H-IIA Using H-IIA rocket, Japan launches two spy satellites to collect sharp imagery for the government's defence and intelligence agency.
Bulgaria Voters in Bulgaria go to the polls to vote on a referendum on building a new nuclear power plant at Belene.
Paris Tens of thousands of people rally in Paris in support of the legalisation of gay marriage and adoption in France.
Retaining wall A retaining wall of a soccer field collapses during a match in the Ugur Sports Facility in Şırnak Province, Turkey, killing 7 people and injuring 3 others.
Portuguese-registered A bus crashes and falls into a ravine near the eastern Portuguese town of Sertã, killing 11 people and injuring 32.
Flooding Heavy rain caused by former Tropical Cyclone Oswald continues to cause significant flooding in the Australian state of Queensland with the capital Brisbane amongst those affected.
Kiss nightclub fire Kiss nightclub fire: A fire at a nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria kills at least 235 people and injures at least 169 people.
2012–2013 Egyptian protests In a televised statement, President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi declares a 30-day state of emergency and a curfew from 9:00 pm to 6:00 am in the cities of Port Said, Suez and Ismaïlia.
Seven more people are killed and 630 injured during the funerals for 33 people killed the day before in Port Said.
Timbuktu French forces prepare an attack on Timbuktu to defeat Islamists, as more African troops are sent into Mali.
Syria Reports claim that elite Syrian military forces shell the town of Darayya just southwest of Damascus.
Police At least twenty members of the Afghan National Police have been killed in bomb attacks over the past day with eight police officers killed in the latest attack in Kandahar.