Turkey The Turkish cabinet led by current Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu submits its resignation, but is asked to stay on until a new government forms after the election.
FIFA Swiss police seize computer records from FIFA in an investigation into alleged corruption by the world governing body of association football.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholds a Texan law providing that abortion clinics meet the same standards as hospital style surgical clinics meaning that many abortion clinics must upgrade or close.
People's Republic of China At least four people are killed (including the gunman) and five people injured in a shooting incident in China's northern Hebei province.
Kiev Several firefighters are killed after an explosion at a military oil depot near Kiev, Ukraine, with several people missing and hundreds evacuated.
HSBC HSBC announces plans to cut 8,000 jobs in the United Kingdom, one-sixth of its U.K. workforce, via "natural attrition" as it restructures its banking business. A total of 25,000 jobs could be axed globally.
Syrian civil war The Southern Front of the Free Syrian Army claims to have captured a major Syrian Army base known as Brigade 52 in Daraa Governorate.
Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Indian police kill at least 12 Naxalite Maoist rebels in a clash in the state of Jharkhand.