Corruption in Venezuela 28 former Venezuelan officials are charged with corruption by a judge in Andorra.
Trials of Paul Manafort Former Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort agrees to plead guilty in a foreign-lobbying and money-laundering case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller. Manafort has agreed to cooperate with the investigation.
Organization of American States Secretary general Luis Almagro of the OAS says that he does not exclude "a military intervention to overthrow" President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro, arguing that the Maduro government perpetrates "crimes against humanity, the violation of the human rights and the suffering of people that is inducing an exodus".
North Korea–South Korea relations North Korea and South Korea open their first liaison office near Kaesong ahead of the third summit meeting between Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un in 2018.
Cholera The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe rises to 25. In response, the government launches a crowdfunding campaign, which has been criticized due to it being started amid allegations of misused state funds.
2018 Pacific typhoon season Super Typhoon Mangkhut (Ompong) approaches the Philippines as one of the strongest in its history, with sustained winds of 205 km-h and gusts of up to 285 km-h.
2018 Atlantic hurricane season At least four people are reported killed in Florence-related incidents.
More than 150 residents in New Bern, North Carolina, are left stranded after 10 ft adj=on–high storm surges flood the city.
Hurricane Florence makes landfall in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, as a Category 1 hurricane. and leaves over 895,000 residences and businesses without electrical power. A 105 mph (169 km-h) gust hits Wilmington, the strongest wind recorded there since Hurricane Helene in 1958. Florence is later downgraded to a Tropical Storm as it moves inland with sustained winds of 70 mph.
Russian Orthodox The Russian Orthodox Church freezes its relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople over its influence in Ukraine.
Syrian civil war Residents in Idlib, the last Syrian opposition-held territory, demonstrate against President Bashar Assad's government.