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Portal:Current events/2018 July 15

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;Armed conflicts and attacks

  • 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • Demonstrations in Muthanna Province, Iraq, leave 16 protesters killed or injured and 33 others arrested. [https://www.iraqinews.com/features/16-protesters-killed-injured-33-others-arrested-in-demonstrations-at-iraqs-muthanna/ (Iraqi News)]

;Business and economy

  • Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crises-iraq-iran/iran-flights-to-iraqs-najaf-redirected-to-baghdad-iranian-state-tv-idUSKBN1K50F0 (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents

  • An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude strikes off Yemen, but there are no reports of any damage or casualties. [https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/07/14/world/middleeast/14reuters-yemen-quake.html (The New York Times)]
  • MV Shunqiang 2 collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink. Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers. [http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-07/16/c_137328850.htm (Xinhua)]
  • A fire in a copper mine in Limpopo, South Africa kills five and traps a sixth. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/15/africa/south-african-copper-mine-deaths/index.html (CNN)]

;International relations

  • Iran and weapons of mass destruction, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • New details from Iranian nuclear documents stolen by Israeli spies show that Tehran obtained weapons-design information from a foreign source and was on the cusp of mastering key bombmaking technologies when the research was ordered halted 15 years ago. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/papers-stolen-in-a-daring-israeli-raid-on-tehran-archive-reveal-the-extent-of-irans-past-weapons-research/2018/07/15/0f7911c8-877c-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html (The Washington Post)]

;Law and crime

  • Murder of April Tinsley
  • Police in Allen County, Indiana arrest a suspect in the 1988 murder of the 8-year-old April Tinsley. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/april-tinsley-murder-john-miller-arrested-1988-slaying-of-fort-wayne-indiana-girl/ (CBS News)]

;Politics and elections

;Science and technology

;Sports

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