Armed conflicts and attacks

Sixteen soldiers and the perpetrator are killed and 29 others are injured, including six children, when a suicide bomber drives an explosive-laden vehicle into a military convoy in North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction of the Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility. (Azerbaijani Press Agency) (Daily Sabah)

• https://en.apa.az/asia/suicide-bomber-kills-16-in-pakistan-updated-471610
• https://www.dailysabah.com/world/asia-pacific/suicide-attack-kills-16-soldiers-in-northwest-pakistan

Disasters and accidents

Four people are killed when a Yakovlev Yak-18T aircraft crashes near Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, Russia. (Azerbaijani Press Agency)

• https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/4-killed-in-plane-crash-near-moscow-471619