Austan Goolsbee Austan Goolsbee announces plans to leave the position of Chairman of President of the United States Council of Economic Advisers by September.
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House Representative Anthony Weiner of New York admits sending a risqué picture of himself to a college student on Twitter.
Ollanta Humala Ollanta Humala is elected President of Peru in the Peruvian general election, defeating opposition leader Keiko Fujimori.
France France announces that it will stop teaching indigenous languages in schools in all of its Overseas departments and territories of France.
House of Representatives The outgoing speaker of the House of Representatives in Nigeria, Dimeji Bankole, is arrested on fraud charges.
U.S. The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation announces that it has arrested 13 members of the Mafia in the city of Philadelphia in relation to an illegal gambling operation.
Malaysia The sodomy trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is delayed after the presiding judge Mohamad Zabidin Diah dismisses the defence's efforts to have him replaced.
International Monetary Fund Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be arraigned on sexual assault charges in the US state of New York.
Abu Bakar Bashir Abu Bakar Bashir, a prominent Indonesian cleric, rejects his terrorism trial as "outside Islamic law."
Supreme Court of India The Supreme Court of India calls on the Indian government to explain why police were sent in to disperse a peaceful anti-corruption demonstration.
United Nations Committee Against Torture The United Nations Committee Against Torture calls for the Government of Ireland to set up a statutory inquiry into allegations of poor treatment of women committed to the Magdalene Laundries.
People's Daily The "People's Daily", a Chinese stated-owned newspaper, accuses Internet search engine giant Google of becoming a "political tool" after it claimed that computer hacking aimed at it came from China.
European Union A European Union delegation visits North Korea to investigate claims of food shortages.
Banjarmasin At least seventeen people are dead and another 15 remain missing after a speedboat sinks in Banjarmasin, the capital of the Indonesian province of South Kalimantan.
Western United States Residents of three Western United States towns - Springerville, Arizona, Eagar, Arizona and Luna, New Mexico - are warned to prepare for evacuation ahead of the Wallow Fire. one of the biggest in Arizona history.
Germany Test results will confirm whether the German "E. Coli" outbreak came from vegetable sprouts grown in the Uelzen area.
Hackers Hacker group Lulz Security claims to have again compromised Sony's online security system and posted the results online.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government The Tokyo Metropolitan Government changes working hours of its staff in order to conserve energy from the shortages caused by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Bloomberg Bloomberg reports Italian company Prada SpA is planning an initial public offering for the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
North Korea North Korea is to establish a special economic zone on two islands close to the Chinese border.
2011 Xilinhot incident Around 100 people are detained after ethnic unrest in the Inner Mongolia region of China.
Kaduqli Shooting takes place in Kaduqli in Sudan's South Kordofan state, where armed groups allied to South Sudan are based.
2011 Yemeni uprising 2011 Yemeni uprising: Armed men affiliated with al-Qaeda kill seven soldiers and injure 12 others near the city of Zinjibar.
U.S. Two United States drone missiles kill 14 people in Pakistani Taliban compounds near Wana in South Waziristan.
2011 Bahraini protests 2011 Bahraini protests: Medical staff who treated anti-government demonstrators are charged with attempting to overthrow the monarchy.
At least 120 members of the Syrian security forces are killed in clashes in the northern town of Jisr al-Shughour, according to state media.