Sunday

A deep-focus earthquake of magnitude 8.2 (the strongest recorded in 2018) strikes the South Pacific Ocean near Fiji. No threat of tsunami is immediately detected. (KATU)

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes the Indonesian island of Lombok, killing 14. (The Guardian)

Tropical Storm Rumbia kills nine people in Anhui and Henan provinces, China. (Xinhua)

Hurricane Lane weakens to a Category 3 storm and is expected to pass south of Hawaii throughout the next few days. (CBS News) (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

Italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini threatens to return 177 migrants who have been aboard an Italian coast guard ship for days to Libya. (Time)

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani calls for a conditional cease-fire with Taliban insurgents for the duration of the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Fox News) (Al Jazeera)

Brazilians attack Venezuelan migrants at a border camp, the Brazilian military is deployed to stem the conflict. (The Telegraph)

Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, and Chile tighten border controls for Venezuelan migrants. Over 7% of Venezuela’s total population has fled the nation in two years. (The Guardian)

The Venezuelan armed forces send two attack helicopters and a brigade of 30 soldiers across the Colombia-Venezuela border. Colombia denounces the "violation of sovereignty" but takes no further action against the country. (NTN24)

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuts down a woman who heckled him about illegal immigration, telling her that “racism has no place” in Canada. (The Hill)