Germany–Iran relations Germany expels two employees of the Iranian embassy in response to Iran sentencing pro-monarchist dual German-Iranian Jamshid Sharmahd to death over a 2008 bombing in Iran.
Moldova–Russia relations Russian President Vladimir Putin revokes a 2012 foreign policy decree which underpinned Moldova's sovereignty in resolving the political status of the breakaway Transnistria region.
Plane crash Four people are killed in a plane crash near Trenčianske Stankovce, Trenčín Region, Slovakia.
Beechcraft BE20 Five people are killed when a Beechcraft BE20 crashes shortly after takeoff near College Station, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
Collapse At least five people are killed and 48 others are reported missing following a collapse at a coal mine in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia, China. Search and rescue operations are underway.
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso At least 15 soldiers are killed during an ambush in Tin-Akoff Department, Oudalan Province. Several of the attackers are killed in the ensuing gunfight.
Somali Civil War Ten people are killed when al-Shabaab gunmen storm a house in Mogadishu where several lawmakers are staying. All four attackers are killed by soldiers.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict Eleven Palestinians are killed and 102 more injured when Israeli troops storm Nablus, in the West Bank.