• Economy of the United States
  • New York State-based GateHouse Media announces an agreement to buy 11 U.S. newspapers from Georgia-based Morris Communications. Included in the deal is the Log Cabin Democrat, founded in 1879, and three Alaskan newspapers: the Juneau Empire, the Peninsula Clarion and Homer News. The deal is expected to close on October 2. (AdWeek)
  • DineEquity announces it will close 160 Applebee's and IHOP restaurants. (USA Today)

• Migrant crisis
  • The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports, over the last two days in two incidents, smugglers have thrown 280 migrants from Ethiopia and other Horn of Africa countries into the sea off the coast of Yemen. More than 50 refugees have drowned with over 30 people still missing. (AP via CBS News) (Al Jazeera)
• Road incidents in China
  • At least 36 people die in a bus crash in China's Shaanxi province. The bus was travelling between Chengdu and Luoyang. (The Telegraph)

• Canada–Cuba relations, Cuba–United States relations
  • The Canadian government says at least one of their diplomats in Havana has been treated for hearing loss, following up on yesterday's report that American diplomats had similar injuries. U.S. officials say the problems started in the fall of 2016. The Cuban Foreign Ministry says it was informed of the incidents in February and has been investigating since that time. (Time)

• Mayor of Tehran
  • Reformist candidate Mohammad-Ali Najafi is unanimously elected Mayor of Tehran by the city council, ending the 12-year tenure of Principlist Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf. (Financial Times) (ForexRepository)