• War in North-West Pakistan:
  • A female suicide bomber kills four and injures four outside a hospital in Khaar, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan. (PTI via The Hindu)

• 2013 Lushan earthquake: An earthquake of 7.0 magnitude strikes Lushan County, Sichuan province, China, with the latest estimate showing 193 people dead, 24 missing and 11,826 injured. (China Daily) (Reuters) (RT)
• Five snowboarders are killed in a backcountry avalanche on Loveland Pass in the U.S. state of Colorado in the deadliest US avalanche since 1962. (AP via ABC News)
• In southern California, United States, 200 residents are evacuated due to a brush fire. (AP via San Jose Mercury News)
• Five people are killed and 17 are injured in Vail, Arizona, United States, when a car accident occurs during a U.S. Border Patrol pursuit. (Los Angeles Times)

• 2013 Korean crisis:
  • North Korea rules out denuclearization but says it is open to negotiating an arms reduction. (The Hindu)
• Japan is permitted to join the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks by the 11 other nations participating. (The New Zealand Herald)

• 3 Doors Down bass player Todd Harrell is charged in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, with vehicular homicide by intoxication after being involved in a car crash which killed another driver. (Reuters)
• Former LulzSec hacker Cody Andrew Kretsinger is sentenced to a year in jail for a 2011 cyber-attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment. (Los Angeles Times)

• Giorgio Napolitano is re-elected President of Italy with 738 votes in the sixth ballot amid widespread protests by MPs eager to elect Stefano Rodotà. (BBC)
• The Saudi Arabian monarch appoints Fahd bin Abdullah as the nation's new deputy defense minister. (AP via ABC News)

• Antares A-ONE: Bad weather delays the first launch of the Antares rocket. (The Washington Post)
• A study finds that men who wear kilts and no underwear have higher sperm counts than men who sport underwear. (Science Recorder)

• In snooker, the 2013 World Snooker Championship begins in Sheffield, England. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan takes part after one-year break. (BBC)
• In Formula One, Germany's Nico Rosberg wins qualifying for the 2013 Bahrain Grand Prix, the fourth stage of the 2013 Formula One season. (BBC)
• In sledge hockey, Canada wins the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships defeating the United States 1–0 in the final. (CP via CBC News)
• In ice hockey, Kazakhstan and Italy win the 2013 IIHF World Championship Division I and will be promoted to the 2014 IIHF World Championship. (IIHF)
• UFC on Fox: Henderson vs. Melendez: Benson Henderson narrowly defeats Gilbert Melendez to retain his lightweight UFC title. (ESPN)
• Michigan wins the men's NCAA gymnastics title, Florida takes the women's title. (AP via ESPN) (Los Angeles Times)