Þrimilcemōnaþ 2005
- The National Assembly of Kuwait passes new legislation for women's suffrage, allowing all women aged 21 and older, subject to Islamic law, to vote in elections in Kuwait in 2007.
- Uzbek troops kill over 400 people in Andijan during protests in eastern Uzbekistan over the trials of 23 accused Islamic extremists. President Islam Karimov defends the act.
- In Taiwan, political parties supporting new amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of China win with 249 of 300 seats in the National Assembly election.
- Sūþcorēa announces that bilateral talks with Norþcorēa will resume after a hiatus of almost a year, with the North's nuclear weapons as a key issue.