Guru Indian guru Swami Ramdev starts a hunger strike against corruption in the Government with thousands joining in but the camp is broken up.
Cairo Criminal Court The Cairo Criminal Court sentences former finance minister Youssef Boutros Ghali to 30 years imprisonment "in absentia" for abuse of power.
Senkaku Islands Japan and the People's Republic of China agree to resume defense relationships suspended since a disagreement over the Senkaku Islands.
Philippines The Philippines accuses China of intimidating rival claimants to areas of the South China Sea, and violating its territorial waters.
Chilean Thousands of people are evacuated in Chile ahead of a possible eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano.
Bangladesh Bangladesh receives a loan from the World Bank to strengthen regional co-operation on wildlife protection.
Islamists Senior Islamic militant Ilyas Kashmiri, the leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, is killed in a US drone attack in South Waziristan in Pakistan.
Indonesia Two terrorist suspects wanted in connection with the shooting of two Indonesian police officers are killed in a raid in Poso, Central Sulawesi.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests Tens of thousands of people gather in Hong Kong to remember the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Sudan North Sudan dismisses calls by the United Nations Security Council to leave the disputed Abyei region on the border with South Sudan.
Mutiny At least seven people are killed in an exchange of fire between pro-government forces and mutineering soldiers in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
Several senior Yemeni officials injured in yesterday's attacks are taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment.