• Syrian civil war:
  • Heavy fighting is reported in Qusair, Syria, as the Syrian army launches a major counter-offensive against rebel forces. (BBC)

• Taylor Swift wins eight awards, including top album and top artist, at the Billboard Music Awards. (The Guardian)
• Star Trek Into Darkness earns an estimated US$70.6 million during its opening weekend in the US and Canada. (Bloomberg)

• At least one person is killed and a dozen injured after a series of tornadoes hits the US states of Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois. (BBC), (CNN)

• North Korea fires three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters. (New York Times)
• North Korea captures a Chinese fishing boat and demands a ransom for its return. (The Guardian)

• Authorities in hazardous-materials suits search a downtown Spokane, Washington apartment, investigating the recent discovery of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin. (AP via News24)
• Clashes break out between police and supporters of the Ansar al-Sharia Islamic organization in Tunisia. (al-Jazeera)

• Nigel S. Wright resigns as the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada as a result of his role in an expenses scandal involving Senator Mike Duffy. (BBC)

• US Navy dolphins find a rare nineteenth-century torpedo off the coast of California. (USA Today)

• In cricket, the Board of Control for Cricket in India holds an emergency meeting to tackle the 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing case which has resulted in the arrest of three cricketers and eleven bookmakers. (DDI news)
• In golf, Bae Sang-moon wins his first PGA tour event at the Byron Nelson Championship. (USA Today)
• Sweden defeats Switzerland 5-1 to win the Ice Hockey World Championships. (USA Today)
• Salisbury University defeats Trinity College 12-5 to win the Division III NCAA women's Lacrosse championship. (The Baltimore Sun)
• Raha Moharrak becomes the first Saudi woman to summit Mount Everest. (CNN)
• Samina Baig becomes the first Pakistani woman to summit Mount Everest. (Jagran Josh)