Cabinet The Cabinet of Japan lifts a ban on the Japan Self-Defense Forces fighting overseas. The move is aimed towards defending allied countries.
Parliament The Council of Representatives of Iraq is due to meet for the first time since recent elections to try and counter the surge made by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. However, the meeting is delayed due to a lack of quorum.
Social Democratic Party of Germany The German Social Democrat Martin Schulz is reelected President of the European Parliament for another two and a half years.
Ku Klux Klan A Ku Klux Klan flag is erected in the east of Belfast, Northern Ireland, sparking outrage amid a recent surge in racist attacks in the city.
President Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is held for questioning over alleged corruption.
Sexual assault Malaysia states that it will extradite a junior military official who returned home after being charged with sexual assault at its diplomatic mission in New Zealand.
BNP Paribas The United States imposes a record $9 billion fine on BNP Paribas for helping clients bypass sanctions against Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. The bank is also barred from certain US dollar dominated transactions for one year.
Islamist insurgency in Nigeria A car bomb explodes in a market in the northeast Nigerian town of Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram, with dozens feared dead.
Gaza–Israel conflict Israel's military hits 34 targets across the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in response to the more than 20 rockets that were fired into Israel from Gaza since Sunday. One Palestinian man is killed after throwing a grenade at security forces in the raids.
2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko states that the Ukraine government's forces will resume offensive operations against pro-Russian rebels.