Armed conflicts and attacks
Indonesian police kill two militants in a clash in a remote jungle area on Sulawesi island. One may be Abu Wardah Santoso, leader of ISIL-connected Mujahidin Indonesia Timur, and the country's "most wanted man." Forensic tests will be carried out. Three others, including two women, escaped. (AP) (Reuters via Euronews)
Yemeni Civil War
At least six Yemeni soldiers are killed in suicide bombings near the city of Al Mukalla. (Reuters)
2016 shooting of Almaty police officers
Three policemen and one civilian are killed in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in an attack on a police station by a radical Islamist. One gunman is reportedly still at large. (RT)
2016 Würzburg train attack
Four people have been injured after a man with an axe attacks people on board a train near Würzburg in Germany. The axeman has reportedly been shot by police and is reportedly a 17-year-old Afghan man who pledged allegiance to ISIL before the attack. (BBC), (Indian Express), (Daily Mail)
2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt
General Akın Öztürk, Turkish Air Force chief until August 2015, confesses to planning last week's attempted coup d'état, according to the state-run Anadolu News Agency. (UPI)
Arts and culture
Netizens launch a satiric contest for apologizing to China on social media after numerous artists apologized online. (BBC) (Channel Newsasia) (Taipei Times) (The New York Times)