Jamil Mahuad A court in Ecuador sentences former president Jamil Mahuad to 12 years in jail on embezzlement charges.
World Health Organisation Medical teams from the World Health Organisation and Doctors Without Borders arrive in Sierra Leone to deal with an outbreak of Ebola virus.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation A report sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and published online by "the Lancet" finds that 30% of the world's population is overweight or obese.
Oil tanker An oil tanker is listing off the coast of Japan's Hyogo prefecture after an explosion and subsequent fire. Seven of the eight crew on board have been rescued while the captain is missing.
Australian Transport Safety Bureau The Australian Transport Safety Bureau reports that they have finished searching an area where pings were heard in April and have discounted it as the final resting place for the plane.
Eurasian Economic Union The heads of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus sign a treaty forming the Eurasian Economic Union.
Axel Kicillof Economy Minister Axel Kicillof of Argentina reaches an agreement with the Paris Club of creditor nations on debt repayment totaling $9.7 billion including interest, over the next five years.
87th Scripps National Spelling Bee Two Indian-American teenagers Sriram Hathwar of Painted Post, New York, and Ansun Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, share the title after tying in the final round.
Rebel Pro-Russian group Vostok Battalion seize control of the headquarters of the Donetsk Peoples Republic in a coup d'état, plunging the rebels into chaos.
A Ukrainian military helicopter is shot down over Sloviansk, with 12 casualties reported, including major-general Serhij Kultschyzkyj.
Rebels in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slovyansk say they are holding four missing Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe monitors and the observers may be released soon.