April 6 Youth Movement An Egyptian court bans the April 6 Youth Movement over claims of espionage and of "damaging the image of the state".
United States House of Representatives U.S. Representative Michael Grimm is taken into federal custody on charges relating to a failed restaurant business and allegations that he made false statements.
Slovakia Slovakia and Ukraine agree to a deal that will allow gas from Central Europe to reach Ukraine via Slovakia.
Tornadoes Seventeen people are killed by tornadoes after a huge storm system sweeps across the central and southern United States.
Indian Ocean The search area for the missing aircraft in the southern Indian Ocean is expanded with any debris likely to be found on the ocean floor with the minimum time anticipated for the search eight months.
Microsoft Microsoft announces a major vulnerability in Internet Explorer versions 6 to 11 that could enable hackers to gain access and user rights to its customers' computers.
Scottish-American Scottish-American comedian Craig Ferguson announces his departure from the CBS late-night talk show "The Late Late Show", effective December 2014.
Mummies More than 50 royal mummies have been discovered by Egyptian and Swiss archeologists in the newly opened KV40 tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings.
Suicide bomb Suicide bomb attacks kill dozens of people at a political rally and at early polling places for the election to be held on April 30.
Rebel Two thousand people holding a peaceful demonstration in Donetsk for a united Ukraine are attacked with bats and teargas by pro-Russians.
The mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Gennady Kernes, is shot in the back by an unknown assailant.
The United States imposes a third round of sanctions against Russia, reportedly in response to Russia encouraging rebellion in eastern Ukraine.
Egypt An Egyptian court hands down a death sentence on 638 Muslim Brotherhood supporters, among them the group's top leader Mohamed Badie.