Ecuador Voters in Ecuador go to the polls for the Ecuadorian constitutional referendum with the government declaring victory based on exit polls.
Welsh Labour Party The Welsh Labour Party says it expects to be in government by the end of next week, and may govern alone after winning 30 of the 60 Welsh Assembly seats in Thursday's election.
Northern Ireland Assembly election Counting for the Northern Ireland Assembly election finally ends with the DUP and Sinn Féin winning the most seats, 38 and 29 respectively.
UK Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg describes the result of the referendum as a "bitter blow".
Secretary of State for Business British Secretary of State for Business Vince Cable launches a fierce attack on the tactics of his party's Conservative coalition partners as "ruthless, calculating and very tribal" for the way they conducted themselves in the Alternative Vote referendum.
Scottish Liberal Democrat Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott resigns after a collapse of his party's support at the Scottish Parliament election.
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party urges British Prime Minister David Cameron to amend the Scotland Bill to give the Scottish Parliament greater legislative powers.
Yomiuri Shimbun The "Yomiuri" reports that Japan and the United States have given up on plans to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Okinawa by 2014.
Russia Three Russian human rights activists monitoring trials of opposition activists in Belarus are expelled.
People's Republic of China China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan conduct an anti-terror drill in the restive Xinjiang region of western China.
Bolivia The wreckage of a plane that crashed in Bolivia on Thursday has been found with four United Nations staff and two pilots dead.
Sony Sony states that it will delay the restart of its PlayStation Network following the PlayStation Network outage, and that it has managed to remove user data that had been posted online by a third party.
Tunisia The government of Tunisia declares an overnight curfew in the capital Tunis following three days of unrest.
Imbaba At least five people are killed and 54 injured in sectarian clashes in the Imbaba area of Cairo.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb denies responsibility for a bomb attack on a Marrakesh cafe that killed 16 people on April 28.
Afghanistan Gunmen attack the compound of the Governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province and other facilities in the city of Kandahar with two dead and 29 injured.
Civil war The Libyan Armed Forces bomb large fuel storage tanks in the town of Misrata, destroying the tanks and causing a large fire.
2011 Syrian uprising Sources claim that the Syrian Army storms into the city of Baniyas attacking Sunni districts that have opposed President Bashar al-Assad during the 2011 Syrian protests.