China An international team of scientists announce the discovery in China of a new meat-eating Theropod dinosaur, "Aorun zhaoi", dating from 161 million years ago. It is the oldest Coelurosaur known to date.
Google Google calls one of its search engine websites "Google Palestine" instead of "Google Palestinian territories".
United Kingdom local elections, 2013 Labour's Emma Lewell-Buck retains the South Shields Parliamentary seat for the party following Thursday's by-election, but with a reduced majority after the UK Independence Party secures almost a quarter of the votes cast.
The UK Independence Party wins 140 seats, achieving 25% of the votes in areas where it fielded candidates, the party's most significant results to date.
Results of the elections show gains for Labour and UKIP and losses for the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative Party.
China Police in China arrest more than 900 people as they shutdown a million dollar crime ring that was selling rat meat as mutton.
Daryl Washington Daryl Washington, an American football player with the Arizona Cardinals, is arrested on aggravated assault charges in Phoenix, Arizona.
Pakistan Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali, a prosecutor with Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency leading the prosecution of former President Pervez Musharraf over alleged involvement in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, is shot dead on the way to court in Islamabad.
United Kingdom British Brian Shivers is acquitted of any involvement in the 2009 Massereene Barracks shooting. Mr. Shivers, who has cystic fibrosis, has his life sentence overturned, having been jailed since January 2012 in what his solicitor describes as a miscarriage of justice.
U.S. A U.S. KC-135 tanker aircraft on its way to Afghanistan crashes in northern Kyrgyzstan after a mid-flight explosion.
2013 Savar building collapse A top investigator probing the disaster says that vibrations from four huge generators placed on the roof of the building caused it to collapse.
Bangladesh's finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, downplays the impact of last week's factory-building collapse on his country's garment industry.
Caterpillar Heavy construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar announces it plans to lay off an additional 300 employees by July.
Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art announces that it will return two Koh Ker statues to Cambodia.