Broadcast journalist Former broadcast journalist Mike Nesbitt is elected leader of Northern Ireland's Ulster Unionist Party.
Indonesia The Indonesian People's Representative Council vetoes plans to increase the price of fuel by thirty per cent this weekend.
Chinese police Chinese police arrest six people and shut down 16 websites for allegedly spreading rumours that military vehicles were on the streets of Beijing.
Irish In the Republic of Ireland government figures indicate less than half of the country's households have paid the household charge by today's deadline as thousands of people march on the governing Fine Gael party's annual conference at the Convention Centre Dublin.
United States The United States' two acting unions, the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, agree to merge forming the SAG-AFTRA.
Spire The spire of the Shard London Bridge is put in place making the completion of the United Kingdom's and European Union's tallest building a step closer.
Al-Qaeda Around 30 people are killed in clashes between the army and suspected Al-Qaeda militants in southern Yemen.
Peter O'Neill Peter O'Neill, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, orders troops to the resource rich Hela Province following ongoing disruption by illegal miners.
Tuareg Rebellion 2012 insurgency in northern Mali: Tuareg rebels attack the northern Malian town of Gao, a day after taking the provincial capital Kidal.