2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremasinghe is replaced by Mahinda Rajapakse.
Blasphemy Referendum Voters re-elect Michael D. Higgins as President of Ireland and vote to remove the offense of blasphemy from the Constitution, with winning margins of over 30% in both votes, according to exit polls.
2018 Freiburg gang rape Authorities arrest eight men after a gang rape in Freiburg, Germany on 14 October, with police seeking more men.
Salisbury A man in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is arrested for attempting to steal one of four existing original copies of "Magna Carta" from Salisbury Cathedral.
October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts A suspect, Cesar Sayoc, is taken into custody in Plantation, Florida.
Authorities are also investigating a packages addressed to former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and billionaire Tom Steyer.
The FBI has confirmed that packages similar to those found earlier this week were sent to U.S. Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris.
Terrorism The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada orders Othman Hamdan, a Fort St. John man whose Facebook posts promoted the Islamic State, deported. The deportation is not immediate and requires additional events to occur.
2018 Gaza border protests Israel responds to 40 Palestinian rockets with 80 air strikes on what Israel states are Iranian and Hamas-controlled weapon factories in Gaza. An Egypt-meditated ceasefire is announced by Islamic Jihad soon afterward.