Recent elections A commissioner of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission resigns, citing the conduct of the election process.
Opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai promises legal challenges to the results and the refusal of the MDC-T party to cooperate with Mugabe's Zanu-PF.
Robert Mugabe is declared the run-away winner of Zimbabwe's controversial presidential election by a 61% majority, extending his 33-year rule.
Hassan Rouhani Hassan Rouhani receives his presidential precept and enters to the Sa'dabad Palace to begin his work as President of Iran.
Hannah Anderson 16-year-old Hannah Anderson was abducted after cheerleading practice from Sweetwater High School in National City, California. The suspect was later identified by authorities as 40-year-old James Lee DiMaggio, owner of a home in Boulevard, California. The bodies of her mother Christina and brother Ethan Anderson and the family's dog, Cali, were found in DiMaggio's burned home. DiMaggio was later killed by FBI agents during a shootout at the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho, where he had been camping with Hannah Anderson.
Venice Beach A man crashes his car into a crowd of pedestrians in Venice Beach, California, U.S., injuring eleven people and killing one. The driver fled the scene and was being sought by authorities, but later turned himself in.
Syria Syrian rebels capture an ammunition depot with anti-tank missiles and rockets north of Damascus.
Suicide bomber Nine children die in a suicide bombing near the Indian consulate in the Afghan city of Jalalabad.