Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018 In a public statement, the foreign ministry of Botswana urges Joseph Kabila, the President of DR Congo, to step down since his term expired in December 2016, and hold the long-delayed new election.
2016–2018 investigations involving Benjamin Netanyahu The Israeli Prosecutor's Office links Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case.
Donald Trump campaign U.S. President Donald Trump names Brad Parscale as his 2020 presidential campaign manager as he formally declares he is running for re-election, a record 980 days before the election.
Government Saudi King Salman replaces top army commanders and reshuffles key security and government ministries.
Terrorism in the United States A letter containing an unknown substance opened at a U.S. military base in Arlington, Virginia, leaves 11 people ill, with three being hospitalized.
Foreign relations of North Korea Five unnamed Western European security sources say that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his father Kim Jong-il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports in order to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s.