Anthropologist In preparation for a government-proposed transportation tunnel, anthropologists discover 6,000-year-old charcoal at a site near Stonehenge suggesting an encampment existed much earlier than previously theorized.
Black Lives Matter Hundreds of people from the group Black Lives Matter Minneapolis protest at the Mall of America, leading to its partial shutdown and 25 arrests.
Baltimore After shooting and wounding his ex-girlfriend in Baltimore, Ismaaiyl Brinsley shoots and kills two policemen execution style in Brooklyn, New York, supposedly in revenge for the deaths of two black men in the U.S. reportedly caused by police officers during the summer of 2014, Eric Garner and Michael Brown. The gunman is later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in the subway.
Cairns child killings Queensland police arrest an Australian mother for murder in the stabbing deaths of eight children.
Turkey Turkey issues an arrest warrant for Fethullah Gülen, who currently lives in self-imposed exile in the United States.
Sony Pictures Entertainment hack Hackers send the FBI an email linking to a YouTube video of "You are an idiot!"
The North Korean government denies the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations's (FBI) accusation of involvement in hacking Sony's computers, asking the U.S. for a joint investigation and threatening "serious consequences" if the United States refuses the offer of cooperation.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israel launches an airstrike against an alleged Hamas base near Khan Yunis in retaliation for a rocket attack.
War in North-West Pakistan The Pakistan Armed Forces attacks two Pakistani Taliban positions near Peshawar, killing 5 militants.