2015 in retrospect continued

August
* Debris found on Réunion Island is confirmed to be that of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, missing since March 2014.
* A bombing takes place inside the Erawan Shrine at the Ratchaprasong intersection in Pathum Wan District, Bangkok, Thailand, killing 20 people and injuring 125.
* Microsoft introduces Windows 10.
* Migrant crisis of Europe.
September
* Scientists announce the discovery of Homo naledi, a previously unknown species of early human in South Africa.
* Automaker Volkswagen is alleged to have been involved in worldwide rigging of diesel emissions tests, affecting an estimated 11 million vehicles globally.
* A stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 2,200 people and injures more than 900 others, with more than 650 missing.
* NASA announces that liquid water has been found on Mars.
*Russia begins air strikes against ISIL and anti-government forces in Syria in support of the Syrian government.
* Flowing liquid water found on Mars
October
* A suicide bomb kills at least 100 people at a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, and injures more than 400 others.
* Hurricane Patricia becomes the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, with winds of 200 mph and a pressure of 879 mbar.
* A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes the Hindu Kush region and causes 398 deaths, with 279 in Pakistan, 115 in Afghanistan and 4 in India.
* Flight KGL9268, an Airbus A321 airliner en route to Saint Petersburg from Sharm el-Sheikh, crashes near Al-Hasana in Sinai, killing all 217 passengers and 7 crew members on board.
November
* Chinese and Taiwanese presidents, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou, formally meet for the first time.
* Several suicide bombings occur in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 43 and injuring 239. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility.
* Multiple attacks claimed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Paris, France, resulting in 130 fatalities.
* Syrian Civil War: Turkey shoots down a Russian fighter jet in the first case of a NATO member destroying a Russian aircraft since the 1950s.
* The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 21) is held in Paris, attended by leaders from 147 nations.
* Paris terrorist attacks leaving hundreds dead.
December
* A global climate change pact is agreed at the COP 21 summit, committing all countries to reduce carbon emissions for the first time.
* SpaceX lands a Falcon 9 rocket, the first reusable rocket to successfully enter orbital space and return.
* Flood disaster in Chennai, India.

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