U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives votes to grant President Barack Obama fast track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States upholds key elements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) including subsidies for healthcare policies and employer mandates, with a 6-3 vote.
CNN Philippines A journalist from CNN is shot and killed in the Philippines, the 27th journalist murdered during the administration of Benigno Aquino III.
Police More than 400 Albanian police supported by Army helicopters surround the village of Lazarat in southern Albania known as the "cannabis Kingdom" where an armed criminal gang has entrenched itself.
Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists claims that the Government of Egypt has incarcerated 18 journalists, mostly from Al-Jazeera.
Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Haiti Evans Paul accuses the Dominican Republic of causing a humanitarian crisis by mass deportation of people mainly from Haiti.
South Africa South Africa reviews its participation in the International Criminal Court following a failed attempt to arrest the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, on South African soil.
India India offers Nepal an additional billion dollars to help it recover from the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Holland America Line The wreckage of a small plane carrying eight passengers on a shore excursion from Holland America Line's "MS Westerdam" cruise ship is discovered near the Alaskan town of Ketchikan. All nine people on board including the pilot died.
Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, opens a new terminal at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport.
Civil war Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces re-enter the Kurdish town of Kobanî after a successful large-scale counterattack against the Kurds.