Political appointments by Donald Trump The U.S. Senate votes 50–49 to confirm Jim Bridenstine as administrator of NASA.
Donald Trump campaign South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham states that he will support Trump in the 2020 elections.
Republican Senators Ron Johnson and Bob Corker opt not to commit to endorsing Donald Trump in the 2020 elections.
History of Swaziland Marking the country's 50th anniversary of independence, Swaziland's King Mswati III officially renames the country the Kingdom of eSwatini.
Cuban parliamentary election, 2018 Miguel Díaz-Canel is named the new President of Cuba. It is the first time in six decades that a Castro family member is not leading Cuba.
United States A US federal judge rules the Department of Defence cannot transfer an unidentified ISIS suspect with US-Saudi dual citizenship to an unnamed foreign country.
Tajikistan A court in Tajikistan sentenced a 71-year old woman to 12 years in prison after having links to the Islamic State group.
Trenton, Florida Two deputies are shot dead at a Chinese restaurant in Trenton, Florida, in what appears to be a targeted killing. The gunman was found dead outside the restaurant.
Terrorism in Norway The police bomb group moved out to an apartment in Rosenhoff, Oslo, when informed that there might be explosives in the apartment. One person was found slightly injured.
Glasgow The High Court in Glasgow jails corrupt juror Catherine Leahy for six years in the first case of its kind in Scotland.
Murder A woman goes on trial in England accused of murdering a man who was voluntarily euthanised in Belgium after she allegedly attacked him with acid. Prosecutors say medical evidence indicates "he could not bear to live in that condition."
North Korea–South Korea relations South Korea states that North Korea has expressed a desire to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula without attaching preconditions such as withdrawing US troops.
Indonesia Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee releases a preliminary report detailing the circumstances of a collision between two passenger planes on a runway at Kuala Namu International Airport last year.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 The United States National Transportation Safety Board declares metal fatigue caused a fan blade failure that killed a passenger on April 16, the same issue behind a similar accident on another Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 in 2016. The Federal Aviation Administration announces mandatory ultrasonic inspections on fan blades fitted to CFM56-7B engines of which around 8,000 are flying worldwide.
Shoreham Airshow crash Mount Kirishima in Kyushu, Japan, erupts. It is the first time it has erupted since 1768.
Jet pilot Andy Hill, accused of eleven counts of manslaughter over a 2015 crash at Shoreham Airshow in England, makes an initial Magistrates' Court appearance. He indicates he will deny the charges and the case is transferred to Crown Court.
Minnesota Prosecutors in Minnesota say nobody will be charged over the death of Prince, who accidentally overdosed on counterfeit fentanyl pills.
Mohammed Haydar Zammar Mohammed Haydar Zammar, a recruiter for the September 11 attacks, is arrested in Syria.
War in Donbass Ukrainian ecology minister Ostap Semerak warns of a major nuclear disaster if pro-Russia separatists go forward with a plan to flood a mine where a small nuclear weapon was tested in the 1970s. Semerak appeals for international assistance to prevent the flooding.
Syrian civil war Iraqi Air Force F-16 jets attack an Islamic State explosives factory and other positions inside Syria near the city of Hajin in coordination with the Syrian Armed Forces.