Arrests of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar are sentenced to seven years in prison for violating the Official Secrets Act, prompting international condemnation. The pair was investigating reports of mass graves at the village of Inn Din when they were arrested in Yangon for attempting to obtain classified documents, which they contend were used as bait to entrap them.
2018 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Gordon forms in the Florida Keys and is forecast to strengthen over the next 48 hours as it brings strong winds and heavy rain to the Gulf of Mexico.
Rheinmetall An explosion at a Rheinmetall munition depot near Cape Town, South Africa, kills at least eight people.
Ukrainian President President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko states that the Orthodox Church intends to grant the Kiev Patriarchate autocephaly.
San Francisco 49ers Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is expected to become the "new face" of the Nike advertising campaign Just Do It.
Second Libyan Civil War More than 40 people, including civilians, have died in clashes in the Libyan city of Tripoli.