Egyptian presidential election, 2014 Voters in Egypt go to the polls in the first of a two day voting period with Field Marshal Abdel Fattah el-Sisi expected to be elected.
2014 Thai coup d'état Coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha claims to have the confidence of King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej.
People's Republic of China At least 26 people are dead and 10 missing since Wednesday as storms hit southern and central China.
South Korea At least seven people have been killed and twenty injured following a fire in a bus terminal north of Seoul in the South Korean city of Goyang.
Passenger train At least 25 people are killed and 100 injured as a passenger train rams into a goods train in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Pfizer Drugmaker Pfizer says it will not proceed with its attempted $119 billion bid for AstraZeneca.
Islam Islamist terror group Boko Haram kills at least 33 security personnel during attacks in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State.
276 girls kidnapped from northern Nigeria Air Marshal Alex Barde, the Nigeria head of defense, tells protesters in Abuja that the military knows where the 300 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram are but are reluctant to rescue them due to the fear of having them killed.
Rebel The Ukrainian Air Force conducts airstrikes on Donetsk International Airport while paratroopers drop in to fight pro-Russian separatists.
Pro-Russian militants force the closure of Donetsk International Airport a day after preventing any voters in the city of Donetsk from casting a vote in the Ukrainian presidential election.