Canadian Canadian Senator and former Conservative Party campaign director Doug Finley dies of cancer.
Pakistan Voters in Pakistan go to the polls for a general election with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan threatening to carry out attacks. There was a record turnout despite 24 people being killed.
Egyptian President A retrial of former President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak begins in Cairo for his alleged complicity in the deaths of protesters in the 2011 Egyptian revolution.
Manhunt A manhunt is issued for a suspect in the shooting deaths of his wife and two children in Shasta County, California, United States.
Aizawl A landslide in the city of Aizawl in India's Mizoram state kills at least eight people with 25 injured and 11 missing.
Earthquake A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurs in southern Iran with reports of injuries and property damage.
United Kingdom Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, says that the finance ministers and central bankers of the G7 have agreed there must be co-ordinated action against tax evaders.
Country A Ghanaian national goes on a spree attack with a pickaxe in Milan, Italy killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random attack.
Two car bombings 43 killed and over 100 injured in two car bombings in Reyhanlı, Turkey, near the Syrian border.
Awami National Party A bomb explodes near the Awami National Party offices in Karachi killing 11 people.