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2. Danghara District, Tajikistan. Terrorist attack against cyclists in Tajikistan. Two Americans, a Swiss and a Dutch national were killed and two others injured in a terrorist attack in the Khatlon Region. First a car hit the cyclists and then the occupants of the vehicle got out and stabbed and shot the tourists.
The 2017–2018 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States throughout 2017. The crisis began early in 2017 when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear tests that demonstrated the country's ability to launch ballistic missiles beyond its immediate region, suggesting their nuclear weapons capability was developing at a faster ...
President Donald J. Trump arrives at Zurich Airport Thursday, January 25, 2018, in Zurich, Switzerland, and proceeds to Marine One traveling to Davos, Switzerland over the Swiss Alps. January 1. The 2018 North American cold wave takes place, with record low temperatures in the Midwestern and Eastern United States.
On October 1, 2017, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire on 22,000 people at a country music festival from his hotel suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel on the Las Vegas strip ...
The year 2018 hosted the most serious and biggest opposition demonstrations since 2009, shaking the very pillars of this regime. However, these protests differ from the Green movement in participants, causes, goals, and chants. Unlike 2009, the 2017–2018 protests remain leaderless and disorganized.
Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2018. Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2018. Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2018. Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2018. Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2018. ← 2017 2019 →. The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2018 . Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 15 ...
Business and economy Value Added Tax (VAT) has been introduced in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for the first time. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A boat capsizes in the north of Indonesian Borneo, leaving at least eight people dead. (BBC) Two people are killed in a plane crash in Northland, New Zealand. (1 News) International relations Pakistan–United States relations U.S ...
Business and economy. 2018 China–United States trade war. The United States announces a 10% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to start on September 24, increasing to 25% by the end of the year, and threatens tariffs on an additional $267 billion worth of imports if China retaliates.