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International relations Médecins Sans Frontières state that Sudanese refugees are in 'humanitarian disaster' in South Sudan. (BBC) Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, meets Chinese leader Hu Jintao. (AFP via Google News) Law and crime Russia: A Moscow court convicts three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and ...
Disasters Heading toward Taiwan, slow-moving Typhoon Saola's torrential rains lead to the deaths of at least 12 people and displacement of 154,000 in the Philippines. (The Washington Post) Law and crime The Tal Law, which granted a sweeping exemption from military service to a majority of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox population in Israel, expires. As a result Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders ...
310 – Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily.; 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. [1]986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
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International relations American National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden is granted a one-year temporary political asylum in Russia and leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. (RT) (CNN) In talks in Manila, the Philippines and Vietnam agree to work together on a framework for resolving maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea. (Voice of America) Law and crime Russian ...
Disasters An Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F4 aircraft crashes in the southern province of Bushehr ; both pilots survive. (AFP via Google News) (Press TV) Tornado has swept threw south western part of Lithuania, near city of Rusnė (Delfi). A train derails in Sudbury, Suffolk, UK after hitting a sewage truck on a level crossing, injuring 18 people. Main article: 2010 Sudbury train ...
Politics and elections Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the United States presidency, names Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in the presidential election in November. (BBC) Sports 2012 Summer Olympics: In the association football final, Mexico defeats Brazil 2–1 and wins the gold medal. This victory marks the first ...
Law and crime The Special Tribunal for Lebanon publishes an indictment against Hezbollah members accused in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri. (Los Angeles Times) (Washington Post) (UPI) (The Telegraph) A lawyer claims that 25,000 South Koreans will be suing Apple Inc. in relation to alleged privacy breaches in relation to collection of iPhone location addresses ...