• Three Colombian police officers were killed Monday during a suspected guerrilla attack near the Venezuelan border. (PLA)
• Indian police open fire on stone-throwing protesters in Indian-administered Kashmir, injuring 10 people. (AFP)
• One Palestinian gunman is killed and four more are wounded in a Gaza firefight after launching RPGs and missiles at Israeli soldiers. (Ynetnews)
• French police evacuate the Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park in Paris following a bomb threat. (AFP via Google News)

• Kia Motors suspends exports to Iran partly in response to South Korea's sanctions against Iran's nuclear program. (AFP via Google)
• Virgin Blue fights for approval of its transtasman alliance with Air New Zealand. (Nzherald)
• Cisco Systems, the provider of computer networking products and services headquartered in San Jose, California, announced that it will break with a long-standing policy and issue a stock dividend during the current fiscal year. (Cisco Blogs)
• A study funded by Pfizer, makers of the smoking cessation drug Varenicline, claims it would be financially wise for governments to fund smoking cessation treatments. (Reuters)

• British singer George Michael is given a sentence of eight weeks for driving under the influence of cannabis at the Highbury Corner Magistrates Court in London. (BBC)

• 2010 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Julia becomes the fifth hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. (Reuters)
  • Mexico and Belize issue warnings about Tropical Storm Karl which is threatening the Yucatán Peninsula. (CNN)

• A third Iranian diplomat defects and applies for asylum in Europe over the disputed presidential election last year. (Al Jazeera)
• China cancels a visit of a senior official to Japan amid a row over the arrest of a Chinese skipper near the disputed islands of Senkaku. (BBC)
• Iran releases United States hiker Sarah Shourd from Evin Prison following payment of bail. (CNN) (Al Jazeera)
• Viviane Reding, a Luxembourg politician and currently the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, describes France's deportation of Romani migrants as a "disgrace". (Voice of America)
• A second round of Middle East peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority concludes in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (Jerusalem Post)

• Ukrainian prosecutors say that former Interior Minister Yuriy Kravchenko ordered the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze in 2000. (UNIAN) (Bloomberg) (BBC)

• Peruvian President Alan García names José Chang as Prime Minister, replacing Javier Velásquez as part of a cabinet reshuffle. (Andina) (BBC)
• The head of Guinea's electoral commission who was convicted for electoral fraud, Ben Sekou Sylla, dies, ahead of a presidential run-off on Sunday. (Reuters) (BBC)
• France passes a resolution banning full face veils after a 246-1 vote in the Senate. The law must still be reviewed by the Constitutional Council before coming into effect. (Ynetnews)
• The Governor-General of Australia swears in Julia Gillard as Prime Minister of Australia and her Ministry. (AAP via Sydney Morning Herald) (ABC Online)
• Naoto Kan is reelected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and therefore as Prime Minister of Japan, defeating powerbroker Ichirō Ozawa. (Xinhua) (Reuters)
• Robert Gates, the United States Secretary of Defense, outlines a $100 billion savings plan for his Department. (UPI)
• Cecilia Romero resigns as the head of the Mexican National Institute of Migration in the wake of massacre of 72 migrants at the hands of a drug cartel. (AP via San Francisco Chronicle)
• United States primary elections
  • Christine O'Donnell is elected the Republican Party candidate in the Delaware US Senate race. (The Guardian)
  • Representative Charles Rangel wins the Democratic primary election for New York's 15th congressional district despite facing 13 ethics allegations in the House. (CNN)

• FIFA investigates allegations that a fake Togo national football team played against Bahrain last week. (BBC) (AP)
• Reggie Bush of the New Orleans Saints gives up his Heisman Trophy won while playing for the USC Trojans due to receiving improper payments. (ESPN)