Armed conflicts and attacks
A gunman opens fire on an Amsterdam to Paris train leaving four people wounded. (The Guardian), (NBC news)
Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL
The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant destroys the historic Mar Elian monastery near the town of Al-Qaryatayn in the Homs Governorate in Syria. (AP)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Saudi-led coalition air-strikes on the Yemeni city of Taiz leave at least 65 civilians killed. (BBC)
Doctors Without Borders makes a dramatic appeal to Yemen's warring factions to halt civilian attacks, especially on hospitals, ambulances, and densely populated neighborhoods. (U.S. News & World Report)
Arts and culture
A bottle with a letter left inside by British marine biologist George Parker Bidder III is discovered by a woman vacationing in Germany. The bottle dating from 1906, if confirmed, would be the world's oldest message in a bottle found to date. (The International Business Times via MSN)
Britain's Information Commissioner's Office orders Google, Inc. to remove, from its search engines, links to news stories about Google's implementation of a "right to be forgotten" request, that include identifying information about a decade-old shoplifting conviction, which the Information Commission's Office considers as being no longer relevant. The order applies only in the United Kingdom. (Irish Examiner)