Portal:Current events/2018 June 9
June 9, 2018 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- War in Afghanistan
- The Taliban announce a three-day Eid ceasefire with the Afghan authorities, according to Pajhwok Afghan News. On Thursday, President Ashraf Ghani announced a ceasefire with the Taliban from June 12–19. (TASS) (Reuters)
International relations
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization
- The 18th Council of Heads of State meets in Qingdao, China. (The Nation)
- 44th G7 summit
- U.S. President Donald Trump calls for "fair and reciprocal" trades between the United States and other countries, claiming that the United States is a "piggy bank that everyone keeps robbing". (VOA) (BBC)
- Donald Trump again calls for Russia to be reinstated into the group. Russia was suspended after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. (CNN)
- Trump retracts his endorsement of the summit's final communiqué. (CBS News)
Politics and elections
- Over 100,000 people participate in a large protest in Bucharest, Romania, against apparent judicial abuses and "illegitimate interference" of the secret services in the political and judicial systems. The protest was organised by the governing Social Democratic Party and supported by other political parties. (The Washington Post)
Sports
- 2018 Belmont Stakes
- Justify wins the Belmont Stakes and becomes the second horse in four years to win the U.S. Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. (The New York Times)