2019 Hong Kong protests At least 10 people are injured after fireworks were shot from a moving car into a crowd of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong.
U.S.-led sanctions The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif for implementing the "reckless agenda of the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei".
United States Navy A United States Navy F-A-18E-F Super Hornet crashes in Death Valley National Park, California, leaving seven visitors on the ground with minor injuries. A search and rescue operation is underway for the pilot.
2019 wildfire season Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the Russian Ground Forces to join firefighting efforts to help tackle raging wildfires in Siberia. A state of emergency has been declared in Irkutsk Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Buryatia and Sakha Republic, where millions of hectares are currently burning out of control.
Minister of Economy Brazilian Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes announces that the full members of Mercosur—Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay—are negotiating a free trade deal with the United States.
War on terror Unnamed U.S. officials say they have received intelligence that Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden and a wanted al-Qaeda terrorist, has been killed. The time, location and cause of death has not been disclosed.
War in Afghanistan Thirty-two civilians are killed and over 20 are injured after their bus hits a land mine on the main road between Herat and Kandahar.