Armed conflicts and attacks
A shooting in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, leaves two security officers dead. (Reuters)
At least 12 are killed in an attack on a hotel in Kenya. Al-Shabaab claims responsibility. (BBC) (Reuters)
2016 Quetta police training college attack
Gunmen attack a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, leaving at least 59 people dead and 117 others injured. ISIL - Khorasan Province claims responsibility for the attack. (Reuters), (AP via Yahoo!), (Al Jazeera Media Network) (BBC), (Dawn), (CNN)
Somali Civil War (2009–present)
A militant from Al-Shabaab shoots dead an intelligence officer in Mogadishu. (Reuters)
2016 Uri attack
Pakistan-based terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba claims responsibility for the attack on the Uri military camp in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. (The Times of India)
Arts and culture
Paul Beatty becomes the first American author to win the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout. (ABC)
The Catholic Church announces that cremated remains must be kept in consecrated land, rather than scattered about or kept at home. The Church first permitted cremation in 1963, but still strongly favours burial. (BBC)