Archaeologists Archaeologists claim they have located Britain's oldest house near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK.
World Health Organization The World Health Organization announces that the H1N1 flu pandemic which killed 18,000 people worldwide is over.
U.S. President The President of the United States Barack Obama signs a $26 billion bill to help struggling states to meet budgets.
Google A policy proposal by Google and Verizon regarding the way internet service is regulated comes under criticism from groups promoting net neutrality.
Morocco Morocco is to close 1,250 mosques deemed to be unsafe following the collapse of a minaret at the Bab Berdieyinne Mosque in February.
Guatemala Guatemala issues arrest warrants for 18 former senior officials and policemen who killed 7 prisoners in 2006.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia permits the use of BlackBerry devices for now, having previously considering banning them as they were unable to intercept and decrypt communications on that platform.
Supreme Court justices The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation rules same-sex marriages in Mexico City have to be recognised across Mexico.
IDF The Israel Defense Forces arrest three wanted Palestinians during an operation in Tulkarm and Nablus in the West Bank.
United Nations The United Nations warns that the trial of Guantánamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr violates an International Criminal Court statute banning the trial for war crimes of those under the age of 18, saying this has not happened since World War II.
United States The United States convicts Noshir Gowadia, a former engineer who allegedly sold secrets to China, and who now faces life imprisonment.
Iran Iran digs mass graves in Khuzestan province, using psychological warfare in preparation for an invasion by the United States armed forces after the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1929, and warns that Iran will attack American bases in the Middle East if American forces attack.
Prime minister of Japan The Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan apologises to South Korea for colonising the Korean peninsula for three decades in the early 1900s and promises to return cultural relics in the near future.
United States The United States defends its decision to appoint as Venezuelan ambassador Larry Palmer, who has expressed negative views of the country in the past, including insinuating that it has ties with Colombian rebels.
De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter A de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter seaplane crashes near Aleknagik, Alaska, killing five people, including former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens. Former NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe and O'Keefe's son were aboard the plane, but survived.
China Rescuers in China's Gansu province continue to search for 1,100 missing people in a recent landslide, as the death toll rises to 702.
Spain A much-publicised project backed by Spain's government sells just 16 of the 2,000 electric cars it had intended so far in 2010.
Israel Israel's Foreign Ministry alleges Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's press conference yesterday, in which he stated he has evidence that implicates Israel in the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafic Hariri and 22 others, was full of "ridiculous lies".
War in Afghanistan Two people are killed in a suicide attack on a guesthouse used by foreign security company in Kabul.
United States The United States and Vietnam celebrate the 15th anniversary of diplomatic relations by conducting what the United States describes as a "series of naval engagement activities" in the South China Sea, risking a disagreement with China.
Defense Minister Defense Minister of Israel Ehud Barak testifies before Israel's Turkel Commission investigating the country's role in May's Gaza flotilla raid, chaired by Israeli judge Jacob Turkel. His prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday testified that he had left Barak to "co-ordinate" the raid and response "in all of its aspects" while he visited North America.
United States A United States military judge at Guantánamo Bay rules that confessions allegedly forced via torture from Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen they accuse of terrorism after his 2002 capture at the age of 15, count as evidence in his trial.