Narendra Modi Narendra Modi is named as the Bharatiya Janata Party leader in next year's Indian general election.
Bill Shorten Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese will contest a month-long ballot process to determine who will be the Leader of the Australian Labor Party and Leader of the Opposition.
Crossville Four people are found dead in a car in Crossville, Tennessee, U.S. A man is arrested in connection with the deaths.
World War II A World War II shell explodes in the Finnish town of Kemi in Lapland, killing one person and causing the evacuation of hundreds of residents.
Floods in the United States: 2001–present At least four people are dead, 80 unaccounted for and thousands have been evacuated following heavy floods in Boulder County in the US state of Colorado.
Galați County Nine people are confirmed dead following massive floods in the past 24 hours in Galați County, Romania.
Russia Dozens of people are feared dead after a fire at a psychiatric hospital in Russia's Novgorod Oblast.
Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for attacks inside United States to "bleed America economically".
Taliban Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported as killed and about 20 civilians injured.