Genetic testing Danish scientists find a genetic variant among Greenlanders that dramatically increases the risk of developing type-2 diabetes.
Hartmannswillerkopf In a joint ceremony at the Hartmannswillerkopf cemetery, French President François Hollande and his German counterpart, Joachim Gauck, commemorate the 100th anniversary of Germany's declaration of war on France in the beginning of World War I.
2014 Ludian earthquake A magnitude 6.1 earthquake kills at least 367 people and injures more than 1,700 in Yunnan, China.
Bank of Portugal The Bank of Portugal takes control of Banco Espirito Santo SA in a 4.9 billion bailout package.
Fulani Gunmen belonging to the predominantly Muslim Fulani tribe attack a Catholic parish in north-central Nigeria, according to a report from Christian Solidarity Worldwide. The attack in Kaduna State and claimed the life of a guard and injured several worshippers.
Syrian civil war The Islamic State loses control of three towns in the area around Al-Asharah to local tribesmen.
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Four Azerbaijani soldiers are killed in fresh clashes with Armenian groups near the border of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict A UNRWA-run school in Rafah is hit by an Israeli air strike. At least seven people are thought to have been killed, and at least 30 injured.
Rebel A military spokesman of the Ukrainian government forces says the army has now recaptured three-quarters of the territory the pro-Russian rebels once controlled in their self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Lugansk People's Republic rebellion.
The pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk, who are now in great danger of being encircled by the Ukraine government forces, renew their calls for Russia to send troops and arms to their aid.