Capital punishment in Bangladesh A Dhaka court sentences 19 people to death, including two former ministers, and sentences Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman to life imprisonment over a 2004 attack on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Nicolás Maduro Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces in a public broadcast that the United States President Donald Trump has sent an order to assassinate him.
Turkish newspaper The Turkish newspaper "Sabah" names the 15-member Saudi Arabian intelligence team allegedly involved in the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
2018 Atlantic hurricane season Heavy rain and strong winds from Michael are expected in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia on Thursday.
The storm causes power outages to 550,000 customers in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, and 375,000 people in 22 counties have been ordered to evacuate.
A man in Greensboro, Florida is killed by a tree that crashed through his home, becoming the first reported death from the storm in the United States. Later, a child is killed by a falling tree in Seminole County, Georgia.
Hurricane Michael strengthens to a "potentially catastrophic" Category 4 hurricane and makes landfall on the Florida Panhandle.
Manama Four people are killed and 20 others are injured when an apartment building collapses in Manama, Bahrain.
India At least five people died and 30 were injured when a passenger train derailed in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
East Java Three people were killed and houses were damaged after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck off East Java, Indonesia.
Kenya At least 51 people are killed when a bus traveling from the Kenyan capital Nairobi to Kisumu veers off the road and overturns.