• Syrian civil war:
  • The government of Jordan says that more than 12,000 Syrians have fled to Jordan in the past six days. (AFP via IOL)
  • The Russian government organizes an evacuation for some of its citizens by transporting them to Lebanon and then flying them to Russia. (AP via Google News)
• Iraqi insurgency:
  • Car bombings in Baghdad kill at least 17 people and injure dozens of others. (BBC) (Reuters)
• Colombian conflict:
  • In Colombia, FARC rebels dynamite two southern oil pipelines and planted a bomb on the top coal exporter's northern railway after the end of a rebel ceasefire. (Reuters)

• The James Bond film Skyfall opens in China with censored scenes, prompting criticism from fans. (Bangkok Post)

• The United Nations Security Council passes Resolution 2087, condemning North Korea's December 2012 rocket launch and expanding economic sanctions against the country. (BBC) (Reuters)
• The government of the Philippines announces that it will file a complaint against China before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea seeking arbitration for the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. (BBC)

• Irish politicians respond to High Court Judge Paul Carney's order that a man who plead guilty in court to repeatedly raping his daughter as a child be granted bail and provisional released. Taoiseach Enda Kenny comments on a nation "filled with revulsion" at the outcome of the case, while opposition politician Gerry Adams refers to abuse his father inflicted on others. (BBC) (Irish Independent)
• A Canadian man shoots dead two people in a court in Cebu, Philippines, and seriously injures another. (BBC) (CNN) (Philippine Star)
• A British woman, Lindsay Sandiford is sentenced to death by a court in Indonesia following a conviction for drug trafficking. (BBC) (CNN) (Sky News)
• At least three people are injured after a gunman opens fire at the campus of Lone Star College–North Harris in Houston, Texas. (CNN)

• The Elections for the 19th Knesset are held in Israel. The incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's electoral alliance, Likud Yisrael Beiteinu, wins a plurality with 31 seats. (BBC) (Reuters)
• The government of Eritrea says the capital Asmara is "calm" a day after dissident soldiers seized the information ministry and state media. (Al Jazeera) (BBC) (Reuters)

• An ancient human fossil in China is found to be closely related to both Asian and Native American peoples. (BBC)

• In association football, Dutch midfielder Wesley Sneijder completes his move from Inter Milan to Galatasaray. (ESPN) (Fox Sports)
• Shakhtar Donetsk wins 2013 Super Cup of Champions defeating Zenit St. Petersburg in Abu Dhabi, UAE. (FC Shakhtar) (FC Zenit)