June 4, 2013
June 3, 2013
June 2, 2013
June 1, 2013
- Turkey Protests: Support for the protests in Turkey spread across Europe with demonstrators gathering outside the EU Parliament in Brussels, and France.
- Three mutilated corpses are dug up near a former U.S. military base in Narkh bringing to ten the number of corpses whose deaths locals blame on the presence of United States personnel; people flood the streets of Maidan Shar calling for the U.S. to leave.
- Thousands commemorate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at Westminster Abbey.
- In Brazil, a group of approximately 300 indigenous manifest-ants is marching at the BR-163 highway intending to reach the capital Brasilia in order to protest the death of Oziel Gabriel after his attempt to protest against repossession of indigenous lands.
June 3, 2013
- Turkey Protests: Riot police fire tear gas at people in Istanbul and Ankara amid calls for the downfall of the Turkish government. Turkey's public sector unions start a two-day strike in support of the anti-government demonstrations.
- War in Afghanistan: A suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan kills at least 20 people, including 10 children.
- An unmarked mass grave containing around 200 bodies is found in the Israeli town of Jaffa.
- At least 119 people are killed in a fire at a poultry farm in Jilin Province in northeastern China.
- The Czech Republic experiences its worst flooding of the decade with huge volumes of water surging towards Prague.
- Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), says the agency's latest report verifies that Iran is having "technical and scientific success in its peaceful nuclear activities" and that this is "an important message to the whole world".
- Over 65 countries sign the Arms Trade Treaty intended to prevent weapons from ending up in the hands of terrorists.
- An estimated 10,000 Ethiopians participate in anti-government protests.
- More than 3 million people take part in "the world's largest gay pride parade" in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- The International Criminal Court delays the trial of Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto for "crimes against humanity" until September.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav gives away 8,000 laptops to local students.
- A set of three unusually well preserved triceratops specimens is unearthed in the US state of Wyoming.
- In rugby league, the New Zealand Warriors are fined AU$15,000 for Russell Packer urinating on the field before the game (Shocker!).
June 2, 2013
- Syrian War: A car bomb explodes near a police station in the Damascus suburb of Jobar, killing at least eight members of the security forces and injuring civilians.
- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes central Taiwan.
- Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are hit by floods after days of heavy rain, leading to an approximate amount of seven deaths.
- Wildfires in Southern California, US, lead to hundreds of evacuations.
- The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt rules that the country's Islamist dominated Parliament and Constituent Assembly of Egypt were illegally elected.
- New research finds that graphene is the strongest material in the world, even when patched together.
June 1, 2013
- UN death-toll figures show more than 1000 people died from violent attacks in Iraq during the month of May, making it the UN's deadliest month since 2008.
- A country-wide smoking ban in most public spaces goes into effect in Russia.
- First same-sex couple wed in south of France. Hundreds of people pile outside of the church to witness this historic moment for France.