American Protests occur in several American cities following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in relation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Mexican Army The Mexican Army captures Miguel Treviño Morales, a leader of the Los Zetas criminal gang.
Typhoon Soulik Typhoon Soulik kills three people in China's Guangdong province after having killed two people in Taiwan.
Pope Francis Pope Francis sends greetings in a letter to Cardinal Ossa, the Special Envoy to the celebrations of the 3rd World Apostolic Congress on Mercy (WACOM III) at Bogota, Colombia, 15-19 August 2014.
Russia Four policemen are killed in Russia's restless Dagestan region as gunmen open fire on their car.
Damascus Syria's opposition claims that 200 civilians are trapped in a mosque in a Damascus suburb while fighting rages outside.