Haitian parliamentary election, 2015 Voters in Haiti go to the polls for the first election in four years with some polling places in the capital Port-au-Prince forced to close due to violence.
Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi calls for abolishing the positions of Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister and says he is opening graft investigations. The previous vice president Tariq al-Hashimi was sentenced in absentia to death over political murders.
Ferguson unrest Tyrone Harris, Jr is shot in Ferguson, Missouri after allegedly firing shots at police. He is in a critical condition.
Syria An arrest warrant is issued for the cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Suleiman Hilal Al-Assad, who is accused of shooting and killing Colonel Hassan Al-Sheikh of the Syrian Armed Forces at what can be described as a traffic dispute.
2015 Pacific typhoon season The death toll in China from Typhoon Soudelor rises to at least 22 people with more missing and millions without power.
Atomic bomb Japan commemorates the 70th anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped over the Japanese city of Nagasaki during World War II.