Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
A suicide bombing kills at least 14 people, mostly police officers, in Lashkargah, Helmand Province, as Taliban insurgents advance upon the Afghan city. (The Voice of America) (Reuters)
A gunman kills 14 people at a Shi'ite shrine in Kabul on a holy day. (Reuters via ABC News Australia)
Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar
A series of attacks in Rakhine State kill nine police officers and eight militants. (Al Jazeera)
Arts and culture
Polish film director and recipient of an Academy Honorary Award Andrzej Wajda dies at the age of 90. (BBC)