Polish presidential election, 2015 Voters in Poland go to the polls for a presidential election with a second round of voting scheduled with Andrzej Duda of the Law and Justice Party challenging incumbent President Bronisław Komorowski.
Mississippi Police in the Mississippian city of Hattiesburg arrest three people on suspicion of murdering two policemen.
King Salman King Salman of Saudi Arabia will not meet with President of the United States Barack Obama at Camp David or at a summit meeting sending senior Ministers instead reportedly due to disagreement over a nuclear deal with Iran.
Myanmar Two boats carrying 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim people arrive in western Indonesia.
Raúl Castro The President of Cuba, Raul Castro, is received in an official private audience with Pope Francis, who will become the third Pope to visit the still officially Communist island before visiting the U.S. this October. Some restrictions on exercise of religion, and a few restrictions on other rights, have been lifted or relaxed, especially after Pope John Paul II's historic 1998 meeting with Fidel Castro, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's trip during his reign, and especially in 2014 and earlier this year, after Raul and Francis and U.S. President Barack Obama's diplomatic team dramatically improved U.S.-Cuba relations. President Castro went there to thank Francis, whom he publicly has stated his admiration for, for his efforts, and spoke of the possibility of converting and of officially restoring the Church.
Mexican Mexico suspends vaccination of infants and authorises an inquiry after two babies die and 29 injured in the municipality of Simojovel in Chiapas state.
At least 36 people are hospitalised and 30 per cent of the town of Van, Texas is damaged by a tornado.
Suspicions The death toll from earthquake reaches 8000 as three earth tremors hit Nepal. Avalanches disrupt rescue efforts higher in the mountains.
2015 Atlantic hurricane season Tropical Storm Ana makes landfall near the city of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, today.
2015 Pacific typhoon season Typhoon Noul (Dodong) makes landfall in the northern Philippines as a Category 5 typhoon with thousands of passengers stranded and warnings of landslides.
Central bank The People's Bank of China in the People's Republic of China lowers its benchmark interest rate for the third time in half a year.