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- At least 80 people are killed and more than 100 others injured in wildfires in the Greek tourist resort of Mati.
- In the Syrian Civil War, an army offensive captures all opposition-held regions in the south of the country.
- A hydroelectric dam under construction in south-eastern Laos collapses, resulting in extensive damage and leaving more than 6,000 people displaced.
- In golf, Francesco Molinari (pictured) wins the Open Championship at Carnoustie, Scotland.
- Flooding and mudslides caused by Tropical Storm Son-Tinh leave 32 people dead and 17 others missing in Vietnam.
July 25, 2018 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2018 Quetta suicide bombing
- At least 29 are killed and several are injured in a blast in Quetta, Pakistan on election day. (Hindustan Times)
- Syrian Civil War
- 2018 Sweida attacks
- Coordinated suicide bombings and shootings carried out by the Islamic State in As-Suwayda, Syria leave at least 156 civilians dead and 78 others wounded. (Reuters)
- 2018 Sweida attacks
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Attica wildfires
- 2018 Laos dam collapse
- The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos that caused heavy floods, rose to 26 while more than 130 are still missing. (Channel NewsAsia)
- A Legionella outbreak in Bresso, Italy kills three people while 17 others are hospitalized. (Corriere Della Sera)
Politics and election
- Pakistani general election, 2018
- Voters in Pakistan go to the polls to elect the members of the National Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan. (Reuters)
July 24, 2018 (Tuesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Israeli–Syrian military incidents during the Syrian Civil War
- The Israel Defense Forces shoot down a Syrian Air Force jet near the Golan Heights after it reportedly crosses into Israeli airspace. (BBC)
Business and economy
- 2018 lower Puna eruption
- Trump tariffs
- The White House announces $12 billion in bailouts for farmers and ranchers affected by recently imposed retaliatory tariffs. (Sacramento Business Journal)
Disasters and accidents
Science and technology
- 2018 in paleontology
- Researchers at the Imperial College London report the discovery of the Lingwulong genus, a subgroup of Sauropods that lived in China about 174 million years ago, which is 15 million years earlier than any previously-known member of the group. (BBC) (ABC News)
July 23, 2018 (Monday)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Attica wildfires
- Wildfires in east and west Attica, Greece, kill at least 76 people, leave another 172 injured, and burn hundreds of houses and vehicles, prompting a state of emergency. The Greek government requests help from European Union countries. (Reuters) (Sky News)
- 2018 Laos dam collapse
- Heavy rains cause the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in southern Laos to collapse, releasing a reported five billion cubic metres of water. As a result, 20 people are confirmed dead, over a hundred are missing, and 6,600 have been displaced. (BBC) (The Guardian)
- 2018 lower Puna eruption
- The death toll from an intense heat wave in Japan rises to 77. (The Straits Times)
International relations
- North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
- Photos taken on July 20 and 22 and published by 38 North appear to show North Korea dismantling a ballistic missile launchpad and engine testing stand at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station. (UPI)
Law and crime
- Danforth shooting
- Oksana Shachko
- Femen co-founder and activist Oksana Shachko is found dead in her Paris apartment in an apparent suicide. France granted her political refugee status in 2013. (RFE/RL)
Politics and elections
- Protests against Rodrigo Duterte
- Protesters take to the streets around Manila Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte prepares for his State of the Nation Address (SONA). (Time)
- House of Representatives of the Philippines
- Majority of the House of Representatives of the Philippines elects Former President and current House Representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as House Speaker of the lower congress replacing Pantaleon Alvarez. (Reuters)
July 22, 2018 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
- An ISIL suicide bomber kills 14 people and wounds over 60 others at a police checkpoint near Hamid Karzai International Airport. The attack coincides with Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum returning to Afghanistan after more than a year in exile in Turkey. Dostum and his entourage are unwounded. (The Wall Street Journal)
- Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Law and crime
- Protests against Emmanuel Macron, Benalla affair
- A French judge hands preliminary charges to one of French President Emmanuel Macron's top security aides after video surfaced showing him attacking a protester at a May Day demonstration. (Canoe.com)
- Danforth shooting
Sports
- 2018 Open Championship
- Francesco Molinari wins the British Open at Carnoustie for his first major title by two strokes over a group including past major winners Rory McIlroy and Justin Rose. Tiger Woods, Molinari's playing partner for the final round, finishes one shot further back in a tie for sixth. (CBS News)
- 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
- New Zealand defeats England 33–12 in the final to win the 2018 men's Rugby World Cup Sevens. (Radio New Zealand)
- Football in Germany
- Arsenal and German professional footballer Mesut Özil announces his retirement from international football, citing racism and disrespect. (The Guardian)
July 21, 2018 (Saturday)
Business and Economy
- Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne resigns due to failing health and is replaced by Jeep CEO Mike Manley.
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Western Iran clashes (2016–present)
- PJAK militants blow up an ammunition dump and kill eleven Iranian border guards stationed at an Iran–Iraq border post in Marivan County. Several militants are killed in return. (Reuters)
- Syrian Civil War
- Israel Defense Forces extract 98 White Helmets and 324 others from recently recaptured southwestern Syrian territory into Jordan, at the request of Canada and the United States. Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany offer refuge to some of them. Two other groups intended for rescue, comprising about 800 people, do not escape. (CBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Vietnam floods
- Tropical Storm Son-Tinh kills 20 people, injures 14 more and leaves at least 16 missing in Vietnam. (Reuters)
- The death toll from a heatwave in Japan rises to 30. (BBC)
Law and crime
- Crime in South Africa
- Gunmen attack a minibus of people returning from a funeral between Colenso and Weenen in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Eleven people are shot dead and four others are critically injured. (The Evening Standard)
- Crime in Los Angeles
- A gunman is arrested for one count of murder after killing a woman then taking dozens of people hostage at a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles, California. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
- Pablo Casado is elected leader of Spain's centre-right People's Party after defeating former Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría in a run-off. (BBC)
- Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte
- The Philippines immigration authority has ordered the deportation and blacklisting of an Australian nun who was investigated, under instruction from President Rodrigo Duterte, for her political activism. (Business Insider)
Sports
- 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
- New Zealand defeats France 29–0 in the final to win the 2018 women's Rugby World Cup Sevens. (Radio New Zealand)
July 20, 2018 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2018 Gaza border protests
- The Israel Defense Forces engage in a gunfight with Hamas' military wing after an Israeli soldier is killed by a Palestinian sniper; four Hamas members are killed. Israel responds to the incident with strikes on Hamas targets across Gaza. (BBC) (The New York Times)
- Three rockets are fired at Israeli communities from Gaza. Two of them are intercepted by the Iron Dome. (CNN)
Arts and culture
- Weinstein effect
- James Gunn is fired as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after the emergence of old tweets where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape. (Time)
Disasters and accidents
- Smoke from a brush fire reduces visibility and the OPP temporarily closes a 130-kilometre section of Ontario Highway 17 between Mattawa and Petawawa, the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the province. (Ottawa Citizen)
- Marine accidents in 2018
- An Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation into the collision between container ship MV Beijing Bridge and trawler FV Saxon Onward concludes both vessels saw each other in the lead-up to the collision but neither took appropriate avoiding action in time, with evasive manoeuvres by the cargo ship increasing the collision risk. (The Maritime Executive)
Law and crime
- Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
- Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye is sentenced to an additional eight years for abusing state funds and violating election laws. (CBC)
- A man attacks people on a bus in Lübeck, Germany, prompting an evacuation of the vehicle. Six people are hurt by a knife, one is punched and two fall down; three are critically wounded. Police find a smoldering non-explosive backpack at the scene. The Iranian-born suspect is arrested. (BBC) (CBC) (RFERL)
- Hackers steal the personal data of 1.5 million Singaporeans through the national public health care system. Officials say Prime Minister Hsien Loong Lee's data is the target of the breach. (Channel NewsAsia)
- Microsoft reports that at least three United States congressional candidates have been targeted by hackers in the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- 2017–18 Iranian protests
- Outside President Hassan Rouhani's office in Tehran, a group of Iranian girls severely burned in a 2012 school fire protest unequal diyah by the government toward their medical bills, which some say is an inalienable right. Their lawyer says Iran's policy of paying half diyah to women is "unfair and discriminatory". (PayvAnd)
- People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
- The XIX Congress of the People's Party begins, which will elect the new party leader and successor of former Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. The candidates are former Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the party's deputy secretary of communication, Pablo Casado. (Reuters)
July 19, 2018 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
Disasters and accidents
- A 5.7 magnitude earthquake is felt in Mexico City as buildings shake mildly and some residents evacuate homes and office buildings. (NASDAQ)
- Table Rock Lake duck boat accident
- At least 17 people are killed and an unknown number of others missing after a duck boat carrying 31 people capsizes and sinks on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, USA. (News 5 Cleveland)
International relations
- Equipment of the Iranian Army
- Iran states that it intends to manufacture and upgrade up to 800 tanks. (Business Insider)
Law and crime
- Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
- The Israeli Parliament passes a Basic Law declaring that the Land of Israel is the historical homeland of the Jewish people and that the right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people, and also removes Arabic as an official language. (NPR) (The Times of Israel)
Politics and elections
- The head of Peru's Supreme Court resigns amid allegations of accepting bribes. (BBC)
Science and technology
- Airbus transport aircraft Airbus Beluga XL makes its maiden flight in France. (Euronews)
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Ongoing events
Business
Culture
Disasters
- 2018 Atlantic hurricane season
- 2018 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- 2018 Pacific hurricane season
- 2018 Pacific typhoon season
- 2018 California wildfires
- 2018 East Africa floods
- 2018 lower Puna eruption
- 2018 United Kingdom wildfires
Politics
- Brexit negotiations
- European migrant crisis (timeline)
- German government crisis
- Iranian protests
- Iraqi protests
- Nicaraguan protests
- Qatar diplomatic crisis
- Rohingya persecution in Myanmar
- Spanish constitutional crisis
- Trump administration family separation policy
- Turkish purges
- U.S. political sex scandals
- U.S. Special Counsel investigation (timeline)
Sports
More details – ongoing conflicts
Elections and referendums
Recent
Upcoming
- July
- 29: Cambodia, National Assembly
- 29: Mali, President (1st round)
- 30: Comoros, Referendum
- 30: Zimbabwe, President and Parliament
Trials
Recently concluded
- Australia: Philip Wilson
- Denmark: Peter Madsen
- Germany: Beate Zschäpe
- Pakistan: Nawaz Sharif
- Philippines: Maria Lourdes Sereno
- Spain: La Manada, Gürtel case
- United Kingdom: John Leslie
- United States: Bill Cosby, Sheldon Silver, Frank Salemme, Dean Skelos
Ongoing
- Cambodia: Kem Sokha, Mu Sochua
- Estonia: Edgar Savisaar
- Guatemala: Otto Pérez Molina, Roxana Baldetti, Juan Carlos Monzón and others
- Israel: Faina Kirschenbaum
- Malaysia: Siti Aisyah and Đoàn Thị Hương
- Philippines: Leila de Lima
- Spain: Bárcenas affair
- United States: Fat Leonard scandal
- International
Upcoming
- Australia: George Pell
- Canada: Alek Minassian
- Egypt: Mohamed Morsi
- Guatemala: Alvaro Colom, Manuel Baldizón, Juan Alberto Fuentes
- Iran: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
- Philippines: Andal Ampatuan Jr., Jovito Palparan
- Romania: Liviu Dragnea
- South Africa: Jacob Zuma
- Spain: Jordi Pujol
- Ukraine: Roman Nasirov
- United Kingdom: Football sex abuse scandal
- United States: Patrick Ho, Paul Manafort, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Sayfullo Saipov, Turpin case
- Zimbabwe: Ignatius Chombo
Sport
- Association football
- Women's association football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Golf
- Motorsport
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Tennis
- Other sports seasons
More details – current sports events
Recent deaths
July 2018
- 25: Sergio Marchionne
- 23: Roh Hoe-chan
- 22: Rene Portland
- 22: Tony Sparano
- 21: Jonathan Gold
- 19: Shinobu Hashimoto
- 19: Jon Schnepp
- 19: Denis Ten
- 18: Adrian Cronauer
- 18: Burton Richter
- 18: Geoffrey Wellum
- 17: Gary Beach
- 17: Yvonne Blake
- 15: Ray Emery
- 14: Theo-Ben Gurirab
- 14: Masa Saito
- 13: Stan Dragoti
- 13: Atukwei Okai
- 12: Abbas Amir-Entezam
- 11: Pat Swindall
- 10: Clive King
- 9: Peter Carington
- 9: Sam Chisholm
- 9: Hans Günter Winkler
- 9: Marion Woodman
- 8: Tab Hunter
- 8: Oliver Knussen
- 8: Frank Ramsey
Ongoing conflicts
Africa
- Algeria, Libya and Tunisia
- Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Libya
- Mali
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sudan
Americas
- Mexico
- Peru
Asia
- Afghanistan
- China
- India
- India and Pakistan
- Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines
- Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
- Myanmar
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Thailand
Europe
- Armenia and Azerbaijan
- Georgia
- Russia
- Ukraine