Armed conflicts and attacks
Xinjiang conflict
Chinese police apprehend and execute eleven Uyghur terrorists following an attack with 15 killed and 14 injured in Yarkant County, China. (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Heavy fighting in the northern Syrian city of Kobani kills at least 40 fighters from both ISIL and Kurdish forces. (CNN)
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:
Suspected Boko Haram militants storm the Christian-majority town of Shani, Nigeria, leaving dozens dead. (Daily Sabah)
Law and crime
A Cairo court clears former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak on murder charges related to the death of hundreds of protesters in the 2011 Egyptian revolution. (AFP via Channel News Asia), (BBC)
Shooting of Michael Brown
Ferguson PD officer Darren Wilson resigns following a grand jury decision not to indict him in the Michael Brown case. (AP)