Portal:Current events/2018 July 8
July 8, 2018 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Syrian Civil War
- The Syrian Air Defense Force damages an Israeli aircraft and thwarts an Israeli missile strike on the Tiyas Military Airbase (T-4 Airbase) in the Homs Governorate. (Reuters)
- 2018 Amesbury poisonings
- A British woman dies after being exposed to the Novichok nerve agent several days earlier in Amesbury. (CBS News)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Japan floods
- The death toll from heavy rains in Japan rises to 94, with over 50 people still reported missing. (Japan Today)
- Tham Luang cave rescue
- Four boys are rescued from the cave. (The Guardian) (CNN)
- Çorlu train derailment
- A train en route to Istanbul from Bulgaria derails in Tekirdağ Province, Turkey, killing 24 people and injuring 73. (Star Tribune) (BBC)
International relations
- North Korea–United States relations
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls for North Korea to follow Vietnam's path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States. (The Guardian)
- 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed meets with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara and they pledge to restore diplomatic relations. (CBC)
Law and crime
- Human rights in Iran
- Iranian police arrest a number of users for posting illegal content on Instagram, including a famous blogger named Maedeh Hojabri. (The Guardian)
Politics and elections
- Politics of the United Kingdom
- David Davis resigns as the United Kingdom's Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union amid disagreements with Prime Minister Theresa May over Brexit negotiations. (BBC)
- Purges in Turkey
- Turkey purges more than 18,500 government workers a day before Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is sworn in as executive president. (Bloomberg)