University of California, San Francisco University of California, San Francisco, scientists announce the discovery of an altered protein (prion) that is the direct cause of a rare, incurable, Parkinson’s-like brain disorder, multiple system atrophy.
Faroese general election, 2015 The center-left opposition, led by Aksel V. Johannesen, wins the elections on the Faroe Islands; the new government is expected to pass legislation allowing same-sex unions.
New Zealand flag debate Four alternatives to the current New Zealand flag are chosen for a Spring referendum (20 November – 11 December 2015) in which New Zealanders will determine their favorite of the new designs.
Members of Congress Guatemala's Congress unanimously votes to strip President Otto Pérez of immunity from prosecution for his alleged role in a graft scandal that has engulfed his government. Nationwide elections are scheduled for Sunday, September 6th; Pérez is not eligible because of constitutional term limits.
Lumad 3000 indigenous Lumad evacuate over the murders of an indigenous Lumad family and the rape of an indigenous Manobo girl allegedly by soldiers and militiamen of the Philippine Army.
Lake County, Illinois In Lake County, Illinois, a manhunt is initiated as authorities seek three suspects who killed a police officer from the Fox Lake Police Department, Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz.
Eurostar Eurostar services between Paris and London are delayed by hundreds of migrants trying to board the trains at Calais.
European migrant crisis More than 11,000 Icelanders offer to open their homes to Syrian refugees to help with the European crisis.
Thousands of refugees arrive in Germany's München Hauptbahnhof from Budapest. Police and firefighters on the scene provide them with food, water and medical aid even as more continue to arrive.
Authorities in Hungary close the Budapest Keleti railway station to prevent hundreds of migrants from boarding trains to other European capitals.
Legionnaires' disease The death toll from a Legionnaires' disease outbreak at a Quincy, Illinois veterans home rises to at least seven with more than the current number of 32 sickened expected since the incubation period for illness can be up to two weeks.
Chemical plant A chemical plant owned by the Shandong Binyuan Chemical Company explodes in the Chinese city of Dongying in the coastal Shandong province, killing at least one person with the extent of other injuries unknown.
Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia Wikipedia concludes a large-scale operation blocking hundreds of users centered on networks of for-pay edits violating the encyclopedia's guidelines.
Pope Francis Pope Francis releases a letter granting priests the ability to grant absolution to women who have received an abortion.
War in North-West Pakistan Six suspected militants are killed in a United States drone attack in the tribal area of North Waziristan.
Somali Civil War (2009–present) Al-Shabaab claims to have killed scores of African Union troops in a successful attack that captured a compound in Janaale, south of Mogadishu.
Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL The United Nations confirms the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has completely destroyed the Temple of Bel in Palmyra, Syria, after earlier reports that the structure was mostly intact.