Armed conflicts and attacks
2015 Attock bombing
The U.S. offers to assist Pakistan with its investigation into the suicide bombing attack on Sunday that killed at least 19 people, including Shuja Khanzada, the interior minister of the Punjab Province. (The Daily Pakistan)
2015 Ratchaprasong bombing
A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. No one claims responsibility. Thai Society president Songvut Manoonpong says that parties opposing the Thai military government are responsible. (Sky News), (Reuters), (The Bangkok Post), (The New Zealand Herald), (Al Jazeera)
Disasters and accidents
A heat wave affecting the Middle East causes almost 100 deaths in Egypt. (Al Jazeera)
2015 Tianjin explosions
Protesters in Tianjin demand answers and compensation from the government. (Radio New Zealand Online), (Al Jazeera), (BBC)
Trigana Air Service Flight 257
Indonesian authorities reveal that the crashed plane was transporting US$470,000 in cash for the poor. (The Telegraph)