Timeline of Instagram Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are expected to step down from the company.
Politics of Hong Kong The government of Hong Kong bans the pro-independence localist party Hong Kong National Party.
Maldivian presidential election, 2018 Outgoing president Abdulla Yameen concedes defeat to opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
Dellen Millard Dellen Millard is convicted of murdering his father Wayne Millard, who owned an aviation company. The death had initially been ruled a suicide. Dellen Millard has already been convicted of two other murders in Canadian court.
Crime in California Police in California arrest Ramon Escobar, 47, on charges of killing and assaulting homeless people, and are investigating whether he may have attacked a fisherman napping beneath a pier, in the cities of Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California. Authorities believe Escobar may be a serial killer, who is now a person of interest in the disappearance of his aunt and uncle in Houston, Texas.
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action The foreign ministers of Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China and Iran agree to the creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle, a financial facility in the European Union, to facilitate payments and continue trade with Iran after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal.
2018 North Korea–United States summit US President Donald Trump expects a second summit with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un "quite soon".
2018 Atlantic hurricane season Firefighters remove dead fish from Interstate 40 in Pender County, North Carolina as water from Hurricane Florence recedes.
War A Taliban prisoner kills eight policemen after seizing their weapons. The condition of the Taliban gunman is unknown.
Syria missile strikes (September 2018) Russian officials state that the country will send S-300 air-defense missile system to Syria within two weeks following the downing of Russian aircraft in Syria. Russia also stated it will commence jamming radar and satellite signals of planes that attack Syrian territory from the Mediterranean.