Kevin Rudd Kevin Rudd resigns as Foreign Minister of Australia after alleged "attacks on credibility" by supporters of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Yoaz Hendel Yoaz Hendel, the top spokesman for Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, resigns following a disagreement over handling an issue involving another aide.
Indonesian police Indonesian police storm Kerobokan Prison on the island of Bali to end a riot with two prisoners injured.
IAEA The International Atomic Energy Agency states that Iran has denied inspectors access to the Parchin military site where it believes that suspicious nuclear activities may be taking place.
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan's National Security Ministry says it has uncovered a terrorist plot aimed at Jewish targets organized by a non-state group linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon's Hezbollah.
United States Marine Corps Seven US Marines die in a helicopter crash on the border of the states of California and Arizona.
Train crash in Buenos Aires A train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills at least 50 people and injures hundreds.
New Zealand Thousands of people in the New Zealand city of Christchurch commemorate the first anniversary of the earthquake that killed 185 people last year.
Somalian Civil War The United Nations Security Council votes to increase the size of the African Union peacekeeping force to 18,000.
Operation Linda Nchi: The al-Shabaab militant base of Baidoa is captured by Ethiopian and Somali forces.
Syrian uprising Activists report that at least 92 people have been killed across Syria after security force shelling intensified in the rebel-held Baba Amr district in the city of Homs.
Two Western journalists are killed in the Syrian city of Homs, American Marie Colvin working for the "Sunday Times" and French photographer Remi Ochlik.
Afghanistan Hundreds of Afghans hold violent protests against the alleged burning of Qurans at the Bagram Airbase north of Kabul.