Business and economy
Twitter and YouTube are both inaccessible for hours in Turkey; part of a crack-down on social media by the government there. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
In Fujian, Southeast China an explosion and fire at a paraxylene producing petrochemical plant by Dragon Aromatics occupied 430 firemen. (Reuters)
Tropical storms kill at least 36 people and injure scores in Bangladesh over the past couple of days, with Bogra District hardest hit (20 deaths). (AP via Fox News)