Armed conflicts and attacks
Hooded gunmen attack French police in the city of Marseille, which Prime Minister Manuel Valls is due to visit. (The Telegraph)
Several attacks, including a suicide bombing, kill at least 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital. (AP)
Members of Ireland's police force Garda Síochána raid the Dublin home of former MEP Paul Murphy TD, taking Murphy into custody along with three other activists and politicians opposing the water-tax-rate change, stirring nationwide speculation of "political policing." The police later release all four without charges. (Independent.IE) (The Irish Times) (The Irish Times²)
War in Donbass
An artillery shell causes a massive explosion at a chemical plant in Donetsk. (ABC News)
Boko Haram
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
Islamists from al-Shabab kill a member of the parliament Abdullahi Qayad Barre in the capital city of Mogadishu, Somalia. (BBC)
Business and economy
A Canadian gold mining company, Tahoe Resources, agrees to buy Rio Alto Mining for more than CAN$1 billion, part of an ongoing consolidation in the precious metals mining industry. (Reuters)