Sank One year after the Sinking of the MV Sewol, police blockade a memorial in response to public anger at inactivity by the government to rescue or salvage the bodies of victims from the ship's wreck.
Toronto Five are shot in Toronto, Ontario, in a neighbourhood with children around playing, two critically and one in life-threatening condition, having been shot by the police. Four suspects detained.
US Congress The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
Libya More than 40 people have drowned as a migrant boat sinks travelling between Libya and Italy. In a separate incident, 15 Muslim migrants from another Italy-bound boat have been arrested, after allegedly throwing 12 Christian migrants overboard.
WikiLeaks WikiLeaks publishes 30,287 documents and 173,132 emails resulting from the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack believed to be undertaken by North Korea.
Yemeni civil war In the past two weeks, Oman has received 2,695 people of forty-eight nationalities escaping from Yemen.
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula captures Riyan Airport, seaport and oil terminal in the city of Al Mukalla in southern Yemen.