• 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack
  • Four unknown gunmen, wearing military uniforms, open fire during a military parade to commemorate the Iran–Iraq War in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, killing 25 people and wounding up to 60. Both the Islamic State and Ahvaz National Resistance claim responsibility. (Reuters)
• War in Afghanistan
  • Eight children playing near a police station in the northern Faryab province are killed by a landmine explosion. Six other children are also wounded. (BBC)
• Somali Civil War
  • A U.S. airstrike kills 18 Al Shabaab militants north of Kismayo, Somalia. The militants were engaged in an attack on U.S. and local forces. (CBC News)
• Pakistan’s military says security forces have raided militant hideouts, setting off a shootout that leaves seven soldiers and nine militants dead. (The Washington Post)

• Pope Francis's visit to the Baltic States
  • Pope Francis arrives in Vilnius, Lithuania, on his visit to the Baltic States. (Catholic News Agency)
• Portuguese discoveries, History of Portugal
  • Archaeologists discover a centuries-old shipwreck near the Portugal coast of Cascais. (CNN)

• MV Nyerere sinking
  • The death toll of the MV Nyerere sinking in Lake Victoria, Tanzania, rises to 207. Several people are still missing. (BBC)
• The death toll of a cholera outbreak in Yobe and Borno, Nigeria, rises to 97. (Rappler)
• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park reopens after 134 days of closure due to volcanic activity at Kilauea that damaged park infrastructure. (Maui Now) (NBC News)

• China–Holy See relations
  • The Vatican signs a provisional agreement with China on the process used to appoint bishops, a breakthrough after years of contentious negotiations on the management of Catholic leadership in the communist country. (The Washington Post)

• Hayabusa2
  • The Japanese space agency JAXA announces that a pair of 18-centimetre (7.1 in) tall robots successfully landed on asteroid Ryugu. (Space.com)