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06-01 Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River Jianli, Hubei, Southern China
2. 06-02 Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal Zurich, Switzerland
D. 06-06 2 inmates escaped Village of Dannemora, New York, Upstate New York
4. 06-07 G7 summit: Obama and Merkel firm on Russia sanctions
5. 06-07 Turkey ruling AKP loses majority in surprise result Turkey
G. 06-07 Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Daejeon, South Korea
H. 06-14 Deadly floods bring fear over escaped zoo animals zoo, Tbilisi, Georgia
8. 06-16 Donald Trump to run for president in 2016 Trump Towers, Manhattan
9. 06-17 South Carolina church shooting: Nine killed

Summary.     Click for More > Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal 2 inmates escaped G7 summit: Obama and Merkel firm on Russia sanctions Turkey ruling AKP loses majority in surprise result Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Deadly floods bring fear over escaped zoo animals Donald Trump to run for president in 2016 South Carolina church shooting: Nine killed   Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Police are searching for a white... Pakistan heatwave: toll nears 700   Pakistan's prime minister has called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in southern Sindh province reached nearly 700 Tunisia attack on Sousse beach 'kills 39' Map of Sousse Tunisia
  Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River Map of Jianli Hubei China
Jun.1   Southern China
  Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued
 Southern China  5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River
Jun.2   Switzerland
 Southern China  Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River
 FBI  Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'
 Southern China  Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors
Jun.3  Donbass  Heavy fighting rages near Donetsk, despite truce
Jun.4  Ghana  Ghana petrol station inferno kills 150 in Accra
 Washington  Millions of US government workers hit by data breach
 Southern China  Workers turn capsized China ship upright
Jun.5  Malaysia  Earthquake injures 11 climbers, strands 137
 Southern Iraq  Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, 'dies in prison'
 Southern China  Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead
Jun.6   Upstate New York
 West Germany  Lightning hits Slipknot and Foo Fighters festival in Germany
 Berlin  Barcelona crowned European champions for fifth time
 New York  American Pharoah secures first US Triple Crown in 37 years
Jun.7   Bavaria
  Turkey
 Paris  Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win French Open
  South Korea
Jun.10  Washington  Obama 'to send 500 more troops to Iraq'
 Sydney  PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS
Jun.11  Southern France  Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe
Jun.13  Dallas  Gun attack on Dallas police headquarters
 Sweden  Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star
Jun.14   Georgia
 South Africa  South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir
 Eastern Libya  Mokhtar Belmokhtar: Top Islamist 'killed' in US strike
Jun.16  San Francisco Bay Area  Balcony collapse in California kills 6 people
 Moscow  Putin says Russia to get 40 new intercontinental missiles this year
  Manhattan
 Ohio  Stephen Curry, Warriors beat LeBron, Cavs for NBA title
Jun.17   South Carolina
 Hong Kong  Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing poll plan
 UN  Number displaced worldwide hits record high
Jun.18  North Carolina  Charleston church shooting: Gunman arrested
Jun.19  London  'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof
 South Carolina  Dylann Roof on murder charges over Charleston shooting
Jun.20  Austria  Man drives car into crowd in Austria killing 3
Jun.21  South Carolina  Charleston shootings: Victims remembered as church reopens
Jun.23   Karachi
 Baltics  US announces new tank and artillery deployment in Europe
 WikiLeaks  US 'spied on French presidents' - Wikileaks
Jun.24  Brussels  Tsipras in intensive talks with creditors
 Boston  Boston bomber Tsarnaev formally sentenced to death
Jun.25  Brussels  EU leaders agree to speed up relocation
Jun.26   Tunisia
  At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials say.    30 dead were from United Kingdom. 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi, also known as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani, a former aviation student of University of Kairouan,...
  U.S. Supreme Court US Supreme Court rules gay marriage is legal nationwide  Tunisia  Tunisia beach attack: 80 'propagandist' mosques to be closed Jun.27  European Union  Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension  Taiwan  Fire injures 500 people attending party at Taiwan water park Jun.28  West Germany  Greek debt crisis: ECB not raising funding limit  Greece  Greek banks will not open Monday   Athens Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week   The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency... Jun.29  European Union  No vote would mean euro exit, leaders warn  Japan  Japan bullet train passenger starts fire injuring eight Jun.30   Athens IMF payment missed as bailout expires   Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its b...   Sumatra Indonesia transport plane crash death toll rises



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Jun.1  Syria  Islamic State militants 'filmed torturing Syrian boy'
  Southern China  
  Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued
 South Korea  South Korea has first two Mers deaths   Southern China 5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River

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Jun.2   Switzerland     Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal
Map of Zurich Switzerland
  Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.    79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa co...
  Southern China     Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River   Rescuers were racing to rescue people after hearing cries for help from the wreckage of a passenger ship that capsized in a storm  Northern England  At least 4 injured after roller coaster collision at theme park   FBI Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'   Southern China Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors

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Jun.3   Donbass Heavy fighting rages near Donetsk, despite truce
 Switzerland  Sepp Blatter given ovation by staff  USA  Ex-official Chuck Blazer details bribe-taking  Southern China  China boat capsize: Relatives stage protest

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Jun.4   Ghana Ghana petrol station inferno kills 150 in Accra
 Trinidad & Tobago  Fifa crisis: Jack Warner 'to reveal all'   Washington   Millions of US government workers hit by data breach  Chinese hackers are suspected of carrying out a 'massive breach' affecting the data of millions of US government workers, officials said   Southern China     Workers turn capsized China ship upright   Top-deck cabins poked out of the water from a capsized river cruise ship on the Yangtze after disaster teams righted the vessel to quicken the...

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Jun.5   Malaysia     Earthquake injures 11 climbers, strands 137   A magnitude-5.9 earthquake that struck near Southeast Asia's highest peak early Friday   Southern Iraq Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, 'dies in prison'
 Greece  Tsipras tells lenders not to humiliate Greece over debt   Southern China Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead

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Jun.6   Upstate New York   2 inmates escaped
Map of Village of Dannemora New York USA
  Richard Matt, 48 and David Sweat, 34, were discovered missing during a bed check at 5:30 am. At Clinton Correctional Facility
  West Germany Lightning hits Slipknot and Foo Fighters festival in Germany  Paris  Serena Williams wins 20th Grand Slam  Moscow  President Putin tells West not to fear Russia  Southern China  Yangtze ship disaster: 396 confirmed dead   Berlin   Barcelona crowned European champions for fifth time   Barcelona claimed their third title in six years as the brilliance of their attacking trident proved too much for the brave challenge of Juventus,...  Paris  Djokovic defeats Murray to make French Open final   New York American Pharoah secures first US Triple Crown in 37 years  Bavaria  G7 leaders prepare for summit in Germany

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Jun.7   Bavaria     G7 summit: Obama and Merkel firm on Russia sanctions
Map of Schloss Elmau Kr%FCn Bavaria Germany
  The US and German leaders say sanctions on Russia must stay until it implements a deal to end fighting in Ukraine
  Turkey     Turkey ruling AKP loses majority in surprise result
  Governing AK party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, near-complete election results show. AKP has 41%.    Pro-Kurdish HDP crossing the 10% thres...
  Paris Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win French Open
 Switzerland  'Russia & Qatar may lose World Cups' - Fifa official   South Korea     Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Map of Daejeon South Korea
  A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections
 Turkey  AKP faces challenge to form government  Malaysia  Singapore and Sabah mourn victims

June 9 ... more > Top ^

Jun.9  London  EU referendum: MPs support plan for say on Europe  Texas  McKinney video: Texas officer Eric Casebolt quits

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Jun.10   Washington     Obama 'to send 500 more troops to Iraq'   US President is reportedly preparing to approve the deployment of more US troops to Iraq to train up local forces fighting Islamic State  Switzerland  FIFA to suspend bidding for 2026 World Cup amid scandal   Sydney PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS


June 11 ... more > Top ^

Jun.11   Southern France Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe
 Australia  Australia PM Abbott defends 'creative' migrant policy

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Jun.12  Azerbaijan  European Games: First edition opens in Azerbaijan  Upstate New York  New York prison worker charged with helping fugitives

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Jun.13   Dallas Gun attack on Dallas police headquarters
  Sweden Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star

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Jun.14   Georgia   Deadly floods bring fear over escaped zoo animals
Map of zoo Tbilisi Georgia
  Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals escaped from the zoo in Georgia's capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures
  South Africa     South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir   A South African court has issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges, from leaving the cou...   Eastern Libya   Mokhtar Belmokhtar: Top Islamist 'killed' in US strike   A top Islamist militant who ordered a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant two years ago has been killed in a US air strike in Libya, officials...

June 15 ... more > Top ^

Jun.15  Miami  Jeb Bush launches 'optimistic' campaign for president  Chicago  Blackhawks defeat Lightning to win Stanley Cup

June 16 ... more > Top ^

Jun.16   San Francisco Bay Area   Balcony collapse in California kills 6 people   Five Irish students have been killed, and as many as nine others have been injured, when a fourth-floor balcony in California gave way   Moscow Putin says Russia to get 40 new intercontinental missiles this year
 NATO  Nato condemns Putin's nuclear 'sabre-rattling'   Manhattan     Donald Trump to run for president in 2016 Map of Trump Towers USA
  Property billionaire Donald Trump has announced he will run for the White House in the 2016 election
  Ohio Stephen Curry, Warriors beat LeBron, Cavs for NBA title

June 17 ... more > Top ^

Jun.17  Athens  Greece says deal on debt crisis unlikely at talks  Georgia  Tiger kills man after escape from Tbilisi zoo  San Francisco Bay Area  Balcony collapse: Water damage investigated   South Carolina   South Carolina church shooting: Nine killed
Map of 110 Calhoun Street Charleston South Carolina South Carolina
  Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Police are searching for a white male suspect
  Hong Kong   Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing poll plan  Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a Beijing-backed election reform proposal. Most of the pro-government lawmakers walked out   UN Number displaced worldwide hits record high

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Jun.18   North Carolina   Charleston church shooting: Gunman arrested   21-year-old Dylann Roof suspected of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been arres...  Denmark  Danish election: Opposition bloc wins  South Carolina  Charleston church shooting: Prayers held across US  Mumbai  India toxic alcohol kills 84 in Mumbai

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Jun.19   London   'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof   A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a plane has fallen to his death, while another is in hospital   South Carolina Dylann Roof on murder charges over Charleston shooting
 South Carolina  Charleston relatives 'forgive' shooting suspect in court  San Francisco Bay Area  Charleston shootings: Obama condemns 'blight' of racism

June 20 ... more > Top ^

Jun.20   Austria   Man drives car into crowd in Austria killing 3   At least three people are dead and dozens injured after a man drove his car into crowds in a square in Austria's second largest city of Graz  Athens  Greek debt: New proposals  Berlin  Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany  South Carolina  Charleston shootings: Dylann Roof photos found

June 21 ... more > Top ^

Jun.21   South Carolina Charleston shootings: Victims remembered as church reopens
 Brussels  Greece crisis: EU leaders gather for critical summit  Washington State  US Open: Jordan Spieth wins historic title

June 22 ... more > Top ^

Jun.22  Brussels  Eurozone leaders echo hopes for Greek deal

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Jun.23   Karachi   Pakistan heatwave: toll nears 700
Map of Sindh Pakistan
  Pakistan's prime minister has called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in southern Sindh province reached nearly 700
  Baltics     US announces new tank and artillery deployment in Europe   The US is to deploy heavy weapons in a number of European nations, amid Nato concerns over Russia's role in Ukraine   WikiLeaks US 'spied on French presidents' - Wikileaks  South Carolina  Confederate flag protests spread across US

June 24 ... more > Top ^

Jun.24   Brussels Tsipras in intensive talks with creditors
  Boston   Boston bomber Tsarnaev formally sentenced to death   Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has apologised to his victims in a federal court hearing where he was formally sentenced to death  Brussels  Greece debt crisis: Talks to resume

June 25 ... more > Top ^

Jun.25   Brussels EU leaders agree to speed up relocation
 Paris  France cracks down on Uber service after protests

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Jun.26   Tunisia   Tunisia attack on Sousse beach 'kills 39'
Map of Sousse Tunisia
  At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials say
 30 dead were from United Kingdom. 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi, also known as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani, a former aviation student of University of Kairouan, disguised as a tourist, socialised with others, and then took out a Kalashnikov assault rifle concealed in a beach umbrella and fired at the tourists on the beach
  U.S. Supreme Court   US Supreme Court rules gay marriage is legal nationwide
  The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States
 Kuwait  Kuwait Shia mosque blast death toll 'rises to 27'   Tunisia Tunisia beach attack: 80 'propagandist' mosques to be closed


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Jun.27  Greece  Greece debt: Crisis meeting over bailout referendum   European Union     Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension   Eurozone finance ministers have rejected a Greek request to extend a bailout programme beyond 30 June   Taiwan   Fire injures 500 people attending party at Taiwan water park   200 people were injured as an accidental explosion of an unknown powder set off the fire Saturday night near a performance stage  Athens  MPs back referendum on bailout

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Jun.28   West Germany Greek debt crisis: ECB not raising funding limit
 Tunisia  Tunisia attack: Tributes for dead   Greece Greek banks will not open Monday   Athens     Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week Map of Athens
  The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency funding


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Jun.29   European Union     No vote would mean euro exit, leaders warn   EU leaders have warned Greeks that rejecting creditors' proposals in a snap referendum called for Sunday would mean leaving the euro  Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico governor says territory 'can't pay $72bn debt'   Japan Japan bullet train passenger starts fire injuring eight
 Athens  Defiant Tsipras seeks referendum backing

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Jun.30   Athens     IMF payment missed as bailout expires
Map of Athens
  Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout
  Sumatra   Indonesia transport plane crash death toll rises Map of Medan Indonesia
  Indonesian officials say 122 people are now known to have been on board a military Hercules C-130 plane which crashed in a residential area of Medan.    No-one is believed to have survived after the plane hit houses and a hotel before bursting ...
 Vancouver  USWNT ousts Germany to reach World Cup final


Heavy fighting rages near Donetsk, despite truce   Obama 'to send 500 more troops to Iraq'   US President is reportedly preparing to approve the deployment of more US troops to Iraq to train up local forces fighting Islamic State Putin says Russia to get 40 new intercontinental missiles this year Number displaced worldwide hits record high   US announces new tank and artillery deployment in Europe   The US is to deploy heavy weapons in a number of European nations, amid Nato concerns over Russia's role in Ukraine Indonesia transport plane crash death toll rises Map of Medan Indonesia




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Jun.3   Donbass
Jun.10   Washington
Jun.16   Moscow
Jun.16  NATO  Nato condemns Putin's nuclear 'sabre-rattling'
Jun.17   UN
Jun.23   Baltics
Jun.30   Sumatra
  Indonesian officials say 122 people are now known to have been on board a military Hercules C-130 plane which crashed in a residential area of Medan.    No-one is believed to have survived after the plane hit houses and a hotel before bursting ...




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2015 Jun.1   Southern China   Boat with more than 400 people aboard sinks in Yangtze River
Map of Jianli Hubei China
  Passenger ship The Eastern Star carrying more than 444 people sank overnight in southern China, and seven people have been rescued
Jun.1  South Korea  South Korea has first two Mers deaths Jun.1   Southern China 5 people dead and hundreds missing in Yangtze River Jun.2   Southern China   Cries for help heard from capsized boat in Yangtze River   Rescuers were racing to rescue people after hearing cries for help from the wreckage of a passenger ship that capsized in a storm Jun.2  Northern England  At least 4 injured after roller coaster collision at theme park Jun.2   Southern China Hopes fade of finding Yangtze survivors Jun.3  Southern China  China boat capsize: Relatives stage protest Jun.4   Ghana Ghana petrol station inferno kills 150 in Accra Jun.4   Southern China   Workers turn capsized China ship upright   Top-deck cabins poked out of the water from a capsized river cruise ship on the Yangtze after disaster teams righted the vessel to quicken the... Jun.5   Malaysia   Earthquake injures 11 climbers, strands 137   A magnitude-5.9 earthquake that struck near Southeast Asia's highest peak early Friday Jun.5   Southern China Yangtze ship disaster: 331 confirmed dead Jun.6   West Germany Lightning hits Slipknot and Foo Fighters festival in Germany Jun.6  Southern China  Yangtze ship disaster: 396 confirmed dead Jun.7   South Korea   Sixth Mers death in S. Korea amid sharp rises in cases Map of Daejeon South Korea
  A sixth person has died after contracting Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers) in South Korea, amid a sharp rise in infections
Jun.7  Malaysia  Singapore and Sabah mourn victims Jun.11   Southern France Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe Jun.14   Georgia Deadly floods bring fear over escaped zoo animals Map of zoo Tbilisi Georgia
  Tigers, lions, a hippopotamus and other animals escaped from the zoo in Georgia's capital after heavy flooding destroyed their enclosures
Jun.16   San Francisco Bay Area Balcony collapse in California kills 6 people   Five Irish students have been killed, and as many as nine others have been injured, when a fourth-floor balcony in California gave way Jun.17  Georgia  Tiger kills man after escape from Tbilisi zoo Jun.17  San Francisco Bay Area  Balcony collapse: Water damage investigated Jun.18  Mumbai  India toxic alcohol kills 84 in Mumbai Jun.19   London 'Plane stowaway' body found on Richmond roof   A stowaway who is believed to have clung on to a plane has fallen to his death, while another is in hospital Jun.20   Austria Man drives car into crowd in Austria killing 3   At least three people are dead and dozens injured after a man drove his car into crowds in a square in Austria's second largest city of Graz Jun.23   Karachi Pakistan heatwave: toll nears 700
Map of Sindh Pakistan
  Pakistan's prime minister has called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in southern Sindh province reached nearly 700
Jun.27   Taiwan Fire injures 500 people attending party at Taiwan water park   200 people were injured as an accidental explosion of an unknown powder set off the fire Saturday night near a performance stage Jun.30   Sumatra Indonesia transport plane crash death toll rises Map of Medan Indonesia
  Indonesian officials say 122 people are now known to have been on board a military Hercules C-130 plane which crashed in a residential area of Medan.    No-one is believed to have survived after the plane hit houses and a hotel before bursting ...




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2015 Jun.6   West Germany Lightning hits Slipknot and Foo Fighters festival in Germany
Jun.20  Athens  Greek debt: New proposals Jun.25  Paris  France cracks down on Uber service after protests Jun.27  Greece  Greece debt: Crisis meeting over bailout referendum Jun.27   European Union   Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension   Eurozone finance ministers have rejected a Greek request to extend a bailout programme beyond 30 June Jun.28   West Germany Greek debt crisis: ECB not raising funding limit Jun.28   Greece Greek banks will not open Monday Jun.28   Athens   Greek debt crisis: Banks to remain shut all week Map of Athens
  The Greek government has confirmed that banks will be closed all week, after a decision by the European Central Bank not to extend emergency funding
Jun.29  Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico governor says territory 'can't pay $72bn debt' Jun.30   Athens   IMF payment missed as bailout expires Map of Athens
  Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout




World, June 2015 Sports Timeline ... See World Sports timeline Top ^
2015 Jun.2   Switzerland   Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal
Map of Zurich Switzerland
  Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.    79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa co...
Jun.2   FBI Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US' Jun.3  Switzerland  Sepp Blatter given ovation by staff Jun.3  USA  Ex-official Chuck Blazer details bribe-taking Jun.4  Trinidad & Tobago  Fifa crisis: Jack Warner 'to reveal all' Jun.6  Paris  Serena Williams wins 20th Grand Slam Jun.6   Berlin Barcelona crowned European champions for fifth time   Barcelona claimed their third title in six years as the brilliance of their attacking trident proved too much for the brave challenge of Juventus,... Jun.6  Paris  Djokovic defeats Murray to make French Open final Jun.6   New York American Pharoah secures first US Triple Crown in 37 years Jun.7   Paris Wawrinka stuns Novak Djokovic to win French Open Jun.7  Switzerland  'Russia & Qatar may lose World Cups' - Fifa official Jun.10  Switzerland  FIFA to suspend bidding for 2026 World Cup amid scandal Jun.12  Azerbaijan  European Games: First edition opens in Azerbaijan Jun.15  Chicago  Blackhawks defeat Lightning to win Stanley Cup Jun.16   Ohio Stephen Curry, Warriors beat LeBron, Cavs for NBA title Jun.21  Washington State  US Open: Jordan Spieth wins historic title Jun.30  Vancouver  USWNT ousts Germany to reach World Cup final



World, June 2015 Crime Timeline ... See World Crime timeline Top ^
2015 Jun.1  Syria  Islamic State militants 'filmed torturing Syrian boy' Jun.2   FBI Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'
Jun.3  USA  Ex-official Chuck Blazer details bribe-taking Jun.4  Trinidad & Tobago  Fifa crisis: Jack Warner 'to reveal all' Jun.4   Washington Millions of US government workers hit by data breach  Chinese hackers are suspected of carrying out a 'massive breach' affecting the data of millions of US government workers, officials said Jun.6   Upstate New York 2 inmates escaped Map of Village of Dannemora New York USA
  Richard Matt, 48 and David Sweat, 34, were discovered missing during a bed check at 5:30 am. At Clinton Correctional Facility
Jun.7  Switzerland  'Russia & Qatar may lose World Cups' - Fifa official Jun.11   Southern France Germanwings crash: French prosecutors open new probe Jun.12  Upstate New York  New York prison worker charged with helping fugitives Jun.13   Dallas Gun attack on Dallas police headquarters Jun.14   South Africa   South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir   A South African court has issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges, from leaving the cou... Jun.14   Eastern Libya Mokhtar Belmokhtar: Top Islamist 'killed' in US strike   A top Islamist militant who ordered a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant two years ago has been killed in a US air strike in Libya, officials... Jun.17   South Carolina South Carolina church shooting: Nine killed Map of 110 Calhoun Street Charleston South Carolina South Carolina
  Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Police are searching for a white male suspect
Jun.18   North Carolina Charleston church shooting: Gunman arrested   21-year-old Dylann Roof suspected of killing nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, has been arres... Jun.18  South Carolina  Charleston church shooting: Prayers held across US Jun.19   South Carolina Dylann Roof on murder charges over Charleston shooting Jun.19  South Carolina  Charleston relatives 'forgive' shooting suspect in court Jun.20   Austria Man drives car into crowd in Austria killing 3   At least three people are dead and dozens injured after a man drove his car into crowds in a square in Austria's second largest city of Graz Jun.20  Berlin  Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany Jun.20  South Carolina  Charleston shootings: Dylann Roof photos found Jun.21   South Carolina Charleston shootings: Victims remembered as church reopens Jun.23   WikiLeaks US 'spied on French presidents' - Wikileaks Jun.24   Boston Boston bomber Tsarnaev formally sentenced to death   Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has apologised to his victims in a federal court hearing where he was formally sentenced to death Jun.26   Tunisia Tunisia attack on Sousse beach 'kills 39' Map of Sousse Tunisia
  At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials say
 30 dead were from United Kingdom. 23-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui Yacoubi, also known as Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani, a former aviation student of University of Kairouan, disguised as a tourist, socialised with others, and then took out a Kalashnikov assault rifle concealed in a beach umbrella and fired at the tourists on the beach
Jun.26  Kuwait  Kuwait Shia mosque blast death toll 'rises to 27' Jun.26   Tunisia Tunisia beach attack: 80 'propagandist' mosques to be closed Jun.28  Tunisia  Tunisia attack: Tributes for dead Jun.29   Japan Japan bullet train passenger starts fire injuring eight



World, June 2015 Politics Timeline ... See World Politics timeline Top ^
2015 Jun.1  Syria  Islamic State militants 'filmed torturing Syrian boy' Jun.2   Switzerland   Sepp Blatter to quit as president amid corruption scandal
Map of Zurich Switzerland
  Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal.    79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa co...
Jun.3  Switzerland  Sepp Blatter given ovation by staff Jun.3  Southern China  China boat capsize: Relatives stage protest Jun.4   Washington Millions of US government workers hit by data breach  Chinese hackers are suspected of carrying out a 'massive breach' affecting the data of millions of US government workers, officials said Jun.5   Southern Iraq Tariq Aziz, ex-Saddam Hussein aide, 'dies in prison' Jun.5  Greece  Tsipras tells lenders not to humiliate Greece over debt Jun.6  Moscow  President Putin tells West not to fear Russia Jun.6  Bavaria  G7 leaders prepare for summit in Germany Jun.7   Bavaria   G7 summit: Obama and Merkel firm on Russia sanctions Map of Schloss Elmau Kr%FCn Bavaria Germany
  The US and German leaders say sanctions on Russia must stay until it implements a deal to end fighting in Ukraine
Jun.7   Turkey   Turkey ruling AKP loses majority in surprise result
  Governing AK party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, near-complete election results show. AKP has 41%.    Pro-Kurdish HDP crossing the 10% thres...
Jun.7  Turkey  AKP faces challenge to form government Jun.7  Malaysia  Singapore and Sabah mourn victims Jun.9  London  EU referendum: MPs support plan for say on Europe Jun.9  Texas  McKinney video: Texas officer Eric Casebolt quits Jun.10   Sydney PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS
Jun.11  Australia  Australia PM Abbott defends 'creative' migrant policy Jun.13   Sweden Prince Carl Philip marries ex-reality star Jun.14   South Africa   South Africa court bid to arrest Sudan's Omar al-Bashir   A South African court has issued an interim order stopping Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir, who faces war crimes charges, from leaving the cou... Jun.15  Miami  Jeb Bush launches 'optimistic' campaign for president Jun.16   Manhattan   Donald Trump to run for president in 2016 Map of Trump Towers USA
  Property billionaire Donald Trump has announced he will run for the White House in the 2016 election
Jun.17  Athens  Greece says deal on debt crisis unlikely at talks Jun.17   South Carolina South Carolina church shooting: Nine killed Map of 110 Calhoun Street Charleston South Carolina South Carolina
  Nine people have died in a shooting at a historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Police are searching for a white male suspect
Jun.17   Hong Kong Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing poll plan  Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a Beijing-backed election reform proposal. Most of the pro-government lawmakers walked out Jun.17   UN Number displaced worldwide hits record high Jun.18  Denmark  Danish election: Opposition bloc wins Jun.18  South Carolina  Charleston church shooting: Prayers held across US Jun.19  San Francisco Bay Area  Charleston shootings: Obama condemns 'blight' of racism Jun.20  Athens  Greek debt: New proposals Jun.20  Berlin  Al-Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany Jun.20  South Carolina  Charleston shootings: Dylann Roof photos found Jun.21   South Carolina Charleston shootings: Victims remembered as church reopens Jun.21  Brussels  Greece crisis: EU leaders gather for critical summit Jun.22  Brussels  Eurozone leaders echo hopes for Greek deal Jun.23   WikiLeaks US 'spied on French presidents' - Wikileaks Jun.23  South Carolina  Confederate flag protests spread across US Jun.24   Brussels Tsipras in intensive talks with creditors Jun.24  Brussels  Greece debt crisis: Talks to resume Jun.25   Brussels EU leaders agree to speed up relocation Jun.25  Paris  France cracks down on Uber service after protests Jun.26   U.S. Supreme Court US Supreme Court rules gay marriage is legal nationwide
  The US Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a legal right across the United States
Jun.26   Tunisia Tunisia beach attack: 80 'propagandist' mosques to be closed
Jun.27  Greece  Greece debt: Crisis meeting over bailout referendum Jun.27   European Union   Greece crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension   Eurozone finance ministers have rejected a Greek request to extend a bailout programme beyond 30 June Jun.27  Athens  MPs back referendum on bailout Jun.28   West Germany Greek debt crisis: ECB not raising funding limit Jun.28  Tunisia  Tunisia attack: Tributes for dead Jun.29   European Union   No vote would mean euro exit, leaders warn   EU leaders have warned Greeks that rejecting creditors' proposals in a snap referendum called for Sunday would mean leaving the euro Jun.29  Puerto Rico  Puerto Rico governor says territory 'can't pay $72bn debt' Jun.29  Athens  Defiant Tsipras seeks referendum backing Jun.30   Athens   IMF payment missed as bailout expires Map of Athens
  Greece has missed the deadline for £1.1bn payment to the International Monetary Fund, hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout