Armed conflicts and attacks
Aleppo offensive (September 2016)
Military intervention against ISIL
France conducts airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq from the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. (BBC)
Business and economy
The Obama administration through the United States Department of Justice lowers the fine against Germany's Deutsche Bank to a settlement of US$5.4 billion after being handed a demand for up to $14 billion earlier this month over the sale of toxic mortgage bonds. (Reuters)