Fidel Castro Fidel Castro delivers a short speech to the Cuban Parliament to warn about the risk of a nuclear war between the United States and Iran, accusing Barack Obama of provoking conflict with Iran and North Korea and urging him to prevent such a conflict.
Juan Manuel Santos Juan Manuel Santos is sworn in office as 59th President of Colombia, succeeding Álvaro Uribe, at a ceremony attended by more than 100 international delegations.
Saudi Arabia decides it will not ban BlackBerry instant messaging after agreeing a deal to iron out security fears.
Domestic violence A man accused by witnesses of domestic violence informs a New Zealand court that he and his wife were performing the Turkish kolbasti traditional dance at the time of the alleged incident in Hawera.
Iran An appeals court in Iran upholds a five year jail sentence against the owner of Mehdi Karroubi's opposition website.
Turkey A Turkish court annuls an arrest warrant issued against 102 military officers over an alleged coup plot in 2003.
Colombian President President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, in his inauguration speech, vows to improve relations with Ecuador and Venezuela.
Iranian president President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and President of Guinea-Bissau Malam Bacai Sanhá meet in Tehran.
Brookings Institution A poll of six countries, taken by the Brookings Institution, an American think tank, indicates that the popularity of the President of the United States Barack Obama has dropped significantly in the Arab World since "A New Beginning".
Mumbai oil spill An oil spill stretching at least two miles long occurs in the Arabian Sea offshore Mumbai, India, after a vessel from Panama collides with another vessel from St. Kitts. The Panamanian ship was carrying 2,662 tons of oil, 283 tons of diesel and 88,040 liters of lube oil when it became grounded and started to leak.
Landslide At least 127 people have died and 1,300 missing following landslides caused by heavy rains in China's northwestern Gansu province.
Copiapo Efforts intensify to rescue at least 34 people trapped in a mine near Copiapó, Chile, in the Atacama Desert.
Zhaoyuan At least 16 miners are killed during a fire at a gold mine in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, in China. 23 others are still trapped inside.
Pakistan Pakistan issues a red alert as the worst floods in its history move south towards Sindh, with hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated, at least 10,000 cows killed and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani appealing on television for help from the international community.
Gulf of Mexico The Gulf of Mexico seafood industry starts to reopen after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Hungary Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, hospitalised after falling in the United States last month, is not released from hospital as had been initially expected due to a negative reaction to her morphine.
Iraq 5 Iraqi policemen are killed in an overnight shootout in western Baghdad, while 1 policeman is killed at a checkpoint outside Fallujah.
Basra 14 people die and 35 others are injured in Basra due to an explosion, possibly caused by a power generator.
International Assistance Mission 10 people, including 2 Afghan civilians and 8 International Assistance Mission aid workers, are killed in Nuristan Province.
MV ''Mavi Marmara'' The MV "Mavi Marmara" arrives in Turkey; the remaining three non-Turkish flotilla vessels plus the MV "Rachel Corrie" cargo ship, which followed days later, remain in Israeli custody.
Israel Israel announces that Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak and Avigdor Lieberman have chosen Yosef Ciechanover, who formerly held posts in the Foreign Ministry, Defence Ministry and defence mission to the United States, to represent it on the United Nations panel to investigate May's Gaza flotilla raid.
Hezbollah Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah announces Monday as the day he will present evidence reputed to implicate Israel in the 2005 car bomb assassination of then Prime Minister of Lebanon Rafiq Hariri.