August 18, 2018 (Saturday)
Arts and culture
- Russian president Vladimir Putin attends the wedding of Austrian foreign minister Karin Kneissl (FPÖ) and businessman Wolfgang Malinger. (BBC)
- History of cheese
- Archeologists from the Cairo University and the University of Catania report the discovery of one of the oldest known examples of cheese. Discovered at a tomb in the Saqqara necropolis, it is the first known evidence of ancient Egyptian cheese production. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- Ponte Morandi § Collapse
- The death toll from the Ponte Morandi collapse in Genoa, Italy, rises to 43. (Adnkronos)
- 2018 Pacific hurricane season
- Hurricane Lane enters the central Pacific as a category 4 hurricane. (Honolulu Star-Adviser)
Law and crime
- School violence
- A school official in Bicol Central Academy, a school in Libmanan, Camarines Sur, Philippines burned students' bags and other personal belongings as a punishment for students who violated the no-bag policy set for the school's event during that time. It was met with huge outrage from the netizens. (Rappler)
Politics and elections
- Politics of Belarus
- Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko reshuffles his government in the wake of a corruption scandal. Andrei Kobyakov is replaced by Sergei Rumas as Prime Minister of Belarus. (The Guardian)
- 6th Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress
- At the 6th Ordinary Congress of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is re-elected as the party's chairman, receiving 1380 of 1381 votes. (Anadolu)
- Protests against Rodrigo Duterte
- Vice President Leni Robredo protests President Rodrigo Duterte's remark that her hometown Naga City is a "hotbed of shabu." (CNN Philippines) (Rappler)
Sports
- 2018 Asian Games
- The opening ceremony of the Asian Games takes place. (NDTV Sports)