Template:In the news
- An Iranian military aircraft crashes into a residential area in the capital Tehran.
- Tens of thousands march in Hong Kong for universal and equal suffrage (pictured).
- The Fifth Republic Movement wins the Venezuelan parliamentary elections, as most opposition parties boycott.
- Incumbent President Nursultan Nazarbayev wins the Kazakh presidential election by a landslide.
- In Taiwan, the Kuomintang defeats the Democratic Progressive Party in mid-term local elections.
- An independent commission is established to investigate the Malaysian lock-up detainee abuse scandal.