Spam-fighting group A row between a spam-fighting group and the hosting firm CyberBunker sparks retaliatory attacks, flooding core infrastructure of the Internet, in what security experts are describing as the biggest cyberattack in history.
Wildlife Wildlife officials in Cameroon find over 40 elephant carcasses, clustered in Nki and Lobeke national parks, with a horseback-riding band of about 300 poachers from Sudan being the chief suspects.
Oscar Pistorius Oscar Pistorius's brother appears in court charged with murder over the death of motorcyclist's in a road accident in 2008.
Chinese China sentences 20 men of the ethnic Uighur group to jail terms of up to life imprisonment on charges of terrorism and inciting secession in Xinjiang.
Germany A German property developing firm removes parts of the East Side Gallery, a historic stretch of the Berlin Wall amid heavy police presence, despite a week of protests.
Canada Canada becomes the first country to withdraw from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
North Korea North Korea renews war threats against South Korea and the United States, saying conditions "for a simmering nuclear war" have been created on the Korean peninsula. The country also says it is cutting a military hotline, which facilitates the travel of South Korean workers to a joint industrial complex in Kaesong.
2013 Nantou earthquake 2013 Nantou earthquake: At least one person is killed and 19 others are injured when a 6.0-magnitude earthquake strikes near Taipei, Taiwan, causing a fire and shaking buildings.
The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones are to headline Glastonbury Festival 2013 in Pilton, Somerset, England.
Greece A bomb explodes outside the residence of a Greek shipowner near Acropolis in central Athens; no one is injured.
Government The Government of Mali announces that 63 of their soldiers have been killed fighting jihadists since the French led intervention Operation Serval in January 2013.
Thailand The Thailand government prepares for peace talks with Muslim separatist groups with the hope of ending a decade-long insurgency.