2018 United States gun violence protests Demonstrators protesting against gun violence block Interstate 94 in Chicago.
Crime in the Philippines Alexander Lubigan, Vice Mayor of Trece Martires, Philippines, is assassinated in an ambush.
North Korea–United States relations North Korean state media Korean Central News Agency calls high-level talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo "regrettable" and criticizes the United States' "unilateral and gangster-like" demands for denuclearization.
2018 North American heat wave High electricity demand during a heat wave in Los Angeles leaves 34,500 residents without power, some for up to 24 hours.
2018 Phuket boat capsizing The death toll from a tourist boat accident off the coast of Thailand's Phuket Island climbs to 41, with 15 people still missing.