President The President of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, sacks his entire government, including the Vice President, Riek Machar.
Parliament Protesters besiege the Parliament of Bulgaria in Sofia amid major anti-government rallies.
New York A New York nuclear power plant supervisor is charged with falsifying test results involving emergency generators to prevent the plant from being shut down.
Simon Wiesenthal Center The Simon Wiesenthal Center begins a public campaign in Germany to bring to justice the last surviving Nazi war criminals from the Second World War.
China China announces a five-year ban on the construction of new government buildings, as part of a major effort to curtail state corruption and overspending.
British Eighteen Britons are arrested on the Greek island of Crete, following the murder of a male tourist and a violent confrontation between tourists and local police.
Burma Burma frees dozens of political prisoners as part of the country's ongoing effort at political reform.
Gulf of Mexico Hercules 264, a Gulf of Mexico natural gas drilling rig, partially collapses off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire.
Japan Japan begins a renewed effort to halt the leak of radioactive material from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Cyclospora The "Cyclospora" parasite sickens more than 250 people in the Midwestern United States as the result of contamination of fresh produce shipped across state lines. The CDC report that eight people have been hospitalized with cyclosporiasis.
Saraburi A collision between a tour bus and a truck kills at least 19 and injures 22 in Saraburi, Thailand.
Roman Catholic Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics greet Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during his first foreign trip as pontiff.
Afghanistan A bomb kills eight people in Afghanistan's Wardak Province, including three United States Army soldiers, four Afghan National Army soldiers and an Afghan interpreter.
Cairo Nine people are killed in Cairo, Egypt, as fighting between supporters and opponents of former President Mohamed Morsi continues.