Armed conflicts and attacks

• Syrian Civil War
  • Mazloum Abdi, commander of the Kurdish forces in Syria, says that his group, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), has halted its operations against ISIL due to targeted Turkish airstrikes against the SDF fighters to whom Turkey blames of a bombing in Istanbul. (VOA)

Disasters and accidents

• One person is killed, 12 other people are missing and several are injured after landslides hit Ischia, Naples, Italy. (La Repubblica)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Taiwanese local elections
  • Taiwanese head to the polls to elect mayors, city council members and other local leaders in 13 counties and 9 cities. (BBC News)
  • The Kuomintang Party, who has consistently advocated economic engagement and unification with mainland China, wins 13 of the 21 seats contested in the elections. (CNN)
  • Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen resigns as leader of the Democratic Progressive Party after their major defeat in the elections. (AP)
• 2022 Taiwanese constitutional referendum
  • Taiwanese head to the polls for a constitutional referendum on the issues of lowering voting age from 20 to 18 and age of candidacy from 23 to 18. Local councils and city mayors are also on the election. (BBC News)
  • The propositions on lowering voting and candidacy ages to 18 fail to pass as they do no get the approval of the required half of eligible voters. (Focus Taiwan)