Arts and culture
Disasters and accidents
- In New Zealand's North Island heavy rains cause flooding on the Kapiti Coast in the Wellington Region prompting evacuations and closing road and rail links. (TVNZ) (Fairfax New Zealand)
- 2015 Philadelphia train derailment
- The death toll from the derailment rises to eight, with 43 of the more than 200 injured remaining hospitalised. (The Guardian)
International relations
- U.S. President Barack Obama meets with the Gulf Cooperation Council at the White House with a proposed nuclear deal with Iran top of the agenda.(CNN)
- Malaysia turns away two boats with more than 800 Rohingya and Bangladesh migrants abandoned at sea by human traffickers. (AP)