Several spending scandals Amidst several spending scandals, the French major opposition party Union for a Popular Movement is discovered to have a hidden debt of €79.1 million for the year 2013.
Rengan Rajaratnam A jury acquits Rengan Rajaratnam after a trial on insider trading charges in U.S. District Court in New York City.
Brazilian Several buses are set alight and an electronics store looted in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo following Brazil's crushing defeat by Germany in the World Cup semi-final.
United Nations The United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration rules in favour of Bangladesh in a border dispute with India over the Bay of Bengal.
Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott and the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe sign a free trade agreement in the Australian capital Canberra.
South Africa More than 50 people are injured after two trains collide near the South African city of Durban.
Typhoon Neoguri Typhoon Neoguri heads towards the southern Japanese island of Okinawa with 100,000 on the island and adjacent islands urged to evacuate.
Somali Civil War (2009–present) Al-Shabaab Islamic militants storm the presidential palace in Mogadishu with heavy gunfire as government troops try to repel them.
Taliban insurgency The Taliban claims responsibility for an attack in central Afghanistan that claims the lives of 10 civilians, four Czech members of the International Security Assistance Force and two Afghan police officers.
Gaza–Israel conflict The Israel Defense Forces launch an air and artillery offensive in the Gaza Strip to quell rocket attacks and the Israeli Air Force conducts more air strikes against the Gaza Strip after Hamas fires rockets into Israel.
The Israeli cabinet approves the call up of 40,000 reserve soldiers as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns of a ground operation against Palestinian rockets attacks and infiltration attempts into Israel.