Business and economics
The board of TransAsia Airways decides to dissolve the company after halting flights on Tuesday. (Bloomberg) (The Wall Street Journal) (The New York Times)
Disasters and accidents
A 56-vehicle pile-up on the G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway in China's northern Shanxi province, leaves at least 17 people dead and 37 others injured. (BBC)
2016 Fukushima earthquake
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture injures 15 people, and triggers a 1 meter tsunami that causes a temporary power disruption at Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant. (weather.com) (BBC) (News Corp via the West Australian)
2016 Atlantic hurricane season
Hurricane Otto impacts Panama. A tropical storm watch is issued for Nicaragua from Bluefields to Sandy Bay Sirpi. (NOAA)
European migrant crisis
Rescuers recovered 8 bodies and saved 1400 migrants adrift on the Mediterranean Sea today. (IANS via the Indian Express)
A German court acquits seven Islamists who formed a "Sharia police force" in the city of Wuppertal in 2014 after determining that they were not violating a law against "intimidating or militant uniforms". (RT) (Deutsche Welle)