Mitt Romney Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the United States presidency, names Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in the presidential election in November.
Bangladesh At least 13 people are killed and 15 injured as a result of a lightning strike at a mosque in a remote village in northeast Bangladesh.
Himachal Pradesh At least 52 people are killed and 46 wounded in a bus crash in Himachal Pradesh state of India.
Two earthquakes Two earthquakes, the strongest a magnitude 6.4, strike near the northwestern Iranian cities of Tabriz and Ahar, killing at least 250 people and injuring up to 1,800 others.
Mumbai, India At least two people are killed and 18 others injured as protests held in Mumbai, India, against religious riots in Assam and Myanmar turn violent.
Afghanistan An Afghan policeman kills ten of his colleagues at a checkpoint in southwestern Afghanistan.
Mexican drug war At least five people are killed as suspected gang members go on rampage in drug-violence-ravaged western state of Michoacan.
Syrian civil war One of Syria’s state news agency (SANA) reporters is assassinated at his home in Damascus.
Britain plans to give 5-million-pounds worth of equipment to Syrian rebels trying to topple President Bashar Al-Assad, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) says.
Hillary Clinton U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Istanbul for talks on the Syrian civil war with Turkish leaders.