Armed conflicts and attacks
An explosive device kills two police officers and the suspected perpetrator in Moscow, Russia, near where Russian lieutenant general Fanil Sarvarov was killed in a separate bombing two days prior. (BBC News)
Middle Eastern crisis
An alleged Hezbollah member is killed in an airstrike by the Israel Defense Forces on a vehicle near Jannata, Tyre District, South Governorate, Lebanon. (MSN)
Three former officials of the al-Assad regime are killed in clashes with Syrian security forces near Jableh, Latakia Governorate. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Religious violence in Nigeria
At least six people are killed, including the perpetrator, and 35 others are injured in a suicide bombing by a Boko Haram terrorist at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. (The Punch) (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Five people are killed when a rescue helicopter crashes on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. (Reuters)
Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
A boat carrying 117 migrants capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 116 people and leaving only one survivor. (Daily Express)