Politics of Hungary George Soros' Open Society Foundations announces that it is moving its operations in Budapest to Germany.
2018 elections in India The ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party, wins plurality in state assembly elections in Karnataka.
President of Taiwan Former President of Taiwan Ma Ying-jeou is sentenced to four months in prison on charges he leaked classified information from a wiretap.
Censorship in Germany A Hamburg court upholds a 2017 ban on passages of Jan Böhmermann's poem Schmähkritik.
De-occupies Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin opens the auto part of the 19 km road-and-rail Kerch Strait Bridge connecting Crimea with Russia.
Iran–United States relations The United States and six Arab states of the Persian Gulf add more sanctions on Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Naim Qassem.
The United States Treasury Department announces new sanctions on Iran central bank governor Valiollah Seif and assistant director Ali Tarzali for allegedly helping the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Quds Force support Hezbollah.
2018 Gaza border protests The Israeli Army reports some 4,000 Palestinians hold violent protests in five locations along the Gaza border, throwing Molotov cocktails at troops and burning tires. The Israeli Army kills two protesters and injures more than 100 others using live fire and tear gas.