Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau Baciro Djá sacks the chiefs of Guinea-Bissau National Radio and Television, Muniro Conte and Paula Mielo, over political "bias".
La Línea corruption case Former Vice President of Guatemala Roxana Baldetti appears in court to face corruption charges as finance minister Dorval Carías resigns.
South Africa South Africa convicts Czech fugitive Radovan Krejčíř of kidnapping, attempted murder, and drug dealing charges.
North Korea North and South Korea agree to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula after marathon talks.
2015 Washington state wildfires The Okanogan Complex fire grows to 256,500 acre, surpassing the previous year's Carlton Complex fire as the largest in Washington state history.
Southern Company American utility Southern Company buys natural gas company AGL Resources for $12 billion.
2015 Chinese stock market crash The South African rand hits an all-time low against the US dollar as a result of worries regarding China's economy.
Stock markets around the world fall as a result of fears about China's economy with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling by 1000 points at the opening of trading on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Index closes down 588.40 points, or 3.6 percent.
ISIL Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the Turkish Foreign Minister, says that Turkey and the U.S. will launch a "comprehensive" campaign to flush out ISIL from a zone in northern Syria near the border. In effect, this means creating a "security zone" by sending foreign soldiers into Syrian territory.
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) Rockets fired by Houthi militiamen reportedly kill 14 people as fighting intensifies in the city of Taiz.
Kailali Clashes at a government protest in Kailali kill eight people in Nepal, including seven police officers.
Police officers A bomb explodes on a bus carrying Egyptian police killing one of them and injuring 29 others in the Nile delta.
2015 Thalys train attack The President of France, François Hollande, presents the Légion d'honneur to four people, three of them Americans, Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, Anthony Sadler; and Briton Chris Norman, for foiling a suspected terrorist act last Friday.
Turkey–PKK conflict PKK insurgents blow up a natural gas pipeline in Turkey's southeastern Kars Province near the Armenian border.
A roadside IED near the town of Şemdinli in Hakkari Province kills two Turkish Army soldiers and injures three others.