Stone A 32-foot tall, 60,000 ton stone monument found in the Sea of Galilee in 2003 is determined to be man-made, dating to approximately 2000 B.C.
Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin unveils a new $50 billion drive for the country to preserve its status as a top space power, including the construction of the new Vostochny Cosmodrome to fly humans to space by the end of the decade.
Iran Iran's former nuclear negotiator Hassan Rouhani enters the race to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accusing the incumbent of needlessly incurring crippling economic sanctions.
Police Police are tipped off when a posting on 4chan reveals plans to commit a mass shooting at New River Community College in Christiansburg, Virginia, United States. Two women are injured and a suspect is apprehended.
North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina A&T State University, a college in Greensboro, North Carolina, is put into lockdown in response to reports of a gunman on campus. No gunman is found in the resulting search.
Taiwan In Taiwan, 600 people are evacuated from a high-speed train en route to Zuoying from Taipei after timed explosives are found in a restroom.
France The French Senate approves same-sex marriage in France putting the bill on track to become law by summer.
India India's Supreme Court clears the way for the execution of Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, a Sikh militant, rejecting his appeal for his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment.
Vietnam A representative from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s National Boundary Commission hands over a diplomatic note to a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi to protest China's recent plan to bring tourists to the disputed Paracel archipelago.
United States The United States imposes sanctions on 18 "Magnitsky list" Russians accused of human rights violations. Russia threatens to retaliate.
Sudan Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir visits South Sudan for the first time since the country won its independence in 2011 to meet with President Salva Kiir.
Israel Israel reopens a trade route in the Gaza Strip after closing it for several days earlier in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.
United Kingdom British Prime Minister David Cameron travels to Berlin to discuss his demands for sweeping reform of the European Union with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
2013 Korean crisis North Korea declares that Japan will face annihilation if it threatens to wage war. Japan declares that the Patriot missiles deployed in Okinawa Island will be permanent.
United States Secretary of State John Kerry lands in Seoul, South Korea, as he embarks on three-day trip through South Korea, Japan, and China to send a "tough" message to North Korea.
South Korea's defense ministry says it doubts North Korea has the ability to launch a nuclear-armed ballistic missile as claimed in a report by the United States Defense Intelligence Agency.
Storm A powerful storm system hits Midwestern and Southern United States spawning a dozen tornadoes and killing 3 people.
Indonesia Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency searches for an asylum-seeking boat carrying more than seventy people, which is feared to have sunk in the Sunda Strait.
Macy's Macy's loses a bid to stop JC Penney from selling unbranded housewares designed by Martha Stewart.
Australian Australian company Woodside Petroleum shelves its controversial $45 billion Browse LNG project planned for James Price Point on Western Australia's Dampier Peninsula.
European Union European Union finance ministers and central bank governors begin a two-day meeting at Dublin Castle to talk about austerity, the collapse of the Cypriot economy and the creation of a federal bank.
Bollywood Veteran Bollywood actor Pran is announced as the winner of the 2012 Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage" is released in Japan as fans of Haruki Murakami queue at midnight outside Tokyo bookshops.
BBC The BBC confirms that it will not be playing "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" in full when it counts down the UK pop chart on Sunday, saying it finds "distasteful" the timing of the song's rise up the charts in the wake of Margaret Thatcher's death.
2013 Kidal suicide attack 2013 Kidal suicide attack: Two suicide bombers kill three Chadian soldiers and injure dozens of civilians at a market in Kidal, Mali.
Sunni At least 11 people are killed and more than 30 are wounded in bomb attacks at Sunni mosques in Baghdad and in the province of Diyala.
Afghan military Thirteen soldiers of the Afghan National Army are killed and one is injured in an ambush in the eastern Kunar Province.