Syria’s opposition claims that 200 civilians are trapped in a mosque in a Damascus suburb while fighting rages outside. (CTV)
Unknown attackers kill six people in and near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. (Press Association via Independent Ireland)
Four policemen are killed in Russia’s restless Dagestan region as gunmen open fire on their car. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
Typhoon Soulik kills three people in China’s Guangdong province after having killed two people in Taiwan. (BBC)
Politics and elections
Protests occur in several American cities following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in relation to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. (AAP via News Limited)
Sport
In athletics, six athletes are announced to have failed drug tests including American Tyson Gay and Jamaican Asafa Powell. (The Guardian)
