Colombia Two former Colombian ministers Sabas Pretelt and Diego Palacio are sentenced to six years in prison for corruption in bribing lawmakers to support the 2006 re-election bid of former President Alvaro Uribe.
Florida A mailman from Florida was arrested after he made an unauthorized landing of a small gyrocopter with postal service markings on the Capitol West Front Lawn. He had told a newspaper that a terrorist would not have informed the public that he planned a non-violent protest flight for campaign finance reform.
Arizona In Arizona, dashcam video showed a police officer intentionally running over an armed suspect. The suspect had stolen a rifle from a nearby Walmart, and had discharged the weapon in a neighborhood.
American football Former American football player Aaron Hernandez is convicted of murder in the first degree in the town of Fall River, Massachusetts. Hernandez shot a former friend Odin Lloyd in 2013. He was automatically sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Police officers British police arrest six people on suspicion of terrorism after Turkish authorities stop a group crossing the Syrian border.
Jamal Benomar Jamal Benomar resigns as the United Nations peace envoy to Yemen after losing support from the Gulf nations.
Benjamin Netanyahu Benjamin Netanyahu demands that any final agreement on the Iranian nuclear program include a "clear and unambiguous Iranian recognition of Israel's right to exist."
Nokia Nokia announces plans to buy telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent for €15.6 billion (US$16.6 billion).
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Fierce clashes in Iraq's Anbar province as Islamic State captures three villages near the provincial capital Ramadi.