Iran conducts the first tests of its Russian-built nuclear power plant.

At least 48 civilians are killed as clashes intensify in Somalia — the most dangerous place in the world, according to Foreign Policy magazine.

A gun battle erupts and several army officers are taken hostage as paramilitary border guards revolt over low pay and poor working conditions in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka.

Nine people are killed and 50 injured when a Turkish Airlines plane crashes at Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport.