Abdi Farah Shirdon Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon, who lives in Kenya, appoints a new 10-member cabinet, including Somalia's first female Foreign Minister, Fowsiyo Yussuf Haji Aadan.
Danny Boyle Danny Boyle and Nicholas Serota write a letter criticising the decision by a Tower Hamlets London Borough Council to sell the Henry Moore sculpture "Draped Seated Woman". Moore sold the sculpture at a fraction of its market value in the 1960s on the understanding that it would be displayed in a public space in a socially deprived area.
Iranian Revolutionary guards Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps establish and inaugurate a new naval base on the Strait of Hormuz, near Bandar Lengeh.
Garissa A policeman is killed and 11 others are injured in a grenade attack on a church in the Kenyan town of Garissa near the border with Somalia.
Şemdinli A car bomb detonates in Semdinli, Turkey, killing 1 and injuring 12. The attack is blamed on Kurdish rebels.
Syrian opposition groups hold a meeting in Doha, Qatar, to discuss reforming the structure of the group, a few days after a War Crime investigation commenced at the UN.