July 28, 2009 (Tuesday)
- At least fifteen people die and at least 65 more disappear after a boat carrying 200 Haitian migrants sinks near the Turks and Caicos Islands. (BBC) (Daily Express) (Houston Chronicle) (Reuters) (Toronto Star)
- Violence in Nigeria continues as troops shell the home of Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf in Maiduguri, Borno State. (BBC) (The Miami Herald)
- England and Japan will stage the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and 2019 respectively. (BBC) (The Guardian) (RTÉ) (Taiwan News) (The Times)
- The United States and China continue the first U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue. (The Washington Post)
- South African police clash with about 200 protesters at an informal settlement outside Johannesburg. (BBC)
- Kashmiri minister Omar Abdullah resigns over claims he was involved in a sex trafficking and underage prostitution racket. (The Times)
- The Garda Síochána and Metropolitan Police Service in London arrest and charge three men in connection with Ireland's largest cocaine seizure in West Cork in July 2007. (RTÉ)
- Abdelkader Belliraj, accused of leading an Islamist militant group and committing six murders in Belgium, is sentenced to life imprisonment in Morocco. (BBC)
- Efforts to free two aid workers from Ireland and Uganda who were kidnapped in Darfur on 3 July are said to be "ongoing". (RTÉ)
- Iran releases 140 people detained in its post-election unrest as the supreme leader orders a prison where jailed protesters were killed be closed. (The Daily Telegraph) (Press TV)
- Uyghur activist Rebiya Kadeer lands in Tokyo despite anger from China. (BBC) (China Daily) (The Japan Times)
- Protests outside Croke Park threaten to disrupt U2's 360° Tour Gothenburg dates and several football matches. (Bloomberg) (CBC) (The Guardian) (NME) (RTÉ) (Taiwan News)
- AIDS campaigners and human rights groups accuse the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside Phnom Penh. (The Guardian)
- Licia Nunez, a model and soap opera actress, admits meeting Silvio Berlusconi at a health spa in 2008 but denies she is a prostitute. (The Times)
- A national memorial is to be erected and a national day of remembrance is considered in Ireland for victims of child abuse. (Irish Examiner)
- The longlist for the 2009 Man Booker Prize is announced. (The Guardian)
- Chinese scientists announce the discovery of "vampire gene", Tryp-SPc. (AsiaNews)
- Italian officials evacuate a newly built hospital in Agrigento in western Sicily after tests show it risked collapse in an earthquake. (BBC)
- 22 people are killed, 41 are injured and seven are missing after heavy rain and floods in Sichuan. (China Daily)