Four foreign aid workers held hostage inside
Somalia are rescued by Somali forces after they were kidnapped from a
Kenyan refugee camp on June 29.
(BBC)(Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Children in
Jaʿār,
Yemen, accidentally set off a shell, killing one and wounding seven others.
(AP)
Finland says it will block the euro zone's permanent bailout fund (ESM) from buying government bonds in the open market, while The
Netherlands also indicates opposition to the bond-buying idea.
(Reuters)
The
British government announces a parliamentary investigation into the
BarclaysLibor scandal, with reports hoped to be filed by the end of the year.
(Reuters)
Some, but not all, of
Chicago's
taxi drivers go on strike during the morning
rush hour to protest a new set of city regulations that took effect.
(NBC Chicago)
Disasters
At least 79 people are killed and 2.2 million rendered homeless as torrential monsoon rains trigger floods in
Northeast India.
(Sky News)
Four officials from the
International Criminal Court, including Melinda Taylor, are released after they were held in the
Libyan city of
Zintan for four weeks on suspicion of spying.
(BBC)