Shooting near Annaberg A standoff between Austrian police and a poacher suspected of killing three police officers and an ambulance driver in a shooting near Annaberg ends with the suspect likely to be dead.
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Abdul Kader Mullah, a leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, is sentenced to death for war crimes in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
Iran Iranian President Hassan Rouhani confirmed he had contacted U.S. President Barack Obama via letters. Both countries cut all diplomatic relations after the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1980.
Costa Concordia The "Costa Concordia" is pulled completely upright from the place where it sunk in early 2012 off the coast of Tuscany in Italy.
Soldiers Philippine Army troops free dozens of prisoners held hostage by the Moro National Liberation Front in the Battle of Zamboanga City in the city of Zamboanga.
United Nations The head of a United Nations war crimes tribunal states that it is investigating 14 alleged instances of chemical weapons attacks.