Tuesday

At least four people are killed in a bombing attack on Baghdad. (Euronews)

Afghan National Security Forces start efforts to recapture the city of Kunduz. (CNN), (The News Hub)

The U.S. Air Force launches air-strikes on Taliban forces within Kunduz. (The Washington Post)

Two police officers are gunned down by suspected PKK militants on the streets of Adana, southern Turkey. (Middle East Eye)

At least one rocket is intercepted over Ashdod by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, and is believed to have come from the Gaza Strip. (Haaretz)

After a tense standoff, Burkina Faso's military crushed the elite presidential guard and seized the coup's abandoned headquarters. The former head of the guard, Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, had called on his men to lay down their weapons to avoid a bloodbath. Diendéré told Agence France-Presse (AFP) he feared “many deaths and injuries” in the operation. It is unclear whether there are casualties. (The New York Times) (BBC) (The Guardian)

Typhoon Dujuan hits mainland China in Fujian province after hitting Taiwan, where it caused two deaths and injured 300. (AP via ABC News)