Armed attacks and conflicts
The predominantly African American Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville Mississippi burned down to brick walls and spray painted with "Vote Trump" in what appeared to be a political hate crime. Andrew McClinton, a black member of the church was arrested, charged and later pleaded guilty to burning the church in a race hoax (WREG)
Battle of Mosul (2016)
United Nations Human Rights Council spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says ISIL militants killed 40 former Iraqi Security Forces members and threw their bodies in the Tigris river near Mosul on Saturday. (Reuters)
Iraqi Special Operations Forces have fought their way into the outskirts of Mosul. (Chicago Tribune)
Disasters and accidents
Robert J. Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, declares a state of emergency following Monday's gas explosion in a Colonial Pipeline pipeline. The explosion killed one person and injured five. (BreakingNews.com) (Fox News)
A fire at a karaoke bar in Hanoi's Cầu Giấy district kills 13 people. (Channel NewsAsia)
Gadani ship-breaking yard
At least 14 people are killed and 59 burned when a gas cylinder explosion aboard an oil tanker causes a major fire at the ship-breaking yard in Gadani in Pakistan's Balochistan Province. Dozens other workers remain missing as many injured are transferred to hospitals in nearby Karachi. (Dawn News) (The Express Tribune)