Yemen Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announces that he is to leave for treatment in the United States.
U.S. House of Representatives Representative Gabby Giffords of Arizona announces her resignation from office to focus on her recovery after surviving an attempted assassination in 2011.
Referendum on EU accession A referendum on EU accession takes place in Croatia, with 66% voting to join the EU, and 33% against.
Madagascar The party of former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana suspends its role in the unity government after the plane carrying him home from exile was turned away.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Police in Bosnia and Herzegovina recapture Bosnian Serb fugitive Radovan Stanković after he escaped from prison five years ago.
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka orders 161 foreign clerics from the Tablighi Jamaat movement to leave the country for breaking the terms of their tourist visas.
Egypt Egyptian police shoot two African migrants dead as they attempt to cross the border into Israel.
Syrian civil war Syrian Civil War: Arab League ministers meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss the extension of its monitoring mission in Syria.