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• A bus skids off a mountain road into a 700-foot (210 m)–deep ravine inUttarakhand,India, killing at least 48 people.(Sky News)
• A road accident inTanzania leaves 20 dead and 45 others injured.(Xinhua)

• North Korea–United States relations
  • U.S. PresidentDonald Trump'sNational Security AdvisorJohn R. Bolton states that theUnited States has a plan to dismantle thenuclear weapons program ofNorth Korea in a year.(Time)

• List of helicopter prison escapes
  • Three heavily armed gunmen who hijacked a helicopter helpRédoine Faïd, one ofFrance's most notorious gangsters, escape from a prison inRéau,Île-de-France. Police later discovered the abandoned helicopter inGonesse. Faïd previously escaped prison in 2013 and was briefly France's most wanted criminal.(BBC)
• Cannabis in the United States
  • Cannabis in Vermont
    • Vermont legalizes recreationalmarijuana, becoming the ninth U.S. state to do so.(SFGate)
• Crime in Idaho
  • A man stabs multiple people celebrating a three-year-old's birthday party at an apartment complex housing refugees inBoise, Idaho. Nine people are injured, including the birthday girl and five other children; the birthday girl dies the next day.(Reuters)
• Terrorism in the United States
  • FBI agents arrest aCleveland man they say told an undercover agent he was planning to bomb a July 4^th celebration.(Reuters)

• 2018 German government crisis,European migrant crisis
  • German ChancellorAngela Merkel faces resistance by theBavarianCSU over the result of theEU asylum policy summit last week.(Bloomberg)(Frankfurter Allgemeine)
  • Interior ministerHorst Seehofer offers his resignation citing a conflict with Angela Merkel over her refugee policy.(Sky News)
• 2018 Mexican general election
  • Voters inMexico electAndrés Manuel López Obrador as their newPresident in a landslide victory. Additionally, 128senators and 500deputies were also chosen.(Politico)(BBC)

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • Russia knocks outSpain from theWorld Cup after winning a penalty shootout.(The Denver Channel)
• 2018 Mediterranean Games
  • The closing ceremony of the 18thMediterranean Games inTarragona,Spain, takes place.(Mundo Deportivo)

• Pimachiowin Aki, a large area ofBoreal Forest that spans parts of theCanadian provinces ofManitoba andOntario, and includes the lands of fourFirst Nations, is recognized as aUNESCOWorld Heritage Site.(CBC)

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• Crossing the Ditch
  • New ZealanderScott Donaldson becomes the first solo kayaker to successfully cross theTasman Sea. After 62 days at sea, he landed in Ngāmotu Beach,New Plymouth, at 8.44 p.m.local time (08:44UTC).(The New Zealand Herald)

• 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue
  • Rescue teams find all 12 boys and their soccer coach alive inTham Luang Nang Non cave inChiang Rai,Thailand, after being trapped for 10 days.(CNN)
• European migrant crisis
  • Malta detainsGerman migrant rescue boat MVSea Watch 3, which had been docked inValletta for repairs, as it attempts to head into theMediterranean Sea to rescue migrants off theLibyan coast.(Reuters)
  • The captain of MVLifeline, a German migrant rescue ship that docked in Malta last week with 130 rescued migrants afterItaly refused access, makes an initial court appearance in Valletta. He is charged with operating his ship illegally.(Reuters)

• Crime in the Philippines andPhilippine Drug War
  • Antonio Halili, the mayor ofTanauan,Philippines, is shot dead by a sniper during a flag raising ceremony outside the city hall. Halili was known for parading people arrested on drug offenses through the city's streets.(CNN)
• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
  • Harvey Weinstein is expected to face additional sexual assault charges in connection with a third woman in a July 2006 incident.(WSJ)
• Terrorism in Pakistan
  • Militants ambush a paramilitary convoy inAwaran,Baluchistan,Pakistan and kill six people.(Associated Press via NewsOK)
• Terrorism in the United States
  • Demetrius Pitts, accused of planning anal-Qaeda bombing inCleveland, makes his first court appearance.(Reuters)
• Terrorism in Belgium,Terrorism in France
  • Belgian authorities announce the arrest and charge of a Belgian man and hisIranian wife suspected of plotting a bomb attack against aMujahedeen Khalq rally inFrance.(The New York Times)
• Economy of the United States
  • AUS federal judge ordersPricewaterhouseCoopers to payUS$625.3 million compensation toFederal Deposit Insurance Corp. The judge rules PwC negligently caused losses to F.D.I.C. by failing to uncover fraud during audits ofColonial BancGroup. Colonial, one the nation's 25 largest banks, andTaylor, Bean & Whitaker, the 12th-largestmortgage broker in the US, both collapsed in August 2009 as a result of fraud between the two. F.D.I.C. was the receiver for Colonial.(Reuters)
• TheBataan Coast Guard detains cruise ship MVForever Lucky on suspicion of involvement inhuman trafficking. The National Bureau of Investigation rescues 139 alleged victims from the vessel and charges Johnny Cabrera, the alleged lessor of the ship.(Inquirer)

• 2018 German government crisis,European migrant crisis
  • ChancellorAngela Merkel and Interior MinisterHorst Seehofer agree on a migration compromise; talks with theSPD coalition partner are following.(Deutsche Welle)

• 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Asia)
  • Philippines-Australia basketball brawl
    • A brawl breaks out during a 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifier match between thePhilippines andAustralia at thePhilippine Arena inBocaue.(BBC)

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• Syrian Civil War
  • The son ofISIL leaderAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi is killed in asuicide attack mission inHoms, westernSyria, or in a Russian bombing of a cave.(VOA News)

• Shipwrecks in 2018,Disasters in Indonesia
  • Sinking of MVSinar Bangun
    • Authorities call off the search for 164 missing after the ferry sank inLake Toba. Only three bodies have been recovered after the disaster. Although the wreck has been located, rescuers lack the equipment to raise it or attempt to retrieve any bodies inside.(Inquirer)
  • Ferry MVKM Lestari Maju sinks whileen route to Pamatata inSelayar,South Sulawesi,Indonesia, with 48 vehicles and 139 passengers on board. At least 12 fatalities are reported.(Channel NewsAsia)
• Major power outages
  • Azerbaijan's largest blackout since 1991 affects most of the country.(AP)
• A pedestrian bridge collapses onto railway lines inMumbai, injuring five. An approaching train is able to perform an emergency stop before colliding with the wreckage. Thousands of commuters are left stranded throughout the city.(BBC)

• Seattle becomes the first majorU.S. city to ban plastic straws and utensils in all bars and restaurants.(CBC)
• 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave
  • A heat wave throughout Eastern Canada kills six people inMontreal.(CTV)

• Catholic sexual abuse cases in Australia
  • Roman CatholicArchbishop ofAdelaide,Philip Wilson, is sentenced to 12 months in detention for covering up child sexual abuse in the 1970s.Pope Francis appointsPort Pirie BishopGregory O'Kelly asApostolic Administrator, but with special near-full powers to govern the Archdiocese, though for now Wilson is still the Archbishop.(BBC)
• LGBT rights in the United Kingdom
  • Theresa May announces a ban ongay conversion therapy.(BBC)
• Economy of the United Kingdom
  • TheUK'sFinancial Reporting Council launches an investigation into financial services providerKPMG over its most recent audit ofConvivality, the defunct owner of retail chainBargain Booze.(ITV)
• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
  • FormerMalaysianPrime MinisterNajib Razak is arrested for allegedly misusing state funds.(CNN)
• A bomb kills three oil survey workers and injures five more nearDera Bugti inBaluchistan,Pakistan.(AP via NewsOK)
• Cheshire Police inEngland arrest a female healthcare professional on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to murder six more atCountess of Chester Hospital.(BBC)

• Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
  • TheItalian Wikipedia blocks all articles in protest of theEuropean Union's copyright law.(BBC)(The Local)
• Tunisian local elections, 2018,Women in Tunisia
  • Souad Abderrahim becomes the first woman to be elected as Mayor ofTunis, the capital ofTunisia.(The New York Times)

• Discoveries of exoplanets
  • TheEuropean Southern Observatory'sVery Large Telescope captures an image ofPDS 70b, making it the first clear image of aplanet forming from the disk of gas and debris surrounding its host star.(NBC News)

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • England beatsColombia 4–3 inpenalty shoot-out to advance to thequarter-finals of the competition. It is the first time England has won a penalty shootout in aWorld Cup match.(The Independent)

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• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • Clashes break out betweenIsraeli security forces andBedouin residents inKhan al-Ahmar,West Bank, as Israeli bulldozers prepare to demolish the village. TheSupreme Court of Israel ruled that its residents could be evicted on May 24, while such relocation is considered illegal underinternational humanitarian law.(Reuters)
• 2018 Amesbury poisonings
  • Police determine two British nationals found unconscious at a property inAmesbury,Wiltshire, on Saturday were poisoned usingNovichoknerve agent of the same kind used in thepoisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal inSalisbury, seven miles from Amesbury, almost four months ago.(BBC)
  • A major incident has been declared in Amesbury and several areas of the town have been evacuated as theNational Counter Terrorism Policing Network investigate the attack.(BBC)
• Moro conflict
  • Philippinesoldiers clash with militants from theISIL-affiliatedBangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), in the southern province ofMaguindanao. The fighting began when BIFF militants attempted to occupy a town center, and lasted for 12 hours until the BIFF militants withdrew to the hills. Four militants were killed, while two militants, a Philippine soldier and a local militiaman were wounded.(Reuters)

• Survivors trapped overnight on a stricken ferry are rescued off theIndonesian island ofSulawesi after the ferry began sinking the day before. Out of the 139 passengers aboard, 31 have been confirmed dead, while three remain missing.(AP via ABC News)

• 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave
  • The death toll from a heat wave inQuebec rises to 17.(CNN)

• Rise and Resist
  • At least six people are arrested for hanging a sign that read "AbolishICE" from the base below theStatue of Liberty, where no banners are permitted hung under federal law. Another is arrested after scaling the base of the statue, prompting an evacuation ofthe island on the busyFourth of July holiday.(The Washington Post)(ABC News)

• Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
  • ThePolish,Spanish,Estonian andLatvianWikipedias shut down in protest of theEuropean Union's proposed copyright reform, blocking access for all users. This follows identical actions taken byItalian Wikipedia the previous day.(ERR)(TechCrunch)
• 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
  • FormerMalaysianPrime MinisterNajib Razak is charged with abuse of power and three counts of criminal breach of trust. He pleads not guilty to all charges and accuses the government of seeking "political vengeance."(Channel NewsAsia)(NBC News)

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• Fireworks accidents and incidents
  • Two explosions at fireworks workshops inTultepec,Mexico, kill at least 19 people, including rescue workers, and injure dozens more. Tultepec is home to a major fireworks industry.(Reuters)
• 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
  • At least 33 are dead and 23 missing after two passenger boats capsize offPhuket,Thailand. All areChinese tourists.(The New York Times)

• 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave
  • The death toll from the worst heat wave in decades inQuebec rises to 34.(CBC)

• United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
  • Iran threatens to close theStrait of Hormuz to shipping if theU.S. re-applies sanctions to the country after the U.S withdrew from theJCPOA deal earlier in the year.(The Guardian)

• Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market
  • TheEuropean Parliament votes against the proposed copyright reform.(BBC)
• Environmental policy of the Donald Trump administration
  • U.S. PresidentDonald Trump announces theresignation ofScott Pruitt asAdministrator of theEnvironmental Protection Agency. Former coal lobbyistAndrew R. Wheeler will act as a temporary replacement.(CNBC)

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• The wreckage ofNaziGerman submarineU-966, which was sunk in November 1943, is discovered off the coast ofGalicia,Spain.(BBC)

• Tham Luang cave rescue
  • A formerUDAU diver dies from lack of oxygen while delivering supplies to a group of boys and a man trapped in theTham Luang Nang Non.(ABC)
• 2018 Japan floods
  • Heavy rain inJapan prompts the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. At least 38 people have died in landslides.(BBC)

• 2018 Eastern Canada heat wave
  • As the heat wave inQuebec comes to an end, the death toll rises to 54.(CBC)

• Capital punishment in Japan
  • Japan executes formerAum Shinrikyo leaderShoko Asahara and six other main members of Aum Shinrikyo, who led the 1995Tokyo subway sarin attack, byhanging.(BBC)
• Humboldt Broncos bus crash
  • The driver of the tractor-trailer that collided with theHumboldt Broncos team bus is arrested and is expected to face 29 charges.(CBC)

• Corruption in Pakistan
  • In the Avenfield corruption case, the court announced a 10 year sentence and 8 million pound fine for the formerPrime Minister of Pakistan,Nawaz Sharif. His daughter and political heir,Maryam Nawaz, was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment and a 2 million pound fine. Sharif's son-in-law,Muhammad Safdar Awan, received a one-year sentence.(DAWN)
• GuatemalanPresidentJimmy Morales is accused of sexual abuse of ten public officials by former Foreign Minister Edgar Gutierrez.(TeleSUR)

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• 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
  • The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast ofThailand'sPhuket Island climbs to 41, with 15 people still missing.(Reuters)
• 2018 Japan floods
  • The death toll from heavy rains inJapan rises to 49.(BBC)

• 2018 North American heat wave
  • High electricity demand during aheat wave inLos Angeles leaves 34,500 residents without power, some for up to 24 hours.(CNN)

• North Korea–United States relations,2017–18 North Korea crisis
  • North Korean state mediaKorean Central News Agency calls high-level talks withU.S. Secretary of StateMike Pompeo "regrettable" and criticizes the United States' "unilateral and gangster-like" demands for denuclearization.(AP via AL.com)

• Crime in the Philippines
  • Alexander Lubigan, Vice Mayor ofTrece Martires,Philippines, is assassinated in an ambush.(The Philippine Daily Inquirer)

• 2018 United States gun violence protests
  • Demonstrators protesting against gun violence blockInterstate 94 inChicago.(CNN)

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• Syrian Civil War
  • TheSyrian Air Defense Force damages anIsraeli aircraft and thwarts an Israeli missile strike on theTiyas Military Airbase (T-4 Airbase) in theHoms Governorate.(Reuters)
• 2018 Amesbury poisonings
  • A British woman dies after being exposed to theNovichok nerve agent several days earlier inAmesbury.(CBS News)

• 2018 Japan floods
  • The death toll from heavy rains inJapan rises to 94, with over 50 people still reported missing.(Japan Today)
• Tham Luang cave rescue
  • Four boys are rescued from the cave.(The Guardian)(CNN)
• Çorlu train derailment
  • A train en route toIstanbul fromBulgaria derails inTekirdağ Province,Turkey, killing 24 people and injuring 73.(Star Tribune)(BBC)

• North Korea–United States relations
  • U.S. Secretary of StateMike Pompeo calls forNorth Korea to followVietnam's path in overcoming past hostilities with theUnited States.(The Guardian)
• 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
  • Ethiopian Prime MinisterAbiy Ahmed meets with Eritrean PresidentIsaias Afwerki inAsmara and they pledge to restorediplomatic relations.(CBC)

• Human rights in Iran
  • Iranian police arrest a number of users for posting illegal content onInstagram, including a famous blogger named Maedeh Hojabri.(The Guardian)

• Politics of the United Kingdom
  • David Davis resigns as theUnited Kingdom'sSecretary of State for Exiting the European Union amid disagreements with Prime MinisterTheresa May overBrexit negotiations.(BBC)
• Purges in Turkey
  • Turkey purges more than 18,500 government workers a day beforeRecep Tayyip Erdoğan is sworn in as executive president.(Bloomberg)

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• 2018 Japan floods
  • The death toll from heavy rains inJapan rises to 126, with over 86 people still reported missing.(Japan Today)
• Tham Luang cave rescue
  • Divers inThailand rescue four more boys from the caveTham Luang Nang Non bringing the total to eight rescued.(ABC News)
• About 50 students are poisoned by inhaling a toxic gas, due to an explosion near their school of the locality of Chosica, in Lima, Peru. Spokespeople from local municipality say that this poisoning is due to the leakage of gas from a chlorine cylinder, although the place where the explosion began and the origin of the product has yet to be determined.(El Comercio)(La República)
• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • The number of homes destroyed by lava from the latest eruption reaches 700.(The Business Journals)

• 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
  • Leaders fromEritrea andEthiopia officially declare an end to their countries' 20-yearborder conflict.(Deutsche Welle)
• Sanctions against Iran,Iran–United States relations
  • TheU.S. Treasury Department announcessanctions for a Malaysia-based sales agent forMahan Air in connection withIran's alleged support for international terrorism.(Reuters)

• Inn Din massacre § Arrest of Reuters journalists
  • A court inMyanmar charges twoReuters journalists with obtaining secret state documents in violation of thecolonial-eraOfficial Secrets Act, taking the landmark press freedom case to trial after a period of preliminary hearings that lasted six months. The two journalists were investigating mass graves in the village ofInn Din in northernRakhine State prior to their arrest and imprisonment on 12 December 2017.(Reuters)(Al Jazeera)
• Weinstein effect
  • Eugene Gu, a doctor famous for successfully suing PresidentDonald Trump for blocking him onTwitter, has been accused of sexual assault by a woman who says she’s his ex.(Daily Dot)

• 2017–18 Iranian protests,Human rights in Iran
  • Iranian women post videos of themselves dancing to protest the arrest ofInstagram bloggerMaedeh Hojabri.(Time)
• 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
  • Spanish Prime MinisterPedro Sánchez andPresident of the Generalitat of Catalonia,Quim Torra, meet officially inMoncloa. It is the first time since the beginning of the crisis that a Spanish Prime Minister and a Catalan President meet.(El País)
• Politics of the United Kingdom
  • Boris Johnson resigns as theUnited Kingdom'sSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs amid disagreements with Prime MinisterTheresa May overBrexit negotiations. Johnson is the second member ofMay's cabinet to resign in two days.(BBC)
• 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election
  • Kentucky Attorney GeneralAndy Beshear announces that he will run forKentucky Governor in 2019 against incumbentMatt Bevin.(Courier Journal)
• Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination
  • U.S. PresidentDonald Trump nominatesBrett Kavanaugh to theU.S. Supreme Court.(Reuters)

• FormerNFL cornerbackBrandon Browner is arrested after allegedly breaking into a home of an ex-girlfriend who has a restraining order against him.(UPI)

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• Television in Iran
  • A film onIRIB TV1 showing social media users being scolded and tearfully apologizing for promoting dance online angers reformists.(AFP via Yahoo! News)

• 2018 Japan floods
  • The death toll from heavy rains inJapan rises to 155 while several other people are still missing.(Japan Times)
• 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
  • The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast ofThailand'sPhuket Island climbs to 44, with five people still missing.(Business Insider)
• Tham Luang cave rescue
  • Divers inThailand rescue the remaining four boys and their coach from theTham Luang Nang Non cave.(Channel NewsAsia)

• 2018 North American heat wave
  • The heat-related death toll in theCanadian province ofQuebec rises to 70, with 34 of those occurring inMontreal.(CBC)

• Human rights in China
  • Liu Xia, widow ofNobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights activistLiu Xiaobo, is allowed to leaveBeijing, China, forBerlin, Germany.(BBC)
• 2018 China–United States trade war
  • TheOffice of the United States Trade Representative releases a list of approximately $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to be affected in its next round of tariffs.(Reuters)

• Women's rights in Iran
  • Shaparak Shajarizadeh, one of the Iranian women in theGirls of Enghelab Street protest against the hijab rule, says that she has leftIran after being sentenced to two years in prison and an 18-year suspended prison term.(RFE/RL)
• 2018 Peshawar suicide bombing
  • A suicide bombing at anAwami National Party campaign rally inPeshawar kills twelve people, including theprovincial assembly candidate, Haroon Bilour, and wounds 35. Bilour was the son ofBashir Ahmad Bilour, who was also assassinated by a bomber in 2012.(APA)
• Trump administration family separation policy
  • TheTrump Administration misses a court mandated July 10th deadline to reunite some of the youngest of the separated children with their families, citing "legitimate logistical impediments".(BBC)

• 2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis
  • TheSupreme Court of Spain suspends from public office the deputies to the Parliament of Catalonia prosecuted for rebellion (Romeva,Turull,Rull,Sànchez,Junqueras,Puigdemont). The pre-trial phase is finished.(El País)

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • France knocks outBelgium from theWorld Cup, with France moving on to thefinal against eitherCroatia orEngland.(New York Times)

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• War in Afghanistan
  • According to officials, an attack by theTaliban nearKunduz kills 29Afghan Army soldiers. Air strikes kill dozens of militants elsewhere in the country.(Reuters)

• 2018 Japan floods
  • The death toll from heavy rains inJapan rises to 179 while 67 other people are still missing.(Channel NewsAsia)
• Traffic collisions (2000–present)
  • At least 27 people are killed in an overnight bus crash inSanandaj,Kurdistan Province,Iran.(Charlotte Observer)
• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • Ahalanui Park and Kua O Ka La School are overtaken by lava.(Big Island Now)

• 2018 Brussels summit
  • Accession of Macedonia to NATO
    • NATO formally invitesMacedonia to begin membership talks to join the organization.(RFE/RL)

• National Socialist Underground trial
  • InGermany, the accused members and supporters of theNeo-Naziterrorist groupNational Socialist Underground are found guilty of the murders of nineimmigrants and one policewoman, assistance in said murders, bomb attacks, attempted murders, and robbery. The main defendant and last surviving member of the terrorist group,Beate Zschäpe, is sentenced to life imprisonment.(Deutsche Welle)
• Murder of XXXTentacion
  • A second suspect is arrested in connection with the murder of rapperXXXTentacion.(NBC News)

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • Croatia defeatsEngland 2–1 after extra time, advancing to their first-everWorld Cup final, which will be againstFrance on July 15.(CNN)

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• 2018 Japan floods
  • The death toll from heavy rains inJapan rises to 209 and 28 missing.(Reuters)
• 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
  • The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast ofThailand'sPhuket Island climbs to 46.(The Straits Times)
• At least ten people are killed and many others still missing after a landslide breaks the banks of a natural dam inPanjshir Province,Afghanistan.(TOLO News)
• TheArtz Pedregal shopping centre inMexico City collapses.(Reuters)

• Iran and state-sponsored terrorism
  • Argentina petitions Russia to arrest former Iranian foreign minister andAli Khamenei's advisorAli Akbar Velayati, who is currently in Moscow for a meeting withVladimir Putin, over his alleged role in the1994 Jewish center bombing.(The Times of Israel)
• International presidential visits made by Donald Trump,United Kingdom–United States relations
  • U.S. PresidentDonald Trump arrives in theUK for his presidential trip to the country amid widespread protests.(BBC)

• TheHaida Nation calls for tighter restrictions around theBowie Seamount Marine Protected Area, a site of an ancientsubmarine volcano.(CBC)

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• 2018 Mastung suicide bombing;2018 Pakistani general election
  • A suicide bomb attack nearMastung, Pakistan, kills 129 people, including political party candidate Siraj Raisani, during a political campaign. This is the third consecutive attack on a political rally.(RTÉ.ie)
• International military intervention against ISIL,War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • Pakistan,Iran,China, andRussia agree on joint efforts against theIslamic State group inAfghanistan, in an effort to ensure peace and eliminate terrorism from the region.(The Nation)

• An explosion at a chemical plant nearCairo,Egypt, injures 12 people.(BBC)
• An explosion at a chemical plant inSichuan,China, kills 19 people and injures 12 others.(BBC)

• Mueller special counsel investigation
  • TwelveRussian intelligence officers are indicted for hacks in connection with hacking of theDemocratic National Committee, theHillary Clinton campaign, and state election systems during the2016 presidential election.(NPR)(NBC News)

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• Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
  • Iran'sRevolutionary Guards kill three would-be saboteurs and wound another inKermanshah, near theIraq border, before seizing their equipment. A volunteer on Iran's side is also killed.(Reuters via Yahoo! News)
• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • Widespread unrest erupts insouthern Iraq as protesters, frustrated by shortages of electricity, water and jobs vent their anger, setting fire to political offices, attacking government infrastructure and deepening uncertainty about the country’s shaky political future.(Washington Post)

• A landslide at ajade mine inKachin State,Myanmar, kills at least 15 people and injures 45 others.(Channel NewsAsia)

• In data collected byNASA'sJuno spacecraft, anINAF team discovers suggestions of a new volcano close to the south pole ofJupiter's moonIo.(Tribune)

• 2018 FIFA World Cup
  • Belgium defeatsEngland 2–0 to finish at third place—its best ever result at aWorld Cup.(Reuters via Radio New Zealand)

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• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • Demonstrations inMuthanna Province,Iraq, leave 16 protesters killed or injured and 33 others arrested.(Iraqi News)

• Flights fromIran toNajaf,Iraq, are diverted toBaghdad due to anti-government protests.(Reuters)

• An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude strikes offYemen, but there are no reports of any damage or casualties.(The New York Times)
• MVShunqiang 2 collides with another ship offShanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink.Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers.(Xinhua)
• A fire in a copper mine inLimpopo,South Africa kills five and traps a sixth.(CNN)

• Iran and weapons of mass destruction,Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • New details fromIranian nuclear documents stolen byIsraeli spies show thatTehran obtained weapons-design information from a foreign source and was on the cusp of mastering key bombmaking technologies when the research was ordered halted15 years ago.(The Washington Post)

• Murder of April Tinsley
  • Police inAllen County, Indiana arrest a suspect in the 1988 murder of the 8-year-old April Tinsley.(CBS News)

• Politics of Haiti
  • HaitianPrime MinisterJack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises.(BBC)

• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • A tiny island oflava forms north of theKapoho ocean entry onHawaii island.(Star Advertiser)

• Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse
  • Inboxing,Manny Pacquiaoknocks outLucas Matthysse in the seventh round to win theWBA welterweight championship.(Reuters)
• 2018 FIFA World Cup Final
  • Infootball,France defeatsCroatia 4–2 to claim its secondWorld Cup championship.(BBC Sport)
  • Celebrations acrossFrance see two killed, 45 injured, and 292 arrested.(A.A.)
• 2018 Wimbledon Championships
  • In men's professionaltennis,Novak Djokovic defeatsKevin Anderson in three sets to win his fourthWimbledon championship.(BBC Sport)

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• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • Demonstrations acrossIraq leave dozens of people dead and cause mass unrest.(Iraqi News)(The Jerusalem Post)(The Wall Street Journal)

• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • 23 passengers on a tour boat inHawaii are injured after alava bomb from theKīlauea volcano punctures the roof of the vessel.(KABC-TV)
• An intense heatwave kills at least 14 people inJapan.(Reuters)
• Heavy flooding inNigeria kills 44 people and 20 others are missing.(All Africa)
• Five bodies are recovered from MVShunqiang 2, which sank the day before after colliding with another ship nearShanghai.(Xinhua)
• A ship catches fire at theGadani ship-breaking yard inPakistan, trapping four workers inside.(The Tribune)
• A road collision involving a broken-down bus kills at least 17 people and injures at least 11 others inHyderabad,Pakistan.(The Tribune)
• Two vessels deliver 25 survivors and onePeruvian corpse fromSpanish ship MVDorneda to ports inArgentina andPatagonia. One crewman remains missing after thefishing trawler sank off Argentina.(The Journal du Cemron)
• An explosion in a coal mine inTkibuli,Georgia, kills four people and injures six others.(A.A.)
• A gas explosion at a hotel inMultan,Pakistan, kills three people and injures 25 others.(The Nation)

• 2018 Russia–United States summit
  • United States PresidentDonald Trump andRussian PresidentVladimir Putin meet inHelsinki.(Huffington Post)
  • Trump reiterates his position that Russia did notinterfere in the2016 US presidential election.(BBC)

• Communications in Iran
  • Iranian police arrest 46 people in fresh crackdowns on models and associated colleagues posting "immoral images" onInstagram.(Washington Post)
• Russian espionage in the United States
  • TheUS government chargesMaria Butina, a 29-year-oldRussian woman with conspiracy to act as a Russian government agent while infiltrating political groups.(The Guardian)
• Finbar Charles, a 62-year-old citizen ofSaint Lucia, pleads guilty to bribingUS Army officers for military contracts during theIraq War.(AL)

• Khoisan § Declaration of sovereignty
  • King Khoebaha Calvin Cornelius III declares independence fromSouth Africa to form the "Sovereign State of Good Hope", encompassing the states ofNorthern Cape,Western Cape, and the western parts ofEastern Cape. The state raised their own flag after taking down theSouth African flag.(The Citizen)

• British space programme
  • TheUK Space Agency announces that the country's firstspaceport will be located inSutherland, northernScotland, with the first launches potentially taking place in the early2020s.(BBC)(The Guardian)

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• Gaza–Israel conflict,2018 Gaza border protests
  • TheIsrael Defense Forces are instructed to prepare for a large-scale military offensive in Gaza if demands forHamas to halt the launches of flaming kites, incendiary devices androcket attacks are not met by Friday.(The Times of Israel)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • AnISIL suicide bomber killed 20 people in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, including aTaliban commander. In southernKandahar province, the Taliban attacked a police checkpoint inArghistan district late on Monday night, killing nine policemen and wounding seven. 25 Taliban fighters were killed and 15 were wounded in the ensuing battle.(AP)

• All flights fromIran toNajaf,Iraq, resume following recent disturbances atAl Najaf International Airport.(Anadolu Agency)

• United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
  • Iran files a lawsuit against theUnited States in theInternational Court of Justice alleging its decision in May to impose sanctions after pulling out of anuclear deal violates the 1955Treaty of Amity, Economic Relations and Consular Rights between the two countries.(Reuters)
• Japan–European Union relations
  • JapanesePrime MinisterShinzō Abe andEuropean CommissionPresidentJean-Claude Juncker hold a summit inTokyo and sign a deal creating an open trade zone between their states.(NPR)
• Russia–Tajikistan relations
  • Russia andTajikistan begin joint military exercises near theAfghan–Tajik border to deter potentialTaliban attacks.(Yahoo!)

• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • About 250 protesters gather at the main entrance toIraq's giant Zubair oilfield.(Reuters)

• Moons of Jupiter
  • Ten new moons are discovered aroundJupiter, raising the count to 79 confirmed moons. One of these new moons,S/2016 J 2, nicknamedValetudo, is notable for orbiting backwards compared to the other moons in its vicinity, and may collide with one of them in the future.(Science Magazine)
• Archeologists inJordan find baked flatbread dating to 12,500 BC, making it the oldest surviving bread ever discovered, surpassing a Turkish loaf which was estimated to be 9,100 years old. The bread was found in a stone oven which was apparently built during the formative years of theNatufian culture. The bread is also notable for predating theNeolithic Revolution by 4,000 years.(Reuters)
• TaoiseachLeo Varadkar announces plans to open theTechnological University Dublin, a new university inDublin,Ireland, in January 2019. The new university will be an amalgamation of three existinginstitutes of technology –DIT,ITB, andIT Tallaght.(RTÉ)

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• Syrian Civil War
  • Siege of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya
    • The evacuations ofShia townsAl-Fu'ah andKafriya in the northernIdlib Governorate begin, as part of a deal between rebel forces and theSyrian government.(Al Jazeera)

• A joint-team ofSouth Korean,British, andCanadian explorers announce the discovery of the wreck ofRussian cruiserDmitrii Donskoi, off the coast ofUlleungdo island.Dmitrii Donskoi was scuttled in 1905 during theRusso-Japanese War.(BBC)(The New York Post)

• European Union competition law
  • TheEuropean Commission finesGoogle€4.34 billion for breachingEU antitrust regulations, claiming that Google abused the dominant position ofAndroid to promote their search product. Google announces it will appeal the ruling.(European Commission)(NPR)

• European migrant crisis
  • A migrant boat capsizes off the northern coast ofCyprus, killing at least 19 people, while 25 are reported missing, and the Turkish coast guard rescues 103.(AP)

• Eritrea–Ethiopia relations
  • Internationalair travel resumes betweenEritrea andEthiopia for the first time since 1998.(France 24)

• Terrorism in the United Kingdom
  • Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, is convicted ofterror offences after attempting to kill guards, attackTheresa May, and blow himself up onDowning Street using fake explosives provided to him in a sting operation.(The Independent)
  • Far-right terrorism in the United Kingdom
    • The leader of the bannedBritishfar-rightdesignated terrorist groupNational Action, Christopher Lythgoe, is jailed for eight years for being a member.(Sky News)

• Cal 3
  • TheSupreme Court of California blocksTim Draper's proposition to breakCalifornia intothree states, stating that "significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition's validity".(NBC News)

• Nuclear program of Iran
  • Iran starts work at a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day.(Reuters)
• Discoveries of exoplanets
  • Astronomers discover a giant gaseous planet orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs.(Sci News)
• Environmental issues in the United States
  • Environmental Protection Agency Acting AdministratorAndrew R. Wheeler announces coal-burning power plants may dispose offly ash in unlined ponds for another 18 months beyond a previously-set April 2019 deadline. Testing standards for hazardous elements in adjacent waters are also weakened. While the move would theoretically save an estimated $28-31 million annually in regulatory costs, there are concerns drinking water could be affected.(NBC News)

• Formula 2 driverSantino Ferrucci is sacked byTrident Racing for deliberately crashing intoArjun Maini at a race inSilverstone earlier this month and for his sponsor's non-payment. He was previously fined for a number of other incidents, including holding a mobile phone as he drove from a paddock.(ESPN)

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• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • Protests that began last week inIraq continue amid widespread anger over poor public services, high unemployment, and pollution.(CNBC)
• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • Fourteen civilians are killed in an airstrike nearKunduz.(Reuters)

• A 5.7 magnitude earthquake is felt inMexico City as buildings shake mildly and some residents evacuate homes and office buildings.(NASDAQ)
• Table Rock Lake duck boat accident
  • At least 17 people are killed and an unknown number of others missing after aduck boat carrying 31 people capsizes and sinks onTable Rock Lake inBranson, Missouri,United States.(News 5 Cleveland)

• Equipment of the Iranian Army
  • Iran states that it intends to manufacture and upgrade up to 800 tanks.(Business Insider)

• Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
  • TheIsraeli Parliament passes aBasic Law declaring that theLand of Israel is the historical homeland of theJewish people and that the right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is unique to the Jewish people, and also removesArabic as an official language.(NPR)(The Times of Israel)

• The head ofPeru'sSupreme Court resigns amid allegations of accepting bribes.(BBC)

• Airbus transport aircraftAirbus Beluga XL makes its maiden flight inFrance.(Euronews)

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• 2018 Gaza border protests
  • TheIsrael Defense Forces engage in a gunfight withHamas' military wing after an Israeli soldier is killed by aPalestinian sniper; four Hamas members are killed. Israel responds to the incident with strikes onHamas targets acrossGaza.(BBC)(The New York Times)
  • Three rockets are fired atIsraeli communities from Gaza. Two of them are intercepted by theIron Dome.(CNN)

• Weinstein effect
  • James Gunn is fired as the director ofGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after the emergence of old tweets where he joked about subjects like pedophilia and rape.(Time)

• Marine accidents in 2018
  • AnAustralian Transport Safety Bureau investigation into the collision betweencontainer ship MVBeijing Bridge andtrawler FVSaxon Onward concludes both vessels saw each other in the lead-up to the collision but neither took appropriate avoiding action in time, with evasive manoeuvres by the cargo ship increasing the collision risk.(The Maritime Executive)
• Smoke from a brush fire reduces visibility and theOPP temporarily closes a 130-kilometre section ofOntario Highway 17 betweenMattawa andPetawawa, the primary route of theTrans-Canada Highway through the province.(Ottawa Citizen)

• Impeachment of Park Geun-hye
  • FormerSouth KoreanPresidentPark Geun-hye is sentenced to an additional eight years for abusing state funds and violating election laws. (CBC)
• A man attacks people on a bus inLübeck,Germany, prompting an evacuation of the vehicle. Six people are hurt by a knife, one is punched and two fall down; three are critically wounded. Police find a smoldering non-explosive backpack at the scene. The Iranian-born suspect is arrested.(BBC)(CBC)(RFERL)
• Hackers steal the personal data of 1.5 millionSingaporeans through the national public health care system. Officials say Prime MinisterHsien Loong Lee's data is the target of the breach.(Channel NewsAsia)
• Microsoft reports that at least threeUnited Statescongressional candidates have been targeted by hackers in the lead-up to the2018 midterm elections.(BBC)

• Prime Minister,Narendra Modi wins ano confidence motion in theLok Sabha tabled by the opposition.

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• 2017–18 Iranian protests
  • Outside PresidentHassan Rouhani's office inTehran, a group ofIranian girls severely burned in a 2012 school fire protest unequaldiyah by the government toward their medical bills, which some say is an inalienable right. Their lawyer says Iran's policy of paying half diyah to women is "unfair and discriminatory".(PayvAnd)
• People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
  • The XIX Congress of thePeople's Party begins, which will elect the new party leader and successor of formerSpanishPrime MinisterMariano Rajoy. The candidates are formerDeputy Prime MinisterSoraya Sáenz de Santamaría and the party's deputy secretary of communication,Pablo Casado.(Reuters)

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• Fiat Chrysler CEOSergio Marchionne resigns due to failing health and is replaced byJeep CEOMike Manley.(The New York Times)

• Western Iran clashes (2016–present)
  • PJAK militants blow up an ammunition dump and kill elevenIranianborder guards stationed at anIran–Iraq border post inMarivan County. Several militants are killed in return.(Reuters)
• Syrian Civil War
  • Israel Defense Forces extract 98White Helmets and 324 others from recently recaptured southwesternSyrian territory intoJordan, at the request ofCanada and theUnited States. Canada, theUnited Kingdom andGermany offer refuge to some of them. Two other groups intended for rescue, comprising about 800 people, do not escape.(CBC)

• 2018 Vietnam floods
  • Tropical Storm Son-Tinh kills 20 people, injures 14 more and leaves at least 16 missing inVietnam.(Reuters)
• The death toll from a heatwave inJapan rises to 30.(BBC)

• Crime in South Africa
  • Gunmen attack a minibus of people returning from a funeral betweenColenso andWeenen inKwaZulu-Natal,South Africa. Eleven people are shot dead and four others are critically injured.(The Evening Standard)
• 2018 Los Angeles hostage incident
  • A gunman is arrested for one count of murder after killing a woman then taking dozens of people hostage at aTrader Joe's inLos Angeles,California.(CBS News)

• People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
  • Pablo Casado is elected leader ofSpain's centre-rightPeople's Party after defeating formerDeputy Prime Minister of SpainSoraya Sáenz de Santamaría in a run-off.(BBC)
• Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte
  • ThePhilippines immigration authority has ordered the deportation and blacklisting of an Australian nun who was investigated, under instruction fromPresidentRodrigo Duterte, for her political activism.(Business Insider)

• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Women's tournament
  • New Zealand defeatsFrance 29–0 in the final to win the 2018 women'sRugby World Cup Sevens.(Radio New Zealand)

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• War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
  • AnISIL suicide bomber kills 14 people and wounds over 60 others at a police checkpoint nearHamid Karzai International Airport. The attack coincides with Afghan Vice PresidentAbdul Rashid Dostum returning toAfghanistan after more than a year in exile inTurkey. Dostum and his entourage are unhurt.(The Wall Street Journal)
• Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
  • A suspected U.S. drone strike kills four allegedal-Qaeda militants inMa'rib.(AP)
• 2018 Toronto shooting
  • A mass shooting inToronto,Ontario,Canada, occurs, leaving two people dead and 13 others injured. The shooter is found dead nearby after exchanging gunfire with police and fleeing.(AP)

• Protests against Emmanuel Macron,Benalla affair
  • AFrench judge hands preliminary charges to one ofFrench PresidentEmmanuel Macron's top security aides after video surfaced showing him attacking a protester at aMay Day demonstration.(Canoe.com)

• 2018 Open Championship
  • Francesco Molinari wins theBritish Open atCarnoustie for his firstmajor title by two strokes over a group including past major winnersRory McIlroy andJustin Rose.Tiger Woods, Molinari's playing partner for the final round, finishes one shot further back in a tie for sixth.(CBS News)
• 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens – Men's tournament
  • New Zealand defeatsEngland 33–12 in the final to win the 2018 men'sRugby World Cup Sevens.(Radio New Zealand)
• Football in Germany
  • Arsenal andGerman professional footballerMesut Özil announces his retirement from international football, citing racism and disrespect.(The Guardian)

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• 2018 Attica wildfires
  • Wildfires in east and westAttica,Greece, kill at least 76 people, leave another 172 injured, and burn hundreds of houses and vehicles, prompting astate of emergency. The Greek government requests help fromEuropean Union countries.(Reuters)(Sky News)
• 2018 Laos dam collapse
  • Heavy rains cause the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam in southernLaos to collapse, releasing a reported five billion cubic metres of water. As a result, 20 people are confirmed dead, over a hundred are missing, and 6,600 have been displaced.(BBC)(The Guardian)
• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • Geologists monitoring the eruption ofKīlauea warned it could continue to spoutlava for a long time.(WRAL)
• The death toll from an intense heat wave inJapan rises to 77.(The Straits Times)

• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • Photos taken on July 20 and 22 and published by38 North appear to showNorth Korea dismantling a ballistic missile launchpad and engine testing stand at theSohae Satellite Launching Station.(UPI)

• 2018 Toronto shooting
  • Police identify the gunman in a deadlymass shooting inToronto,Canada. Investigators are still determining a motive. His family claims he had severe mental health problems.(CBC)
• Femen co-founder and activistOksana Shachko is found dead in herParis apartment in an apparent suicide.France granted her political refugee status in 2013.(RFE/RL)

• Protests against Rodrigo Duterte
  • Protesters take to the streets aroundManila asPhilippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte prepares for hisState of the Nation Address (SONA).(Time)
• 17th Congress of the Philippines
  • Majority of theHouse of Representatives of the Philippines electsFormer President and current House Representative,Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as House Speaker of the lower congress replacingPantaleon Alvarez.(Reuters)

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• Israeli–Syrian military incidents during the Syrian Civil War
  • TheIsrael Defense Forces shoot down aSyrian Air Force jet near theGolan Heights after it reportedly crosses into theUNDOF zone nearIsraeli border.(BBC)

• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • Hawaii cancels a grant funding theisland government's purchase of a recreational land parcel that is now covered by fresh lava.(WRAL)
• Trump tariffs
  • TheWhite House announces$12 billion in bailouts for farmers and ranchers affected by recently imposed retaliatorytariffs.(Sacramento Business Journal)

• 2018 Vietnam floods
  • The death toll from heavy floods inVietnam rises to 27, while seven other people are missing.(Reuters)

• 2018 in paleontology
  • Researchers at theImperial College London report the discovery of theLingwulonggenus, a subgroup ofSauropods that lived inChina about174 million years ago, which is 15 million years earlier than any previously-known member of the group.(BBC)(ABC News)

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• Syrian Civil War
  • 2018 As-Suwayda attacks
    • Coordinated suicide bombings and shootings carried out by theIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant inAs-Suwayda,Syria, kill 215 people and injure more than 200 others.(Reuters)
• 2018 Quetta suicide bombing
  • A blast outside apolling station inQuetta,Pakistan, kills 31 people and wounds several more on election day.(Hindustan Times)

• United States–European Union relations,Trump tariffs
  • U.S. PresidentDonald Trump and European leaders agree to halt their trade war over vehicles and say they will open talks on removing trade barriers between theUnited States and theEuropean Union.(AP via Yahoo! Finance)

• 2018 Attica wildfires
  • The death toll from the wildfires inGreece rises to 80 people while many others are still missing.(BBC)
• 2018 Laos dam collapse
  • The death toll from a dam collapse inLaos that caused heavy floods rises to 26, while more than 130 remain missing.(Channel NewsAsia)
• ALegionella outbreak inBresso,Italy, kills three people while 17 others are hospitalized.(Corriere Della Sera)
• Paraguay's Minister of Agriculture,Luis Gneiting, and three others are killed in a plane crash nearAyolas.(Reuters)

• Kidnapping of Joshua Boyle and Caitlan Coleman
  • Caitlan Coleman, the wife of formerTaliban hostage Joshua Boyle, returns to theUnited States with her children after a family law court inOttawa approved her request.(CTV News)

• Pakistani general election, 2018
  • Voters inPakistan go to the polls to elect the members of theNational Assembly and the four Provincial Assemblies of Pakistan.(Reuters)

• Water on Mars
  • Scientists atINAF announce the discovery of a liquid water lake beneath apolar ice cap onMars. The discovery was made usingMARSIS, a radar instrument on board theEuropean Space Agency'sMars Express orbiter.(BBC)

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• Facebook stocks drop 20% (US$118 billion), setting a record as the biggest single stock market loss in one day, and marking the first time that a stock lost over $100 billion in one day.(CNBC)
• Disney announces plans to eliminate all plastic straws and plastic stirrers from their parks by mid-2019.(NOLA)

• European migrant crisis
  • Hundreds ofSub-Saharan African migrants storm a border fence inSpain'sNorth African enclave ofCeuta, using home-made flamethrowers and other improvised weapons. TheSpanish Civil Guard reports that 602 people succeeded in reaching Ceuta, of whom 586 were taken to a temporary reception centre, while 16 others are being treated in a hospital. Fifteen border guards were also hurt.(The Guardian)

• Capital punishment in Japan
  • The six remaining cult members ofAum Shinrikyo who perpetrated the 1995Tokyo subway sarin attack and were on death row are executed by hanging.(Japan Today)
• Cannabis in the United Kingdom
  • TheUKHome SecretarySajid Javid announces thatmedicinal cannabis products are to be legalized by the end of this year, allowing cannabis treatments to be legally prescribed by specialist doctors following several high profile cases.(BBC)(Reuters)
• A bomb explodes outside theU.S. Embassy in China, wounding the lone assailant.(Reuters)

• A team ofRussian scientists in collaboration withPrinceton University announce in a new report that they have brought two femalenematodes frozen inpermafrost from around42,000 years ago back to life. The two nematodes are now the oldest confirmed living animals on the planet.(The Siberian Times)
• Astronomers say they have observedAlbert Einstein's theory ofgravitational redshift for the first time while observing a star known asS2 interact with asupermassive black hole using theVery Large Telescope (VLT).(BBC)

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• Proposed acquisition of 21st Century Fox by Disney
  • 21st Century Fox share holders approve a $71.3 billion merger withThe Walt Disney Company.(Variety)

• 2018 California wildfires
  • TheCarr wildfire threateningRedding,California, U.S., kills two firefighters, as many residents flee their homes.(New York Times)

• North Korea–United States relations
  • North Korea returns what it says are the remains of 55 U.S. servicemen killed during theKorean War on the 65th anniversary of the signing of theKorean Armistice Agreement. The repatriation was agreed at theJune summit betweenU.S. PresidentDonald Trump andNorth Korean leaderKim Jong-un in a bid to improve relations.(Sky News)(Vox)

• July 2018 lunar eclipse
  • The longest totallunar eclipse of the 21st century colours the moon reddish orange in parts of Africa, Asia and Europe for about one hour and 42 minutes.(ABC News)

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• Ground breaking on theBarack Obama Presidential Center inJackson Park,Illinois, is pushed back again until all federal approvals are completed, which will not be until 2019.(Chicago Sun Times)

• July 2018 Lombok earthquake
  • A magnitude 6.4earthquake hitsLombok,Indonesia, destroying several houses. At least 16 people are killed and 160 others are injured.(BBC)
• Heavy monsoon rains in northernIndia leave 58 people dead.(ABC)
• A bus crashes inDapoli,India, killing thirty people and leaving one sole survivor.(Bendigo Advertiser)

• FormerArmenianPresidentRobert Kocharyan is arrested and taken into police custody on charges of being involved in thecrackdown on protests in 2008 that resulted in ten deaths following a disputed presidential election.(RFE/RL)
• A court inEgypt sentences 75 supporters of formerpresidentMohammed Morsi to death, as part of a trial of more than 700.(BBC)

• Australian federal by-elections
  • Five separateby-elections are held for five seats in theAustralian House of Representatives, namelyBraddon,Fremantle,Longman,Mayo andPerth, four of which were triggered by thedual citizenship crisis.(The Guardian)
• Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People
  • Israeli Arab MPZouheir Bahloul resigns over the "nation-state" law.(BBC)

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• 2018 Pacific typhoon season
  • Typhoon Jongdari hits central and westernJapan, injuring at least 21 people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes. The typhoon is the latest in the series of weather events to affect the country, following devastatingfloods and a fatalheat wave earlier in the month.(BBC)
• 2018 Attica wildfires
  • The death toll from the fires inGreece rises to 91 while 25 other people are still missing.(AP)
• List of people who disappeared mysteriously
  • TeNiya Elnora Jones, aUniversity of Kentucky student studying abroad in theMiddle East, is reported missing after a swimming accident over the weekend inTel Aviv,Israel.(USA Today)

• Israeli–Palestinian conflict,2018 Gaza border protests
  • Palestinian teenagerAhed Tamimi is released from anIsraeli prison.(NBC News)

• Four cyclists, twoAmericans, oneDutch national and oneSwiss national, are killed in theKhatlon Region,Tajikistan by a hit-and-run driver while three others are injured. A 21 year old male suspect has been arrested.(RFE/RL)(NU.nl)

• Malian presidential election, 2018
  • Malians go to the polls to elect a president.(The Globe and Mail)

• 2018 Tour de France
  • Geraint Thomas of theUnited Kingdom wins theTour de France.(BBC)

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• Syrian Civil War
  • 2018 Southern Syria offensive
    • TheSyrian Army seizes control ofAl-Shajara, described asISIL's "main bastion" in theDaraa Governorate.(The New Arab)
  • TheSyrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports that ISIL militants are holding more than 30Druze women and children hostage followinglast week's attacks on Druze villages in theAs-Suwayda Governorate.(BBC)

• Economy of Iran
  • TheIranian rial hits another record low against theUS dollar ahead of August 7, when the first round of freshUnited States sanctions against Iran begin.(Al Jazeera)

• 15 people are killed and over 25,000 are affected after heavy floods hitsNigeria.(All Africa)
• 11 people died and 54,000 others are displaced when floods hitsMyanmar.(DNA India)
• 13 people are killed and four others are injured in a road accident involving a car and a truck inQuang Nam,Vietnam.(VietnamPlus)
• A man died and 12 others were hospitalized when theWest Nile virus spread acrossItaly.(Fidelity News)

• Italy–United States relations
  • U.S. PresidentDonald Trump hostsItalianPrime MinisterGiuseppe Conte at theWhite House.(USA Today)
• North Korea–United States relations
  • Intelligence officials in theUnited States share evidence thatNorth Korea has continued to developnuclear weapons, despite promises made at the2018 North Korea–United States summit.(Washington Post)

• Cannabis in Georgia
  • Following a campaign led by Georgian politicianZurab Japaridze, theConstitutional Court of Georgia legalizescannabis forrecreational use. Georgia is the first formerSoviet Republic to fully legalize the drug, with it also being decriminalized in Russia, Ukraine and Estonia.(Georgia Today)(RFE/RL)
• Indiana GovernorEric Holcomb calls for theGeneral Assembly to pass a hate crimes bill after a suburbanIndianapolis synagogue is defaced withanti-Semitic graffiti.(SFgate)
• AustralianArchbishopPhilip Wilson announces his resignation after being convicted for his role in covering up sexual abuse. He is the most seniorRoman Catholic official convicted to date.(BBC)

• Zimbabwean general election, 2018
  • Voters inZimbabwe go to the polls to elect a new president and members for both houses of theParliament, the first election to not involve longtime former presidentRobert Mugabe.(The Guardian)
• Macedonian constitutional referendum, 2018
  • Lawmakers inMacedonia approve a government proposal to set September 30 as the target date of a referendum to change the country's name.(RFE/RL)

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• Terrorism in Tajikistan,Terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
  • ISIL claims responsibility for an attack inTajikistan that occurred two days prior and left four cycling tourists dead.(CBS News)
• Malian presidential election, 2018
  • Gunmen attack a convoy carrying election materials in theSégou Region. The attack and the ensuing shootout kill four soldiers and eight attackers.(SBS News)
• Three people are killed and robbed in an ambush nearSibut,Central African Republic. TheMikhail Khodorkovsky-financedInvestigations Management Center says that they wereRussian journalists who worked with them on a documentary aboutWagner Group mercenaries and Russian mining interests in the country.(TASS)(Reuters)(CBS News)
• Moro conflict
  • 2018 Lamitan bombing
    • A van loaded with animprovised explosive device explodes in an army checkpoint inLamitan,Basilan, in the Philippines, killing 11.(Manila Bulletin)

• Economy of the United States
  • Worker pay rate in the United States hits its highest level since 2008 according to theBureau of Labor Statistics. TheEmployment Cost Index, which tracks worker compensation, has been steadily increasing since just prior toDonald Trump taking office.(CNBC)(Bloomberg)(Bureau of Labor Statistics)

• 2018 California wildfires
  • Fires acrossCalifornia kill at least eight people. One month into the fiscal year, the state's emergency fund is about one quarter spent.(UPI)
• Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431
  • AnAeroméxicoEmbraer 190 crashes shortly after taking off fromDurango International Airport inDurango,Mexico, injuring around 85 people, two critically.(BBC)
• InPeru, two trains collide en route toMachu Picchu, injuring 15.(BBC)
• Popocatépetl, astratovolcano that is part of theTrans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, releases a large quantity of ash.(BBC)

• Russia–European Union relations
  • TheEuropean Union imposes sanctions on sixRussian companies involved in the construction ofthe bridge connecting mainlandRussia to theannexedCrimea peninsula.(The Moscow Times)

• Mueller special counsel investigation,Trials of Paul Manafort
  • The former campaign chairman ofU.S. PresidentDonald Trump,Paul Manafort, appears in court for the opening day of his criminal trial on 18 bank and fraud charges brought by special counselRobert Mueller.(The Hill)
• A shooting at abilliard hall inEl Tarra,Colombia, kills nine people. Local media blames a feud between two left-wing rebel groups, who both deny responsibility.(BBC)

• Facebook announces that it has suspended 32 accounts it believes intended to influence the2018 mid-term elections in theUnited States. The company says while it is uncertain who operated these accounts, at least one is linked to theRussian-basedInternet Research Agency.(BBC)

• In baseball, theNew York Mets suffer the worst loss in franchise history after being defeated by theWashington Nationals, 25–4.(USA Today)