Raif Badawi Raif Badawi, the editor of a website that discussed the role of religion in Saudi Arabia, is sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes for founding an Internet forum that "violates Islamic values and propagates liberal thought."
U.S. Treasury Department The United States Department of the Treasury issues sanctions to three Mexican nationals linked to the Sinaloa Cartel for laundering money for the drug lords Ismael Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán Loera. The Kingpin Act sanctions prohibit Americans to do any kind of business with them.
JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase settles with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for $410M due to alleged manipulation of energy markets in California and the Midwest.
United States v. Bradley Manning In "United States v. Bradley Manning", Bradley Manning is acquitted of aiding the enemy by giving classified United States Army information to WikiLeaks. Manning is found guilty of five espionage charges and five theft charges.
EU High Representative EU Foreign Affairs head Catherine Ashton meets with deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi at an undisclosed location and confirms he is in good health, while Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood supporters call for continued demonstrations against the new regime.
US Secretary of State US Secretary of State John Kerry announces that Israeli and Palestinian officials have agreed to resume negotiations for a peace agreement.
Honduras Honduras declares a state of emergency after an outbreak of dengue fever kills 16 people and sickens 12,000.
Train that derailed The driver of a train that derailed in Spain last week, killing 79 people, is reported to have been on the phone with railway staff when the train crashed, possibly distracting him shortly before the crash, experts say.
Italy A mass funeral is held near the southern Italian town of Pozzuoli for the 38 victims of Sunday's bus crash.
India At least nine children are killed and another 20 injured after their school bus collides with a truck in the Indian city of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan state.
Fiat Fiat wins at least a partial victory in Delaware Chancery Court, but the judge declines its invitation to order a United Autoworkers affiliated trust to sell its Chrysler shares to the Italian company.
Vietnam Vietnam’s Minister of Justice, Hà Hùng Cường, becomes the second government minister after the Health Minister to back plans to legalize same-sex marriage in Vietnam when he submits a draft of an amended Law on Marriage and Family to the government.
Sudanese nomadic conflicts 134 people are reported to have been killed in a new wave of violence between two rival tribes in Sudan's Darfur region.
Syrian civil war A car bomb kills Syrian Kurdish politician Isa Huso outside his home near the Syrian-Turkish border.
17 people are killed and 26 wounded in a mortar attack in the government-held district of Homs and the town of Dablan
Bars 28 people are killed in a series of explosions targeting bars in the northern Nigerian city of Kano.