while three remain missing.
open-source operating system for mobile devices created by Google
meeting of the national legislature of the Philippines
earthquake that occurred in July 2018 in Indonesia
top institution of the U.S. Democratic Party
In the Avenfield corruption case, the court announced a 10 year sentence and 8 million pound fine for the former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif.
Smoke from a brush fire reduces visibility and the OPP temporarily closes a 130-kilometre section of Ontario Highway 17 between Mattawa and Petawawa, the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the province.
ongoing multi-sided civil war in Syria since 2011
municipality of the Philippines in the province of Bulacan
List of fireworks accidents and incidents
political party in Germany, mainly from Bavaria
Femen co-founder and activist Oksana Shachko is found dead in her Paris apartment in an apparent suicide.
overview of the economy of the United Kingdom
21st Century Fox share holders approve a $71.3 billion merger with The Walt Disney Company.
A migrant boat capsizes off the northern coast of Cyprus, killing at least 19 people, while 25 are reported missing, and the Turkish coast guard rescues 103.
constituent country of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2019 to 2022
It is the first time since the beginning of the crisis that a Spanish Prime Minister and a Catalan President meet.
Prime Minister of Luxembourg and President of the European Commission (born 1954)
The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing.
45th presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (2017-2021)
systematic or threatened use of violence to create a general climate of fear
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
annexation of Crimea into the Russian Federation in 2014
Shaparak Shajarizadeh, one of the Iranian women in the Girls of Enghelab Street protest against the hijab rule, says that she has left Iran after being sentenced to two years in prison and an 18-year suspended prison term.
region located at the southern end of South America
private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
men's national football team representing Russia
List of Trump administration dismissals and resignations
The discovery was made using MARSIS, a radar instrument on board the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and President of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Quim Torra, meet officially in Moncloa.
Johnson is the second member of May's cabinet to resign in two days.
citizens or residents of the United States of America
nuclear research sites and processing facilities of Iran
Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne resigns due to failing health and is replaced by Jeep CEO Mike Manley.
political aim for the State of California to secede from the U.S.
2010s migrant crisis in the European Union
junior ice hockey team from Humboldt, Canada
ground warfare branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
List of Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel in 2018
American politician and businessman (born 1963)
separates the territories of Iran and Iraq
Northern Irish professional golfer (born 1989)
Ciudad de Victoria, Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines
Economic sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States and other nations
a set of heights, that are having ongoing territorial disputes between Israel and Syria
New Zealander Scott Donaldson becomes the first solo kayaker to successfully cross the Tasman Sea.
ceremonial county of England (use Q21694746 for administrative unitary authority)
intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states
Catalan politician, lawyer and editor, expresident of Catalonia
Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Provincial Assembly of a Province in Pakistan
Israel responds to the incident with strikes on Hamas targets across Gaza.
Nine people are injured, including the birthday girl and five other children; the birthday girl dies the next day.
theme park and travel division of The Walt Disney Company
Israeli air defense system to protect against short-range rockets and artillery shells fired from distances of 4 to 70 km
A joint-team of South Korean, British, and Canadian explorers announce the discovery of the wreck of Russian cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi, off the coast of Ulleungdo island.
tall, conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava
Airbus transport aircraft Airbus Beluga XL makes its maiden flight in France.
The Polish, Spanish, Estonian and Latvian Wikipedias shut down in protest of the European Union's proposed copyright reform, blocking access for all users. This follows identical actions taken by Italian Wikipedia the previous day.
Halili was known for parading people arrested on drug offenses through the city's streets.
The fighting began when BIFF militants attempted to occupy a town center, and lasted for 12 hours until the BIFF militants withdrew to the hills.
sixth director of the FBI; American attorney
2018 US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
city in Shasta County, California, United States
Archeologists in Jordan find baked flatbread dating to 12,500 BC, making it the oldest surviving bread ever discovered, surpassing a Turkish loaf which was estimated to be 9,100 years old. The bread was found in a stone oven which was apparently built during the formative years of the Natufian culture. The bread is also notable for predating the Neolithic Revolution by 4,000 years.
ethnoreligious group and nation from the Levant
four prestigious annual tournaments in professional golf
Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
Germany from 1933 to 1945 while under control of the Nazi Party
island sovereign state in the Caribbean Sea
molten rock expelled by a volcano during an eruption
14th Administrator of the EPA; former Attorney General from Oklahoma
armistice signed July 27, 1953 ending hostilities in Korean War
Israeli–Syrian military incidents during the Syrian Civil War
multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France
terrorism motivated by right-wing and far-right ideologies
political protests against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte
United Kingdom government cabinet minister
Typhoon Jongdari hits central and western Japan, injuring at least 21 people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes. The typhoon is the latest in the series of weather events to affect the country, following devastating floods and a fatal heat wave earlier in the month.
Syrian volunteer civil defense organization
agency overseeing Israeli–Syrian ceasefire
Date: 6 September 2017 – 1 June 2018 (8 months, 3 weeks and 5 days)
espionage against the United States of America Committed by the Russian Federation
kidnapping in Ghazni Province of Afghanistan
Date: 7 October 2001 – 30 August 2021 (19 years, 10 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
head of state and head of government of the Philippines
Six people are hurt by a knife, one is punched and two fall down; three are critically wounded.
About 50 students are poisoned by inhaling a toxic gas, due to an explosion near their school of the locality of Chosica, in Lima, Peru.
Santa Maria and Bocaue, Bulacan, Philippines
trade of humans for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
Chinese literary critic, writer, professor, and human rights activist
In southern Kandahar province, the Taliban attacked a police checkpoint in Arghistan district late on Monday night, killing nine policemen and wounding seven.
city of the Philippines and capital of the province of Basilan
telescope facility in the Atacama Desert, Chile
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is sentenced to an additional eight years for abusing state funds and violating election laws.
He is charged with operating his ship illegally.
use of violence as a form of political, economic and religious coercion
At least six people are arrested for hanging a sign that read "Abolish ICE" from the base below the Statue of Liberty, where no banners are permitted hung under federal law.
Date: 30 March 2018 – 27 December 2019 (1 year, 8 months, 3 weeks and 6 days)
Gunmen attack a convoy carrying election materials in the Ségou Region.
A mass shooting in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, occurs, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured.
subdistrict municipality in Chiang Rai province, Thailand
The bread is also notable for predating the Neolithic Revolution by 4,000 years.
The Spanish Civil Guard reports that 602 people succeeded in reaching Ceuta, of whom 586 were taken to a temporary reception centre, while 16 others are being treated in a hospital.
2017 proposal to split California into 3 states
Heavy rain in Japan prompts the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
information office documenting human rights abuses in the Syrian Civil War
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
radar sounder on the Mars Express orbiter mission
the highest court of the U.S. state of California
Colonial, one the nation's 25 largest banks, and Taylor, Bean & Whitaker, the 12th-largest mortgage broker in the US, both collapsed in August 2009 as a result of fraud between the two.
The U.S. Treasury Department announces sanctions for a Malaysia-based sales agent for Mahan Air in connection with Iran's alleged support for international terrorism.
city to ban plastic straws and utensils in all bars and restaurants.
The captain of MV Lifeline, a German migrant rescue ship that docked in Malta last week with 130 rescued migrants after Italy refused access, makes an initial court appearance in Valletta.
location used to launch and receive spacecraft
Former Pakistani three time Prime Minister, businessman, corruption master and politician
ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday
city and county seat of Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
A man attacks people on a bus in Lübeck, Germany, prompting an evacuation of the vehicle.
The Greek government requests help from European Union countries.
Philippine soldiers clash with militants from the ISIL-affiliated Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), in the southern province of Maguindanao.
tariffs imposed during the presidency of Donald Trump
American and Canadian football player, defensive back, cornerback
city of the Philippines in the province of Batangas
men's national football team representing Colombia
commercial fishing vessel designed to operate fishing trawls
head of state and head of government of the United States of America
President of the Generalitat of Catalonia
border barrier between the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel
An ISIL suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, including a Taliban commander. In southern Kandahar province, the Taliban attacked a police checkpoint in Arghistan district late on Monday night, killing nine policemen and wounding seven. 25 Taliban fighters were killed and 15 were wounded in the ensuing battle.
The Supreme Court of Spain suspends from public office the deputies to the Parliament of Catalonia prosecuted for rebellion (Romeva, Turull, Rull, Sànchez, Junqueras, Puigdemont).
Boris Johnson resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs amid disagreements with Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit negotiations.
A team of Russian scientists in collaboration with Princeton University announce in a new report that they have brought two female nematodes frozen in permafrost from around 42,000 years ago back to life.
legality, use, culture, market and production of cannabis in the United States of America
bus crash in Saskatchewan, Canada, on April 6, 2018
Arab-Israeli sports journalist and politician of Palestinian descent
Police find a smoldering non-explosive backpack at the scene.
public research university located in London, United Kingdom
A pedestrian bridge collapses onto railway lines in Mumbai, injuring five.
intergovernmental organization and observatory in Chile
Three heavily armed gunmen who hijacked a helicopter help Rédoine Faïd, one of France's most notorious gangsters, escape from a prison in Réau, Île-de-France. Police later discovered the abandoned helicopter in Gonesse. Faïd previously escaped prison in 2013 and was briefly France's most wanted criminal.
men's national association football team representing Germany
Irish politician, 14th Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020
Church Road SW19, Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
star orbiting close to the supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way
Formula 2 driver Santino Ferrucci is sacked by Trident Racing for deliberately crashing into Arjun Maini at a race in Silverstone earlier this month and for his sponsor's non-payment.
The typhoon is the latest in the series of weather events to affect the country, following devastating floods and a fatal heat wave earlier in the month.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara and they pledge to restore diplomatic relations.
human settlement in Puna, Hawaii, United States of America
series of nerve agents developed by the Soviet Union and Russia
Grand Slam tennis tournament in London, July 2018
traditional Jewish name for an area in the Southern Levant
upcoming superhero film produced by Marvel Studios
North Korea's military development for weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological
men's national association football team representing Belgium
UNESCO World Heritage site in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada
intermediary who brokers mortgage loans on behalf of individuals or businesses
At least 33 are dead and 23 missing after two passenger boats capsize off Phuket, Thailand.
Ten new moons are discovered around Jupiter, raising the count to 79 confirmed moons.
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits Lombok, Indonesia, destroying several houses.
16th presidential administration and cabinet of the Philippines (2016-2022)
Eleven people are shot dead and four others are critically injured.
2018 killing in Deerfield Beach, Florida, US
national transport safety investigator in Australia
King Khoebaha Calvin Cornelius III declares independence from South Africa to form the "Sovereign State of Good Hope", encompassing the states of Northern Cape, Western Cape, and the western parts of Eastern Cape.
city of the Philippines in the province of Cavite
Ferry MV KM Lestari Maju sinks while en route to Pamatata in Selayar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, with 48 vehicles and 139 passengers on board.
New Zealand women's national rugby sevens team
He is the most senior Roman Catholic official convicted to date.
1950–1953 war between North and South Korea
Additionally, 128 senators and 500 deputies were also chosen.
The Employment Cost Index, which tracks worker compensation, has been steadily increasing since just prior to Donald Trump taking office.
2018 attempted murder in Salisbury, England, United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019
result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves
A 21 year old male suspect has been arrested.
List of people who disappeared mysteriously
The XIX Congress of the People's Party begins, which will elect the new party leader and successor of former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Salafi jihadist organization founded in 1988
The new university will be an amalgamation of three existing institutes of technology – DIT, ITB, and IT Tallaght.
racket sport played on a court bisected by a net
Russian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch
Police later discovered the abandoned helicopter in Gonesse.
major problem limiting international investment
explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions
motor racing circuit on the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire border, UK
Four militants were killed, while two militants, a Philippine soldier and a local militiaman were wounded.
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, is sentenced to 12 months in detention for covering up child sexual abuse in the 1970s.
capital of Balochistan Province, Pakistan
Technological university in Dublin, Ireland
1995 terrorist attack by Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo
general purpose arena in the Philippines
Tham Luang Nang Non cave, Mae Sai, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand
attack in which the attacker knows they will die
1824–1948 British colonial rule on Burma
international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams
cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
bishop of higher rank in many Christian denominations
2008 Armenian presidential election protests
United States civil space and aeronautics agency
transition from hunter gatherer to settled peoples
The bread was found in a stone oven which was apparently built during the formative years of the Natufian culture.
by failing to uncover fraud during audits of Colonial BancGroup.
Administrative division used in the Catholic Church
People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
Date: 19 April 2016 - present (6 years, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
Date: December 28, 2017 – January 7, 2018 (clashes also occurred later in 2018)
President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022
sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia
knockout stage of the 21st FIFA World Cup
bilateral relations between Russia and Tajikistan
national association football team representing France
ongoing political conflict over Catalan independence
servicemen killed during the Korean War on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
head of government or prime minister of Ireland
psychoactive herb from the Cannabis plant used for medical or recreational purposes
establishment where cue games are played
Faïd previously escaped prison in 2013 and was briefly France's most wanted criminal.
The Mikhail Khodorkovsky-financed Investigations Management Center says that they were Russian journalists who worked with them on a documentary about Wagner Group mercenaries and Russian mining interests in the country.
MV Shunqiang 2 collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink.
international airport serving Kabul, Afghanistan
head of state of the RSFSR (office established in 1991) and Russia
Date: 16 September 2014 – present (8 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
2018 edition of a multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France
island in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia
head of state and of government of the U.S. commonwealth of Kentucky