• Syrian Civil War
  • The Syrian Network for Human Rights reports that at least 223 documented massacres were perpetrated in 2018 by the parties to the conflict in Syria. (Syrian Network For Human Rights)

• 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism
  • Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I signs the independence decree ('tomos') officially separating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Russian Orthodox Church as autocephalous Church. (NPR)

• Juan Guaidó is elected the President of the Venezuelan National Assembly. (Efecto Cocuyo)
• 2018 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election
  • The Congolese election commission delays announcing the results of the recent election, claiming that only half the ballots have been counted. (BBC News)