Food and Drug Administration The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approves Truvada as the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection.
North Korea North Korea announces that Ri Yong-ho, a senior military figure and a member of the central presidium of the Workers' Party of Korea, is relieved of all duties due to illness.
Shooting A "multiple shooting" incident at Scarborough, a major district in Toronto, Canada, results in at least one death and 19 injured.
National Rugby League Former National Rugby League player Craig Field is charged with murder following the death of a man allegedly assaulted in the Australian town of Kingscliff, New South Wales.
Soldiers Japan Self-Defense Forces airlift supplies to thousands of people isolated by flooding in southwest Japan, as the death toll rises to 24.
Stephen Covey Stephen Covey, author of The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, businessman and motivational speaker dies.
NBCUniversal NBCUniversal buys full control of the US news website MSNBC.com and rebrands it as NBCNews.com.
Flagship nuclear power The launch of a flagship nuclear power station in Finland is delayed for a third time.
United States Senate The United States Senate accuses the HSBC bank of laundering Mexican drug money.
Kitty Wells American singer Kitty Wells, the "Queen of country music" and the first female singer to have a number one song on the country charts with "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels", dies of complications of a stroke.
Sinai Peninsula Two American tourists who were kidnapped in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on 13 July 2012 are freed.
Pakistani Taliban Pakistani Taliban attack an office of the security force's intelligence agency in Bannu and take several hostages.
Syrian uprising (2011–present) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov argues that Western nations are using blackmail to secure a new UN Security Council resolution in order to make the use of force in Syria legitimate.
Heavy fighting is reported in the capital Damascus overnight with claims of at least five deaths and dozens of injuries.
Mexican drug war Mexican Drug War: The Mexican Federal Police arrested one of the three ringleaders responsible for the deadly shootout last month in the Mexico City International Airport's busy food court. An anonymous tip-off led police to his whereabouts.