Armed conflicts and attacks
Forty armed men in camouflaged uniforms and speaking Albanian take several police officers hostage in northern Macedonia, the armed men are apparently calling for the creation of "an Albanian state". The incident was reminiscent of an insurgency in Macedonia in 2001 when Skopje's security forces battled rebels demanding greater rights for the former Yugoslav republic's large ethnic Albanian minority. (Reuters)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
A deadly explosion in a Mogadishu restaurant kills at least four people and injures ten others. (Al Jazeera)
Yemeni Civil War
Saudi Arabia announces that it is ending its bombing campaign in Yemen. (BBC)
Arts and culture
Pope Francis accepts the resignation of Robert Finn as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph for failing to report a suspected child abuser. (AP via Yahoo! News)