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*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami|An earthquake and tsunami]] in [[Sulawesi]] kills 4,340;
*The [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] was held in [[Russia]] and was won by [[France national football team|France]];
*[[Operation Olive Branch]] was a Turkish military incursion into the Afrin region of [[Syria]];
*The [[Tham Luang cave rescue]] was a rescue of an association football team who got stuck in the cave situated in [[Thailand]]; 2 of the 12 team members died as a result of flooding there;
*Protests occur following the [[assassination of Jamal Khashoggi]];
*The [[US-China trade war]] is an ongoing period of economic conflict initiated by the [[United States]], primarily through the imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods;
*[[Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster|Elon Musk launched his personal Tesla Roadster into space]] as a dummy payload for the Falcon Heavy test flight.
*[[Yellow vests protests]] occur in [[France]] due to the increasing price of crude oil; 
*The [[2018 Winter Olympics]] were held in [[Pyeongchang]], [[South Korea]].
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== Events ==
=== January === 
* [[January 1]] – [[Bulgaria]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2017 Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Estonian presidency]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-01-08 |title=Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU - Ecommerce Europe |url=https://ecommerce-europe.eu/news-item/bulgaria-takes-presidency-council-eu/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[January 4]] – [[SPLM-IO]] rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start [[2018 Juba raid|a raid against]] [[Juba]], capital of [[South Sudan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=64434 |title=South Sudan rebels disown Juba attack after claiming responsibility |work=Sudan Tribune |date=7 January 2018 |access-date=2 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111110527/https://sudantribune.com/spip.php?iframe&page=imprimable&id_article=64434 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 12]]–[[January 13|13]] – The first round of voting in the [[2018 Czech presidential election]] is held.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Doubek |first=James |date=2018-01-14 |title=Pro-Russian Incumbent Wins First Round In Czech Presidential Election |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/14/577967002/pro-russian-incumbent-wins-first-round-in-czech-presidential-election |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311203140/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/14/577967002/pro-russian-incumbent-wins-first-round-in-czech-presidential-election |url-status=live }}</ref>
* January 13 — At 8:08 AM [[Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone|HST]], an [[2018 Hawaii false missile alert|inbound missile alert]] was accidentally issued via the [[Emergency Alert System]] and [[Wireless Emergency Alerts|Wireless Emergency Alert System]] over television, radio, and cellular networks in the U.S. state of [[Hawaii]]. 38 minutes later, the alert was confirmed as false by state officials, and blamed a miscommunicated drill at the [[Hawaii Emergency Management Agency|HI-EMA]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news |last1=Ortiz |first1=Erik |last2=McCausland |first2=Phil |last3=Bailey |first3=Chelsea |date=13 January 2018 |title=Hawaii 'ballistic missile threat' alert to phones was false alarm, officials say |language=en |work=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hawaii-ballistic-missile-threat-alert-phones-was-false-alarm-officials-n837511 |access-date=25 January 2026}}</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Turkey]], led by President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]], announces the beginning of a [[Turkish military intervention in Afrin|military offensive]] to capture a portion of [[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|northern Syria]] from [[People's Protection Units|Kurdish forces]], amidst the ongoing [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey/turkey-shells-syrias-afrin-region-minister-says-operation-has-begun-idUSKBN1F80XX|title=Turkey shells Syria's Afrin region, minister says operation has begun|website=Reuters|last=Ozkan|first=Mert|date=January 19, 2018|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-date=July 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724183643/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey/turkey-shells-syrias-afrin-region-minister-says-operation-has-begun-idUSKBN1F80XX|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkish-afrin-operation-erdogan-vows-push-ypg-180127092429280.html|title=Turkish Afrin operation: Erdogan vows to push out YPG|publisher=Al Jazeera|last=Dekker|first=Stephanie|date=January 27, 2018|access-date=2018-01-28|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128093721/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/turkish-afrin-operation-erdogan-vows-push-ypg-180127092429280.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[January 20]]–[[January 22|22]] – The [[Federal government of the United States|US government]] enters a [[United States federal government shutdown of January 2018|federal government shutdown]] as a result of a dispute over [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Government shuts down on one-year anniversary of Trump presidency|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-01-20-senate-vote-deal-latest-news-live-updates/|access-date=January 20, 2018|work=CBS News|date=January 20, 2018|archive-date=January 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120161558/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/government-shutdown-2018-01-20-senate-vote-deal-latest-news-live-updates/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – [[Science in China|Scientists in China]] report in the journal ''[[Cell (journal)|Cell]]'' the creation of the first [[monkey]] [[Clone (cell biology)|clones]] using [[somatic cell nuclear transfer]], named [[Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua]].<ref name="CELL-20180124">{{cite journal |author=Liu, Zhen |display-authors=et al |title=Cloning of Macaque Monkeys by Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer |date=January 24, 2018 |journal=[[Cell (journal)|Cell]] |volume=172 |issue=4 |pages=881–887.e7 |doi=10.1016/j.cell.2018.01.020 |pmid=29395327 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="SCI-20180124">{{cite journal |last=Normile |first=Dennis |title=These monkey twins are the first primate clones made by the method that developed Dolly |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/these-monkey-twins-are-first-primate-clones-made-method-developed-dolly |date=January 24, 2018 |journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]] |doi=10.1126/science.aat1066 |access-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=January 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202402/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/these-monkey-twins-are-first-primate-clones-made-method-developed-dolly |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="BBC-2018124">{{cite news |last=Briggs |first=Helen |title=First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445 |date=January 24, 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124203208/http://www.bbc.com/news/health-42809445 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20180124">{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Scientists Successfully Clone Monkeys; Are Humans Up Next? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/24/science/ap-us-sci-cloned-monkeys.html |date=January 24, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 24, 2018 |archive-date=January 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180125134442/https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/01/24/science/ap-us-sci-cloned-monkeys.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 26]]–[[January 27|27]] – The second round of voting of the [[2018 Czech presidential election]] is held and [[incumbent]] [[President of the Czech Republic|president]] [[Miloš Zeman]] is reelected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-27 |title=Czech election: Zeman beats Drahos to win second term |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42832720 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311203755/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42832720 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 28]] 
** [[2018 Finnish presidential election]]: [[Incumbent]] [[President of Finland|president]] [[Sauli Niinistö]] is reelected on the first round of voting.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whole country, votes cast for candidates |url=https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/en/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |access-date=2022-03-11 |website=tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi |archive-date=December 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223154817/https://tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi/TPV-2018_1/en/ehdtulos_kokomaa.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-29 |title=Finland's President Sauli Niinisto comfortably re-elected |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42854542 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311205933/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42854542 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-28 |title=Rival concedes to incumbent Niinisto in Finnish presidential race |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-elections-president-rival-idUSKBN1FH0VC |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311205933/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-elections-president-rival-idUSKBN1FH0VC |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The first round of voting of the [[2018 Cypriot presidential election]] is held.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election result: Cyprus Presidency 2018, first round – European Polling Report |date=January 28, 2018 |url=https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-first-round |access-date=2022-03-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327014409/https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-first-round |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-01-27 |title=Cyprus presidential poll heads for runoff, frontrunners to seek allies |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-idUSKBN1FG0XH |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225655/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-idUSKBN1FG0XH |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[January 31]] – A [[January 2018 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] takes place, the 49th eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 124]]. This was referred to by the media as a 'super [[Blue moon|blue blood moon]]' as it was close to a [[supermoon]], with perigee being on January 30, and a [[blue moon]] eclipse, the first since [[December 1982 lunar eclipse|1982]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=EclipseWise - Eclipses During 2018 |url=https://www.eclipsewise.com/oh/ec2018.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.eclipsewise.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=roshanp |date=2018-01-26 |title=Super blue blood moon and lunar eclipse a rare sighting |url=https://www.yorku.ca/news/2018/01/26/super-blue-blood-moon-lunar-eclipse-rare-sighting/ |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=News@York |language=en-CA}}</ref>

=== February ===
* [[February 4]] 
** The second round of voting of the [[2018 Cypriot presidential election]] is held and [[incumbent]] [[President of Cyprus|president]] [[Nicos Anastasiades]] is reelected.<ref>{{cite web |title=Election result: Cyprus Presidency 2018, second round – European Polling Report |date=February 4, 2018 |url=https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-second-round |access-date=2022-03-11 |language=en-GB |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225656/https://europeanpolling.com/election-result-cyprus-presidency-2018-second-round |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Anastasiades wins Cyprus presidency |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-21572850 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225655/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-21572850 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-02-04 |title=Cyprus president Anastasiades wins run-off to land second term |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-copy-idUSKBN1FO0QB |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225656/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cyprus-election-copy-idUSKBN1FO0QB |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Emily |date=2018-02-04 |title=Cyprus President Anastasiades Beats Leftist Challenger, Wins Another 5-Year Term |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583134836/cyprus-president-anastasiades-beats-leftist-challenger-wins-another-5-year-term |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311225655/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/04/583134836/cyprus-president-anastasiades-beats-leftist-challenger-wins-another-5-year-term |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2018 Costa Rican general election]]: The first round of voting of the presidential election and legislative election are held.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-02-05 |title=Costa Rica poll goes into runoff as evangelical leads |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42938510 |access-date=2022-03-11 |archive-date=January 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107214622/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42938510 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[February 6]] – [[SpaceX]] successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the [[Falcon Heavy]], from [[Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39|LC39A]] at [[John F. Kennedy Space Center]] in [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42969020|title=Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launches successfully|work=BBC News|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=February 6, 2018|archive-date=February 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206210153/http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42969020|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 9]]–[[February 25|25]] – The [[2018 Winter Olympics]] are held in [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], South Korea.<ref name="olympic1">{{cite web|title=Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics - Next Winter Olympic Games in Korea|url=http://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics|publisher=Olympic.org|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=March 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150305025326/http://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018-winter-olympics|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 10]] – [[Kay Goldsworthy]] becomes the first female [[archbishop]] in the [[Anglican Communion]] on her installation in the [[Anglican Diocese of Perth]], Western Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/08/first-female-archbishop-elected-in-australia.aspx|title=First female Archbishop elected in Australia|website=Anglicannews.org|date=2017-08-30|access-date=2017-09-05|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411161438/http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2017/08/first-female-archbishop-elected-in-australia.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 11]] – [[2018 Monegasque general election]]: The [[Priorité Monaco]] party, led by [[Stéphane Valeri]], won 21 out of the 24 seats in the [[National Council (Monaco)|National Council]].<ref>{{cite web |author=La Mairie de Monaco |url=https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/le-scrutin-en-chiffres |title=Le scrutin en chiffres - Elections Nationales 2018 - Les résultats - Annonces - Site officiel de la Mairie de Monaco |at=43.74;7.43 |publisher=Mairie.mc |access-date=2022-03-15 |archive-date=October 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020034506/https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/le-scrutin-en-chiffres |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=La Mairie de Monaco |url=https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/les-resultats-par-liste |title=Les résultats par liste - Elections Nationales 2018 - Les résultats - Annonces - Site officiel de la Mairie de Monaco |at=43.74;7.43 |publisher=Mairie.mc |access-date=2022-03-15 |archive-date=September 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911043625/https://www.mairie.mc/annonces/elections-nationales-2018-les-resultats/les-resultats-par-liste |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[February 14]]
** [[Jacob Zuma]] resigns as [[President of South Africa]] after nine years in power.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zuma bows to party pressure and quits |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443 |website=BBC News |access-date=July 13, 2018 |date=February 15, 2018 |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116030647/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43066443 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting|A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School]] in [[Parkland, Florida]] is one of the [[List of school massacres by death toll|deadliest school massacres]] with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wptv.com/news/state/shooting-investigated-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-broward-county|title=Sheriff: Broward Co. school shooter in custody, 14 victims|date=February 14, 2018|access-date=February 14, 2018|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128004427/https://www.wptv.com/news/state/shooting-investigated-at-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-in-broward-county|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] – [[Kizlyar church shooting]]: a man carrying a knife and a [[double-barreled shotgun]] opens fire on a crowd at an Orthodox church in [[Kizlyar]], [[Dagestan]], killing five women and injuring several other people; the perpetrator is shot and killed by police.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew E.|last2=Callimachi|first2=Rukmini|date=18 February 2018|title=ISIS Claims Deadly Attack on Church in Russian Region of Dagestan|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-attack.html |access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=April 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423123421/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/world/europe/russia-dagestan-attack.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== March ===
* [[March 4]] 
** Former Russian double agent [[Sergei Skripal]] and his daughter, Yulia, are [[Poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal|poisoned]] by the [[Novichok agent|Novichok]] [[nerve agent]] in [[Salisbury]], England.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43323847|title=Russian spy 'attacked with nerve agent'|date=2018-03-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-08|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718010802/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43323847|url-status=live}}</ref> UK [[counter-terrorism]] police investigate amid speculation the [[Kremlin]] was behind the incident.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43297638|title=Ex-Russian spy collapsed with daughter|date=2018-03-06|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-07|language=en-GB|archive-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308003459/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43297638|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 Salvadoran legislative election]] is held to elect all 84 members of the [[Legislative Assembly of El Salvador]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Resultados de Asamblea Legislativa - TSE |url=https://www.tse.gob.sv/2018/escrutinio-final/asamblea/index.html |access-date=2022-03-12 |website=www.tse.gob.sv |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323153120/https://www.tse.gob.sv/2018/escrutinio-final/asamblea/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** The [[2018 Italian general election]] is held to elect all 315 members of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]] and all 630 members of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|Chamber of Deputies]].<ref name="interno1">{{cite web |title=Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT |url=https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/ |access-date=2022-03-13 |website=Eligendo |language=it |archive-date=June 11, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611003624/http://elezioni.interno.it/europee/euro090607/prefEI5000000000.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-05 |title=Italy election: What does the result mean? |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43291390 |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313085412/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43291390 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 6]] – [[2018 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crash]]: An [[Antonov An-26]] transport aircraft operated by the [[Russian Air Force]] crashes on approach to [[Khmeimim (air base)|Khmeimim air base]] in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the [[Russian Armed Forces]], including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Latest: Russian general among dead in Syria plane crash |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3378932 |access-date=June 9, 2019 |agency=Associated Press |date=March 7, 2018 |archive-date=July 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724172726/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3378932 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 9]]–[[March 18|18]] – The [[2018 Winter Paralympics]] are held in [[Pyeongchang County|Pyeongchang]], South Korea.
* [[March 9]] 
**[[President of the United States]] [[Donald Trump]] accepts an invitation from [[Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea|North Korean leader]] [[Kim Jong Un]] for [[2018 North Korea–United States summit|a meeting]] in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43339901|title=Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong-un to hold 'milestone' meeting|work=BBC News|date=March 9, 2018|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625012206/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43339901|url-status=live}}</ref> 
** Princess Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, a UAE princess, escaped Dubai with a group of other people. She was arrested by Indian and UAE authorities, a few kilometers off the coast of India. She was then taken back to the UAE.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56075528|title=Princess Latifa: 'Hostage' ordeal of Dubai ruler's daughter revealed|work=BBC News|date=February 16, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2023|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219070844/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56075528|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] 
** China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting [[Xi Jinping]] the status of "[[President for Life]]". Xi is also the [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]] ([[paramount leader]]).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43361276|title=China's Xi allowed to remain 'president for life' as term limits removed |work=BBC News|date=March 11, 2018|access-date=July 21, 2018|archive-date=March 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311051405/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-43361276|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 Colombian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 102 members of the [[Senate of Colombia]] and all 165 members of the [[House of Representatives (Colombia)|House of Representatives of Colombia]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-03-12 |title=Colombia election: Farc fails to win support in first national vote |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43367222 |access-date=2022-03-24 |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184657/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43367222 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-12 |title=Peace deal backers suffer in Colombia congress elections |url=https://apnews.com/article/031774bc8e3e467e93e7ff631b82ece0 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=March 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220324184657/https://apnews.com/article/031774bc8e3e467e93e7ff631b82ece0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 12]] – [[US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211|Flight BS211]] crashes and bursts into flames at [[Tribhuvan International Airport]], Nepal, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard. The 20 surviving passengers were seriously injured from the impact and the fire.<ref>{{cite web |title=At least 50 killed after passenger plane crashes, bursts into flames in Nepal |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/passenger-plane-crashes-kathmandu-airport-least-50-killed-n855686 |website=NBC News |date=March 12, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180722215435/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/passenger-plane-crashes-kathmandu-airport-least-50-killed-n855686 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – The [[2018 Grenadian general election]] is held to elect all 15 members of the [[House of representatives of grenada|House of Representatives of Grenada]], the lower chamber of the [[Parliament of Grenada]] and the [[New National Party (Grenada)|New National Party]] won all 15 seats for the second consecutive time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grenada General Election Results 2018 |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/gd/elections/gd_results_2018.asp |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.caribbeanelections.com |archive-date=November 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221120030432/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/gd/elections/gd_results_2018.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[March 14]] – In response to gun violence in the United States, and particularly triggered by the [[Stoneman Douglas High School shooting]] in Parkland, Florida, thousands of high school students across the country participate in an organized protest they called the [[The National School Walkout|National School Walkout]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html|title=National School Walkout: Thousands Protest Against Gun Violence Across the U.S|access-date=July 3, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2018-03-14 |last1=Yee |first1=Vivian |last2=Blinder |first2=Alan |archive-date=July 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180701230906/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/14/us/school-walkout.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – In the [[2018 Russian presidential election|Russian presidential election]], [[Vladimir Putin]] is elected for a fourth term.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43452449|title=Russia election: Vladimir Putin wins by big margin|work=BBC News|date=March 18, 2018|access-date=March 18, 2018|archive-date=March 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318181549/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43452449|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – The world's last male [[northern white rhinoceros]] dies in Kenya, making the subspecies [[Functional extinction|functionally extinct]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43468066|title=Rhino dies: Sudan was the last male northern white|work=BBC News|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=March 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320065417/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-43468066|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/20/africa/last-male-white-rhino-dies-intl/index.html|title=World's last male northern white rhino dies|publisher=CNN|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 20, 2018|archive-date=July 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726071524/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/20/africa/last-male-white-rhino-dies-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – The [[2018 Antiguan general election]] is held to elect all 17 members of the [[House of Representatives (Antigua and Barbuda)|House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda]], the [[Lower house|lower chamber]] of the [[Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda]] and the governing [[Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party]] win 15 out of 17 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.abec.gov.ag/elections_2018/votesbyconstituency.php |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.abec.gov.ag |title=General Elections 2018: Votes by Constituency |archive-date=April 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415075820/http://www.abec.gov.ag/elections_2018/votesbyconstituency.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Antigua and Barbuda General Election Results 2018 |url=http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ag/elections/ag_results_2018.asp |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=www.caribbeanelections.com |archive-date=April 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402024408/http://www.caribbeanelections.com/ag/elections/ag_results_2018.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[March 23]] – [[Carcassonne and Trèbes attack|An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes]], [[France]], kills five people, including the perpetrator.<ref name=Parisien1>{{cite news|title=Attaques terroristes dans l'Aude : au moins trois morts|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/direct-coups-de-feu-sur-un-crs-et-prise-d-otages-dans-un-super-u-de-l-aude-23-03-2018-7624818.php|access-date=March 23, 2018|work=[[Le Parisien]]|date=March 23, 2018|language=fr|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018145327/https://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/direct-coups-de-feu-sur-un-crs-et-prise-d-otages-dans-un-super-u-de-l-aude-23-03-2018-7624818.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in [[Demonstration (protest)|demonstrations]] against [[gun violence]] and [[mass shooting]]s, calling for stronger gun control in the "[[March for Our Lives]]".
* [[March 25]]
** [[Qantas]] launches direct non-stop [[Boeing 787 Dreamliner]] flights between [[Perth|Perth Airport]] and [[London|Heathrow Airport]], making it the first commercially non-stop service between [[Australia]] and the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/world/europe/uk-qantas-australia-britain.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=March 26, 2018| date=March 25, 2018| title=A First in Flight: Australia to the U.K., in 17 Hours| first=Yonette| last=Joseph| archive-date=November 9, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109042659/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/25/world/europe/uk-qantas-australia-britain.html| url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2018 Kemerovo fire]]: At least 60 people are killed and 79 others injured in a fire at the Winter Cherry shopping mall and entertainment complex in [[Kemerovo]], Russia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43531684|title=Russia fire: Children killed in Kemerovo shopping centre blaze|work=BBC News|date=March 26, 2018|access-date=March 26, 2018|archive-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325235757/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43531684|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[March 26]] – More than 100 Russian diplomats are expelled by more than 20 countries in the wake of the [[poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43545565 | title = Spy poisoning: Russian diplomats expelled across US and Europe | work = BBC News | access-date = March 26, 2018 | date = March 26, 2018 | archive-date = March 26, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180326130555/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43545565 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[March 28]]
** North Korean supreme leader [[Kim Jong Un]] [[Kim–Xi meetings|meets]] Chinese paramount leader [[Xi Jinping]], leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-visited-china-state-media-n860596|title=North Korea's Kim Jong Un visited China's Xi, state media says|work=NBC News|date=March 28, 2018|access-date=March 28, 2018|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130125046/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/north-korea-s-kim-jong-un-visited-china-state-media-n860596|url-status=live}}</ref>
** At least [[2018 Valencia, Venezuela fire|78 people die in a fire]] in the police headquarters of [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia, Venezuela]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/five-inmates-die-in-venezuela-prison-riot/news-story/556f2dc0e7a37793910b2557dfc3b2fc|title= At least 78 dead in Venezuela jail fire|last= Herenandez|first= Juan|date= March 29, 2018|website= CNET|access-date= March 29, 2018|archive-date= April 2, 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180402185135/http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/five-inmates-die-in-venezuela-prison-riot/news-story/556f2dc0e7a37793910b2557dfc3b2fc|url-status= dead}}</ref>

=== April ===
* [[April 1]] – [[2018 Costa Rican general election]]: The second round of voting for the presidential election is held and [[Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica)|Citizens' Action Party]] candidate [[Carlos Alvarado Quesada]] is elected [[President of Costa Rica|president]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43614744 |title=Costa Rica election: Carlos Alvarado set to be president |work=[[BBC News]] |date=April 2, 2018 |access-date=2022-03-15 |archive-date=March 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311230042/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43614744 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 4]]–[[April 15|15]] – The [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] are held in [[Gold Coast, Queensland]], Australia.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gc2018.com/games | title=THE GAMES &#124; Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games | access-date=March 31, 2023 | archive-date=March 31, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331032527/https://gc2018.com/games | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[April 5]] – Agents with the [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] raid [[2018 Southeastern Provisions raid|a slaughterhouse in Tennessee]], detaining nearly 100 undocumented Hispanic workers in one of the largest immigration raids in the history of the U.S., prompting protests and federal lawsuits.<ref name="ICEtown">{{cite magazine |last1=Carpenter |first1=Zoe |title=When ICE Comes to Town |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-raid-tennessee-769293/ |access-date=July 9, 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=December 17, 2018 |archive-date=July 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720220053/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/ice-raid-tennessee-769293/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 6]] – [[Humboldt Broncos bus crash|A semi-truck collides with a bus]] carrying the [[Humboldt Broncos]] [[ice hockey]] junior team in [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, killing 16 and injuring 13 people.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/year-in-review-2018-april-6-the-day-of-the-humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-brought-unprecedented-loss/wcm/bfa9ac2a-ad7b-40c2-85bd-38907c04bbaa/ | title=Year in Review 2018: April 6, the day of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, brought unprecedented loss | work=Regina Leader-Post | date=December 28, 2018 | access-date=March 31, 2023 | archive-date=December 29, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229042633/https://leaderpost.com/news/local-news/year-in-review-2018-april-6-the-day-of-the-humboldt-broncos-bus-crash-brought-unprecedented-loss/wcm/bfa9ac2a-ad7b-40c2-85bd-38907c04bbaa | url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 7]] – [[2018 Münster attack]]: In a suicide attack, a man drives a van into people seated outside restaurants in a [[Pedestrian zone|pedestrianised]] square in the [[Old town|old part]] of the German city of [[Münster]], resulting in 5 other deaths.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-07 |title=Two killed in Germany as van ploughs into crowd in Muenster |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43683687 |access-date=2022-03-01 |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301154334/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43683687 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Chelsom-Pill |first=Charlotte |title=German city of Münster searches for answers, days after deadly van attack |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/10/german-city-munster-searches-answers-days-after-deadly-van-attack/501985002/ |access-date=2022-03-01 |website=USA Today |language=en-US |archive-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301151819/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/10/german-city-munster-searches-answers-days-after-deadly-van-attack/501985002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 8]] 
**[[Syrian Civil War]]: At least 70 people are reported to have died and hundreds suffering injuries after a [[Douma chemical attack|chlorine chemical attack]] in [[Douma, Syria|Douma]], the last rebel-held town in Syria's [[Siege of Eastern Ghouta|Eastern Ghouta]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43686157|title=Syria war: At least 100 killed in suspected chemical attack in Douma |date=April 8, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=April 8, 2018|archive-date=June 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625214039/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-43686157|url-status=live}}</ref>
**The [[2018 Hungarian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 199 members of the [[National Assembly (Hungary)|National Assembly of Hungary]] and the [[Fidesz–KDNP|Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance]] won 133 out of 199 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://static.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv18/szavossz/hu/l22.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131220643/https://static.valasztas.hu/dyn/pv18/szavossz/hu/l22.html | archive-date=January 31, 2022 | title=L22 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-08 |title=Hungary PM Orban re-elected with strong mandate: preliminary data |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-election-result-idUSKBN1HF0Y6 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325141751/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hungary-election-result-idUSKBN1HF0Y6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-08 |title=Orbán wins landslide to secure third straight term |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-2018-viktor-orban-fidesz-jobbik/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Politico |language=en-US |archive-date=October 2, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002165442/https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-election-2018-viktor-orban-fidesz-jobbik/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rankin |first=Jennifer |date=2018-04-08 |title=Hungary election: Viktor Orbán declares victory - as it happened |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/apr/08/hungary-election-victor-orban-expected-to-win-third-term-live-updates |access-date=2022-03-25 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325141751/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2018/apr/08/hungary-election-victor-orban-expected-to-win-third-term-live-updates |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 11]] – 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force [[2018 Algerian Air Force Il-76 crash|crashes near Algiers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/world/middleeast/algeria-military-plane-crash.html|title=Military Plane Crashes in Algeria, Killing at Least 257|date=April 11, 2018|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=April 11, 2018|last1=Walsh|first1=Declan|archive-date=April 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410204810/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/world/middleeast/algeria-military-plane-crash.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 14]] – Syrian Civil War: The [[United States]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] order [[2018 missile strikes against Syria|the bombing]] of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the [[Bashar al-Assad]] regime on civilians in [[Ghouta]].<ref>{{cite web |title=As it happened: US, UK and France strike Syria |url=https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-trump-syria |website=CNN |access-date=July 13, 2018 |language=en |date=April 14, 2018 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211022653/https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/us-trump-syria |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 15]] – The [[2018 Montenegrin presidential election]] is held and the [[Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro]] candidate, former [[Prime Minister of Montenegro|prime minister]] and former [[President of Montenegro|president]] [[Milo Đukanović]] is elected on the first round of voting.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dik.co.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/konacni-za-objavu.pdf |title=Konačne Rezultate: Izbora za Predsjednika Crne Gore |trans-title=Final Results: Election for the President of Montenegro |place=Montenegro |publisher=State Election Commission  |date=April 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119142744/https://dik.co.me/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/konacni-za-objavu.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |language=bs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-16 |title=Veteran Djukanovic wins Montenegro presidential election |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-montenegro-election-idUKKBN1HN1KN |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325143600/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-montenegro-election-idUKKBN1HN1KN |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-15 |title=The Latest: Djukanovic says election win 'important victory' |url=https://apnews.com/article/74f486d801954a40b1d8ca467496b455 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325143600/https://apnews.com/article/74f486d801954a40b1d8ca467496b455 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[April 18]]
** In [[Nicaragua]], [[2018–2020 Nicaraguan protests|protests]] begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/20180425-nicaragua-protest-death-toll-jumps-more-30|website=France 24|title=Nicaragua protest death toll jumps to more than 30|date=April 25, 2018|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-date=May 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501001708/http://www.france24.com/en/20180425-nicaragua-protest-death-toll-jumps-more-30|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Cinemas open in [[Saudi Arabia]] for the first time since 1983 with the American film ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' chosen as the first to be screened.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Petroff |first1=Alanna |title='Black Panther' comes to Saudi Arabia as movie theater ban ends |url=https://money.cnn.com/2018/04/18/media/saudi-arabia-movies-black-panther-amc/index.html |website=CNNMoney |access-date=July 13, 2018 |date=2018-04-18 |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418202432/http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/18/media/saudi-arabia-movies-black-panther-amc/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
** NASA's [[Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite]] (TESS) is launched.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43790557|title=Planet-hunter launches from Florida |date=April 19, 2018|access-date=April 19, 2018|work=BBC News |last1=Amos|first1=Jonathan |archive-date=April 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418234204/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43790557|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-planet-hunter-on-its-way-to-orbit |title=NASA Planet Hunter on Its Way to Orbit|date=April 19, 2018|website=NASA|access-date=April 19, 2018 |url-status=live|archive-date=February 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220214151412/https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-planet-hunter-on-its-way-to-orbit/}}</ref>
* [[April 19]]
** [[Miguel Díaz-Canel]] is sworn in as President of Cuba, replacing [[Raúl Castro]], but Castro remains the [[First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba]], the most powerful position in Cuba.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/04/19/castro-era-ends-as-miguel-diaz-canel-is-sworn-in-as-president-in-cuba|title=Castro era ends as Miguel Diaz-Canel is sworn in as president in Cuba|date=19 April 2020 |website=Euronews |access-date=2 November 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109052841/https://www.euronews.com/2018/04/19/castro-era-ends-as-miguel-diaz-canel-is-sworn-in-as-president-in-cuba|url-status=live}}</ref>
** Swaziland changes its English name, officially becoming the [[Eswatini|Kingdom of Eswatini]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kingdom of Swaziland Change Now Official|website=Times Of Swaziland |url=http://www.times.co.sz/news/118373-kingdom-of-eswatini-change-now-official.html|access-date=25 May 2018|date=18 May 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101352/http://www.times.co.sz/news/118373-kingdom-of-eswatini-change-now-official.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[April 20]] – The [[2018 Bhutanese National Council election]] is held to elect 20 out of 25 members of the [[National Council (Bhutan)|National Council of Bhutan]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of Bhutan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-21 |title=Election Results: NC 2018 |url=https://results.ecb.bt/nc2018/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421233354/https://results.ecb.bt/nc2018/ |archive-date=April 21, 2018 }}</ref>
*[[April 21]] – [[Nabi Tajima]] (1900 – 2018), the last known person born in the [[19th century]] dies.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-22 |title=World's oldest person dies in Japan at the age of 117 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-22/worlds-oldest-person-dies-aged-117/9685084 |access-date=2025-09-24 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> 
* [[April 22]] – The [[2018 Paraguayan general election]] is held to elect the [[president of Paraguay]], all 45 members of the [[Senate of Paraguay|Chamber of Senators of Paraguay]] and all 80 members of the [[Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay]]. [[Colorado Party (Paraguay)|Colorado Party]] candidate [[Mario Abdo Benítez]] is elected president, the Colorado Party wins 17 out of 45 seats in the Chamber of Senators and 42 out of 80 members in the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 General Elections in Paraguay {{!}} International IDEA |url=https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/2018-general-elections-paraguay |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=www.idea.int |archive-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703171813/https://www.idea.int/news-media/news/2018-general-elections-paraguay |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/212530/Paraguay-general-elections_22-April-2018__EU-EOM-report_EN.pdf |title=Republic of Paraguay Final Report General Elections 22 April 2018 |publisher=European Union Election Observation Mission |access-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630033615/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/212530/Paraguay-general-elections_22-April-2018__EU-EOM-report_EN.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-23 |title=Mario Abdo Benítez wins Paraguay's presidential election |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43861104 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304221812/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43861104 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-04-22 |title=Paraguay's Colorado Party leads presidential race - official data |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-paraguay-election-vote-idUKKBN1HT0ZQ |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325153459/https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-paraguay-election-vote-idUKKBN1HT0ZQ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[April 23]] – [[2018 Toronto van attack|A vehicle-ramming attack]] kills 10 people and injures 16 others in [[Toronto]], Canada. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43875321|title=Toronto van attack: Suspect quizzed after 10 pedestrians killed|date=April 24, 2018|access-date=April 24, 2018|work=BBC News|archive-date=April 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424043303/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43875321|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 27]] – [[2018–19 Korean peace process|2018-19 Korean peace process]]: [[Kim Jong Un]] crosses into [[South Korea]] to meet with President [[Moon Jae-in]], becoming the first [[North Korea]]n leader to cross the [[Korean Demilitarized Zone|Demilitarized Zone]] since its creation in 1953.<ref>{{cite news|title=North Korea's Kim Jong-un crosses into South Korea|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43914208|access-date=April 27, 2018|work=BBC News|date=April 27, 2018|archive-date=June 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624071941/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43914208|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== May ===
* [[May 3]]
** The separatist group [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]] officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in [[Spain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/02/basque-separatist-group-eta-announces-dissolution |title=Basque separatist group Eta announces dissolution|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian |last1=Jones |first1=Sam |archive-date=May 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519020803/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/02/basque-separatist-group-eta-announces-dissolution|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/basque-group-eta-announces-it-has-completely-dissolved/2018/05/02/f57d4058-4e0c-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212446/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/basque-group-eta-announces-it-has-completely-dissolved/2018/05/02/f57d4058-4e0c-11e8-85c1-9326c4511033_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 2, 2018|title=Basque group ETA announces it has 'completely dissolved'|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=May 2, 2018|access-date=May 2, 2018}}</ref>
** The [[2018 lower Puna eruption]] causes destruction of structures and forces thousands of residents of [[Hawaii]] to evacuate as lava floods the land.
* [[May 5]] 
** [[NASA]]'s [[space probe]] ''[[InSight]]'' is launched. It landed on [[Mars]] on November 26 and uses a drill to conduct [[Geology of Mars|geological science]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/science/nasa-reschedules-mars-insight-mission-for-may-2018.html |title=NASA Reschedules Mars InSight Mission for May 2018 |date=2016-03-09 |access-date=2016-09-05 |newspaper=The New York Times |last1=Chang |first1=Kenneth |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520172722/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/10/science/nasa-reschedules-mars-insight-mission-for-may-2018.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
** In [[North Korea]], clocks are adjusted to [[UTC+09:00|UTC+9]] (GMT+09:00) to the same as [[South Korea]]
* [[May 8]] – U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] announces his intention to [[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|withdraw]] the [[United States]] from the [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action|Iranian nuclear agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Trump pulls US out of Iran nuke deal |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386656-trump-pulls-us-out-of-iran-deal/ |website=The Hill |access-date=July 13, 2018 |date=2018-05-08 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116192833/https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/386656-trump-pulls-us-out-of-iran-deal |url-status=live }}</ref> 
* [[May 8]]–[[May 12|12]] – The [[Eurovision Song Contest 2018]] is held in [[Lisbon]], Portugal, and is won by [[Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest|Israeli]] entrant [[Netta Barzilai]] with the song "[[Toy (song)|Toy]]".
* [[May 9]] – The opposition-led [[Pakatan Harapan]] coalition, led by former [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|Prime Minister]] [[Mahathir Mohamad]], secures a [[2018 Malaysian general election|parliamentary majority]] in the [[Parliament of Malaysia|Malaysian Parliament]] as the result of the [[2018 Malaysian general election]], ending the 61-year rule of the [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition since [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|independence]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami|title=Pakatan takes Putrajaya, buoyed by 'Malay tsunami'|author=Zurairi Ar|newspaper=The Malay Mail|date=May 10, 2018|access-date=May 10, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143316/https://www.malaymail.com/s/1629158/pakatan-takes-putrajaya-buoyed-by-malay-tsunami|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dashboard PRU14 |url=http://pru14.spr.gov.my/#!/home |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=pru14.spr.gov.my |archive-date=May 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509211404/http://pru14.spr.gov.my/#!/home |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-10 |title=Malaysia election: Opposition scores historic victory |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44036178 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171658/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44036178 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-10 |title=Explainer: How Malaysia's once-powerful ruling party crashed |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-election-defeat-idUSKBN1IB271 |access-date=2022-03-25 |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325162828/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-election-defeat-idUSKBN1IB271 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 12]] – The [[2018 East Timorese parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 65 members of the [[National Parliament (East Timor)|National Parliament of East Timor]] and the Alliance for Change and Progress ([[National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction|CNRT]]–[[People's Liberation Party (East Timor)|PLP]]–[[Kmanek Haburas Unidade Nasional Timor Oan|KHUNTO]]) wins 34 out of 65 seats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apuramento CNE 2022 |url=http://www.cne.tl/apuramento/public.php |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.cne.tl |archive-date=May 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20180518063749/http://www.cne.tl/apuramento/public.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-13 |title=East Timor opposition coalition heads for victory in election |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-timor-election-idUSKCN1IE0EJ |access-date=2022-03-27 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327113523/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-timor-election-idUSKCN1IE0EJ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – The [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]], [[Muhammad V of Kelantan|Sultan Muhammad V]], pardons [[Malaysia]]n opposition leader [[Anwar Ibrahim]] who is immediately released.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T|title=Malaysia's jailed leader-in-waiting has been released from custody and given a full royal pardon|date=May 16, 2018 |work=Business Insider Malaysia|access-date=May 18, 2018|archive-date=June 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190611045423/https://www.businessinsider.my/malaysias-anwar-ibrahim-pardoned-and-released-from-jail-2018-5/?r=US&IR=T|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 972]] crashed shortly after take-off near [[José Martí International Airport]] in [[Havana, Cuba]], killing 112 people and leaving only one survivor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-crash/another-cuba-plane-crash-survivor-dies-death-toll-rises-to-112-idUSKCN1IQ1VT|title=Another Cuba plane crash survivor dies, death toll rises to 112|work=U.S.|access-date=2018-05-25|language=en-US|archive-date=May 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525163442/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-crash/another-cuba-plane-crash-survivor-dies-death-toll-rises-to-112-idUSKCN1IQ1VT|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – The [[wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle]] was held at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle|St George's Chapel]], [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]], with an estimated global audience of 1.9&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-windsor-1202813625/ | website = Variety | title = Thousands Descend on Windsor for Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle | access-date = May 19, 2018 | date = May 19, 2018 | archive-date = May 19, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180519135809/http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-wedding-windsor-1202813625/ | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-marry-on-19-may | newspaper = The Guardian | title = Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to wed on 19 May | first = Caroline | last = Davis | access-date = December 27, 2017 | date = December 15, 2017 | archive-date = December 26, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171226223345/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/15/prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-to-marry-on-19-may | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[May 20]] – The [[2018 Venezuelan presidential election]] was held with incumbent President [[Nicolás Maduro]] reelected with 67.8% of the vote and the lowest turnout in [[Venezuela]]'s modern democratic history since the [[1958 Venezuelan coup d'état|1958 coup d'état]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-05-20/the-latest-pope-francis-prays-for-venezuelans|title=The Latest: Venezuela Opposition Calls Election a 'Farce'|date=May 21, 2018|website=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521015319/https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-05-20/the-latest-pope-francis-prays-for-venezuelans|archive-date=May 21, 2018|access-date=May 21, 2018}}</ref> The elections were denounced as a "sham" by several Latin American countries, the [[United States]], [[Canada]], the [[Organization of American States]] and the [[European Union]].
* [[May 24]] 
** Foreign journalists report that tunnels in the [[Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site|Punggye-ri nuclear test site]] have been destroyed by the [[North Korea]]n government in a move to reduce regional tensions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44240047 |website=BBC News |title=North Korea nuclear test tunnels at Punggye-ri 'destroyed' |access-date=May 24, 2018 |date=May 24, 2018 |archive-date=May 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524110310/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44240047 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 Barbadian general election]] is held to elect all 30 members of the [[House of Assembly of Barbados]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Bicameralism|bicameral]] [[Parliament of Barbados]] and the [[Barbados Labour Party]] wins all 30 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Report on the Barbodas General Election 2018 |url=https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/cd05ebefb86a621670e142bf2ddb0d81.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009100118/https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/cd05ebefb86a621670e142bf2ddb0d81.pdf|url-status=live |archive-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-25 |title=Barbados elects first female PM in opposition landslide |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-barbados-election-idUSKCN1IQ1N3 |access-date=2022-03-27 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327115656/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-barbados-election-idUSKCN1IQ1N3 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 25]]
** The [[European Union]]'s [[General Data Protection Regulation]] (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44248448 | website = BBC News | title = GDPR: US news sites blocked to EU users over data protection rules | access-date = May 25, 2018 | date = May 25, 2018 | archive-date = May 25, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180525040603/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44248448 | url-status = live }}</ref>
** A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal [[Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|the ban on abortion in Ireland]] takes place,<ref>[https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum-to-take-place-on-may-25th-1.3443119] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109011111/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/abortion-referendum-to-take-place-on-may-25th-1.3443119|date=November 9, 2020}} Irish Times, March 28, 2018.</ref> with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44256152 | website = BBC News | title = Irish abortion referendum: Ireland overturns abortion ban | access-date = May 26, 2018 | date = May 26, 2018 | archive-date = January 13, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210113223501/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44256152 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] wins the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League|2017-18 Champions League]] held in [[Kyiv|Kyiv, Ukraine]] by beating [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] in the final 3–1.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool|language=en-GB|work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022|access-date=2021-01-04|archive-date=May 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521142709/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44258022|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[May 27]] – The first round of voting of the [[2018 Colombian presidential election]] is held.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-05-28 |title=Colombia heads for divisive runoff with peace deal at stake |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-election-idUSKCN1IT0OO |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331171932/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-election-idUSKCN1IT0OO |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Forero |first=Juan |date=2018-05-27 |title=Ivan Duque Wins First Round of Colombian Presidential Election |language=en-US |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivan-duque-wins-first-round-of-colombian-presidential-election-1527461866 |access-date=2022-03-31 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331172133/https://www.wsj.com/articles/ivan-duque-wins-first-round-of-colombian-presidential-election-1527461866 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-28 |title=Colombia elections: rightwinger and former guerrilla head for presidential runoff |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/colombia-presidential-elections-ivan-duque-gustavo-petro-runoff |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331190730/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/colombia-presidential-elections-ivan-duque-gustavo-petro-runoff |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[May 28]]–[[June 7]] – The [[2018 Stanley Cup Final]] are played between the [[Washington Capitals]] and the [[Vegas Golden Knights]] and won by the former. 
* [[May 31]] – The U.S. announces that it will extend [[Tariffs in the first Trump administration|its tariffs]] on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, [[Mexico]] and [[Canada]], starting at midnight.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44320221|title=US tariffs: Steel and aluminium levies slapped on key allies|work=BBC News|date=May 31, 2018|access-date=May 31, 2018|archive-date=May 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180531135410/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44320221|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== June ===
[[File:Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit.jpg|thumb|Leaders of North Korea and the United States met for the first time at the [[Singapore Summit]]]]
*[[June 1]] – [[Giuseppe Conte]] becomes the new [[Prime Minister of Italy]], leading a cabinet described as the "first modern populist government in Western Europe".
*[[June 2]] – [[Pedro Sánchez]] is appointed new [[Prime Minister of Spain]], a day after a [[2018 vote of no confidence in the government of Mariano Rajoy|vote of no confidence]] against his predecessor, [[Mariano Rajoy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Who is Spain's new prime minister Pedro Sanchez? |url=http://www.dw.com/en/who-is-spains-new-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez/a-44041431 |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=Reuters, AFP |publisher=DW |date=1 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[June 3]] 
** At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the [[2018 Volcán de Fuego eruption|eruption]] of [[Volcán de Fuego]], Guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in over a century.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-44350974|title=Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts|work=BBC News|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018|archive-date=June 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180604040636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-44350974|url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[2018 Slovenian parliamentary election|Snap parliamentary elections]] are held in [[Slovenia]], following the resignation of [[Prime Minister of Slovenia|prime minister]] [[Miro Cerar]], to elect all 90 members of the [[National Assembly (Slovenia)|National Assembly of Slovenia]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Slovenian Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://volitve.gov.si/dz2018/#/rezultati |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=volitve.gov.si |title=Izidi glasovanja za celotno Slovenijo |language=sl |archive-date=January 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110093019/http://volitve.gov.si/dz2018/#/rezultati |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Matamoros |first=Cristina Abellan |date=2018-06-03 |title=Slovenian anti-immigration party tops votes in parliamentary election |url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/06/03/centre-right-slovenian-democratic-party-set-to-win-election-exit-polls |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331180512/https://www.euronews.com/2018/06/03/centre-right-slovenian-democratic-party-set-to-win-election-exit-polls |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-03 |title=Slovenia election: Anti-immigrant SDS is largest party |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44349007 |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=June 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180606030357/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44349007 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-08 |title=Preliminary results put right-wing party ahead in Slovenia |url=https://apnews.com/article/parliamentary-elections-ap-top-news-elections-miro-cerar-international-news-9b0966b449b84a1593c952677ea4d298 |access-date=2022-03-31 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331180512/https://apnews.com/article/parliamentary-elections-ap-top-news-elections-miro-cerar-international-news-9b0966b449b84a1593c952677ea4d298 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-02 |title=Anti-immigration party wins Slovenia elections |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election-idUSKCN1IY0V1 |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331180512/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-slovenia-election-idUSKCN1IY0V1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 8]]–[[June 9|9]] – The [[44th G7 summit]] is held in [[Canada]]. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the [[Group of Eight|G8]] (to include [[Russia]]). He also proposes the elimination of [[tariff]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump at G7: US president calls for end to tariffs and trade barriers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44423072 |date=June 9, 2018 |website=BBC News |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114080308/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-44423072 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 12]]
** The [[2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit|2018 North Korea–United States summit]] is held in [[Singapore]]. It is the first summit between a sitting United States President and a North Korean leader.<ref>{{cite web |title=President Trump And Kim Jong Un Just Shook Hands In A Historic Meeting |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/president-trump-and-kim-jong-un-are-meeting-face-to-face-in |website=BuzzFeed |date=June 12, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614115023/https://www.buzzfeed.com/meghara/president-trump-and-kim-jong-un-are-meeting-face-to-face-in |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[Greece]] and the [[North Macedonia|Republic of Macedonia]] reach a deal to end a [[Macedonia naming dispute|27-year naming dispute]] between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Macedonia and Greece: Deal after 27-year row over a name |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44401643 |date=June 12, 2018 |website=BBC News |access-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-date=September 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908051120/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44401643 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 13]] – [[FIFA]] awards hosting rights for the [[2026 FIFA World Cup|2026 World Cup]] to a [[United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid|joint bid]] from [[Canada]], [[Mexico]] and the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite news |title=World Cup 2026: Canada, US & Mexico joint bid wins right to host tournament |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44464913 |newspaper=BBC Sport |access-date=July 13, 2018 |date=June 13, 2018 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613162546/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44464913 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 14]]–[[July 15]] – The [[2018 FIFA World Cup]] is held in [[Russia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 FIFA World Cup Russia |url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/ |publisher=Fifa.com |access-date=February 28, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717074354/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid%3D1264299/?intcmp=tweets_voiceofthesite |archive-date=July 17, 2010}}</ref> and is won by [[France national football team|France]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/15/france-croatia-world-cup-final-match-report|title=France seal second World Cup triumph with 4-2 win over brave Croatia|last=Taylor|first=Daniel|date=2018-07-15|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=July 15, 2018|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626195043/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/15/france-croatia-world-cup-final-match-report|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[June 16]]
** Seventeen people die in [[Caracas|Caracas, Venezuela]] following the [[El Paraíso stampede]] after a tear gas canister is detonated in a crowded club.
* [[June 17]] – The second round of voting of the [[2018 Colombian presidential election]] is held and [[Iván Duque]] is elected.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-18 |title=Colombia Elects Iván Duque, a Young Populist, as President (Published 2018) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/world/americas/colombia-election-ivan-duque.html |access-date=2023-08-02 |archive-date=December 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231140730/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/17/world/americas/colombia-election-ivan-duque.html |url-status=live |last1=Casey |first1=Nicholas |last2=Abad |first2=Susan }}</ref> 
* [[June 19]]
** The United States announces it will withdraw from the [[United Nations Human Rights Council]].<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S. withdraws from U.N. Human Rights Council |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/u-s-withdraw-u-n-human-rights-council-n884751 |website=NBC News |date=June 20, 2018 |access-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620150913/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/u-s-withdraw-u-n-human-rights-council-n884751 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** Canada becomes the first major industrialised country to [[Cannabis in Canada|legalise cannabis]] for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on [[October 17]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Canada Senate approves recreational use of marijuana |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-cannabis/canada-senate-approves-recreational-use-of-marijuana-idUSKBN1JG06B |date=June 20, 2018 |newspaper=Reuters |access-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-date=June 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620025148/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-canada-cannabis/canada-senate-approves-recreational-use-of-marijuana-idUSKBN1JG06B |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 20]] – After widespread criticism, US President [[Donald Trump]] signs an executive order suspending [[Trump administration family separation policy|his zero-tolerance family separation policies]], though thousands of undocumented children were never reunited with their families even after the policy was suspended.
* [[June 22]]–[[July 1]] – The [[2018 Mediterranean Games]] are held in [[Tarragona]], Spain.
* [[June 24]] 
** Saudi Arabia [[Women to drive movement|allows women to drive]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44576795 | title=Saudi Arabia's ban on women driving officially ends | work=BBC News | date=June 23, 2018 | access-date=March 31, 2023 | archive-date=September 17, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917103704/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-44576795 | url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[2018 Turkish general election|Early general elections]] was held in Turkey to [[2018 Turkish presidential election|elect the president of Turkey]] and [[2018 Turkish parliamentary election|all 600 members]] of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]], Turkey's [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature. [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|Justice and Development Party]] candidate, [[incumbent]] [[President of Turkey|president]] [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] is reelected and the Justice and Development Party, led by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan comes out as the largest party winning 295 out of 600 seats.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-06-25 |title=Turkey election: Erdogan wins re-election as president |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44596072 |access-date=2022-03-31 |archive-date=December 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213145637/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44596072 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[June 30]] – Millions of people marched to [[Protests against the Trump administration family separation policy|protest the Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy towards illegal migrants]]. This march was devoted to reuniting refugee and immigrant families that were separated at the US–Mexico border by the US government's policy introduced in the spring of 2018.

=== July ===
* [[July 1]] 
** [[Austria]] takes over the [[Presidency of the Council of the European Union]], after the [[2018 Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union|Bulgarian presidency]].
** The [[2018 Mexican general election]] is held to elect the [[president of Mexico]], all 128 members of the [[Senate of the Republic (Mexico)|Senate of the Republic]] and all 500 members of the [[Chamber of Deputies (Mexico)|Chamber of Deputies]].The presidential candidate of the [[Juntos Haremos Historia]] coalition, [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] is elected president and the Juntos Haremos Historia coalition wins a majority of 69 out of 128 out of seats in the Senate and 312 out of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cómputos 2018 |website=computos2018.ine.mx |url=https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/presidencia/nacional/1/1/1/1 |access-date=2022-04-01 |archive-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718133233/https://computos2018.ine.mx/#/presidencia/nacional/1/1/1/1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5537595&fecha=11/09/2018 |date=2018-11-09 |title=ACUERDO del Consejo General del Instituto Nacional Electoral por el que se efectúa el cómputo total, se declara la validez de la elección de Senadores por el Principio de Representación Proporcional y se asignan a los partidos políticos nacionales Acción Nacional, Revolucionario Institucional, de la Revolución Democrática, del Trabajo, Verde Ecologista de México, Movimiento Ciudadano y Morena, las Senadurías que les corresponden para el periodo 2018-2024 |trans-title=AGREEMENT of the General Council of the National Electoral Institute by which the total count is carried out, the validity of the election of Senators by the Principle of Proportional Representation is declared and they are assigned to the national political parties National Action, Institutional Revolutionary, of the Democratic Revolution, Labor, Green Ecologist of Mexico, Citizen Movement and Morena, the Senators that correspond to them for the period 2018-2024 |language=es |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401144807/https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5537595&fecha=11%2F09%2F2018 |archive-date=April 1, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Election Resources on the Internet: Federal Elections in México - Results Lookup |url=http://electionresources.org/mx/senators.php?election=2018&state= |access-date=2022-04-01 |website=electionresources.org |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707134654/http://electionresources.org/mx/senators.php?election=2018&state= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-07-02 |title=Mexico election: López Obrador vows profound change after win |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44677829 |access-date=2022-04-01 |archive-date=May 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502125154/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-44677829 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 5]]
** [[Lithuania]] becomes the 36th member of the [[OECD]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.org/countries/lithuania/lithuania-accession-to-the-oecd.htm|publisher=[[OECD]]|title=Lithuania's accession to the OECD|date=July 5, 2016|access-date=July 6, 2016|archive-date=January 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107214102/http://www.oecd.org/countries/lithuania/lithuania-accession-to-the-oecd.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The [[2018 North American heat wave]] takes place, killing 33 people in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Record-Smashing Heat Wave Kills 33 in Quebec |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/canada/canada-quebec-heat-wave.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=July 13, 2018 |language=en |date=2018-07-05 |last1=Bilefsky |first1=Dan |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109043705/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/world/canada/canada-quebec-heat-wave.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 6]]
** Former [[Aum Shinrikyo]] leader [[Shoko Asahara]] and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the [[Tokyo subway sarin attack|1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack]], are executed by hanging.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ft.com/content/eafbd67c-80b0-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/eafbd67c-80b0-11e8-bc55-50daf11b720d |archive-date=December 10, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Japan executes cult leader behind 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack |last1=Lewis |first1=Leo |last2=Inagaki |first2=Kana |date=2018-07-05 |website=Financial Times |language=en-GB |access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8903602/Japan-rejects-clemency-appeal-of-last-Aum-Shinrikyo-cult-member.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8903602/Japan-rejects-clemency-appeal-of-last-Aum-Shinrikyo-cult-member.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Japan rejects clemency appeal of last Aum Shinrikyo cult member|last=Ryall|first=Julian|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2011-11-21|access-date=2018-07-06|language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
** [[China–United States trade war]]: U.S. tariffs on US$34&nbsp;billion of Chinese goods come into effect, as President Trump suggests the final total could reach $550bn. China accuses the U.S. of starting the "largest trade war in economic history" and announces immediate retaliatory tariffs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/trump-s-trade-war-threat-to-turn-reality-as-china-tariffs-begin |title=China's Tariff Response Takes Effect as Trump Ignites Trade War|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=July 6, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127000756/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/trump-s-trade-war-threat-to-turn-reality-as-china-tariffs-begin|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44707253|title=US and China fire first shots in $34bn trade war|website=BBC News|date=July 6, 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-date=May 4, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504011854/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44707253|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 7]] &ndash; [[2018 Japan floods]], a torrential heavy massive rain, [[flash flood]], [[landslide]] hit in [[Hiroshima]], [[Kurashiki]] and [[Ehime Prefecture]], Japan. According to [[Japanese government]] official confirmed report, 232 people were killed and 459 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/07/photos-death-toll-reaches-200-in-devastating-japan-floods/565055/|title=Photos: Death Toll Reaches 200 in Devastating Japan Floods|website=The Atlantic|date=July 12, 2018|access-date=March 14, 2021|archive-date=January 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123220048/https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/07/photos-death-toll-reaches-200-in-devastating-japan-floods/565055/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] – [[Eritrea]] and [[Ethiopia]] officially declare an end to their [[Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict|twenty-year conflict]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/09/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-eritrea-war-intl/index.html|title=Former sworn enemies Ethiopia and Eritrea have declared end of war|website=CNN|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|archive-date=March 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327014612/https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/09/africa/ethiopia-abiy-ahmed-eritrea-war-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44764597|title=Ethiopia's Abiy and Eritrea's Afewerki declare end of war|date=July 9, 2018|access-date=July 9, 2018|work=BBC News|archive-date=July 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709140723/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-44764597|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 10]] – Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded [[Tham Luang Nang Non]] cave in [[Thailand]], following a [[Tham Luang cave rescue|17-day ordeal]] that gained worldwide attention. One person, a law enforcement officer is killed.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2018/jul/10/thai-cave-rescue-third-mission-planned-to-bring-out-remaining-boys-and-coach-live-updates|title=Thailand cave rescue: all 12 boys and coach successfully rescued – live|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 10, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018|last1=Weaver (Now)|first1=Matthew|last2=Davidson (Earlier)|first2=Helen|last3=Safi|first3=Michael|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327211853/https://www.theguardian.com/news/live/2018/jul/10/thai-cave-rescue-third-mission-planned-to-bring-out-remaining-boys-and-coach-live-updates|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44782132|title=Cave rescue: All 13 out after 17-day ordeal in Thailand|website=BBC News|date=July 10, 2018|access-date=July 10, 2018|archive-date=July 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710121209/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44782132|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]–[[July 12|12]] – The [[2018 Brussels summit|2018 Brussels NATO summit]] is held in [[Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|title=NATO Summit Brussels, Belgium – 11 & 12 July 2018|url=https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_155085.htm|publisher=NATO|access-date=July 4, 2018|archive-date=July 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704093241/https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_155085.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[France national football team]] wins the [[2018 FIFA World Cup final]] 4–2 against the [[Croatia national football team]]
* [[July 17]] – The [[Japan–European Union relations|EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement]] is signed, the world's largest bilateral free trade deal, creating an open trade zone covering nearly one-third of global GDP.<ref>{{cite journal|title=European Union and Japan to sign historic trade deal|journal=RTÉ.ie|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0717/979174-eu_japan/|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002105404/https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0717/979174-eu_japan//|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Japan-EU trade deal 'light in darkness' amid Trump's protectionism|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/japan-eu-trade-deal-light-in-darkness-amid-trumps-protectionism|newspaper=The Guardian|date=July 17, 2018|access-date=July 17, 2018 |last1=Boffey |first1=Daniel |archive-date=October 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002105406/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/17/japan-eu-trade-deal-light-in-darkness-amid-trumps-protectionism/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] – [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], [[Narendra Modi]] wins a [[no confidence motion]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] moved by the opposition.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 2018 |title=No-confidence motion against NDA govt rejected. Day's highlights. |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/q87OONLQkzSIGTrzgJWKXN/Noconfidence-motion-Modi-govt-Live-updates-from-Parliament.html |access-date=20 July 2018 |work=Mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 July 2018 |title=Highlights from PM's address to the Parliament on No Confidence Motion. |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=180819 |access-date=20 July 2018 |work=PIB India}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The Saddle Dam D in Paksong, Laos [[2018 Laos dam collapse|collapses]] leaving up to 1,100 people missing.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/laos-struggles-find-1-100-missing-dam-collapse-180729143531636.html|title=Laos struggles to find missing after dam collapse Al Jazeera|last=Al Jazeera|date=29 July 2018|website=Aljazeera|publisher=Al Jazeera|access-date=26 December 2018 |archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922202057/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/07/laos-struggles-find-1-100-missing-dam-collapse-180729143531636.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 25]] – Scientists report the presence of a [[Water on Mars#Subglacial liquid water|subglacial lake on Mars]], {{convert|1.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} below the southern polar ice cap and extending sideways about {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}}, the first known body of water on the planet.<ref>{{cite web |title=Huge reservoir of liquid water detected under the surface of Mars |url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/aaft-hro072318.php |website=EurekAlert |date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725163215/https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/aaft-hro072318.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Liquid water 'lake' revealed on Mars |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44952710 |website=BBC News |date=July 25, 2018 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |last1=Halton |first1=Mary |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725141308/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44952710 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[July 26]]
** Heavy [[2018 Attica wildfires|wildfires in Greece]] leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.<ref name="Death toll">{{cite web |title=102 πλέον οι νεκροί σε Ραφήνα και Μάτι |url=http://mati2307.gr/?p=724 |website=mati2307.gr |access-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027085042/http://mati2307.gr/?p=724 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44941999|title=Why wildfires are breaking out in the 'wrong' countries|date=July 31, 2018 |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 3, 2018|work=BBC News|last1=Doerr|first1=Stefan H.|last2=Santín|first2=Cristina|archive-date=August 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094341/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-44941999|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The share price of [[Facebook]] drops by almost 20 percent after the company warns investors that user growth has slowed following the data leak scandal. Over $109&nbsp;billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history at the time.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/facebook-market-cap-falls-109bn-dollars-after-growth-shock|title=Over $109bn wiped off Facebook's market cap after growth shock|date=July 26, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=July 26, 2018|last1=Neate|first1=Rupert|archive-date=November 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128133858/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/26/facebook-market-cap-falls-109bn-dollars-after-growth-shock|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 27]] – The longest [[July 2018 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] of the [[21st century]] occurs, lasting 102 minutes and 57.3 seconds, but the longest total lunar eclipse of the 3rd millennium will occur on May 12, 2264, lasting 106 minutes and 13.2 seconds, over 3 minutes longer than this eclipse.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lunar eclipse: Century's longest 'blood moon' delights skygazers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44945452 |website=BBC News |date=July 28, 2018 |access-date=July 28, 2018 |last1=Gill |first1=Victoria |archive-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180727223241/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44945452 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was the 38th eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 129]], with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.60868. The total lunar eclipse with the greatest magnitude in the [[21st century]] will occur on [[June 2029 lunar eclipse|June 26, 2029]], with an umbral eclipse magnitude of 1.84362.
* [[July 31]] 
** [[Mars]] makes its closest approach to [[Earth]] since [[2003]], four days after reaching opposition.<ref>{{cite web|title=the 2018 Perihelic Apparition of Mars - Association of Lunar and Planetary Observers|url=http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2018_MARS.htm|publisher=Alpo-astronomy.org|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-date=April 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401214535/http://www.alpo-astronomy.org/jbeish/2018_MARS.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431]] crashed on takeoff from [[Durango International Airport]]. Shortly after becoming airborne, the plane encountered sudden wind shear caused by a [[microburst]]. The plane rapidly lost speed and altitude and impacted the runway, detaching the engines and skidding to a halt about 1,000 feet (300 m) beyond the runway. The plane caught fire and was destroyed. All 103 people on board survived, but 39 passengers and crew members were injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/aeromexico-jet-crashes-after-takeoff-in-northern-mexico-officials-say|title=Aeromexico jet crashes after takeoff in northern Mexico, officials say|website=[[Fox News]]|date=31 July 2018|access-date=October 22, 2021|archive-date=October 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022081532/https://www.foxnews.com/world/aeromexico-jet-crashes-after-takeoff-in-northern-mexico-officials-say|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== August ===
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* [[August 1]] – The [[2018 Kivu Ebola outbreak]] begins in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It becomes the second-deadliest outbreak of the [[Ebola virus]] on November 29, surpassed only by the 2013 [[West African Ebola virus epidemic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/2nd-deadliest-ebola-outbreak-history-spreads-major-city/story?id=59677369 |title=2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak in history spreads to major city, raising new challenges for containment |date=2018-12-07 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=2018-12-07 |archive-date=December 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208022005/https://abcnews.go.com/International/2nd-deadliest-ebola-outbreak-history-spreads-major-city/story?id=59677369 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 2]] – [[Apple Inc.]] becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1&nbsp;trillion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45050213|title=Apple is first public company worth $1 trillion|date=August 2, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=August 2, 2018|last1=Johnston|first1=Chris|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117142618/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45050213|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 5]] – [[5 August 2018 Lombok earthquake|A magnitude 6.9]] [[earthquake]] struck the island of [[Lombok]], Indonesia, killing 563 people and injuring more than a thousand people.<ref>{{cite web|title=Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Lombok |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2018/08/10/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-lombok.html|publisher=The Jakarta Post|date=10 August 2018 |access-date=26 January 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131003417/https://www.thejakartapost.com/multimedia/2018/08/10/magnitude-7-0-earthquake-hits-lombok.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 7]] – The United States reimposes [[sanctions on Iran]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45098031 |title=Iran sanctions: Trump warns trading partners|date=August 7, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=August 7, 2018|archive-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115165453/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45098031|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 10]] – [[2017–2019 Romanian protests|Protests]] against the government of [[Romania]], prime-minister [[Viorica Dăncilă]] and [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]] leader and corrupt businessman [[Liviu Dragnea]] take place in [[Bucharest]], [[Cluj-Napoca]] and other major Romanian cities. In Bucharest, the protests take a violent shape and, in the course of a few hours, over 400 people are injured, including civilians not taking part in the protests and police units, and more than a thousand people suffer effects from tear gas and hand grenades thrown by the Romanian [[Gendarmerie (Romania)|Jandarmerie]] units deployed and backed by the PSD-ruled government. 
* [[August 10]]–[[August 20|20]] – Heavy rainfall causes [[2018 Kerala floods|severe floods]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.
* [[August 12]]
** The five [[Diplomacy of the Caspian littoral states|littoral states]] – [[Russia]], [[Kazakhstan]], [[Azerbaijan]], [[Iran]] and [[Turkmenistan]] – sign the [[Convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea]], ending the 20-year long dispute over the [[Caspian Sea]]'s legal status.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/08/16/is-the-caspian-a-sea-or-a-lake |title=Is the Caspian a sea or a lake? |date=2018-08-16 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |access-date=2018-08-20 |archive-date=August 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819221847/https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2018/08/16/is-the-caspian-a-sea-or-a-lake |url-status=live }}</ref>
** [[NASA]] launches the uncrewed [[Parker Solar Probe]] to study the [[Sun]] at close range and the [[solar wind]].<ref name="NYT-20180812-kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=Parker Solar Probe Launches on NASA Voyage to 'Touch the Sun' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/science/parker-solar-probe-launch.html |date=August 12, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224041603/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/11/science/parker-solar-probe-launch.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NYT-20180810kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=NASA's Parker Solar Probe Is Named for Him. 60 Years Ago, No One Believed His Ideas About the Sun - Eugene N. Parker predicted the existence of solar wind in 1958. The NASA spacecraft is the first named for a living person. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/science/eugene-parker-solar-wind-nasa-probe.html |date=August 10, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=August 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811211441/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/science/eugene-parker-solar-wind-nasa-probe.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Fox 2016">{{Cite journal |last1=Fox |first1=N. J. |last2=Velli |first2=M. C. |last3=Bale |first3=S. D. |last4=Decker |first4=R. |last5=Driesman |first5=A. |last6=Howard |first6=R. A. |last7=Kasper |first7=J. C. |last8=Kinnison |first8=J. |last9=Kusterer |first9=M. |first10=D. |last10=Lario |first11=M. K. |last11=Lockwood |first12=D. J. |last12=McComas |first13=N. E. |last13=Raouafi |first14=A. |last14=Szabo |date=2015-11-11 |title=The Solar Probe Plus Mission: Humanity's First Visit to Our Star |journal=[[Space Science Reviews]] |language=en |volume=204 |issue=1–4 |pages=7–48 |doi=10.1007/s11214-015-0211-6 |bibcode=2016SSRv..204....7F |issn=0038-6308|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[August 14]] – Part of the [[Morandi Bridge]] collapses after a violent storm in [[Genoa]], Italy, causing 43 fatalities. Deputy Prime Minister [[Luigi Di Maio]] and transport minister [[Danilo Toninelli]] blame private company Autostrade per l'Italia.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/8/15/italy-bridge-39-dead-as-rescuers-search-for-survivors |title=Italy bridge: 38 dead as rescuers search for survivors |publisher=Al Jazeera|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|url-status=live|archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815013311/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/08/italy-mourns-bridge-collapse-victims-calls-investigation-180814220305496.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/genoa-bridge-collapse-death-toll-italy-minister-calls-resignations |title=Italy bridge collapse: 35 dead as minister calls for resignations |newspaper=The Guardian|first=Angela|last=Giuffrida|date=August 15, 2018|access-date=August 15, 2018|archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815085138/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/genoa-bridge-collapse-death-toll-italy-minister-calls-resignations|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 18]]–[[September 2]] – The [[2018 Asian Games]] are held in [[Jakarta]] and [[Palembang]], Indonesia.
* [[August 20]] – 15 year old Swedish pupil [[Greta Thunberg]] starts to [[School strike for the climate|stay out of school]] in an attempt to give attention to the [[global warming|climate change issue]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/24/you-ask-the-questions-greta-thunberg-interview-global-climate-strike|title=Send us your questions for climate activist Greta Thunberg |publisher=Guardian |language=en|date=24 May 2019|access-date=17 June 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721233045/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/24/you-ask-the-questions-greta-thunberg-interview-global-climate-strike|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[August 23]] – [[Ecuador]] withdraws from [[ALBA]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/08/23/ecuador-se-retira-del-alba-la-alianza-bolivariana-para-los-pueblos-de-nuestra-america/ |title=Ecuador se retira del ALBA, la Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América |website=infobae |date=August 23, 2018 |access-date=December 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013010322/https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2018/08/23/ecuador-se-retira-del-alba-la-alianza-bolivariana-para-los-pueblos-de-nuestra-america/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[August 24]] – [[Scott Morrison]] succeeds [[Malcolm Turnbull]] as [[Prime Minister of Australia]] following a [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spills, 2018|leadership ballot]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Scott Morrison wins Liberal party leadership spill|url=https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/13/57/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-scott-morrison|work=Nine News|date=August 24, 2018|access-date=August 24, 2018|archive-date=August 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824070923/https://www.9news.com.au/2018/08/23/13/57/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-scott-morrison|url-status=live}}</ref> Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-08-25|title=Scott Morrison sworn in as Prime Minister but policy direction and election strategy remains uncertain|website=[[Forbes]]|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2019/11/10/ksi-vs-logan-paul-results-winner-highlights-and-twitter-reaction/|access-date=August 25, 2018|archive-date=November 10, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110175000/https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianmazique/2019/11/10/ksi-vs-logan-paul-results-winner-highlights-and-twitter-reaction/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[August 25]] – The [[KSI vs. Logan Paul|amateur boxing match]] between [[KSI]] and [[Logan Paul]] takes place at [[Manchester Arena]], the fight is dubbed as the biggest amateur boxing match in history.<ref>{{cite web|last=Mazique|first=Brian|title=KSI Vs. Logan Paul Results: Winner, Highlights And Twitter Reaction|url=https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/415233/ksi-vs-logan-paul-deji-vs-jake-paul-fight-results-who-won/|access-date=2021-07-11|website=Forbes|date=August 26, 2018|language=en|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224105447/https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/415233/ksi-vs-logan-paul-deji-vs-jake-paul-fight-results-who-won/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== September ===
* [[September 2]] – [[National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)#2018 fire|A fire]] breaks out in the [[National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)|National Museum of Brazil]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]], destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20&nbsp;million items.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/world/americas/national-museum-brazil-fire.html|title=Fire Engulfs a Brazilian Museum, Threatening Hundreds of Years of History|last1=Londoño|first1=Ernesto|last2=Darlington|first2=Shasta|date=September 2, 2018|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 3, 2018|archive-date=September 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903074522/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/02/world/americas/national-museum-brazil-fire.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45392668|title=Fire engulfs 200-year-old Brazil museum|date=September 2, 2018|website=BBC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903005443/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-45392668|archive-date=September 3, 2018|url-status=live|access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>
* [[September 6]] – The [[Supreme Court of India]] decriminalises homosexuality.;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality|title=Indian supreme court decriminalises homosexuality|date=September 6, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=September 6, 2018|last1=Safi|first1=Michael|archive-date=May 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526101415/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/indian-supreme-court-decriminalises-homosexuality|url-status=live}}</ref> Brazilian congressman [[Jair Bolsonaro]] is stabbed in the stomach at [[Juiz de Fora]], [[Minas Gerais]], during a rally while running for the presidency.
* [[September 9]] – The [[2018 Swedish general election]] is held to elect all 349 members of the [[Riksdag]], [[Sweden]]'s [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Röster - Val 2018 |url=https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=data.val.se |archive-date=December 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217125738/https://data.val.se/val/val2018/slutresultat/R/rike/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rempel |first=Lindsay |date=2018-09-10 |title=Far-right party sees significant gains in Swedish election |url=https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/10/far-right-party-sees-significant-gains-in-swedish-election |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=euronews |language=en |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012033/https://www.euronews.com/2018/09/10/far-right-party-sees-significant-gains-in-swedish-election |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-10 |title=Swedish election: Main blocs neck and neck as nationalists gain |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45466174 |access-date=2022-04-02 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012033/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45466174 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-09-10 |title=Factbox: Swedish election: parliament seats by party |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-election-parliament-seats-idINKCN1LQ0JQ |access-date=2022-04-02 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402012033/https://www.reuters.com/article/sweden-election-parliament-seats-idINKCN1LQ0JQ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* September 14 – [[Hurricane Florence]] makes landfall in North Carolina as a category 1 hurricane, causing record-breaking flooding, which would result in 54 fatalities and $24.2 billion (2018 USD) in damages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Report |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf}}</ref>
* [[September 14]]–[[September 16|16]] – [[Typhoon Mangkhut]] impacts the [[Philippines]], [[Taiwan]], [[Hong Kong]] and [[China]], resulting in more than 60 fatalities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cma.gov.cn/en2014/news/News/201809/t20180916_478123.html|title=Typhoon Mangkhut, as severe typhoon, made landfall in coast of Jiangmen, Guangdong|website=China Meteorological Administration|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 18, 2018|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918034018/http://www.cma.gov.cn/en2014/news/News/201809/t20180916_478123.html|archive-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471856.htm|title=Super Typhoon Mangkhut lands on south China coast|website=Xinhuanet|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 17, 2018|language=en|editor=Yamei|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917020736/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471856.htm|archive-date=September 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471874.htm|title=Super Typhoon Mangkhut lands on south China coast|website=Xinhuanet|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018|language=en|editor=Liangyu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916150353/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-09/16/c_137471874.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2018-09/16/c_129954441.htm|title=强台风"山竹"登陆广东|website=Xinhuanet|date=September 16, 2018|access-date=September 16, 2018|language=zh-hans|author=毛思倩|editor1=韩家慧|editor2=聂晨静|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916150340/http://www.xinhuanet.com/photo/2018-09/16/c_129954441.htm|archive-date=September 16, 2018}}</ref>
* [[September 16]] – [[Hydrail]] train enters service on the [[Buxtehude]]-[[Bremervörde]]-[[Bremerhaven]]-[[Cuxhaven]] line in Lower Saxony, Germany.<ref>{{cite news |title=Germany rolls out world's first hydrogen train |url=https://phys.org/news/2018-09-germany-world-hydrogen.html |access-date=18 September 2018 |work=Phys.org |agency=AFP |date=September 17, 2018 |archive-date=September 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917192813/https://phys.org/news/2018-09-germany-world-hydrogen.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – [[Syrian Civil War]]: While the Israeli Air Force conduct missile strikes that hit targets in western Syria, a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance plane is [[Syria missile strikes (September 2018)|shot down by a Syrian surface-to-air missile]], killing all 15 Russian servicemen on board. Russia blamed Israel's military for the accident because the Israeli jets that conducted the strikes allegedly used the Russian plane as cover to allow them to approach their targets without being hit by Syrian fire.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-plane-shot-down-syria-accident-france-israel-war-us-kremlin-a8542401.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/russia-plane-shot-down-syria-accident-france-israel-war-us-kremlin-a8542401.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title= Syria accidentally shot down Russian military plane, Kremlin admits| publisher= Independent| date= 19 September 2018 |access-date= 7 October 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] – The [[Sinking of the MV Nyerere|MV ''Nyerere'' capsizes]] on [[Lake Victoria]], killing at least 228 passengers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-accident/at-least-42-drowned-in-lake-victoria-ferry-sinking-death-toll-could-top-200-officials-idUSKCN1M02BR|title=Death toll reaches 100 in Tanzania ferry disaster, hundreds feared missing|date=September 20, 2018|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=September 21, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921013718/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tanzania-accident/at-least-42-drowned-in-lake-victoria-ferry-sinking-death-toll-could-top-200-officials-idUSKCN1M02BR|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 22]] – [[Ahvaz military parade attack|An attack at a military parade]] kills 30 people (including 5 attackers) and injures 70 more in [[Ahvaz]], Iran.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45617800|title=Iran's Rouhani fumes at US after Ahvaz parade attack|date=September 23, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=September 23, 2018|archive-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412000028/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45617800|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 28]] – [[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami|A magnitude 7.5 earthquake]] hits [[Sulawesi]], Indonesia, causing a [[tsunami]] that kills at least 4,340 people<ref name="Jakarta_Post_30_01_19">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/30/central-sulawesi-disasters-killed-4340-people-final-count-reveals.html |title=Central Sulawesi disasters killed 4,340 people, final count reveals |last=Sangadji |first=Ruslan |date=January 30, 2019 |work=Jakarta Post |access-date=2019-03-18 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107010457/https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/30/central-sulawesi-disasters-killed-4340-people-final-count-reveals.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and injures more than 10,679 others.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45683630|title=Indonesia earthquake: Hundreds dead in Palu quake and tsunami|date=September 29, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=September 29, 2018|archive-date=September 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929010136/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-45683630|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== October ===
*[[October 1]] – The [[International Court of Justice]] rules that Chile is [[Obligation to Negotiate Access to the Pacific Ocean|not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean]] with Bolivia.<ref name=":15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/01/landlocked-bolivias-request-for-chile-to-grant-ocean-access-rejected-by-un|title=Landlocked Bolivia's request for Chile to discuss ocean access rejected by UN|date=2018-10-01|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-05-17|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190516214421/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/01/landlocked-bolivias-request-for-chile-to-grant-ocean-access-rejected-by-un|archive-date=2019-05-16|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 2]] – ''[[The Washington Post]]'' journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] is [[Murder of Jamal Khashoggi|murdered]] inside the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]], Turkey, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gall |first1=Carlotta |title=In Turkey, Mourning the Dissident Khashoggi While Cracking Down on Dissent |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/world/europe/khashoggi-turkey.html |access-date=November 16, 2018 |work=N.Y. Times |date=November 16, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116214116/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/world/europe/khashoggi-turkey.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 6]] – The [[2018 Latvian parliamentary election]] is held to elect all 100 members of the [[Saeima]], [[Latvia]]'s [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sv2018.cvk.lv/pub/ElectionResults |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=sv2018.cvk.lv |title=13. SAEIMAS VĒLĒŠANAS |language=lv |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402102522/https://sv2018.cvk.lv/pub/ElectionResults |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-17 |title=Russian minority party wins Latvian vote; populists surge |url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-elections-race-and-ethnicity-international-news-413f32b662034a88945e7c28d0bdaf57 |access-date=2022-04-02 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402064918/https://apnews.com/article/europe-russia-elections-race-and-ethnicity-international-news-413f32b662034a88945e7c28d0bdaf57 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-10-07 |title=Dissatisfied Latvians turn to newcomers in parliamentary election |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-latvia-election-idUSKCN1MH0BH |access-date=2022-04-02 |archive-date=April 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402064918/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-latvia-election-idUSKCN1MH0BH |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-10-08 |title=Pro-Russia party wins Latvia election but tough talks loom |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45774578 |access-date=2022-04-02 |archive-date=June 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608194609/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45774578 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – The [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change|IPCC]] releases its [[Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 °C]], warning that "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society" are needed to ensure that [[global warming]] is kept below 1.5&nbsp;°C.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=McGrath |first1=Matt |date=October 8, 2018 |title=Climate report: Scientists urge deep rapid change to limit warming |website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45775309 |access-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008013009/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45775309 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[October 10]] – [[Hurricane Michael]] makes landfall at [[Mexico Beach, Florida]] as a Category&nbsp;5 hurricane with winds of 160&nbsp;mph (260&nbsp;km/h) and a minimum pressure of {{convert|919|mb|inHg|abbr=on}}. It is the most intense hurricane to hit the mainland United States since [[Hurricane Camille|Camille]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/fl-ne-hurricane-michael-apocalypse-20181011-story.html|title=Hurricane Michael wipes out Mexico Beach, Florida, in 'apocalyptic' assault|date=October 11, 2018|website=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=October 11, 2018|archive-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011233725/http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/fl-ne-hurricane-michael-apocalypse-20181011-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] – Canada legalises the sale and use of [[cannabis]], becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45806255|title=Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana|date=October 16, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=October 16, 2018|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017025636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45806255|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 17]] – [[Kerch Polytechnic College massacre|A school shooting and bomb attack]] in [[Kerch]], [[Crimea]], kills 20 people and injures 70 others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sends-in-national-guard-after-crimea-school-shooting-rampage/29550061.html|title=Crimea Shooting-Rampage Death Toll Rises To 21|website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|date=October 18, 2018|access-date=March 8, 2019|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406213325/https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sends-in-national-guard-after-crimea-school-shooting-rampage/29550061.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 19]]
** At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a [[Amritsar train disaster|train runs through a crowd]] at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45913793|title=Amritsar: Scores dead as train mows down crowd|date=October 19, 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=October 19, 2018|archive-date=October 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019151023/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-45913793|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The uncrewed European-Japanese spacecraft ''[[BepiColombo]]'' is launched on a seven-year journey to [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sci.esa.int/bepicolombo/58591-bepicolombo-launch-rescheduled-for-october-2018/ |title=ESA Science & Technology: BepiColombo launch rescheduled for October 2018 |publisher=Sci.esa.int |access-date=2017-03-24 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20170319170415/http://sci.esa.int/bepicolombo/58591-bepicolombo-launch-rescheduled-for-october-2018/ |archive-date=March 19, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[October 20]]
** 700,000 people [[Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom#The People's Vote March for the Future|march]] through [[central London]] demanding a second referendum on the final [[Brexit]] deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45925542|title=People's Vote march: 'Hundreds of thousands' attending London protest|work=BBC News|date=October 20, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2018|archive-date=October 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020080318/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45925542|url-status=live}}</ref> The event is the second most attended protest of the 21st century in the United Kingdom after the [[15 February 2003 anti-war protest|"Stop the War" anti-Iraq War march in 2003]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2018/oct/20/peoples-vote-march-london-second-referendum-brexit-live|title=People's Vote march: '700,000' rally for new Brexit referendum|newspaper=The Guardian|date=October 20, 2018|access-date=October 20, 2018|archive-date=October 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021211909/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2018/oct/20/peoples-vote-march-london-second-referendum-brexit-live|url-status=live}}</ref>
** President Trump announces that the US will "terminate" the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] over alleged Russian violations.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45930206|title=President Trump to pull US from Russia missile treaty|date=October 21, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=October 21, 2018|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116024007/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45930206|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 23]] – The [[Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge]], the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese [[Paramount leader]] [[Xi Jinping]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45937924|title=World's longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens|date=October 23, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=October 23, 2018|archive-date=October 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023043506/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-45937924|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[Red Dead Redemption II]] is released on PS4 and Xbox One. It would become the 8th best selling video game of all-time with 50,000,000+ copies sold.
* [[October 27]]
**[[Michael D. Higgins]] is re-elected President of Ireland after receiving 822,566 first preference votes in the [[2018 Irish presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-presidential-election-result-2018-4309332-Oct2018/ Michael D Higgins has been re-elected as President of Ireland with 55.8% of the vote] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028000459/https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-presidential-election-result-2018-4309332-Oct2018/ |date=October 28, 2018 }} The Journal, October 27, 2018.</ref>
** Eleven people are killed during the [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting]].<ref name="NYT-counts-20181027+note">{{cite news |last1=Robertson |first1=Campbell |last2=Mele |first2=Christopher |last3=Tsvrernise |first3=Sabrina |title=11 Killed in Synagogue Massacre; Suspect Charged With 29 Counts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/active-shooter-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html |date=October 27, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027155253/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/active-shooter-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html |archive-date=October 27, 2018 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }} – NOTE: please see extensive discussion about "assault rifles" at => [[Talk:Pittsburgh synagogue shooting#"AR-15 rifle" considered an "Assault Weapon" - or Not?]]</ref>
* [[October 28]] – The [[right-wing]] [[Jair Bolsonaro]] is [[2018 Brazilian general election|elected]] as the next [[President of Brazil]], with 55% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-46013408|title=Jair Bolsonaro: Far-right candidate wins Brazil poll|date=October 28, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=October 29, 2018|archive-date=March 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317012857/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-46013408|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-wins-brazil-presidential-election|title=Jair Bolsonaro declared Brazil's next president|date=October 28, 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=October 29, 2018|last1=Janeiro|first1=Tom Phillips Dom Phillips in Rio de|archive-date=December 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207045914/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-wins-brazil-presidential-election|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 29]] – [[Lion Air Flight 610]] crashes off the coast of [[Java]], killing all 189 people on board.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46014463|title=Lion Air crash: Boeing 737 plane crashes in sea off Jakarta|date=October 29, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=October 29, 2018|archive-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029023833/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46014463|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[October 30]] – [[NASA]]'s [[Kepler space telescope]] mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.space.com/41363-kepler-exoplanet-hunting-telescope-dead.html|title=RIP, Kepler: NASA's Revolutionary Planet-Hunting Telescope Runs Out of Fuel|first1=Mike|last1=Wall|first2=Space com Senior Writer|last2=October 30|first3=2018 03:10pm|last3=ET|website=Space.com|date=October 30, 2018|access-date=October 30, 2018|archive-date=October 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030210702/https://www.space.com/41363-kepler-exoplanet-hunting-telescope-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== November ===
* [[November 1]] – NASA's ''[[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]]'' mission concludes after it runs out of [[hydrazine]] fuel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7275|title=NASA's Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End|website=NASA/JPL|access-date=November 1, 2018|archive-date=April 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415081529/https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7275|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 4]] – [[2018 Amazonas ambush|Amazonas ambush]], three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian [[National Liberation Army (Colombia)|ELN]] guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan [[Amazonas (Brazilian state)|Amazonas state]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Venezuela blames Colombia after border ambush kills three|website=France24.com|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20181105-venezuela-blames-colombia-after-border-ambush-kills-three|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629160704/https://www.france24.com/en/20181105-venezuela-blames-colombia-after-border-ambush-kills-three|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Venezuelan defense minister: Border ambush kills 3 soldiers|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-defense-minister-border-ambush-kills-3-soldiers/2018/11/05/62e375e0-e156-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106022914/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/venezuelan-defense-minister-border-ambush-kills-3-soldiers/2018/11/05/62e375e0-e156-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html|archive-date=2018-11-06|access-date=2018-11-05}}</ref>
* [[November 5]] – Two U.S. space probes simultaneously (and coincidentally) reach "opposite" milestones in relation to the solar [[heliosphere]]:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bartels |first1=Meghan |title=NASA's Voyager 2 Went Interstellar the Same Day a Solar Probe Touched the Sun |url=https://www.space.com/42723-voyager-2-interstellar-parker-solar-probe-sun-flyby-coincidence.html |access-date=July 9, 2019 |work=Space.com |publisher=Future |date=December 14, 2018 |archive-date=July 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702034445/https://www.space.com/42723-voyager-2-interstellar-parker-solar-probe-sun-flyby-coincidence.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Voyager 2]]'' passed through the [[Heliopause (astronomy)|heliopause]], the outer limit of the Sun's magnetic field, into [[Interstellar medium|interstellar space]]<ref>{{cite web |title=PRESS RELEASE: NASA's Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space |url=https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=112 |website=Jet Propulsion Laboratory |publisher=NASA |access-date=July 9, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211172803/https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/news/details.php?article_id=112 |url-status=live }}</ref> within hours of the [[Parker Solar Probe]] reaching its first [[perihelion]], the closest point to the Sun on its initial orbit.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Frazier |first1=Sarah |title=Parker Solar Probe Reports Good Status After Close Solar Approach |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/parker-solar-probe-reports-good-status-after-close-solar-approach |access-date=July 9, 2019 |work=NASA Explores |publisher=NASA |date=November 7, 2018 |archive-date=June 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617063804/https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/parker-solar-probe-reports-good-status-after-close-solar-approach/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 6]] – the [[2018 United States elections|2018 United States midterm elections]] take place.
* [[November 8]] – The [[Camp Fire (2018)|Camp Fire]] ignites in [[Butte County, California]]. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcra.com/article/town-of-pulga-evacuated-due-to-fire-butte-county-sheriffs-office-says/24838602|title=Deadly Camp Fire fully contained in Butte County|date=November 26, 2018|website=KCRA}}</ref>
* [[November 8]] – The [[Royal Norwegian Navy]] Frigate ''Helge Ingstad'', part of [[Standing NATO Maritime Group 1]], [[Helge Ingstad collision|collides with an oil tanker]], and sinks in shallow waters off the coast of Norway. The frigate is later scrapped due to the damages.
* [[November 11]] – Many nations around the world, particularly ones in Europe and the Commonwealth, along with the United States, commemorate the [[Centenary of the Armistice of 11 November 1918|centenary of the end of World War I]] with [[Armistice Day]], [[Veterans Day]], and [[Remembrance Day]] ceremonies, speeches, parades, and memorials.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/world/gallery/wwi-centenary-1110/index.html|title=In pictures: The world commemorates 100 years since the end of World War I|website=CNN|access-date=November 12, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112233649/https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/10/world/gallery/wwi-centenary-1110/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 26]] – NASA's ''[[InSight]]'' probe successfully lands on the surface of [[Mars]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2018/nov/26/mars-insight-lander-nasa-probe-live-updates |title=InSight lander: Nasa probe touches down on Mars – live updates |date=2018-11-26 |last=Gabbatt |first=Adam |work=The Guardian |access-date=2018-11-26 |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202065046/https://www.theguardian.com/science/live/2018/nov/26/mars-insight-lander-nasa-probe-live-updates |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 27]] – [[Kerch Strait incident]]: Ukraine declares [[martial law]] after an armed incident in which the Russian [[Federal Security Service]] (FSB) [[Coast Guard (Russia)|coast guard]] fired upon and captured three [[Ukrainian Navy]] vessels attempting to pass from the [[Black Sea]] into the [[Sea of Azov]] through the [[Kerch Strait]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/world/europe/russia-ukraine-kerch-strait.html |title=Ukrainian lawmakers approve martial law as tensions with Russia escalate |last1=Hodge |first1=Nathan |last2=Berlinger |first2=Josh |date=2018-11-27 |work=CNN|access-date=2018-11-27 |archive-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127123516/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/world/europe/russia-ukraine-kerch-strait.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[November 28]] – Chinese scientist [[He Jiankui]], at a public conference in [[Hong Kong]], announces that he has [[Genetically modified organism|altered the DNA]] of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the [[HIV]] virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby.<ref>{{cite web|date=2018-11-28|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/28/gene-edited-babies-chinese-researcher-he-jiankui-reports-2nd-pregnancy/2135481002/|title=Chinese scientist claiming gene-edited babies reports second pregnancy|author=MARILYNN MARCHIONE|agency= Associated Press|work=USA Today|access-date=2018-11-28|archive-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164205/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/28/gene-edited-babies-chinese-researcher-he-jiankui-reports-2nd-pregnancy/2135481002/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[November 30]] – The [[Kanden Tunnel Electric Bus|Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus]], one of the last remaining Japanese trolleybus systems, closes.

=== December ===
[[File:2018-12-29_14-50-04_manif-GJ-Belfort.jpg|thumb|Protest of the [[gilet jaune]]s]] 
* [[December 1]]–[[December 8|8]] – [[France]] experiences its worst [[civil unrest]] since the [[May 1968 events in France|protests of 1968]] due to the [[yellow vests movement]]. Protests in [[Paris]] morph into riots, with hundreds of people injured and thousands arrested; over 100 cars are burned, the [[Arc de Triomphe]] is vandalized and numerous other tourist sites are closed, both in the capital and elsewhere in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Yellow vest protests 'economic catastrophe' for France |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46499996 |date=December 9, 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209134544/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46499996 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* December 1 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the [[Oulu child sexual exploitation scandal|much larger child sexual exploitation]] in [[Oulu]], Finland.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Petri Turunen |title=Uutta tietoa lapseen kohdistuneista seksuaalirikoksista Oulussa: 7 miestä tunsivat toisensa |trans-title=New Information on Sexual Crimes against a Child in Oulu: 7 men knew each other |url=https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005918251.html |access-date=31 January 2019 |work=[[Ilta-Sanomat]] |date=1 December 2018 |quote=On Saturday afternoon, the police released a bulletin, the contents of which shocked many Finns. |language=fi |archive-date=August 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822134808/https://www.is.fi/oulun-seutu/art-2000005918251.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 3]] – NASA reports the arrival of the [[OSIRIS-REx]] probe at [[101955 Bennu|Bennu]], the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.<ref name="NYT-20181203-kc">{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Kenneth |title=NASA's Osiris-Rex Arrives at Asteroid Bennu After a Two-Year Journey - The spacecraft now begins a close study of the primitive space rock, seeking clues to the early solar system. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/science/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-arrival.html |date=December 3, 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108102801/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/science/osiris-rex-bennu-asteroid-arrival.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 4]]  – A [[2018–2023 Spanish institutional crisis|Spanish institutional crisis]] surrounding the [[General Council of the Judiciary]] (CGPJ) begins.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Spanish institutional crisis triggered by legal block of judicial reform |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2022/12/20/spanish-institutional-crisis-triggered-by-legal-block-of-judicial-reform/ |access-date=2023-08-04 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804144518/https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2022/12/20/spanish-institutional-crisis-triggered-by-legal-block-of-judicial-reform/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 7]] – The U.N.'s [[International Telecommunication Union]] reports that, by the end of 2018, more than half – a full 51.2 percent – of the world's population are now using the [[Internet]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-half-global-population-now-115946999.html|title=More than half of global population now online: UN|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|date=December 7, 2018|access-date=December 7, 2018|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210061016/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/more-half-global-population-now-115946999.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 9]] – [[2018 Armenian parliamentary election|Parliamentary elections]] were held in [[Armenia]] on 9 December 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-12-10 |title=Parliamentary election in Armenia respected fundamental freedoms: OSCE |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-election-osce-idUSKBN1O912R |access-date=2022-11-01 |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101155936/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-armenia-election-osce-idUSKBN1O912R |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[December 15]] – At the [[2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference|Katowice Climate Change Conference]], nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the [[Paris Agreement|2015 Paris agreement]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Katowice: COP24 Climate change deal to bring pact to life |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46582025 |date=December 16, 2018 |work=BBC News |access-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216005435/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46582025 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 17]] – Scandinavian tourists [[Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland|Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland]] are murdered by Islamic terrorists in the foothills of [[Toubkal|Mount Toubkal]] near to the village of [[Imlil, Marrakesh-Safi|Imlil]] in [[Morocco]]. At least one victim is beheaded with the murders recorded on video and posted on social media. In a previous video the perpetrators pledge allegiance to [[ISIS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/fifteen-men-charged-over-beheadings-of-female-hikers-in-morocco-11595382|title=Fifteen men charged over beheadings of female hikers in Morocco|website=Sky News|access-date=March 22, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322060703/https://news.sky.com/story/fifteen-men-charged-over-beheadings-of-female-hikers-in-morocco-11595382|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 19]]–[[December 21|21]] – [[Gatwick Airport drone incident]]: Reports of drone sightings close to the runway at [[Gatwick Airport]] in England causes major disruption, affecting approximately 140,000 passengers and 1,000 flights, making it the largest disruption since [[2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull|ash from an Icelandic volcano]] shut the airport in 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/23/gatwick-drone-chaos-arrested-couple-released-without-charge | title=Gatwick: suspects exonerated as confusion deepens over drone attack | work=The Guardian | date=December 23, 2018 | access-date=October 7, 2019 | archive-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524201637/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/23/gatwick-drone-chaos-arrested-couple-released-without-charge | url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[December 20]] – In the [[Sea of Japan]], the South Korean warship [[ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great|ROKS ''Gwanggaeto the Great'']] [[2018 Japan–South Korea radar lock-on dispute|targets]] a Japanese [[Kawasaki P-1|P-1]] [[maritime patrol airplane]] with its [[fire control radar]] while it was responding to a North Korean fishing boat in distress, creating a [[cause célèbre]] between the two countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/e/press/release/2018/12/28z.html |title=Regarding the incident of an ROK naval vessel directing its fire-control radar at an MSDF patrol aircraft |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=28 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228093825/http://www.mod.go.jp/e/press/release/2018/12/28z.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[December 21]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes at 22,445 after its worst week since 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46654064|title=US stocks suffer worst week in a decade|date=December 21, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223005734/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46654064|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/us-stocks-set-for-lower-week-after-fed-decision-government-shutdown-fears.html|title=Dow dives 400 points to end its worst week in 10 years|date=December 21, 2018|publisher=CNBC|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=December 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223021817/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/21/us-stocks-set-for-lower-week-after-fed-decision-government-shutdown-fears.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[December 22]]
** An eruption from [[Anak Krakatau|Krakatoa]] causes a [[2018 Sunda Strait tsunami|tsunami]] that hits the [[Sunda Strait]], Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46663158|title=Indonesia tsunami kills hundreds after Krakatau eruption|date=December 23, 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=December 23, 2018|archive-date=May 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518220215/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46663158|url-status=live}}</ref>
** The United States government enters a [[United States federal government shutdown of 2018–2019|second government shutdown]], arising over a dispute over funding for the [[Mexico–United States barrier|U.S.–Mexico border wall]]. The shutdown, which lasted until January 25, 2019, is the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
* [[December 24]] – [[Burundi]] moves its capital from [[Bujumbura]] to [[Gitega]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nimubona |first=Desire |date=December 24, 2018 |title=Burundi Moves Political Capital from Bujumbura to Gitega |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/burundi-moves-political-capital-from-bujumbura-to-gitega#xj4y7vzkg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181227084940/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-24/burundi-moves-political-capital-from-bujumbura-to-gitega#xj4y7vzkg |archive-date=December 27, 2018 |access-date=March 31, 2023 |work=Bloomberg}}</ref>
* [[December 26]] – After weeks of losses the [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] posts its largest ever one-day point gain: 1,086 points.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Imbert |first1=Fred |last2=Huang |first2=Eustance  |date=December 25, 2018 |title=Dow rallies 1,000 points, logging its biggest single-day point gain ever |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/26/us-futures-following-christmas-eve-plunge.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331033211/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/26/us-futures-following-christmas-eve-plunge.html |archive-date=March 31, 2023 |access-date=March 31, 2023 |website=[[CNBC]]}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] – [[2018 Magnitogorsk building collapse]]: An apartment block in [[Magnitogorsk]], [[Chelyabinsk Oblast]], Russia, partially collapses, killing 39 people and injuring 17 more. According to the official investigation the collapse was caused by a gas explosion.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/magnitogorsk-russian-investigators-deny-explosives-caused-building-collapse|title=Russian investigators deny explosives caused deadly building blast|first=Marc|last=Bennetts|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=June 2, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com|archive-date=June 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190602033517/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/magnitogorsk-russian-investigators-deny-explosives-caused-building-collapse|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Births and deaths ==
{{Main|Category:2018 births|Deaths in 2018}}

== Nobel Prizes ==
[[File:Nobel medal.png|right|120px|Nobel medal]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Frances Arnold]], [[George Smith (chemist)|George Smith]] and [[Greg Winter]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[William Nordhaus]] and [[Paul Romer]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Olga Tokarczuk]] (awarded in 2019)
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Denis Mukwege]] and [[Nadia Murad]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Arthur Ashkin]], [[Gérard Mourou]], and [[Donna Strickland]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] – [[James P. Allison]] and [[Tasuku Honjo]]

== See also ==
* [[2010s in political history]]
* {{section link|List of International observances|Years}}
* {{portal-inline|2010s}}

== References ==
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