Moscow Moscow records its hottest temperature in recorded history with a heat wave expected to result in its hottest month on record.
UNESCO UNESCO's World Heritage Committee removes Ecuador's Galápagos Islands from its list of endangered World Heritage Sites.
Wyclef Jean Musician Wyclef Jean announces that he has taken formal steps towards running for President of Haiti in the 2010 general election but has not yet decided on a candidacy.
United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives Ethics Committee begins a public hearing into New York Democratic Congressman Charles B. Rangel.
Arizona People in the U.S. state of Arizona protest the introduction of state immigration laws with demonstrators being arrested outside the office of Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Greece Greek police fire tear gas at demonstrating lorry drivers who were on strike in protest against new license charges.
Mexican Army The Mexican Army kills Sinaloa Cartel drug lord Ignacio Coronel Villarreal in Zapopan, Jalisco, during a raid.
North Korea North Korean foreign minister Pak Ui-chun arrives in Burma in the first visit since the two countries restored ties in 2007, amid worries over nuclear cooperation.
Arab League The Arab League endorses direct talks between the Palestinian Authority and Israel providing certain conditions are met.
Monsoon Heavy monsoon rains delay the salvage of the wreckage of Airblue Flight 202 near Islamabad, Pakistan.
Metro Bank Metro Bank opens its first branch, in Holborn, London, the first wholly new high street bank in the United Kingdom for more than a century.
Central bank The Reserve Bank of New Zealand lifts interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to three per cent.
Ellen DeGeneres U.S. talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres announces that she is leaving the "American Idol" television show after one year as a judge.
M/V ''M. STAR'' An investigation is launched into the unexplained damage suffered by the Japanese oil tanker M-V "M. STAR" in the Strait of Hormuz near Oman.
SITE Institute The SITE Institute, a terrorist-monitoring organisation, states that the al-Qaeda affiliated Islamic State of Iraq has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on the offices of Al-Arabiya Television in Baghdad that killed four people and injured at least 10.