Prosecutors Brazilian prosecutors are investigating allegations that organs are being illegally taken from unidentified bodies and sold for medical research.
Moncton shooting Canadian police arrest Justin Bourque, wanted for the alleged murders of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers and for shooting two others in Moncton, New Brunswick.
People's Republic of China Chinese authorities advise that they will deport Australian artist Guo Jian arrested before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
North Korea North Korea announces that it arrested an American tourist last month for alleged inappropriate behaviour.
World Health Organisation The World Health Organisation estimates that an outbreak of the ebola virus has killed more than 200 people in West Africa.
Coal-fired power station At least three people are dead and 13 others are injured after an explosion at a coal-fired power station, Kosovo A Power Station, in Obilic, six miles outside Pristina, the capital of Kosovo.
Vodafone Vodafone reveals that the governments of six countries have a permanent link to monitor communications throughout Vodafone's networks.
Normandy World leaders travel to Normandy in France to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the first day of the Western Allies Invasion of Normandy during World War II.
TTP Ashiqullah Mehsud, a senior commander in the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, is shot and killed by unknown assailants, speculated to be from the Mehsud splinter group, in the village of Urmuz in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan.
Russian president Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko call for a quick and peaceful end to the violence in eastern Ukraine.
Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah Abdullah of the National Coalition of Afghanistan, a frontrunner in the Afghan presidential election, survives a bombing attempt.