January 18, 2018 (Thursday)
Business and economy
- The Emirates airline announces an order for up to 36 Airbus A380s. Emirates is already the aircraft's largest operator, with a fleet of over 100. (BBC)
Disasters and accidents
- 2018 Aktobe bus fire
- A bus carrying Uzbek migrant workers catches fire in Kazakhstan's Aktobe Region, killing 52 people. Five people escape and are treated by rescue workers. (BBC)
International relations
- France–United Kingdom relations
- French President Emmanuel Macron meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. (Politico)
Law and crime
- Crime in Serbia
- Police in Serbia arrest three Australians, one of them Rohan Arnold, a known businessman, for allegedly smuggling 1,280 kilograms (2,820 lb) of cocaine into Sydney in 2016. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Science and technology
- In a world's first, a drone rescues two swimmers off the coast of Lennox Head, New South Wales in Australia by dropping a safety device to them. John Barilaro, the Deputy Premier of New South Wales, praises the rescue as historic. (Channel NewsAsia) (BBC)