2016–present purges in Turkey Turkey's Ministry of the Interior tweets that 418 people in 29 provinces are detained by police, for suspected links with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The authorities have also announced that they "replaced" the mayors of three major southeastern cities.
Opinions The EU is not a cigar club No matter how you look at it, Brexit is a spectacular failure of the grand project called the European Union.
2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests The organizers claim that at least 1.7 million people join a peaceful rally in Victoria Park, Hong Kong. Protesters spill into nearby streets, with train service intermittently suspended due to the sheer number of people.
United Kingdom–United States relations Gibraltar authorities reject the request by the U.S. to seize the Iranian oil tanker "Grace 1". They argue that EU, not U.S. law, is applicable in Gibraltar. The tanker is also renamed.
War in Afghanistan ISIL claims responsibility for an attack against a wedding party in Afghanistan the day prior, which left 63 people dead and over 200 injured.
2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests Thousands of school teachers join the 11th weekend of anti-government protests in Hong Kong.
2018–19 Sudanese protests The ruling military and the civilian opposition formally sign a power-sharing deal establishing a three-year transition period towards the election of a civilian government.
War in Afghanistan 63 people are killed and 182 wounded in a suicide attack at a wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan. The attacker set off explosives among the invitees.