Turkish Voters in Turkey go to the polls for the first round of voting in a presidential election with current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan poised for a first round victory.
Shooting of Michael Brown Michael Brown incident in Ferguson, Missouri: Protests about police shooting a teenager on Saturday in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson turn ugly with looting and vandalism.
Typhoon Halong Typhoon Halong makes landfall on Shikoku in Japan with warnings of the potential of flooding and landslides with at least 39 people killed and nine injured.
2014 Iraq conflict The US launches a fourth round of air strikes targeting Islamic State fighters near Erbil, and Kurdish forces regain control of two towns in Nineveh province after heavy fighting.
The President of Iraqi Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani, appeals for international military aid to help defeat Islamist militants.
2014 Gaza War Israel and Palestinian factions agree to a fresh 72-hour ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, which is due to begin at 21:00 GMT.