Armed conflicts and attacks
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
United States Navy SEALs, by high altitude parachuting, fail in a rescue attempt after the team does not find the American and Australian hostages who were kidnapped in Kabul last month. (CNN)
Iraqi civil war
Business and economy
The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten accuses Facebook of censorship because of the website's decision to remove the iconic Vietnam War–era photo "napalm girl" as child pornography. (USA Today)
General Motors recalls 4.3 million vehicles after a defect in the software for the airbag led to one fatality. (Fortune)
An engineer from Volkswagen pleads guilty for his role in the emissions cheating scandal. (The Los Angeles Times)
One or more unnamed authors at the European Commission, in their internal discussion, regards the United Kingdom as having lost direction in its Brexit policy and planning and thinks the UK will eventually 'plead' for a deal. (The Telegraph)
Dakota Access Pipeline
A U.S. federal judge denies a request to stop construction of a pipeline that runs through the Standing Rock Reservation of the Sioux people. (NBC)
Following this ruling, and to head off an immediate confrontation, the Obama administration temporarily suspends further construction of the pipeline on U.S. Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe, and asks the Dakota Access construction company to voluntarily pause all work within 20 miles of the lake. (The Los Angeles Times)