President Obama's staff has unmasked and fired a national security official who tweeted critical comments under a pseudonym.
Cambodia Thousands of opposition supporters protest in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh following disputed July elections which saw incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen re-elected.
Chinese A Chinese newspaper publishes a rare appeal for the release of one of its journalists held by police.
Tunisia Thousands of Tunisian protesters take to the streets calling for the Islamist government led by the Ennahda Movement to step down hours before crisis talks between the government and opposition leaders.
Danvers, Massachusetts A 14-year-old student from Danvers, Massachusetts is accused of killing his math teacher at Danvers High School and dumping the body in the woods.
Bahrain A teenager in Bahrain dies following an explosion in the village of Bani Jamra, east of the capital Manama.
Chad A suicide bomber kills two Chadian troops and injures six other MINUSMA peacekeepers in an attack on a checkpoint at the entry to the northern town of Tessalit, Mali.
Islamist Eight police officers and two Islamist militants are killed in clashes near Sidi Bouzid in the southern part of Tunisia.
Syrian civil war Syrian rebels attack a gas pipeline close to Damascus International Airport, causing a country-wide power outage.
The Al-Nusra Front captures the Syriac Orthodox village of Sadad, killing at least 9 people and sparking heavy fighting with Syrian Army forces.