Parliament The Assembly of the Republic of Macedonia appoints a special prosecutor into a wiretapping scandal.
Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, September 2015 Malcolm Turnbull is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Australia following his election to the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia.
European migrant crisis Hungary declares a state of emergency in two of its southeastern counties as tougher laws come into effect aimed at preventing asylum-seekers and other migrants from entering the country.
United States The U.S. Food and Drug Administration orders R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company to stop further U.S. sale and distribution of four cigarette products because they may be more dangerous than similar older cigarettes.
Mountain climbers Seven mountain climbers die in an avalanche in the French Alps near the town of Pelvoux.
Floatplane A floatplane crashes during takeoff near Iliamna in southwest Alaska, killing three people and injuring the other seven on board.
Flash floods The death toll from yesterday's flash floods in the American towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Arizona, rises to 12 with one person still missing.
School bus Two students die and three others are injured after a school bus is struck by another vehicle and swerves off an Interstate 610 overpass in Houston, Texas.
Recent incident of hazes in 2015 The 24 hour Pollutant Standards Index in Singapore remains in the unhealthy range due to smoke haze.
The Indonesian province of Riau declares a state of emergency due to high levels of smoke haze from forest fires in Riau, Jambi and South Sumatra that have led thousands of people to flee the capital Pekanbaru.
Saudi-led coalition Houthi militants backed by Yemeni troops reportedly seize control of al-Rabu’ah, a town in Saudi Arabia's southwestern Asir region near the Yemeni border, forcing Saudi forces to pull out of the area.