June 18, 2022 (Saturday)

Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zasyadko coal mine and trapping 77 miners.

The dead body of an Indian police official is found in a paddy field in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir. Islamist militants are suspected to be responsible for the attack.

Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia says that Ukraine is planning to resume ceasefire negotiations with Russia this August.

Islamic State kill a Sikh and a Taliban member in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul.

Two people are killed and six are injured after suspected militants attacked a bus in southwestern Rwanda.

At least 20 people die in an attack in Anchawadi commune, Mali.

One person is killed in a fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China.

An Iranian F-14 crashes near Isfahan, with both pilots successfully ejecting from the aircraft.

At least two people are killed by flooding in Guangxi, China.

A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Wildfires spread across northeastern Spain amid a heatwave, with the highest temperatures expected to be between 40 to 42 °C (104 to 108 °F) in the region of Zaragoza.

France sees several June all-time temperature records beaten by over 1 °C (1.8 °F) in an exceptionally strong heat wave. Biarritz's temperature rises to 42.9 °C (109.2 °F), the absolute record for the seaside resort and 2.3 °C (4.1 °F) above the previous all-time record set in August.

The U.S. CDC unanimously votes to approve COVID-19 vaccines for children under the age of five, including babies.

President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso declares a state of exception in Quito and other parts of the country amid ongoing protests.

Voters in Ekiti State, Nigeria, head to the polls to vote for their next governor.