Europe Europe and the United States lift sanctions imposed on Iran regarding its nuclear programme, and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action begins to be implemented.
Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa Sierra Leone imposes quarantine on hundreds of people following a recent death from the Ebola virus.
Microbus At least five people are killed and ten injured in a microbus crash in Egypt's New Valley Governorate.
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) A suicide-bomb attack outside the police chief's house in Aden, southern Yemen, leaves at least 7 people dead.
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Three Americans are missing, feared kidnapped, in Baghdad. Several unconfirmed reports claim that they were kidnapped by a shi'ite militant group.
At least 13 civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb while fleeing from fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIL near Ramadi.
Syrian civil war ISIL militants abduct at least 400 civilians from the eastern Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor.