Armed conflicts and attacks
Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen
Iraqi Civil War
Iraqi Armed Forces recapture al-Shirqat, southwest of al Hujayl, from ISIL. (Reuters)(The National)
Syrian Civil War
A suicide bombing at the opening of a local police station in the rebel-held town of Inkhil, Daraa Governorate, in southern Syria, kills at least 12 people, including an opposition minister. (Reuters)
Law and crime
The Obama administration through federal prosecutors announces corruption charges against nine defendants, including a former close aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, over their roles in alleged bribery and fraud schemes tied to the awarding of large state contracts and other activities. (Reuters)
In a standoff which has continued for two days, an exchange of gunfire with a barricaded suspect in Anchorage, Alaska, injures two police officers. The standoff is one of two occurring in the Alaskan city. (Alaska Public Radio Network)
A gunman shoots dead two people and then himself at the Tennessee factory Thomas & Betts Corp. (ABC News)
A man in Philadelphia firebombs a man's car, referring to the injured burned man as being Muslim. (The Independent)
2014 Yahoo! data breach
Yahoo! discloses a data breach that compromised the details of 500 million users. (Reuters)
Operation Car Wash
Brazilian police arrest former Finance Minister Guido Mantega as part of an ongoing probe into corruption. (Reuters)