Armed conflicts and attacks
Second Libyan Civil War
A Libyan Air Force MiG-23 fighter jet crashes due to a "mechanical failure", while conducting airstrikes on Islamic State-controlled areas in the eastern city of Derna. (Reuters)
Syrian Civil War
United Nations investigators accuse the Government of Syria of "extermination" in its jails and detention centres. (Wires via ABC News Australia)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
A Scud missile fired from Yemen is intercepted over Saudi Arabia. The missile's target is believed to have been the King Khalid Air Base, near the city of Khamis Mushait. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
A suicide bomber strikes a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan killing five civilians and wounding nine others. (The New York Times) (Appeal Democrat)[permanent dead link]
Disasters and accidents
2016 Taiwan earthquake
The death toll from the Taiwan earthquake rises to 38 with more than 100 people missing. (Reuters via Yahoo! News) (AP via CBS News)
Tainan mayor William Lai warns the death toll probably will exceed 100. "There are more fatalities than those pulled out," he said. (USA Today)
2015–16 UK and Ireland windstorm season
Storm Imogen is set to impact the British Isles with 80mph winds and heavy rain. The United Kingdom's Met Office issues warnings for South West England, particularly the Cornish coast due to large waves, and South Wales. (Sky News)
European migrant crisis
At least 27 migrants die in a shipwreck in the Aegean Sea when a boat capsizes in the Turkish bay of Edremit, near the Greek island of Lesbos. (ANSAmed) (Leadership) (news.com.au) (BBC)