Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta is elected as President of Mali. Although results have not yet been made official, his opponent Soumaïla Cissé has conceded defeat in the election.
The former U.S. Attorney General U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, in a major policy shift in the War on Drugs, announces that the federal government, following some states' stances, will direct its prosecutors to no longer insist on automatic mandatory minimum prison sentences for non-violent, low-level, non-repeat offender drug offenses where the defendant is not involved with gangs and-or cartels.
British government The UK government threatens Spain with legal action over the imposition of additional border checks in Gibraltar.
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, brother of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, dies aged 44 following complications from a skiing accident in 2012 which left him comatose for a year and a half.
Catholic The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Colombia announces that the capital city of Bogota will be the site of the third World Apostolic Congress on Divine Mercy, to be held Aug. 15-19, 2014.
Military The Tunisian Armed Forces launch air strikes on Islamist militants near the Algerian border.
Balad Eight people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack on a cafe in Balad north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.