Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker resigns over a scandal in the Service de Renseignement de l'État (State Intelligence Service), leading to an election being called.
Dáil Éireann The lower house of the Irish parliament passes the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, legalising abortion when the woman's life is at risk.
Davao City Three suspected robbers are killed in a shoot-out in Davao City, Philippines, and one suspected robber is returned to Manila to be imprisoned.
Indian An Indian juvenile court is due to deliver its verdict on a seventeen-year-old boy accused of participating in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman in the New Delhi suburb of Munirka.
Moscow A district court in Moscow convicts the late investment fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion in Russia's first posthumous trial.
Iranian An Iranian exile group claims that it has evidence of secret nuclear facilities located in tunnels beneath a mountain near the town of Damavand.
Lower Manhattan Eight people are injured (three seriously) in Lower Manhattan as a result of an explosion and partial collapse, of as-yet unknown cause, in a five-storey building, in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, on Pike Street, near Henry Street.
People's Republic of China Heavy rain in southwest China causes floods and landslides with at least 9 people dead and 62 missing.
2013 Assam floods 2013 Assam floods: Floods in Indian state of Assam force nearly 250,000 people to leave their homes.
Iraq Bomb and gun attacks across Iraq kill more than 30 people including members of the Iraqi security forces.