1. Clashes flare up between police and supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Turkish city of Istanbul.
2. The hunger strike of a jailed dissident in Bahrain enters its 160th day amid calls for his release. He is protesting collective punishment and police torture.
3. Protesters once again take to the streets in the Lebanese capital, Beirut as a crisis over garbage collection worsens in the Arab country.
4. Indian and Pakistani border guards trade fire in the divided region of Kashmir. The clash has left at least ten people dead on both sides.
5. A UN official says several thousand people have been forced to flee their homes after days of fighting in the Central African Republic town of Bambari.