2018

Clockwise from top-left: the [[2018 Winter Olympics are held in PyeongChang, South Korea; protests erupt following the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; the March for Our Lives protests take place across the United States; the Yellow vests protests break out in France; the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California's history; SpaceX CEO Elon Musk launches his Tesla Roadster into outer space; rescuers assemble to begin search-and-rescue operations during the Tham Luang cave rescue; North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.|300x300px|thumb|right]]

Events

=== January ===

January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.{{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}}
January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of South Sudan.{{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}}
January 12–13 – The first round of voting in the 2018 Czech presidential election is held.{{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 }}
January 20 – Turkey, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, announces the beginning of a military offensive to capture a portion of northern Syria from Kurdish forces, amidst the ongoing Kurdish–Turkish conflict.{{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}}{{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}}
January 20–22 – The US government enters a federal government shutdown as a result of a dispute over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.{{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}}
January 24 – Scientists in China report in the journal Cell the creation of the first monkey clones using somatic cell nuclear transfer, named Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua.{{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 |volume=172 |issue=4 |pages=881–887.e7 |doi=10.1016/j.cell.2018.01.020 |pmid=29395327 |doi-access=free }}{{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 |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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
January 26–27 – The second round of voting of the 2018 Czech presidential election is held and incumbent president Miloš Zeman is reelected.{{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 }}
January 28
2018 Finnish presidential election: Incumbent president Sauli Niinistö is reelected on the first round of voting.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
The first round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held.{{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 }}{{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 }}
January 31 – A total lunar eclipse takes place, the 49th eclipse of Lunar Saros 124. This was referred to by the media as a 'super blue blood moon' as it was close to a supermoon, with perigee being on January 30, and a blue moon eclipse, the first since 1982.{{Cite web |title=EclipseWise - Eclipses During 2018 |url=https://www.eclipsewise.com/oh/ec2018.html |access-date=2025-04-26 |website=www.eclipsewise.com}}{{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}}

= February =

February 4
The second round of voting of the 2018 Cypriot presidential election is held and incumbent president Nicos Anastasiades is reelected.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
2018 Costa Rican general election: The first round of voting of the presidential election and legislative election are held.{{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 }}
February 6 – SpaceX successfully conducts its maiden flight of its most powerful rocket to date, the Falcon Heavy, from LC39A at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida.{{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}}
February 9–25 – The 2018 Winter Olympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.{{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}}
February 10 – Kay Goldsworthy becomes the first female archbishop in the Anglican Communion on her installation in the Anglican Diocese of Perth, Western Australia.{{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}}
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.{{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 |date= |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 }}{{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 |date= |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 }}
February 14
Jacob Zuma resigns as President of South Africa after nine years in power.{{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 }}
A shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida is one of the deadliest school massacres with 17 fatalities and 17 injuries.{{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}}
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.{{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}}

= March =

March 4
Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, are poisoned by the Novichok nerve agent in Salisbury, England.{{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}} UK counter-terrorism police investigate amid speculation the Kremlin was behind the incident.{{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}}
The 2018 Salvadoran legislative election is held to elect all 84 members of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador.{{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 }}
The 2018 Italian general election is held to elect all 315 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies.{{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 }}{{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 }}
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 in Syria, killing all 39 people on board. All of them were servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces, including Major-General Vladimir Yeremeyev.{{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 }}
March 9–18 – The 2018 Winter Paralympics are held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
March 9
President of the United States Donald Trump accepts an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a meeting in May to discuss the denuclearisation of North Korea.{{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}}
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.{{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}}
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).{{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}}
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 of Colombia.{{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 }}{{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 }}
March 12 – 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.{{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 }}
March 13 – The 2018 Grenadian general election is held to elect all 15 members of the House of Representatives of Grenada, the lower chamber of the Parliament of Grenada and the New National Party won all 15 seats for the second consecutive time.{{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 }}
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 National School Walkout.{{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}}
March 18 – In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin is elected for a fourth term.{{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}}
March 19 – The world's last male northern white rhinoceros dies in Kenya, making the subspecies functionally extinct.{{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}}{{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}}
March 21 – The 2018 Antiguan general election is held to elect all 17 members of the House of Representatives of Antigua and Barbuda, the lower chamber of the Parliament of Antigua and Barbuda and the governing Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party win 15 out of 17 seats.{{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 }}{{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 }}
March 23 – An Islamic terrorist attack in Carcassonne and Trèbes, France, kills five people, including the perpetrator.{{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}}
March 24 – In over 900 cities internationally, people participate in demonstrations against gun violence and mass shootings, calling for stronger gun control in the "March for Our Lives".
March 25
Qantas launches direct non-stop Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights between Perth Airport and Heathrow Airport, making it the first commercially non-stop service between Australia and the United Kingdom.{{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}}
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.{{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}}
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.{{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 }}
March 28
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un meets Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping, leaving the country for the first time since assuming office in 2011.{{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}}
At least 78 people die in a fire in the police headquarters of Valencia, Venezuela.{{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}}

= April =

April 1 – 2018 Costa Rican general election: The second round of voting for the presidential election is held and Citizens' Action Party candidate Carlos Alvarado Quesada is elected president.{{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 }}
April 4–15 – The 2018 Commonwealth Games are held in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.{{cite web | url=https://gc2018.com/games | title=THE GAMES | 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 }}
April 5 – Agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 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.{{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 }}
April 6 – A semi-truck collides with a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos ice hockey junior team in Saskatchewan, Canada, killing 16 and injuring 13 people.{{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 }}
April 7 – 2018 Münster attack: In a suicide attack, a man drives a van into people seated outside restaurants in a pedestrianised square in the old part of the German city of Münster, resulting in 5 other deaths.{{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 }}{{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 }}
April 8
Syrian Civil War: At least 70 people are reported to have died and hundreds suffering injuries after a chlorine chemical attack in Douma, the last rebel-held town in Syria's Eastern Ghouta.{{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}}
The 2018 Hungarian parliamentary election is held to elect all 199 members of the National Assembly of Hungary and the Fidesz–KDNP Party Alliance won 133 out of 199 seats.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
April 11 – 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashes near Algiers.{{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}}
April 14 – Syrian Civil War: The United States, the United Kingdom and France order the bombing of Syrian military bases in response to the sarin attack allegedly by the Bashar al-Assad regime on civilians in Ghouta.{{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 }}
April 15 – The 2018 Montenegrin presidential election is held and the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro candidate, former prime minister and former president Milo Đukanović is elected on the first round of voting.{{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}}{{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 }}{{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 }}
April 18
In Nicaragua, protests begin against announced reforms of Social Security which would decrease retirement pension benefits. An estimated number of 34 protesters are killed by police.{{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}}
Cinemas open in Saudi Arabia for the first time since 1983 with the American film Black Panther chosen as the first to be screened.{{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=live }}
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is launched.{{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}}{{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/}}
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.{{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}}
Swaziland changes its English name, officially becoming the Kingdom of Eswatini.{{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}}
April 20 – The 2018 Bhutanese National Council election is held to elect 20 out of 25 members of the National Council of Bhutan, the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Bhutan.{{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 }}
April 22 – The 2018 Paraguayan general election is held to elect the president of Paraguay, all 45 members of the Chamber of Senators of Paraguay and all 80 members of the Chamber of Deputies of 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.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
April 23 – A vehicle-ramming attack kills 10 people and injures 16 others in Toronto, Canada. A 25-year-old suspect, Alek Minassian, is arrested.{{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}}
April 27 – Kim Jong Un crosses into South Korea to meet with President Moon Jae-in, becoming the first North Korean leader to cross the Demilitarized Zone since its creation in 1953.{{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}}

= May =

May 3
The separatist group ETA officially announces its final dissolution after 40 years of conflict and more than 800 deaths in Spain.{{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}}{{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}}
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 geological science.{{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 }}
In North Korea, clocks are adjusted to UTC+9 (GMT+09:00) to the same as South Korea
May 8 – U.S. President Donald Trump announces his intention to withdraw the United States from the Iranian nuclear agreement.{{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 }}
May 8–12 – The Eurovision Song Contest 2018 is held in Lisbon, Portugal, and is won by Israeli entrant Netta Barzilai with the song "Toy".
May 9 – The opposition-led Pakatan Harapan coalition, led by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, secures a parliamentary majority in the Malaysian Parliament as the result of the 2018 Malaysian general election, ending the 61-year rule of the Barisan Nasional coalition since independence in 1957.{{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}}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
May 12 – The 2018 East Timorese parliamentary election is held to elect all 65 members of the National Parliament of East Timor and the Alliance for Change and Progress (CNRT–PLP–KHUNTO) wins 34 out of 65 seats.{{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 }}{{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 }}
May 16 – The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V, pardons Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim who is immediately released.{{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}}
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.{{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}}
May 19 – The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held at St George's Chapel, Windsor, with an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion.{{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 }}{{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 }}
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 coup d'état.{{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}} 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 have been destroyed by the North Korean government in a move to reduce regional tensions.{{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}}
The 2018 Barbadian general election is held to elect all 30 members of the House of Assembly of Barbados, the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Barbados and the Barbados Labour Party wins all 30 seats.{{Cite web|title=Report on the Barbodas General Election 2018 |url=https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/cd05ebefb86a621670e142bf2ddb0d81.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009100118/https://www.barbadosparliament.com/uploads/sittings/attachments/cd05ebefb86a621670e142bf2ddb0d81.pdf|url-status=live |archivedate=October 9, 2021}}{{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}}
May 25
The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect, imposing strict privacy controls for European citizens worldwide.{{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 }}
A constitutional referendum on whether to repeal the ban on abortion in Ireland takes place,[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. with a landslide win of 66.4% to 33.6% for the repeal side.{{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 }}
May 26 – Real Madrid wins the 2017-18 Champions League held in Kyiv, Ukraine by beating Liverpool in the final 3–1.{{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}}
May 27 – The first round of voting of the 2018 Colombian presidential election is held.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
May 28–June 7 – The 2018 Stanley Cup Finals 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 its tariffs on imported steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) to include the EU, Mexico and Canada, starting at midnight.{{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}}

= June =

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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 vote of no confidence against his predecessor, Mariano Rajoy.{{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}}
June 3
At least 109 people are killed and hundreds wounded by the eruption of Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala's deadliest volcanic eruption in over a century.{{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}}
Snap parliamentary elections are held in Slovenia, following the resignation of prime minister Miro Cerar, to elect all 90 members of the National Assembly of Slovenia, the lower house of the Slovenian Parliament.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
June 8–9 – The 44th G7 summit is held in Canada. President Trump pushes for the reinstatement of the G8 (to include Russia). He also proposes the elimination of tariffs.{{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 }}
June 12
The 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.{{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 }}
Greece and the Republic of Macedonia reach a deal to end a 27-year naming dispute between both countries, which would result in Macedonia being officially renamed the Republic of North Macedonia.{{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 }}
June 13 – FIFA awards hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to a joint bid from Canada, Mexico and the United States.{{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 }}
June 14–July 15 – The 2018 FIFA World Cup is held in Russia{{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}} and is won by France.{{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}}
June 16 – Seventeen people die in 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.{{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 }}
June 19
The United States announces it will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.{{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 }}
Canada becomes the first major industrialised country to legalise cannabis for recreational use. The Bill which legalises cannabis took effect on October 17.{{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 }}
June 20 – After widespread criticism, US President Donald Trump signs an executive order suspending 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 allows women to drive.{{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 }}
Early general elections was held in Turkey to elect the president of Turkey and all 600 members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Turkey's unicameral legislature. Justice and Development Party candidate, incumbent 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.{{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 }}
June 30 – Millions of people marched to 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 Bulgarian presidency.
The 2018 Mexican general election is held to elect the president of Mexico, all 128 members of the Senate of the Republic and all 500 members of the 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.{{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 }}{{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}}{{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 }}{{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 }}
July 5
Lithuania becomes the 36th member of the OECD.{{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}}
The 2018 North American heat wave takes place, killing 33 people in the Canadian province of Quebec.{{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=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 }}
July 6
Former Aum Shinrikyo leader Shoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, are executed by hanging.{{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}}{{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}}
U.S. tariffs on US$ 34 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.{{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}}{{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}}
July 7 – 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.{{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}}
July 9 – Eritrea and Ethiopia officially declare an end to their twenty-year conflict.{{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}}{{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}}
July 10 – Twelve boys and their football coach are successfully rescued from the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand, following a 17-day ordeal that gained worldwide attention. One person, a law enforcement officer is killed.{{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}}{{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}}
July 11–12 – The 2018 Brussels NATO summit is held in Belgium.{{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}}
July 15 – France national football team wins the 2018 FIFA World Cup final 4-2 against the Croatia national football team
July 17 – The 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.{{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}}{{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}}
July 23 – The Saddle Dam D in Paksong, Laos collapses leaving up to 1,100 people missing.{{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=www.aljazeera.com|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}}
July 25 – Scientists report the presence of a 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.{{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 }}{{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 }}
July 26
Heavy wildfires in Greece leave 102 dead and more than a hundred buildings destroyed.{{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 }}{{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}}
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 billion is wiped from its market value, the largest single day loss in corporate history at the time.{{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}}
July 27 – The longest 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.{{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 }} 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 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.{{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}}
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.{{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}}

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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.{{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 |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 }}
August 2 – Apple Inc. becomes the world's first public company to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion.{{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}}
August 5 – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia, killing 563 people and injuring more than a thousand people.{{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}}
August 7 – The United States reimposes sanctions on Iran.{{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}}
August 10 – Protests against the government of Romania, prime-minister Viorica Dăncilă and 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 Jandarmerie units deployed and backed by the PSD-ruled government.
August 10–20 – Heavy rainfall causes severe floods in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the worst flood to hit the state in a century.
August 12
The five 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.{{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 }}
NASA launches the uncrewed Parker Solar Probe to study the Sun at close range and the solar wind.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
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.{{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}}{{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}}
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 stay out of school in an attempt to give attention to the climate change issue.{{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}}
August 23 – Ecuador withdraws from ALBA.{{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 }}
August 24 – Scott Morrison succeeds Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister of Australia following a Liberal Party leadership ballot.{{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}} Morrison is sworn in as Prime Minister later that evening.{{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}}
August 25 – The 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.{{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}}

= September =

September 2 – A fire breaks out in the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, destroying more than 90 percent of its archive of 20 million items.{{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}}{{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}}
September 6 – The Supreme Court of India decriminalises homosexuality.;{{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}} 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 unicameral legislature.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
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.{{Cite web |title=Hurricane Florence Tropical Cyclone Report |url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062018_Florence.pdf}}
September 14–16 – Typhoon Mangkhut impacts the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, resulting in more than 60 fatalities.{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}{{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}}
September 16 – Hydrail train enters service on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, Germany.{{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 }}
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 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.{{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}}
September 20 – The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers.{{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}}
September 22 – An attack at a military parade kills 30 people (including 5 attackers) and injures 70 more in Ahvaz, Iran.{{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}}
September 28 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia, causing a tsunami that kills at least 4,340 people{{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 }} and injures more than 10,679 others.{{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}}

= October =

October 1 – The International Court of Justice rules that Chile is not obliged to negotiate access to the Pacific Ocean with Bolivia.{{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}}
October 2 – The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, triggering a diplomatic crisis for Saudi Arabia.{{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 }}
October 6 – The 2018 Latvian parliamentary election is held to elect All 100 members of the Saeima, Latvia's unicameral legislature.{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}{{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 }}
October 8 – The 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 °C.{{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 }}
October 10 – Hurricane Michael makes landfall at Mexico Beach, Florida as a Category 5 hurricane with winds of 160 mph (260 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 Camille in 1969.{{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}}
October 16 – Canada legalises the sale and use of cannabis, becoming the second country in the world to do so, after Uruguay in 2013.{{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}}
October 17 – A school shooting and bomb attack in Kerch, Crimea, kills 20 people and injures 70 others.{{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}}
October 19
At least 59 people are killed and at least 100 injured when a train runs through a crowd at a Hindu festival in Punjab, India.{{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}}
The uncrewed European-Japanese spacecraft BepiColombo is launched on a seven-year journey to Mercury.{{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 }}
October 20
700,000 people march through central London demanding a second referendum on the final Brexit deal.{{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}} The event is the second most attended protest of the 21st century in the United Kingdom after the "Stop the War" anti-Iraq War march in 2003.{{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}}
President Trump announces that the US will "terminate" the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty over alleged Russian violations.{{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}}
October 23 – The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world's longest sea crossing bridge, is opened by Chinese Paramount leader Xi Jinping.{{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}}
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.[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.
Eleven people are killed during the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting.
October 28 – The right-wing Jair Bolsonaro is elected as the next President of Brazil, with 55% of the vote.{{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}}{{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}}
October 29 – Lion Air Flight 610 crashes off the coast of Java, killing all 189 people on board.{{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}}
October 30 – NASA's Kepler space telescope mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.{{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}}

= November =

November 1 – NASA's Dawn mission concludes after it runs out of hydrazine fuel.{{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}}
November 4 – Amazonas ambush, three Venezuelan border guards were killed and ten were wounded in a suspected Colombian ELN guerrilla attack in the Venezuelan Amazonas state.{{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}}{{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}}
November 5 – Two U.S. space probes simultaneously (and coincidentally) reach "opposite" milestones in relation to the solar heliosphere:{{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 }} Voyager 2 passed through the heliopause, the outer limit of the Sun's magnetic field, into interstellar space{{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 }} within hours of the Parker Solar Probe reaching its first perihelion, the closest point to the Sun on its initial orbit.{{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 }}
November 6 – the 2018 United States midterm elections take place.
November 8 – The Camp Fire ignites in Butte County, California. It becomes California's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, with 88 deaths and 18,804 buildings destroyed.{{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|author=KCRA Staff|date=November 26, 2018|website=KCRA}}
November 8 – The Royal Norwegian Navy Frigate Helge Ingstad, part of Standing NATO Maritime Group 1, 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 end of World War I with Armistice Day, Veterans Day, and Remembrance Day ceremonies, speeches, parades, and memorials.{{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}}
November 26 – NASA's InSight probe successfully lands on the surface of Mars.{{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 }}
November 27 – Kerch Strait incident: Ukraine declares martial law after an armed incident in which the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) 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.{{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 |publisher=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 }}
November 28 – Chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has 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.{{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|work=MARILYNN MARCHIONE, Associated Press|publisher=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}}
November 30 – The Kanden Tunnel Trolleybus, one of the last remaining Japanese trolleybus systems, closes.

= December =

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December 1–8 – France experiences its worst civil unrest since the 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.{{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 }}
December 1 – The Oulu Police informed the public about the first offence of the much larger child sexual exploitation in Oulu, Finland.{{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 }}
December 3 – NASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.{{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 }}
December 4 – A Spanish institutional crisis surrounding the General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) begins.{{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 }}
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.{{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}}
December 9 – Parliamentary elections were held in Armenia on 9 December 2018.{{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 }}
December 15 – At the Katowice Climate Change Conference, nearly 200 nations agree rules on implementing the 2015 Paris agreement.{{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 }}
December 17 – Scandinavian tourists Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland are murdered by Islamic terrorists in the foothills of Mount Toubkal near to the village of 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.{{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}}
December 19–21 – 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 ash from an Icelandic volcano shut the airport in 2010.{{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 }}
December 20 – In the Sea of Japan, the South Korean warship ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great targets a Japanese 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.{{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 }}
December 21 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 22,445 after its worst week since 2008.{{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}}{{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}}
December 22
An eruption from Krakatoa causes a tsunami that hits the Sunda Strait, Indonesia, killing at least 430 people and injuring nearly 1,500.{{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}}
The United States government enters a second government shutdown, arising over a dispute over funding for the 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.{{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}}
December 26 – After weeks of losses the Dow Jones Industrial Average posts its largest ever one-day point gain: 1,086 points.{{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}}
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.{{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}}

Births and deaths

Nobel Prizes

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Chemistry – Frances Arnold, George Smith and Greg Winter
Economics – William Nordhaus and Paul Romer
Literature – Olga Tokarczuk (awarded in 2019)
Peace – Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad
Physics – Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland
Physiology or Medicine – James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo