Iran Iran's Islamic Consultative Assembly starts questioning the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his handling of the economy.
Virginia Tech An American jury finds Virginia Tech guilty of negligence for delaying a campus warning about the massacre of 33 students in 2007.
BBC The BBC claims that a "sophisticated cyber-attack" against its online service has been linked to efforts to disrupt its Persian Service by Iran.
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court in the Hague delivers a verdict of guilty in the case of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on war crimes charges.
U.S. President The President of the United States Barack Obama and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron meet at the White House in Washington D.C. to discuss Afghanistan, Syria, the global economy and Iran.
Azerbaijan Authorities in Azerbaijan arrest 22 people for allegedly spying for Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
Belgian The Belgian parents of children killed in a bus crash yesterday travel to Switzerland to identify the bodies.
Earthquake A magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurs off the coast of Japan causing a small tsunami that hits the coast of Aomori prefecture on the island of Hokkaido.
A ferry The death toll from the sinking of a ferry in Bangladesh rises to 110 with at least 61 others missing.
The United Kingdom towns of Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are awarded city status to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
Peruvian More than 10,000 Peruvian illegal gold miners clash with police in an attempt to gain control over the regional capital Puerto Maldonado.
Leon Panetta, the United States Secretary of Defense, arrives in Afghanistan to attempt to placate anger over the Kandahar massacre.
Syrian uprising Amnesty International releases a report detailing wide scale abuse and torture of prisoners held by the Syrian government.