< Portal:Current events
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
- Politics of Haiti
- Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises. (BBC)
Science and technology
- 2018 lower Puna eruption
- A tiny island of lava forms north of the Kapoho ocean entry on Hawaii island. (Star Advertiser)
Sports
- Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse
- In boxing, Manny Pacquiao knocks out Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round to win the WBA welterweight championship. (Reuters)
- 2018 FIFA World Cup Final
- 2018 Wimbledon Championships
- In men's professional tennis, Novak Djokovic defeats Kevin Anderson in three sets to win his fourth Wimbledon championship. (BBC Sport)
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