X-ray astronomers X-ray astronomers find evidence of a black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy gobbling up a star; this is the first such event ever filmed.
French President French President François Hollande is under pressure after photos of him and actress Julie Gayet appear in a magazine.
India India says that it has "no stand-off" with the United States even after the Devyani Khobragade incident.
Israeli Prime Minister Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dies at the age of 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke.
Bilbao About 110,000 people march peacefully through Bilbao, demanding Basque independence and freedom for more than 600 ETA prisoners.
Torture A ten-year-old servant girl is tortured to death in Punjab raising concerns about human rights in Pakistan.
American The United States Air Force expands an illegal drugs investigation involving 10 officers in six military bases in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The former U.S. Attorney General United States Attorney General Eric Holder says that same-sex marriages conducted in Utah are recognized as legal under federal law. The state of Utah however, does not recognize the marriages under state laws.
Chemical leak A chemical leak in West Virginia morphs into a crisis after the contamination of a portion of the state's water supply.
Somali civil war The United States is to deploy military advisers more than 20 years after the Black Hawk down incident.
Euromaidan Yuri Lutsenko, one of the leaders of the protests, is injured during clashes with the police.
Central African Republic crisis African migrants are to be evacuated as violence continues in the country.
Syrian civil war Five hundred people are killed in inter-factional fighting between an alliance of secular rebels and moderate Islamists against radical Islamists.
Aitizaz Hassan Aitizaz Hassan, a Pakistani boy who died after trying to stop a suicide bomber, is nominated for an award by Nawaz Sharif.