Lesser long-nosed bat The lesser long-nosed bat, once on the brink of extinction, is removed from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service list of endangered mammals and birds. It is the first U.S. bat species to officially recover from the imminent threat of extinction.
Almahata Sitta New research suggests the Almahata Sitta meteorites are evidence of a lost additional planet in the Solar System.
Los Angeles In Los Angeles, SpaceX announced that they will build a massive rocket named BFR capable of sending humans to Mars.
Politics of Armenia Amid anti-government protests, Armenia's National Assembly swears in former President Serzh Sargsyan as Prime Minister. The opposition call the move a "power grab".
Iraq Officials announce the arrests in Iraq of two men suspected of plotting terror attacks for Islamic State in Australia.
Terrorism in Europe The European Commission announces plans to force tech companies worldwide that provide services within the European Union to supply data on their users in counterterror investigations.
2018 North Korea–United States summit United States officials state that Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo met with North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
Third summit meeting in 2018 North Korea and South Korea announce that they are planning to officially end the Korean War by writing a peace agreement. An armistice agreement was reached, ending armed conflict, in 1953. U.S. President Donald Trump called the decision to end the war a blessing.
European Commission The European Commission rules Poland's logging operations in the Białowieża Forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site, are a violation of international law.
Disasters in Indonesia A bridge linking Babat, Lamongan, and Widang, Tuban, in East Java, Indonesia, collapses. Several vehicles fall into the Bengawan Solo River, killing at least two truckers.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 A passenger jet suffers an uncontained engine failure during a flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Dallas Love Field in Dallas, Texas. One passenger is killed. The aircraft diverts to Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Shipwrecks in 2018 Tanker ships MT "Crystal Sunrise" and MT "Astro Saturn" collide off Singapore, causing damage to both vessels and a butane leak.
Oil exploration ship MV "Ocean Geos" catches fire after an explosion on board off Kuala Baram, Indonesia. Of the crew, 37 are evacuated including two injured and one more remains missing. Four firefighting tugs are in attendance.
Iraqi insurgency (2017–present) Iraq sentences seven foreign women for links to Islamic State. Three Azerbaijanis and one Kergyz receive death sentences while two Russians and a French women receive life sentences.
Terrorism in Spain Eight people go on trial in Navarra, Spain, accused of terrorism after an alleged attack on two Civil Guards in a controversial case with the prosecution seeking a total 375 years imprisonment for the defendants. The defence claims the incident was nothing more than a bar brawl and Amnesty International describes the charges as "inappropriate".
Unit 731 The names of 3,607 employees of Unit 731, a Japanese military medical experimentation unit associated with war crimes during World War II, are released. Prosecutors in the United States had kept their identities secret following the war in exchange for access to data gleaned from the project.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Egypt invites rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas to meet in Cairo in a bid to halt violent protests at the Israeli-Gazan border.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking at a Foreign Ministry ceremony commemorating the nation's sixteen diplomats killed in service, states security services are prepared to foil possible attacks on diplomats by Iran.
Israel holds services remembering 23,646 Israeli soldiers and 3,134 civilians killed in the conflict.
Syrian civil war U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration are considering replacing the U.S. military forces in Syria with a regional Arab force.