Earth-like Two Earth-like planets, Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f, are discovered cirulating around the star Kepler-62 in the habitable zone.
Migrant workers Around 30 migrant workers, mainly from Bangladesh, are injured in a shooting by at least one farm supervisor on a strawberry farm in Greece after requesting salaries that had yet to be paid to them. The farm's owner, and at least one of the supervisors, are arrested.
United Arab Emirates Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say they have arrested seven suspected members of an al-Qaeda-linked "terrorist cell" seeking to carry out operations in the country and the region.
Pakistan A Pakistani court issues an arrest warrant for former President Pervez Musharraf in connection with the house arrest of judges in 2007.
North Korea North Korea demands an end to United Nations sanctions on the country as a condition for dialogue with the United States.
Texas fertilizer plant explosion 15 people are confirmed dead after the Texas fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, United States.
YouTube YouTube successfully defends itself in a billion dollar copyright infringement suit by Viacom.
Trade Minister Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson says free trade talks between Australia and China are deadlocked over differences of opinion on the removal of investment limits for state-owned enterprises.
United States The United States reclaims its spot as the top export market for Japan as China slips due to economic slowdown. Japan's overall annual trade deficit meanwhile reaches 8.2 trillion yen, the highest on record.
Hillsborough disaster Prominent Hillsborough disaster justice campaigner Anne Williams dies from cancer, having made her last public appearance at Anfield's recent 24th anniversary memorial.
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) At least five people are killed in separate incidents in Iraq including a suspected al-Qaida leader in Mosul.
18 April 2013 Baghdad bombing: At least 27 people, including two children, are killed and 65 injured in a bomb attack on a cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Campus A campus police officer is shot dead in his vehicle at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. city of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
U.S. U.S. President Barack Obama visits the city of Boston in the wake of the recent marathon attack.