Abdullah II King Abdullah II of Jordan commissions the Prime Minister Samir Rifai to form a new government following recent elections.
Burma Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is reunited with her son for the first time in a decade.
The Irish financial crisis A candidate in Thursday's by-election withdraws calling it a complete farce with a general election now due to occur in January. Some islands voted in the by-election yesterday.
The opposition Labour Party grants its leader Eamon Gilmore "a free hand to take any initiative he deems appropriate over the coming days".
Morgan C Jones, actor and satirist from Dublin, announces a "you're fired" protest against the government for Dáil Éireann on Thursday.
Bangladesh Bangladesh sentences a further 23 soldiers from the Bangladesh Rifles to imprisonment over a mutiny in February 2009.
India India forms two new military divisions, comprising more than 36,000 men, to be deployed in Arunachal Pradesh near the border with China.
The Gambia The Gambia severs diplomatic and economic relations with Iran and orders Iranian government representatives to leave within 48 hours. The Gambia has given no reason for the move.
Saudi Arabia A Saudi woman accused of torturing her Indonesian maid is sent to jail while the maid is hospitalised, in a case that has caused tensions between the two countries.
Cambodia Cambodia declares a day of mourning for at least 378 people killed in a stampede in the capital Phnom Penh.
United States federal court A United States federal court jury decides that SAP AG must pay Oracle Corporation $1.3 billion for copyright infringement, the largest ever damages payment for copyright infringement.
Qantas Qantas announces that its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos will start returning to service on Saturday.
Clarence House Clarence House confirms that Prince William and Catherine Middleton are to be married at Westminster Abbey on Friday 29 April 2011.
Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta claims responsibility for the destruction of an oil pipeline feeding a refinery in the Niger Delta.
North Korea North Korea shells Yeonpyeong island, South Korea at 14:34 local time in response to South Korean shelling close to the North Korean border during military drills. The North's shelling kills two marines and prompts a military response by the South in one of the most serious clashes since the 1953 armistice of the Korean War.