Cleveland, Ohio kidnapper Ariel Castro, the Cleveland, Ohio kidnapper, hangs himself in his prison cell.
Syrian civil war UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon questions the legality of US plans to strike Syria without UN backing, saying that the use of force is only legal when it is in self-defence or with Security Council authorization.
A former US army chief claims that Barack Obama is eyeing intervention in Syria that would go beyond a mere deterrent against chemical weapons to damage the military capacity of the Assad regime.
U.S. government officials say that they are willing to rewrite a proposed resolution to clarify that any operation would be limited in scope and duration and would not include the use of ground troops.
Anticipating a retaliatory strike from Syria, Israel carries out a joint missile test with the United States in the Mediterranean.
France France claims to possess documentation of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war.