U.S. Secretary of the Interior US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announces that he is to leave the office in March.
Jutiapa Carlos Castillo Medrano, the mayor of Jutiapa, Guatemala, is shot and killed by unidentified assailants.
2013 Vauxhall helicopter crash 2013 Vauxhall helicopter crash: A helicopter crashes into a crane atop a building in central London, killing two people and injuring 13 others.
Boeing 787 Boeing 787 aircraft are grounded worldwide over concerns about the safety of their lithium-ion batteries.
National Directorate of Security The Afghan National Directorate of Security headquarters in Kabul are attacked by a team of suicide bombers, leaving a security guard dead and 17 others injured.
Diabaly Battle of Diabaly: French troops are reported to be fighting rebels in the Malian town of Diabaly alongside Malian troops.
British Petroleum Suspected Islamic militants take over a BP facility in In Aménas, Algeria, killing at least 2 workers and taking up to 40 others hostage, including 13 Norwegians, a number of Americans, as well as nationals from Ireland, Japan, France and the United Kingdom. A previously unknown group allied to al-Qaeda's regional branch says the attack is in revenge for Algeria's support of the French operation against Islamic rebels in Mali.
Idlib Governorate Three car bombs explode near military checkpoints and government buildings in Idlib Governorate, Syria, leaving 24 people dead. Two other bombs were defused by government forces.