Greenhouse gas Carbon emissions from energy use reached a record level in 2010, up 5% from the previous record in 2008, according to the International Energy Agency, which said it was a "serious setback" to limit global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F), set at the U.N. climate change talks in Cancun, Mexico, last year.
Irish Independent The "Irish Independent" and "The Belfast Telegraph" begin a week-long joint publication of the Ireland Cables, the latest batch of U.S. diplomatic cables, in co-operation with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange. The cables, dating back more than 25 years, feature government members, diplomats, alleged terrorists, oil companies and Vatican insiders.
Adil Abdul-Mahdi Adil Abdul-Mahdi, First Vice President of Iraq, resigns after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki fends off critics who say he has not delivered on power-sharing promises.
Dalai Lama The Dalai Lama formally relinquishes his political and administrative powers, following the exiled Tibetan parliament's amendment to its charter to relieve him of his political role; the Dalai Lama remains Tibetan Buddhists' spiritual figurehead.
Conservative Party Former British Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick is jailed for 12 months for falsely claiming £11,277 in parliamentary expenses.
Chechnya A Chechen man is sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of trying to send a letter bomb to the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which had published drawings of the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
Extradition A Spanish court approves the extradition of former Guatemalan Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann to face murder charges in connection with a 2006 uprising at the Pavon prison in Guatemala where seven inmates were killed.
Serbia Serbia's war crimes court rejects an appeal from former Bosnian Serb Colonel General Ratko Mladić against a transfer to a United Nations tribunal in The Hague to face genocide charges.
Rustam Makhmudov Rustam Makhmudov, suspected of the 2006 shooting of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, is arrested overnight at the home of his parents in Chechnya.
Bolivia Bolivia takes steps to ensure that Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian Minister of Defence, leaves the country as soon as possible following a complaint from Argentina who believed that he was responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community City in Buenos Aires.
Sudan Officials from north Sudan and southern Sudan tentatively agree to a demilitarised border following recent tensions over the disputed Abyei border region.
Istanbul Thousands of people gather in Istanbul's central Taksim Square in memory of 9 activists killed during the Gaza flotilla raid a year ago.
Uganda British authorities refuse asylum to 22-year-old Betty Tibikawa, homophobically attacked by three men in Uganda, despite deputy prime minister Nick Clegg's claim that his government would stop its policy of deporting people who are persecuted over their sexual orientation. The British government is currently detaining Ms. Tibikawa at a facility in Bedford.
Iran Iran denies a plane carrying the Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel access to its airspace for two hours en route to India.
World Health Organization The World Health Organization classifies cell phone radiation as a "carcinogenic hazard" and "possibly carcinogenic to humans." It was classified as such after a team of scientists reviewed peer-review studies on cell phone safety.
2011 Joplin tornado The names of 123 victims of the tornado that hit the US city of Joplin, Missouri are released.
Minot Curt Zimbelman, the mayor of the US town of Minot, North Dakota orders the mandatory evacuation of streets near the flooding Souris River.
Germany In Germany fourteen people have been reported dead from hemolytic-uremic syndrome outbreak as of 30 May, with another 329 confirmed and up to 1,200 suspected cases.
Government New Zealand government experts predict that there is an almost one in four chance of another powerful earthquake in the Canterbury Region in the next 12 months.
Air France Flight 447 Seventy-five additional bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of an Air France plane that crashed off the coast of Brazil two years ago, killing all 228 people aboard, bringing the total recovered so far to 127.
Apple Apple Inc announces plans to introduce a digital locker music service called iCloud with negotiations well advanced with major label record companies for rights.
Sony Sony advises that it plans to restore the PlayStation Network by the weekend in all markets except Japan, South Korea and Hong Kong.
Moody's Investor Services Moody's Investor Services announces that Japan's local and foreign currency bond ratings under review because of the impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Australia Australia suspends exports of live cattle to 11 Indonesian abattoirs following exposure of abuses on ABC Television's "Four Corners".
Botswana The government of Botswana rejects demands of striking unions, as a pro-longed strike in the country continues.
Economy of Japan Japan's unemployment rate rises to 4.7% and average wages drop for the second consecutive month.
J. R. R. Tolkien The titles and release dates of the two films based on J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" are announced.
Cameroon Riot police in Cameroon arrest and disperse hundreds of farmers protesting in the capital Yaounde over poor road conditions and low state support for agriculture.
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 Families of the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests say the government is considering compensation for the first time.
British officials confirm the government is working on cyber weapons, the first time it has been officially acknowledged that such a programme exists.
Pakistan Air Force The Pakistan Air Force kills seventeen militants in a bombing raid on the upper Orakzai Agency.
Tens of thousands of "los indignados", young and old, continue to camp against cuts in city center squares as Greeks gather and Parisians protest in solidarity with their Spanish counterparts.
Arab Spring Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issues an amnesty for all "political crimes" amid continuing protests.
Residents of the town of Homs fight back against government troops with rifles and Rocket-propelled grenades for the first time, in a clash that kills at least four civilians.
NATO air raids have killed more than 700 civilians and wounded more than 4,000 others across Libya since March, according to reports.
Talks between South African President Jacob Zuma and Muammar Gaddafi end without immediate results, as more than 100 Libyan soldiers, including five generals, two colonels, and one major defect from Gaddafi's forces.
Italy temporarily closes its embassy and withdraws its staff, citing threats against Western embassies in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.
More than 50 people are killed and hundreds of others are injured by the latest regime forces attacks on civilians in Ta'izz.
A truce between the Yemeni government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh and opposing tribal groups breaks down increasing the chance of a civil war.
2011 Xilinhot incident Chinese state media say the government should meet the "reasonable" demands of ethnic Mongols.
Dozens of people are arrested in the Inner Mongolia region of northern China, as ethnic protests spread.
War in Afghanistan: Two Afghan police officers are injured as their car hits a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan.
Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, reacts to the deaths of 9 civilians in a NATO air strike by telling the organization that attacks on insurgents in Afghan homes is "not allowed".