Nigel Evans Nigel Evans resigns as Deputy Speaker of the British House of Commons after being charged with eight sexual offences.
Ali Shamkhani Ali Shamkhani is appointed as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran by President Hassan Rouhani. Rouhani also appoints Masoumeh Ebtekar as Vice President of Iran
John Roberts John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States, appoints Judge William Curtis Bryson as presiding judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.
California State Legislature The legislature of the US state of California passes a bill banning new sales of semi-automatic rifles with removable magazines.
2012 Delhi gang rape case All four defendants in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case are found guilty of rape and murder.
Helicopter Three people die after a helicopter working with the Canadian Coast Guard research ship CCGS "Amundsen" crashes in the Arctic Ocean.
Alcoa Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard, and Bank of America will be dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average from next week to be replaced by Visa Inc., Nike, Inc and Goldman Sachs.
Miley Cyrus Miley Cyrus breaks the record for the greatest number of views in 24 hours with her latest video Wrecking Ball. The video, uploaded on Monday, has 19.3 million views after a single day, and many people complain about this video. This has been her second record, and the third Vevo record video to become a frequent target for negative comments, the others being Stupid Hoe by Nicki Minaj and We Can't Stop by Miley Cyrus, the latter record set earlier this year.
Clashes erupt across the country after the funeral of a 22-year-old student activist and security forces respond by teargas and water cannons.
Syrian civil war Barack Obama, the President of the United States, gives a televised address to the nation, saying that he has asked the United States Congress to postpone a vote on the use of force while he pursues a diplomatic solution.
France announces that it will propose a United Nations Security Council resolution proposing that Syria hand over its chemical weapons to international control.
Human Rights Watch issues a report concluding that Syrian government forces were most likely to be responsible for chemical weapons attacks on two suburbs in Damascus on August 21.