Parliamentary election A parliamentary election is held in Jordan with boycotting by the opposition, which alleges fraud.
U.S. military The United States Armed Forces overturns its ban on women serving in combat, reversing a 1994 rule, and potentially clearing the way for women to serve in front-line units and elite commando forces.
London In a speech in London, British Prime Minister David Cameron outlines his intention to renegotiate the terms of the UK's membership of the European Union then offer a referendum on United Kingdom withdrawal from the European Union if a new deal is agreed.
Thailand A court in Thailand sentences a magazine editor to ten years' imprisonment for publishing articles that were deemed to have insulted the monarchy.
New Zealand Rescuers from New Zealand and McMurdo Station looking for three Canadians aboard an airplane presumed to have gone down in Antarctica were grappling with bad weather conditions.
Alex Sparrow Singer Alex Sparrow is seriously injured and in intensive care in Los Angeles, United States, after a high speed car crash.
Mercaptan The offensive smell - caused by mercaptans - from a leak at a chemical plant in northern France is reported in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.
Money market fund Three of the largest managers of U.S.-based money market funds announce a change of policy toward greater transparency – they will give daily rather than monthly data on fund assets.
Nigerian Sharia conflict Five people are hacked to death in Maiduguri, Nigeria, by members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram.
Gunmen from the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram open fire at a market in Damboa, Nigeria, killing 18 people.
Suicide bombing A suicide bombing at a mosque in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khormato kills at least 23 people.