International Institute for Species Exploration The International Institute for Species Exploration announces the "Top 10 New Species" of 2013.
United Kingdom local elections, 2014 Voters in the United Kingdom go to the polls for local elections with the United Kingdom Independence Party making strong gains.
Prayuth Chan-ocha Thailand's army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha announces a coup d'état, saying the military is taking control of government.
Newly elected Voters in the European Union go to the polls for a multi-day European Parliamentary election. Voters in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands vote today.
Activision Blizzard Activision Blizzard files papers with a California court, calling for unidentified programmers that created cheats for Starcraft II to be made to compensate them for copyright infringement.
Senate The Dominican senate unanimously approves a bill which will set up a system to grant citizenship to Dominican-born children of immigrants.
New York City A massive law enforcement operation in New York City, United States, and the surrounding areas leads to 71 arrests for child pornography offenses.
Bushehr power plant Negotiations between Iran and Russia regarding the building of two additional nuclear reactors at Iran's Bushehr power plant take place.
Prime Minister Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyễn Tấn Dũng says that his government is considering legal action against China over an oil rig that was deployed in waters that Vietnam claims.
Nest Labs Nest Labs announces plans to recall 440,000 smoke alarms to fix a problem that could cause the alarms to not go off immediately after detecting smoke.
Unilever Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever agrees to sell the brands Ragú and Bertolli to Japanese sauce producer Mizkan for $2.15 billion.
Ürümqi An explosion occurs in the city of Ürümqi, the capital of China's far-western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, resulting in at least 31 deaths and 91 injuries.
South Korean Navy South Korean media claims that North Korea fired shells in a disputed area near a Republic of Korea Navy ship.
Rebel The unrecognised Federal State of New Russia confederation is declared and agreements were signed between leaders of two self-proclaimed republics.
At least 11 Ukrainian Army soldiers are killed and 30 injured when pro-Russian separatists attack a military checkpoint.