Fields Medal The Fields Medal is awarded to Elon Lindenstrauss, Ngô Bảo Châu, Stanislav Smirnov and Cédric Villani at the 2010 International Congress of Mathematicians in Hyderabad, India.
Burmese The Burmese authorities announce thirteen new campaigning rules for the general election in November.
Australian Federal Police Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Victorian Police raid premises across Victoria in relation to alleged financing of a terrorist organisation believed to be the Kurdish Workers Party. One of the premises raided was of the Kurdish Association of Victoria; the AFP also raids properties in Sydney and Perth.
Perth A court in Perth, Australia, rules that a female Muslim woman must fully remove her niqāb while giving evidence.
Bangladesh Approximately 1,000 prisoners are released in Bangladesh as the country tries to reduce overcrowding in its prisons.
Superior Labor Court A record fine of almost three million is upheld by the Superior Labor Court of Brazil (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho, TST).
Mexico City Mexico City legalises the fining of shops which give away free plastic bags in an environmental initiative.
Sri Lanka Former chief of the Sri Lankan armed forces Sarath Fonseka admits he expects to be jailed after being charged with corruption and believes the verdict has been decided in advance; Fonseka has been elected to the Sri Lankan parliament since the charges were pressed.
Israeli military Four Israel Defense Forces naval commandos are arrested by Israeli Military Police for suspected theft of laptops and cell phones from activists during May's Gaza flotilla raid.
Russia Russian President Dmitry Medvedev begins a state visit in Armenia by meeting with Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan and paying tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide at the Tsitsernakaberd memorial. Russian military presence in the South Caucasian republic is to be extended until 2044.
North Korea North Korea confirms the seizure of a South Korean fishing boat two weeks ago, with four South Korean and three Chinese sailors on board.
France France's government begins to deport thousands of Romani people, who are mainly from Romania and Bulgaria; Romania fears this will lead to xenophobic tensions.
United Nations The United Nations issues a report stating that Israel restricts with live ammunition access to land used for farming and fishing by Palestinians, causing a loss of livelihood for tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Tafalla Forty people are injured after a bull leaps into a crowd in Tafalla, Spain; the bull is killed.
United Nations The United Nations estimates that four million people have become homeless as a result of the 2010 Pakistan floods; Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, speaking in New York, states that the floods are a "slow-motion tsunami" as he calls for more funds to assist those affected.
Egg An American egg company recalls 380 million products as outbreaks of "salmonella" poisoning spread across the United States.
Foxconn Foxconn states its intention to hire more workers following a rash of suicides among its workforce.
Oxford Dictionary of English The Oxford Dictionary of English adds new words and phrases to the language including vuvuzela, carbon capture and storage, toxic debt and quantitative easing.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's house Undershaw, in which he wrote numerous Sherlock Holmes stories, is slated to be converted into apartments.
United States The last United States brigade combat team leaves Iraq: there are still 56,000 members of the United States armed forces in the country.
Bomb attack Seven people are killed and fourteen injured in a bomb attack in China's Xinjiang province. Although the region has recently been embroiled in violence including Muslim separatists and majority Han Chinese, the attack is being investigated as a criminal case.
Kenya Human rights groups express dismay at Kenya for the secret sending to Uganda of four suspects after the 2010 FIFA World Cup attacks in Kampala. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents are also said to have engaged in illegal interrogation of three of them.
South Africa South Africa deploys its army to deal with public sector workers striking in a bid to earn an increased wage; police shoot rubber bullets and water cannon into crowds outside a hospital in Soweto. At least five people have been killed so far during the strikes.