Israel More than 150 Israeli academics say they will no longer lecture or work in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.
William Hague Christopher Myers, a special adviser to UK Foreign Secretary William Hague, resigns due to "untrue and malicious" allegations amid questions surrounding Hague's marriage.
United Kingdom Members of the United Kingdom Labour Party start voting in the leadership election with the candidates being Diane Abbott, David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham.
Australian Greens The Australian Greens agree to support a Gillard Labor minority government as negotiations continue to form a government after the recent election.
Discovery Channel A man upset with the Discovery Channel's environmental programs takes several people hostage at its headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Police snipers eventually kill him with the hostages being safe.
Sweden Swedish prosecutors decide to reopen a rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange; Assange denies the allegations.
Yemen 2 Yemenis are released from custody in Amsterdam, having been arrested after being suspected by the United States of plotting a terrorist act. No evidence was found against the men.
Afghanistan 92 Afghan asylum seekers escape from the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin, Australia as part of a protest with four people being hospitalised due to dehydration.
US President President of the United States Barack Obama meets with a range of Middle East leaders in pursuit of peace between Israel and Palestine, including Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas, King of Jordan Abdullah II and President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak.
United States The United States adds Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan to its list of what it considers "foreign terrorist organizations"; rewards are announced for the capture of its leaders.
Europe Several European countries summon their Kenyan ambassadors in a bid to determine why Kenya did not arrest President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir when he came to Nairobi for the new constitution ceremony.
Yunnan Eight people are killed and 40 missing in landslides that hit Wama village in Yunnan province, near Baoshan. The overall death toll from the 2010 China floods rises to 3,185, with 1,050 more missing.
U.S. state The U.S. state of North Carolina orders the evacuation of Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke Island ahead of Hurricane Earl.
Rescue 33 miners trapped As the isolation of the miners is similar to a space mission, NASA sends a team of doctors, who recommend the miners abstain from cigarettes and alcohol while trapped.
The 33 miners involved in the 2010 Copiapó mining accident in Chile receive their first hot meal in 26 days: it consists of meatballs, chicken and rice through a tube.
Devastating floods UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg visits a relief camp in Sukkur to witness the devastation caused by the ongoing floods.
Aweil 57,000 people are made homeless by heavy floods near Aweil, Northern Bahr el Ghazal in southern Sudan.
Federal Circuit The U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, upheld an injunction issued by a federal district court in Indiana in 2009, enjoining Teva Pharmaceuticals from the marketing of its drug for the treatment of osteoporosis. The district court found, and the appellate court agrees, that Teva's drug is in violation of a valid patent held by Eli Lilly & Co..
Australian A trade agreement between Australia and the European Union comes into effect stopping Australian wine being marketed using terms such as champagne and port.
Archaeologist Archaeologists discover 200 year old bottles of beer in a shipwreck south of the autonomous Aland Islands in the Baltic Sea believed to be the world's oldest.
United States United States rapper T.I. and his wife singer Tameka Cottle are arrested on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles for illegal drug possession.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's autobiography "A Journey" goes on sale in the United Kingdom and becomes a bestseller.
Hungary Hungarian actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is rehospitalised in the United States after becoming unconscious.
Michael Douglas Actor Michael Douglas speaks for the first time in public of his recent disgnosis with throat cancer during an interview on American television.
Palestinian Authority The Palestinian Authority arrests 250 members of Hamas following the shooting of four Israeli settlers at Beit Hagai.
Armenia A border clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan occurs, leaving several soldiers dead and both sides blaming the other for the violence.
Mozambique At least 6 people die as Mozambique police fire rubber bullets as a protest in Maputo over rising food prices turns into a riot.
Three suicide bombing attacks At least 30 people are killed and 250 injured in three suicide bombing attacks on Shia procession in Lahore, Pakistan.
PLA Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy commences artillery exercises in the Yellow Sea in response to those being conducted by South Korea and the United States against North Korea.