Portal:Current events/2018 May 8

• Colombian conflict
  • A war crimes tribunal in Colombia begins investigating atrocities during the war which began in the 1960s. (Al Jazeera)
• Bosnian prosecutors appeal the acquittal of Naser Orić, former commander of the Bosnian Army in Srebrenica, who was accused of killing Serb prisoners. (Balkan Insight)
• Yemeni Crisis (2011–present), Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
  • United Arab Emirates takeover of Socotra
    • Yemeni political parties, including the General People's Congress, Al-Islah and the Southern Movement issue a joint statement calling on the United Arab Emirates to immediately withdraw its troops from Socotra in the Arabian Sea. (Anadolu Agency)

• The heads of Serco and Mitie are expected to appear before the UK's Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Select Committee to testify over the collapse of Carillion. (The Telegraph)
• Economy of Argentina
  • President of Argentina Mauricio Macri announces talks with the International Monetary Fund on financial support for the country's economy. The Central Bank of Argentina interest rate is now at 40%, inflation at 25% and the value of the Argentine peso at a record low. (BBC)

• Grenfell Tower fire
  • The Guardian reports that the Grenfell Tower in London, which burned down last year with the loss of 71 lives, received a quote for non-flammable cladding but it was rejected for a more expensive option which exacerbated the fire. (The Guardian)
• USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision
  • Junior officer Lt. j.g. Sarah Coppock, who was navigating when USS Fitzgerald when it collided with a civilian ship last year killing seven people, pleads guilty to dereliction of duty and is sentenced to half pay for three months and a punitive letter. (Navy Times)

• List of Ebola outbreaks
  • A new outbreak of the Ebola virus disease kills at least 17 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (The Guardian)

• China–North Korea relations
  • For the second time in two months, North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets China's paramount leader Xi Jinping, this time in Dalian. (Stuff) (The Wall Street Journal) (The New York Times)
• United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action; Iran–United States relations
  • Donald Trump announces that the United States will withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal. (The New York Times)
  • Iran says that it remains committed to the agreement but also that it is ready to step up uranium enrichment if the deal is no longer beneficial. (The Washington Post)

• Terrorism in Greece
  • Greek officials arrest 14 men, all but one of which are Greek nationals, on suspicion of funding terrorism. (Kathimerini)
• High profile Chinese Communist Party member Sun Zhengcai is sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes totaling 170 million yuan. (BBC)
• The Metropolitan Police of London announces a review of 21 rapes and sexual assaults as well as 12 other offences including violence and burglaries over inadequately performed "undeclared casework" by a forensic scientist. (BBC)

• Politics of Armenia
  • 2018 Armenian revolution
    • Armenia's parliament elects protest leader Nikol Pashinyan as the new Prime Minister. (The Huffington Post)
• Brexit
  • Theresa May confirms her trust in Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson after he called her post-Brexit trade policy with the European Union "crazy". (Bloomberg)