Portal:Current events/2018 July 15

• 2015–2018 Iraqi protests
  • Demonstrations in Muthanna Province, Iraq, leave 16 protesters killed or injured and 33 others arrested. (Iraqi News)

• Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests. (Reuters)

• An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude strikes off Yemen, but there are no reports of any damage or casualties. (The New York Times)
• MV Shunqiang 2 collides with another ship off Shanghai, causing thirteen to fall overboard and the ship to sink. Search and rescue operations commence for the missing seafarers. (Xinhua)
• A fire in a copper mine in Limpopo, South Africa kills five and traps a sixth. (CNN)

• Iran and weapons of mass destruction, Iran–Israel proxy conflict
  • New details from Iranian nuclear documents stolen by Israeli spies show that Tehran obtained weapons-design information from a foreign source and was on the cusp of mastering key bombmaking technologies when the research was ordered halted 15 years ago. (The Washington Post)

• Murder of April Tinsley
  • Police in Allen County, Indiana arrest a suspect in the 1988 murder of the 8-year-old April Tinsley. (CBS News)

• Politics of Haiti
  • Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises. (BBC)

• 2018 lower Puna eruption
  • A tiny island of lava forms north of the Kapoho ocean entry on Hawaii island. (Star Advertiser)

• Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse
  • In boxing, Manny Pacquiao knocks out Lucas Matthysse in the seventh round to win the WBA welterweight championship. (Reuters)
• 2018 FIFA World Cup Final
  • In football, France defeats Croatia 4–2 to claim its second World Cup championship. (BBC Sport)
  • Celebrations across France see two killed, 45 injured, and 292 arrested. (A.A.)
• 2018 Wimbledon Championships
  • In men's professional tennis, Novak Djokovic defeats Kevin Anderson in three sets to win his fourth Wimbledon championship. (BBC Sport)