November 7, 2018 (2018-11-07) (Wednesday)
Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
Law and crime
- An unidentified attacker fatally shoots Benjamin Ramos, a Philippines lawyer opposing President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in Kabankalan. (The New York Times)
- Asia Bibi blasphemy case
- Pakistani Christian woman Asia Bibi, sentenced to death by hanging in 2010 and recently acquitted, is released from prison. Bibi has reportedly boarded a plane; however, its destination was not known. Several countries have offered her asylum. (BBC)
- Thousand Oaks shooting
- At least 12 people, including a police sergeant, are killed while ten others are injured by a gunman at the Thousand Oaks Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California at around 11:15 p.m. PST (UTC-8). The gunman committed suicide at the end of the attack after a stand-off with police. (BBC)
- The FBI and police find new clues in the search for Ashley Summers, who had been missing from her residence in Cleveland, Ohio since 2007. (Fox 8)
- John Chau
- The Sentinelese people kill John Allen Chau, with fishermen finding his body lying on a beach. (NDTV)
Politics and elections