Recent elections Voters in Ukraine go to the polls with supporters of President Petro Poroshenko expected to do well.
Uruguayan general election, 2014 Voters in Uruguay go to the polls for a general election with the presidential election expected to go to a second round.
2014 Voters in Brazil go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election with incumbent President Dilma Rousseff re-elected.
Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014 Voters in Tunisia go to the polls for a parliamentary election, the first under a new constitution.
Senzo Meyiwa Senzo Meyiwa, the goalkeeper and captain of the South Africa national football team, is fatally shot in a township near Johannesburg.
Gaza–Israel conflict Peace talks between Hamas and Israel have been canceled after the Hamas delegation was refused entry into Egypt following recent attacks against the Egyptian Army.
Sinai insurgency The Egyptian government closes the Rafah border crossing with Gaza and will set up a buffer zone after a series of attacks which were reported to have been launched using smuggling tunnels from Gaza.
War Camp Bastion, the last remaining British base in Afghanistan, and Camp Leatherneck, an American base next to it, are handed over to the Afghan Government.
War in North-West Pakistan Pakistan's military claims to have killed 18 militants in air strikes near the Afghanistan border.