Mei Xiang's Mei Xiang, the Washington, D.C. National Zoo's adult female giant panda, gives birth to a cub, her second there, via artificial insemination.
Mayor of Chicago The Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel seeks a court order to resolve a week-long teachers strike.
United States US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta urges China and its neighbours not to engage in "provocative behaviour" over maritime border disputes.
Japan Japan's ambassador designate to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, dies after suddenly collapsing outside his home in Tokyo on Thursday.
Senkaku Islands dispute Japanese prime minister Yoshihiko Noda condemns the anti-Japan protests in China.
Anti-Japan protesters in China ransack Japanese businesses; set fire to a Panasonic plant in Qingdao.
Lower Dir District A roadside bomb detonates near Jandol, Lower Dir District, Pakistan, killing 14 and seriously wounding 7.
Roadside bombing A roadside bombing carried out by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the southern Turkish province of Bingöl kills at least eight police officers.
Eight female civilians are killed in a NATO airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman; NATO said the airstrike was attempting to target insurgents.
Attacks and protests The United States has ordered all non-essential staff to evacuate its embassies in Sudan and Tunisia and urges its citizens to avoid travelling to those countries.
President of Libya Mohamed el-Magariaf announces Libya has made at least 50 arrests in conjunction with the U.S. Consulate attack in Benghazi.
Egypt Militants attack an Egyptian security headquarters in the Sinai Peninsula, injuring several officers. Operation Sinai is extended "until its goals are achieved".
Mexican drug war The dismembered remains of 17 men are found at a farm near the border between Jalisco and Michoacán states.
Jaime Serrano Cedillo, a deputy of the State of Mexico, is assassinated; he is the second politician of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) to be killed in just two days. Eduardo Castro Luque was killed by unknown assailants on Friday night.
Syrian civil war Syrian Civil War: Violence between government forces and rebels continues in several Syrian provinces.