Armed conflicts and attacks
Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present)
Turkish Air Force bombs Kurdistan Workers' Party targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey killing at least 27 militants. (Reuters)
2016 Aktobe shootings
Three people are killed and 10 more are injured following an attack on a military base in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, by suspected Islamists. (RT)
War in Afghanistan
David Gilkey, an NPR photojournalist and a 2015 winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award, and Afghan journalist and translator Zabihullah Tamanna are killed when the Afghan army unit they were accompanying comes under fire near Marjah in Helmand Province. (AP) (NPR) (Corporation for Public Broadcasting)
Business and economy
English/American comedian John Oliver buys and then forgives $15,000,000 (USD) in medical debt to about 9,000 people, making it the biggest ever giveaway in television history. (CNN)