At least 13 people are killed and another 82 are injured after a bomb explodes at a protest rally in Lahore, Punjab. The Pakistani Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claims responsibility. (AFP)
At least 32 people are killed after a tour bus, carrying mostly local elderly tourists, overturns on a freeway in Taipei, Taiwan. (Focus Taiwan)(BBC)
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to search for the missing F/V Destination, a Seattle-based fishing vessel operating near St. George, Alaska, with a six-member crew. The Coast Guard has discovered a debris field, but no sign of the crew. (KTUU-TV)
In an unexpected turn of events, an Alba Iulia appeals court definitely decides that the offence of abuse in office (official misconduct) is de jure decriminalized by the fact that a previous June 2016 decision by the Constitutional Court, which stated that the abuse in office is unconstitutional due to unclear definition subject to various interpretations, was not put in accordance with the fundamental law by the former government. Thus, the current government's emergency ordinance, which clarified the situation but started massive street protests, fueled by the opposition parties and the president of Romania, was, in fact, necessary in reinstating the repudiated offence. (stiripesurse.ro)[better source needed]
