• 2014 Northern Iraq offensive
  • Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captures the towns of al-Qa'im, Anah and Rawa in Western Iraq. (Al Jazeera)
• A South Korean soldier fatally shoots five comrades at an outpost in Gangwon Province before fleeing with a weapon. (BBC News)

• Belarusian human rights' activist Ales Bialiatski is freed from prison and is received by his wife and supporters in Minsk. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)