Armed conflicts and attacks
Iraqi Civil War, Military intervention against ISIL
At least 21 are killed and more than 35 people injured in a suicide attack at one of the residential entrances to district Kadhimiyah, in northern Baghdad, Iraq. ISIL claims responsibility, as published in its official media. (CNN) (Iraqi News)
2016 Ansbach bombing
Fifteen people are injured following a suicide bombing in Ansbach, Germany. (BBC)
Syrian Civil War
Syrian opposition activists report government airstrikes on Aleppo Province kill at least five people and hit at least five medical facilities. (AP via The New York Times)
Arts and culture
Thousands of people in Cambodia attend the funeral of Kem Ley, a critic of the perceived corrupt and authoritarian rule of Hun Sen, who has been in power since 1985. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), (Fox News), (ABC News)