2016 Labour Party (UK) leadership election London Mayor Sadiq Khan calls on fellow Labour Party members to remove Jeremy Corbyn in the upcoming party leadership election.
Iraqi Civil War Iraq hangs 36 men convicted of taking part in the Islamic State group's massacre of hundreds of soldiers in 2014.
Philippine drug war Rodrigo Duterte threatens to withdraw the Philippines from its founding membership of the United Nations after the international body criticized him over alleged human rights violations.
Gaziantep bombing The death toll from the Turkish wedding bombing rises to 50 with up to 94 people injured. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant is suspected of conducting the attack.
Somali Civil War (2009–present) An al-Shabaab suicide car bomb kills at least 20 people in the town of Galkayo in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region.