Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Astronomers using the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope identify a Trojan asteroid, calling it "2010 TK 7 ", orbiting on the same path as the Earth around the Sun. The rock poses no danger to the Earth since it sits in a what is termed a gravitational "sweet spot".
John Boehner John Boehner delays a vote on the United States House of Representatives debt ceiling legislation with the issue deferred until at least Friday.
President Former President of Tunisia Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is sentenced to 16 years in absentia for corruption and property fraud.
Supreme Court of England and Wales The Supreme Court of England and Wales grants veterans involved in Britain's nuclear weapons tests during the 1950s leave to appeal in their fight for compensation.
High Court of England and Wales In a legal milestone, the High Court of England and Wales rules that BT Group must block access to Newzbin 2, a members-only website providing links to pirated movies.
Conspiracy to hack mobile phones Lord Justice Leveson sets out some of the details of the forthcoming inquiry into the phone hacking affair, which will begin in September.
Police tell the mother of murder victim Sarah Payne that her mobile phone details have been found in notes made by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.
South Korea South Korea resumes sending food aid to North Korea to assist with chronic food shortages.
Democratic Republic of the Congo Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo say more than 100 people are feared dead after two boats collided on Tshuapa River.
Famine 2011 Horn of Africa famine: African Union peacekeepers launch a major offensive against Al-Shabaab militants in Mogadishu, Somalia, in order to reduce threats to relief efforts.
Bogra District At least 17 people are killed and 30 injured after a truck collides with a bus in the Bogra District of Bangladesh.
Seoul At least 57 people are dead and 12 are confirmed missing in the Seoul and Siheung region of South Korea due to landslides caused by heavy rain.
Asiana Airlines Flight 991 Asiana Airlines Flight 991 crashes in the Pacific Ocean, near Jeju Island, South Korea, killing 2 onboard.
Japan Japanese electronics company Sony reduces sales and profit forecasts due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a computer hacking attack and slowing demand in the US and Europe.
Taliban A Taliban attack in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province kills 21 people including a BBC reporter Ahmed Omed Khpulwak.
Assassinate Assassins kill the military commander of Libya's National Transitional Council General Abdul Fatah Younis and two other officers.
United Nations The United Nations accuses Eritrea of attempting to bomb an African Union summit in Ethiopia.
Philippine At least seven Philippine Army soldiers are killed and 21 injured in a confrontation with Abu Sayyaf militants on Jolo Island.