State Duma Russia's Duma unanimously passes a law banning foreign same-sex couples from adopting Russian children.
Montreal Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum resigns following fraud and corruption charges; he had replaced Gérald Tremblay who resigned because of similar allegations.
National Security Agency Several Federal officials, including National Security Agency (NSA) Director Keith Alexander, testify at a hearing held by the U.S. House Intelligence Committee over government surveillance programs whose existence was leaked earlier this month.
2013 protests in Brazil As many as 200,000 people march through Brazil's cities, with protestors having scaled the National Congress in Brasilia.
ERT A Greek court decrees that ERT can resume transmission, following a truncation of broadcast due to direct order from Antonis Samaras.
Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower is evacuated for two hours after a man threatens to throw himself off, in the latest of a string of suicide bids from the Paris landmark.
László Csatáry 98-year-old László Csatáry is charged in Hungary and Slovakia with participation in Nazi war crimes.
AFL Australian Football League player Stephen Milne of the St Kilda Football Club is charged with four counts of rape dating from 2004.
Nile River Ethiopia and Egypt meet to work out a disagreement over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.
Tuareg rebels The Malian government announces it has reached an agreement with the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad that allows the Malian Army to return to Kidal in anticipation of upcoming elections.
The death toll from several days of heavy rain, flooding, and landslides in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh, hits 99.
Boeing Boeing launches the biggest version of its Dreamliner plane, the 787-10, at the Paris Air Show with over 100 orders worth about US$30 billion.
Nigerian president President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan announces a N3 billion fund to "intervene" in Nollywood.
Boko Haram Seven students and two teachers are killed in a suspected Boko Haram attack on a secondary school in Damaturu, Nigeria.
Suicide blast A suicide blast kills 27 and wounds over 30 others at a funeral in Sher Garh, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Dondo, Mozambique Several Mozambican soldiers are killed following an attack on an armoury in Dondo, Mozambique.