Armed conflicts and attacks
2016 Assam attacks
Gunmen open fire in a market in Assam, India, killing 13 people and injuring 18. (India Today)
Iraqi Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
The United Nations reports that ISIL appears to have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers from Hawija District headed to Kirkuk city. Militants reportedly executed 12 people. Earlier, the Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights said ISIL is using people for human shields against attacks by Iraqi security forces. (NRT News) (NBC News)
War in Afghanistan
At least 10 people are killed by a pair of explosions in the Tsamkani District in the eastern Afghan province of Paktia. Spokesman Naqib Ahmad Atal says the Taliban are to blame. (AP)
Business and economy
A U.S. district court judge gives the go-ahead to a billion-dollar lawsuit against PricewaterhouseCoopers in connection with the losses at MF Global in October 2011. (Reuters)