Armed conflicts and attacks
South Sudanese Civil War
A ceasefire starts between the forces of President Salva Kiir and rebel forces with claims of breaches already being made. (AFP via The Times Live), (AFP via The Daily Star)
Syrian Civil War
Turkey launches its first air strikes against ISIL in Syria. (The Daily Sabah)
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
Roadside bombings in Iraq leave at least 10 people killed. (al-Arabiyah)
Disasters and accidents
A bus traveling between Butterworth and Willovale in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, drives off a cliff killing thirty-five people. (News 24)
A Pacific Northwest windstorm, with winds of up to 87 miles per hour (140 km/h), leaves two dead and over 450,000 people in the Seattle metropolitan area without power. (The Seattle P-I)
A man, who fell from the upper deck of Atlanta's Turner Field during Saturday night's Braves-New York Yankees baseball game, dies. (CNN)
2015 Atlantic hurricane season
Five deaths occurred in Haiti as Tropical Storm Erika dumped heavy rains there, on the Dominican Republic, and on Puerto Rico. The storm weakened to a Tropical Depression before it hit Cuba (max winds 56 kph (35 mph), heading to the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. (WTSP), (Relief Web), (Deutsche Welle), (NHC)