Georgian presidential election, 2018 Salome Zurabishvili takes office as President of Georgia. Zurabishvili is the first woman in office and the last president to be elected by popular vote.
2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
Tulare County shootings A gunman kills two people and wounds seven others in a shooting spree across Tulare County, California. The gunman is identified as an undocumented immigrant.
2018 Strasbourg attack A Polish national who was wounded during a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France, dies of his injuries, raising the death toll to five.