Derailment One person is killed and eleven are injured in a derailment at Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.
5-4 decision In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States rules that Chicago's handgun ban is unconstitutional.
Federal authorities The United States Department of Justice announces that ten people have been arrested for allegedly spying for Russia.
Jeremy Hunt Britain's Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt incorrectly links hooliganism to the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster, and is called "an absolute disgrace" by families of those who were killed.
Somali pirates Somali pirates hijack a Singaporean chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden, carrying a cargo of ethylene glycol.
Turkey Turkey closes its airspace to some Israeli military flights in apparent retaliation for Israeli raid on the Gaza-flotilla; civilian commercial flights are not affected.
United Nations A group of armed men vandalises a United Nations summer camp in the Gaza Strip, in a second attack since May. Hamas and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemn the attack.
Red Crescent The Red Crescent delays an aid shipment bound for Gaza after being told that Egypt would prevent it from using the internationally neutral Suez Canal.
Fiji The military government in Fiji issues new media restrictions targeting foreign ownership of media organisations in the country.
Sergio "El Shaka" Vega Singer Sergio "El Shaka" Vega is shot dead while on tour in Sinaloa, hours after denying his own murder.
Sudan Thousands of Sudanese Lou Nuer are forced from their homes in Upper Nile towards Jonglei, an area where food is short.
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine A member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is killed and two others are wounded by Israeli forces east of Gaza City while firing rockets into Israel
Presidential election A presidential election takes place in Burundi with incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza as the only candidate. A series of grenade attacks also take place.
Turkey Philip Gordon, the Obama administration's top diplomat on European affairs warns Turkey that it must demonstrate its commitment to NATO, Europe and the United States after its opposition to sanctions against Iran’s nuclear program and rhetoric against Israel after the Gaza flotilla raid.
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan approves a new constitution with 90.6 percent of voters backing a constitution that would pave the way for a parliamentary election in October, following the violence of the recent uprising and riots.
Landslide At least 100 people are feared trapped or buried in a landslide in Guizhou Province in south-west China following continued heavy rain.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse and other prominent Sri Lankans protest international calls and the appointment of a United Nations panel to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during the country's civil war with the Tamil Tiger separatists.
Rwanda Rwandan authorities arrest two people in connection with the killing of a journalist critical of Rwandan President Paul Kagame, and deny complicity in the murder.
Toronto police arrest over 600 people outside the G20 summit, with police using rubber bullets and tear gas on protestors.
G20 summit World leaders at the G20 summit agree to cut their budget deficits in half by 2013, while US President Obama urges continued spending to support economic growth.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad postpones nuclear talks so as to “punish the West” for United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929 aimed at curbing the alleged development of Iranian nuclear weapons.
United States Senator Democratic Robert Byrd of West Virginia, President pro tempore of the United States Senate and the longest serving member its history, dies at age 92 in Washington, D.C.
Mexico Rodolfo Torre Cantu, a leading candidate in a Mexican, state election is assassinated near Ciudad Victoria.
Gulf of Mexico oil disaster The state of Louisiana reports 162 cases of oil-spill related illnesses to date, 128 of those among workers in the Gulf of Mexico, as concern over petroleum-related air pollution also grows.
Tropical Storm Alex is expected to become a hurricane, with heavy winds, rain and rough seas in the Gulf of Mexico, driving the oil deeper inland and bringing much of the cleanup to a standstill.
Muslim Five Muslim American students sentenced to serve 10 years in a Pakistani prison for conspiracy to commit attacks and raising funds for terrorism, appeal their conviction.
Hamas Hamas leader Khaled Mashal says Hamas plans to kidnap more IDF soldiers and increase the price for captive soldier Gilad Shalit if Israel does not meet its demands for a prisoner swap.