Pelagornis sandersi The prehistoric bird Pelagornis sandersi is identified as the largest flying bird yet discovered.
Udo Voigt Europeans elect German neo-Nazi leader Udo Voigt to the European Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee.
Israel The alliance between the Israel's right-wing parties Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu is dissolved, reducing the ruling party's share of seats in the Knesset to just 20 out of 120.
Senegal Senegal's president Macky Sall appoints his close aid Mahammed Dionne as the third prime minister in Sall's time in office, following the resignation of Aminata Touré.
Afghan presidential election, 2014 A preliminary count indicates that former finance minister Ashraf Ghani is favourite to win the election.
Anita B. Brody Judge Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania approves a preliminary settlement between the National Football League and lawyers for 4,500 former players over damages caused by concussion.
U.S. Justice Department An antitrust trial begins pitting the U.S. Justice Department against American Express over tactics the latter has employed in the credit card market.
Angela Merkel Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, says that if allegations that a German intelligence officer was working for the United States are true, it would be a "clear contradiction" of trust between allies.
2014 Pacific typhoon season Japan braces for the impact of Typhoon Neoguri which is expected to hit Okinawa and then Kyushu on Tuesday.
Russia A Russian-made Mil Mi-17 crashes in the Thạch Thất District of the Vietnamese capital Hanoi with 16 people dead.
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Sittings of the Council of Representatives of Iraq are postponed for five weeks as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces kill an Iraqi Army general on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Operation Protective Edge Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas claims responsibility for the over 80 rockets fired into southern Israel Monday evening; the Israeli Air Force carries out overnight airstrikes killing nine Palestinian militants. In response to escalating rocket fire, the Israel Defense Forces calls up 1,500 reservists as southern towns declare a state of emergency.
2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine Ukrainian forces retake Artemivsk and Druzhkivka from pro-Russian armed separatists.
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valeriy Heletey says that special forces have retaken the city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk from armed insurgents.