At least 25 people were killed when gunmen opened fire on a military parade in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, on Sept. 22. Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard were targeted, but women and children also were victims. Two of the gunmen were killed and two others were detained during the attack.

An ethnically Arab separatist group claimed responsibility for the attack, as did the Islamist militant group Daesh (ISIL), but evidence points to the Arab group as the culprits. After the...

In late August, at least 16 men armed with rifles entered the Tawali Resort, at Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province, southeastern Papua New Guinea, taking about 20 guests hostage and robbing them of all their money and luxury items. The guests were from North America, Europe and Asia. No one was injured during the robbery.

According to a statement from an anonymous former employee, it was the third time the resort had been robbed in this fashion in the last few years.

An Air Niugini 737 plane flying from Pohnpei, Micronesia, to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, overshot the runway in low-visibility conditions on Sept. 28 and crashed into a lagoon, remaining intact on top of the water. Locals used fishing boats to rescue 36 passengers and 11 crew. No major injuries were reported, but unconfirmed reports stated that one passenger was missing.