Belarus Two journalists are arrested for posing for photographs holding teddy bears in a pro-democracy stunt in Belarus.
Sandra Ávila Beltrán The female Mexican drug lord Sandra Ávila Beltrán is extradited to the United States from Mexico.
Gu Kailai The trial of Gu Kailai, wife of former Communist powerbroker Bo Xilai, for the alleged murder of British businessman Neil Haywood begins in the Chinese city of Hefei.
Hurricane Ernesto Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall in the Mexican state of Veracruz causing at least three deaths.
Afghan military A gunman in Afghan military uniform kills three U.S. soldiers in the southwestern Afghan province of Helmand.
Botlikhsky District At least 5 police officers and 3 militants are killed in clash in the Botlikhsky District in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan.
Syrian civil war Retired Major-General Vladimir Kuzheyev, a Russian military adviser to the Syrian government, rejects the rebel claims of his death in clashes outside Damascus.
A White House government official says the United States may consider a no-fly zone over the rebel-held territory in Syria.
The Syrian Army claims success in its major ground offensive against the opposition-held neighborhoods of Aleppo.