U.S. In United States baseball, a group led by Nolan Ryan buys the Texas Rangers at a bankruptcy auction.
Uruguay Uruguay striker and 2010 FIFA World Cup player of the tournament Diego Forlán is a popular attraction among the inhabitants of Kolkata as he participates in a talent search.
Anil Khanna Anil Khanna, treasurer of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, resigns the position due to corrupt allegations.
United States Senate The United States Senate confirms the nomination of Elena Kagan as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prime Minister Former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd joins Julia Gillard's election campaign while recovering from gallbladder surgery by attacking the opposition leader Tony Abbott.
Rwanda Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo says the country is "committed to free expression" but that it does not favour "hate media".
The Rwandan government denies in a statement that it has been responsible for the deaths of any political opponents.
Kenyan constitutional referendum, 2010 Those campaigning against the new Constitution concede defeat.
Preliminary results of the referendum on the new Constitution of Kenya show it has passed with 67 per cent of the vote following a peaceful election.
United States The U.S. Government charges 14 people as participants in "a deadly pipeline" sending money and fighters from the United States to the Somalian insurgency group Al-Shabaab.
Brazil Brazilian police discover a Rio de Janeiro prison is being run by some of the inmates; a guard is arrested.
Japan Reported Japanese child abuse reaches its highest level since records were first taken a decade ago.
Taser British police issue an apology after one of them shot a 14-year-old female bystander with a Taser, sending an electric shock through her body.
Supreme Court justices The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation upholds as constitutional a law allowing same-sex marriages in Mexico City.
California Supporters of California Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage lodge an appeal against the decision of United States district court Vaughn R. Walker overturning it.
Egypt A woman who is alleged to have been raped by two police officers appears on Egyptian television where she is interviewed about the experience.
Israel Israel charges three Arab men with spying for Syria; they deny the charges and one is alleged to be a human rights activist.date=August 2010 does Israel "accuse" him of being a human rights activist???
Polish A Polish appellate court upholds the decision of a lower court to extradite an alleged Mossad agent to Germany to face trial for forging a passport used in the slaying of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.
Naomi Campbell Model Naomi Campbell gives evidence that she received several "dirty looking stones" after meeting the former President of Liberia Charles Taylor in his trial at the United Nations Special Court for Sierra Leone.
UK Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron commits another gaffe - with an erroneous statement that Iran possesses a nuclear weapon - just after apologising to an angered pensioner for his previous gaffe about the Battle of Britain.
Syria Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem sends a letter to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in which he writes charges against three Israelis charged with spying for Syria are "baseless" and "fabricated".
Pacific Islands Forum The Pacific Islands Forum meets in Vanuatu and discusses the situation in Fiji.
BP BP is authorized to pump cement into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site after a successful "static kill" procedure with drilling mud.
Jhelum River At least 20 people die after a bus falls into the Jhelum River in Pakistan controlled Kashmir.
Russia A Russian military garrison near Naro-Fominsk outside Moscow moves its artillery rockets to a safer location as the wildfires get nearer.
United Nations The United Nations states more than four million people are now affected by the most severe flooding in Pakistan's history, while the death toll rises to at least 1,600.
Pham Thanh Binh Pham Thanh Binh, the former boss of Vinashin, one of Vietnam's largest state-owned companies, is arrested on suspicion of nearly bankrupting the company.
Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sacks Ndi Okereke-Onyuike, the director-general of the Nigerian Stock Exchange and suspends its chairman, Aliko Dangote.
Russia Russian pianist, conductor and composer Mikhail Pletnev cancels some appearances while he deals with accusations that he raped a 14-year-old boy in Thailand.
King James II A world-class example of a 17th-century ship's pass - dating from 1687 and signed by King James II and Samuel Pepys - is presented to the National Library of Ireland.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart A piano which Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is thought to have played is discovered in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg.
Salvador Dalí A Salvador Dalí exhibition in Atlanta, United States, is to feature items from Canada, Japan and Scotland.
Israel Israel releases the MV "Mavi Marmara", the aid ship which it impounded after killing nine activists during May's Gaza flotilla raid.
Somali pirates Somali pirates seized a Syrian freighter flagged in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines carrying sugar with 24 crew (22 Syrian and 2 Egyptian) in the Gulf of Aden.
Bishkek Troops in Bishkek fire shots as protesters travel to support Urmat Baryktabasov, an opposition politician who arrived back in Kyrgyzstan from overseas.
A third day of violence At least 17 more people are killed during a third day of violence in Karachi, with police given orders to shoot on sight as buildings burn. Current death toll: At least 80.
NATO At least 25 or 32 Afghans, including civilians, are killed by NATO airstrikes in Nangarhar Province, many bombed by NATO planes while attending the funeral of a flood victim; relatives are displeased.
South Korea South Korea begins a huge anti-submarine exercise in the Yellow Sea, near the disputed maritime border, in what it sees as a show of strength against North Korea and "to be fully prepared for combat"; North Korea disapproves of the exercise.