Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Donbass
A rally of war veterans in Kiev calls for Ukraine to abandon the Minsk II ceasefire agreement and to declare war on pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region. Despite two ceasefire agreements since September, combat operations, including the use of heavy artillery and ballistic missiles, never stopped. (BBC)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Yemen's Houthi rebels shell the Saudi Arabian cities of Jizan and Najran with claims of several Saudi soldiers being killed. (Reuters via Daily Star)
Second Libyan Civil War
At least ten civilians are killed when three separate car bombs explode simultaneously in the eastern coastal city of Derna. (Yahoo news via AP)
Sinai insurgency
A shell kills a woman and her two children as fighting continues on the Sinai Peninsula between the Egyptian Army and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. (AFP via Times of India)
Syrian Civil War
A mosque bombing in northern Syria kills 15 members of Al Qaida's affiliate Nusra Front. (Fox News via Associated Press)
The Syrian Army and Hezbollah launch an offensive to capture the rebel-held Syrian city of Zabadani. (Al-Arabiyah)
Kurdish People's Protection Units advance on the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant de facto capital city of Raqqa. (ALJazeera)
ISIL militants execute 25 Syrian Army soldiers in the ancient city of Palmyra. (Al-Arabiya)
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Azerbaijani military shoots down two Armenian drones over Azeri positions according to Azerbaijan's defense ministry. (TREND)
Arts and culture
The Republic of China (Taiwan) holds a large military parade in Taipei to commemorate World War II in support of its claims that Kuomintang forces led by Chiang Kai-Shek played a leading role in the defeat of the Empire of Japan with the Chinese Communist Party under Mao Tse-Tung playing a minor role. (AP)
UNESCO adds new sites to the World Heritage List: Tusi Sites (China), Susa, Cultural Landscape of Maymand (both in Iran), Singapore Botanic Gardens (Singapore), Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea), Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain and its surrounding sacred landscape (Mongolia), and the French wine producing regions of Champagne and Burgundy. (AFP via Straits Times) (UNESCO)