A Boeing 737 crashes shortly after taking off from
Havana,
Cuba, with 104 passengers and nine crew on board. Only three people are reported to have survived the crash. One survivor later dies from her injuries.
(CNN)(BBC)
The government of
Myanmar agrees to repatriate 1,101
Rohingya refugees out of a list of over 8,000 submitted by their
Bangladeshi counterparts. There are currently over 700,000 Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
(The Daily Star)