Ferguson, Missouri A private autopsy shows that Michael Brown was shot six times as violent protests continue in Ferguson, Missouri.
Ebola virus disease Protesters loot an Ebola quarantine centre in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, resulting in the escape of 17 patients and the theft of blood-stained bedding and medical equipment.
Indonesia A tourist boat sinks near the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, with at least 10 foreign tourists and 5 Indonesian crew members missing.
United Nations A suicide bombing at a UN patrol base in Mali results in the deaths of 2 UN peacekeepers and the injury of at least 7 others.
Peshmerga Kurdish forces, supported by U.S. airstrikes, retake control of the Mosul Dam after its capture by IS militants.
Military Chadian troops rescue 85 hostages from Boko Haram who had been kidnapped in Nigeria and taken over the border into Chad.