Japan Japan's lower house of parliament passes a pair of bills changing the country's security laws, allowing Japanese soldiers to fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War II under certain conditions, over strong protests from opposition lawmakers, who walked out of the vote.
2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting James Holmes, a former University of Colorado neuroscience student, is found guilty of first-degree murder in relation to a mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, which killed 12 and injured 70; he had pled not guilty by reason of legal insanity.
2015 Chattanooga shootings A shooting occurs at a United States Navy recruiting office and a Navy operational support center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, killing four U.S. Marines and the gunman and wounding a police officer, a Marine Corps recruiter and a sailor who is listed in serious condition.
Nexen The Nexen pipeline at the Long Lake facility near Fort McMurray, Alberta, spills 5000000 l of oil emulsion.
Raung Ash from the Raung volcano closes five airports in Indonesia, while ash from the Gamalama volcano closes the Babullah Airport in Ternate.
India Sixty-five thousand people in the Indian state of Assam are affected by floods and heavy rainfall.
European Union The European Union launches an antitrust action against American semiconductor company Qualcomm, for possible abuse of a dominant market position, on the one hand, and predatory pricing, on the other hand.
67th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards are announced with "Game of Thrones" receiving 24 nominations.
Papua New Guinea At least 11 people are killed and many others injured in a tribal fight in a remote area of Papua New Guinea.
South Thailand insurgency Two Thai Army soldiers are killed in an ambush in Thailand's Narathiwat Province.
Sinai insurgency The Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) has claimed that it sank an Egyptian patrol boat in the Mediterranean, just off the coast of Rafah. The Egyptian military claimed the ship sank from a fire not caused by attacks.
Yemeni Crisis (2011–present) Members of exiled President of Yemen Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi's Cabinet tour the southern city of Aden for the first time in several months.
2014–15 India–Pakistan border skirmishes India and Pakistan exchanged gunfire and mortar bombs along their disputed frontier, killing five civilians and injuring more than a dozen.