Guinean presidential election, 2015 The Guinea electoral commission reports that the President of Guinea Alpha Conde has won the election with 58 per cent of the vote.
Egyptian parliamentary election, 2015 Egyptians residing abroad begin casting votes in the country's first parliamentary election since the 2013 military overthrow of President Mohamed Morsi. Embassies and consulates in 139 countries will be open for two days of voting.
European migrant crisis Turkey's Anadolu Agency reports that 12 migrants have drowned in the Aegean Sea while trying to get to Europe.
Fort Myers, Florida A shooting just before midnight at the ninth annual Fort Myers, Florida, Zombicon kills one person and injures four others, none with life threatening injuries, and causes pandemomium on the city's downtown streets. Police ask attendees to share smartphone video from the incident.
Hacker Ardit Ferizi, a 20-year-old hacker from Kosovo and computer student in Malaysia, is arrested for hacking into a Phoenix, Arizona computer system and stealing the names and personal information of thousands of U.S. military personnel. Ferizi is accused of giving the information to ISIS. The U.S. is seeking Ferizi’s extradition.
Odessa At least 16 people are killed near Odessa in the Ukraine after a passenger boat sinks in bad weather.
Andhra Pradesh At least 15 people are killed in a wedding bus crash in Andhra Pradesh state in southern India.
2015 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Koppu (Lando) heads towards the Philippines island of Luzon where it is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm, linger and deposit up to 50 inches of rain in some areas.
US Airways US Airways final flight, Flight 1939 – named for the airline's founding year, landed at Philadelphia International Airport at 5:54 a.m. Saturday. Future flights will fly under the American Airlines banner, completing the merger announced in 2013.
United States The United States cancels two potential Arctic lease sales off Alaska's northern coast, and announces Shell and Statoil current leases will not be extended because of "current market conditions and low industry interest."
Nayantara Sahgal Nayantara Sahgal, is one of the latest authors in India who will return that nation’s highest award from the National Academy of Letters in protest against what Salman Rushdie has characterized as "thuggish violence" creeping into Indian life under the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Stephen Glass Stephen Glass, author, former journalist and attorney, will repay Harper’s Magazine and other outlets because works he authored were found to have been fabricated.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Israeli security forces kill four Palestinians and critically wound another who attempted to stab either police officers or a member of the public today. This is the latest in a month of similar attacks where 17 Palestinian attackers and eight Israelis have been killed.
Mexican drug war Fugitive drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán suffered injuries to his leg and face as he escaped Mexican authorities who were closing in on him in the mountains in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.
Saudi-led coalition Hundreds of Sudanese troops arrive in the southern port city of Aden to reinforce coalition forces.
A Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeting Houthis in the southern Taiz Governorate mistakenly hits a Hadi-loyalist position, killing at least 20 fighters.
2015 PKK rebellion Three Turkish troops, including a lieutenant colonel, are killed following clashes with PKK insurgents around Dağlıca village, in the southeastern Hakkâri Province. At least 17 PKK insurgents were also reportedly killed in the fighting.
Terrorism in Saudi Arabia A gunman from the Islamic State opens fire on a Shiite meeting hall in Saudi Arabia, killing five people.
Syrian civil war The Syrian army, backed by Iranian fighters, captures several villages south of Aleppo.
Henriette Reker Henriette Reker, a candidate in Cologne's mayoral race, is stabbed in the neck by a man claiming to be angry over Germany's refugee policies. Reker is in serious condition, as is an aide. Three others suffered minor injuries.