Armed conflicts and attacks
An al Qaeda affiliate has freed Jocelyn Elliott, an Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso along with her husband. (ABC News Australia)
Ten people are killed and more than 40 injured when a suicide bomber on a bicycle blew himself up near a Pakistani security forces truck in Quetta, Pakistan. (The Nation) (CNN)
Syrian Civil War
Northern Aleppo offensive (2016)
The Syrian Army, backed by the Russian Air Force, takes control of the town of Ratyan in the Aleppo Governorate, after defeating Al-Nusra Front and Ahrar ash-Sham fighters. (Xinhua)
Arts and culture
Queen Jetsun Pema of Bhutan gives birth to a son, the heir apparent of the Bhutanese throne. (Kuensel)