Diabetes The number of adults with diabetes in the world has more than doubled since 1980, according to a new study.
Governor New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs New York State's Marriage Equality Law, legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, and making New York the largest U.S. state to approve such legislation since California reversed its legalization in 2008.
Activist Hu Jia Activist Hu Jia is released after serving three and a half years in jail for criticising human rights conditions in China.
Egypt Former Egyptian trade minister, Rashid Mohamed Rashid, is convicted in absentia of profiteering and unlawfully taking money from the country's Export Development Fund and is sentenced to five years in prison and fined nearly 9.4 million Egyptian pound ($1.6 million).
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Alleged personal details of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair are published online by computer hackers.
California Zephyr The death toll from the California Zephyr Amtrak train colliding with a truck in the U.S. state of Nevada rises to six, with two dozen passengers unaccounted for.
Tropical storm A strengthening tropical storm affects parts of eastern China, causing flooding, while a prolonged drought plagues the northwest of the country.
Puno region Five people are killed and 25 injured in clashes with police in the Puno region, Peru, in protests over mining projects.
Mauritania Forces from Mauritania and Mali clash with Al-Qaeda militants in Mali, destroying a base; several bodies are later found.
Kenya At least 10 people are killed in clashes in northern Kenya amid a severe drought affecting East Africa.
Suicide car bomb attack 35 people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Afghanistan's Logar province.
Arab Spring Seventeen top footballers, some former members of the national team, defect to the side of the rebels, arriving to cheering crowds in the rebel stronghold of Zintan in western Libya.
Dozens of people are injured in Cairo in clashes between supporters and opponents of putting former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak on trial for corruption.
Syria's deputy foreign minister says anti-regime protests have been ignited and fueled by "extremist" groups with religious affiliations while a human rights group says 1,337 protesters have been killed since anti-regime protests began.
The Syrian military moves into two villages, one on the border with Turkey and the other on the border with Lebanon, with civilians reportedly being shot in the village near Lebanon.