Portal:Current events/2018 July 15

July 15, 2018 (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015–2018 Iraqi protests
- Demonstrations in Muthanna Province, Iraq, leave 16 protesters killed or injured and 33 others arrested. (Iraqi News)

Business and economy

Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude strikes off Yemen, but there are no reports of any damage or casualties. (The New York Times)
MV Shunqiang 2 collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink. Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers. (Xinhua)
A fire in a copper mine in Limpopo, South Africa kills five and traps a sixth. (CNN)

International relations

Iran and weapons of mass destruction, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
- New details from Iranian nuclear documents stolen by Israeli spies show that Tehran obtained weapons-design information from a foreign source and was on the cusp of mastering key bombmaking technologies when the research was ordered halted 15 years ago. (The Washington Post)

Law and crime

Murder of April Tinsley
- Police in Allen County, Indiana arrest a suspect in the 1988 murder of the 8-year-old April Tinsley. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

Science and technology

Sports