Archicebus achilles A newly discovered fossil species, "Archicebus achilles", is described as the oldest known primate.
An Egyptian court sentences 43 non-profit workers who advocated for democracy, many of them foreigners, to prison.
Tom Donilon Tom Donilon resigns his post as U.S. National Security Advisor and is replaced by Susan Rice.
Chen Xitong Chen Xitong, who was mayor of Beijing during the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989, dies at age 82.
Juan Ponce Enrile Juan Ponce Enrile resigns as the President of the Senate of the Philippines; President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada assumes the position of interim Senate President until assumption of the new Congress in July.
Guantánamo Bay hunger strikes As the ongoing Guantánamo Bay hunger strikes enters its 120th day, the United States House of Representatives votes to keep the prison camp open.
Nawaz Sharif Nawaz Sharif is sworn in as the Prime Minister of Pakistan and calls for an end to U.S. drone attacks.
Metropolitan Police Service The jailing for two years of former Met Police officer Paul Flattley, who sold information to News International daily tabloid "The Sun" about Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Paul Gascoigne and a 15-year-old girl who died of an overdose, is revealed for the first time today, "legal reasons" having prevented its disclosure until now.
Bradley Manning The judge disallows discussion of Bradley Manning's motives for leaking classified material to WikiLeaks at this time.
Legionnaires' disease A second case of Legionnaires' Disease in less than a week is confirmed in Australia, leading to fears of a possible outbreak of the rare disease.
Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant fire The Chinese government pledges to upgrade workplace safety in the aftermath of the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Plant fire which killed 120 people.
22nd and Market building collapse 22nd and Market building collapse. A building collapse in Philadelphia in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania kills 6, wounds 13, and traps at least 10.
International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it underestimated the damage austerity would do to Greece.
United States International Trade Commission The United States International Trade Commission rules that Apple is infringing on a Samsung patent and bans the import of several popular Apple products.
Michael Jackson Paris Jackson, Michael Jackson's daughter, tries to commit suicide by cutting her wrists and overdosing on pills.
Florida An 84-year-old woman from the U.S. state of Florida comes forward as the sole winner of the record-breaking $590 million Powerball lottery drawing in May.
Turki al-Hamad Novelist Turki al-Hamad, who was jailed in December for six months without trial over his calls for reform in Saudi Arabia, is released.
Stephen Fry Actor Stephen Fry reveals that he nearly died after taking a cocktail of drugs and alcohol last year.
Syrian civil war In an official statement, the Iranian government congratulates the Syrian army and people for capturing Al-Qusayr.
Kenya After a long-running battle, Britain announces a compensation fund of £2,600 each for more than 5,000 survivors of the prison camps it operated across Kenya in the 1950s.
Kandahar massacre Kandahar massacre: U.S. staff sergeant Robert Bales avoids the death penalty by pleading guilty to the murder of 16 Afghan civilians, including 9 children.
Anti-government protests Following Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's denunciation of Twitter as a "menace to society", police arrest 25 people on charges relating to the use of social media to speak ill of the government.
An image known as "The Lady in the Red Dress" showing a policeman in a gas mask hosing a woman with pepper spray becomes the defining image of Turkey's pro-democracy demonstrations thus far.
Turkey's Ahmet Davutoğlu announces an investigation into police attacks on civilians with tear gas and water cannon in cities nationwide.