Asylum seeker A small boat carrying asylum seekers sinks in the Black Sea near the Turkish city of Istanbul resulting in at least 21 deaths.
Timothy Dolan Cardinal Timothy Dolan announces plans to merge 112 parishes: nearly one-third of the parishes in the New York archdiocese. Under the plan the 112 parishes will be merged into 55 consolidated parishes.
One World Trade Center One World Trade Center officially opens, replacing its predecessor 13 years after the September 11 attacks.
Syria Islamic State militants claim to have captured the Jahar gas fields in the Syrian province of Homs, the second gas field they have captured in a week.