China Chinese authorities begin to round-up associates of human rights activist Chen Guangcheng in light of his escape from house arrest.
Sudan Sudan arrests four foreigners in the disputed border region with South Sudan on accusations of spying.
Mali's coup 2012 Malian coup d'état: Mali coup leader Amadou Haya Sanogo rejects a decision by the Economic Community of West African States to deploy troops to the country.
Chemical attacks The final deadline (no more extensions) for the total destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles under the international Chemical Weapons Convention is reached.
Bronx River Parkway Seven people are killed, including three children, when a vehicle they were in flipped over on the Bronx River Parkway in The Bronx, New York City.
Lebanon Lebanon confiscates a shipment of arms and ammunition meant for Syrian rebels and arrests 11 crewmembers.
Drug cartels Seven people are killed in a three-way shootout between rival drug cartels and the authorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the home-state of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the country's most-wanted drug lord.
Christians Several explosions are reported near a Christian service at Bayero University Kano in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, with at least 16 people killed.
FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kill four members of Colombian Army on a mission to destroy cocaine laboratories in Caquetá Department with another four soldiers, a police officer and a French journalist missing.