Armed conflicts and attacks
Simultaneous explosions occur at local offices of the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party headquarters in the southern Turkish cities of Adana and Mersin. (RT)
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
The Saudi Arabia-led airstrikes against the Houthi rebels resume after a five-day ceasefire. (BBC)
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
The Governor of Iraq's Anbar Governorate estimates that 500 people were killed and 8000 fled as ISIS captured the strategically important city of Ramadi. (Al Arabiya)
Business and economy
The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 end at record levels. (CNBC)