Business and economics
Social networking service Facebook, and its photo-sharing subsidiary Instagram, ban private, person-to-person sales of guns via their services. (CNBC)[permanent dead link] (The Christian Science Monitor)
Disasters and accidents
A helicopter fighting forest fires in South Korea's North Jeolla Province crashes near the Geumsansa Temple in Gimje. The 61-year-old pilot dies in the crash. (Yonhap News)
2015–16 Australian region cyclone season
Western Australia's Pilbara region braces for the impact of Cyclone Stan, which is expected to make landfall as a Category Three storm. (ABC News Australia)