2013 Beijing Capital International Airport bombing The perpetrator of the 2013 Beijing Capital International Airport bombing Ji Zhongxing is sentenced to 6 years imprisonment by a Chinese court.
President The former Liberian President Charles Taylor arrives in the United Kingdom to serve the remainder of a 50-year sentence after becoming the first head of state to be convicted of war crimes since World War II.
State of emergency A state of emergency is declared in the New Zealand district of Whanganui due to flooding.
Earthquake A magnitude 7.2 earthquake is reported in the Philippines near the town of Balilihan in Bohol province resulting in at least 74 deaths.
Glenn Greenwald Glenn Greenwald, a reporter with "The Guardian" who has published information provided him by NSA contractor Edward Snowden, is leaving the British newspaper to join a new journalistic enterprise to be bankrolled by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay.
Fitch Ratings International credit rating group Fitch Ratings places the United States under a "Rating watch negative" in response to the looming financial crisis.
New Zealand New Zealand author Eleanor Catton wins the 2013 Man Booker Prize for her work "The Luminaries".
Israeli Army The Israeli army finds a second tunnel laden with explosives dug from the Gaza Strip into Israel and proceeds to destroy it.
Sunni A bomb detonates outside a Sunni mosque in Kirkuk, Iraq, killing 12 worshipers and injuring another 24.
Afghanistan A bomb in a mosque in Afghanistan's Logar Province kills the governor Arsala Jamal and results in other injuries.