JANUARY: Pennsylvania Bans Fraternity. New York to Install More Sidewalk Barriers. Five Dead at Pennsylvania Car Wash. John Feeley, the U.S. Ambassador to Panama resigned on January 12, after claiming he can no longer serve President Trump.
FEBRUARY: The Indian government announces plan to give 500 million people free healthcare. Moscow has its heaviest snowfall in a day on record, killing one and bringing down 2,000 trees.
MARCH: A Russian military plane crashed in Syria on March 6. All 38 members of the plane’s personnel have died, and the crash is suspected to be due to a technological malfunction.
APRIL: United States, Britain and France carry out pre-dawn strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime in response to a suspected chemical attack on the Eastern Ghouta town of Douma that killed scores of civilians.
MAY: United States opens its new embassy in Jerusalem, infuriating the Palestinians who also claim the holy city as their capital.
JUNE: Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Singapore in the first-ever meeting between sitting leaders of the two countries.
JULY: There was a global sigh of relief on July 10 when the last of 12 young football players and their coach are extracted safe and sound from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they had become trapped 17 days earlier.
AUGUST: Apple becomes the first American public listed company to reach $1 trillion in value. Malaysia charges former prime minister Najib Razak with three counts of money laundering. Australia's most populous state New South Wales declared 100% in drought. Academy of Motion Pictures reveals new "Popular Film" category for the Oscars. EPL club Chelsea sign Kepa Arrizabalaga from Spain's Athletic Bilbao for £72 million; world-record fee for a goalkeeper. Argentina's Senate rejects bill to legalize abortion in first 14 weeks.
SEPTEMBER: On September 29, President Buhari was nominated for re-election in 2019 by Nigeria’s ruling party.
OCTOBER: Dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post, enters his country's consulate in Istanbul and is never seen again.
NOVEMBER: California is ravaged by its deadliest fire ever, with 85 people dying before it comes under control after two weeks. Protests flare across France in opposition to rising fuel taxes and living costs, later swelling into a broad movement against the policies of the government of President Emmanuel Macron.
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