Venezuelan president The President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez speaks on Venezuelan television that he is fighting cancer in Cuba.
Inverclyde by-election A by-election is held in the UK Parliament constituency of Inverclyde to elect a new MP following the death of the previous incumbent, Labour's David Cairns in May.
Bangladesh Bangladesh's parliament overturns a requirement, dating from the mid-1990s, that general elections be watched over by non-partisan caretaker governments; the opposition protests over fears that future elections could be rigged.
Police The Indonesian National Police arrests at least one suspect in connection to the alleged forgery of documents associated with the 2009 legislative elections.
2011 Spanish protests 2011 Spanish protests: Riot police in full gear surround scores of "indignados" protesting against austerity, political corruption and rising unemployment and evict them from their six-week encampment in Barcelona's Plaza de Catalunya.
Protests against austerity in the UK 26 people are arrested while protesting their government's pension cuts in London as clashes and the controversial police tactic of kettling get underway.
Hundreds of thousands of people go on strike across the United Kingdom in relation to worsening pension conditions being discussed by the government and opposition, while MPs from both the government and opposition condemn them for going on strike.
Protests against austerity in Greece Greece's rulers pass the second austerity bill asked for by the European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by a margin of 155 in favour of it, 136 against it and 5 abstaining.
Protests continue outside parliament as MPs consider this the second part of their austerity package.
The Greek parliament in Athens holds a second vote on cuts, this one to put in place pay cuts, tax increases, privatisations and redundancies.
Swaziland Thomas Masuku, a senior judge in Swaziland, is suspended over allegedly insults to King Mswati III.
Neil Entwistle Englishman Neil Entwistle is appealing his murder conviction of his wife and daughter in Massachusetts, USA.
Naples Head of Naples police intervention brigade Vittorio Pisani is investigated in Italy after coming under suspicion of leaking information to the mafia.
United Nations The United Nations-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon investigating the killing of Lebanon's former prime minister and business tycoon Rafic Hariri in 2005 issues 4 arrest warrants.
Carson Yeung Carson Yeung, the Hong Kong businessman who owns English Football League Championship side Birmingham City F.C., is formally charged with money laundering and released on bail.
President A man who attempts to knock down President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in Brax is arrested by officers.
Kuomintang Taiwanese media reports that former President Lee Teng-hui has been indicted on charges of embezzlement from a state diplomatic fund.
Freedom Flotilla II It is later confirmed that the ship will be unable to participate with other members of the flotilla.
Ireland's Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore expresses concern over reports that €15,000 worth of damage to the flotilla's Irish ship MV "Saoirse" may have been caused by sabotage, after similar damage was caused to the Greek ship.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says that Israel is "fully entitled to work against" attempts by the Gaza-bound "provocation flotilla" to smuggle arms into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge start a nine-day 2011 royal tour of Canada.
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States The inaugural meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States due to be held in Venezuela next week is deferred due to a slow recovery of President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez from an operation in Cuba.
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia stops issuing permits for workers from Indonesia and the Philippines as the row over the beheading of an Indonesian maid by Saudi Arabia continues.
Midwest states A heavy thunderstorm hits the midwestern United States of Illinois and Wisconsin leaving thousands of homes without power and causing transport problems in Chicago.
Nagano Prefecture A 5.4 magnitude earthquake hits Nagano Prefecture in Japan, resulting in at least seven injuries.
Tropical Storm Arlene Tropical Storm Arlene, the first tropical storm of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season, makes landfall near Cabo Rojo bringing heavy rain to Mexico and southern Texas.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Food Safety Authority announce investigations suggest that fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt are implicated in the "E. coli" outbreaks.
United Nations According to a study by a team of epidemiologists and physicians, evidence "strongly suggests" that United Nations peacekeepers brought a cholera strain to Haiti that has killed thousands of people.
United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the cheque guarantee card scheme – which ensures some cheques are honoured even if the account holder does not have sufficient funds in their account – is being withdrawn today after operating for over 40 years.
Italy Italy's government attempts to bring in its own austerity measures to calm turbulent markets and reassure investors.
Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics lodges a claim with the US International Trade Commission to stop Apple Inc. importing six products including the iPhone, iPod and iPads for alleged patent infringements.
Automakers The Japanese auto industry begins designated weekday shutdowns as part of an effort to save energy as a result of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Iraq war Iraq War: The United States has lost a total of 15 troops in Iraq this month, making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces in Iraq since June 2009, when 14 soldiers were killed fighting the Iraqi insurgency.
Al-Shamukh Al-Shamukh, a popular jihadist Internet forum, is knocked off the Internet by a fairly sophisticated cyberattack.
Amnesty International Amnesty International calls on the People's Republic of China to stop the harassment, arbitrary detention and torture of human rights lawyers.
United Nations The United Nations extends MONUSCO, its mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, for a thirteenth year, with 5 million people dead so far.
Riots Official records on the 2002 Gujarat violence, which killed more than 1,000 people, are reported to have been destroyed in line with regulations.
Pakistan The Pakistani media reports Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar as claiming that the United States will no longer be able to use the Shamsi Airfield to launch drone attacks on militants.
Afghan At least five private security contractors are killed and nine others are injured in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan.
The International Security Assistance Force blames the Pakistani Haqqani network for a recent attack on the Kabul Inter-Continental and claims to have killed the organiser of the attack in a targeted strike on Wednesday.
French Two freed French journalists, Herve Ghesquiere and Stephane Taponier, return to France after being held captive in Afghanistan by the Taliban for 18 months.
Arab Spring 2011 Egyptian revolution: A court says that it will issue a ruling on the murder case of two policeman allegedly involved in the death of Khaled Mohamed Saeed on August 24, rather than today as was expected, in a case that helped spark the revolution.
France's dropping of arms for tribal fighters in Libya is a "crude violation" of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 according to Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, echoing African Union concerns that it risks "a Somalia-sation" of Libya".
Al Jazeera reports that there have been many arrests in the southern town of Deraa with people fleeing to either Damascus or Jordan.
The Syrian army kills a man and his 1 year old infant son after they attack his house in the village of al-Bara.