• A suicide bomber kills 15 and injures 20 in a Shi'ite mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. (Bangkok Post)
• A Jewish Israeli man is shot dead near Jerusalem's Western Wall after a guard mistakes him for a Palestinian militant after hearing him shout "Allahu Akbar". (BBC)
• A gunman opens fire at a law firm and a Walmart in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S., injuring four people. The gunman is later shot by the police and brought into custody after being wounded. (USA Today) (CBS News)

• The People's Bank of China intervenes to alleviate a cash crunch as it continues to act to reduce over-leveraging in the People's Republic of China. (Financial Times)

• 2013 Riga Castle fire:
  • Latvian authorities say the overnight fire has extensively damaged Riga Castle, the medieval fortress that houses the Baltic nation's National History Museum, and presidential residence. (EuroNews)
  • Latvian President Andris Bērziņš describes the fire as a "national disaster" during a morning visit to inspect the damage. (Russia Today)
• A three-story building collapses in the Indian town of Mumbra in Maharashtra state, with at least two deaths and many people reported trapped. (IBN Live), (Hindustan Times)
• 2013 North India floods: Nearly 14,000 people are believed to be missing in Uttarakhand state, with another 60,000 stranded and 150 killed. (NDTV)
• 75,000 people are evacuated from their homes during flooding in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (CNN)

• Taiwan reports the first human case of the H6N1 virus. (Focus Taiwan)

• Edward Snowden is charged by the United States with espionage. (The Washington Post)

• The Movie Premiere of Monsters University
• From the Faculty That Brought You Toy Story 3, WALL-E, Finding Nemo and Up
• Prequel: Monsters, Inc. (2001)