Prime Minister of Japan Two members of Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe's cabinet, Trade Minister Yūko Obuchi and Justice Minister Midori Matsushima, resign over a scandal involving alleged misuse of political funds.
Total S.A. The Chief Executive Officer of Total S.A., Christophe de Margerie, dies in a plane crash in Moscow together with three members of the flight crew.
Dhaka A collision between two buses on the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway leaves at least 30 people dead in northwestern Bangladesh.
2014 Atlantic hurricane season The remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo are due to make landfall in the United Kingdom causing heavy rains and gale force winds.
War in Donbass A huge explosion occurs in a rubber factory in the rebel held city of Donetsk with the Russian media claiming it was caused by a missile. The Government of Ukraine denies the charges.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant At least 43 Shi'ites are dead in Baghdad and the holy city of Karbala in a wave of suicide and car bombings.
2014 Libyan conflict Pro-government forces launch an attack on Islamist militants resulting in 75 deaths in five days.
NS Concord The investigation continues as the Russian Oil-tanker "NS Concord" maintains its criss-crossing outside Stockholm.