Sunday

October 16, 2016

Armed conflicts and attacks

Turkey–ISIL conflict

A suicide bomber kills three police officers and wounds at least nine people in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep during a police raid on a suspected ISIL safehouse. (Reuters)

Syrian Civil War

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army rebels seize control of the symbolic town of Dabiq, Aleppo Governorate, following clashes with ISIL militants. (NBC News)

War in Donbass

A bomb placed in an elevator shaft kills Pro-Russian, high-ranking officer of the Donetsk People's Republic's special forces, Arseny Pavlov, also known as "Motorola", in Donetsk. (TASS), (The Kyiv Post)

Arts and culture

The Simpsons, the longest-running American, prime time, scripted television series, airs its 600th episode. (CNN)

Pope Francis declares seven new saints. (Vatican Radio)