Nepal Political parties in Nepal fail to agree on a new constitution, leaving the country with no constitution and no sitting national Legislature.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests The father of a victim of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests commits suicide in Beijing after failing attempts for government redress.
Malawi The Parliament of Malawi reverts the Flag of Malawi to the original version used between 1964 to 2010. The outgoing flag was introduced in 2010 by the late President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Leveson Inquiry An intruder interrupts proceedings to accuse Blair of being a war criminal, on the payroll of U.S. multinational JPMorgan Chase and implicit involvement in war crimes committed in Iraq.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair tells the Leveson Inquiry he had a "working relationship" with News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch, but that Murdoch did not influence policy during his time in office.
Indian Prime Minister Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh makes the first official visit to Myanmar by an Indian PM since 1987.
Brett Murray An image of Brett Murray's controversial painting "The Spear" is removed from the website of a South African newspaper.
Against Me! Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace performs in public for the first time since announcing she is transgender.
UN Committee Against Torture Following the UN Committee Against Torture's condemnation of the Irish government's failure to acknowledge and assist former detainees of the country's Catholic-run Magdalene asylums, the Justice for Magdalenes campaign group announces its discovery that women were transferred from State-funded mother and baby homes to Magdalene laundries, where they were held against their will and without their children.
Lhasa For the first time a series of self-immolations have reached the Tibetan capital of Lhasa when two Tibetans set themselves on fire.
FARC The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) releases a video proving that Romeo Langlois, a French reporter they kidnapped on 28 April 2012, is still alive.
Arab Spring Reports are coming in that Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is to consider ending his 110-day hunger strike against the regime.
Bahraini authorities release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on bail, though he still faces a travel ban and criminal charges.
United Nations Special Envoy Kofi Annan visits Syria a day after the Security Council unanimously condemns the Houla massacre.
The Syrian opposition claims that the Syrian Army has killed at least 41 people in the city of Hama over the past day.