Portal:Current events/2011 July 18
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Arab Spring:
- 2011 Libyan civil war:
- Rebels claim victory in the eastern town of Brega. (Reuters)
- Former Foreign Minister Abdel Rahman Shalgham says that the Libyan government was responsible for the bombing of UTA Flight 772 in 1989 over Niger. (Al Arabiya)
- 2011 Syrian uprising:
- 50 protesters arrested in the city of Hama are released. (BBC)
- Qatar suspends operations at its embassy in Syria, after it was attacked by government supporters. (Gulf News)
- War in Afghanistan (2001–2021):
- US General David Petraeus hands over command of NATO forces in Afghanistan to United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General John R. Allen. (CNN)
- Rioting at a police station in
Arts and culture
- Nine months after a goodwill gesture Japan and South Korea will commence negotiations in August on the return of more than 1,200 volumes of ancient Korean royal archives taken during Japanese rule between 1910 and 1945. (Yonhap News)
- The Archdiocese of Philadelphia that he heads of failing to investigate claims of sexual abuse of children by clergy in the diocese. (Philly.com)
Business and economy
- Cisco Systems announces plans to cut 11,500 jobs including transfer of a plant employing 5,000 people in Juarez, Mexico, to Foxconn. (CNBC)[permanent dead link]
Disasters
- The Plains States and Midwest. (USA Today)
- The U.S. city of
International relations
- The Vatican and Malaysia establish diplomatic relations. (Bernama) (AP via Google News)
- PJAK camps inside Iraq. (Al Arabiya)
- The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev commences a two-day visit to Germany. (RIA Novosti)
- The United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in India for two days of talks with the Indian government. (IBN Live)
Law and crime
- The trial of five bloggers in the United Arab Emirates for advocating democratic reforms resumes. (Al-Jazeera)
- A Minneapolis, Minnesota, to helping recruit people to travel to Somalia to assist the terror group al-Shabab. (AP via Google News)
- The San Francisco County Superior Court in the US state of California announces plans to cut 200 jobs and close 25 out of 63 court rooms due to budget problems. (ABC News America)
- An Palestinian stone throwers under the age of 14. (BBC)
Politics and elections
- A new Cabinet is sworn in in Egypt, with half the former members being replaced due to ongoing protests since the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (Al-Jazeera)
- Territorial Army soldiers. (Sky News) (The Guardian)
- News International scandal:
- News of the World phone hacking affair inquiry. (The Guardian)
- Assistant Commissioner John Yates is called in for questioning for his links with former News executive Neil Wallis and later resigns. (The Telegraph) (BBC)
- News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower Sean Hoare is found dead at his home. (The Guardian)
- hackers attack The Sun website posting a story about the fake death of Rupert Murdoch. (News Limited) (The Guardian) (The Telegraph)
- Senate Majority Leader in the US state of North Dakota, is killed in an accident in Alaska. (AP via Greenfield Reporter)[permanent dead link]
Science
- The Dawn spacecraft takes its first photo of the asteroid 4 Vesta. (USA Today)
Sports
- Iranian athlete and Iran's Strongest Man Rouhollah Dadashi is killed in a fight which started as an argument with another driver and his passengers. Two of them are arrested by police. (Blogspot)