Portal:Current events/2018 July 21

July 21, 2018 (Saturday)

Business and Economy

Armed conflicts and attacks

Western Iran clashes (2016–present)
- PJAK militants blow up an ammunition dump and kill eleven Iranian border guards stationed at an Iran–Iraq border post in Marivan County. Several militants are killed in return. (Reuters)
Syrian Civil War
- Israel Defense Forces extract 98 White Helmets and 324 others from recently recaptured southwestern Syrian territory into Jordan, at the request of Canada and the United States. Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany offer refuge to some of them. Two other groups intended for rescue, comprising about 800 people, do not escape. (CBC)

Disasters and accidents

2018 Vietnam floods
- Tropical Storm Son-Tinh kills 20 people, injures 14 more and leaves at least 16 missing in Vietnam. (Reuters)
The death toll from a heatwave in Japan rises to 30. (BBC)

Law and crime

Crime in South Africa
- Gunmen attack a minibus of people returning from a funeral between Colenso and Weenen in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Eleven people are shot dead and four others are critically injured. (The Evening Standard)
2018 Los Angeles hostage incident
- A gunman is arrested for one count of murder after killing a woman then taking dozens of people hostage at a Trader Joe's in Los Angeles, California. (CBS News)

Politics and elections

People's Party (Spain) leadership election, 2018
- Pablo Casado is elected leader of Spain's centre-right People's Party after defeating former Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría in a run-off. (BBC)
Presidency of Rodrigo Duterte
- The Philippines immigration authority has ordered the deportation and blacklisting of an Australian nun who was investigated, under instruction from President Rodrigo Duterte, for her political activism. (Business Insider)

Sports