Georges Tron Georges Tron resigns from his position as Civil Service Minister in the French government over accusations of sexually harassing his own staff.
Mohamed Bin Hammam Mohamed Bin Hammam of Qatar announces he is to no longer run for the presidency of FIFA.
Nepal Political parties in Nepal agree to extend the term of the Constituent Assembly for three months.
Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Jonathan is sworn in as President of Nigeria at a ceremony attended by foreign heads of state in Abuja.
Sergei Bagapsh Sergei Bagapsh, the President of the breakaway Georgian province of Abkhazia, dies from complications of lung surgery in Moscow.
Dennis Daugaard Dennis Daugaard, the Governor of the US state of South Dakota, warns residents living south of the state capital of Pierre to prepare evacuation plans ahead of likely flooding of the Missouri River.
Greenpeace 3 Greenpeace activists successfully evade a Danish warship to scale an oil rig off the coast of Greenland, attempting to begin deepwater drilling in the arctic.
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa issue a joint statement criticising Europe's 66-year stranglehold on the leadership of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), calling it "obsolete" and requesting that developing nations be given a chance.
2011 Syrian uprising Students and pro-democracy demonstrators are attacked by the government, killing at least two.
The regime's forces attack the towns of Rastan and Talbisa, located north of Damascus, storming houses and using tanks and helicopters to cut the towns off from the outside world.
2011 Yemeni uprising Reports from the coastal town of Zinjibar claim that al-Qaeda gunmen have captured the town.
Defense contractor U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin, the largest military contractor in the world, is targeted by a "significant and tenacious" cyber attack.
Afghanistan Afghan President Hamid Karzai issues a "last warning" to the United States and NATO after yet another raid kills 14 more civilians.
NATO NATO kills 14 civilians, 12 children and 2 women, with an airstrike on homes in Helmand Province.